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TEDx enlightens SBU community

By Giselle Barkley and Brandon Benarba

Assistant News Editor and Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor

The lights dimmed as the Wang Center Theatre auditorium filled with faculty members, professors, alumni and undergraduate students on Thursday, Oct. 10 for Stony Brook’s first-ever TEDx conference.

TEDx stands for Technology Entertainment and Design where the x stands for independently organized event, according to its website. This year’s theme was “Our Beat.” 20 speakers pitched their ideas ranging from musical performances to scientific breakthroughs.

TEDx limited speakers to an 18 minute time frame, according to Howard Schneider, dean of the School of Journalism and one of the speakers at the conference.

According to Jennifer Adams, an educational technologist of the university’s Teaching Learning and Technology department and project manager for TEDxSBU, all TEDx events only permit 100 attendees.

“TED requires that all TEDx events have a cap of 100 people total unless the license holder goes to a real TED conference,” Adams said.

TED is a nonprofit that focuses on global matters, whereas TEDx concentrates on local issues and communities. TED created TEDx to continue its mission of “ideas worth spreading.”

All attendees including speakers must apply to attend TED or TEDx conferences. Attendees may only attend if the organization accepts their applications.

The nine hour conference was a learning experience for Adams and those involved in organizing the event.

“I think we are going to start planning next year’s probably in January,” Adams said when asked about plans for holding a TEDx conference in the future. For this year’s conference, preparations began in the beginning of July. The organization sent out applications for tickets two weeks before the conference began.

TEDx sent out nominations for speakers during the summer, giving the organization two months to execute the conference.

The organizations ran into complications after one group dropped out of the conference a week before the event, allowing Jay Loomis and Timothy Vallier to step in.

Despite the time and technical hiccups, the TEDxSBU conference was an overall success according to Adams.

“I think it went really well. I’m very proud,” Adams said.

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Rich Fantasia, left, is a DJ who spoke during the second session of TEDxSBU, which took place on Thursday, Oct. 10.

Jennifer Adams is an educational technologist for SBU's TLT department and the project manager for TEDxSBU.

Demetri Martin opens up about his start in comedy

By Nicole Bansen

Arts & Entertainment Editor

It was a night of the goods, the bads, the interesting and the Canadians. USG brought Demetri Martin on Wednesday to perform at the Staller Center. After the show, Martin sat down with The Statesman's Arts & Entertainment Editor Nicole Bansen and Charlie Spitzner of "The Press" for a quick question-and-answer section. All questions, unless otherwise noted, were asked by The Statesman.

The Statesman: NB The Press: CS Mario Ferone: MF NB: Before we begin, just a quick question, did you request for them to play Beatles music while you were up there?

DM: Yeah, I’m a big Beatles fan, and most people have access to the Beatles so it’s a good consistency.

NB: Yeah I noticed. I walked in there and thought ‘this is good music.’ So I thought something must be wrong, someone must have requested this. (Laughs.)

So I read that you went to Yale for college, and you also did NYU for law....

DM: Yeah.

NB: but was comedy the first thing you wanted to get into?

DM: No, comedy came late for me. I started when I was 24, and it was shortly before that that I really considered trying it. I started in July of ’97, and it was in the spring that I started considering it. So I dropped out, I didn’t try it before I dropped out, and I went out a tried it. So I just said ‘alright I’m gonna keep doing this.’

CS: What did your parent think about their son dropping out to become a comedian? I would imagine you would get some mixed reactions.

DM: Yeah… I think that was the only time of my life where everybody I knew was pretty disapproving and disappointed.

It’s kinda nice though, I remember feeling from that that disappointment is freedom. I was trying to please people so much, and I didn’t realize that so it was great. I was getting good grades and I was on this clean path, and then I dropped out and everyone was disappointed. Then it didn’t matter if I became a poet, or a dancer, or whatever they were already disappointed so it didn’t

matter (Laughter).

CS: So did you notice the spelling error yet? (Laughter) MF: Yeah, that was my bad.

But then I got a little cocky, and didn’t want to change it. Initially I was passive aggressive, but then I realized that no I’m not going to change it.

DM: I was actually a proofreader for years, it was my day job.

MF: I need a copy editor, if I noticed the mistake before then I wouldn’t have done the show (Laughter).

CS: So I heard that like in late 2010 you proposed a television show idea to CBS and it was right after “Important Things is over.” I didn’t hear much about the show, like what was it going to be about?

DM: No, it was going to be a sitcom. I wrote two pilots for NBC and one for CBS. The CBS one was about a startup in the Bay area, and I think it was about energy.

CS : So it was like “The Big Bang Theory?”

DM: No, not really. All three pilots I wrote didn’t even get shot, but they did pay me to write the scripts. That’s the good thing about network tv, you can get a

developer's deal so in failure you will still get paid. So I get paid to write the pilot, shoot, and the first few episodes are considered apart of my payment. If they don’t pick up the show I still get paid. And it’s different than how television used to work, where networks use to order 50-60 scripts, but you only see a handful of new shows.

My shows were in that group of 50 that never got picked I guess.

NB: I’m curious to know how exactly you got into comedy?

DM: Uh, probably sports (laughter). No when I went to law school there was a comedy club nearby, and I just wanted to try it. I figured I should do it before I leave New York, and I ended up really liking it.

NB: Who would you say is your inspiration or favorite comedian?

DM: (Laughs) My favorite comedic actor is probably Peter Sellers, if you guys have seen "Dr. Strangelove" or the original Pink Panther movies. But over the years there has been Woody Allen, Steve Martin, Louie C.K. and Dave Chappelle. Louie was actually Continued on page 9

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Stanley dispelled rumors and laid out housing plans.

Petterson is Stony Brook’s landscape manager.

Wolfie is not only a mascot, but a symbol.

A strong first half led Stony Brook to victory on Oct. 10.

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Stanley responds to illegal housing

Andrea Petterson makes SBU pretty

Wolfie: the Seawolf, the myth, the legend MORE ON PAGE 10

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President Stanley responds to illegal housing

By Kelly Zegers Staff Writer

Stony Brook University President Samuel L. Stanley addressed the issue of illegal off-campus housing in a letter published by the “Village Times Herald.”

Stanley countered several misconceptions, including the perception that the university’s student body has tripled over the years and there are not enough dormitories to accommodate the increase.

However, he wrote, “we have increased [as a student body] and will continue to increase oncampus housing by an average of 217 beds per year.”

Stanley’s response to off-campus housing problems included “educating our students about the new town code provisions so that they can distinguish a legal rental from an illegal one.”

The response entails an initiative to only post rentals with permits on the Off Campus

Housing Website, prohibit the advertisement of illegal rentals on campus bulletin boards, build 1,100 new beds to keep up with the enrollment growth, explore areas close to the school where proper off-campus housing can be built, the “Be a Good Neighbor Campaign” to remind students to keep behavior in check off campus and informing the town of code violations.

According to Assistant Vice President of Government and Community Relations Michael Arens, the project for 1,100 new beds will be “stretched out over the next three to five years.”

Funding for the $200 million project comes from the state.

Arens said that ideas such as constructing off-campus housing are being developed out of a partnership between the university, the community and the town.

When asked if students have reached out about housing concerns, Arens said,

“Absolutely….There’s been some issues where we’ve had students who have been in unsafe conditions and they’ve come to us for assistance…”

He explained that if the university receives a tip about a house that is not in compliance with town rental code, it is reported to the Town of Brookhaven for them to investigate.

In terms of student misconduct related to off-campus housing, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Suffolk County Police Department, who Arens said has a “very good relationship” with university police. Arens added that “if a student… receives a summons, or is even arrested, that’s reported to the university and then our Office of Community Standards.”

President Stanley wrote in his letter that “the university Office of Community Standards investigates complaints that are brought to our attention.

Where appropriate, students are disciplined in a manner consistent with our behavioral standards,” in response to a concern that the university “looks the other way when students misbehave off campus.”

DEC spokeswoman Lori Severino said.

Henry Bokuniewicz, a distinguished service professor at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, is currently doing the analysis on all the existing data related to this situation.

When composting, there is always a concern that chemicals like pesticides will seep into the groundwater, he said. And as more composting occurs, water absorbed into the ground has less oxygen, causing chemical reactions in the ground that also cause naturally occurring manganese to seep into

groundwater.

“It is a research into the chemical effects of composting on groundwater quality,” Bokuniewicz said. “We have been in touch with the DEC and the Suffolk county Health Department.”

Currently, Bokuniewicz and the graduate student in charge of the research are looking for chemicals that are unique to composting sites and the chemical reactions involved. They are also planning to visit these sites to develop a plan for sampling. Once they come up with a hypothesis, it will be presented to the DEC for approval.

