Long Island

It was only a few months ago when the last wave of H1N1 swept across the globe. But the "swine flu" has now disappeared from newspapers, broadcast news programs and public service announcements. Are we in the clear, or have we just reached the eye of the storm?

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.

While Beatles fans of all ages scoop scrambled eggs and French toast onto dinner plates, Strawberry Fields takes the stage for a weekly performance at B.B. King’s Bar and Grill. Mop-top wigs, phony English accents and an all-you-can-eat buffet brunch accompany the set, which spans the Beatles' entire career.

Brookhaven Laboratories Joanna Fowler has been awarded the National Medal of Science for her research on different diseases effecting the brain, like addiction. She will recieve the award later this week at the White House.

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.

For the first time in its 28-year history, Long Island’s science fiction convention, I-CON, was not at Stony Brook University, and it will remain off-campus for at least another year. Patrons expressed mixed feelings about the change in a panel at this year’s convention.

Hundreds of Long Island’s young and hopeful artists gathered in the Student Activity Center auditorium on Thursday for the awards ceremony of the Long Island College Art Competition (LICA).

Students gathered together Wednesday to voice their opposition to a proposed $17 million cut to next year's school budget. Students waved signs calling for no more cuts, and chanted ditties like "We're not an ATM!" throughout the more than an hour-long protest.

Special Collections and University Archives at Stony Brook University recently acquired a letter written by George Washington to his Setauket-based spy ring during the Revolutionary War. Kristen Nyitray, head of Special Collections, placed the winning bid of $48,000 for the letter.

The SUNY senior system administration is working on a deal with the state government that will ensure money generated from special revenue funds – which will be frozen under a recent state-mandated expenditure cap – will not be tapped by the state at the end of 2008-09 fiscal year, a Stony Brook University official said today.

On Aug. 28, Patty Buchanan’s, a former bar and grill on Route 25A, was cited for sale of alcohol to a minor. This is the second violation that has occurred under the proprietorship of Arsani Koulta

Stony Brook's Motor Sports Team held it's first auto show, with a good turnout from the campus and surrounding community.

Tuts Bar and Grill, a watering hole on 25A near Stony Brook University, was cited for underage sale of alcohol to a minor on Nov. 8, according to a press release issued by the Suffolk County Police Department. This was the first violation for the new business.

    The Graduate Student Organization Lounge Committee decided on Tuesday to fully withdraw funding and close operations of the University Café on Nov. 30, 11:59 p.m. because of extremely high food and labor costs.  The daytime operations of the cafe will cease beginning Monday.