Volume XXXV Issue XII

TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITORIALS Shady USG In Defense of Gambino

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Title IX Panel USG Candidate Forum Campus Dining is Dangerous

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NEWS

FEATURES Dances with Teacher

CULTURE CEOs Before Hoes Interview with Ted Nugent Nostalgia Goggles Captain America: The Winter Soldier Ask a Semi-Professional Pervert The Late Report with Stephen Colbert Show MoCCaFest/Pull List

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OPINION From Fast Food to Fashion Week

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SPORTS A Red Shirt Year

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THE STONY BROOK PRESS EXECUTIVE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER ART DIRECTOR NEWS EDITOR FEATURES EDITOR CULTURE EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR WEB EDITOR OPINION EDITOR PHOTO EDITOR COPY EDITOR PRODUCTION MANAGER MINISTER OF ARCHIVES OMBUDSMAN

JODIE MANN NICK BATSON BEATRICE VANTAPOOL JASMINE HAEFNER ANNE-MARIE GRECO JOHN FISCHER MAGGY KILROY JULIANNE MOSHER JAEL HENRY IAN SCHAFER SEAN FISCHER DAINE TAYLOR GIL GAMESH CHARLES SPITZNER HOWIE NEWSBERKMAN EVAN GOLDAPER

STAFF SURAIYA AFRINA LINDSAY ANDARAKAIS JESSICA BEEBE TERICHI BELLINGER DANIEL CASHMAR SIOBHAN CASSIDY JESSE CHANG ARIELLE DOLLINGER

RACHAEL ELLENBOGEN TAYLOR KNOEDL TOM JOHNSON PRISCILA KORB KYRIL KOTLOVSKY SAMUEL LIEBRAND BETTY LO BUSHRA MOLLICK

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EDITORIALS

USG BE SHADY

It comes as no surprise to any of us at The Press that this USG administration has such a poor public relations presence when their Vice President of Communications & Public Relations Mario Ferone, regularly photographs his feces on his public Instagram account and takes to his public Twitter account to criticize campus media with expletives and obscene imagery over an April Fools gag. If this is the way Mario Ferone deals with a campus newspaper, we can only wonder how he’ll handle other publications, like Newsday or The New York Times, if he were to run for public administration such as the 15 Assembly District of New York.

Something else that hasn’t escaped the minds of us here at The Press is the corruption case with Dick Cheney and Halliburton, or as we like to call it, crony capitalism at our current Executive Vice President Mallory Rothstein, interned for and now works as a marketing coordinator for 7Bus, which USG just so conveniently formed a contract with during her tenure. We’re sure there’s no connection between her internship offer and her involvement with creating a contract with them.

It seems like corruption is a tradition in USG though considering the previous administration’s President Anna Lubitz and others who worked under her had accusations against them that students were forced to vote for her to dominating the choices for the spring concert. The Press’

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participated in, and capitalized on during their campaigns.

And yet, when they’re criticised now, they resort to whining This administration is so obsessed with hearing their own voices rather than the students’ voices that they regularly ignore criticism and view it as an accomplishment. In a previous editorial where we questioned the professionalism of this administration, they read it with delight and offered to frame it rather than considering that maybe, just maybe, they are doing something wrong. The Statesman’s editorial on the same topic was received with the same attitude.

But maybe it isn’t USG’s fault, maybe they’re just doing their best with what they’re given. Considering Stony Brook

Maybe USG is just taking after them.

Oh sorry, forget all of those things we just wrote. It turns out that the Stony Brook Press now has to be USG approved and all articles with USG approval will have the appropriate stamp on their page. We love our dear leaders and will never question them. April Fools gags will no longer be tolerated and because we now know that a select few people do not understand satire, we will no longer publish any satirical content. I duci know what’s best.

EDITORIALS

IN DEFENSE OF GAMBINO

This year Stony Brook’s Undergraduate Student Government booked two acts for the end of the year working with Beyonce and Snoop Dogg’s recreated persona Snoop Lion, and Childish Gambino, a comedic TV star, better known to many as Troy Barnes from Community, turned rapper. Immediately after the acts were announced, in classic Stony Brook tradition, were cries of “why is it not <insert favorite act here>?” or “another rap artist? why can’t it be <insert other genre here>?” with little understanding of what goes into booking an event while getting a musical act that will appeal to the broad majority of students were heard.

The process begins the previous year with the elections of students to their positions of power in student government and the immediate need to begin booking rooms and performers for various artists throughout the coming year. Once dates and spaces schedule and budget. The main issue with this is that, in contrast to the vast majority of other event planning agencies, the way the process works at Stony Brook we have a selection of artists that work with the scheduled date it needs to decide which artist appeals to the vast majority of students. Then they need to deal with University security checks and vast levels of a bureaucratic maze that seems to regard the desire to have a great concert as “not important.”

Since Stony Brook is such a large university, even appealing to a vast majority will leave a sizeable amount of the student body unhappy. With the advent of social media and the fact that everyone has the ability to bitch about whatever they desire and send it out to various student many people are up in arms over the choice of “yet another rapper.”

Now ignoring the inherent fallacy that comes when people dismiss a whole genre as bad we can look into why Childish Gambino and Diplo are as great of a choice of artists that anyone can expect from USG. Childish Gambino what USG needs. If you need proof listen to the song “Freaks and Geeks” and realize he can really perform. Next up is

Diplo, who has worked with everyone who is anyone in the music industry. If the goal of the concert is to provide a fun, memorable experience, who would be better than an artist who has performed and worked through many different genres? Personally, I’m a fan of his work with Major Lazer such as the song “Get Free” which provides his own take on the Jamaican dancehall scene. If any artist is expected to provide a wide range of enjoyment for fans of many genre’s I can’t think of someone much better than Diplo. I encourage people to open their minds and just be excited about the you aren’t a fan of rap or electronic music.

Now back to USG. After choosing an act and getting one approved they have to go through the gigantic logistical hassle of coordinating multiple departments on campus such as athletics, the police force and numerous others while following numerous safety and bureaucratic steps to make this event happen. They also do this while balancing a full course load. As much as we all hate USG and think they could do a million things better, we all have to recognize that putting on an event of this size is a huge undertaking last thing they need to hear is whining about your chosen

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TITLE IX PANEL by anthony santigate

A panel was held on Tuesday, April 1, at Stony Brook to discuss Title IX and how it is applied to life at Stony Brook University. The two featured attendants were Raul Sanchez, the senior director for Title IX and risk management at the university, and Wendy Murphy, a professor and former prosecutor who specializes in Title IX. the position at Stony Brook. The position, which reports directly to President Stanley, serves as the designated agent to manage all Title IX compliance efforts.

