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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.
Brandeis graduate and men’s soccer forward Michael Soboff ’15 has become just the second player in the university's history to play professional soccer.
Derek Carlson ’91 was announced as the new head coach of the men’s baseball team on Friday, succeeding Pete Varney and becoming the ninth baseball coach in university history.
As the National Basketball Association off-season begins to settle down, it is time to look back at the frenzy that was. Be they ineffably impactful free agent acquisitions, potentially franchise-altering draft selections or head coaching shake-ups, this offseason had a more active and edge-of-your-seat character than past years.
Now that school is back in full swing and I’m back at the pop culture game, I thought it would be fitting to start with a look at the new shows coming to a screen near you this fall. That being said, with two reboots, a spinoff and a show based on a 2002 Tom Cruise movie, some of these fall shows aren’t actually that new.
The Shapiro Gymnasium in the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center filled with noise and energy on Sunday as incoming firstyears, transfer students and their families gathered for the 2015 Convocation ceremony. The central theme for orientation was “Share Stories; Make Connections.”
JustNews: You were first hired in 2008 as Dean of the Heller School. You came here from a professorship at Tufts, you were an academic dean. You were a chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor. What inspired you to want to come to Brandeis in the first place?