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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.

Carrie Ellmore-Tallitsch sat on a bench at the Staller Center last Saturday evening. A silky, purple-colored sheet engulfed her entire body, revealing only her face, a single hand and bare feet that were planted on the ground.

Check out the sights from the Men's Basketball game as Stony Brook Seawolves' beat the Vermont Catamounts, 82-78. The win on Wednesday night clinched the Seawolves' first Division I regular season conference title.

Professor Dennis Sullivan himself defies the stereotype of an influential mathematician. His study of math has taken him thousands of miles, from Princeton and MIT to as far away as France – and has earned him a long list of awards and honors along the way. On Feb. 7, Sullivan added the Wolf Prize in Mathematics to this list.

His rock-steady hands, grasping two wooden drumsticks, hovered over a pair of trembling golden cymbals. After four hours of almost non-stop drumming, Jimmy H. showed no signs of fatigue except for the beads of sweat on his forehead.

Ash Wednesday kicked off the 2010 Lenten season for the Catholic Church. Catholic Campus Ministries distributed ashes all day with mass services in the Union ballroom.

Snow can be fun for a little while, but for most people the charm quickly wears off. Enter Terence Harrigan. Stony Brook's head of operations and maintenance sat down with the Independent to talk about his winter life.

When Google announced the release of "Buzz," the Gmail add-on became popular pretty quickly, ascending to the top of Twitter's trending topics within hours of its release. However, much like the search engine's previous releases of social networking-based applications, Buzz falls short on features and real-world use.

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.

Sure, January 1 happened a little bit ago, but we are just getting around to asking- what’s your New Year’s resolution? A bunch of Stony Brook students were interviewed to find out theirs, and their resolutions varied from working out more to finding love. And one man's quest for love may take him pretty far...

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.

The stadium parking lot is full of football fans, tailgaters and the scent of hot dogs on a grill. But sizzling meat may not be the only source of the greasy, charred smell. In the back of the lot stands a bus that runs on vegetable oil.

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.

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.