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Kelly and Tabler quad burglars arrested By Nelson Oliveira Staff Writer

Two Stony Brook University students were arrested in connection with the burglaries that took place in Kelly and Tabler Quads on two different days in September. Spencer Simon, a resident student, was detained one day after the Sept. 22 burglaries. Richard Ma, a commuter, surrendered himself last Tuesday, Sept. 27, university police said. Both students were arraigned in Suffolk County Criminal Court on multiple counts of burglary in the second degree, police said. Stony Brook has placed them on interim suspension, which is pending a university judicial hearing, Vice President of Student Affairs Peter Baigent said in a press release. The first incident was reported on Sept. 8. On both occasions, the suspects entered at least three

buildings – Sanger in Tabler Quad and Dewey and Schick in Kelly Quad – between 2 and 6 a.m. on a Thursday and stole the same types of personal objects, police said. Some of the items included cell phones, credit cards, at least four laptops and an Xbox. University Police conducted “an intense investigation [and] were able to quickly establish the identity of one of the suspects,” making an arrest just one day after the second reported incident, Chief of Police Robert Lenahan said. “Upon further investigation, the identity of the second suspect was ascertained. The second suspect was contacted by investigators and surrendered himself to university police,” Lenahan said. During one of the incidents, “a sleeping student woke up and confronted the suspect who fled the location,” police said. The suspects entered all rooms through unlocked doors and windows, according to police.

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Nadia Habib, pictured above, has at least a year in the United States after a potential deportation.

Nadia Habib is safe for now, deportation is stayed By Nelson Oliveira Staff Writer

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A rally of more than 100 people was held outside of Federal Plaza in New York City on Sept. 29 in protest of junior Nadia Habib being deported to Bangladesh.

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A Stony Brook University student received a birthday present on Friday that she will never forget. Nadia Habib, a psychology major who was scheduled to be deported to Bangladesh last week, has been granted a stay of removal for a year. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, told Habib on Friday that she and her mother, Nazmin, who was also facing deportation, will be allowed to stay in the United States for at least 12 months. The women will be using this time to apply for permanent residency. “I’m just really glad things worked out,” said Habib, who was brought to the U.S. when she was one year old and did not know about her undocumented status until her senior year in high school.

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Habib and her mother had to present themselves for deportation at ICE’s New York office in Federal Plaza at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29. Immigration officers then gave the pair a temporary stay and told them that ICE Director Christopher Shanahan would review their case and make a decision later. Right before the appointment, more than 100 demonstrators rallied outside the building to protest Habib’s deportation. The New York State Youth Leadership Council, or NYSYLC, collected more than 6,000 signatures for a petition requesting ICE to stop the pair’s deportation, according to Daniela Alulema, a core member of NYSYLC. During the meeting, Habib and her mother had to surrender their passports and were told not to leave the state. The order was Continued on Page 6

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Bridging the gap to helping students By Sara Sonnack Assistant News Editor

Stephanie Sampayo missed six weeks of school her first year at Stony Brook University due to complications when she had her tonsils removed. Missing all that school caused her grade point average to suffer and she ended up on academic probation. This semester she got an email from the academic advising center offering her some help through the Bridges Program. With this program, Sampayo works with a peer mentor who can help point her to the right resources when she needs them and hopefully help her repair her grades. “I signed up for it because it can’t really hurt,” Sampayo, a linguistics major, said. “I know I have bad time management skills.” The Bridges Program runs out of the academic advising center, but it was created by Ed Arzomand, Jaime Poynter and Christian Toro, who are all members of the National Residence Hall Honorary, or NRHH. “The main goal was to try and connect students who needed help academically with one person who could try and steer them in the right direction,” said Poynter, who is also a senior peer advisor in the academic advising office. Students on academic probation get an email from the advising center asking them if they would like to participate in the program. The students who agree are then paired with a peer mentor who is involved in either the NRHH, the Golden Key International Honor Society, or a peer advisor in the academic advising office. Typically the students are placed with a mentor in a similar major to offer them the best help. The program is meant to

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Students are using the Bridges Program to get help with their academics and improve their grade point average. supplement any help they are currently getting from academic advisors or other faculty. It is currently in its second semester with 22 out of the 534 total students who are on academic probation volunteering to participate. “A half an hour meeting with an advisor is not going to change their world,” said Richard Gatteau, director of academic advising. “As long as we offer it to you, if you make the decision to opt out, then that’s on you.” When it first started last semester, it had fewer participants. “There were only six or seven students involved in the pilot group,” Gatteau said. “It was a very

mixed bag of grade point averages, some went up and some went down. Some of the students didn’t even fully participate. This semester we are more structured, we’re starting earlier and having mentors meet with their mentee every other week.” According to Gatteau, students are on academic probation if their cumulative grade point average falls below a 2.0. If students’ grade point averages stay at that level or fall lower, they are then suspended from the university. The Bridges Program is supposed to help prevent that. Mentors and their mentees are supposed to meet with each other every other week. They discuss any problems the mentee is experiencing

and, hopefully, the mentor comes up with a solution. Every time they meet, the mentor fills out a log of what they discussed and hands it in to Carolyn Stephenson, the academic advisor who supervises this program. “The mentors are not tutors,” Stephenson said. “It’s a rather subtle relationship. They are really there to see where the academics are breaking down for the mentee and then help repair that.” Along with the week-by-week meetings with their mentors, mentees get midterm grades for their classes. Gatteau said this is meant to gauge their statuses and to see if they need any more assistance.

So far, Sampayo is enjoying her time with her mentor, Janice Hernandez, also a linguistics major. “I want her to get more involved on campus as cliché as that sounds,” Hernandez, 20, said. “She was previously at Suffolk Community College and that’s so different from Stony Brook.” Sampayo also has commitments teaching dance and admits that she often dedicates too much of her time to it. She hopes Hernandez will teach how to juggle her commitments better so she’ll have more time for school work. “I’m hoping that I’ll get skills to naturally study and not dread doing my work,” Sampayo said.

Hospital CEO Strongwater announces resignation By Frank Posillico Editor-in-Chief

Steven L. Strongwater, who served as the chief executive officer of the Stony Brook University Medical Center for almost five years, has announced he will resign effective Nov. 15, completing a process put into place years ago to reorganize the leadership of health sciences. According to an email sent to the student body on Thursday, Kenneth Kaushansky, senior vice president for the health sciences said that Fred Sganga will serve as interim CEO until a permanent replacement is found. "Dr. Strongwater led the organization through a period of extraordinary growth despite tremendous cost-containment pressures and has helped create a culture focused on patient safety," said Lauren Sheprow, director of media relations for the university. "His service and commitment to creating a world-class healthcare organization at Stony Brook is truly

appreciated." Sganga, the director of the Long Island State Veterans Home at Stony Brook, served as interim CEO in 2006 before Strongwater was appointed. “Fred is an ideal person to serve in this role,” Kaushansky said. “He brings 27 years of experience as a healthcare executive, 10 of which have been spent on our campus.” During Strongwater’s time at Stony Brook, the hospital grew from 504 licensed beds to 591 licensed beds while their budget grew from $689 to $901 million. He was also responsible for the recent modernization of the hospital, updated operating rooms and a makeover of the south side of the hospital. "I am very proud of the progress Stony Brook University Hospital has made during my tenure, in particular in improving patient outcomes, access and efficiency," Strongwater said in a statement. "It has been a privilege to serve Stony Brook University Hospital and the community. I am evaluating a number of opportunities but have not finalized my plans."