Murphy is a distinguished Boston law professor who specializes in Title IX and campus sexual harassment/ sexual assaults. She commended Stony Brook and Sanchez most universities don’t have.

As part of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity.

United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from to discrimination under any education program or activity Although most people think of Title IX in terms of sports, it also encompasses sexual harassment and any Murphy spoke about how most people do not categorize sexual harassment or gender discrimination with racial or religious discrimination. She explained that Title IX has been misconceived as only for sports.

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similar punishments. She doesn’t think there should be a difference between violence against anyone and violence against women. today’s society, a woman is more likely to be raped in a college campus setting than out in the real world.

After observing behavior at Harvard University, Murphy opened a case in the early 2000s against the Ivy league school for its lack of Title IX compliance on the behalf of all women. Since Murphy did not submit any individuals, this became a landmark case, leading to many similar broad, or anonymous, cases across the country.

Action. He explained that in the last decade the federal like his.

Sanchez stressed that reporting discrimination issues slogan. He said that many people who are being discriminated against do not know where or who to talk to about these in whatever way possible.

Daniel Marzano, a senior and health science major, like many others, did not know that Title IX included more than just sports.

“It’s pretty shocking that that’s the overlooked section of the law,” said Marzano. “You would think it would be the other way around.”

Marzano explained that he’s familiar with Title IX because the law has partly stopped accomplished club sports teams like Stony Brook Ice Hockey from becoming reporting contributed by john fischer

FEATURES

THE USG CANDIDATE FORUM by betty lo

MANJU SHIVACHARAN / THE STATESMAN

On Tuesday, April 8 The Stony Brook Statesman hosted The USG Candidate Forum at the SAC Auditorium.

The meeting discussed the candidates’ plans on how to spend the more than $3 million budget for the Student Activity Fee for funding clubs and holding events.

The candidates talked about how the USG will work on communication between it and the students, an essential step to improve the relationship between the two.

Maximillian Shaps, a candidate for CAS senator spoke of his plan to create “stronger bond between the students and the USG.” There will be changes in the student government such as new processes for making funds last longer, according to Kathryn Michaud, the newly elected treasurer. Steven Adelson, vice president of academic affairs elect, said that he will continue expanding student tutoring services so that more students will be able to get the help they need. Adelson also intends to expand opportunities for engineering tutoring.

Personal connection was pointed out by Shaps, saying connection between student government and students.

Going to different clubs and meetings would be a more direct

Lakshmanan accountable, and therefore it is important. However, Michael Lavina, who ran against Lakshmanan had a different take.

“Ideally, we shouldn’t get paid,” he said. “It’s ridiculous and isn’t something that should happens because you shouldn’t be doing it for the money. It’s for the experience and you do it because you want to do it.”

It has been an issue that students do not involve and participate enough with the current USG administration and many do not know what the student government is for or how they handle the money from the students. what we are working on is the appointment system so that students can register through the USG website to make appointments and let us know their opinions and concerns,” said Daniel Chung, vice president for communications elect.

“As they also talked about today, there is very little student participation in the USG and as communication and public relations I will do my best using social media platform and advertisement, email newsletters, whatever I can to notify students how they can participate,” Chung said. “As far as making them open and reach out themselves, that is completely on their part.”

Voting was held from April 7 to April 11.

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NEW BUILDING, SAME PROBLEMS by daine taylor

One of the biggest hot button topics regarding life at Stony Brook, for both residents and commuter students alike is campus dining. How many times have you or your friends you would prefer to have on a given day?

Stony Brook’s campus, you are undoubtedly aware of the fact that to order even a slice of pizza and a soda, could end up costing you $4.00 more than if it were ordered at the For students living in campus residences, where a meal plan is required, the struggle becomes how to properly come around you aren’t reduced to eating ramen and dry toast every night.

The campus dining prices are set by the Meal Plans Resolution Committee, which is open to students and is the more students who show up to the resolution meetings and plead their case for a more inexpensive menu, the better chance there is of paying less in the future.

The debate about the prices of food, and the quality of campus foods helped spawn a Facebook group dubbed “SBU Food Complaints/Improvements.” The group, which had attracted over 1,500 members, served as a medium for dozens of students to lodge complaints, post pictures of inadequate serving sizes, underprepared food or to simply gripe about what they considered to be unfair prices or practices within campus dining facilities.

The newest addition to the roster of dining services on in its second stage of expansion, West Side Dining has been facing complications in the months since it had opened.

“Now that the expanded section of West Side Dining there. For instance we’re getting student feedback now that the services are open,” said Angela Agnello Director of Marketing and Communications for the Faculty Student Association.

Not all students are happy with the new dining center, some, such as junior Nghi Doan, felt the renovations to West Side Dining have been for the worst.

“Jasmine is my favorite place to eat on campus, it has food that decently tastes good,” said Doan. “West is very bad with food services, they tend to screw up my orders sometimes… The old Kelly Dining was much better. Food 8

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quality [at West Side Dining] just isn’t that good, plus they usually get my order wrong,” Doan said, adding that his Side.

Another issue students raised was while everything in lines and long waits to get food.

I can get on the run?’” Agnello said. “And that’s why we salads, sandwiches, parfaits, fruit, chips, and beverages.” in the project, stating that FSA is hearing the complaints students have and striving to deal with them the best they can.

“We’ve been working on getting more feedback from students to give them more of what they want,” said Agnello. “You know when phase one was still occurring, and the construction aspect was still going on, what we can sit, study, relax, eat and do what they need to do there.”

While these changes are a move in the right direction, it feels like Stony Brook students have deemed them too little, too late.

“I’ve been to West Side Dining and its…okay. The food is just like everywhere else, you can get the same type of food anywhere on campus, but it seems to be a little more expensive,” said Shanice Williams, a student. “I can wait 30 minutes in line to eat a grilled cheese sandwich, or I can go somewhere else where there isn’t a line.”

In response to the complaints of a lack of healthy or vegetarian meal options, West Side Dining has expanded items including Spinach and Mushroom Calzones, Four Cheese Ravioli, and Penne Pasta Primavera.

Though West Side Dining has been operational for scheduled for April 16. The event, which begins at 7 p.m., will feature V.I.P. Cabanas, menu specials, a DJ, Roulette tables, Poker, slot machines, and plenty of prizes.

