| Type | Collegiate newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Print, Online |
| Owner | Statesman, Inc. |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Headquarters | Stony Brook, New York |
| Official website | www.sbstatesman.com/ |
The Stony Brook Statesman is a student newspaper servicing Stony Brook University in New York's Long Island. It was founded in the fall of 1957 as the Sucolian[1] , for the "State University Campus On Long Island" at Oyster Bay, the university's name and location until 1962. The name was changed to The Statesman in February 1958. The newspaper is now published weekly, but was previously published twice a week during the academic year[2] and until recently was also published bimonthly during the summer months, though it did not publish at all in the summers of 2005 and 2006. It currently prints 6,000 issues per run, at two runs per week[3]. It is distributed to many on-campus locations, the Hospital, and over 70 off-campus locations. As late as 1984, the Statesman was published three times per week during the academic year.
The Statesman Association was formed as a non-profit organization approximately 1970 and was incorporated in 1975. The paper is funded by advertising and additional funds from the Stony Brook Undergraduate Student Government.
The Statesman is often viewed as the campus publication of record. However, the Stony Brook Press(in 1979)and the Stony Brook Independent (in 2005)[4] were created by former Statesman staff unhappy with the Statesman.
The Statesman and its editors have won several awards for student journalism, and several past editors have gone on to enjoy distinguished careers in the field of journalism.
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The Statesman has several sections including: News, Features, Sports, Arts and Entertainment, and Opinion. All sections focus on both campus related news and stories as well as local, national, and global issues of interest to Stony Brook University students.
The Statesman website was formerly host to several popular blogs, including the recently added Right, Left, Center Online blog. The purpose of the blog is to offer an online forum for Statesman readers to engage with both newspaper writers and each other on popular current issues. From opinion to debate posts, the blog is part of a growing community of those interested in online discussion.