Students speak; divestment passes in a landslide vote by 79 percent
The second round of Student Union Elections was held Thursday, April 25 to fill open Senate and Associate Judiciary seats, and most notably to vote on a ballot initiative supporting divestment at Brandeis. The Brandeis University Undergraduate Divestment Campaign Petition passed with a majority of 79.03 percent voting in favor of it. Abstentions are not […]
Sudent founds innovative event organizing tool
Most Brandeis students are involved in many groups and activities, and know firsthand the challenges of planning and promoting a large event without being certain of the amount of people that will actually attend. This is where Ethan Stein ’15 and two of his high school friends, Gabriel Schwartz and Nathan Shams, saw an opportunity […]
Gunfires, explosives reported in Watertown
An MIT police officer was shot and killed in Cambridge Thursday evening and gunfire and potential explosive devices were reported in Watertown, according to media reports and audio on the local police scanner. The Boston Globe reported that one suspect in Monday’s marathon bombing had been captured while another was still on the loose in […]
Community gathers to mourn victims from Marathon attack
Students, faculty and staff gathered for an interfaith vigil at Chapel’s Pond Tuesday afternoon to console one another in solidarity with the victims of the Marathon bombing attacks. “The world is not nearly as neat and organized as we want to believe it is,” Rabbi Elyse Winick ’86 said. Coordinator of the Chaplaincy and Catholic […]
BEMCo volunteering at Marathon finish line unharmed after attack
Brandeis students, including three BEMCo EMTs, were in attendance at the Boston Marathon on Monday, when two bombs exploded in the crowd. All of the students were safe and unharmed after the blasts. Hannah Goldberg ’13, director and supervisor of BEMCo, mentioned that volunteering at the Boston Marathon is something BEMCo has done for years. […]
Univ police add patrols after marathon bombings
Immediately following Monday afternoon’s bombings at the Boston Marathon, the university police increased security measures on campus after communication with Boston law enforcement officials. Since Monday’s attack, additional police officers, both in uniform and in plainclothes, have patrolled the Brandeis campus. Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan said officers received instant communication of the bombings […]
Manhattan Institute bashes Bowdoin College in report
A bizarre situation has arisen at Bowdoin College, which is shedding a negative light on the elite liberal arts school and others that share the same educational and cultural ideals. This month, a report titled “The Bowdoin Project” was released under the direction of Thomas Klingenstein, an investment professional and board member of the National […]
Student Union election results announced
Ricky Rosen ’14 was elected the new Student Union President, according to an email from the current president Todd Kirkland. Senator At Large Charlotte Franco ’15 was elected vice president. Class of 2015 Senator Sneha Walia ’15 was elected secretary, and off-campus Senator Sunny Aidasani ’14 was elected treasurer. Daniel Novak was elected junior representative […]
Pachanga runs without chaos
Pachanga: the myth, the legend, the dance of the year took place last weekend, after two years in the “time out corner,” as Dean of Student Life Rick Sawyer said in his warning email to students before the event. There has been a buzz about the event stirring all year. The last time the event […]
Marder named to BRAIN Initiative advisory board
President Barack Obama selected Professor and Director of the Division of Science Eve Marder ’69 (NBIO) as a member of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) initiative’s advisory board earlier this month. Obama unveiled the BRAIN Initiative on April 2, granting $100 million toward research for developing new technologies that may help cure […]
Film screening honors memory of Holocaust
Most students have studied the Holocaust and heard survivors’ testimonies. Some of these students are even descendants of survivors. Filmmaker Evan Kleinman, a grandchild of survivors, turned his unique family background into a documentary, which he screened on campus Tuesday as part of Hillel’s Holocaust Remembrance Week and STAND’s Genocide Awareness Month. “We Are Still […]
Boston College in controversy over condom distribution
Members of a student sexual health group at Boston College have been told to stop handing out condoms. The group, Boston College Students for Sexual Health, was formed in 2009 after the student body voted affirmatively on a referendum measure that called for better access to sexual health resources on campus. Despite the fact that […]
Dr. Rick Hodes to speak at Commencement
Dr. Rick Hodes, a physician who has dedicated his career to treating children with life-threatening scoliosis in Ethiopia, has been selected as the commencement speaker at Brandeis’ 62nd Commencement ceremonies on May 19. Hodes serves as the medical director for Ethiopia at the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. “Dr. Hodes exemplifies what one person can […]
Student leaders discuss club reorganization
The idea to restructure the club systems started with Student Union Treasurer David Clements ’14 and Senator at Large and Club Support Chair Charlotte Franco ’14 last summer. From there a committee was formed, made up of Clements ’14, Franco ’15, Student Union President Todd Kirkland ’13, F-Board chair and Assistant Treasurer Nathan Israel ’14, […]
Harvard Divinity scholar speaks on refugee trauma in Bosnia
Exploring the implications of the trauma endured by countless refugees expelled from their home country during a period of bitter political and emotional turmoil, Dr. Zilka Spahic Siljak of the Harvard Divinity School presented the lecture “Women peacemakers on the ethnic borders of Bosnia Herzegovina” at the Women’s Studies Research Center. Emphasizing the crucial role […]
Board approves 3.94 percent student cost increase
The Board of Trustees approved a 3.94 percent overall increase in student costs as part of its FY 2014 budget, university officials announced Thursday evening. Last year, overall student cost increased by 4.1 percent for continuing students and 4.85 percent for new students, making Brandeis the second most expensive college in the state, behind only […]
Goldstein hears feedback on strategic plan draft
Several community feedback sessions took place last week so that students, staff and faculty could offer comments on the most recent draft of the strategic plan. On March 14, an intimate discussion took place in Levin Ballroom in Usdan Center. The session was led by Provost Steve Goldstein, who forfeited the microphone to sit down […]
Brandeis police investigating alleged sexual assault
Brandeis University police are investigating an alleged sexual assault that occurred off campus and was reported to the department on March 14, Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan said. “We’re reviewing it,” Callahan said in a phone interview Thursday. “We’re doing what we need to do to assist the parties involved.” University police do not […]
Board of Trustees appoints Traquina as new chair
The Board of Trustees elected Perry M. Traquina ’78 as its new chair of the for a three-year term, beginning May 19, at their meeting this week. Traquina, the son of Portuguese immigrants, is now the chairman and CEO of Wellington Management Company LLP. He graduated from Brandeis summa cum laude, as a member of […]
Match Corps
Among the many postgraduate education programs available to Brandeis students is Match Corps, a highly selective, one-year urban education fellowship program in Boston. Once selected, Match Corps members, most of whom are recent graduates, act as tutors for children in either a middle school in Jamaica Plains, or a high school in Lawrence. Match Corps […]
