Campus Life

The National Invitational Tournament (NIT) released its tournament schedule today, pitting the Stony Brook men’s basketball team against the University of Illinois at 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the Stony Brook Arena and will be broadcasted on ESPNU. The Seawolves (22-9, 13-3), an America East Conference team ranked eighth in the NIT, will be meeting the Illinois Fighting Illini (19-14, 10-8), a Big Ten Conference team ranked first in the NIT, for the first time in school history.

President Stanley fielded questions about budget cuts and looming tuition increases at Stony Brook, but outside the press conference a small protest stirred.

On February 23, Yanique Bailey, 19, was murdered along with her mother, Dionne, and sister, Yolanne. She was a biology major with a business management minor. She belonged to the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, and was a member of the Hand College Hall Council. The Stony Brook sophomore is mourned by the campus and memorialized here by several of her friends.

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 students give their reactions to the new version of Facebook that was released earlier this month. The new design was released on the birthday of the popular social networking site.

Want to check out what some of Stony Brook's brightest did on their snow day? Of course you do. Need convincing? Snowball fights were in vogue. And we are glad to report that nobody (we know of) was hurt in the filming of the mayhem- we think.

Stony Brook has announced that all classes prior to 12:50 P.M. are cancelled. All other classes after 12:50 P.M. are currently scheduled to be held. The announcement was made via Stony Brook's SB Alert website at 9:45 P.M. The blizzard, still raging as of 11:30 P.M., has already dumped a foot of snow on some areas, according to a National Weather Service report.

Wouldn’t it be great if you did not have to buy those outrageously expensive textbooks at the start of every semester? The campus book store agrees, and recently started an experimental textbook rental program.

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.

In an effort to raise money for relief in Haiti, the Stony Brook University Student Blood Drive Committee donated one dollar to relief efforts for every unit of blood collected.

The Residence Halls are re-opening this Sunday at noon for returning students to move back in. During the winter session, the university updated the locking system in many resident rooms and suites. All keys that were distributed at the beginning of the Fall 2009 semester will no longer work in these buildings.

Several Stony Brook University clubs and organizations are planning events to help bring relief to the people of Haiti. On January 12, Haiti was hit with a 7.0 magnitude earthquake 15 miles off the coast of Port-au-Prince, the capital city. The quake killed tens of thousands of people and left the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation devastated.

A group of students called the “Stony Brook Students for Equality” held a press conference outside Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium on Monday afternoon and demanded administrators rename the athletic facility. This comes on the heels of Senator Kenneth P. LaValle’s recent vote against the marriage equality act in New York State.

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.

In an e-mail to students, faculty and staff, Police Chief Robert J. Lenahan wrote that a female resident was accosted last night by two males who took her purse.