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Hindu community still in need of a permanent space for worship

Members of the Protestant and Hindu communities, along with other faculty and staff, sat down in early February to talk about options for the religious group, Namaskar, to have a place of worship. The discussion, which took place in the Harlan Chapel, was sponsored by the Interfaith Chaplaincy to have an open discussion about faith […]

Concerns voiced but barely addressed in public forum

On Thursday, March 20, a group of students and other members of the Brandeis community gathered in the Shapiro Admission Center’s presentation space to participate in a public forum between representatives of the university’s administration and themselves. Thursday’s forum centered around contentious issues including student meal plans, tuition, executive compensation and Brandeis’ transparency around such […]

WSRC scholars and students discuss reproductive rights

On March 12, scholars from the Women’s Studies Research Center (WSRC) and students gathered in Liberman Miller Lecture Hall to watch the short film “Roe at Risk: Fighting for Reproductive Justice.” Dr. Shulamit Reinharz, the founder and director of the WSRC, and Dr. Paula Doress-Worters, a scholar from the WSRC, were among the key speakers. […]

Anita Hill opens up about power dynamics in documentary ‘Anita’

Over 20 years ago, a young African-American woman named Anita Hill faced a panel of 14 older white males of the Senate Judiciary Committee during the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Hill endured uncomfortable and awkward questioning from the panel as she testified against Thomas for sexual harassment that occurred while she […]

Brandeis improves Prospect St. studio’s safety

The actions of Fine Arts majors in the past month prove that these students remain as committed to the vitality of their department as they are to their art. Students’ efforts combined with an article published in The Hoot on Feb. 14 have inspired major safety improvements for the dilapidated Fine Art building on Prospect […]

Panel aims to promote dialogue between divided peoples

On Monday evening, the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life held a panel discussion in the Reading Room of the Mandel Center for the Humanities entitled “Extremists and the Challenges of Public Conversation.” The discussion was moderated by Daniel Terris, director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies. According to Terris, the Schusterman […]

Heller students shoot for social justice gold

Earlier this month, the Hult Prize, the world’s largest student competition for social good, was awarded to students from all over the globe for their entries. Since 2010, the prize, which is partnered with the Clinton Global Initiative, has invited groups of students to pitch their ideas for business startups with a social justice goal. […]

Speaker highlights Odysseus’ classical journey

On Thursday, March 13, the Department of Classical Studies hosted an event with an audience of over 45 people. As a Brandeis graduate, Professor Joel Christensen of the University of Texas at San Antonio was welcomed back to the department with open arms. The chair of the department, Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, introduced Professor Christensen as […]

Fencers send three to Nationals

At the NCAA National Championship Northeast regional qualifiers on Sunday, March 9, three Brandeis fencers did well enough to advance to Nationals later this month. Held at Wellesley College, the Regionals tournament saw fencers from Brandeis University, Boston College, Brown University, City College of New York, Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, Hunter College, MIT, […]

Gender equality still out of reach

This week, Brandeis’ Women and Gender Studies core faculty released a list of statistics, titled “Report Card for Women at Brandeis University.” Accompanied by a graphic, the study unearths how many full-time faculty are women, how many women are on the board of trustees, how many serve in senior administration and more. “A number of […]

Cal-Berkeley co-op changing after lawsuit

Cloyne Court, the nation’s largest cooperative student house is set to be rebranded and revamped 68 years after it was first purchased by the Berkeley Student Cooperative (BSC) at the University of California, Berkeley. The plan to alter the residential structure comes four years after John Gibson, a former resident of the co-op, sustained serious […]

Israel Apartheid Week prompts controversy

On Monday night, Lown auditorium hosted a packed audience, ready to listen to award-winning journalist Max Blumenthal deliver the keynote address of Brandeis Israel Apartheid Week. Sponsored by Brandeis Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace, the week of events was brought to the Brandeis campus to engage students, faculty and […]

MSA disrespected by vandalism

Signs torn down. A suite trashed. The Imam’s Qur’an stolen. The removal of the words “Enter here in peace and security.” The Muslim Students Association (MSA) at Brandeis has dealt with isolated incidents of vandalism in recent years, though no individual person has ever been held responsible for the incidents. The most recent problem occurred […]

Brandeis community pledges to avoid the r-word

“Nothing about the r-word has anything to do with people who have developmental disabilities,” said Kristina S., an individual from Watch City Self Advocates. Kristina spoke passionately about not using the r-word (retarded) during Thursday night’s event, “Spread the Word to End the Word.” Brandeis Buddies and SPECTRUM, two Waltham Group programs that work with […]

Early retirement an opportunistic option

Sara Kunz has worked diligently at Brandeis for decades, first with Professor Al Redfield on NMR Spectrometers and then within the Chemistry Department for the past 15 years. A graduate of Brandeis herself, Kunz has poured time, passion and effort into her varied positions within the Chemistry Department. This May, Kunz will be retiring, choosing […]

Track comes in seventh but with All-UAA performances

The Brandeis men’s and women’s track and field teams participated in the University Athletic Association Championships last Saturday, Mar. 1, with both teams coming in seventh. The Washington University men’s team and the University of Chicago’s women’s team took first place. Kelsey Whitaker ’16 placed second in the mile, and Amelia Lundkvist ’14 immediately followed […]

Grimes and Pillow-Gnanaratnam made new deans

This Thursday, Dean of Student Life Jamele Adams announced via an email to The Hoot the promotion of Stephanie Grimes and Monique Pillow Gnanaratnam to assistant deans who will assist Adams in the Office of the Dean of Student Life. While it is currently unknown if other faculty members were considered for the assistant dean […]

Panel explores Brazilian riots through varied perspectives

Students, faculty and off-campus guests crowded into International Lounge in Usdan on Tuesday, March 4 for “Global Protests, Local Realities,” a panel event designed to discuss the massive Brazilian street protests of 2013 and relate them to the country’s past, present and future. The event was presented by the Brandeis International Business School (IBS) Brazil […]

Fraternities under fire after New York hazing fatality

Two months after a student at Baruch College died during a fraternity ritual, New York state lawmakers are pushing forward a bicameral bill to educate students about hazing and impose harsher punishments for it. 19-year-old finance major Chun Hsien Deng, known as Michael, died in Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 9 after […]