The most expensive item the Reverend of the Church of Stop Shopping has is an espresso machine imported from Italy, which was given as gift. “It’s taking over our life,” jokes Savitri Durkee, director of the Church of Stop Shopping and wife of the Reverend. “It’s the fanciest thing we have. It’s fancier than our car.”
When he’s not busy protesting the Disneyfication of Times Square, saving the Poe House from destruction or working to prevent the private development of Union Square and Coney Island, Reverend Billy likes to celebrate the holidays with friends and family in a more traditional way.
As the end of the semester grows near, some residential students at Stony Brook University find themselves in a bothersome and familiar predicament. While others deal primarily with the stress of grades and finals, these students must also concern themselves with how they will manage to eat.
Dr. Timothy J. Kinsella was granted his license by the New York State Department of Education on December 2. However, oddly enough, the administration of our Health Science Center won’t even take the time to comment on that, even after the publication of an article detailing Dr. Kinsella’s checkered past.
“Brah! Life is meant to be lived! You wanna study…or get laid?!” My buddy had a point. We decided to go. But when? We’ve seen the flyers, we’ve walked upon the chalkings all over campus.
While the relations of Muslim nations with the rest of the West are at an historical nadir, it does the West good to remember and recognize the proper, and quite substantial, level of indebtedness which it owes to Islamic civilization.
by Robert Venosa Prior to attending the latest event hosted by the Center for Italian Studies, I had never realized the relative extensiveness and hominess of the Center’s headquarters. It is, for the most part, smartly and comfortably accoutered. The…
By Alex H. Nagler In today’s political climate, people tend to forget that there is a middle ground. The perception that people are either abortion-loving baby killers who think gays should marry dogs or gun-humping Jesus lovers who think that…
By Nick Statt Have you ever gone to a movie hoping desperately that it will kick ass because a previous one, maybe by the same director or its predecessor in a series, was just so awesome? That’s exactly how I…