The Charlatans commemorate founding member with new album

To make peace with the death of founding member Jon Brookes, English indie band The Charlatans released their new album, “Modern Nature,” in late January. Their songs are classified as hauntingly intense songs that contain the same overtones and tones as The Beatles. Their new album includes songs such as “Talk in Tones,” “So Oh,” […]

BIEI celebrates diverse experiences

On the evening of Jan. 30, students gathered in Chum’s Coffee House to attend the third annual “Dream Monologues—Moments of Transition,” a ’DEIS Impact event hosted by Brandeis Immigration Education Initiative. In past years, Brandeis Immigration Education Initiative (BIEI) was a group of students who worked with the administration to assure all undocumented Brandeis students […]

ED Talks inspire education with social justice

Brandeis Professor Derron Wallace (AAAS/ED), Professor Emerita Jane Hale (AAAS/COML/ECS/ROMS) and Sujan Talukdar ’96 gave a series of miniature “TED talk-style presentations” on the role of social justice in the classroom Thursday, Feb. 5, as part of the ED Talks series. The event was organized as part of Brandeis’ ’DEIS Impact festival of social justice […]

Debate society argues pros and cons of Teach For America as part of ’DEIS Impact

The Brandeis Academic Speech and Debate Society (BADASS) sponsored a ’DEIS Impact event on Saturday, Jan. 31, titled “AmeriCorps, Teach for America, City Year: Are They Actually Teaching America’s Students?” The event featured a debate with BADASS members Jordan Roth ’15, Sarah Margulies ’15, Brad Burns ’15 and Julia Karr ’17. Their discussion focused on […]