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DANCES WITH TEACHER by rachael ellenbogen

dating back to the early 1980s, Amy Yopp Sullivan, the director of the center for dance, movement and somatic learning, prefers to surround herself with constant inspiration. She admits she can’t seem to get rid of any of the dusty magazines, but decided it would be helpful to students to glance through.

when you dance or when you think and what this world is that we have within us,” Sullivan said.

The second grade was when Sullivan’s dancing world really formed. She always loved movement, but it wasn’t until some grand turn of luck when she was younger that she started to dance as a way of life.

“The memory that kind of moved me forward was when I was a young child, in the second grade,” Sullivan said.

“I was walking home and found a pair of tap shoes in the

since 1986, but her love for dance goes back years before that.

picked them up and started dancing from there.”

Even before she found the tap shoes, she knew she wanted to be active, so she participated in any activity that

old,” she said, Dancing isn’t about being perfect or being the best for Sullivan. She simply enjoys the act of movement and being able to control and understand her body. She uses dance to, both, really see herself and to truly see the world.

“I started just because I couldn’t help but dance,” Sullivan continued. “It was just who I was. It was how I saw my world.”

Her world since she was a toddler has contained lots of dancing and choreography. Before joining the Stony Brook University faculty 28 years ago, Sullivan earned her dance education degree at the University of North Carolina, close to where she came from.

After her undergraduate career, she went to audition for a dance company in Charlotte, N.C., but after doing so, decided she wanted to receive further education and went on to study theology and philosophy in a graduate program.

While some might think her graduate classes and her undergrad have nothing to do with one another, Sullivan thinks otherwise.

“I was an athlete earlier,” she said. “I raced, swam, ran bowled, had state championships in bowling when I was just little. But it was always the means of being physical in the world.”

Sullivan believes that being it touch with one’s body and learning all that it can do is extremely important. Having grown up and used her body for many different sports and then going on to make a life out of being a dancer and a dance instructor, she thinks all students should know how to use their body to its fullest potential. This, along with trying to create a dance major at SBU, is one of the goals that Sullivan will continue to work towards.

“I think it’s just as important as reading, just as important as being able to analyze,” Sullivan admits. “It’s this part of education that I’m a real advocate to say it’s necessary for every person. I would love to have a body narratives course for students on this campus. For every single student, like they have to take writing or intro to math.”

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Woman’s f av o r i t e position

CEO by lauren klein

& julianne mosher

While on a radio show reality TV star and businesswoman Lauren Conrad was asked what her favorite position and expected to disclose her bedroom secrets. She paused while reading the question, clearly uncomfortable then cleverly the sexual and extremely private question with grace, it prompts another question: what is the deal with men having an issue with women in a position of power?

The most used excuse in the book for why a woman can’t be President of the United States is that she might be in a crappy mood from her period and pushes the red button detonating nuclear weapons because she’s pissed off and has cramps. As if all women are incapable of rational thought.

Let’s face it, women have been bosses since birth. We boss men around, we carry children for nine months and we’re strong.

Wondering why we like high heels? The sound of the heels hitting the ground makes a satisfying statement. That “Pay attention, my shoes were named after a knife and are most likely bigger than your dick.” For those who don’t know, a stiletto is a type of heel named after a dagger.

When you talk to your parents, who is most likely to know everything you are doing and possibly blackmail you for that information? Hint: not your dad. Women are extremely intuitive. It comes with the territory of being “sensitive”.

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is called a bitch, but when a man asks he’s your boss. The double standard still exists.

Even in the 21 century, the number of female CEOs is shockingly low. In a day and age where women are supposedly accepted in society why are only 23 of the Fortune 500 business companies run by women?

But women in business are even stronger than originally perceived. In America, jokingly or not, women are said to “belong in the kitchen” with a Father Knows Best stigma.

However, in the U.S. today, 80 percent of women CEOs of current Fortune 500 companies also have children.

So not only do they need to carry a baby inside them and then push it out, but they help raise it while also maintaining a successful business.

The Washington Post investigation of the Watergate scandal. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein certainly never had to deal with childbirth while executing the demise of President Nixon.

Really, it’s an insult for a successful woman to be asked, “hey what’s your favorite sex position?” Obviously all we are good for is sex and making sure your sandwich has all the crusts cut off, right sweetie? Except, we’re not.

THE STONY BROOK PRESS INTERVIEWS THE NUGE: Q&A WITH TED NUGENT

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by julianne mosher

Since the late 1950s Ted Nugent has been a rock legend.

While strumming his Les Paul, Nugent not only has been part of bands including The Amboy Dukes and Damn Yankees, but is also a successful solo artist who is known his 1976 single, “Cat Scratch Fever,” his 1980 hit, “Wango Tango” and he is known for performing with some of the most talented musicians in the world.

However, more recently, Nugent became a board activist against the Obama administration. He is often vocal about his beliefs regarding gun control, hunting and the wing republican but this rock star doesn’t give a damn about what people think.

Nugent took the time out to talk with The Stony Brook Press in an email interview and he discussed everything from his new album, “Shut Up & Jam!” to running for president one day. He also gives words of advice for the struggling college student that, we think, could be very inspiring and helpful to all of us at SBU. Q: Out of everyone you have recorded with, who was your favorite artist to work with? Is there anyone you would like to collaborate with in the future?

A: I am so very blessed to continue to collaborate with the world’s greatest virtuosos and gentlemen that the list is too long to complete here. I have played bass for the masters Chuck Berry and Bo Diddly, jammed with the best of the best and have always been surrounded by band mates that can

best be described as musical monsters! We are recording some of the best killer songs of my life right now for my new record SHUTUP & JAM! and the spirit and energy of each days musical outrage is phenomenal.

Q: Do you have any plans for touring coming up?

(Ted’s Shutup & Jam! Tour kicks off July 3 in Wichita Falls at the Wichita Falls Memorial Auditorium. His latest CD, also titled SHUTUP & JAM! will be available later this year on Frontiers Records.)

Q: How did you initially get involved with gun and hunting rights? What made you want to become and activist for them?

A: I witnessed the abandonment of logic and common sense by freedom hating, stoned maniacs that were hellbent stand by like some soulless sheep and let such dishonesty and dangerous mindlessness go unchallenged. This sacred people” remain engaged and demand the adherence to this greatest quality of life in the history of mankind. Only uncaring sheep fail to be involved.

Q: You’ve said in the past that you’ve thought and Looking into the future, do you see yourself doing that any time soon?

