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Everything you need to know about the Formula 1 2025 driver lineup

 As driver seats are being filled and contracts are being signed, the 2025 Formula 1 driver lineup is almost finished. There are 10 F1 teams, with each team having two drivers for a total of 20 driv- ers on the grid. Each driver competes individu- ally for the Drivers’ World Championship and as a team with their teammate in the Constructors’ World Championship. 

Welcome and welcome back

Welcome back, and to all the first-year students who have just joined us, welcome. Though these first few weeks can be trying, we hope you settle in and find a home in our community. A word of advice from us veterans: spend time outside. It makes such a difference — and it will really help you to fight off the seasonal gloom when it arrives in the winter months. 

Brandeis employees demand higher pay

On Tuesday, April 16, members of the Brandeis community, including undergraduate students, graduate students, staff, faculty, translators and union members of Service Employees International Union Local 509, SEIU Local 888 and 32BJ SEIU rallied outside of the Bernstein-Marcus Administration Center. The gathering was an effort to show union unity as all three unions enter contract negotiations for current contracts expiring on June 30.

Thank you and good luck to The Justice editors of the class of 2024

 Bidding farewell to our graduating editors  is always a bittersweet moment; although we  hate to say goodbye after countless late nights  spent together, our hearts are filled with pride  and hope for all that they will accomplish next.  Throughout the past four years, our soon-to-be graduates have persevered and remained  steadfastly dedicated to The Justice. Brandeis  is all the better for their contributions to journalism. Please join us in recognizing The Justice editors in the class of 2024.  

Letter to the Editor - Brandeis University Faculty and Staff Letter On the Occasion of Commencement

Globe-trotting grads: Conversations with Fulbright grant recipients

 In the aftermath of World War II,  the United States Congress set aside  funds to create the Fulbright Program,  a “flagship international academic exchange program.” Arkansas senator  J. William Fulbright introduced the  program through legislation in 1946  and President Harry Truman signed  it into law. The goal was to promote  the educational value of international  understanding and collaboration. This  vision is reflected nearly 80 years after  its initiation into western society. Fulbrighters, as they are fondly  nicknamed, come from all backgrounds from students and teachers  to artists and professionals. The program, nevertheless, is not to be taken  lightly. It is highly competitive and  the lucky students that are accepted  receive the opportunity to travel out of  the country. In doing so, the program  allows them to develop professionally  and learn not only about other cultures but themselves as well. The Justice spotlights four senior  fellows who will be pursuing their  passions through Fulbright following  graduation.

Men’s tennis roster suffers due to unfair player treatment

The Brandeis men’s tennis team has recently had trouble filling its roster, causing it to violate the National Collegiate Athletic Association's tennis policies. With only five people on the roster, the team has had to forfeit matches, as the required NCAA player count is a minimum of six players. Tommy Harrison ’26, a former member of the Brandeis men’s tennis team, sat down with The Justice on April 11 to explain the circumstances that have contributed to men’s tennis team roster issues. 

Brandeis Educational Justice Initiative explorers carceral injustice

On April 11, the Brandeis Equal Justice Initiative organized a movie screening of “The Prison in Twelve Landscapes,” followed by a discussion with two panelists in Golding Judaica. The programming was facilitated by BEJI co-directors Prof. Rosalind Kabrhel (LGLS) and Prof. David Sherman (ENG). 

How the University moves forward: responses to the independent investigation of Nov. 10

On Tuesday, April 9, the University community received an email from Executive Vice President for Administration and Finance Stewart Uretsky and Provost Carol Fierke. This email shared the completed report compiled by independent investigators from the law firm of Hirsch Roberts Weinstein that reviewed the Nov. 10 arrest of demonstrators protesting the derecognition of the Brandeis chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine. 

A look towards the upcoming French Open

In the tennis world, there are four major tournaments, affectionately referred to as the Grand Slam tournaments. The Australian Open is in January; the French Open starts in late May; Wimbledon is in June; and the U.S. Open closes out the season from late August into September. 

