Op-Ed

The President-Elect and his party, fresh from their electoral victory, are now prepared to savor their rewards: governing a nation at war and in recession (how many people would go on game shows if it offered prizes like that?).

In this election, Democrats were often guilty of the blind partisanship for which they often criticize Republicans. A vote for Nader - the real "Change" candidate - represented a vote for the person over the party.

And we lost. The reins of government have slipped from our hands, but so what? It’s the other party that believes that hope, happiness and prosperity flows outward from Washington. We know better.

In complete contrast to John McCain, his opponent’s well-funded, disciplined campaign has barreled through this election with a single motivation: to do and say whatever it takes to get Barack Obama elected.

McCain was blindsided by the economic meltdown. He knew something had to be done, but didn’t have the intellectual framework to decide what. His entire response smacks of desperation and inconsistency—is he pro-regulation or against? For small government or massive government intervention? We don’t know.

Decades of habit and training lie behind the junk that passes for good writing in college. Let's explore the dark art of producing unreadable work, and being rewarded for it.

Governor David Patterson’s budget directive to freeze special revenue generated by state agencies, including Stony Brook, is unjustified and damaging. But at the same time it illuminates the limits Stony Brook has reached as a state-run institution and forces us to think outside the box when plotting its future.

College students and activists have made a mistake in Barack Obama—he’s not the candidate he first appeared to be.

Young primary voters gravitated to Obama unlike other Democrat nominees in the past....But we haven’t really received a new candidate and Obama is starting to look like the same old politicians that have alienated young voters for generations.

Do we still have student reporters on campus? I beg to differ.

Want to find out what's awaiting you when you graduate Stony Brook? Read this new series of columns from students that are living through their post-Stony Brook Lives.

"I had heard many stories about medical school being arduous, with medical students spending their days studying and having no real free time. I regret to inform you, my dear reader, that this is more or less the case..."

This past Monday, the College Republicans executive board and I had the opportunity to go out to dinner with the scourge of Stony Brook, Ann Coulter. And surprisingly, I had a good time.

Governor Eliot Spitzer came onto the public scene as a no-nonsense New York attorney general, busting up alleged corrupted Wall Street tycoons and, yes, prostitution rings.

The new USG constitution is much improved over the one that failed last semester. When you vote this week, vote informed.

A release from USG regarding the court ruling on the elections.

I have always been an advocate for how great of a school Stony Brook is and how much I enjoy it, but as this year has gone on I cannot help but think our generation of students is getting shafted.