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A: America must end the big lie that bureaucrats can run our lives better than we can. All Americans must return to the logic that no one has a right to anything they don’t earn. We must return to the competitive spirit of being the very best that we can be and end the embarrassment of Americans who have given up looking for jobs. We must end the embarrassment of jobs Americans are not willing to do. We must end the slavery of welfare, foodstamps, the big lie that there is any such thing as free stuff. We have fallen so far from the honest, rugged individualism that made America the last best place. America must demand that the government get the hell out of our lives. Everything poster child of unaccountable government out of control, and they are doing everything in their abuse of power to do

to the entire country what they did to Detroit, Chicago, DC, Philadelphia, etc. etc. etc. No thank you.

Q: Since this is for a college newspaper, what are some words of advice for the youth today?

A: Young Americans better wake up to the reality that nobody owes you jack squat. Life is not fair and you better get used to it. Nobody owes you a job or a wage. By sheer ethic, you can earn as much money as you want to and have any American Dream you desire. You must learn to kick maximum ass, or you will surely get your ass kicked.

Save your money, live within your means, and always help others to the best of your ability. Put your heart and soul into everything you do and nobody can stop you. Sometimes you give the world the best you got and you get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you got anyway.

WOLFIE UNPLUGGED Twelve buildings are representing Stony Brook University in this year’s Campus Conservation Nationals Unplugged” here at Stony Brook, pits colleges and programs from around the world against each other to see who can save the most electricity.

Stony Brook is competing against SUNYIT, SUNY New Paltz and the University of Albany. The 12 Stony Brook representatives are split up into residential buildings – West Apartments I, Douglas, Whitman, Benedict, Hamilton and Nobel Halls – and academic buildings – Student Activities Center, Javits Lecture Hall, Earth & Space Sciences, Humanities, Administration and the Wang Center. The competition is running from April 4 and then ends with Stony Brook Earthstock on April 25.

Anyone can check the university’s progress at buildingdashboard.net/stonybrook.

According to the website, West Apartments C has gotten off to a fast start already decreasing their energy use by 51 percent. Also, Stony Brook as a campus is leading New Paltz 5.6 percent to 5.2 percent. These percent decreases are based off of April’s energy use against numbers that were collected Partly because this is Stony Brook’ competition, the SUNY winner will only receive bragging rights.

Stony Brook’s efforts in the competition are being coordinated by the university’ O’Connor, the Director of Sustainability and Transportation Operations, explained that he hopes the competition will raise energy reduction awareness on campus for more than just a couple of weeks. He wants to help change the community’s mindset, not just win a competition.

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about engaging the community to make them aware.”

The department works with everyone on campus to reduce energy use. Along with raising awareness, they take a proactive approach by starting initiatives like replacing that turn off lights when they’re not in use and working with “We help with a number of efforts to lower our impact on the natural environment,” said O’Connor. “As well as communicate to the university community what we’re doing.” help out with the efforts in the buildings. They will give tours, offer tips and suggest other ways to conserve energy.

Greg Monaco, Sustainability Coordinator who is heavily involved in the C.C.N., said that saving energy doesn’t take a lot of effort. instead of a 25 minute one,” said Monaco. “In the residential buildings, a lot of it comes down to the students, they have the chance to cut back and help out.”

Some easy tips to using less electricity are using cold water when washing your clothes, using the stairs instead of elevators and turning off all lights and TV’s when they’re not in use.

Campus Conservation Nationals started in 2010 with less than 40 schools and now for 2014 it has grown to more than 140 universities and colleges. With this growth, it has become the largest electricity and water reduction college/university program in the world. The program is jointly organized by the U.S. Green Building Council, Lucid, National Wildlife Federation and Alliance to Save Energy.

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NOSTALGIA GOGGLES: BURGER KING BACKSTREET BOYS CD by julianne mosher

did something remarkable for teenage girls across the nation. They began selling exclusive Backstreet Boys CDs and VHS tapes with the purchase of any value meal.

The three CDs were titled, For the Fans coordinated per volume. Disc one was a dark red, disc two was a bright yellow, a piece of gold found in the dark depths of fast food grease.

Discs one and two featured six songs including number one hits like “Larger Than Life” and “Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely,” but also as a nice little treat we got hidden bonus tracks and live recordings of our favorite boy band.

They also released a VHS tapa that featured them live in concert for the unfortunate ones who never saw them live

at Jones Beach.

This was a great marketing tool and that’s what we should miss. Instead of illegally downloading music or using MP3 players – younger versions of us would be so confused today – we should go back to a time where not only could you get fries, a burger and a soda but also a heaping dose of poptastic music sung by our favorites, A.J., Nick, Brian, Kevin and Howie. out on these totally rad CD’s, don’t fret. Luckily, they’re on eBay starting at a bid of $1.25. Unfortunately for those who bought 30 of the discs thinking they’d be collector’s items 14 years ago, they’re only making $1.25.

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SHADESMAN’S CREATIVE CAUCKLES by chris oliveri

Hello, everyone. Allow myself to introduce, well, The Socialite. But you may just call me Chris Shades, or just call a bit of a jack of all interests; I dance, I run, I ride the I can party it up, or put on my thinking cap and invoke the creative process to write stories and produce screenplays.

The Stony Brook Press, and you can expect anything from love advice and observations to reviews of my favorite spots and locales to random trivia. Anything goes as long as it’s legal!

ON LOVE - ‘TRACTING: Dizzying amounts of research have been conducted as to the whys, hows and whoms of attraction. I bet you’re reading this and thinking, “Yes, I too could use more action and, by the way, there are NO guarantees exactly we want.

First, we must be happy with ourselves before we can be happy with a “Number 2” in our lives. This #2 can be steps you can follow.

Eat right, but don’t deprive yourself; exercise daily with both weights and cardio, and have a variety of hobbies and interests. Also, set yourself apart from the crowd with your noticed If you have to TRY to attract a girl or a guy, than you’ve balance to avoid that turf. As a certain wise wrinkled green friend would say, “Do... or do not.”

This certainly applies to meeting anyone in life in any situation – and little aspects such as timing and context can make all the difference. If you haven’t already, it behooves you to get involved with student groups and organizations.

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spots as well. Upon turning 21 there are many venues and spots that I guarantee will expose you to a myriad of social situations unlike what you’ve known before.

All in all, live to live. Don’t worry TOO much about attracting another, but be aware enough so you can notice when it does happen!

NEXT TIME – when The Shadesman returns, expect reviews of some of the BEST spots to go to, on and off campus!

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CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER by sean fischer

Captain America: The Winter Soldier is the latest Avengers

blends action and characterization seamlessly, making the Captain a genuinely engrossing character.

