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EDUCATION
Early learning educators participate in National Day Without Child Care
Early learning educators on Long Island took part May 13 in a rally for a Day Without Child Care, a movement centered around affordable child care and fair wages for teachers who work in child care. The demonstration took place near the Paper Planes Early Learning Center in Mount Sinai,...
Town Board nixes code change that would allow Riverhead Charter School to build on industrially zoned land
(Updated: 11:45 a.m.) A recommendation in the town’s draft comprehensive plan update to allow private schools in industrial zones will be removed from the draft plan in response to complaints from residents opposed to the Riverhead Charter School, Supervisor Tim Hubbard announced last night. “We heard you loud and...
When Hard Work Pays Off
Joey Mclaurin is an extremely calm and composed young man. He is well mannered and well-spoken with an infectious smile. By looking at him, you’d never know how driven and fierce of a competitor he is and how far that ambition has taken him. Mclaurin just finished a successful high school basketball career at William Floyd High School and will be heading to Hartwick College in upstate New York this upcoming fall to continue lacing up his sneakers on the basketball court while studying sports management as a major.
Yale Names Maurie McInnis Of Stony Brook University As Next President
Maurie McInnis was named Yale’s 24th president in an announcement by the school. The 58-year-old cultural historian, currently serving as the president of Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, graduated from Yale with a Ph.D in art history in 1996. In the years since her graduation, McInnis has served...
Stony Brook University’s administration actively works to stifle student journalists
When I first walked into the office of The Statesman in January of 2023, I had no idea about the hurdles I would face as a student reporter. I already had journalism experience — I was a transfer student from Binghamton University and worked as a news reporter for their campus newspaper, Pipe Dream, during my one semester at the school. Yet, in my first semester at The Statesman, I came to realize how different covering Stony Brook University would be compared to Binghamton.
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