Annoying Things Only Stony Brook Students Will Understand
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Annoying Things Only Stony Brook Students Will Understand

If you have attended, or are currently attending Stony Brook University, this list is bound to resonate with you.

Nawaal Aminullah
Nov 25, 2019
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Annoying Things Only Stony Brook Students Will Understand
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Here are some annoyances particular to Stony Brook University.

1. The horror of enrollment days

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Enrollment days are anxiety provoking and stressful, and we are crossing our fingers for a line of green checks. If this happens, we feel like a kid in a candy store- no rushed trips to admins and department buildings!

2. When the dining hall takes your ID for takeout and then you forget it there

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I don't get why they do this, but every time this happens I die a little more inside.

3. When you miss your morning fruit 

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Depending on the day the dining hall will not serve their melons after breakfast time, also there's usually no berries served. Sometimes they make up for it with a chocolate fountain.

4. The wind tunnel that is the Zebra Steps

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My friend told me that they brought an architect from Arizona to construct Stony Brook and this campus was literally constructed to to funnel wind. This is New York, people!

5. The restrictions in our dorm rooms

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The 'no string lights' thing really crushed my Pinterest dorm dreams.

6. The strange insects

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We have these roaches especially around West side of campus. One of them made their way into my room all the way on the East side and I was less than thrilled. When I lived in Wagner College, I saw some strange creatures which I was unable to name.

7. The lack of water fountains in Benedict College

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It's super annoying when I'm about to sleep but I have to make a huge trek for drinkable water. The worst part is I need to use my ID card to get to the fountains. Why are there only two? They are currently half-broken as well and have been for weeks.

8. The WiFi

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It needs help.

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