Elevated manganese levels were discovered in 2009 during state and county investigations near Long Island Compost in Yaphank, according to "Newsday."

Other composting facilities have shown similar issues, according to Suffolk’s Department of Health Services. Severino said that the state would revise the permits issued to compost facilities.

Even though manganese is a key component of a healthy diet, high levels can cause health issues, including neurological problems.

Bokuniewicz said he hopes analysis of the data will be completed by the end of the year.

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Samuel L. Stanley addresses the increasing student population and housing.

Stony Brook to conduct research for state

By Nujbat Meraji Contributing Writer

Groundwater on Long Island is continually tainted by high levels of manganese from large-scale composting projects, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

The department contacted Stony Brook University about potentially researching how the composting of trees, leaves and grass clippings has impacted groundwater. The Waste Reduction and Management Institute at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences would be responsible for the project,

Gyrodyne update: lawsuit now over

By Giselle Barkley Assistant News Editor

The roughly six-year lawsuit between Stony Brook University and Gyrodyne Company of America, Inc. ended nearly six months ago, according to President Samuel L. Stanley.

The dispute came about on Nov. 2, 2005, after Stony Brook University acquired 245.4 of

SBU purchased nearly 78 percent of the land for only $26.3 million through eminent domain. the 316 acres from Gyrodyne Company of America, according to the company’s website.

Gyrodyne, a real estate company, estimated that its Flowerfield property was worth $125 million. Stony Brook University, however, purchased nearly 78 percent of the land for only $26.3 million through eminent domain.

However, Gyrodyne filed a suit against the state, feeling it was underpaid for the property.

Since Stony Brook University purchased the property to build Stony Brook University’s Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT), New York State felt the university should pay for the penalty.

Long Island’s youth a priority for County Executive Bellone

By Ryan Wolf

Contributing Writer

As feelings of animosity filled the hallways of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Tuesday night, students at Stony Brook University had the opportunity to listen to Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone discuss Suffolk County’s own problems with deadlock and employment prospects for graduating students.

Long Island’s economic success is dependent on young people remaining here, Bellone said, adding that “young people have been leaving this region at record rates for twenty years now,” a trend he is concerned about.

According to the New York State Department of Labor, Long Island’s total population growth has decreased from 8.6 percent between 1990 and 2000 to 1.6 percent between 2000 and 2010.

This decrease in population is partly due to this emigration of young people to other parts of the country.

And according to Bellone,

it is the county government’s responsibility to create incentives to halt this trend, but that mission is currently obstructed by what Bellone calls “dysfunction.”

“This government is largely dysfunctional…because it is focused on things that fundamentally do not matter to you or to our economic future,” he said. “We’ve been working to dispose of those old legacy issues that county government has been focusing on over the years.”

One of those legacy issues includes the government’s continued effort to solve the problem of homeless sex offenders.

“When I cite these issues, I don’t want people to misunderstand,” Bellone said. “My point is not that these are unimportant, what has happened in Suffolk is that the government has obsessed on these issues.”

While the Suffolk County government remains dysfunctional, Bellone cautioned that the problems faced by Long Island’s youth—“a lack of quality affordable rental housing, lack of

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Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone expresses his concern for the large amount of young adults from Long Island moving to other parts of the country. high paying jobs, lack of places where young people want to live, lack of transportation options and high costs”—will keep driving them away.

He added that these problems can all be fixed, offering solutions such as creating a new railway that travels in a north/south direction as opposed to the usual east/west direction to fix the

transportation issue and building up public spaces to fix the attractive housing locations issue.

The County Executive pointed to Stony Brook as a center for innovation for Long Island’s future. “Stony Brook University is an amazing place,” he said. “It is a global institution of global significance [and] the center of everything we want to do” for the

county.

Daniel McCarthy, a freshman student who attended the event, said, “I definitely did like what I was hearing, he definitely outlined effectively the type of dysfunction that we see in County Government. I actually came in with low expectations but I was impressed”.

Though Long Island faces difficulties that must be confronted, Bellone said that “Suffolk County is an amazing place” with many things to offer, such as “amazing parks, beautiful beaches, the Hamptons, the wine country and…amazing institutions like Stony Brook University [and] Brookhaven National Laboratory.”

He added that despite the government’s problems and the declining population growth trend, Stony Brook University graduates are the key to solving Long Island’s economic woes.

“Nothing is impossible,” he said, “and all of you are going to create possibilities that my generation and I can’t conceive of.”

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Campus briefing: complicated budgeting decisions for USG

By Will Welch

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Heated remarks and impassioned debate dominated a series of budgeting decisions at the Oct. 10 Undergraduate Student Government Senate meeting.

The senate fiercely contested changes to the student government’s annual budget, the recognition of one club and funding for another. One student publication nearly lost all of its funding.

The paper “Blackworld” missed the club registration deadline this semester after three members of its executive board graduated last year without holding elections. As a result, Treasurer Brian McIlvain recommended removing their funding from the USG budget.

"Blackworld" writers, who found out about the deadline after the fact, are appealing their registration with the Student Activities office and asked the senate to retain their funding. The senate’s final vote ended in 13 in favor of funding, five against and one abstention.

Campus Recreation requested $16,515 for regularly scheduled off-campus events and intramural competitions it did not include in

its initial budget. However, Vice President of Communications Mario Ferone and Vice President of Student Life Garry Lachhar proposed that the money be allocated to the Audio/Visual agency instead, to buy a stage for USG concerts and other events. The effort failed after nine senators voted in favor of the change and 10 voted against it.

The Christian Student Services club asked for $800 to fund a trip to a Sight & Sound biblical theater performance in Pennsylvania and to buy 10 bibles and food for their events. After questioning the club president Darran Riley about the expense and capacity of the event, the senate approved only $400 of their request by nine votes. Seven senators abstained from voting.

“I’m definitely going to have reevaluate what we can do with [the reduced budget],” Riley said.

He also indicated that the USG had funded the club’s past trips to the Sight & Sound Theater.

The Magic: The Gathering club, which the special service committee denied probationary USG recognition, appealed their recognition to the senate, accusing the committee of not taking their request seriously and ignoring “nerdier” clubs in general.

Senator Vincent Justiniano

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Mario Ferone and Garry Lachhar proposed allocating funds that would have gone to Campus Recreation for staging for the Audio/Visual Agency. argued that the club should not receive recognition because two other clubs, Animated Perspectives and the Science Fiction Forum, play card games as part of their programs. Other senators argued the club is unique enough to warrant recognition.

“Trying to lump us together

with the anime club is like clumping together ice hockey and fencing,” Ian Sutherland, the president and founder of the Magic the Gathering club, said.

The final vote was 14 in favor, three against and one abstention.

The senate approved probationary budgets in the

Under the microscope: a theory of everything

By Mallory Locklear Contributing Writer

Every other week, Mallory Locklear, a graduate student at Stony Brook University's Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, will take a look at Stony Brook-related research and science news.

The field of physics has a problem.

The general theory of relativity does a great job at describing gravity while the quantum field theory does an equally great job at describing electromagnetism and the forces

that could describe all of the forces of the universe, not just a subset. As Stony Brook professor and physicist Dr. Michael R. Douglas describes, “They were driven by the beauty of the equations,” and it was through these equations that string theory was born.

Take an electron. Traditionally, an electron has been thought of as a zero-dimensional object, or a point, similar to the period at the end of this sentence. Conversely, string theory says that particles as we know them are not points, but instead are

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Though gravity works to pull this paper toward the ground, it is easy to hold it at eye level because gravity is weak. that keep particles like protons and neutrons together.

However, these two theories do not interconnect. General relativity cannot describe the interactions between particles and quantum field theory cannot describe gravity - thus, the problem.

Beginning in the 1970s, physicists and mathematicians decided to explore the disconnect between the two theories and try to come up with a more unified theory--one

made up of one-dimensional strings.

These strings can be open or closed loops and they can vibrate in many different ways and in every dimension, which string theory predicts there are ten of, and different vibration patterns lead to different particles. One vibration pattern may result in an electron while another may result in a quark.

String theory has done quite well so far in explaining all of the forces of the universe.The theory has matured

and so have the mathematical equations it has produced. An equation describing the universe is considered successful if it is symmetrical. What that means is if the equation is taken apart and its components rearranged, it should still produce the same conclusion.

If the rearrangement of an equation does not yield the same result, it is deemed unstable and not a good descriptor of the universe or its forces.

The equations that have stood up to the test of symmetry have predicted the existence particles that help bridge the gap between general relativity and quantum field theory.

