On December 2nd, The Ultimate Fighter featured the final four fights before the finale. In the final two quarterfinal fights James McSweeney beat Matt Mitrione and Marcus Jones defeated Darrill Schoonover.

When Judit Castello came to Stony Brook University as a visiting researcher, she had done her studying. Only, it wasn’t for any related coursework that Castello studied. It was the United States healthcare system that she looked into before leaving from her native country of Spain.

By Matthew Calamia
The Stony Brook Men’s Ice Hockey team has qualified for the American Collegiate Hockey Association national championship tournament in Gates Mills, Ohio.
The top 16 teams in the ACHA, a league formed in 1991 for teams across the country that are not funded by their college or university, will meet in Ohio from March [...]

By Jason Wirchin
She asked the questions.  He answered them – each one with a boyish smirk and a hint of narcissism.     On December 2007, CBS News’ Katie Couric, script in hand, grilled New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez in a now infamous episode of 60 Minutes.
‘Twas an interview for the ages, as Rodriguez, [...]

There is no question that Stony Brook is currently overflowing with problems: academic resources are dwindling, our Byzantine bureaucracy is frustrating, the infrastructure is crumbling, and students are suffering.

They are the kings of sport, the heroes of our childhoods, and perennial back page superstars. As kids, we would emulate their every move – their swings, their jump shots, their Hail Mary passes – aspiring to one day be the athletes we loved.

It’s 6 A.M. Do you know where your roommate is? If she is not under the pile of fleece blankets and laundry on the other side of the room, she might very well be at crew Practice.

Stony Brook Crew, or the Competitive Rowing Team, has been an established club sport at Stony Brook since the university was founded in 1957. The current team has 46 members who are divided into four squads: Varsity Men, Varsity Women, Novice Men and Novice Women.

The men’s basketball team kicked off the 08-09 season with a hard-fought and convincing win over Maryland-Eastern Shore with a score of 60-44. The Seawolves opening game win inspired the hope and change many students have been talk about considering last year’s record.