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“Thank you for visiting Santa here at New Port Center and have a Happy Holiday!” Standing among the fake snow and cardboard elves next to the camera, Brittany Fiore, 20, handed the older woman the pictures of her grandson with Santa Clause. That one sentence is the reason Fiore was getting in trouble with management on Christmas Eve. What was the complaint? The woman was accusing her of taking the Christ out of Christmas.

Two robberies occurred in a three-day span near West Apartments. The victims, both female, were not harmed.

At a depression screening on Oct. 29, 24 out of 56 students said the future of the economy is adding to their stress, according to the Center for Prevention and Outreach (CPO) at Stony Brook University, a counseling center that helps students who have problems with substance abuse, sexual assault, depression or suicidal thoughts

Before a packed auditorium at Stony Brook University on Thursday, leaders of the United University Professionals union called on its members to combat the state budget cuts that have come from Albany since April, after Wall Street’s collapse caused state revenues to dry up.

Stony Brook University Medical Center officials cautioned students from becoming overly alarmed about the reported cases of MRSA infections on campus, at a Wednesday press conference.

Bundled in hats and scarves, more than 100 Stony Brook University students and faculty rallied in front of the Student Activities Center Wednesday afternoon in a call to arms against the budget cuts.

Cooking-related fires, which according to a Stony Brook University safety and security reading account for more than 90 percent of fire alarms, are often caused by the use of prohibited appliances in campus dorm rooms. But privacy rules prevent resident assistants from searching for an occupant’s hidden cooking equipment.

Earlier this month, the newly renovated Roth Quad Dining Center opened its doors for the first time in a year and a half. In the opening week, students were met with long lines and slow service, but remained optimistic about the prospects of the new food court.

There have been a few confirmed cases of MRSA on campus, said Jerrold Stein, Dean of Students.

Stony Brook underreported campus crime in 2006, an audit by the New York State Comptroller’s office found. The comptroller found that Stony Brook failed to correctly report more crimes than any of the other SUNY schools that were audited.

Robert J. Lenahan, the Stony Brook's director of Campus Emergency Management, will be the new chief of the university police.

Stony Brook’s Campus Residences hired eight security guards in August to patrol the residential quads at early morning hours when student workers are off-shift.

All but one of the special construction projects on campus are on hold in the wake of a budget crisis at the New York State level. Of the twelve “strategic initiative” capital projects that were approved in Stony Brook’s last five-year plan, only one – the construction of a student recreation center – is still going forward.

A 21-person committee, chaired by alumnus Richard Nasti, is responsible for seeking out the person who might replace University President Shirley Strum Kenny after she retires next June. At this stage, they're laying out the qualities the school is looking for in its next president.

The Research Assistants of Stony Brook University and the SUNY Research Foundation began hearings before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) last Friday. The hearings, which continued all week, are a precursor to a secret ballot election which will determine whether or not the research assistants will officially join a union – in this case, the Communication Workers of America.