The First Avenger handled well, such as the portrayal of Captain America, but the Winter Soldier’s script. The story borrows heavily from Ed Brubaker’s run on the Captain America comics, while managing to streamline some of the more convoluted aspects of the comics.

The plot revolves around the Captain trying to navigate a web of subterfuge within the peacekeeping organization S.H.I.E.L.D, while a lot of shit blows up nice along the way. out extremely well. Nick Fury’s cynicism brings some much needed depth to his role, while working as a contrast to Captain America’s somewhat naïve idealism. Both Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow and Anthony Mackie as Falcon do justice to their respective characters, and feel like integral parts of Captain America’s team.

As you may have seen in the trailers or in the countless a cardboard cutout of Robert Redford left out to crease which seemed to be the point, but at the very least, he doesn’t detract from the movie.

Ironically, the most engaging action scenes in the chase with Nick Fury is so over the top due to its length and the amount of high tech gadgets in his vehicle. It almost becomes hilarious, and it’s just fun to watch.

The aforementioned gadgetry and plot revolving movie and more like one of the Mission Impossible except Winter Solider is essentially a dumb action movie, it’s a dumb action movie with heart and it doesn’t feel nearly as cynical or dark as it could have been. There’s plenty of references to the comics for the fans and plenty of action throughout a solid story for everyone else.

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DRUGZZZ: BROOKFEST EDITION by lipman and ms.token

Diplo and Childish Gambino are coming to town. What does that call for? Drugzzz of course. Now, the question is what is the best one to smoke, snort or ingest or the occasion.

Lip Man and Ms. Token have cultivated a guide to help make that choice a little easier next time you’re ready to checkout.

So, we invite you…pick your poison.

All Hail Mary: Nothing beats the classic. Weed is always a good choice for feeling the vibe if you’re ready to stare into some trippy lights and just enjoy the music. However, this might not be the best choice for concert we all expect because nobody wants a “downer” when they’re ready to twerk. One way to avoid the naps is to opt for edibles, you can also avoid trying to smoke in the stadium.

If weed is where you’re gonna rock, bud you’re gonna use beforehand.

Some people think the name/strain thing is a joke, but I guarantee if you have effects. You should be looking for a SATIVA for this concert, not an indica. Just ask your dealer. If he/she doesn’t know 16 April 15, 2014

Shroomin’: As avid believers in the all natural, this is the best, easiest more about feeling the music than “rolling face.” It feeds the craving for a psychedelic experience while keeping your physical being intact. In should be noted that a shroom trip will be all about the music. You’re not there to make friends. you end up. Take with care, and plan to take them before you enter the venue. Drugs like this require good timing, so remember that shroomzzz takes about 30 minutes to an hour to kick in.

MDMA : Are you surprised this is appearing here? If you are, you probably shouldn’t partake in this one for the show. With its rise in popularity, MDMA/Molly/Ecstasy has become music sound amazing, it will make you feel amazing. But we talk about this one a lot, so let’s move on.

Cocaine: Now we’re getting into the riskier drugzzz, folkzzz. If you haven’t messed around with “lesser” drugzzz yet, you probably don’t want to start here. Although, if you feel comfortable enough with substances this may be the perfect chance to ride the white horse. Disclaimer: neither of us have taken this drug, but effects we’ve been able to accumulate from friends who have used or online testimonials include: to consume it, your throat and mouth will go numb, but shouldn’t impede your speech too much. Apparently it’s as if all your cares in the world disappear when you take it. Fair warning, cocaine is extremely addictive and users report it on, aka you will want to do more when you’re coming down.

Alcohol: Oh yeah, almost forgot about this one. Well… sure, have fun. Please don’t be an ass. Bro, nobody likes it when they get thrown up on by a dude in plastic wayfarers and with your longboard while you’re at it.

Drugzzz not to do:

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If you’re snorting anything, DO NOT EVER BUMP

STRAIGHT FROM THE BAG. Go to the bathroom, or literally any other option. You’ll risk taking too much too quickly, both dangerous and stupid. can help it. A joint you can eat when being faced with boyz, that nice hundred dollar glass piece? Not so much. biddies tipping over in their wedges. They probably won’t allow heels on the turf anyway.

AS SEEN ON CAMPUS by ricky patricia soberano

The staff writers and editors who brought you live tweeting for the glamorous pieces at the Oscar’s and have been furiously been writing fashion industry/ celebrity stories at the Stony Brook Press found it was due time to profile the fashionably humble and runway perfection that struts the grounds of this institution.

So practice your best poses, put together your fashion forward pieces that we know you own and feign at least a little surprise if we stop you for a picture and quick chat.

Name: Roslyn Dong Major: Psychology with Studio Art minor Amazing Shit: PR of Japanese Student Organization (JSO)

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ASK A SEMI PROFESSIONAL PERVERT

ED SHEERAN ‘SING’ by lauren klein

by dakota eye

My name is Dakota Eye and I am a semi professional pervert. I am also a full time undergrad here at SBU. I am an art major, but I am rarely asked about my art, what types of paint to buy or which type of paper is best for screen printing. Instead, I have become known as something of an expert on all things sex.

On a regular basis I am asked about what brand of condoms are vegan, what lube is best for for silicone toys and how a person can come out as polyamorous. As the vice president of SBU The Next Generation, the campus club that specializes in alternative sex, sexuality and sex education, I lead discussions on all sorts of sexual topics.

I have also talked about female sexuality and slut walks at Suffolk County Community College Women’s Week.

I have been an active member of the BDSM and LGBTA communities for a number of years. For many students and even faculty, I have become someone to turn to to talk to SBU students about sex, to provide them with information and some entertainment and promote the idea that sex can be fun and easy to talk about. So I offer myself up for questions.

Have a sex or relationship question? Email me at semiproperv@gmail.com or ask questions via Twitter by tweeting @semiproperv, and I’ll answer some in my next column, right here in The Stony Brook Press.

And in the meantime, remember that the school can

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Ed Sheeran dropped a new single from his upcoming album, X tune. It’s slightly out of character for Sheeran to have a radio song. Sheeran remains true to his storytelling roots shouldn’t have anything to fear, his rumored next single “Don’t” is about his now ex girlfriend cheating on him with a close friend while staying in the same hotel room. He also just announced that he wrote a song for the upcoming movie The Fault in Our Stars. Hopefully, this next album will be as lyrically genius as the last. The full album X will be available in stores and on iTunes June 23.

