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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.
A fully packed room in Mandel 303 on Thursday evening saw a dramatic one-woman performance and a featured talk back with actress Nancy E. Carroll and Prof.Shulamit Reinharz (SOC). Carroll read a translated adaptation of Savyon Liebrecht’s play, “The Strawberry Girl.”
Henry and Lois Foster Director of the Rose Art Museum Christopher Bedford announced on Friday that collector, businessman and author Stephen M. Salny has promised to donate 48 works to the museum.
JOINING THE ROSE: Kim Conaty has been appointed as the Curator of the Rose Art Museum. She plans to pursue education initiatives and a collection evaluation.
Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” was performed in the Shapiro Campus Center Theater this past weekend, put on by Brandeis’s Shakespeare and classical theatre company Hold Thy Peace. It was set in modern Boston and western Massachusetts rather than in medieval France. The production gave a comedic, if somewhat confusing performance.
On Thursday, Scott Silver ’84, Managing Director at Citigroup, Head of FX Investor and Cross Asset Sales in North America and the FXLM Quantitative Investment Strategy Team, gave advice to business students on how to do well while working in the business industry.
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson, a former neurosurgeon and 2016 candidate for president of the United States, caused an uproar recently when he claimed that gun control measures played a major role in the extermination of six million Jews during the Holocaust.
“Are you a suffragette, Mrs. Edith?”
Why is Russia intervening in Syria? After the backlash Russia faced due to its actions in Ukraine and annexation of Crimea, one would think that getting involved in another major crisis would be far down on the agenda. The war effort in Syria puts further strains on a Russian economy that is already in recession due to low energy prices and Western sanctions. Lives of Russian soldiers are jeopardized, and political tensions between Russia and the West will likely only be aggravated.
On Saturday the men and women’s cross country teams turned in strong showings at the Open New England Championships in Franklin Park, located in downtown Boston, competing against runners from across all three NCAA Divisions.
On Thursday, the Senate met to swear in new members and discuss the Student Union code of conduct for senators.
Last Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the country would continue its support of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime with military assistance. The call came amid concerns of Moscow’s continued involvement in Syria with Putin expressing, “We support the government in Syria in its effort to counter terrorist aggression.” According to U.S. officials, the Russian military has deployed half a dozen airfield tanks outside the city of Latakia, which suggests a move to support the crumbling military forces, according to a Sept. 15 Wall Street Journal article. The U.S. and Russia may have similar interests in the region, both having a stake in the fight against the Islamic State. Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman expressed, “We welcome Russia participating in the global anti-ISIL efforts, but to do that via the Assad regime is unhelpful and potentially destabilizing.” Do you support Russian involvement in Syria, and do you believe in a joint coalition between the West and Russia to combat the Islamic State?
Sometimes, events outside the bubble of the college world demand not only our attention, but also a fundamental reckoning of our position and privilege.
This semester, non-tenure track faculty members will begin a publicity campaign as part of unionization efforts to join the Service Employees International Union local 509, located in Watertown, Mass. The faculty members, who organized into the Brandeis Faculty Organizing Committee, have yet to begin talks with the University concerning unionization but have set up a website where community members can sign letters in support of their cause. 30 percent of non-tenure track faculty members need to sign union authorization cards before a vote on unionization can take place.
Since the Fall semester of 2014, non-tenure-track faculty has been considering unionizing and working with the Service Employees International Union Local 509, located in Watertown, Mass. The faculty has recently formed an official organizing committee, which it will be publicizing and further expanding throughout the 2015 to 2016 academic year.
The University has lowered the prices for the public printers, according to an email Vice Provost, Chief Information Officer and University Librarian John Unsworth sent to the Brandeis community on Wednesday. The pricing change was made to bring the University’s pricing “in line” with neighboring universities’ policies, the email stated.
In an email sent to the University’s office captains on Wednesday, Student Activities Operations Specialist Darryl David ’09 announced that he would be stepping down from his position and transitioning from the University “on to new adventures.”
On Sunday, the Senate convened for its first meeting of the semester to review Student Union procedure and discuss a new push for bringing change and advocating for students in the Senate.
‘Trainwreck’
This week, justArts spoke with Ayelet Schrek ’17, the director for the Undergraduate Theater Collective’s production of The Love of the Nightingale, about the upcoming show.