For example, string theory predicts a particle called the graviton, thought to be a closed loop string that is responsible for the gravitational force.

Unlike really strong forces like electromagnetism and the force responsible for the interactions between protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom (which is actually called the strong nuclear force), gravity is quite weak. Yes, the very gravity keeps us planted on the surface of Earth and keeps Earth rotating around the sun.

But consider this: breaking apart the nucleus of an atom requires overcoming the strong nuclear force.

This force is so strong that when it is broken, as it is in an atomic bomb, the energy released is so powerful it can destroy cities, as it did when an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima during World War II. Now consider gravity: A person reading this article in the newspaper is presumably holding it up at eye level. Gravity is working to pull the paper to the ground, but the person is overcoming the force of gravity

with nothing but the muscles in their arms and hands. No explosions are occurring. No cities are being destroyed.

Gravity is weak.

String theory not only predicts the particle that constitutes gravity, it also helps describe why it is so weak.

Part of Douglas’s work has centered on the idea of membranes.

It is thought that membranes permeate the universe and the open strings that are involved in the strong forces of the universe, like electromagnetism and the strong nuclear force, are connected to these membranes, keeping their strength focused.

Gravitons, on the other hand, are believed to be made of closed strings that do not attach to membranes.

Because their force is not localized to the membranes, they are able to float away and disperse, reducing their strength.

The problem of gravity is only one of the issues that string theory has theoretically solved. It has also tackled problems associated with black holes and the expansion of the universe, but string theory still has a ways to go.

Currently, the ability to test the predictions from string theory is very limited and some have said that this roadblock is impossible to overcome.

Douglas thinks otherwise.

The next phase of this theory will likely take a lot of hard work and fresh ideas. String theory has made enormous strides in the relatively short amount of time that it has been around, and is thought by many to be the most promising of the socalled “theories of everything.”

In a few more years, who knows what exciting advances could be in store.

amounts of $284.10 for The American Marking Association, $440 for the Pre-Occupational Therapy Society, $100 for the Book Club and $282.20 for the Model UN club.

The Non-traditional Student Organization also received USG recognition.

Police Blotter

On Monday, Sept. 30, there was criminal mischief at Douglass College.

On Tuesday, Oct. 1, there was a report of a stolen mountain bike at Wagner College. An arrest was made.

On Thursday, Oct. 5, police responded to a possible fight in the inner quad at Roosevelt Quad.

There was no fight, however there was an unauthorized large crowd.

On Thursday, Oct. 5, there were two reports of damaged exit signs at Lauterbur. Numerous exit signs were reported damaged at Lauterbur on the same day.

On Sunday, Oct. 6, an RA reported to police that there were seven broken exit signs at Eisenhower College. Another report was made by an RA at Dewey College that two exit signs were damaged.

On Saturday, Oct. 5 at 4:48 p.m., an intoxicated male was transported to the University Hospital via SBVAC at Gershwin College. Another male was transported to the University Hospital via SBVAC from Benedict College.

On Saturday, Oct. 5, a student was referred to the university for disorderly conduct at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium.

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Stony Brook gets a study break with Demetri Martin

By Jon Winkler Staff Writer

It is 6:15 p.m. and there is already a line inside of the Staller Center. Students are lined up in anticipation for the performance of one Demetri Martin, the acclaimed comic known for his visual display of jokes and twists on word play.

Martin was the head comic of the USG Annual Comedy Show, which has featured the likes of Aziz Anzari and John Oliver.

Martin seems like a departure from the typical guest, but that is only because he is not a typical comic. As he would do in his stand-up show or his prematurely cancelled Comedy Central show “Important Things with Demetri Martin,” he does small bit jokes instead of stories leading to funny endings like most comics. He does the same thing with an acoustic guitar strapped to him, along with using drawings to explain hidden (and often hilarious) different uses or meanings.

Last Wednesday's show for students was actually meant for more than one use. Most of the students at the show either had midterms this past week or had some coming up in the next few days. So this show was a muchneeded break from the pressures of school through comic relief.

The stress showed as the students

around me were all tired and chatting about how they have been studying without sleep for days. The worry for these kids was that when Martin hit the stage, half the audience would pass out from exhaustion.

At 7 p.m., everyone was let inside the Staller Center auditorium. The Beatles were being played over the speakers, which was just the right amount of chram to warm up the audience. The entire auditorium was packed with students after a few minutes and the students there covered all four years of SBU. Some kids were extremely pleased to see a wooden stand on a table perched onstage, looking like a stand for a drawing pad Martin would no doubt use in his act.

Martin’s opening act was Canadian born and now Long Island stationed Levi MacDougall, who was a writer on Martin’s TV show. He was welcomed warmly onstage by the audience and felt ready for last Wednesday’s show, saying that he had done “just enough cocaine to loosen me up.” MacDougall had a gimmick where he was as awkward as possible onstage.

His sentences were filled with frequent “uhhs” and “umms” as he built jokes up from an odd personal thought he had (like Martin would typically do). He

is a slow storyteller for sure, but his punch lines are effective.

Sometimes, his jokes were out of nowhere and required thought before you could laugh.

MacDougall is a great writer, but he also appears to be an impressive stand-up act as well.

But the students were here to see the blue shirt, mop-top haircut and the monotone of Martin. At 8:35 p.m., with no fanfare or blaring entrance music, Martin walked right out to the stage to great applause and cheers. He started off with a brief Q&A with the audience that turned into him poking fun at the closed pool here at Stony Brook. He even found time to show concern for a student double majoring in psychology and history, telling her she is going to have a hard time finding work outside of school. He wondered what professors say at commencement addresses when students are sent off into the real world with the difficult job market (“Good luck?”). Martin was in fine form, debating what it would be like if sports mascots were real and competed against each other (“Magic vs. Heat: f***ing awesome!”).

His drawing board featured everything from a “female silencer” (a diamond ring) to the interesting concept of pulling a hat out of a rabbit instead of

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Martin's performance served as a relief from class exams. vice-versa. Martin could muse about anything and, at times, he seemed to be making it up on the spot. At one point, an audience member in the front row told Martin that something that looked like a spider just fell behind him. He notes “Well, that’s an interesting last thing to hear before I die.” From there, he talked about being lucky that he is so large whenever he is caught in a spider-web. Martin also thought it would be funny

to pretend he is caught in the web, to which the spider would think “I’m set for life!” He also brought back his “Good, Bad, Interesting” segment from his show. This resulted in laughter from the whole crowd enjoying their studying detox with a funny guy who, despite being 40 years old, still looks like a guy who sits next to you at the Melville Library pulling his hair out over his Organic Chemistry midterm review.

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Latino film festival celebrates Hispanic culture through film

By Anthony Levin Contributing Writer

What constitutes Latino film?

Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and even Monaco: these countries were represented last Saturday at the New Latino Cinema mini film festival in the Wang Center Theatre. The festival kicked off with six shorts, all unique in style and temperament. The shorts ranged from experimental handheld camerawork, as seen in María Alché’s "Noelia" (2012), to highly edited stop-motion cinematography, as seen in Juan Pablo Zaramella’s “Luminaris” (2011).

The short films ranged from comedy, as seen in “As Piadas Infanes Do Anibal” (2013) by Carlos Eduardo de Carvalho Machado to depictions of poverty in rural Colombia, as seen in Mauricio LeivaCook’s “Café Con Leche” (2012).

Most short films were released in 2012 or 2013, the oldest one being “Luminaris."

This entertaining display of a wide variety of short films was followed by a lively panel discussion, led by Madeline del Toro Cherney. The

panel featured Associate Professor of Hispanic Languages & Literature Adrián Peréz-Melgosa, director of Cinema Tropical Carlos Guiterréz, and film directors David Figueroa and Mauro Muller. Melgosa explained that “Latin American Cinema is going through what we would call a Golden Age.” Films are being produced at a highly prolific rate, especially in Argentina and Mexico.

Countries such as Peru and Chile, who previously been involved, are also beginning to produce films.

But why? Guiterréz added that “It is easier to be a filmmaker in Latin America than here in the U.S.” In countries like Argentina and Mexico, governments have taken an active role in creating incentives for film-making. For film-makers in these countries, it is easier to receive money in the form of grants or tax rebates.

But I want to focus on a question that was brought up several times, but never decisively answered: what do we mean by Latino film? How do we define Latinos (or Latinas) anyway? Melgosa pointed out that “Latinos don’t have a common

origin.” What is so fascinating about the term “Latino” is that it refers to several groups of people, several cultures even, that are fully recognized and greatly distinct from one another. “Latino” may describe someone from Latin America, which itself is culturally diverse, but this word encompasses even more: New York Latinos, Californian Latinos, or Texan Latinos, for example. Moreover, when it came to identifying conventions of Latino film, there was no clear answer. “La Musique de Boulangerie” (2013), for instance, was filmed in Monaco, so the setting does not even have to be in a Spanish-speaking country.

