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With the start of the spring semester, more than 100 new midyear students began their college journeys. Midyears are accepted into Brandeis during the regular admissions process, but are enrolled starting in the spring semester. The midyears of the class of 2026 moved in on Sunday, Jan.15, for two full days of orientation before classes began on Tuesday, Jan.17.
With 200 study abroad programs available spanning 50 countries and all seven continents, the Office of Study Abroad set out to promote the diversity of its choices during “I Love Study Abroad Week” from Jan. 30 to Feb. 3.
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The Student Union Senate gave probationary status to the Brandeis Science Research Connection Club, approved a Senate Money Resolution, and passed a bylaw amendment relating to elections at its Jan. 29 meeting.
Editor’s note—Reporting for this story was originally completed in the 2022 fall semester for a JOUR 89A class project titled “Smells Like Zine Spirit.”
Editor's note: Justice editor Leah Breakstone '25 contributed to the reporting in this article.
The 75th anniversary of Brandeis, which was founded in 1948, is quickly approaching, and the University administration has announced its plans for the celebration. The celebrations will run from July 1, 2023 through the 2024 Commencement. The yearlong series of events will be both on campus as well as virtual.
The Student Union Senate approved a Senate Money Resolution for $1,000 at its first meeting of the semester on Jan. 22. Director of Community Engagement Emma Fiesinger ’23 presented the SMR, which would provide funding for Kosher food at the upcoming DeisHacks event. The event, which the International Business School sponsors, already has a budget of over $20,000 from IBS.
Classes will be canceled on Wednesday, April 5, to accommodate students who observe Passover and require the time to travel before they start observing the holiday, per a Jan. 5 email to community members from Vice Provost of Academic Affairs Kim Godsoe. To make up for canceling class on that day, classes will be held on Wednesday, May 3, to provide instructors with the class time that would have been lost.
After five years in the making, Period Activists at ’Deis has officially launched the Free Menstrual Product Pilot Program in collaboration with the Student Union. Facilities Services has installed free menstrual product dispensers in the women’s and gender neutral bathrooms in Massell Quad, North Quad, and East Quad over winter break. Three students — PAD President Kyla Speizer ’22, PAD Advocacy Chair Grace Lassila ’25, and Student Union President Peyton Gillespie ’25 — spearheaded the project over the past year and collected data to demonstrate the need for free products in every building on campus.
“She demonstrated all of the wonderful things the human spirit is capable of,” Paul Weir ’25 said of student Vanessa — better known by her close friends as Ness — Mark, who tragically passed away in the shuttle accident on Nov. 19.
As of this semester, Basement Records is back on campus to facilitate connections between student artists. Like many other clubs, Basement Records died out when Brandeis went remote during the pandemic. Originally founded in 2019 by Avi Hershbein ’19 as a student-run record label (without contracts, of course), the club made a quick splash, but failed to pick up steam. Without online recruitment opportunities, all the members graduated without successors. Basement Records, it seemed, was dead.
The Brandeis Innovation Center held their eighth Annual Brandeis Innovation Showcase on Nov. 17, presenting the latest inventions from the Brandeis community. The event featured 16 projects, and attendees were able to vote on their favorite one.
On Wednesday, Nov. 16, the University hosted panelists Josh Prager and Margaret Talbot to discuss the current political climate surrounding the issue of abortion access in the United States. The event, sponsored by the Journalism program and co-sponsored by the Co-Curricular Fund of Arts and Sciences and the Women’s Studies Research Center, was moderated by program Profs. Neil Swidey and Ann Silvio (JOUR).