Drolette to step down at end of year
At the end of the calendar year, Fran Drolette will step down from her role as senior vice president and chief financial officer, Steven Manos announced in an email last week. Marianne Cwalina, the current Associate Vice President of Budget and Finance will assume the role on Jan. 1. This change in personnel was communicated […]
Dining changes proposed, Aramark contract on table
Senior Vice President for Administration Mark Collins announced that the university will be considering new dining service contractors. While the university may not necessarily change providers, it is considering a change and will pursue more minor changes to dining facilities starting next summer. The announcement came after the results of the dining survey showed that […]
Student diagnosed with active tuberculosis infection
A student diagnosed with an active case of Tuberculosis (TB) on Tuesday forced Brandeis University officials to order tests for 250 students, faculty and staff, despite little risk they believe, of the disease spreading on campus. Dr. Debra Poaster, Medical Director of the Brandeis Health Center, said the university decided to test the large number […]
Burger to make move to Middlebury
Associate Vice President of Communications Bill Burger is leaving the university for Middlebury college at the end of December. He will assume his new position as Vice President of Communications at Middlebury on Jan. 1, 2013. “I’ll leave here with many great memories of Brandeis and tremendous respect for so many of the people—staff, faculty […]
Brandeis home commemorated
The house where Justice Louis Brandeis grew up, in Louisville, Kentucky, has been named a historical place, The Louisville Courier-Journal reported this week. The large limestone home at 310 East Broadway is getting a historical marker to honor it. After taking a tour of historic Jewish sites, Andrew Segal, an 18-year-old student at the University […]
Winter break shortened compared to previous years
In years past, including last winter, spring semester started after Martin Luther King Jr. Day for the typical student. Instead, this year, residence halls reopen on Sunday, Jan. 13, just in time for spring classes to begin the Monday before the holiday. According to Dean of Student Life Rick Sawyer, important Brandeis academic calendar dates […]
Schneider, trustee and benefactor, dies at 93
Irving Schneider, an influential trustee whose generous donations extended not only to the funding of the Irving Schneider and Family Building at the Heller School, but to an international scope through the creation of a premier children’s medical center in Israel, died on Nov. 23. He was 93. Former President Jehuda Reinharz said Schneider “made […]
Fencing team ‘foils’ its foes
Brandeis Fencing this season is considered one of the top teams in Division III and many consider the team to be comparable to one of the Division I level. Tim Morehouse, U.S. Olympic medalist and a national champion, was a member of the Brandeis fencing team during his time here in the 1990s, and graduated […]
Conservative speaker comments on radical Islam
The Brandeis Libertarian Conservative Union sponsored speaker David Horowitz on Tuesday, a well-known outspoken conservative. Horowitz is acclaimed in his field, the founder of Students for Academic Freedom (SAF), which calls for principles of open inquiry and the presentation of multiple points of view in American classrooms. He has spoken at numerous universities and visits […]
Basketball team holds high hopes for upcoming season
The Brandeis men’s basketball team has been a force to reckon with over the last few years. They have had three consecutive second-place finishes in the University Athletic Association, four NCAA tournament berths in four years, two runs to the Elite Eight, the quarterfinals of the competition, and a national ranking of second place in […]
Breaking down the year in rap
Amid an oversaturated, Top-40 dominated music climate, these 10 artists managed to release albums that stood out above the rest. Here are the greatest hip hop and R&B albums of 2012. 1. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d. city Kendrick Lamar released the year’s best album, hands down. The buzz he built with 2011’s “Section.80” […]
‘Glass Menagerie’ provides powerful look at devastated family
Last weekend, The Brandeis Theater Company performed Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie”: the story of a family devastated by a runaway father as his wife, son and daughter attempt to cope with his absence—and one another’s presence. Held at the Merrick Theater in Spingold, the performance was directed by Paula Plum and stage managed by […]
Boris’ Kitchen elicits hilarity in sketch comedy festival
Boris’ Kitchen brought unparalleled sketch comedy to the SCC Theater last weekend with their 13th Annual Sketch Comedy Festival. The event spanned two days, with different guest performers at each. Friday’s troupe, EVIL, featured Boris’ Kitchen alumni Sam Roos and Amy Thompson, while Saturday brought a double-header of Yale’s The 5th Humour and Tufts’ Major: […]
Ocel and Spital earn All-American honors
Both Sam Ocel ’13 and Dara Spital ’15 were named third-team All-Americans by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). Ocel, who was also named the UAA Player of the Year, was instrumental in leading the Judges to an 18-3-1 record and a final NSCAA ranking of 13th in the country as the program […]
Women’s basketball breaks three-game losing streak
Bringing their overall record to 3-4, the women’s basketball team split their past two games against Daniel Webster College and UMass Dartmouth. The win against Daniel Webster last Saturday relieved the Judges of a three-game losing streak and the match-up against UMass Dartmouth on Monday was so closely contested that it ended in a 50-49 […]
Men’s basketball runs winning streak to six games
The Judges continued their recent success this past week, destroying their opponents by an average of 17.3 points per game in their wins over Becker College, Lasell College and Massachusetts College of the Liberal Arts (MCLA). With the wins, the Judges improve to 7-1 on the season. Their lone loss coming in the first game […]
Coven named DIII Coach of the Year
The National Soccer Coaches Association of America has selected men’s soccer coach Mike Coven as the 2012 New England Division III Coach of the Year. Earlier this year, Coven was also named the UAA Coach of the Year for the second time in his 40-year career. Coven guided the team to a regular season record […]
Don’t debate the debate
I saw a Facebook event for a lecture titled “Brandeis v. Yale Public Debate: Should Israel Assassinate Iranian Nuclear Scientists?” Upon seeing the invitation, I honestly thought little of it. Being on the debate circuit, you become somewhat desensitized as you are exposed to so many different ideas. After two and a half years debating, […]
