"Breathe." She says it, she sings it, recites it so that it may permeate an individual’s mind, and holds out the first "e" with her teeth showing. It's like a mantra, an "om" of sorts, a reminder to attendees in her yoga, spinning, and total body fitness classes to breathe in and exhale.

Stony Brook University held its annual Roth Pond Regatta on Friday, April 30. With warm temperatures and blue skies all throughout the day, hundreds of students came out to watch the dozens of cardboard and duct tape boats race across the pond. The Independent was on hand to capture tons of photos of boat successes and failures.

The Zebra Path, a painted section of walkway between the Melville Library and Old Chemistry building that leads down to the Chemistry building, has been repainted to its original straight black-and-white colors stripes this week.

The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Supreme Court has decided not to approve the substantial budget cuts to the Stony Brook Statesman. While the future of the publication is still unclear, the court decided in a written statement on April 19 to hold a budget hearing instead of slashing the 2010-2011 budget from over $27,000 to $2,500 at this time.