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ALL HANDS ON DECK: BEMCo staff were on standby at the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center during the hazardous material incident at the Mods on Friday afternoon.
The game of baseball requires a level of patience that cannot be matched by any other sport. While it is undoubtedly a popular national pastime, the games are long and slow and the season has twice as many games as those of the other big four sports (football, basketball and hockey make up the other three). As the weather is beginning to cool down from the heat of the summer, the Major League Baseball season is raging to a close, with the playoffs now in full swing.
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In a moderated discussion with high school and graduate students, Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum encouraged members of the Brandeis and Waltham communities to think about whose voices are heard in classrooms and what teachers can do to influence participation from diverse perspectives. The 2018 Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize recipient shared experiences from her time as a professor and explained the ideas developed in her famous book, “‘Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?’ And Other Conversations About Race.”
While waiting for physical therapy, a group of student athletes noticed Marci McPhee’s sweatshirt and asked what sport she coached. “Uh...” McPhee responded. “It’s a social justice thing — ’DEIS Impact.”
The story of trivia begins in the Ancient World. Trivia, meaning “unimportant matters,” derived as a back-formation of trivialis, which meant “found everywhere, commonplace” or “vulgar.” An online column from Merriam-Webster, shedding light on the etymology of trivia, noted that the term — and the titular game — “sometimes gets a bad rap” because of a related word, trivial, meaning “of little worth or importance.” When used in a singular construction, it means “a quizzing game involving obscure facts.” The lay meaning of the trivia, according to Merriam-Webster, is “obscure facts and details that aren’t applicable to one’s day-to-day life.”
Jeffrey Ward was recently named the University’s interim Athletics director, according to an email sent by President Liebowitz on Sept. 4, 2018.
On April 6, 2018, Brandeis men’s basketball coach Brian Meehan was dismissed following accusations of discrimination against and abuse of members of the team. Since then, there has been an independent investigation into the inner workings of the Athletic Department, and on Sept. 4, University President Ron Liebowitz sent a 25 page summary report to the Brandeis community, the first part of two updates that will be released to the Brandeis community.
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The Brandeis men’s soccer team has had a relatively slow start to their season. Given that the team made it to the Division III final four just last year and came into the season ranked fourth in the nation, expectations were very high, and the team hoped to see their success repeated. However, in the past few games, the team has not displayed the skills that brought them so far just last year.
On Sept. 8, the U.S. Open women’s singles final took place — the last of the four grand slams of tennis that occur every year. Within the tournament, hundreds compete against top-ranked competition on the world’s biggest stage, New York City. This year, however, the women’s finals was overshadowed by drama that took place away from the action on the court. The match featured longtime American icon Serena Williams versus an ultra-talented 20-year-old, Naomi Osaka. The contest was set to be a great battle: the present against the future, a Japanese-Haitian newcomer playing her idol, a woman of color who took over the sport. Yet everything changed during the second set.
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Two days ago marked the last Sunday for quite a while without a National Football League game. Here are my predictions for how this NFL season should play out.
The Brandeis Counseling Center is expanding its services this semester after receiving more funding from the Division of Student Affairs. New additions include more staff members who will be available for extended hours, more programs and therapy dogs-in-training. The changes, announced in an Aug. 24 email from Vice President of Student Affairs Sheryl Sousa, come in the wake of a forum on mental health hosted by the BCC last spring.
The Brandeis baseball team ended its season losing eight of its last nine games. (This article is not for the cynics, who will want to examine the reasons for the Judges’ 25-loss season.)
The Student Union’s Constitutional Review Task Force proposed 19 amendments on April 23, each accompanied by the Union Constitution’s original text and a justification for the change. Four amendments failed and 15 succeeded.
“Each of us is a collection of stories,” Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski III told the Class of 2018 during his address for the University’s 67th commencement. Hrabowski’s speech was shaped by and grounded in stories from his mother’s life as well as his own. The address explored the importance of justice, truth and a strong sense of self to improving the world.
As the academic year comes to a close, it is time to say goodbye to the graduating Justice seniors. All were essential members of the paper, and this board wants to take the time to appreciate their hard work and passionate personalities, both in and out of the office.
Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the graduating class at the upcoming commencement ceremony, according to a Monday press release.