SU partners with GSA to reintroduce Riverside shuttle
The Student Union, in partnership with the Graduate Student Association, reinstituted the Riverside shuttle earlier this month. The shuttle to Newton’s Riverside T station was introduced to campus for the fall 2016 semester and discontinued in December of the same semester due to “overall cost of the program and low ridership numbers,” according to an […]
Brandeis Labor Coalition hosts Women’s Rally
Speakers at a rally of about 50 people called for the recognition of women’s work and workers’ rights on March 3, International Women’s Day. The rally took place outside the library and was organized by the Brandeis Labor Coalition (BLC). The event was co-sponsored by clubs and unions. Undergraduates, graduate students and faculty were in […]
RCC asks men to take pledge against sexual violence
The Rape Crisis Center (RCC) raised awareness about eradicating sexual violence for White Ribbon Day on Wednesday, March 1. Representatives from the RCC tabled in the Shapiro Campus Center with the aim of informing students about the White Ribbon Project, a movement that hopes to “get men involved in the conversation in ending sexual violence […]
Amicus brief opposes Jan. 27 executive order
Brandeis is one of seven other private universities in Massachusetts that signed an amici curiae (friend of the court) brief on Feb. 3 in opposition to President Donald Trump’s Jan. 27 executive order. The other signatories include Boston College, Boston University, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, Tufts University and Worcester Polytechnic […]
Immigration responds to executive order
Members of the Brandeis community attended a panel discussion on Wednesday evening to address President Trump’s Jan. 27 executive order on immigration. The audience, who filled over half of the Shapiro Campus Center (SCC) theater, consisted of not only undergraduate and graduate students, but also faculty and other Brandeis community members as well. Immigration attorney […]
Brandeis students turn out for Boston Women’s March
At least 50 Brandeis students attended a march of over 200,000 people that began in Boston Common last Saturday, according to the Boston Women’s March for America. The march, taking place one day after President Trump’s inauguration, called for a collective effort to resist infringement on women’s rights. The Women’s March for America that took […]
Brandeis saves money by signing solar agreement
Brandeis signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to reduce the amount of money paid for electricity bills through virtual net metering, a process in which solar energy is installed at an off-site location and then shared among those who are part of the agreement. Virtual net metering utilizes a bill crediting system for solar energy. […]
Petition circulates to make Brandeis a sanctuary campus
A petition calling on the administration to investigate the possibility of making Brandeis a sanctuary campus began circulating soon after the results of the presidential election were released. Addressed to University President Ronald Liebowitz, Provost Lisa Lynch and Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment Andrew Flagel, the petition asked for immediate investigation into “the […]
New report will gauge club participation
Club leaders will be required to report information about their events, attendance, inventory and allocated funds spent each semester to the Club Support Committee of the Student Union, according to members of the committee. The committee has been working on a Club Support Report all semester, and plans to release it within the next two […]
NYT bestselling author speaks about adapting novel to film
New York Times bestselling author, screenwriter and producer Tom Perrotta spoke to students on Wednesday, Nov. 16 about his experiences adapting his books into a film and a television series. Perrotta talked about the challenges he encounters while adapting his writing for TV or film. Turning a book into a television show or a movie […]
Visiting Harvard professor speaks on sacred space struggle
Rosalyn LaPier, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Montana, spoke to a packed audience on Friday about what makes a space “sacred” to Native American tribes in the northern Great Plains. When native people lived on prairies and plains, they had a definitive idea of which territory was which tribe’s and […]
Prof. Anita Hill leads post-election discussion
Approximately 150 people packed into an auditorium in the Golding Judaica Center to attend a discussion about the recent election results facilitated by Prof. Anita Hill, chair of the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies department. The gathering was supposed to be held in Rabb 119, a seminar style classroom designed to accommodate approximately 20 people. […]
International social justice competition comes to Brandeis
The Hult Prize @ Brandeis challenge, an international social entrepreneurship competition, will be held at Brandeis for the first time on Dec. 3. The Hult Prize Foundation, a nonprofit organization, hosts a competition each year in which social entrepreneurs compete in teams to solve the world’s biggest challenges. Anyone who is a student at Brandeis […]
BAATF gives open letter to Liebowitz
The Brandeis Asian American Task Force (BAATF) delivered an open letter to President Ronald D. Liebowitz at the Inaugural Luncheon on Nov. 3. The letter contained a general statement, personal notes from students and signatures from those supporting the effort. The letter began circulating online for students to sign or add personal statements on Nov. […]
Congresswoman shares insights in webinar
Congresswoman Pat Schroeder, known for her groundbreaking work and advocacy for women during her 24-year career in the House of Representatives, voiced her concerns about the election and the state of gender equality in America at a webinar series on Thursday afternoon. Schroeder served in Congress from 1973 to 1997. During her first term she […]
A-Board funds 72 percent of Appeals Marathon requests
The Allocations Board (A-Board) funded 72 percent of requests, according to Appeals Marathon decisions released through the club leaders listserv on Sunday, Oct. 16. Appeals decisions affected 30 clubs that asked for a total of $39,942.43 in allocated funds. A-Board funded $28,929.78 in appeals. The purpose of appeals is to give clubs a second chance […]
DCL continues to fill community council positions
Almost all of the positions on each residential area’s Community Council have been filled, after only 46 percent of positions were filled after initial voting on Oct. 7. Although Community Councils are not a new idea, this is the first year they have been implemented in all residential areas at Brandeis, according to Lusi Wang, […]
Alumnae create interactive resources guide for RCC
Two Brandeis alumnae created an Interactive Resource Guide for students that details the many resources and ways of reporting available for those who have been affected by sexual assault. Students click through the anonymous guide and answer questions about what has happened to them and are then directed to the resources. Ava Blustein ’15 and […]
Students protest racial injustice
Over 100 students came together on Monday, September 26 to protest racial injustice, in response to the recent police shooting of Terence Crutcher, as well as the countless other murders of “black and brown bodies,” the March for Justice Facebook page. The March for Justice began at noon with a gathering at the Rabb Steps […]
Student Union gathers information regarding dining changes
Sodexo’s decision to close Lower Usdan and open Upper Usdan on the weekends was not based on a lack of money but on the desire to give students more options. Full-service dining halls used to be the primary option for most of the weekend. Sodexo looked at weekend foot traffic in the full-service dining halls […]
