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(02/10/15 3:05am)
Last Friday, University President Frederick Lawrence announced his resignation. Lawrence will step down in June and depart for Yale University, where he will be a senior research scholar and a teacher. The president began his term nearly five years ago on Jan. 1, 2011. Notable events during his tenure include the reopening of the Rose Art Museum and the Linsey Pool , the cessation of the University’s partnership with Al-Quds University and the Ayaan Hirsi Ali honorary degree scandal. In a campus-wide email, Lawrence noted, “Applications have surged to an all-time high, our endowment had grown to its highest point ever, and we have made significant progress in balancing the University’s budget.” What qualities should the University consider when searching for the next President?
(02/10/15 3:00am)
Two recent events brought Brandeis to the Boston Globe’s headlines: our online free-speech fallout and our president’s resignation. Not our stellar academics, our athletics teams, our artistic exploits or our tireless work for social justice. No, it is has been a resignation and a series of controversies which have come to haunt this University’s press coverage during President Lawrence’s tenure. Though I wouldn’t consider that either of these stories define our institutional identity, both should serve as a wake-up call for examining what we as students value in our University and how we can go about shaping its future. President Lawrence’s resignation is unfortunate for our campus, but we should capitalize on our current phase of transition to form a University and community that better reflects the values which unite us and take the opportunity to build more cooperative relationships with a new administration.
(02/03/15 5:31am)
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is a campaign perpetrated by various non-governmental agencies against Israel supporting the Palestinian cause.
(02/03/15 5:26am)
On Jan. 7, two gunmen, Chérif and Saïd Kouachi, attacked the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine, in response to their cartoons that depicted the Prophet Muhammad. The attacks killed 12, including the magazine’s editor and cartoonists and a police officer.
(02/03/15 4:50am)
University President Frederick Lawrence announced Friday afternoon that he will be stepping down at the end of this academic year. He will take a full-time position at Yale Law School as a teacher and senior research scholar.
(02/03/15 5:23am)
I am a senior at Brandeis University, grateful for the privilege to study in Waltham for three and a half years to date. At first, I was hesitant to join the Brandeis community—I never visited before arriving (late) for orientation my first year and did not bother attending most of the “mandatory” orientation programming.
(02/03/15 4:18am)
This week, justArts spoke to Yasmin Yousof ’15, coordinator for the ’Deis Impact and Brandeis Immigration Education Initiative event “Dream Monologues,” about the performance on Friday.
(02/03/15 3:59am)
As part of ’Deis Impact, the University’s annual festival of social justice, the Brandeis Pluralism Alliance opened BPArt: Pluralism and the Arts on Friday. The exhibit, located in the Shapiro Campus Center Art Gallery, is compiled of submissions from the Brandeis community meant to demonstrate interpretations of pluralism and social justice.
(02/03/15 3:32am)
On Thursday, Brandeis students voted to fill four vacant Student Union seats: Vice President, Rosenthal Quad Senator, Ziv Quad Senator and Midyear Senator. This election was the first round of two in the winter 2015 election cycle.
(01/30/15 6:44pm)
University President Frederick Lawrence announced this afternoon that he will be stepping down at the end of this academic year.
(01/20/15 6:57am)
Following the leak of faculty emails from the restricted “Concerned” Listserv this past summer and University President Frederick Lawrence’s response to the comments in a July 28, 2014 statement, some faculty members have expressed concerns regarding freedom of speech on campus.
(01/20/15 6:48am)
Members of the Brandeis community gathered Monday night in the Shapiro Campus Center Theater for the University’s 10th annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, which included various performances and featured a keynote address from Dr. Roy DeBerry ’70.
(01/20/15 6:47am)
Prof. David Cunningham (SOC), who chairs the Sociology department, will leave the University after 16 years at the end of this academic year.
(01/20/15 5:32am)
The world is now approaching the final chapter in the tragedy of the Boston Marathon bombings. Dzokhar Tsarnaev, the 21-year-old Chechen accused of planning and detonating two homemade pressure cooker bombs along with his deceased brother Tamerlan, entered court on Jan. 5 in a trial that will ultimately determine how he will live the rest of his life, however long it may be.
(01/20/15 4:42am)
A Brandeis doctoral candidate in Computer Science was among the Black Lives Matter protesters arrested on Interstate 93 on Thursday.
(01/13/15 6:57am)
We, as Brandeis students, may think of Waltham as the boring suburb of Boston where we are all forced to reside for four years. There are Pini’s Pizzeria and Baan Thai to keep us satisfied, but to most students, Waltham probably isn’t the University’s most enticing feature. But hidden on 144 Moody Street, there is a studio that looks like it has been transplanted out of Hollywood. The studio is where Sondra Celli, dress designer and star on TLC reality shows My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding, Gypsy Sisters and Bling It On, creates her masterpieces.
(01/13/15 7:04am)
Due to a lack of cable and spare time, my budget for new television shows is relatively slim. However, I did find time to check out NBC’s newest comedy Bad Judge starring Kate Walsh as Rebecca Wright, a discombobulated and questionable criminal court judge. I am drawn to the show because Wright doesn’t care about the system or expectations—she does whatever she wants while still serving as an excellent judge. Her antics are amusing and liberating—the show proves that just because she does not behave like your stereotypical judge, does not mean she is bad at her job.
(01/13/15 4:29am)
Student Union Vice President Sofía Mühlmann ’16 has resigned from her position after one semester of service.
(01/13/15 4:25am)
Over winter break, Brandeis students responded to the recent controversy involving students Khadijah Lynch ’16 and Daniel Mael ’15 by engaging in a positivity campaign on social media titled “#BrandeisIsOurHouse." Well over a hundred students, alumni, parents, faculty and staff posted positive messages and stories about their Brandeis experiences on their Facebook and Twitter pages using the hashtag #BrandeisIsOurHouse as an identifier.
(01/13/15 4:39am)
The men and women’s track and field squads continued their early-season meets at the Dartmouth Relays on Saturday, hosted by Dartmouth College.