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Though some schools such as the University of Virginia have begun to make their residents go completely cellular, Stony Brook still has its campus residences plugged in. Whether it's for texting, playing games or even listening to music, college students have cell phones and use them regularly. Because of this, the use of land line telephones in all the residence halls has diminished steadily over the years to the point where they are currently barely used at all. Virginia has been the biggest campus so far to eliminate all 3,850 of their land line telephones, saving an estimated $500,000 a year, reported by the Washington Post. “Eliminating land lines would potentially result in a reduction of rent of approximately $25 per resident per semester,” said Ron Danler, residential financial analyst, along with other parties from the Division of Campus Residences. At Stony Brook, the decision would save the student body as a whole over $400,000. So, do students use these phones enough for them to be worth keeping? Catherine Rocco, a freshman marine science major, hasn’t had the chance to use one. Her room was not supplied with one when she moved in, and as she said, “there’s no need for one.” “I don’t want a land line telephone, it will just get in the way,” Rocco said. “I can just use my cellphone.”

Stony Brook University's Police Department now has a new tool for helping to keep students, staff and faculty safe on its dark streets and nearly deserted parking lots during late nights: a mobile app called Rave Guardian. After the announcement of its launch in June, Rave Guardian, which is known by the name SB Guardian on campus, has finally been released to the public. The app has been touted as a “blue light in your pocket” — a reference to the more than 100 blue light phones scattered at locations all across campus, which provide immediate connections to university police in case of emergency. To operate a blue light phone, one need only wait to be connected to a police operator and then provide his or her name, location and the type of emergency he or she wishes to report so that an officer can be immediately dispatched. Asking basic questions such as these wastes precious time that a victim may not have. Through SB Guardian, university police aim to cut down on wasted time and provide more immediate aid in the case of an emergency. Users can register on the Department of Emergency Management's website and create a brief profile that includes information such as a personal description and a photograph. They can also create

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Although land line telephones are used less now because of cell phones, they are still connected on campus. And if they are used, it's not often. “I've used the phone twice. Once to test it out and the other time I used it to call someone,” said freshman Jasmine Ince. “I wouldn't be disappointed if they were eliminated because sometimes I forget I even have the phone in my room.” The current uses of land line telephones include calling on- and off-campus, dialling 9-1-1 in an emergency and allowing dorm rooms

to be reached more easily by Resident Assistants or Resident Hall Directors. Campus Residences have looked into getting rid of the land line telephones in each dorm, but as for now, they're still connected. “Consideration was given to eliminating phones in rooms,” said a representative from the Division of Campus Residences, “but for now we plan to maintain this service for residents.”

more detailed profiles that list specific information such as their emergency contact information, allergies, special medications, vehicle type and class schedule. University police operators can then access these data with only a few clicks. Along with SB Alert, a system that notifies students of emergency situations via phone and text messages, SB Guardian forms just part of the safety network that is being built by the Department of Emergency Management. Both services are provided by the Massachusettsbased Rave Mobile Safety company. “We are the only SUNY school to utilize both the Alert and Guardian features offered by the Rave system,” said Lawrence Zacarese, the assistant chief of police and director of emergency management. “Stony Brook is always looking for new ways to improve safety on campus by leveraging technology that is familiar to the campus community.” Because the vast majority of students, faculty and staff have mobile phones, Zacarese said “SB Guardian was a logical choice to supplement the other safety programs we have on campus.” SB Guardian operates on two modes: panic call mode and precautionary timer mode. The panic call mode simply programs the app into a speed dial, allowing Continued on Page 6

- CAMPUS NEWS BRIEFING - USG Update By Nelson Oliveira Staff Writer

USG Giving Event Grants Clubs cannot apply for this year’s fall revision anymore, but the Undergraduate Student Government is still offering them some extra money. USG is encouraging clubs and organizations at Stony Brook to apply for an event grant. Although “nothing is set in stone yet,” USG Treasurer Thomas Kirnbauer said there is about $90,000 available to help clubs fund events this semester. The deadline to request a fall revision was Sept. 23. The process will appropriate money reserved by USG for clubs and organizations that think their budgets have been shortchanged in comparison to the previous year. A deadline to apply for an event grant has not been determined yet, but Kirnbauer said clubs that need additional money for an event should fill out the application on the USG website as early as possible. Meanwhile, Kirnbauer and the budget committee are deciding how much more money the clubs eligible for fall revision will get. The Student Senate will vote on the adjustments in a meeting on Thursday, Oct. 13.

An Open Frame for SB Bowlers Because of $27, a Stony Brook University club will not have a chance to see its budget cuts restored this year. USG did not accept the Bowling Club’s application for a budget revision last month because now clubs must have lost at least 40 percent of their budget to be considered for an adjustment – the bowlers’ budget was cut by 39.5 percent. The Bowling Club’s funding went down to $3,309 this year from $5,470 in 2010. If the USG’s budget committee had reduced only $27 more of the club’s budget, the bowlers would have been eligible for a revision. Kirnbauer, the USG treasurer, said he and the budget committee decided not to accept the club’s application because doing so “would open the gates” for all clubs that lost less than 40 percent to apply too. “We felt a line had to be drawn somewhere,” Kirnbauer said. “It wouldn't be fair to the clubs that were cut by, let’s say, 38.5 percent, because they could have used the same argument that [the] bowling [club] did.” The club represents Stony Brook in U.S. Bowling Congress sanctioned events. As of press time, the club’s officers have not returned a call for comment.

LGBTA Not Pleased With Its Budget Another club that was not qualified for a budget revision by a very small percentage was LGBTA. The budget for Stony Brook’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Alliance was cut by 37 percent. The club’s funding went down from $13,500 last year to almost $8,500 this year. “The LGBTA is one of the oldest clubs on campus and has consistently put on really good events, and the fact that our budget was cut seems pretty unfair,” said LGBTA’s Vice President Puck Malamud. Another problem the LGBTA is facing is the new maximum amount that can be used toward hiring a guest speaker. From now on, clubs cannot host a speaker that charges more than $2,000, and they can only spend up to $6,000 for speakers every year, according to USG’s new financial bylaws. Most of LGBTA’s events involve guest speakers, but it also hosts drag shows and musical concerts. Malamud said the club is “hoping to lobby for [a change] as strongly as possible.” Vice President for Clubs and Organizations Allen Abraham said in a Senate meeting last month that the new limit for speakers will force clubs to “provide on-going events throughout the year, and … not hoard funds for one weekend.”

USG Holding Fall Elections In four weeks, USG will be holding elections for a new vice president of academic affairs and a new freshman representative. According to a tentative schedule, the last day to enter the race is Oct. 21, and the elections will be held between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4. According to the USG’s constitution, the vice president of academic affairs is the USG liaison to faculties and the administration, coordinates all USG operations related to academic policy, and ensures that faculty members are “making strong contributions to student development, inside and outside the classroom.” A freshman representative is responsible for representing the class’ interests to the USG and planning “appropriate programs to meet the needs of their constituents,” as written in the USG’s constitution. USG will hold two information sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 4 and 5.

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Guardian watches over students Continued from Page 5 users to reach university police with just the push of a button. The user's profile is then shown to police, and if the user's phone has GPS capability, his or her location can also be sent to police. The precautionary timer setting allows users to set a timer that measures the amount of time they believe it will take them to travel from one location to another on campus. If the user arrives safely and on time, he or she can deactivate the timer and police will never receive notification that a timer was set. Otherwise, if the user does not deactivate the timer, he or she will receive a text message three minutes before its expiration, followed by a phone call one minute prior to the timer's expiration. Because of this, accidental activations sometimes occur. Though Zacarese noted that to date, no actual emergency activations have occurred, less than 10 “errant activations” have been caused by new members enrolling in the system and did not require further police action. However, Zacarese made clear that intentional abuse of the system for non-emergency situations would not be tolerated.

