 In 1976, the Statesman Association Inc. was formed and given tax exempt status by the IRS.In the 1970s, "The Statesman" published a 36-page issue three times a week.Before the establishment of the Stony Brook School of Journalism in 2006, to this day the only public journalism school in New York state, "The Statesman" served as the sole example of student journalism at Stony Brook University.