Besides sharing the common language of Spanish – and even then, countries differ in dialect -- Latino films ranged widely in style and content.

The panel discussion was followed by a lovely intermission, featuring a variety of foods such as empanadas and quesadillas as well as complimentary wine tasting. Live music was also provided by Eldad Tarmu and Keenan Zach, a duet of xylophone and bass. The program wrapped up with the silent short

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The Latino Film Festival had movies from Mexico and Brazil. film set in Monaco, “La Musique de Boulangerie” (2013) by Alex Cherney and Bianca Alarcon and finally the feature film, a satirical depiction of a film-maker’s life, Sebastián del Amo’s “El Mundo Fantastico De Juan Orol” (2012).

The program ended with most people still in their seats until the credits were over. Madeline del Toro Cherney, who explained that it was difficult for her to decide which films to screen because there were so many, felt that her event was successful.

Campus Spotlight: Andrea Petterson makes SBU pretty

By Jacqualine Ng Contributing Writer

Not many know about her.

She, and her headquarters, are a hidden secret within Stony Brook. Through the mysterious not-morning-not-night hours of the day, she works unseen by the students and even by faculty.

She protects and saves lives. She makes Stony Brook University a better place. She is… the Landscaping Manager, Andrea Petterson.

The Landscaping Manager is in charge of the greenhouse at the Research and Development Park and she is in charge of maintaining some of the gardens on campus. The greenhouse, while open to everyone, rarely receives visitors since not many know where it is.

Her days begin at 6 a.m. Two years ago, she started a nursery for plants and brought in a couple hundred plants from the Department of Environmental

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Conservation. As a certified arborist, she makes sure these plants are well cared for and well tended to.

In short, Petterson is the one who makes sure the campus is beautiful. “We are aggressively planting on campus. We are aware [of ] how much construction we do. As the campus grows, obviously, we need to clear more spaces to accommodate the students and the programs that we want, so in clearing more space, we’re obviously removing trees… We’re really trying to mitigate the losses… If not balance it [out], maybe even add a little bit [more trees],” Petterson said.

Petterson’s landscaping career began when she was in college.

She was a fine arts student with a focus on watercolor and stone sculptures, and in her third year of college, she realized that all her inspiration came from the plant life around her. One of her teachers, Roy Nicholson, an

artist whose work was featured in the Stony Brook Art Gallery a few months ago, suggested she go into the field of horticulture.

Petterson started off working in nurseries and greenhouses. She then worked for SavATree and eventually came to Stony Brook.

As soon as she saw the greenhouse she would be working with at Stony Brook, she was sold.

Although she has been with

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Petterson is an arborist.

Stony Brook for almost four years now, Petterson just celebrated her first year in the position of Landscaping Manager. And ever since, she has been implementing big changes on campus. Some of her projects include the SBU Planting Program, Research and Development Park Greenhouse and Stony Brook Composting.

The SBU Planting Program ties into the Department of Environmental Conservation.

Petterson also works with sustainability students through EcoLeaders on the vegetable garden, also at the greenhouse.

The fruits of her efforts in the vegetable garden also go to Campus Dining. She also hopes to donate the vegetables grown from the vegetable garden to the food pantry at Stony Brook so that students may have healthier food than canned and packaged foods. “One way or another, it’s going to be available for the students on campus,” she said.

Particularly noteworthy

is Stony Brook University’s application for Tree Campus USA status this year. “[The Tree Campus USA program] recognizes excellence in campus tree management, as well as student and community involvement across the nation,” she said. “Not only are we doing it [plant preservation and care], we’re getting recognition for it.” While there is no official notification until March 2014, Stony Brook has been unofficially accepted. She hopes to have Stony Brook host the Tree Campus USA convention this year.

With so much on her hands, one wonders how she manages to do it all. “It’s true what they say: when you love what you do, it’s really not work… I really am very passionate about plants, and growing, and sustainability, and making this campus a place that is both educational and enjoyable for students and for staff,” Petterson said.

THREE ARTSY EVENTS

1) “A Shot in the Dark” 2) Creative Expressions 3) Emerson String Quartet

SBU Actor’s Conservatory will be performing “A Shot in the Dark,” a consortium of seven one-act plays on Monday, Oct. 14 at 6 p.m. in the Tabler Blackbox. The show has plays involving marriage, murder and mystery.

The Undergraduate Colleges will be hosting a gallery show on Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 1:30 p.m. in the SAC Gallery. The show will celebrate the top freshman creative expressions submissions based on their assigned reading "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadiman.

Staller's resident performing group, The Emerson String Quartet, will be performing on Thursday, Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. in the Staller Center Recital Hall. Tickets are $46.

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Comedian Demetri Martin dishes on his funny beginnings Continued from page 1

actually a senior when I was a freshman comedian, so it was kinda cool to see and learn from them in the comedy clubs.

CS: Speaking of Chappelle, I’m sure you heard about what happened to him in Connecticut.

DM: I was on that show.

CS: But for him to come back and act that kind of way, do you think he should even come back to comedy after being like that on tour?

DM: He gave a lot to the tour though, I mean he was trying to do his best but people were just really pushing. So Dave was just like f**k you guys I’m going to the bank (laughter). But he really did kill it; it was awesome to see Dave do his thing.

NB: I wanted to ask about Flight of the Concords. You were on the last show with them, but you’ve also been on a lot of movies recently.

DM: (Excited) Yeah!

NB: Do you like performing live more then in front of a camera?

DM: You know, it’s always been a dream of mine to perform stand up, but colleges are particularly good gigs because the crowds are really energetic. Sometimes I’ll get a show around exams and people will be tired, but usually the crowds are great. But the cool thing about working with movies is that you get into a regular routine and you can be home. So living in LA now it is a luxury to drive to a studio, work on a set, and then go home at the end

of the day. It’s only like being a kid, you come home at night get a good meal and sleep in your own bed….

I almost said eat in your own bed (laughter).

NB: How was it being in Taking Woodstock?

DM: It was really intense. To be able to be in an Ang Lee film, I mean it wasn’t one of his award winning ones, but it was still cool to be in it. I worked everyday, he was very precise.

Like there was one moment where he told me to not lift my head at all until I reached the end of a table, and it was really mechanical, especially since I don’t have any acting training.

CS: So you were like the main guy in that film, and it was one of the big things you worked on that wasn’t your own work. What was it about this project? Was it Ang Lee himself?

DM: Yeah it was really Ang Lee because he’s this huge director, and he’s this really ambitious guy. I just felt protected with him because he’s just done so much and I think a lot of actors feel protected by him. It’s really sad though because people hear Ang Lee and think ‘oh that guy who did the f*ucking Hulk movie,’ but I love “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon” and “Brokeback Mountain.”

MF: It’s weird how people call “Brokeback Mountain” as the “Hulk” movie (laughter).

NB: You’ve done a lot of writing, and some of its even been award winning and nominated for really prominent awards. Who have you enjoyed writing for the most?

DM: I think Conan was my favorite boss; people in his staff just seem to be really happy. There is this cool thing about Conan that they would just tell us were doing something, like “In the year 2000,” which is an old skit. So they would walk in and say ‘were making new mascots for all the skits, so go to your office for 45 minutes and write as many as you can.’ So you do it then put it on the head editor’s desk, and he reads them all. So there is little to no judgment, or any fear of appearing stupid. I think it really made you eager to just show your stuff. "The Daily Show" was fun but you’re stuck in a sense of relevance, while on Conan you can do something about robots and all kind of weird shit. I’m not really a relevant comedian so Conan was

more to my style.

CS: So you’re appearing in more movies, but do you prefer being the star of the things you work on, or do you like working for someone?

DM: It’s easier to get a job under someone because then a lot of the responsibility is already there, but my long-term goal is to make my own movies. But I need to get money, and then scripts, and it’s a long process.

CS: Like “Will” and “New People.” I remember hearing about “Will” recently but “New People” has gone quiet. Have those scripts moved anywhere with the studios who own them?

DM: So I was recently hired to rewrite “Will,” which is like the 15th time I’ve rewritten this script. The director, who made “The Artist,” Michel Hazanavicius, is attached to

direct and wrote some notes. So I’m rewriting it to his notes and it could be made as soon as next year. I’m not holding my breath anymore, so I’m trying to just write a small script.

