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Students compete for Union leadership positions

On Thursday, students will vote in the first round of Union elections. The open positions are president, vice president, treasurer, secretary all seats on the Finance Board and representatives to the Board of Trustees, Alumni Association.


Student Union elections to take place on Thursday

On Thursday, the student body will vote in the first round of Union elections. The open positions are president, vice president, treasurer, secretary, all seats on the Finance Board and representatives to the Board of Trustees, Alumni Association.


Fred's first year

On March 31, 2011, Frederick Lawrence was inaugurated as the eighth president of Brandeis University.


Large first-year class limits housing options

The large size of the Class of 2015 meant that 35 fewer juniors and seniors than last year were able to select on-campus housing in this year's housing lottery, according to Department of Community Living Senior Director Jeremy Leiferman. This shift was caused by DCL's decision to designate an additional floor in the Village for sophomores that had previously been reserved for upperclassmen.


Grady steps down as ExCEL administrator

Audra Grady, the Experiential and Community-Engaged Learning program administrator, is leaving her position at the University to develop her yoga business and begin working for a consulting firm, according to Senior Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences Elaine Wong.


Obama promotes diversity, admissions policies unchanged

The Obama administration released new college admission guidelines in December in an attempt to increase racial diversity on campuses across the country. However, members of the Brandeis administration do not expect the guidelines to have any effect on admissions at Brandeis. "Most of the highly competitive universities like Brandeis that have a desire to remain accessible and diverse have gone to great efforts over the past several years to create [minority] recruitment programs and opportunities," said Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment Andrew Flagel in an interview with the Justice. Dean of Admissions Mark Spencer also said that he did not think the guidelines will change anything about Brandeis' admissions process and that attaining a diverse student body is something that Brandeis has been doing well for years. "For a school our size, to have 3,200 students and over a hundred countries represented, and students coming from all these different backgrounds, it's a pretty amazing thing to be able to have as diverse a population as we have," he said in an interview with the Justice. Flagel also expressed pride in Brandeis' success in achieving diversity. "In some ways, I think Brandeis represents the best of how affirmative action can be practiced in the admissions process," he said.


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