Campus Life

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

“Let’s have a cup of coffee and to discuss more:” the most common phrase used in American colleges.

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.

This past Sunday morning, 21-year-old Desmond Adedeji was pulled over on the campus’s South Drive and charged with driving while intoxicated. Adedeji will serve a six game suspension, according to a press release from head coach Steve Pikiell.

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

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.

The university is in the process of redoing the piping for the school's high temperature hot water system. The ongoing project includes replacing the steel piping that has been in place since 1974. The project has begun in the area around Roosevelt, Kelly and Tabler quads and will go all the way around campus.

Residents of Roosevelt Quad and Dewey, Baruch and Eisenhower of Kelly Quad were without hot water from Sept. 8 until Sept. 10. The problem was caused by a leak in the high temperature hot water system adjacent to Greeley College, which provides heat and hot water services for the residence halls.

The Roth food court renovations are structurally complete but still not ready to open, Lisa Ospitale, director of marketing for campus dining services, said in a recent interview. The university had hoped to complete the renovations in time for the start of the fall semester.

The 5,000 square foot space reserved for a Starbucks coffeehouse on the second floor of the Student Union is in shambles – complete with wires hanging from the ceiling, exposed sheetrock, uneven flooring, and a makeshift sign taped onto the door which reads, “Opening Late Fall 2007.”

Stony Brook is rated number one for the most unhappy students in the Princeton Review’s “Best 366 Colleges: 2008 Edition.” Students on campus have mixed feelings, citing many different factors.

Wolfie’s, the new restaurant located upstairs in the Union, officially opened Monday. Donated sports equipment from the athletic department decorates the walls. Volleyballs, lacrosse helmets and jerseys are displayed in frames and glass boxes. The walls are painted red and flat screen televisions will soon be showing sports games and DVDs of past Stony Brook games.