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Navigation SB Day Topics Advocacy Budget Stony Brook Tuition Recent posts J-School Home Top Story Ann Coulter Addresses Receptive SB Crowd By Micah Danney Conservative commentator and columnist Ann Coulter drew laughter and applause March 31 at Stony Brook University by criticizing liberals who, Coulter said, “want to do nothing” when their country faces a crisis and by announcing that she was backing Democrat Hillary Clinton over Republican John McCain. The GOP presidential hopeful, Coulter said, was a “fragile vessel” for the Republican message, adding that Clinton might even be more conservative than McCain, whom she dismissed as a “liberal.” Ann Coulter Stony Brook » Login or register to post comments Read more more About Stony Brook Now! SB Now! is an online news publication of the School of Journalism with reporting by students on Stony Brook on video, with photos and through the written word. It was created to provide a forum for the School of Journalism’s coverage of Stony Brook University’s participation in Albany Day of 2008. Albany Day is what Stony Brook calls its annual trip to the state capital, Albany, to speak to legislators on behalf of the campus here on Long Island. SB Now! allowed the School of Journalism to broadcast the day’s events to those who did not attend and gave the students of the School of Journalism an opportunity to put their skills to work. Since then, SB Now! has become a place where students who cover campus news and events for classes can post their work.	Advocacy Effectiveness of Albany Day More than 50 groups representing different departments and organizations at Stony Brook University traveled to Albany to voice their concerns to legislators on Albany Day. While many felt their voices were heard, it is yet to be determined how effective the day was. With a record number of students and faculty present, the university made its best attempt to create awareness of the university and various issues. Advocacy » Login or register to post comments Read more Nursing Students Talk Shortages Stony Brook University nursing students traveled to Albany today to address New York’s serious shortage of nurses and nursing teachers. Along with the shortage of nurses, one-third of the nurses in New York State are not currently practicing, future nurses face a two-year waiting list to enter a nursing program, and practicing nurses have no incentive to teach because the pay rate is too low. Nursing students and faculty members spoke with legislators, including former nurse Aileen Gunther, an assembly member of the 98th district and member of the health committee. Advocacy » Login or register to post comments Read more Veterans Home at Stony Brook Speaks Out Caretakers at the Long Island State Veterans Home traveled with students and faculty of Stony Brook to voice their concerns at Albany Day on Tuesday about Governor Spitzer's proposed nursing home cuts. The long-term cuts in the budget, combined with cuts from last year’s budget will result in more than $900 million in cuts. Beyond last year’s budget cuts of over $600 million to nursing home recruitment, retention and quality improvement funding, another $300 million cut has been proposed in this year’s executive budget. Advocacy » Login or register to post comments Read more Southampton Speaks Out Stony Brook's Southampton campus, home to about 200 students, had a strong showing at Albany day, with nearly 40 percent of the entire campus population in attendance, according to the Southampton Dean Martin Schoonen. That figure contributed to the record turnout this year, with close to 1,000 total students and faculty from the university making the trip to Albany. For many of the students and faculty at Stony Brook, the purpose of Albany Day is to give a voice to the groups on campus who wish to speak. Advocacy » Login or register to post comments Read more Video Gallery We'll be putting all the videos that come out of Stony Brook Day in Albany here, so stay tuned! Albany is Red Hot in SBU Colors Advocacy Budget Stony Brook Tuition » Login or register to post comments Read more Students Board Buses for Albany Day: Video Campus shuttle busses transported students from various locations on campus to the South P parking lot where the small army of amateur lobbyists gathered. Greeted by bagged breakfasts and gallons of coffee at makeshift food stations, students, faculty and administrators climbed onto coach buses at the break of dawn on Tuesday, March 4, to travel up to Albany to lobby legislators in favor of Stony Brook. Advocacy » Login or register to post comments Read more Faculty Divided On Albany Day Video As hundreds of students, faculty and staff from Stony Brook University embark on a 250-mile journey to the state capitol in Albany to meet with legislators, professors on campus have mixed feelings about the empty seats in their classrooms. Advocacy » 1 comment Read more Why Albany Day? Video Thirteen years ago, only 16 Stony Brook University students trekked to the state capital to court legislators and voice concerns about their school, the year Shirley Strum Kenny became president of the university. This Tuesday, more than 1,000 students and faculty will travel five hours via bus to spend a day advocating for the university’s interests. “Stony Brook Day in Albany this year will be more about “giving the university visibility,” said Janice Rohlf, the university’s assistant vice president of governmental relations. Advocacy » Login or register to post comments Read more