Mentoring with melody: Highlighting the Melody Mentors’ second year running

On a Saturday afternoon, 15 high school students were sitting inside of a Sound and Image Media Studios classroom. After enjoying some snacks, the groups split into several areas across the SIMS department rooms to finalize their projects from the semester. These projects are part of Melody Mentors, an initiative which began in the spring of 2023. Melody Mentors is an initiative which plans to run every spring semester as part of Basement Records, a student-run organization on campus dedicated to supporting student musicians, and with support from Samuels Ceneter for Community Partnerships and Civic Transformation. The program matches high school students throughout the Waltham area with Brandeis students to support them in their musical careers. 

Team Mangok: Mangok Bol and other staff work to resettle Bol’s niece and nephews in the U.S.

Program Administrator for Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies and Department Coordinator for Chemistry Mangok Bol came to the United States in 2001 as a refugee of the Second Sudanese Civil War after having spent 13 years in refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya from the ages of nine to 22. He came to the U.S. as a part of the Lost Boys and Girls program, which resettled children who were orphaned or separated from their parents in the war. Bol’s story was covered in The Boston Globe, National Public Radio, The Justice and BrandeisNOW.

Maximizing your semester: Tips for course registration

Non-priority course registration begins on Tuesday, April 16, so it’s time to create your schedule for next semester. Taking the time to craft the perfect schedule can make all the difference in having a successful semester. As such, this board would like to provide a few tips and reminders to make sure this process goes smoothly for you.

Letter to the Editor — Marty Fassler

I was editor of The Justice from January 1964 through January 1965, sharing the position with my friend and classmate Richard Weisberg during fall semester 1964. 

Brandeis Folk Festival: The past, present and future of folk music

From its inception, the Folk Festival is a Brandeis tradition that has amazed audiences and impacted the future of folk music while still honoring the past. The first festival in 1963 was at the Ullman Amphitheater, Brandeis’ outdoor theater that existed until the 1980s, and it included iconic performers like Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, The Lilly Brothers — who were credited for bringing bluegrass to New England — the “Mother of Folk,” Jean Ritchie as well as other famous voices. This year’s festival happened in conjunction with the Create@Brandeis Craft Market at the Sherman Function Hall on The Festival of the Arts’ “Super Sunday” from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. As the musicians were playing, you could hear vendors discussing their products with customers and see children running around, playing on the colorful inflatable shapes set up for seating. The unity and love of the Brandeis creative community felt palpable in that room.

“They Haven’t Done Their Homework.”

A little over four miles away from Brandeis University, in Waltham, Massachusetts, sits the 180+ acre campus of the Walter E. Fernald Developmental Center. Originally established in 1848 as the Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded by Samuel Gridley Howe in South Boston, the center’s inception marked a pivotal moment in the history of disability care in the United States. 

Screening of “Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story”

On March 31, the Brandeis Asian American Student Association held its second event to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. This year's theme of “Reflection” aims to “celebrate the efforts by our predecessors to create an hospitable and safe environment for AAPI,” an Instagram caption from BAASA’s account states. Sunday’s event included a screening of “Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story,” followed by a question and answer session with director Jennifer Takaki.  

Brandeis hires new Director of Athletics

Last week, Brandeis Athletics and Andrea Dine, Brandeis Vice President of Student Affairs, announced the new Director of Athletics, Jessica Chapin ’10. Chapin is currently the Director of Athletics at American International College and will leave the institution after a successful 10-year career with the Yellowjackets. She comes to Brandeis with extensive experience and success in fundraising, National Collegiate Athletic Association committee work, and winning records.

Tiziana Dearing and Harleen Singh explore the power of conversation and community

Tiziana Dearing lent her unique perspective as a former professor, non-profit executive and current radio host to the Brandeis community on Wednesday, March 20 in an event sponsored by the Women's Studies Research Center. She was joined in discussion by Prof. Harleen Singh (WGS), a Brandeis professor of Literature and Women’s, Gender, and Sexality Studies as well as the Director of the Women Studies Research Center. Singh introduced Dearing as a “public voice for good” and a “lifelong student” of the world, while Dearing jokingly described her own career path as “Forrest Gumping” her way through life. Their discussion, while structured as a profile on Dearing’s professional career, found substance in evaluating the role of religious faith in her work and assessing the current climate of the American education system.