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Violence in Syria

(12/04/18 11:00am)

The Syrian Civil War began on March 15, 2011, when government security forces clashed with protesters demanding democratic reforms, such as the release of political prisoners, increased freedoms and an end to corruption. An armed insurgency opposing the state security and calling for the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad grew from the protests. The violence ultimately turned millions of Syrians into refugees fleeing political violence.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2018/12/syrian-civil-war

Model Student

(12/04/18 11:00am)

Ira Bornstein ’22 doesn’t have a clear memory of when his passion for fashion started. But his love for clothing has earned him­— @yvngiraa — nearly 2,500 Instagram followers. At Brandeis, Bornstein is interested in studying business with an emphasis on fashion. His love of fashion and interest in business is exemplified by his hobby of reselling clothes.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2018/12/model-student

Walden’s Still Got It

(11/20/18 11:00am)

It’s been over 150 years since Henry David Thoreau walked the shores of Walden Pond.  Today, Thoreau’s old stomping ground is largely as it was back then, but with more visitors and a parking lot a few hundred yards from the shore. The natural beauty of the space and its seclusion from civilization attracted the young transcendentalist whose two-year experiment living in a cabin on the grounds led to the creation of his best-known book, “Walden; or Life in the Wood.” Today, it’s unclear if the visitors at Walden Pond pull off the road in Concord searching for similar revelations about the capacity for inner growth in solitude. Either way, Walden Pond continues to offer its visitors an escape.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2018/11/walden-pond

Is it time for unity?

(11/13/18 11:00am)

     This midterm election season brought forth the rise of diverse candidates and winners: from Massachusetts’ own Ayanna Pressley, the first African-American woman to represent the state in Congress, to the election of Andy Kim, the first Korean-American Democrat in Congress. While the 2018 election cycle had record-breaking numbers of diverse winners, it also was the most expensive, with House candidates alone raising more than $1 billion dollars. Since the 1980s, the increasing role of money in politics is just one of the reasons for our increasingly polarized political climate, according to Massachusetts State Senator Adam Hinds.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2018/11/time-for-unity

Stories of a Syrian Migrant

(11/06/18 11:00am)

 A lot can change in two years. The last time the Brandeis community spoke to Ibrahim Shkhess, he had just begun his life in Germany after leaving Syria. Shkhess was one of over 1 million refugees that entered Germany under Angela Merkel’s open-door policy. At the time, he was living in a refugee home and knew almost no German. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2018/11/syrian-migrant

A hack for progress

(11/06/18 11:00am)

Surrounded by technology and students sprawled over an endless awwrray of tables, Benjamin Segal ’20 worked alongside his brother Geva Segal from Clark University to build a technological solution for recycling. After working with newly found partners Evan Hoffman, (also from Clark University) and Olivia Banks from Brown University, for 36 hours over three days in late October, the team presented its final product, EcoSort, and won the Microsoft Azure Champ Challenge at HackHarvard 2018. Their winning pitch was fueled by copious amounts of coffee and less than an hour’s sleep the night before. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2018/11/brandeis-hackathon-victory

Identity Awareness

(10/30/18 10:00am)

Not long ago, domestic violence was regarded as a family issue. When police responded to a domestic disturbance call, they often told abusers to just take a walk. With the passage of the Violence Against Women Act of 1991, domestic violence shifted from being a “family” matter to a national, political issue. However, the criminalization of domestic violence did not solve the problem. And as people are increasingly entering and being abused in romantic relationships that are not heteronormative, the perceptions and discourse surrounding domestic violence have to change, according to a domestic violence panel. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2018/10/domestic-violence