“Any misuse of the system would be handled in the same manner as falsely pulling a fire

“We are the only SUNY school to utilize both the Alert and Guardian features.” Lawrence Zacarese

Director of Emergency Management alarm or prank calling 911 and could include judicial sanction or other administrative action,” Zacarese said. “I do not anticipate this type of behavior as being a

persistent problem and would describe any potential abuse as more of the exception than the rule.” If the timer is still not deactivated, the phone automatically transmits a panic call to the police. If the user is ever forced to deactivate his or her timer, a false deactivation code one number higher than his or her PIN can be entered, causing SB Guardian to appear to turn off normally while simultaneously alerting the police. Registration for the mobile app is strictly voluntary, but Zacarese says that about 1,500 members of the campus community are currently enrolled. He hopes to achieve a 25 percent enrollment of all eligible students, faculty and staff — approximately 10,000 registrants — by June 2012. Both he and the rest of the university police department are taking great strides to promote the app through videos, presentations and press releases. “The university police department presented at all of the new student and transfer orientations this summer, and our new university police and emergency management video, which highlights the features of SB Guardian, will be shown to all of the 101 classes this fall,” Zacarese said.

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cancelled after Shanahan decided not to deport them for the time being. “Our focus should be on deporting people who are a threat to this country, not a young woman who is fully focused on her school work and reaching her full potential,” said Congressman Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.), who was one of several lawmakers to send letters to ICE on behalf of Habib and her mother. Habib, who does not speak Bengali, turned 20 on Friday and celebrated the victory in her home in Queens with family members and some friends, including a few activists who rallied in her support on Thursday. Habib has three younger siblings who are all U.S. citizens. Her father, who came to the country years before her mom, has a green card and did not face deportation. Habib’s attorney, Aygul Charles, said the girl’s emotions on Thursday were boiled down to one word: “scared.” “Nadia has been here almost her entire life,” Charles said. “She was really scared.” Charles told NYSYLC, however, that the stay of removal is not “a permanent

relief ” and there are still many problems to solve before Habib and her mother finally become legal residents. “There is still a big chance that Nadia and her mother will be deemed deportable after the expiration of the stay of removal. Also, the stay of removal can be lifted by ICE at any moment,” Charles said. Charles said the Stony Brook community has been very supportive. Habib said she has talked to some of her professors and have been very understanding. If President Barack Obama’s DREAM Act had been already approved, Nadia would definitely qualify, Charles said. The act would provide permanent residency to students who come to the country as children, graduate from a U.S. high school, have good moral character and complete two years of college or military service in good standing. After a week away from the university, Habib came back to Stony Brook on Sunday. She lives right next to South P parking lot. Alulema attributed the ICE’s latest decision to the pressure from the community. Nazmin Habib has been fighting for an asylum status for herself and her daughter for more than 10 years with no success.

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Stimulating the heart with a light system By Gabrielle Dusharm Contributing Writer

What if something as simple as light could be transformed into a way to power the human heart? A research team at Stony Brook University has been developing a new technique in optogenetics, a combination of genetically modified cells and light used to control specific events in living tissue. The research team has calculated that the new light-based system might require lower energy for stimulation, and if applied to pacemakers, “may potentially translate to life-long batteries.” Light stimulation also offers a method to induce a more focused stimulation as opposed to the wider and generalized stimulation of an electrode. The nonviral approach also allows for donor cells from a patient’s bone marrow or skin to be cultured and modified to respond to light, reducing the possibility of an immune system rejection of the tandem cells. Their methods involve a tandem unit cell (TCU) strategy that uses light to control excitation and contraction in cardiac muscle cells. The research team, led by Emilia Entcheva, associate professor in the departments of biomedical engineering, physiology and biophysics, and the division of cardiology in medicine at

Stony Brook University, has recently published their findings in the online edition of Circulation: Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology: “Stimulating Cardiac Muscle by Light: Cardiac Optogenetics by Cell Delivery.” The lead author of

combination of all those involved that led to their success. “A good idea can be executed if you have a good team in place, that works seamlessly together and in this case, it did,” Cohen said. He and Entcheva

“A good idea can be executed if you have a good team in place that works seamlessly together, and in this case, it did.” Ira Cohen Director of the Institute of Molecular Cardiology

the study is Zhiheng Jia, a biomedical engineering Ph.D. student from Entcheva’s lab. Ira Cohen, lead professor of the department of physiology and biophysics, director of the Institute of Molecular Cardiology and member of Entcheva’s research team, explains that it was the

worked closely withPeter Brink, professor and chair of the department of physiology and biophysics. Originally, Entcheva’s lab experimented with different transfection techniques, such as viruses, to bring a gene, known as ChR2, capable of coding for lightactivated ion channels, into cardiac

cells. Upon collaboration with Brink and Cohen, a more effective, non-viral strategy was formed: TCU. The TCU strategy involves the use of cells that have been engineered to emit an electric charge via ChR2 in the presence of light. These cells are coupled together with cardiac cells, allowing signals to pass between them. When light is flashed, an inward current is generated and spread from cell to cell, causing the cardiac tissue to contract as it would for a heartbeat. “A group is more than the sum of its parts,” says Cohen who, along with Zongju Lu, a research assistant professor in his laboratory, was responsible for testing the light-sensitive ion channels of the ChR2 modified cells. Brink and his colleague research assistant professor Virginijus Valiunas studied the connectivity of the ChR2 modified cells with cardiac cells. It was found that lightstimulated heart muscle contractions were indistinguishable from electricallystimulated contractions. “In a nutshell, we have a person with an idea and the drive to execute the idea,” Cohen said. As of now, the new technique is viewed as a research tool to study how heart excitability can be controlled and what is necessary to control cells. According to Cohen, a future application may make it possible to terminate cardiac arrhythmias.

SUNY looks to South Korea to expand By Paul Harding Staff Writer

After two years of silence and uncertainty, Stony Brook University has been given the final go-ahead to establish a satellite campus in South Korea, putting it on track to becoming the first university from the United States to have a campus in the country. Officially called SUNY South Korea, the campus will be located in Songdo, a business district located in the city of Incheon. The city is known for being South Korea's third most populated city and a center for technological and economic development. The university being established there, the Songdo Global University Campus, is described as a "mecca for global education and research," which hopes to draw more American universities to its doors. However, as of late, the campus has had a difficult time finding support from American universities. Institutions such as the University of Delaware and the University of North Carolina dropped their plans to join the Songdo campus because of budget issues, and for a period of time it seemed like Stony Brook would go down the same path. It is no secret that Stony Brook has been having money problems; the university has suffered from budget cuts and the closure of a campus much closer than South Korea at Southampton. For Kenneth LaValle, a New York state senator and significant supporter of Stony Brook, the wound from the closing of Southampton is still fresh. "They just uprooted our students without any notice," he said, "and I believe the apology that Stanley gave was hollow." When the plans for establishing the satellite campus were made two years ago, Stony Brook proposed having an entire undergraduate program that would

Songdo, South Korea is the new home of Stony Brook's new campus, SUNY South Korea. support up to 2,000 students with a focus on the sciences and mathematics. But now, the present plans only outline a graduate program with an estimated enrollment of 200. At first glance, this would appear to be a result of Stony Brook's lack of funds to support the campus, but President Samuel L. Stanley, Jr. said this is not the case. In his press release about Songdo, Stanley made it clear that the

establishment of the campus would not be supported by state money and that the two year silence concerning the campus was a result of making sure the programs being offered would be revenue neutral. SUNY South Korea will be supported by a combination of the out-of-state tuition paid by students, backing by the South Korean government and by funds generated by research. However, the South Korean government

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agreed to cover the costs of operations for only five years. Time will tell if that will be a large enough window for SUNY South Korea to become self-sustainable, as it will have to be if it hopes to survive. LaValle said that Stony Brook should keep its priorities straight. "Our main focus should be the students here," he said. "We should make sure you can afford to live here, and not walk away with a lot of loans."

