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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Hammertime Date: March 20, 2013, 4:53 pm
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[quote author=ecasadoSBU link=topic=249.msg6202#msg6202
date=1363814488]
How are we going to deal with the community. Getting more bad
press from the town:
Stony Brook Residents Want Rental Rules Enforced For College
Students
HTML http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/03/18/stony-brook-residents-want-rental-rules-enforced-for-college-students/
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I live very close to the University and there are 3 houses
across the street from me that are rented to University students
and in the 16 years live here, i never once had a problem with
either one of the rented homes. One house the 2 guys are med
students and I never see him. The other 2 homes are rented to
College kids and they are very respectful to the neighbors.
Majority of the students who rent off campus are good kids and
you will always get a few rotten apples.. When I bought my home
in the 90's. I knew SBU was only 1 mile away but decided to buy
here because of the Public School. ( Three Village ) and I am
glad i did...Unless you bought your house in the 50's , before
SBU was built, then you have no reason to complain...You knew
this was going to happen, it happens everywhere there's a big
University..... I will never sell my house and when the time
comes when I want to move, I'll rent my house out to a Doctor or
Med students !!!!
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: March 22, 2013, 12:56 pm
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Some good news:
HTML http://www.policymic.com/articles/28975/4-top-colleges-just-as-great-as-the-ivy-league-schools
Also, new dorm going up in between Irving College and the
Staller Center:
HTML http://www.stonybrook.edu/facilities/projects/current/main_campus/?new-residence-hall
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: ecasadoSBU Date: March 22, 2013, 4:36 pm
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Yes. New Dorm are coming soon. But that wont be enough. The
University has to find a solution to the problem with college
rentals. Maybe the town can agree on a designated off-campus
section for college rentals.
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: May 8, 2013, 2:57 pm
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.... so is someone in the admin reading our forum!??!?!?!?!?!?!
HTML http://www.goseawolves.org/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/050813aaa.html
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Seawolf97 Date: May 8, 2013, 8:19 pm
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Personally I think a lot of people read our forum. Just a
hunch.
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: September 17, 2013, 6:59 pm
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Old Chem is now... Frey Hall
HTML http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/What_Was_Old_is_New_Again_SBU_Commemorates_the_Opening_of_Frey_Hall_A_High_Tech-Dedicated_Classroom_Building.shtml
youre right! someone is reading!!! 8)
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Seawolf97 Date: September 17, 2013, 7:17 pm
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Newsday reported awhile ago they opened a new building dedicated
to wireless technology. Love to see positive growth!
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: ecasadoSBU Date: September 17, 2013, 11:39 pm
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CEWIT - Center for Excellence in Wireless and Information
Technology
That is located in the Stony Brook's Research & Development Park
on Stony Brook Rd. Opened a few years ago.
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: April 4, 2014, 12:58 pm
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moved from the football thread:
i think the problem exists both with the university and with the
students. not sure who is more to blame. the students are
largely disaffected (but coming around slowly!) and dont stick
around on weekends. The U hasnt really done much to improve the
social interaction (but coming around slowly!) on campus or off
campus. my contention is that if they stuck around, they'd go
to games.
i think there are a lot of solutions to this problem:
-the U needs to build a "commons". we have the union, but its
garbage and no one wants to hang out there. we need a square,
or a commons, or a strip mall. coffee shops, pubs, pizza,
laundry, places to see and be seen. they need to construct a
"hangout" whether its private or university-operated.
-the U should think about admitting students based on their
school spirit and participation. further, it might even want to
consider taking more students that arent from the LIRR line and
cant drive home easily every weekend (perhaps anything above
westchester). this will keep the problem though of students
just sitting in their rooms every weekend, doing nothing.
sorry, tri-staters (of which i am one).
-the U has plenty of land to develop, however, it HAS to be
geographically correct. put the activities in South P, and no
one will show. dont give anyone a reason. port jeff is great;
but its 3 miles away. kids are lazier than ever today because
they can text from the comfort of their dorm and watch anything
on a laptop or phone. in this day and age, technology and
social media has made it harder for people to get off their
arse. attention spans are short. social interaction (the way
we know it) is waning.
-on the other hand, social media (i do NOT participate btw)
needs to be used to get the word out. why not use the
technology that the kids use to connect with them?
-lets think about geography for a moment. no one is going to
hang around the engineering quad or harriman hall or the physics
building, etc. They might though at the Rec Center, or LaValle,
etc. We have a few spots where we can make this happen. Im
thinking develop the strip of land east of Mendelsohn Quad
(bottom right, where the lake is:
HTML http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/dance/contact/dancemap2.jpg).
the kids can all walk there and hang out and buy stuff and do
whatever and be close to home. let private business come in and
pay for it and develop it.
-the items above they need to add have to happen naturally.
meaning, it cant all be university-driven. once you add them
into the mix, it becomes not cool to 19 year olds. let
entrepreneurs and proprietors open up shops and gyms and
apartments and whatnot and kids will follow. thats what i think
college kids want these days. i love strawberries. but the
strawberry festival doesnt get me excited. once i went to a
foam party at the bench and lost my flip flops- THAT was
exciting.
-we have to, absolutely have to, get all the freshmen all into a
freshman dorm and create the experience. make the apartments
something to earn. no more freshmen living amongst
upperclassmen. freshmen are different animals than seniors and
they do not act the same. build relationships early and keep
them. do it in the corridor style dorms where freshman have no
privacy and meet easily.
-less commuter students. yeah they are great and all but they
usually leave after class and dont add anything to the
community. is that harsh? yes. and i know, a lot of dormitory
students dont add anything either.
-the students need to step it up and get involved.
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: BigFatFan Date: April 4, 2014, 1:24 pm
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Thank you Chairman. I for one agree that the school needs to
make a better effort in getting the football games to be a
destination "event" for the students. regardless of whether
they go home on the weekends, or if they are commuter students,
they can "get" the spirit of football and return to the games
because their friends will be there, and it will be a "good" and
"safe" and "orderly" time. Also, with the heavy influx of Asian
and other forgein students to SB, I wonder if football is just
not part of their culture, so they could care less about
attending the games. in my mind, Homecoming is a no-brainer, it
should be heavily attended by the community and the students.
what is disappointing to me is to see the other home games at La
Valle consist of about 1/2 capacity or less crowds. that is just
outright pathetic. when our kids roll into any other CAA venue,
the stadiums are rocking. Even the Rhody game last year, that I
attended, they had a near capacity crowd. we can do better at
SB, I challenge the school, the student body and the athletic
department to find a way to get it done.
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