“New People” is closer to dead. They want me to rewrite it… and I just haven’t done it (laughter).

NB: I think you have a really unique style of comedy, and hopefully that’s not just my opinion, but how did you develop that?

DM: Well I like puzzles, and that’s why I like one-liners so much. Each line is like a little puzzle and has a twist. But what’s interesting to me is how Twitter really changed the field, I developed before Twitter existed. I feel like Twitter really changed how one-liners are made, and I feel like I need to reinvent how I perform on stage.

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Demetri Martin was originally in law school when he decided to try out a local comedy club.

Captain Phillips fails to accurately depict true story

By Brandon Benarba

Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor

Paul Greengrass is a very polarizing director. His previous two films, “Green Zone” and “United 93,” covered the beginning and middle of the United States War on Terror and in a way, “Captain Phillips” is a spiritual successor to both of those films.

He continues to use his documentary-style cinematography to give a raw visual look to the film and to tell a real story with real characters that avoid becoming archetypes.

On its surface, the story sounds simple. On April 8, 2009, a small team of armed pirates off the coast of Somalia overtook the cargo ship MV Maersk Alabama.

Captain Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks) used his wit to get the pirates to leave the cargo ship in a lifeboat, but he eventually became a hostage to the Somalian captain Muse (Barkhad Abdi).

This leads to a four-day rescue operation between the U.S. Navy, the pirates and the crew of the Alabama.

The two lead actors playing the opposing captains carry the whole film, which is even

more amazing given their backgrounds. Tom Hanks is a multiple Academy Award winner, but Abdi, who is actually an immigrant from Somalia, has never acted in a film before. But here, they are

around to build a tense closer.

Hanks is always a reliable actor, but he has rarely been as powerful as he is here. The film is about heroism, but he brings this to the film through his wit rather than action. Still,

the biggest problem with the film, as he is almost too good.

Greengrass tried to humanize the pirates, but in his success he takes away from the film’s narrative. By delving into the character’s past and exploring

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Abdi (left) and Hanks (center) star as the captains included in the true 2009 hostage situation. pitched as equals, two quick thinkers, locked in a game of mutual respect, trying to outthink one another. This relationship brings crucial tension to an otherwise slow first half of the film, that comes

he is almost outsmarted by Abdi, who avoids turning his character into a stereotype and adds a depth to the character that almost makes you root for the pirates.

The character of Muse is also

why he works as a pirate, we are given a more in depth character, but a story that lacks a hero.

Toward the end of the film, you will start to feel more sympathy towards Muse, as we watch everything around him start to

fall apart. We see a character that at first only wanted money, but eventually only wants his own freedom.

There is a lot of context that is missing from the film.

The actual hostage taking was a large political issue that was heavily covered by the media before any military action took place, but in the film, we see none of that. Greengrass keeps the film tightly focused on the two captains, and because of this the narrative loses a lot of potential tension.

Still, there are moments of pure brilliance in the film, specifically the final act. The military standoff in the final part of the film comes the closest to the nail biting tension that a film like this should invoke.

The fact that this is based off a real story does not change the outcome of these scenes. We know how each scene will end, but watching how we get to those endings is the real beauty.

Most of Greengrass’ films usually create a divide amongst its viewers; you either love it or hate it. “Captain Phillips” is the exception to this, as it features some fantastic characters and heart pounding moments, but features a very weak narrative that lacks proper pacing. It just drifts in between brilliance and dissapointment, without fully reaching either side.

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All hail the mighty Wolfie

By Sophie Carr Contributing Writer

School spirit is an odd concept. And when I say odd, I mean marginally terrifying.

This enthusiasm, in many ways, resembles an annual influenza outbreak: it is infectious, relentless and gives some of us the chills (thank God I was vaccinated with the flu shot last week).

“Is school spirit even a good thing?

Isn’t excessive expressed pride frowned upon?”

While at one time it may have been conducive to unifying a student body within a university, it now comes across as a type of hostile, smug-ridden outward devotion. Is school spirit even a good thing? Isn’t excessive expressed pride frowned upon? Well, how

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Is Wolfie worthy of being idolized by the student body? could it be when we have a massively adored anthropomorphic wolf effigy to represent this shame? We all, essentially, hide behind Wolfie.

Perhaps it is more comparable to nationalism than anything else. Yet, if so, wouldn’t that make Wolfie our political figurehead? Perhaps more appropriately our Queen?

(Which is appropriate, considering that Wolfie looks as if he is the cousin to the Corgi). I am sure that if Stony Brook had some sort of paper currency, his terrifying (I mean charming) fixed grin would be imprinted on every surface of legal tender.

Icons are interesting in the way

that they seem to be immortal. Like flogging a dead horse back to life, society has proven time and time again how well we can revive a yet again recycled character back into a topical spotlight. And yet, school mascots do not necessarily fall underneath this classification; the notion of them is a bit more peculiar.

Mascots are a bit of a necessity to keep the blight that is school spirit prevalent. Wolfie’s image alone has become a commodity for those who want a Stony Brook following within a campus event. And we, as Continued on page 11

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An ode to dressing appropriately in the fall The Magic

By Christopher Leelum Contributing Writer

Too soon has October been prematurely suffocated by tight jeans or congested with hoodies.

Sweatpants work like saunas at the first mention of the word “fall,” and long-sleeved shirts initiate insulation as soon as the leaves brown. The advent of autumn is inaccurately viewed as the point of no return for temperatures above 70. And thus the sacrifice of comfort for style is untimely, unfortunate and unnecessary.

Seriously guys, check your weather forecasts before the 3 p.m., 75-degree October heat provides a puddle for your behind and dual Niagara Falls for your armpits. The weather is right there in your pockets, by your bedsides, in your bags!

It is literally right there! With “cellphone” and “laziness” being pretty synonymous nowadays, you cannot use “I was just too

lazy to check the weather.” No, that means either you do not care if Mother Nature is on her period

“It may be a foreign concept to some, but the seasons are transitional.” today, or you would honestly rather look good melting than be comfortable.

Since the beginning of this October, we have already seen temperatures constantly flirting with the 70s, and even shooting up to the mid to low 80s. It is true that these nights no longer carry the humidity and heaviness of summer, but the sun still flexes

its might during the day. It may be a foreign concept to some, but the seasons are transitional.

The point is that the coming of browning leaves, Halloween and basketball season does not necessarily mean the coming of just-the-right-chill for daily sweatpants.

Last Friday, Oct. 4, at around 2 p.m., I began the trek through the Sahara to the campus train station. That day, temperatures reached 82 degrees, and I dressed as lightly as I could while hauling my backpack and another bag.

Scavenging for shade on the train platform, I was both sickly amused and disappointed to notice the amount of jeans, sweatshirts, long sleeves and jackets sticking to the skin of students. What masochistic ritual from the depths of hell do you people perform? Am I missing out on some anti-skin showing movement?

So I propose a simple, nearly foolproof set of rules for

“The point is that the coming of browning leaves, Halloween and basketball season does not necessarily mean the coming of just-the-rightchill for daily sweatpants.”

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Students should check the weather before they bundle up.

preparing accordingly during the transitional period of summer

into autumn. (1) If it is going to reach anywhere over 70 degrees, shorts and a t-shirt are always safe.

(2) Any temperatures floating between 67-69 degrees cut it close for shorts, but a little chilly is always better than a little

“Smelling nicely is the first key to a successful university. hot and bothered. (3) Sweatshirts or hoodies can pass with shorts up to the low to mid 70s. (4) Mid 60s or below is prime jeans weather. (5) Sandals with socks– do not leave the dorm. (6) Wind acts as a spoiler/wildcard for these rules. Prepare accordingly.

With this arsenal of information, I urge you to check the weather forecasts daily and find the perfect balance between style and comfort. It is not as hard as you think. I cannot bear to see another student equipping the sweatshirt-jeans combo and melting into oblivion while waiting for the train.

Yes, it will get colder soon. The winds will snake through campus in bursts, the 50-degree weather will slowly creep on and before you know it, the snowflakes will litter the ground like diamonds.

But until then, the remnants, the last grasps and gasps of hot summer weather will sprinkle over October. Simply glancing at the high temperature for the day can save a whole sock’s length of sweaty, smelly, moist feet. I dare deduce that such practice will make everyone smell better overall, if not make them more comfortable.

Smelling nicely is the first key to a successful university.

Wolfie: the Seawolf, the myth, the legend Continued from page 10 his loyal subjects-I mean, Seawolves-are happy to inflate this customary mascot trafficking. Just his presence alone is enough to rile up the student body: people are obsessed. I am surprised we have not yet hosted a Diamond Jubilee for the poor sod.