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The Student Activities Center Auditorium erupted with boisterous stomps and claps Saturday night during the eighth annual step show hosted by Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Although the doors opened at 8:30 p.m., the show didn't start until an hour later. “I’m proud of the turnout of family and friends and students on campus,” said Richard Ciceron, a brother of Alpha Phi Alpha and senior health informatics major, and one of the many coordinators who helped bring the show together. “We began planning this in March and April, so it’s good to see so many people come out.” Ciceron said that the money for the tickets, $10 for students and $12 for the public, goes back to the group who hosts the show, Alpha Phi Alpha. The money gets dispersed between their charity; March of Dimes, and Stony Brook for allowing usage of the auditorium and funding in the fraternity. Of the nine groups that performed, five competed for awards. The night started off with host Rob Santos,

Washington Heights comedian, warming up the crowd with his witty jokes, and he was followed by the dance group Ozone, representing the Child’s Center of New York. The next act to come on stage was the first of the competing groups. The sisters of Zeta Phi Beta entered the stage with a video game themed step routine. Popular theme music including Super Mario World and Mortal Combat were featured. Though only two sisters represented the sorority, by the amount of applause they recieved at the end of their performance, it was easy to see they were a crowd favorite. Déjà Vu, Stony Brook’s very own dance troupe, preformed next. The women were dressed like dolls, and the men dressed like army soldiers. Though they weren’t one of the competing groups, they received an equally enthusiastic response from the crowd. What set them apart from the other groups was that they danced to music instead of just stepping. Another competing group took the stage after the dancers. The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity started off their performance with a video clip of the opening

credits for the television show House accompanied with video clips of each brother in

“I went last year, and, even though I’m graduating, I’m interested in seeing them again next year.” Bianca Scott,

Health Sciences Major medicals scrubs. They ended their step show with a popular song, "Palance" by JW and Blaze. That really got the crowd

riled up. As the song continued to play, the entire audience screamed and cheered and began dancing around in the aisles. It took about five minutes to get the crowd calmed down and back in their seats. The next group traveled all the way up from Virginia for the show. The sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha went with a horror theme for their performance. They had neon green lines painted on their limbs to resemble poison. For one specific point in their step routine, all of the lights shut off except for black lights lining the bottom of the stage which illuminated the girls’ arms, legs and dresses. Another sorority was next on the stage; however, they were not in the competing category. The Delta Sigma Theta girls have been known for winning each year, and they chose not to compete so another sorority could take home first place. Lastly, the fraternity that put the show together performed. Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity entered the stage dressed like 1920s gangsters as the theme music to The Godfather played. They even brought out a table with cards to get across their theme.

Greek organization banners are displayed in the lobby of the Stony Brook student union.

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“All the acts, competing or not, were entertaining,” said Bianca Scott, a senior health schience major. “I went last year, and, even though I’m graduating, I’m interested in seeing them again next year.” It was announced at the end of the night that Zeta Phi Beta placed first in the sorority category, and Phi Beta Sigma, the sorority’s brothers, placed first in the fraternity category. Both winners received not only trophies but also a cash prize of $1,250. “I really didn’t think we’d win,” said Ndome Essoka, a senior health science major, and one of the two performers from Zeta Phi Beta. She and her sister were the only two in their line on campus who had time to practice. Second place winners for the sorority category were Alpha Kappa Alpha and for the fraternities Iota Phi Theta. They also received a cash prize of $250. Taking third place for the fraternities was the Alpha Phi Alpha group. “Tonight was definitely worth the ten dollars,” said Scott. “I liked last year better because there were more groups, but, as for next year, I’ll be there!”

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1) Thriller Dance: Michael Jackson’s famous dance to “Thriller” will be practicing for breaking a world record—largest simultaneous “Thriller” dance. The actual dance will take place on Oct. 29 at 9 p.m. The first rehearsal will be in the Tabler Inner Quad Friday, Oct. 7 at 4:30. Tentative rehearsals will be on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. and Fridays at 4:30 p.m.

2) Recycling and Reincarnation: Exhibition of Public Art, Image Communication and Industrial Design

Photo Scavenger Hunt: Participants are split into groups and given a list of things to photograph. The group with the most points wins. It’s hosted by the photography club and will take place on Friday, Oct. 7 beginning at 4 p.m.

Recycling and Reincarnation: Exhibition of Public Art, Image Communication and Industrial Design. This art exhibit focuses on the issues of sustainability and connects it with the life, spirit, and history. The exhibits exemplify these themes while showing the importance of sustainability and environmentalism. The exhibit is in the Charles B. Wang Center from Oct. 4 until Nov. 6. There will be an opening reception on Oct. 4 at 4:30 p.m. in the Wang Center.

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"The Tempest" performance on campus turns heads By Will Rhino Staff Writer

The deep rasps of ragged breath and the slow, cruel sounds of a heart monitor were only slightly troubling compared to the pale, sickly-looking man lying in a hospital bed. This would be depressing, except that it is only a scene audience members will walk into should they choose to see the Asylum Theatre Company presentation of William Shakespeare's famous play, "The Tempest." While no Shakespeare play can properly be understood and enjoyed through plot summary, it is, in essence, a story of betrayal and manipulation told in three subplots encompassing one larger plot. This dramatic tale of fame was adapted and directed by Valeri LantzGefroh, founding member of the Asylum Theatre Company and current Stony Brook University professor. In keeping with this Stony Brook theme, everyone acting in the play is

either a graduate of, or professor at, Suffolk County Community College or Stony Brook University. These actors, eight in total, have to portray 11 characters, so, obviously, there had to be some overlap. However, costume changes and clear plot differences made this a non-issue. The actors did a an excellent job of portraying who they needed to be at that moment, true to the actors' craft. They all brought enthusiasm and energy to this modernized classic. The play itself was intended for a more modern audience as a giant screen appeared behind the actors. This screen was crucial to the play. It would often provide a montage of activities that were unspoken but occurring in the characters' mind. It was a window into what various characters were thinking. The screen was used just enough to keep the play moving forward without being too distracting. While the whole play was dramatic with the shouts of actors, rapid movements,

and abrupt stage movements by the cast, the most intense moment was, arguably, the beginning. "The beginning threw me off," said Anna Aguilar, a 24-year-old graduate student said. That is quite understandable. The beginning had the most screen usage of oceans and doctors running through a hospital, to match the man lying in the hospital bed. Not only that, Ariel was doing a lot, and it was hard to understand without prior Tempest knowledge that she was just a spirit. She was guiding Prospero, one of the primary characters, up a ladder, calling his name, and there was just a lot of movement between that and the ship crash happening concurrently. It was loud and a tad hard to follow; however, it soon turned into a far more standard production. "The Tempest" ended in a hearty applause by the audience, a testament to the actors, director and crew. However, The Tempest doesn't end quite yet. There are still four more

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Few days left to catch the Yoko Ono exhibit

Yoko Ono Imagine Peace exhibit portrayed over 40 years of Ono’s work, and will be displayed through Oct. 15 in Stony Brook University’s Staller Center for the Arts. It features a large, white chess set and a Japanese maple “wish tree” where gallery visitors are welcomed to attach their wish for peace. It will be sent to the Imagine Peace Tower in Reykjavik, Iceland where it will shine on eternally. Another major piece in the exhibit is the Vietnam War peace campaign poster. The quote, “War is over, if you want it,” demonstrates this vision of peace desired by Yoko Ono and John Lennon. John Lennon once said, “A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality,” which just reflects the duo's ultimate goal of unity displayed by the Imagine Peace exhibit. Compiled By: Atiba Rogers, Photography by Max Wei

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Student given stay of deportation Stony Brook University junior Nadia Habib has been given a reprieve by immigration officials and will not be deported for at least a year. Nadia, who is 20, arrived in the United States on a tourist visa when she was only one year old and grew up in Woodside, Queens. She attended the Bronx High School of Science and did not find out about her undocumented status until her senior year. Last Friday, which was Nadia’s 20th birthday, Nadia and her mother, Nazmin, were to be deported to Bangladesh, their country of origin. Had she been deported, Nadia would have left behind her father, Jawad, who has a green card, and three American-born siblings. Although Nadia and her mother were granted a reprieve, they could possibly be deemed deportable after their stay of removal expires a year from now. In addition to this, Immigration and Customs Enforcement can lift the stay of removal at any moment. In a Statesman article by Nelson

