Freshman Guide 2010

Summer Issue 1!

Lame Fest 2010; Also Inside: The Lit Sup

Diversity at SBU is highly visible, one need only to take a walk down the academic mall to realize that. In 2009, the U.S. News and World Report ranked SBU 38th out of a 100 schools in the nation for ethnic diversity … However, while diversity is prevalent, diverse interactions, at least according to students, is not.

Still reeling from President Stanley’s gut-punch announcement that the sustainability-centered Southampton campus will be mothballed to cut costs, outraged students are preparing to combat SUNY in court.

Fortified with neon-colored plastic Nerf guns and sock grenades, humans walked with caution last week at Stony Brook University, only traveling in groups of five or more, glancing over their shoulders in an uneasy manner.

Turning and turning in the widening gyre. The falcon cannot hear the falconer; things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;

No, I am not likening the first issue of Dark Horse’s Mass Effect tie-in comic to a stewed fruit sauce. Rather, I’m referring to the issue’s protagonist, blue-skinned alien Dr. Liara T’soni, and the overload of sassiness she brings to the pages.