Underneath our Stony Brook Traditions webpage, the duties that fall underneath Wolfie’s remit are listed as such: “Wolfie is the furry, fun-loving mascot who tirelessly promotes Stony Brook Athletics on campus and in the local community. Wolfie’s preferred activities include leading the cheers at Stony Brook athletic contests and interacting with kids and other fans of all ages.” Even Stony Brook faculty themselves admit they “tirelessly promote” this character.

And “character” indeed he is, in every sense of the word. I met someone recently who mentioned with clandestine excitement that he was one of the “Wolfie members.”

He described the human to Wolfie transformation as a paid job that required a level of training-as if it were some lightly waged internship.

“[Wolfie] is an icon in the way that people will continue to emulate him, much like the James Bond franchise.”

These ‘mascot interns’ are obligated to shadow Wolfie at school prideabundant events, such as the homecoming game.

This, for me, completely shattered the illusion. The fact that our Queen is merely a feeble empty

body suit, waiting to be controlled from within, is a thought that haunts me every time I see his complacent, little (massive) face around campus.

There is, apparently, a set of traits belonging to the Wolfie ‘character’ that the trainees must learn to embody (yet another horrifying development to the mascot persona). There is a particular gate, movement and attitude the mascot members must vitally adopt when put into the Wolfie costume-which is, honestly, very bizarre. He is an icon in the way that people will continue to emulate him, much like the James Bond franchise.

Yet the James Bond character franchise has been around for sixty years. Even though Stony Brook University was founded in 1957, Wolfie is only eighteen years old.

The Wikipedia Article webpage titled, ‘Wolfie The Seawolf ’ informed me of the following: “The name Seawolves (previously known as the Soundmen, Baymen and Patriots) was chosen in the mid1990s as Stony Brook anticipated a

rise of to Division I.” Our university is more of an autocracy than we had originally thought!

Supposedly, our initial form of empire was known as the Soundmen, but was then superseded by the Baymen, followed by the Patriots.

Perhaps the mighty “Seawolves” are not as imperishable as they have let on to be. Perhaps Wolfie’s reign of supremacy will only last until the next odd anthropomorphic species seizes Stony Brook University.

Who has yet to usurp Wolfie? And will our generation be the class of denizens to witness it? While these all remain to be important questions, the current Stony Brook populace seems to be pleased with our Queen. The class of students here today will not, I am inclined to believe, form a revolution to instigate the abdication of his throne. That is to say our figurehead shall remain un-beheaded … for the time being. He will keep this university rampant with Spirit, Pride and god knows what other contagion.

Tool Bus Saga: how to get on a bus

By Hillary Steinberg Contributing Writer

For the first time in my college career, I have a schedule this semester that does not start before 10 a.m. This is also true, apparently, for half the school.

I live three minutes away from campus, but I leave for class 45 minutes before it starts. Why? Because trying to get on the express at 9:45 a.m., especially on a Tuesday or Thursday, is comparable to surviving some terrible dystopia where lines do not exist and it is totally cool to push fellow students to gain your rightful place to not being late for your class.

I get some of it. There is no actual way to get the hundreds of people who come in for class at 10 a.m. (and a couple of other jumping points for the start of day) to class on time. In my experiences, I’ve noticed that they send more buses in this time frame, but it is not a perfect science.

Here is what I don’t understand. Lines are a staple of our society. Actually, from capitalists to communists, mostly everyone likes lines. You get there first, you get to do the thing you want first.

WHY DOESN’T THIS HAPPEN AT SOUTH P? Seriously, just because you decided you are walking to the front of the bus, why does everyone let you on?

What is worse is that some of us are ill equipped for this arena, especially when we are not getting an arsenal of weapons like in “The Hunger Games.”

I am small. I am a five foot, 110-pound female who literally cannot fight you to get on to the bus. I have been pushed over upwards of five times. For real, why is this happening in college?

Why is it okay to push someone smaller than you so that you can show up five minutes late to orgo, when you talk through the whole class anyway?

Every morning, I vow to talk to commuter services about drawing freaking lines on the ground, and then do not have the time to do so (I will do it one day, I swear). It would not matter, though, if people actually get so self-involved that they are willing to resort to physical force to get on the bus.

And I promise you, readers of The Statesman, the next person who pushes me is getting taken down. I do not want it to come to this, but if a crowd of hundreds wants to play dirty for something as trivial as getting on a bus, get ready to fight.

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Malala Yousafzai looks to inspire change in women's education around the world

By Faiza Chowdhury Contributing Writer

The whole world has been abuzz about a certain young woman.

Fortunately, I am not talking about Miley Cyrus, but of the 16 year old Pakistani native who has taken women’s rights and education to the world stage- Malala Yousafzai.

She advocated for girls’ education with the help of her father, Ziuaddin Yousafzai and gained attention through several media outlets including the New York Times and local Pakistani television channels.

As her stance against the Taliban and her promotion of educating girls gained recognition, she also gained death threats that were published in newspapers and sent to her via Facebook. Yousafzai brushed these threats aside, saying in an interview that she worried more about her father’s safety.

She finally reached a life-changing moment when a member of the Taliban shot her point-blank on her way to school on Oct. 9, 2012. From surviving this near death experience and going through multiple surgeries to finally being able to actually walk and speak after a bullet went through her head, which severed a nerve in her face and shattered her left eardrum, Malala’s survival and recovery is nothing short of miraculous.

She is been interviewed by top journalists including Diane Sawyer and Christiane Amanpour as well as comedian and “fake” journalist Jon Stewart, and has even spoken at the

U.N., always displaying her desire for peaceful resolutions. As she describes on the Jon Stewart show, she debated what to do if a member of the Taliban came to attack her, even considering hitting the man with her shoe but told herself, “'If you hit a Talib with your shoe, then there would be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others with cruelty and that much harshly, you must fight others but through peace and through dialogue and through education.' Then I said I will tell him how important education is and that 'I even want education for your children as well.' And I will tell him, 'That's what I want to tell you, now do what you want.'"

Through every interview, Malala not only expresses the importance of educating the ignorant but also remains humble, even as she is depicted to be Pakistan’s “Mother Teresa,” much like Mahatma Gandhi’s humility as Indians called him “the Father of our nation.” Her take on progressive action through peace and education is an echo of Gandhi’s stance to use nonviolence as a weapon against imperialism. Both desired for their people to gain equal rights and to be treated as human beings. For Gandhi, it was the people of the South Asian subcontinent and for Yousafzai, it is for the girls of not only Pakistan, but of all developing countries where they follow the double standard of leaving girls uneducated and at home. Their common belief in using passive resistance should not go unseen.

Gandhi was able to make millions of people stand up for their rights against the strongest imperialist power in the world’s history. Malala was not only nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, but she has also created a fund for educating girls in developing and war stricken countries including Syria, Afghanistan and India with international as well as celebrity support through Angelina Jolie and others.

However, unlike Gandhi’s fight for independence, Malala’s fight is made more difficult in the world of drones and weighted international relations.

As she continues to promote that education is the solution to war rather than violence, one must consider how exactly education can be used to stop Taliban fighters. How can we insist on creating a dialogue with religious extremists who seem to be adamant that Western influence can only be negative? These challenges along with others remind us that as we rile behind Malala and her beliefs, only crying out foul will attract attention but we won’t get results unless we implement policies in which education and dialogue is created between the extremists such as the Taliban and advocates for girls’ education.

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Versatile Casey provides early season offense for Seawolves

By Joe Galotti

Assistant Sports Editor

In 2012 Will Casey was one of the Stony Brook Men’s Soccer team’s top defenders. This season, he is one of the team’s best forwards and leads the team in goals and points.

It is this sort of versatility that has allowed Casey to become one of the most reliable players that head coach Ryan Anatol has on his team.

“He’s very unselfish,” Anatol said. “I’ve been here three years now, and for three years he’s played a different position. And that’s what he’s gonna do. He’s gonna do whatever it takes for the team to be successful.”

Coming into training camp this season, there was no exact plan on what position Casey would play.

He had been originally recruited as a forward when he first came to Stony Brook, but played 16 games on defense in 2012.

But, with the Seawolves losing three of their top four leading point scorers from the previous season to graduation, including America East 2012 midfielder of the year Leonardo Fernandes, the team was left with a need for players upfront. Casey was more than happy to make the position change to fill that void.

“Obviously everyone likes to score goals, and I think I’m best when I’m up there [at forward],” Casey said.

So far this season, the switch seems to be paying off, as Casey has been extremely productive at forward. He has registered four goals, eight points, two gamewinning goals, and 29 shots

throughout the team’s first nine games.