Oliveira titled “Nadia Habib Not Deported,” Congressman Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.) was quoted, saying, “Our focus should be on deporting people who are a threat to this country, not a young woman who is fully focused on her school work and reaching her full potential.” It is time that America got its priorities straight and lived up to its reputation as a beacon of hope, safety, prosperity and stability for immigrants. Nadia’s case is indicative of a larger problem facing the United States at present — according to a study by the Washington D.C.-based think tank the Urban Institute, 65,000 undocumented students graduate from U.S. high schools each year. These are students who straddle the line between two cultures, or, in the case of Nadia, have virtually no attachment to the cultures and customs of their countries of origin. Though she is a Bangladeshi by birth, Nadia has fully assimilated into American culture. Unless she told you, you would never guess that she was an undocumented immigrant;

she speaks virtually no Bengali and grew up in Queens. Her entire life is based in the United States, and it is wholly un-American to deport and marginalize someone who is, in all respects aside from documentation, as American and entitled to live in this country as we are. Nadia’s story makes a strong case in favor of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, a bill that would provide Nadia and undocumented students like her with conditional permanent residency as long as they are of upstanding moral character and have graduated from a U.S. high school, currently attend a four-year college or have completed two years of military service. The bill passed the House in 2010; however, the Senate blocked it and its fate is currently uncertain. We dont know which way her story will go but we do know that it is shedding light on the plight of many. -The Editorial Board

Saying good-bye to a soldier The conversation I had with a friend leaving for war By Ravneet Kamboj Opinion Editor

“I’ll see you next summer V….damn man I really hope I don’t come home in a box.” V was the childhood nickname that my friend Greg has called me since we were about 13 years old. This was the conversation that I had with him three hours ago. As I sit here writing this on a Sunday night I wonder about what you can possibly say to someone you know you may never see again. As the Army's 3rd Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment gears up to go to battle again, I sit here writing thinking about the numerous summers I spent with my friend just riding our bikes around Queens and just being kids. A part of me wishes that I was going with him, to Wardak, Afghanistan, the most dangerous province in the

country. A part of me wishes that I could be there with him as he faces danger from day-to-day. On his last tour he was shot twice, those were the two that he could bring himself to tell me. Two close calls, one stopped by the ceramic plate every soldier wears under his Kevlar and the other skimming the side of his helmet. He has walked away from at least 5-10 IED blasts unharmed. A part of me wonders how long his luck will last. Maybe it will be him this time that gets shot as he clears a house in Afghanistan instead of the guy in front of him as happened last time. A part of me wonders how many men he has killed. It’s hard to imagine one of your best friends living this as his reality. As a kid he was the happiest, nicest person you could meet, he would always lend a hand to anyone who needed it and would never let you pay

him back for anything. He spent a few Thanksgivings with us and my mom considers him one of her own kids. So, as I got off the phone with him a couple of hours ago, he told me that he was laying in an empty room in Texas staring at the ceiling preparing himself for war again. Tomorrow morning he will be on a C-130 and will bounce his way around the world to the main American air base in Afghanistan. I tell him, “Hey bro, keep your head up (trying to tell him to be ready), actually never mind keep your f***ing head down don’t let those bastards get you.” After a bit of uncomfortable laughing on my part, we both spoke about what we would do when he got back. Its odd, you make plans with someone about traveling, hanging out, going back to Continued on Page 19

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The conversation I had with a friend leaving for war From Page 18 all of our old childhood antics but that voice in the back of my head tells me I might never see him again. He ends the conversation with a bit of dark humor. “I gotta go eat my last meal man” after laughing a bit I told him to stay out of danger and do us all proud. I now sit here telling myself that he’s going to be okay. As a member of one of the most highly trained units in our military, I know that If anyone is going to make it through safely, it’s going to be him. Every time you watch a scene from "Black Hawk Down" and see those Rangers fighting bravely from scene to scene. That’s his unit doing that, he’s the next generation in a proud line of soldiers keeping us all safe. Whether or not you agree with the war or not,

please support our troops out there. Every night that you lay in your bed comfortably thinking about the next day’s worries, he is out there fighting for his life, and his friends and family are back here haunted by the images of him dying, bleeding to death in some ditch in some desolate part of Afghanistan. As I sit here, I keep telling myself not to think of things like that, and that it’s bad luck, I don’t even believe in fate or luck but when you feel that helpless about your buddy you’re willing to try anything. This article is more of a way for me to reconcile with him being out there and the guilt I feel that I cant be there out there with him keeping him safe. If you take something away from this article, at least let it remind you to perhaps tell someone you know in the military thank you. Even if you don’t

3rd Batallion Rangers returning home from the war know anyone just tell someone in the military thank you anyway. On my part, I’m pretty sure next summer he and I are going to be hanging out, relaxing, throwing back a few beers

and laughing about how glad we were that we got another chance to relax. I'd get another chance to see my buddy hitting on every pretty girl he sees , bringing them over to where

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we are sitting like he always does. If anything this whole experience makes me appreciate the time I have with all the people around me no matter who they are.

Extra! Stony Brook students aren’t actually unhappy… By Jay Epelman Contributing Writer

Over five years ago, the Princeton Review released a report that stated Stony Brook University ranked fairly high as one of the nation’s top “unhappiest schools.” I had never heard this before I arrived on this campus as a freshman in the fall of 2006 and unfortunately, may have even believed it on individual occasions throughout that first school year. Looking back, I’m allowing experience and perspective to take the lead on how I feel about this university today and all that it has given me for over five years. Back then, the campus might have been empty on weekends, the food slightly worse (only slightly), and hardly anyone on campus knew what a Seawolf was.While I cannot say for certain that this statistic has improved according to the Princeton Review’s standards, I still feel as though this information is outdated for today’s average student and will continue to be more and more irrelevant as time goes on. This means that referring back to the report is childish, disrespectful to the university and incorrect in any and all assumptions it may imply about our school. So, what’s changed in five years that

leads me to believe Stony Brook basketball team that takes one acronym on campus are filled with students are happier now (assuming step closer each year to a division students who actually give a damn Princeton Review was right in the championship are fairly impressive about this school and try make first place). Look at what’s been feats. Yearly traditions such as Roth things better for everyone, not just done on campus with initiatives by Regatta, Earthstock, and the many themselves. the administration with the help impressive concerts (call them Being a student who’s been here and support of various student whatever you like from Brookfest for over five years doesn’t mean I’m organizations on campus. to the Concert Series, they’re still biased in this opinion, it simply Students have pride in their the same event) have also gotten means I have witnessed what university, school these students are colors, sporting trying to do every events, concerts, year and I’m still "...the point is that we have come mascots, residence amazed at how a long way since empty residence halls and research far they’ve pushed that’s been done the limit in a few halls on weekends to full here for decades. short years. We stadiums during Personally, I’ve cannot let this never been one negative stereotype Homecoming. ” for vocalizing my about our campus school spirit but it’s continue to shift not as if I haven’t our perceptions heard the chanting in a way that at the games, seen undermines what the blatant wearing of red all around bigger and better along with some the organizations, administration campus, and witnessed how excited new traditions strictly created by and regular students of this people get just to take a picture students such as the random flash university are trying to accomplish with Wolfie who, if you compare mobs, Quidditch and Humans vs. everyday for the benefit of the him to other school’s mascots, isn’t Zombies. everyone. I’m not writing this as as creepy or weird. The truth is, the major change in an after-school special to use the The fact that athletics have the last few years are the students successes of the last five years to improved is simply one of the that don’t want to settle for going to overshadow the obvious negatives reasons happiness has increased a university with even a few unhappy of budget cuts, faculty downsizing, across campus. Let’s not forget students and for that, they should and major construction projects winning six Homecoming games be applauded. Organizations like everywhere you turn. I just think in a row, a lacrosse team that the Red Zone, the marching band, holding on to the belief that this was top ten in the nation and a USG, RHA, CSA, and every other campus has “unhappy” students

is detrimental to the overall atmosphere seen at this school every week. No one is saying we’re the happiest campus in the nation and that’s fine, the point is that we have come a long way since empty residence halls on weekends to full stadiums during Homecoming. That says something about the current administration and the students that are actually empowered to make a difference, not just complain about the statistics. If you don’t like this university, your opinion matters just as much as the student brimming with Stony Brook pride, but don’t just fall back on the idea that Stony Book students are unhappy simply because the “Princeton Review said so.” Do something about it and if you don’t want to, then please transfer, there are plenty of students that would love to take your place. It might be true that disliking certain aspects of a school can bring students together but at a certain point, students are responsible for their own happiness and need to account for the fact that there’s only so much the university can do but believe me, the spectrum of opportunity toactually change this place for the better increases year after year.

