Ronald Liebowitz to serve as ninth president
(12/18/15 11:16pm)
Editor's note: this article has been updated in the January 12 issue of the Justice.
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Protest at Bernstein-Marcus calls for Asian American Studies
(12/09/15 3:50am)
Students rallied outside the Bernstein-Marcus Administration Center today from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in support of the Brandeis Asian American Task Force’s initiative to create an Asian American Studies program at Brandeis. BAATF sent a letter to high-ranking administrators last week demanding a formal response from Interim President Lisa Lynch by today. No response was sent to the student body, posted online or distributed to the Justice.
Ford Hall 2015 ends in agreement after 12 days
(12/08/15 8:31am)
Twelve days after it began, the Ford Hall 2015 protest came to a close last Tuesday, with administrators agreeing to institute several new policies to address racial injustice on campus. Of the original 13 demands the demonstrators made, all but one were addressed in the agreement.
Students demand Asian American studies program
(12/08/15 8:29am)
A grassroots student activism group calling itself the Brandeis Asian American Task Force called on the University administration to create an Asian American studies program by Fall 2016 in a letter sent to senior administrators last Monday and posted on medium.com last Wednesday. The letter gives administrators just over one week to sign a contract pledging that they will accede to the demands, calling upon administrators to respond to BAATF’s demands by today.
Student letter urges department to place Powers on tenure track
(12/08/15 7:26am)
Upon hearing that Prof. Jillian Powers (AMST) was uncertain whether she would be able to return to the University next year due to being hired on a one-year contract, Alexandra Shapiro ’18 began drafting a letter to administrators and the American Studies faculty chair calling for Powers to receive a tenure-track position. Now that letter, along with several post-script testimonials from Powers’ past students, has been distributed to other faculty and undergraduate departmental representatives. Shapiro will potentially contact the Brandeis Faculty Forward movement as well.
Brooks speaks on his journey to Hollywood
(12/08/15 7:17am)
Hollywood director and producer Stan Brooks ’79 paid a visit to his alma mater to discuss his transition from Brandeis to Hollywood on Monday.
Brief: Rose’s Lee Gallery dedicated to reflection on #Fordhall2015
(12/08/15 3:02pm)
The Rose Art Museum recently announced that it is dedicating its Mildrid S. Lee Gallery as a place to foster conversation about social issues.
Brief: Family works by Marty Levin occupy new art space in Usdan
(12/08/15 4:47am)
Students visiting Usdan Dining Hall will now be able to enjoy art as they eat.
Modern ‘Macbeth’ puts the drama at home
(12/08/15 4:43am)
Walking into the Laurie Theater on Saturday night, I could not help but feel as if I had entered a completely different space.
Community lends support during ongoing sit-in
(11/24/15 8:37am)
Over the weekend, the Ford Hall 2015 sit-in was open to all students, faculty and administrators who wished to enter. Students came and went from the protest, and clubs, faculty and administrators provided resources and encouragement.
Protest organizers pose list of 13 demands to Lynch
(11/24/15 8:36am)
The Ford Hall 2015 sit-in has centered around a list of 13 demands sent to Interim President Lisa Lynch last Thursday. Protest leaders say that they will only end the sit-in when their demands are met. The sit-in began on Friday.
Professor speaks on adding emotion to law and policy
(11/24/15 8:34am)
“This is really a coming home for me,” Prof. Deborah Stone (Heller) remarked on Thursday, opening her second time delivering the Legal Studies Program’s annual Joshua A. Guberman Lecture. For this lecture, Stone spoke on how emotion should be considered when developing social policy and whether and how judicial systems consider emotion.
Soprano Arnold receives Creative Arts award at Rose
(11/24/15 6:26am)
“You stupid kite, come down out of that tree!” The large crowd huddled in the top floor of the Rose Art Museum was completely silent as Tony Arnold echoed these words from the bottom of the stairs. As she continued to sing a variety of sounds — including animal sounds and quotes from comic strips — the audience remained speechless.
AOK-O gets an A plus
(11/17/15 5:10am)
“The themes — the human pain, suffering, passions and desires that we have in our world — are the very same ones that the ancient Greek and Romans had,” Professor Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow (CLAS) explained in an interview with the Justice. As the chair of the Classical Studies Department at Brandeis, where she has worked for over 30 years, Koloski-Ostrow’s passion for the subject runs deep. She believes that there is a lot to be learned from examining the ancient world and encourages her students to engage in open discourse when learning about the past.
“Collision” looks at social issues through experiences
(11/17/15 4:21am)
As the Frank Ocean song went silent and the house lights dimmed, a voiceover began to play. “This is a story about alcohol … about church ... about race … about oceans … about returning and leaving … this is a story about you.” According to its program, “Collision” was “a collaborative, artistic effort to enact social change through personal narrative.” Director Kesi Kmt ’16 said that the cast rehearsed for about three weeks before presenting “Collision.”
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(11/17/15 3:28am)
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Divestment to be decided by next president, says Lynch
(11/10/15 7:49am)
Interim President Lisa Lynch announced at last Wednesday’s town hall forum that the University will not make a decision on whether to divest its endowment from the fossil fuel industry until after the next University president is selected. She also addressed rumors about the future of Usen Castle, saying that the University will most likely have to take down part of the building, as the renovations required to preserve it for the next 20 years would most likely be prohibitively expensive.
EDITORIAL: Celebrate Rose's revival and recent successes
(11/10/15 7:35am)
Kim Conaty, the assistant curator of drawings and prints at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, was appointed curator for the Rose Art Museum on Nov. 3. Conaty will plan exhibitions, interpret the Rose’s collection and evaluate potential exhibitions for the museum, when she joins the Rose’s staff in December.
Professors address Rabin’s legacy
(11/10/15 6:50am)
In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s Nov. 4 assassination, three Brandeis scholars lectured on and later discussed his legacy as a peacemaker.
Lynch discusses “tradeoffs” of unionization at meeting
(11/10/15 6:47am)
Professors and administrators raised concerns with the ongoing faculty unionization movement at Friday’s faculty meeting. Other topics included the results of the sexual assault climate survey and campus sustainability initiatives.