“He works hard, and makes it very hard for the other backs to get settled,” coach Anatol said. “He pressures them well, and he’s been able to create some opportunities because of that.”

Last week Casey was the recipient of the America East Player of the Week Award. He received the honor after notching a game-winning goal on a header, in a 1-0 win against Northeastern University on Sept. 28.

Casey feels he has been playing well, but is also quick to give his teammates credit for his hot start.

“Really it’s just the guys around me, just playing well, and giving me good scoring opportunities,” he said. “And then it’s just me finishing when I get the chance.”

Casey grew up not far from Stony Brook University, in Setauket, Long Island. Stony Brook’s proximity to his hometown has allowed his family and friends the opportunity to see him play frequently.

“The community comes out to support a lot of games, and it’s interesting that I know a lot of them,” Casey said. “It’s good you know. My parents get to come to every game.”

As a child, Casey would frequently watch the Stony Brook soccer team play in person. He says getting to play for the team now has extra special meaning for him.

“I was here when we played in the grass field, and there were five people in the stands, and now we got a nice crowd, and a beautiful stadium,” he said. “So it’s a privilege, absolutely.”

Casey played his high school

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Casey has been an offensive threat for Stony Brook this season ball at Ward Melville, where he was a three-year letterwinner. His best season came in his senior year, when he led his team with 16 goals and 11 assists.

For his effort that season he received All-New-York-State, AllLong-Island, and All-Conference honors. Despite his high school success, Casey said there was an adjustment period he had to go

through during the beginning of his collegiate career.

“High school ball was a lot of fun, but it’s nothing like in college,” he said. “Picking up on skill level and the speed of play is a big change the first year.”

Casey’s playing time was limited his freshman season, although he did notch his first collegiate goal in a match against Lafayette. In 2011

he began to take on a bigger role for the club. He started in 18 of his team’s matches as a midfielder, and had two goals and six points on the season.

Then last season Casey helped anchor one of the top defensive units in the America East. The Seawolves allowed the third least amount of goals in the conference last season. He also scored a game-winning overtime goal in an America East Championship quarterfinals matchup against Binghamton.

Now in his final year with the Seawolves, Casey is serving as a vice captain. He is one of only four seniors on the team and is relied upon for leadership on a relatively young Stony Brook squad.

“Will leads in many ways,” said Anatol. “He leads by example, by the things that he does on the field.

He’s a good guy in the locker room and off the field as well. He’s been around now, so the guys definitely look up to him.”

Despite some mixed results in game action early on, Casey says he has liked how the team has meshed so far this season.

“We came in early, and everyone’s getting along well,” Casey said. “And the play is coming along, I think we can play better, but everyday we’re improving, so hopefully we’ll get it together.”

Stony Brook began the conference portion of their schedule on Friday, and will now look to make a strong second-half push, and Anatol expects Casey to be a big part of the push.

“Will’s a guy, who you know is gonna show up every day, and work as hard as he can possibly work for the good of the team,” Anatol said.

Castanio thriving under pressure for the Seawolves during 2013 season

By Cameron Boon Staff Writer

Ashley Castanio does not mind the pressure of being a goalkeeper. “I like the pressure,” she said. “I’m not really sure why I chose it though. I hated being put in goal when I was younger.”

That hatred eventually turned to love and into a successful college career for the girl from nearby Oceanside, New York on Long Island.

There were not many other schools in the mix when it came to decision time. “Lehigh and Central Connecticut State University were two others. I verbally committed to CCSU, then decommitted and came here,” Castanio said.

When she came here, the multisport high school athlete already had prior knee trouble. She tore her ACL in her senior year playing basketball, which ended her career. “I miss basketball. I looked at a couple Division II schools to play both but it’d be too hard on my body,” she said. The knee trouble continued in her second game against Fordham. “I came out, bent down, then stood up and my cleat got stuck in the turf,” she said. She was, however, granted a medical redshirt that year so she did not use a year of eligibility and will have one more after this season concludes.

“I’m a big family person, and since I live in Nassau county this was nice.

If they were sending me to school they

at least had to come to my games,” Castanio said. Her family does not just go to the games though. “They’d paint their number on them, they flew to Colorado,” she said. She is the baby of the family as the youngest of four children, but has the upper hand when it comes to athletics. “My one sister played college soccer, but at Division III. It’s kind of the joke in my family that I put everyone to shame.”

Coming into this season, Castanio and the Seawolves were picked to finish second in the America East Conference behind fellow 2012 finalist Hartford.

“We’re the target being the defending champs in every game we play. But I didn’t want that top preseason ranking,” she said. “They don’t think we’re good enough to win again.”

Castanio shined in the tournament saving eighteen shots, including one critical penalty kick against New Hampshire in the quarterfinal, which could have turned things around. The sixth seeded Seawolves would win the tournament with a 1-0 upset victory over top-seeded Hartford. “Winning the America East for my first season playing is my proudest achievement on the field. I’d do it the same way all over again,” she said, “They think we got lucky.”

Then came the first NCAA Division I tournament game in the history of Women’s Soccer at Stony Brook University. They took on #9, Maryland, and were on a level playing

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Castanio has made 56 saves this season in 13 games. She is 8-4-1 on the season. field. The upset alert was on for eightyfive minutes. “This game was very nerve-wracking. But when you’re playing a better team, you’re going to up your level of play,” she said. And Castanio certainly did. She finished with nine saves on the night. “My goalkeeper coach and I knew I was going to have a great game,” she said, “It’s fun for a goalkeeper to play against a great team.”

This year is going to be different for

these Seawolves, and Castanio will be at the head of it all being a wall in the net. “My expectations are to win the America East tournament again and get to the second round of the NCAA Tournament,” she said. “By the time we got to Maryland last year we were shot.” She also said the training last year was targeted to winning the America East, so that game was not as well prepared for as it could have been.

Off the field, she said she would

most likely want to meet Albert Einstein. “I don’t even know why I picked that,” she said laughing, “I was on my way out the door and my mom said ‘you have to finish this survey!’ so that was the first name I thought of.” She also informed me she is a math major. With two years left, she looks forward to being a role model to younger girls. The pressure is on to succeed, but as she has done before, she will come through.

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The Athletes Journal: Stony Brook sailing Seawolves crush rival Albany team, finishes fourth in last week's Colony Cup

By Cameron Boon Staff Writer

Continued from page 16 point in time, they knew Stony Brook was a team that was not going to give up.

At the end of this long day, one could see in everyone’s faces that we had a great time and were happy to be there, although we were drained from all the sailing.

I do not know about the other teams, but our team continued to bond all night long.

We all got cleaned up, put on nice clothes and went out to a beautiful restaurant where we had an amazing two hour dinner with laughs, stories, jokes and a developing family.

It was truly a dinner nobody will soon forget.

Finally, day two of racing was here. Sunday, Sept. 28 was another beautiful day.

The temperature was about the same, but conditions were a bit lighter, with winds only ranging from 5-7 knots.

President Zachary Kyritsis, really showed leadership on this day when he gave up his spot on the boat in order to let Gregory Sarafin Crew for Heather Grosso, who was now the Skipper.

That day, we were able to fit in six races and our racing day ended at about 1p.m., but we all knew we had another nine hour drive ahead of us.

That did not hinder the excitement of the team, though. We knew that we had more pride, school

COURTESY OF STONY BROOK SAILING TEAM

The Sailing team finished finished fourth place last weekend. spirit and fun than any other team.

It was easy to tell that we now functioned like a Stony Brook family.

We congratulated our sailors every single race, we cheered them on and at the end of the long weekend, we were able to pull off fourth place overall.

This weekend was amazing to say the least.

Not only did the team make inside jokes, sail well and have a lot of fun, but our “team” became more than that.

We were now the Stony Brook sailing family. The memories made that weekend will never be taken

from us.

We will strive to become even better and hopefully after all the hard work, long practices and dedication we will be able to pull off first place in the near future.

The team has two regattas left this season.

They competed in the Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta this past weekend.

The regatta took place at Larchmont Yacht Club.

Updates will be posted online later in the week.

Next weekend is their last regatta of the season at SUNY Maritime from Oct. 19- Oct. 20.

The Stony Brook Women’s Soccer team came into Sunday’s rivalry match against Albany coming off of a heartbreaking defeat Thursday night against 2012 America East Finalist Hartford in overtime.

This was a great opportunity to blow off a little steam from that game, and who better to do it against then Albany.

Larissa Nysch scored two goals, and Christina Fluman scored her first collegiate goal and added an assist, and the Seawolves controlled the match from start to finish in a 4-0 defeat of the Great Danes on Sunday at LaValle Stadium.