A story of an American teenager: The Case for the DREAM Act By Lamia Haider

Assistant Opinion Editor

There seems to be a small yet still very tragic phenomenon amongst college students, one that has existed for quite some time yet has not hit so close to home till recently. The story seems to follow the same sort of template: A college student has spent the majority of his/her life in the U.S. only to learn much later (usually when they're a teenager or already in college) that they are currently illegal aliens. Various stories across the country have followed this formula. In 2010, Steve Li was sent to a detention center after both he and the authorities found out about his illegal status. He was hoping

to one day start a medical clinic for the immigrant community. Eric Balderas was a student at Harvard University when his illegal status was divulged. He faced deportation but luckily he was the triumphant party in his case. There are numerous other cases, each describing college students who did not willfully commit any crime being put on the same level as real criminals. Nadia Habib is a matriculated student of our very own Stony Brook University and has recently started to combat this flaw in the immigration system. She had not realized that she was not a legal resident until she attempted to qualify for financial aid and found out that she lacked the necessary identity papers.

Immigration officials attempted to deport both her and her mother to Bangladesh (their country of origin), but the pair has gained a reprieve for at least the next three months. While Nadia's father and three other siblings are here legally she and her mother have not been able to obtain legal status yet. If she and her mother had been sent away it would have effectively broken their family, since the father and other children would have remained here. Immigration and Customs Enforcement let the Habibs go while their case is being reviewed, and will meet with them again in three months. It is deeply unfortunate that Nadia has been put through and will inevitably have to undergo even

more difficulties because of actions that were taken without her consent or active participation. Needless to say she found herself with many supporters during her bid to stay in the USA. This clearly indicates that the law is not taking fairness into account, and a large number of people definitely realize it. Nadia's situation, as well as the similar plights faced by many other college students, display an obvious need for the the DREAM Act (acronym for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors). This legislative proposal would essentially allow law-abiding students to remain in the country until they are able to obtain legal

residency. However, the bill remains blocked in Congress. However, the Obama administration did recently promise to review 300,000 pending deportation cases. They would then permit some immigrants like the Habibs - who are law-abiding and have family in the U.S. - to reside here temporarily. While this is a nice thought, it basically acts as a bandaid for the real issue. Reviewing present cases and filtering through them to see what qualifies and what doesn't acts as a temporary solution. Putting the DREAM Act into effect would provide a long-term solution since there would be clearly outlined guidelines and regulations that could be followed.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Your ideas flow with ease. Take notes (with pictures). Make a list with the obvious steps to realize the most tantalizing dreams first. Take the first step. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Conditions for long-distance travel improve. Check your lists twice. Be sure that your tires are properly inflated, and the oil level’s fine ... then, green light, go! Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is a 7 -Staying busy may be the best way to stay out of trouble today. Take a deep breath and think before making important decisions. Don’t use big words. Keep it simple. Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is a 6 -- You’re entering a negotiation phase. Work behind the scenes when needed, and beware of sudden changes. Choose your partners wisely for different roles. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Don’t let this busy Monday get on your nerves, or your health could suffer. Get plenty of rest. Take breaks from the screen and stretch regularly. Take one task at a time. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -Let a loved one set the schedule. You enjoy the company of dear family and friends. A coming change is for the better, so go along with it, and encourage them as well.

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The NY Yankees reach the postseason once again By Mike Daniello Assistant Sports Editor

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Captain Derek Jeter greets Robinson Cano at homeplate after a homerun.

After one of the greatest finishes in Major League Baseball’s regular season history, it’s that time of the year again; baseball playoffs! Once again the New York Yankees are in the MLB postseason and are playing the Detroit Tigers in the first round, after clinching the AL East. It is the Yankees 16th appearance in the playoffs in 17 years and their third consecutive under manager Joe Girardi. The 2011 season was another amazing season for the Yankees, who won their 12th division title in as many as 16 seasons. As a team the Yankees won 97 games and finished six games ahead of the Tampa Bay Rays, who made the playoffs as the wild card. This season was one of milestones for two of the longest tenured Yankees, including Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera. Jeter got his 3,000th hit on July 9th, on a dramatic home run to left-center field. Rivera picked up his 600th save on September 13th and became the alltime saves leader on September 19th passing recently retired closer Trevor Hoffman. These milestones were just the icing on the cake for the Yankees. The addition of Russell Martin at catcher and moving longtime catcher Jorge Posada to designated hitter proved be key in the Yankees success as Martin’s ability to call games behind the plate helped solidify the Yankees rotation. Second baseman Robinson Cano led the team in batting average hitting .302 while Jeter batted .297 after an extremely slow start to the season. One of the surprises on the

team was the emergence of center fielder Curtis Granderson’s power. Granderson belted 41 homeruns, which was good enough for second in the league. Another surprise was top prospect Jesus Montero’s play. Montero went 20-for-61 with a .328 batting average and four home runs after being called up in September. Montero’s play earned the youngster a spot on Girardi’s postseason roster. As for the pitching staff, it was once again anchored by ace C.C. Sabathia, who finished with 19 wins and 3.00 ERA. After missing out on top pitcher Cliff Lee, the Yankees decided to go with two veterans who had injuries in the past. Freddy Garcia was able to pick up 12 wins and Bartolo Colon had 8 wins. Colon hit a wall towards the end of the season, as his ERA ballooned to over four. But the biggest surprise for the Yankee pitching staff, was the emergence of rookie Ivan Nova. Nova finished the season 16-4 with a 3.70 ERA. The bullpen had surprises of its own, both good and bad. Bringing in former Rays closer Rafael Soriano was supposed to be an unstoppable bridge to Mariano Rivera, but it did not go as planned. David Robertson was a pleasant surprise, as he assumed the setup man role, and had an All-Star appearance. After an offseason full of failure and doubt, the Yankees' extremely successful regular season comes as a surprise to baseball analysts but not to the Yankee faithful, who fully expect the team's 28th championship this season.

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Men's soccer shuts out New Hampshire Women's soccer wins America By Anthony Santigate Staff Writer

For the past six seasons, the Stony Brook men’s soccer team has had a tough time handling the New Hampshire Wildcats, not having won a game in New Hampshire since 2005. This time, the team started off conference play with a big shutout win over New Hampshire on Friday behind junior Berian Gobeil Cruz’s second half go-ahead goal. Gobeil Cruz’s goal, assisted by junior Kyle Schlesinger, was the deciding factor in the America East opener for both teams. Gobeil Cruz was named America East Player of the game after his fourth goal of the season. Stony Brook improved their record to 5-4-2 on the season and 1-0-0 in America East while the Wildcats fell to 4-5-0 and 0-1-0 in the conference. "I thought it was a good performance on the road under

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Gobeil Cruz has four goals on the season, and has been a great source of offense for the Seawolves.

