Campus Personalities

Why should the soundtrack to your life be just the sound of the wind and the crowd when it can be the band or artist of your choice? Many people walk around campus plugged into Zunes, iPods and cell phones. But what exactly are they listening to?

To survive a down economy, most everyone is trying to find ways to cut back, and donating money does not often further that goal. But in a time of tight wallets, Rob Emmerich is working to bring funding into the school’s athletic department.

After performing privately in front of the judges, just like on American Idol, a select few contestants had moved onto the finals. The remaining six performers competed for trophies at I-CON's "Anime Idol." The competitors, dressed as their favorite animated character, performed a Japanese or American song of their choice.

After a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the heart of Haiti in mid-January, many Stony Brook students sprung to action. One such humanitarian, Adal Regis, president of Rise Again Haiti at the university, sat down with the Stony Brook Independent to talk about the non-profit organization and his connection to the Caribbean nation.

Sanger College's Residence Hall Director, Nathan Flintjer, recently sat down with the Stony Brook Independent to answer a few questions about his childhood, his job in Stony Brook's Tabler Quad, music and royalty.

Dr. Conor Nelson balanced an eager crowd on the sprightly whistle of his flute. Silken vibrato notes rippled out in a pleasant ode to acute finger dexterity and lung capacity. Nelson was the third flutist to win the Samuel Baron prize since its inception.

Danny Rock launched into a poem about a stepfather who taught him how to be a man. His body was tense and the force of the words pouring up from his gut and out of his mouth made him lean backward.

Rishabh Sharma grew up in New Delhi, India, the youngest of four children and the only son in an upper class Hindu family. He is one of Stony Brook's 1,155 current international undergraduate students.

Chanting slogans such as “Hey, Hey! Ho, Ho! This [explicit] war has got to go!” and holding signs with sayings like “Happy Anniversary Iraq!", members of the Social Justice Alliance paraded down the Academic Mall to protest military spending and to call for more funding transparency during this past Wednesday's campus life time.

Growing up, Lydia Duran, 19, wanted a chalkboard so she could play teacher. This was the foundation for her desire to help kids and minorities.

When Hillel Kober was hired at the Delancey Street Deli last year, he had no training in the culinary arts. But Koby, as he's called, has found that he possesses a natural gift for preparing food, and he has made the kosher deli a dining destination for many Stony Brook students.