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The campus was founded in 1963 by Long Island University . After the school which always suffered monetary problems threatened to close in 2004 a deal closed in March 2006 transferring the college to the State University Of New York At Stony Brook . SUNY is paying US $35 million for the 84 acre campus and its waterfront facility for its famed Marine Biology department (which was transferred to Stony Brook) as well as the NPR affiliated WLIU-FM 88.3 radio station. The campus is between the Shinnecock Indian Reservation and Shinnecock Hills Golf Club . It had a separate stop on the Long Island Railroad until 1998 when the station was dismantled because it was lightly used. In 2005 the Shinnecock Indian Nation filed a suit seeking return of 3,500 acres including both the campus and the golf club. When Long Island University announced its plans to close the campus there were concerns that either the land would be taken over by the Shinnecocks for a casino or that the land would be scooped up for a massive housing development in the Hamptons . In 2005, Long Island University closed the undergraduate Southampton classes and moved them to Long Island University C.W. Post Campus . The undergraduate Marine Biology department was moved to Stony Brook. Graduate programs still in Southampton are:
The writing department is the college most famous department since several New York City area authors who live in the area contribute including:
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