28 years later, Ryan still on top

difficult conditions," head coach Ryan Anatol said in a press release. "It was an all-around solid team effort." Gobeil Cruz’s goal was on a counter after a 70th minute save by keeper Stefan Manz. Schlesinger fed Gobeil Cruz on the right side of the field. Cruz did the rest by dribbling past his defender and blasting a shot into the back of the net past the UNH freshman keeper. The Seawolves had other chances to score, especially two in the first half. Juniors Leonardo Fernandes and Ralphael Abreu both had shots on goal but the New Hampshire keeper Travis Worra was able to deflect both of them away. Manz was able to make five saves on the way to his second shutout of the season and 11th of his career. The Seawolves next play Thursday, Oct. 6th, against Vermont at home at 7 p.m.

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Head coach Sue Ryan has arrived at Stony Brook in 1984 and has turned the program around. By Catie Curatolo Staff Writer

When Sue Ryan joined the Stony Brook women's soccer team, it was as an assistant helping with a Division III squad. That was 28 years ago, in 1984, back when the Seawolves were still the Patriots and Ronald Reagan was still president. These days, Ryan is the veteran head coach who has helped shaped SBU women's soccer into a DI program that has reached the America East semi-finals in each of the last four seasons. "There's really no comparison to when I was first here," Ryan said. "It's almost like it's a completely different program, a completely different athletics department and all for the better." Ryan, who suggested that one of her athletes would be better suited as a profile subject, is a modest woman who prefers to put the emphasis on the players over her own achievements. When she talks about her favorite SBU moment, she speaks in the team as "we." "When we got the news that we were going to DI. . . that was part of our goal for so long, and when we finally got that news, it really rejuvenated us and made us

hopeful for the future," Ryan said. Ryan received her masters from Stony Brook in 1988, after graduating with her bachelor's from SUNY Cortland. She played soccer all four years at Cortland, where she was a part of the team that won the US Women's National Championship in 1980. In 26 seasons as head coach at Stony Brook, her career record is 191-242-43, with nine postseason appearances. She is also one of the few female coaches in America to have earned an "A" license with the U.S. Soccer Federation, a distinction that ranks her higher than most college coaches. On top of her busy schedule, Ryan also takes time to help out at youth soccer leagues and oversees programs that help train young players for the Olympics and other national programs. Ryan counts her only failures at Stony Brook as any year that the team doesn't make the conference playoffs, but the always modest and humble coach considers her successes to be the students. "Pretty much every year I think the success is working with the athletes, seeing them grow, develop and watching them graduate," she said

By David O’Connor Assistant Sports Editor

While the majority of the student body took a few days to recuperate from their first month of the school year, the women’s soccer team played two games in four days, grabbing a win and a tie against two conference opponents for their efforts. The Seawolves (3-8-1) played hosts to UMBC (0-10-1, 0-2-0) on Thursday, blowing out the Retrievers, 4-1 and earning their first conference win. In the 34th minute, Bosnyak scored her first goal from 20 yards out off of a corner kick. The tie score was brought to an abrupt end when the ball bounced off of a UMBC defender into the net. Junior Sa’sha Kershaw of Stony Brook was credited with the goal. Bosnyak and Mendoza would put the finishing touches on the game, scoring the third and

fourth goals, respectively. The Seawolves tried to continue their run of success against the University of Binghamton (4-6-1, 1-1-1) on the road on Sunday afternoon. They would earn their first shutout of the season as sophomore Chelsea Morales made nine saves. The game finished in a 0-0 tie. Stony Brook would only manage one shot in the first half when Megan Rea tried to give her team an early advantage after 30 minutes of play. The score would remain 0-0 as the first 90 minutes came to a close. The Seawolves had a chance to take the lead in overtime when Kershaw launched a shot at the Binghamton keeper who managed to hold on. The second overtime went without much incident The Seawolves will travel to Hartford on Thursday for a 6 p.m. kickoff.

Volleyball swept by Albany in straight sets By Allyson Lambros

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East opener; ties on Sunday

Despite coming out to a flying start, the Stony Brook women's volleyball team (7-8, 1-1 AE) couldn't contain the University at Albany's offensive attack and fell to the visiting Great Danes (8-7, 2-0 AE) in three straight sets (25-19, 25-21, 25-11) this past Friday. The Seawolves dominated the America East first ranked Danes in the opening moments of the first game, claiming nine of the first 12 points scored in the match. But Albany quickly shook off their slow start and kicked their play into a higher gear, going ahead 14-13 on a kill from 6'2'' senior Casey Wright

and keeping the lead to win the game 25-19 and take a 1-0 lead. “We played really well in the first half of the first game,” said Head Coach Deborah Matejka-DesLauries. “We played our game. And then after that we let the pressure of the game get to us.” The second set was another tight battle, with the lead point bouncing back and forth between the two teams until Albany went ahead for good after breaking a 10-10 point tie off another of Wright's 16 kills. Wright would go on to earn a .652 attack percentage for the Great Danes. Albany took control of the third game from the first serve, never allowing Stony Brook to take the lead and eventually winning the game

with a 13-point differential over the Seawolves. Even with the tough loss, MatejkaDesLauries is optimistic about the rest of the Seawolves's season. “We made a lot of errors [in the game] that we couldn't afford to make, but we are also a young team and have a lot of room to grow,” Matejka-DesLauries said. “I think this is our year to go all the way, I really do. Especially now that we've gotten this game out of the way, I think that we can move forward and start going in a more positive direction.” The Seawolves will be looking to get their forward momentum going in their next home match in Pritchard Gymnasium against Binghamton University (8-11, 0-2 AE) on Oct. 2

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Senior Kelsey Sullivan sets the ball in preparation for a Stony Brook return. The Seawolves opened up the conferennce season against Albany with a three-set loss.

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Around the Big South LIBERTY 57, KENTUCKY WESLEYAN 0 Liberty will head into Big South play following its seventh shutout under head coach Danny Rocco, as the Flames blanked visiting Kentucky Wesleyan, 57-0, Saturday night inside of Williams Stadium. The victory was an historic one for the Flames, as it marked the 200th time the Flames have posted a win on the gridiron since the program first began competition in 1973. With the victory, the Flames move to 2-3 on the year, having won their last four non-Conference tune-ups before opening up Big South Conference play. Kentucky Wesleyan remains winless on the year and falls to 0-5 in 2011. The Flames controlled most statistical categories during the opening half, starting with a 223 to 19 total offensive yard edge. Liberty also finished with 15 first downs during the opening 30 minutes to Kentucky Wesleyan's one first down. Holloway was Liberty's offensive leader during the first half, as the junior rushed 16 times for 94 yards and three scores. Liberty did finish the first half with 64 passing yards, evenly shared between Tyler Brennan and Brian Hudson. Brennan, in his first career start at quarterback, was 3-of-7 for 24 yards, while Hudson was a perfect 5-of-5 for 40 yards. The Flames will open up Big South Conference play next weekend when they travel to Boiling Springs, N.C., to face the Bulldogs of Gardner-Webb. The contest will mark Liberty's official quest to become the first program in League history to win five-straight titles.

SAMFORD 41, GARDNER-WEBB 14 Samford returned a block punt for a touchdown in the early going Saturday, and found success through the air to beat GardnerWebb, 41-14, Saturday afternoon at Seibert Stadium. Gardner-Webb (1-3) got a 24yard touchdown pass from Exavier Johnson to Jordan Paul with 4:53 to play in the first quarter to cut an early Samford lead to 14-7, but the Runnin' Bulldogs saw the host Bulldogs kicked a pair of field goals and score a touchdown on fourth-and-long after a GWU fumble just before halftime to lead 27-7 at the break. Kenny Little's 42-yard touchdown run with 14:19 to play cut the lead to 41-14 for the final margin. Little finished with a careerhigh 162 yards and a score on 27 carries, pacing a Gardner-Webb offense that managed 204 yards rushing and 331 yards of total offense. Ricky Rhodes added 61 yards on the ground on six carries, but Johnson and starter Chandler Browning completed just 11-of27 passes for 127 yards through the air. James Perry III caught a pair of passes for 32 yards, leaving him five shy of the Big South Conference career record for receptions. Marty Patterson collected 13 total hits to pace the GWU defense, with 12 solo stops, a tackle for loss and a blocked punt. Gardner-Webb will turn its attention to Big South play next week, as it hosts preseason favorite Liberty at 4:00 p.m. in Ernest W. Spangler Stadium.

