The club Scandalous was recognized. The mission of Scandalous is to bring choreographed hip hop dance performances to the Brandeis Community to experience and enjoy hip hop dance.The Club Brandeis for Dean was chartered. The purpose of Brandeis for Dean is to provide a forum for discussion about the current national and international events as well as to serve as a meeting place for students interested in the politics of presidential candidate Howard Dean.

After heavy debate about whether Chabad should be recognized, the executive board discovered Chabad was never de-chartered. The mission of the Chabad of Brandeis Club is to teach, learn and increase awareness of a philosophy which guides a person to refine and govern his and her every act and feeling through wisdom, comprehension and knowledge.

The Brandeis University Student Union Senate granted up to $300 toward the creation of the Mark Chopelas Memorial Tree Site in front of the Village. Chopelas was killed building the village.

The Korean Student Association requested $350 for a traditional garb used for "Sa Mool Nol Ree," a Korean drum performance group founded recently by a Korean Student Association member. The group performed at last year's Asian Awareness Month Closing Ceremony and the Culture X Spectacle. The request was tabled until next week.

The Activist Resource Center said they will be hosting an event sponsored by the National Labor Committee and the Coalition to Abolish Sweatshops to bring two fired women maquila workers from Honduras and union leader Fabia Gutierrez to speak at Brandeis. The Activist Resource Center requested $750 from the Union Senate to sponsor these speakers to stop at Brandeis during their tour of the United States.

Students Talking About Relationships (STAR) was granted $603 to complete a training in accordance with the Massachusetts peer-counseling mandated requirement, STAR counselors complete a 35-hour training.

- Compiled by David Cutler and Igor Pedan