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NO ROOM FOR TRUTHINESS IN LETTERMAN’S GAP by sean fischer

The entertainment world was abuzz last Thursday, April 10 when CBS announced that Stephen Colbert would be taking over The Late Show from David Letterman after his retirement in 2015. In several respects, this marks the end also means the end of the Colbert Report, and the character “Stephen Colbert.”

While at the very least, Colbert is taking his staff of phenomenal writers over to The Late Show and the statement saying “I won’t be doing the new show in character, I have no doubt that Colbert will do a good job, considering that he’s proven to be a natural entertainer even in the rare instances he’s out of character, but it’ll lack that dimension that “Colbert” added, which made his work truly special.

Obviously since Colbert is going to be playing to a much wider audience, his pointed sometimes offensive jokes about politics can’t take center stage on this new platform and will instead be drowned out by the standard affair of jokes about pop culture. While Letterman himself had cultivated a character whose dry sarcasm was the antithesis to the oftentimes fake enthusiasm of other late night talk show playing a bored host, or whether he really just didn’t give a shit while on the air.

On the other hand, every aspect of Colbert’s persona feels like a crafted performance, that brings attention to the everyday hypocrisy in the world we live in. While it’s fantastic we’ve gotten to see it for this long, it still stings that such an invaluable piece of satire will be gone soon.

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SUPERHEROES TAKE THE BACK SEAT AT MOCCAFEST story and photos by ian schafer

wouldn’t be an unfair representation of what is considered mainstream in an industry dominated by Marvel and DC Comics, whose lines of

other way.

Art Spiegelman, whose graphic novel Maus, which depicts his father’s experiences as a Polish Jew and

up over 60 percent of comic book sales in 2013, according to Diamond Comic Distributors Inc., the company responsible for handling subscriptions and shipping for most major comic book publishers.

But at the second annual and art convention hosted by The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art and the Society of Illustrators in Manhattan the weekend of April 5 and 6, the aim, according to Convention Director Annelle Miller is to introduce more people to a more “alternative” form of comic book art.

“Our goal, besides showcasing artists, is to expose the public to this genre of illustration, comic and cartoon art, but the “indie” version of it,” Miller said. “Not the superheroes, but the young really working hard doing their own publishing and trying to get published.”

According to Miller, MoCCAFest has grown since last year, when the total attendance over both days reached approximately 4,000.

“This year, we had day,” Miller said.

These numbers hardly compare to larger conventions like the Art Spiegelman’s Maus earned him a New York City Comic special Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for its Con, which saw roughly depiction of the Holocaust.

133,000 attendees last October, but some comic book creators wouldn’t have it any 20 April 15, 2014

MoCCAFest featured a gallery of original comic book and pop art.

in at MoCCAFest.

“The thing I like about this [convention], is that it’s the corner of comics that’s in my ghetto,” Spiegelman said. fantasy and superhero comics dominate the industry when it is more likely, he said, that comics such as Maus, which dramatize history, or comics that depict more realistic stories would be more relatable.

“I remember wanting something like this to happen back when it was impossible.” Spiegelman said of the convention.

Spiegelman and other creators have hoped to bring a more literary type of comic book into the public eye for a long time.

“We wanted comics to be in libraries, bookstores, museums, and taught at universities, why not,” he said.

“But, by god, be careful what you wish for, because now it’s all amazingly legitimate.” Spiegelman said of the expanding popularity of comics.

However, not every table at the convention was

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Carlos Rodriguez, a senior at the Manhattan High School of Art and Design, manned a table with some other students MoCCAFest, Rodriguez said, “is a good chance for students to show off original work and get discovered.”

But, Rodriguez said, the competition to be noticed for your work is steep and it’s hard to imagine his classmates

Spenser Anderson debuted his comic Fairy Dust at this year’s MoCCAFest

“rolling in money” when he had made only a small number of sales.

Though the majority of works on display at MoCCAFest shared little content similrities with your

For Spenser Anderson, 26, last year’s MoCCAFest Anderson, who moved to New York last year from Beaufort, S.C., debuted Fairy Dust, a comedic superhero title which he describes as a cross between popular Japanese cartoon, Sailor Moon and the Power Rangers, at this year’s convention.

“I came to New York not too long ago, and saw that there’s a comic book convention that’s not New York City Comic Con.” Anderson said. “So I decided to sit down, get all of my ideas together, get a book out and actually debut it here.”

After a “great” experience at MoCCAFest, Anderson said he plans to return next year, hopefully with a few more issues published.

And next year’s MoCCAFest will be even bigger if the trend continues.

“I think there are several things contributing to it,” Miller said. “I think more people are starting to have more awareness of MoCCA and the Society of Illustrators.

I think the programming we did this year and publicizing people in.”

She jokingly added that some of the appeal may have nothing to do with the art.

“I think having a Charlie Brown Macy’s Thanksgiving of people to come see that,” she said.

Full interviews with some of the convention’s guests of honor are available on www. sbpress.com.

The Charlie Brown balloon used in the Macy’s Thanksgiving day parade watched over convention-goers at MoCCAFest 2014, in the 69th Infantry Armory in Manhattan.

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THE PULL LIST by sean fischer

This week’s Pull List features alternative comics that debuted at MoCCAFest 2014, an indie comics convention hosted by the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art and the Society of Illustrators in Manhattan.

Copra #13 Michel Fiffe Michel Fiffe’s been making waves in the alternative comics circles with the news that he’d be writing for Marvel on All New Ultimates. While that book left a good deal to be desired fortunately, his original series Copra still remains a priority.

Unlike earlier issues, Fiffe is focusing on one member of the team per issue in self contained installments that serve as a good jumping on point for new readers.

The latest installment deals with the character Lloyd hunting down one of his teammates, who was discovered to be involved with the death of his son. When Lloyd is angry, he’s driven and merciless to various criminals’ dismay, and to the reader’s delight. Fiffe once again shows his talents you haven’t been reading this series already, start with this Ant Colony Michel Deforge Ant Colony is one of the more bizarrely imaginative works to be featured at MoCCAFest this year. The hardcover book collects a series of comics Deforge originally published online. The work depicts the surreal day to day events of an ant colony. Much of the expository narration describing the anatomically incorrect entomological functions of the various ants, spiders and other insects featured in the story, it feel like a nature documentary on acid. The book has a dark sense of humor and shows Deforge’s natural abilities as a cartoonist, with an amazing, if not somewhat disturbing eye for design. It’d be nice for there to be some additional content, since the book is just a collected version of what was already featured on the internet, but the undeniable talent and originality on display here make it worth purchasing.

