Campus Events

Sure, it might be a month late, but we're just getting around to celebrating. The Independent's first editor-in-chief, Michael Nevradakis, looks back on the founding of the news organization. Pictured is this semester's staff photo.

Stony Brook University announced that all classes for Friday, February 26 are canceled due to the "ongoing adverse weather conditions." The winter weather advisory issued by the National Weather Service yesterday remains in effect until 6 A.M. Saturday.

Hours ahead of an impending snow storm that could bring accumulations upwards of a foot, Stony Brook University canceled classes for Wednesday, Feb. 10. The National Weather Service issued a Blizzard Warning for most of the tri-state area from 10 p.m. on Tuesday until Thursday morning.

New York is facing great economic hardship. In response, Gov. David Paterson has instituted the Empowerment Act and SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher is working out a new strategic plan for the university system. At Stony Brook the topic was energy and sustainability, but she and President Samuel L. Stanley also weighed in on the governor's new legislation.

Stony Brook University students work out to the sounds and moves of Haiti’s national dance, "The Kompa" to help raising awareness and donations for the victims of the earthquake.

Students looking for employment and activities outside of the classroom crowded into room 102 in the Light Engineering building for an information session on how to join the Stony Brook Volunteer Ambulance Corps. (SBVAC)

While the storm that dumped record-setting snow around Long Island and the surrounding area has come and gone, the after effects of the nor’easter are still being felt on the Stony Brook University campus. According to News 12 Long Island, all activities at Stony Brook have been cancelled for Sunday, December 20th. All events and classes for Monday, December 21st, however, are to continued as scheduled according to the SB Alert website.

A group of students calling themselves "Stony Brook Students for Equality" held a press conference outside of Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium on Mondayy to protest Senator LaValle's recent vote against marriage equality in New York. The group demanded that the athletic facility that houses football, lacrosse and soccer games be renamed.

I-CON 28 and 29 event chair John Hudson explained the negotiation process between the convention and the university, problems with last year's move to the Suffolk County Community College campus, and his feelings on bringing the convention back to Stony Brook.

Stony Brook University Medical Center called on students and faculty to register for the first campus-wide bone marrow drive. Its purpose is to help individuals with blood cancer diseases, such as Leukemia or Lymphoma, receive possible life-saving bone marrow transplants.

Stony Brook University recently hosted a Veterans Day Memorial Service in the auditorium of the Student Activities Center.

On Tuesday night, students at Stony Brook University had the rare opportunity to experience Broadway without leaving campus or reaching into their wallets. The Stony Brook Vocalists put on a Broadway show at the Tabler Arts Center Black Box Theatre.

Pritchard Gymnasium hosted players and coaches from both the men's and women's basketball teams as they greeted fans and talked about the upcoming 2009-10 season.

President Samuel L. Stanley had his inauguration ceremony on Oct. 23 in front of over 2,000 members of the campus community. Stanley used his address to propose several initiatives he would like to carry out as the university’s president in the next few years, proposals which will surely be heavily debated in the near future.

President Samuel L. Stanley took a break from all the bureaucratic business of inauguration week to play some pickup basketball. Stanley flashed some skills, sinking three shots from behind the arc and serving up a nice alley-oop pass to a teammate.