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Dean of Student Financial Services Peter Giumette will retire at the end of December after 20 years at Brandeis. Upon his departure, the Division of Students and Enrollment will experience a number of structural changes.
In recent weeks, Brandeis students have raised their voices along with countless others across the country in protest of the police killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, and the subsequent lack of grand jury indictment for each of their killers, who were both police officers. Brown and Garner have become symbols of the many other black men and women in America killed by unnecessary police violence.
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The semester is winding down, and work is ramping up. Once finals end, though, you’ll have earned a much-deserved break. The nominations for the 2015 Grammy Awards were released on Friday. This gives you ample time between the end of finals and when the show airs on Feb. 8 to brush up on your music knowledge. Since this is my last column for now, as I will be abroad in Dublin next semester, this Grammy guide is my goodbye present to you.
Many artistically-minded students choose Brandeis for its breadth of theater opportunities, performances and productions. Brandeis Ensemble Theater’s production of Quickies, a series of student-written one-act plays and sketches, definitely falls into these ideas of opportunites and inclusive theater productions.
RHYTHMIC ROUNDUP: The “Fafali: Music and Dance from Ghana” class, joined by two guest musicians, performed their end-of-semester show on Sunday.
Aaron Fischer ’15 writes, acts and directs for the Undergraduate Theatre Collective and loves watching Woody Allen films. He has participated in a handful of Brandeis clubs, ranging from Swing Club to Debate Society. He often wears a purple shirt.
The concert started with a loud cry of poetry from Faith Conant as she beat on the lead drum, prompting the rest of the group to join in on their instruments. Playing on drums and other percussion instruments in a semi-circle were the students from Conant’s “Fafali: Music and Dance from Ghana” class, joined by a few special guests. As the first piece, “Gahu” went on, beats reverberated off the walls of the hall, filling the whole room with powerful, intense rhythms.
A screening of Judith Wechsler’s ’62 27th film, The Passages of Walter Benjamin—a documentary detailing the life and work of German cultural and literary critic Walter Benjamin—was held last Tuesday in the Mandel Center for Humanities.
JustArts: What motivated you to join the production of Art?
The Boston Bruins welcomed two of the NHL’s top teams to TD Garden this past week and were on opposite ends of shutouts against the St. Louis Blues and Montreal Canadiens. The Bruins netted a pair of goals in a 2-0 victory over the Blues last Tuesday, but were shut out by the same score when goaltender Carey Price and the Canadeins came to Boston on Saturday afternoon. The team was also on the road Friday night, when they defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets in a hard-fought affair, 4-3.
The University is operating on a surplus for fiscal year 2015, as University President Frederick Lawrence announced the faculty meeting last Thursday.
Last Thursday, the Faculty Senate announced that Students Taking Action Now in Darfur had presented an electronics policy procurement change and received 13 votes in favor of Brandeis implementing policies opposing using conflict minerals in electronics. STAND at Brandeis is one of many college groups which have joined the Conflict-Free Campus Initiative that fights against the use of conflict minerals. This board applauds STAND in organizing students and beginning to implement changes to address this global problem.
Hafiz Karmali, an acclaimed international theater director and resident director at the University this semester, spoke on Islamic performing arts on Wednesday afternoon. He discussed various art styles, including theatre and dance, and how he incorporated them into his version of Jean-Claude Carriere and Peter Brook’s production of The Conference of the Birds, which premieres this weekend.
JustArts: What motivated you to join the production of Spring Awakening?
The women’s basketball team entered the quarterfinals of last year’s Eastern College Athletic Conference Tournament as underdogs against Emmanuel College, seeded eighth in the eight-team tournament and matched up with the top seed. Looking to secure a winning season, the women upset the top squad 64-55 and clinched their first winning record since the 2009 to 2010 season.
The New England Revolution advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals on Sunday night in emphatic fashion, routing the Columbus Crew 7-3 on aggregate.
ON A HIGH NOTE: On Saturday night, the Lydian String Quartet, joined by new violist, performed three quartets to a full house.
If you’ve turned on the TV lately, chances are you’ve come across a superhero. Superheroes are not restricted to the movie screen. New additions Gotham and The Flash have joined current hits Arrow and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. this season.
justArts: What motivated you to join the Lydian String Quartet?