White Cube Brecht Vandenbroucke 22 April 15, 2014

Perhaps the funniest book to be featured at Mocca is White Cube. The work is comprised of mostly one page gag comics without dialogue, which utilize the artist’s unique visual style. While there’s no overarching narrative to the book, the main theme seems to be a retaliation against modern art, by using a variety of original and clever comics that play on aspects of that artistic community and culture.

Vandenbroucke’s paints distinguishes it from most farcical comics, and adds to the surrealistic atmosphere of the work.

The abnormal style and the mean spirited nature of some of the jokes may make the comic not for everyone, but if you have an open mind, or just really hate modern art, this is for you.

Too Dark To See Julia Gfrörer Too Dark To See is a minimalistic short comic that feels less like an attempt to tell a story, but rather evoke a sense of dread. The jarring shift in the beginning of the work between a nightmarish dreamlike state into a believable sense of reality serves to disorient readers. Gfrörer’s monochromatic illustrations bring much of the focus to the texture and realistic movement of the characters, and works in the segments based in the real world. Even the dialogue, especially her depictions of arguments feels grounded and uncomfortably real. Despite its short length, it manages to set up and envelop the reader in an unsettling state. but beyond that it doesn’t serve to accomplish much else.

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TANZ CONSCIOUSNESS by julianne mosher

& ricky patricia soberano

The Center for Dance, Movement and Somatic Learning presented the Performance Dance Ensemble’s showcase of “Tanz Consciousness” the weekend of April 11. The performance is what the student cast of 14, faculty choreographer, Joya Powell, and student choreographer, Anna Koskol, have been working on since the beginning of the semester. Almost every piece involved the class’ participation for creative process by each dancer to create The audience spent the entire performance without written programs of the presentation in hand to direct the audiences’ thoughts. Thus giving the audience the ability to have the unique experience of seeing the performance as it was and producing raw reactions from it.

Powell of the piece “Rosas danst Rosas” that was originally choreographed by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker. The sharp movements were balanced out by soft accents. The same movement phrase was utilized throughout the piece but was manipulated in every possible way by making the movement The chairs the dancers sat in and the childrens’ songs eerily set the mood for the performance. Each element of the or resisting the constraints of societal norms,” written in the playbill of the event. Each dancer looked off into the distance as “Macarena” by Los del Rio was lip synced to.

The piece ended pleasantly with a musical chairs game with “Turn Down For What” by DJ Snake & Lil Jon playing in the background.

The second piece was a powerful display of sensory overload called, “Understand Your Ground” by Joya Powell.

Two sections were adapted from the original choreography in the repertoire by Powell’s Movement of the People Dance Company. The overload involved colorful zipped up hoodies on the dancers, chairs, smell of fear, look of suspicion in the dancers eyes and the audio of President Barack Obama’s address in regards to the shooting of Trayvon Martin. The piece carried through with explosive movement and clear A duet featuring dancers, Leah Henry, wearing a white hoodie with a stitched black patch where a heart is, and Julianna Caputo, wearing a black hoodie with a stitched white patch, symbolically displayed racial stereotypes

was pointed around the room, looking to drop the blame on someone or some race but it did not stop at anyone in particular. Both sides performed with emotion: anger, frustration and the desire to receive comfort from anyone regardless of race, but pulling back because race is the heart of the issue. The entire piece invited audience members to step into that dark place in themselves that can induce unpredictable emotions and let themselves completely go if they wished to, which was very tempting and easily done because the dancers were already in that place themselves.

The third piece was a welcoming cheerful break called, “Between You and Me,” choreographed by student choreographer, Anna Koskol. The piece featured dancers, Scott Peterson and Jennifer Jeng as partners. The piece told the story of Peterson adorably dreaming of dancing with a after some time spent perfecting his moves by himself. The contemporary in style.

by Joya Powell and Performance Dance Ensemble cast was inspired by the Berlin Wall and the effect it had on the people within it’s hold. German folk dance was utilized to issue on hand at the time. The piece was a perfect blend of community tension that put individual issues on display. An unseen force took family members away from each other.

With arrows drawn on wooden boxes and destinations written on the side such as Berlin being carried on the this world willingly or not was a priority. It also portrayed “…how some may have built walls within themselves as the Berlin Wall was being created before them” as written in the description. that requires being chosen after a rigorous audition process. of “Anne and Her Rosas” all over campus. More information can be found on The Center for Dance, Movement and Somatic Learning website.

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FROM FAST- FOOD TO FASHION WEEK by ricky patricia soberano

As fashion week season rages on, the hype surrounding at Milan Fashion Week 2014 ceases to let up. With iconic designs that channeled in the trademark logo of the fast food giant, McDonalds, the designer of the line, Jeremy Scott has caught the attention of the fashion hungry. The craving sold out the Moschino medium sized French fries runway and now the heart shaped logo on an all red sweater piece. capsule collection however McDonalds itself does not seem to mind. The company shared photographs of the pieces on its own social media accounts.

Moschino was not the only show during this Fashion Week season that brought about the food industry onto the runway. Fashion industry’s legendary Karl Lagerfeld presented Chanel’s collection at Paris Fashion Week 2014 as a Chanel supermarket complete with “Coco Chanel” herself featured in a poster shown pushing a shopping cart.

Victoria’s Secret model and fashion week model to watch, Cara Delevingne helped bring the everyday setting into an expensive light.

As the industry continues to look for ways to stay innovative, it is clear that travels to neither exotic nor classic destinations are not necessary anymore to feed the creative spirit. It can be found wherever a designer’s stomach may take them.

UMASS BASKETBALL PLAYER COMES by anthony santigate

First Jason Collins, then Michael Sam, now Derrick Gordon.

By coming out to his teammates last week, and announcing it to the media on Wednesday, April 9 Gordon ’s basketball player in the NCAA. Gordon got all the attention on Wednesday: a full interview on ESPN and an article in probably every newspaper in the country.

But something that may have gone unnoticed is that Gordon got most— to all — of his attention on Wednesday and only Wednesday.

Michael Sam was all over the news for a week. Jason Collins got even more attention than that once he signed with the Brooklyn Nets. But Gordon’s announcement was different. It was easier.

The media moved on to the latest Miami Heat news or how Johnny Manziel got a high score on the Wonderlic test, all with no mention of Gordon.

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This was an underrated a sign of progress for the gay community. Yes, it was another popular athlete that came out, but this was a huge step towards the day when an athlete announcing he’s gay doesn’t make national headlines.

