This afternoon Dr. Samuel L. Stanley was officially named the next president of Stony Brook University. The announcement came at a press conference after a unanimous vote by the SUNY Board of Trustees, which took place earlier today.
My, my, how the weeks fly by. It feels like just yesterday I was in my first history class and the power went out. However, I have a pressing need to say that the glamor that went along with living in the West Apartments has entirely left me.
With the introduction of Verizon's FiOS 1 Long Island news channel, Cablevision's monopoly on the major Long Island news networks seems to have been dealt a major blow and it has reintroduced the art of a competitive news area in one of the country's largest markets.
Summer never gets boring. As you age, you have more on your plate than you could ever imagine. Working with designers is just the tip of the iceberg. I plan on spending the rest of my time (if I have time leftover) at the new Highline park. Tom Ford, Foley + Corinna, Rebecca Minkoff - you guys are coming with me.
This past Friday saw the groundbreaking for Stony Brook University’s new campus recreation center, a project that has been rumored and talked about for more than ten years. President Shirley Strum Kenny, State Senator John Flanagan (R-East Northport) and others were present, shovel in hand, to take part in the ceremonious beginning of the building’s construction.
Joan of Arc is like a garden of annuals that looks different every time it re-grows. The Chicago band seems to reconstitute itself around singer Tim Kinsella every couple of years, with new lineups, new instrumentation, a common knack for occult complexity and no plan. Whatever album they make is a product of whatever is in the air.
When Marques Cox came to Stony Brook University four years ago, most people probably did not know the school had a D-1 basketball team. Even fewer would have known Cox’s name, though as a freshman he was the team’s starting shooting guard, nor could onlookers have been able to guess the long-term impact Cox would have on the men’s basketball program.
