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All hail mighty Wolfie

Sophie Carr October 10, 2013
School spirit is an odd concept. And when I say odd, I mean marginally terrifying. This enthusiasm, in many ways, resembles an annual influenza outbreak: It is infectious, relentless, and gives some of us the chills. While it may have at one time been conducive to unifying a student body within a university, it now comes across as a type of hostile, smug-ridden outward devotion. Is school spirit even a good thing? Isn’t excessive expressed pride frowned upon? We all, essentially, hide behind Wolfie. Perhaps it is more comparable to nationalism than anything else.
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Storify: Involvement Fair

Storify: Involvement Fair

The Statesman September 4, 2013
What SBU students posted during the Fall 2013 Involvement Fair.
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Social media creates Harlem Shake campus sensation

Social media creates “Harlem Shake” campus sensation

Emily Heller February 24, 2013
The craze took over the world and has now entered the doors of Stony Brook. The Harlem Shake hit campus on Wednesday with a bang as nearly 300 people observed and participated in what appeared to be a dance party on the Staller steps.
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USG Gala 2013

USG Gala 2013

Nina Lin February 23, 2013
Will Rhino and Nicole Bansen of The Statesman's Arts and Entertainment section gives us the run-down on Stony Brook University's first Undergraduate Student Government's gala.
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Stony Brook tradition kicked off homecoming activities

Ashleigh Sherow September 24, 2012

Some of Stony Brook’s most talented students performed Friday night to show off their skills and Stony Brook swagger at the Seawolves Showcase. By the time the event started at 7:30 p.m., there was...

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Ex-Football Player Dances with Wolves

Deanna Del Ciello May 3, 2012
It's the biggest basketball game in Stony Brook history. Thousands of fans fill the arena in the Indoor Sports Complex, standing shoulder-to-shoulder, transforming the rows of light brown bleachers to a mass of red. They’re cheering on the men’s basketball team as the Seawolves take on the University of Vermont in the America East Championship game.
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Seawolves fans ship up to Boston, loudly and in numbers, to support their team

David O'Connor March 14, 2011
The announcers for ESPN2 made a very unusual observation in the first half of Stony Brook’s game against the Boston University Terriers in the America East basketball finals: the Stony Brook fans were louder than the home Terrier fans.
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The Magic of Being a Mascot, The Life of Wolfie

Josh Seidman April 22, 2010

The spirit and pride teams – marching band, dance team, cheerleaders, color guard – take the field for the halftime show, and he is the central focus.  At six foot eight inches tall, he towers...

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