In an interview, Gordon said that when Michael Sam came out, he immediately wanted to come out. However, he NCAA tournament. Undoubtedly, Gordon’s announcement has the power to inspire and encourage other secretly gay athletes to come out.

Whether the world is ready or not, in the near future there will be a number of gay athletes in national sports, thanks to people like Gordon.

Teammates, coaches and organizations won’t have to announce their support on Twitter. Being gay won’t affect an athlete’s draft stock. And journalists won’t plan all their news around it anymore. It will be a normal occurrence.

The culture of sports is starting to accept gay athletes and it will continue to more and more.

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A RED SHIRT YEAR by anthony santigate

When John Haggart looks back on his freshman year at Stony Brook, he won’t have much to talk about. Weight lifting, running and studying have taken up most of his year. Haggart was only able to help the Seawolves from redshirted, or considered a full teammate, but did not play in any games, for the 2013 season. Under NCAA regulations eligibility.

Haggart described his past year as a lot of different things.

“It’s been about getting used to the whole being a Division I athlete thing, realizing that you’re a part of the team,” Haggart said. “But being a redshirt you can’t play and you can’t have the satisfaction that you had in high school.”

He was a high school football star at Sayville High School in Suffolk County. A starter on the varsity team since his sophomore year, Haggart was a star at running back and defensive end.

In his senior year, Haggart piled up stats on both sides offense, he totaled 1,158 yards and 14 touchdowns. That

his senior season. So coming into college he knew he would probably have a lot of time off.

He chose to play football at Stony Brook University, turning down another scholarship offer at Buffalo.

But being a Stony Brook Seawolf has been a big change of pace for Haggart. Playing both sides of the ball in high school, he was able to get as much playing time as possible.

Now at Stony Brook, he’s had to work for everything.

“It’s hard here. Nothing’s given to you,” he said. “You come here and everything’s fresh. Everyone here was also the top dog at their high school so you have to compete.”

Haggart explained that the last time he had to compete for a starting job or even playing time was his freshman year of high school. But that hasn’t deterred the pass rusher, he

a starting job.

“I like the year because it lets you learn how be a better collegiate athletics, the idea of not being the best player around is a harsh reality.

Despite his success in high school, Haggart was mostly recruited as a linebacker due to his size and speed. Coming into college he stood at 6’1, 205 lbs. with a 4.6 40 yard dash.

Stony Brook head coach Chuck Priore said that Haggart’s athleticism would help him make the transition to becoming “He runs real well and has explosive speed so I think he’s the type of guy that can handle playing on his feet,” Priore said.

Priore and his staff often decide to redshirt their entire freshman class. According to Priore, this gives the new recruits a chance to adjust to being a college student and a college football player.

“It gives him a chance to develop physically, a chance to get in the weight room, gives him a chance to learn the scheme,” Priore said.

There have only been certain exceptions where true need basis. Injuries and lack of depth at positions are the main reasons why.

Redshirts are especially popular in football because of the large number of athletes on each team, but they also play a factor in baseball and basketball.

“First and foremost it helps the kids,” said Priore. “It helps them adjust to college socially, academically and football wise. So it’s a huge plus.”

With his redshirt year almost over, Haggart is looking to make an impact next year. He wants to help the team get back to the top of the CAA conference but he, and the team, have an ultimate goal of winning the national championship.

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Tea Talks at Wang : Tasting and Workshop on the Japanese Tea Ceremony One of Many Interesting Workshops This Semester; Coffee Klatches in Future?

by May Hao Wang The second Tea Talk workshop on Japanese tea was given by Souheki Mori in the Wang Asian/American Center on March 29th,. Mori, who trained with the Japan Association of Tea Ceremony, performed one and gave an excellent talk about the history and symbolism of the practice. She created the organization in 2011 to introduce the beauty of the Japanese Tea Ceremony to America.

The whole process is like a wellproduced movie. This was my first time watching a live Japanese Tea Ceremony. It is fascinating and it makes participants want to learn more about the tea practice and Japanese culture.

Dressed in a kimono, the Japanese traditional dress, Mori started with the cleaning and preparation of the tea serving utensils. She prepared the tea by adding three scoops of matcha green tea powder to a tea bowl. Then, hot water is ladled into the bowl and whisked with a special bamboo whisk into a thin paste. The whole practice was really peaceful and involved her full concentration and graceful movements.

Mori said that the practice of the tea ceremony is a path of spiritual growth. “It gave me the chance, through quiet meditation, to re-discover and correct myself.” She would like people to feel peace during her ceremony and hopes people can relate to the importance of it for relaxation.

She also introduced some Japanese tea rituals.

When participants enter the tearoom, they have to purify their hands and mouth. Then, they come through a small entrance by bending their body, which signifies the equality of all the participants involved. She said, “There’s no difference in race, gender, ethnicity or social rank in the tearoom.

Everyone shares the moment in the tea ceremony as an equal.”

I went to the tea ceremony by accident and I’m so glad I was there. I really regretted I did not go to the Chinese Tea Talk. On April 12th I went to the third Tea Talk, , and will

write about that in the next issue. It was also very entertaining. They were a good chance for guests to go to a peaceful and leisurely weekend event, sitting down to taste teas, and by the way, learn a bit of another culture, or even more of their own.

Check out my photos of the many faces of Tea Talk with Souheki Mori at aasquared.org/gallery/ sbu-wang-aac-tea-talk-japanese-2014 and check out Tea Whisk at www.tea-whisk.com Jinyoung Jin, Director of Asian / Asian American Programming at Wang, said if the Tea Talks went well, she was considering coffee. I brew my own every day so I definitely vote yes for that. While Asia makes some of the worst coffee, like Vietnam’s bitter Robusta, used in cheap supermarket brands, India makes spicy coffees with names like Monsoon Malabar, and Indonesia gave us the alternative name not only for a specific kind of coffee but coffee in general - anyone for a cup of Java?

Other workshops this semester center around the Seas of Blue Indigo Fabric exhibit where you can learn to make your own. Check them out at www.stonybrook.edu/wang

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the future, I’m sure we’ll find somebody whose left brain is Republican and right brain is Democrat...”

his idea, Michio joked, “Here is the former governor of Sharon Stone into his mind… The brain is ‘wetware’ and the mind is software.”

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to energize your brain? One hamburger.” when you divide the brain in half. “It turns out that two distinct personalities begin to develop in the same brain,” Kaku said. “This means that the left hand and the right hand don’t communicate with each other. They actually fight for control…There was one man whose left brain

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by saying, “Science is the engine of prosperity. I like to interact with young people because they are the future.”