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Priore says offensive system will stay same

WESLEY COLLEGE 32, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 20 Charleston Southern Buccaneers (0-5) dropped a 32-20 contest to the Wesley College Wolverines (3-1) on Saturday afternoon at Buccaneer Field. The game was part of CSU's annual homecoming festivities, and included a ceremony for the ground breaking of the University's new athletic center. Charles James was the impact player of the day for the Bucs, with nine tackles and punt returned for a touchdown. Malcolm Dixon also had a strong day, going 15-of-34 for 178 yards and a touchdown through the air and another 71 yards on the ground. Teddy Allen added 56 more yards on the ground, while Kevin Glears was the day's leading receiver with 76 yards on five catches. He beat out Nathan Perera by a mere yard, as Perera had five catches for 75 yards. Kirby Broome (three catches for 24 yards) had the lone receiving touchdown of the day. On the other side of the ball, Michael Chocholosek and Chris Kuzdale recorded 11 stops apiece, with O'Brian Campbell adding 10. Will Hunt had two sacks for a loss of 16 yards on the day, while Matt Hardy grabbed and interception and two tackles. James Smith had a fumble recovery and three stops, while Coril Joseph and Matt Woods each had a tackle for loss. Charleston Southern will take a week off before returning to action on October 15 for the start of Big South action. The Bucs will travel to Lexington, Va., to take on the Keydets of VMI in a 1:30 p.m. match up. --Courtesy of bigsouthsports.com

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QB Michael Coulter (10) taking a snap from behind center.

Continued from Page 24 Coulter will graduate in December and go on to medical school. Junior Kyle Essington is next on the depth chart for the Seawolves, and he is expected to make the start against Presbyterian. "We have total confidence in Kyle," Priore said. "He had a great practice Wednesday, he continued to work with the offense Thursday. Anybody on this team has the ability to step in. The next person steps in, and is expected to contribute." Essington threw the only touchdown of the game against Buffalo, a 16-yard strike to wideout Jordan Gush. He’s also rushed for two touchdowns this season, one against Brown and one in the

season opener against UTEP. Despite the injury, Priore’s offensive outlook hasn’t changed. "We couldn't run the ball any more than we did against Lafayette,” said the sixth-year head coach. "We won't be changing anything in our offense." The Seawolves have established themselves as a running team and will continue to attack opposing defenses with their one-two combo of Miguel Maysonet and Brock Jackolski. However the presence of the veteran QB will undoubtedly be missed when the team takes the field on Saturday without him under center for the first time in the last 26 games. Stony Brook athletic director Jim Fiore tweeted that Coulter is “a special kid and one of finest human beings to EVER put on a Stony Brook uniform.”

Maysonet right at home at Stony Brook By Amy Streifer Staff Writer

Any opposing team that takes on Stony Brook this year will have to find a way to prevent Miguel Maysonet from tearing through their offensive line. Maysonet has alread racked up 558 rushing yards with five touchdowns. In the Homecoming game last week against Lafayette, Maysonet led the Seawolves to their first victory by scoring four touchdowns. Maysonet gives credit to the offensive line for helping him explode game after game. “It has a lot to do with the offensive line and the time they put in practice to get better at their craft,” Maysonet said. “They've opened up a ton of holes this season.” So far this season, Stony Brook has primarily used Maysonet and fellow running back Brock Jackolski to take care of business on the ground. When asked

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Defensive players have gotten used to the sight of Maysonet's back this season.

what contributes to their success as partners for the running game Maysonet said that they were “two different running backs.” “We bring different aspects to the run game,” said Maysonet. “Brock is more speedy, but packs more power. I'm shiftier. It's good that we can alternate if one of us needs a breather.” Maysonet earned Big South Offensive Player of the Week after his eruption against Lafayette last Saturday where he led Stony Brook to a 32-20 victory at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium. His four touchdowns tied a school, Big South and LaValle Stadium record. Maysonet’s 194 rushing game was a career-best. Maysonet, who’s now in his second full season with Stony Brook, originally attended Hofstra University but transferred after his freshman season before the Hofstra's football program was cut from the school

“I enjoy the crowd, the atmosphere,” Maysonet said. “The student section on Saturday was incredible.” When Maysonet kicks back to watch an NFL game he’ll be seen rooting for the Giants. In particular, Maysonet enjoys the skills of Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw. “We have similar running styles,” Maysonet said. “He’s a shifty and strong back.” Maysonet is a powerful running back and always makes his presence known to the crowd and the opposing team. The Seawolves play their next game at LaValle Stadium against Presbyterian College on Oct. 8 at 6 p.m. for their first of six Big South conference games. “[We are] trying to come out with our second win,” Maysonet said in response to their upcoming game against Presbyterian. Maysonet will no doubt have a positive effect on the team’s strategy this week.

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QB Michael Coulter out for season By Sam Kilb

Managing Editor

After an impressive Homecoming win that saw a 3-game losing streak snapped, it seemed as if the Seawolves would ride a wave of momentum through their bye week and into conference play when they open up against Presbyterian Saturday, Oct. 8 at 6 p.m. However, all that changed when it was announced that Stony Brook Seawolves' quarterback Michael Coulter will require season-ending surgery to his left knee, according to a press release from Stony Brook athletics. The release says that Coulter tore his ACL during summer workouts, an injury that caused him to miss much of preseason. He re-injured his knee after Stony Brook’s 35-7 loss to Buffalo on Sept. 10. "Anytime you lose a starting quarterback, one who has taken 95 percent of the snaps the last two years, it's a big loss," said head coach Chuck Priore. "He's [Coulter] a great guy, he did a lot of things on the field." Coulter manned the quarterback position for the Seawolves for the past two seasons, starting all 22 games for the team behind center before the start of this season.

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Kyle Essington finishes off a touchdown run against Brown in Stony Brook's first home game of the season. Essington has been splitting time behind center with Coulter through the first four games of the season and has rushed for two touchdowns while passing for one. He will be replacing Coulter as the starting quarterback. Last season as a junior, the 6’2 QB from Yorba Linda, Calif., finished the year top five in the Big South conference in all passing categories. Coulter finished with

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Majoring in biochemistry, Coulter was last year’s Big South ScholarAthlete of the Year and named to the All-Academic team. The release indicated that Coulter, a senior,

will not appeal to the NCAA for another year of eligibility. Continued on Page 23

Basketball

Former Seawolves center signs pro-contract

By David O’Connor Assistant Sports Editor

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17 touchdowns and over 1,800 passing yards. But Coulter’s success did not stop on the field, as he was one of Stony Brook’s brightest athletes.

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Another Stony Brook basketball alumni will venture across the pond to play professionally for a European team. Former center Desmond Adedeji, ‘10, has agreed to play basketball in Estonia for Valga/ CKE Inkasso, the second Seawolf to play professionally in Europe after Muhammad El-Amin ‘10 joined PVSK Pannonpower in Hungary. After sitting out a season due to NCAA transfer regulations. Adedeji had a 22-game career at Stony Brook, encompassing two seasons after he transferred from the University of Dayton. In his first season in the 200809 school year, he came off of the bench to play in 15 games and tallied 13 blocks on the season. In his final season, Adedeji recorded the highest field goal percentage in the America East conference with .647 after seven games but injured his knee against St. John’s, sitting out the remainder of the season. He may not be the only former Seawolf with a new job in Eastern Europe soon as ElAmin is competing to play for Halychyna in Ukraine.

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Adedeji played with the Seawolves for two seasons before tearing his ACL in his senior year during a game against St. John's University.