Stony Brook got the first goal of the game from Larissa Nysch, a header from 25 yards out. Queli Ornelas fed Shannon Grogan down the right side of the field, and Grogan crossed it in to find the head of Nysch, who recorded her 7th goal of the season with 33:30 to go in the first half.

Nysch wasn’t done and neither were the Seawolves. Christina Fluman scored her first collegiate goal when she drove a close-range shot into the top right corner of the net to give the Seawolves a 2-0 lead with 26:09 left in the half.

“I was trying to get it on frame and keep it as low as possible” the Pittsford, New York native said.

“It’s an incredible feeling and a

relief to get the first one out of the way” she added.

The third Seawolves goal was scored by Nysch again, this time in the second half with 28:41 to go.

Fluman played a lob down the middle of the field, and Nysch flew past the last Albany defender, and blasted it past keeper Alana Brennan, who had 11 saves on the night.

Stony Brook would add one more, and it was the first of the year for Tessa Deveraux, as she took a pass from Queli Ornelas about 30 yards out, and put it into the top left corner of the net, giving the Seawolves the final goal of the game and the result that they wanted.

“You have to treat each game individually,” coach Sue Ryan said after the game. “Teams can go in two different directions after that result. Getting those first two goals in the first half showed we are going in the right direction” The Seawolves now have a goal from 12 different players on the roster this season, which presents great balance and a huge threat to teams in the future.

“It makes us harder to defend” Ryan said. “Having a balanced attack and scoring from a multitude of ways is a big positive”.

The Seawolves will look to stay unbeaten at home (currently 7-0) when they take on secondplace UMBC on Thursday night.

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Strong start leads Seawolves to road win over Colgate

By Joe Galotti

Assistant Sports Editor

A dominant first half effort powered the Stony Brook football team to a 27-3 road win over Colgate on Saturday night.

The victory gave head coach Chuck Priore his 50th career win with the Seawolves.

Junior running back Jameel Poteat ran for two first half touchdowns to help Stony Brook jump out to the early lead.

Sophomore defensive back Naim Cheeseboro also delivered a key scoring play in the half, coming up with a 52-yard interception return.

For the third straight game the Seawolves’ opening drive finished in the opposing team’s end zone.

The offense went 70 yards down the field on their first possession, and ended the drive with a seven yard touchdown run by Poteat, to take an early 7-0 lead.

Later in the first quarter, senior defensive back Derrick Morgan stripped the ball out of Raiders’ tight end John Quazza’s hands, allowing senior linebacker Jawara Dudley to recover the ball for Stony Brook on Colgate’s 31yard line.

The offense was unable to take advantage of the field position given to them, as they went 3-and-out.

But junior kicker Graham Ball salvaged the drive with a 40-yard field goal to give the Seawolves a 10-0 lead.

Early in the second quarter, Poteat would strike again for

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Stony Brook improved to 3-3 overall after defeating Colgate 27-3 on Saturday night.

Stony Brook. This time he would score on a 5-yard touchdown run, to give his team a 17 point lead just 56 seconds into the second quarter.

Then with 2:02 remaining in the half, Cheeseboro picked off Raiders quarterback Jake Melville at about midfield, and ran the ball back for a touchdown.

The score gave the Seawolves a commanding 24-0 advantage, and capped off one of the team’s best halves of the season.

In the second half, the Stony Brook defense continued to shutdown Colgate’s offense.

The Raiders did not reach

Seawolves territory until early in the fourth quarter. The only time they did find themselves in the red zone in the game, they were held to a field goal.

Stony Brook allowed just 219 total yards of offense in the game, and just 106 passing yards. Since 2009, the Seawolves are 17-4 when allowing 300 of total offense or less.

The Raiders’ starting quarterback Gavin McCarney missed the game with a knee injury.

This forced backup Jake Melville into action, who threw for just 7-of-19, and was sacked

three times.

Cheeseboro’s interception return for a touchdown was the program’s first since Oct. 3, 2009, when Cory Giddings delivered a 63-yard interception return against Presbyterian.

The Seawolves continued to use a rotation of three backs in their rushing attack against Colgate. Poteat ran for 54 yards on 10 attempts, junior James Kenner ran for 70 yards on 12 attempts, and freshman Tyler Fredericks ran for 27 yards on nine attempts.

Senior quarterback Lyle Negron played another efficient

game, completing 18-of-30 passes for 196 yards. Junior tight end Will Tye caught eight of his passes for 70 yards.

October has been extremely kind to Stony Brook over the past few seasons. The Seawolves have now won 13 straight games during the month.

Stony Brook improved their overall record to 3-3, as they now head into a bye week. Several of the Seawolves’ key banged up players, such as Lyle Negron and Jaward Dudley, will get a chance to rest up before the team begins another challenging portion of their schedule.

After the bye, SBU will begin a critical stretch of five straight games against Colonial Athletic Association opponents to end the season.

Three of the five matchups will take place at LaValle Stadium.

Stony Brook is just 1-2 in conference games this season.

They defeated Rhode Island in their season opener 24-0, but dropped games to Villanova and Towson.

It takes a minimum of seven wins against Division I schools to qualify for the FCS playoffs, which means the Seawolves must go at least 4-1 in their remaining five games to have a chance of being selected for the 24-team postseason field.

Stony Brook will begin their push for the playoffs on Saturday, Oct. 26, at home against New Hampshire. Kickoff for the game will be at 4 p.m.

Seawolves fall to New Hampshire 2-1 Saturday The Athletes Journal: Seawolves finish 4th place in Colony Cup

By Sanjay Jonnavithula Staff Writer

The Seawolves lost to the University of New Hampshire for the first time since 2007 on Saturday night.

A 71st minute tiebreaking goal proved crucial for the Wildcats as it was the game-winning shot at Bremner Field.

Stony ​ Brook’s 5-match unbeaten streak over the Wildcats unfortunately came to an end (2-0-3).

In terms of the season, the loss puts the Seawolves at 5-6-0, and 1-1-0 during America East play.

The Wildcats, on the other hand, improved to 2-0-0 in league play this year, and an overall 8-3-0 record.

In the 27th minute, New ​ Hampshire broke the scoreless tie by bouncing a previously blocked attempt into the net for the goal.

Then, in the 51st, Junior Keith McKenna scored from 25 yards away, tying the score at one.

It was McKenna’s second consecutive game with a goal, giving him two goals this week and also two goals in his career.

However, in the 71st minute, New Hampshire’s Steven Palumbo was able to give the

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Stony Brook fell to 1-1 in the America East after the loss.

Wildcats the win with his head into the lower left corner of the goal. ​T hough Stony Brook outshot New Hampshire and had more shots on goal, they ultimately fell short in goals.

T he Seawolves hope to ​ rebound from this loss and take on their in-state rival SUNY Binghamton this Wednesday

night, 7 p.m. at LaValle Stadium.

Binghamton is coming off of a 3-0 victory over UMass-Lowell on Saturday, They saw goals from Ben Nicholson, Marts Reid-Warder and Logan Roberts in the victory.

Stony Brook will then travel to UMass-Lowell next Saturday before traveling to Lehigh the following Tuesday.

Imagine you have a puzzle, now take that puzzle and look at each piece individually.

You start to see that each piece has its own background to contribute to the greater image.

Once these pieces have enough time together, they start to become one and the individual specific pieces do stand out above the rest. Stony Brook’s Sailing Team has become the image we want to display.

Last week, on Friday Sept. 27 the Stony Brook team traveled for nine hours to arrive at William and Mary College.

During this long drive, we all started to really open up to each other. We learned about each other’s life stories, sailing histories and future goals.

This drive was critical to the development of the Stony Brook team’s image.

The following day, Saturday, Sept. 28 finally arrived…race day! With winds ranging from 8-15 knots and a high of about

70 degrees, we were able to participate in 14 races throughout the day.

Starting at about 9:30 a.m. and racing non-stop till 5:30 p.m., everyone was excited to take part in every race and Stony Brook made it known that we were there and ready.

At the beginning of the day, Stony Brook was just another competing team with no threat and nothing for the other teams to worry about.

At mid-day, however, Skipper Constantine Spentzos and Crew Cody Murphy pulled through for Stony Brooks first bullet, or first place victory.

The excitement did not stop there because in the next race we were able to get another bullet, this one earned by Skipper Zachary Kyritsis and Crew Heather Grosso.

These back-to-back bullets were exactly what we needed to stir up the pot.

Soon enough, members of other teams were starting to talk about how Stony Brook came out of nowhere, how Stony Brook was doing so well and how at that Continued on page 15