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Student Union Senate approves Union budget for fiscal year 2023, votes on chartering three new clubs at last meeting on March 6

(03/08/22 11:00am)

The Student Union Senate voted to approve the Union’s budget for the  2023 fiscal year at its March 6 meeting, and also voted on chartering three new clubs. The Union’s head treasurers Amanda Shneider ’22 and Josh Hopen ’23 presented the details of the budget at the previous week’s meeting.





Five dining vendors compete for Univ. bid

(03/08/22 11:00am)

Brandeis undergraduate students pay, on average, $7,070 on meal plans per year, according to the Office of Student Financial Services. Since 2013, students have paid this price for Sodexo as stated by the Food Service Director website. Sodexo’s contract was meant to end in 2020; however, due to the pandemic, they received a two year extension, which is set to end in June 2022, the Office of the Executive Vice President, Finance, and Administration said.



University names 2022 Gittler Prize winner

(03/08/22 11:00am)

On Feb. 1st, 2022, the University named African American studies scholar Carol Anderson as the 2022 winner of the Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize. The prize honors “outstanding and lasting scholarly contributions to racial, ethnic and/or religious relations,” according to the University website. The recipients, named annually, receive $25,000 and a medal, both of which are presented at a ceremony to honor the winner. Recipients also have a residency at the University; Anderson’s will take place from Oct. 24 to Oct. 26, 2022.






Senate charters new club and swears in two new senators

(02/15/22 11:00am)

The Student Union Senate held its third meeting of the semester on Feb. 13, at which members chose its internal leaders in an executive session. The Senate voted to make Ashna Kelkar ’24 the new executive senator, replacing Sen. Joseph Coles ’22, who is stepping down. Camaron Johnson ’25 was re-elected as the Senate representative to the Community Enhancement and Engagement Fund. Gonzalo Palafox ’25 was re-elected as a Senate representative to the Allocations Board.



Brandeis University COVID-19 Statistics: Week of Feb. 6

(02/15/22 11:00am)

Brandeis University is keeping the community informed about its COVID-19 statistics through an online dashboard. This dashboard contains information about how many tests were collected, how many individuals were tested, how many individuals tested positive, how many students are in quarantine, how many students are in isolation and the seven-day average for positive tests on campus. The dashboard also includes various statistics about areas in Massachusetts. The Justice will produce infographics each week, visually displaying the information that the University releases online.


Views on the News: Supreme Court and the prospect of diversity

(02/15/22 11:00am)

President Joe Biden’s promise to appoint a Black woman as a Supreme Court Justice during his presidency has been met with criticism despite the Supreme Court historically being devoid of racial and gender balance. As Ketanji Brown Jackson stands as the front runner for the SCOTUS post, how does that impact the future of the Supreme Court? Will her decision making in the future empower those who are marginalized? What is gained when there is diversity amongst our politicians and judges?


Architect explores “post-concreteness”

(02/08/22 11:00am)

Architecture and the materials we build with are changing with global warming. At a lecture sponsored by the Fine Arts department, Architect Galen Pardee ’11 discussed his theory of “post-concreteness,” an idea that raises questions of the future use of limited resources and materials, like concrete, in architecture, as well as the role architects play today. Pardee presented his research to the Brandeis community on Feb. 7 as part of the Richard Saivetz ’69 Annual Memorial Architectural Lecture Series. He is currently a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, as well as the director of Drawing Agency, a design and research studio.



University eases up on COVID-19 restrictions

(02/08/22 11:00am)

On Feb. 7, the University sent an email to the Brandeis community outlining changes made to on-campus COVID-19 restrictions. These changes were prompted by the “significant drop in positive cases on campus,” according to the email. The first difference is in mask policy: individuals on campus may now be allowed to take their masks off in a limited number of private spaces, such as private offices and enclosed lounges with up to four people, private labs, private rooms, and more, according to the COVID-19 response website. The email emphasized that even with this small change, the mask policies on campus are quite similar to those of the fall semester.