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Boston experiences the coldest weather in decades

(02/14/23 11:00am)

With the weather this week having daily highs in the 50s and even 60s, it’s shocking to imagine that just the Saturday before last, the temperature was minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit with a wind chill of minus 36 degrees. That Saturday was the coldest day in Boston since 1957 and the second coldest wind chill in Boston ever. The conditions brought both joy and frustration to Brandeis students.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2023/02/boston-experiences-the-coldest-weather-in-decades-brandeis

Class of 2026 midyear students adjust to campus life

(02/07/23 11:00am)

With the start of the spring semester, more than 100 new midyear students began their college journeys. Midyears are accepted into Brandeis during the regular admissions process, but are enrolled starting in the spring semester. The midyears of the class of 2026 moved in on Sunday, Jan.15, for two full days of orientation before classes began on Tuesday, Jan.17. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2023/02/class-of-2026-midyear-students-adjust-to-campus-life-brandeis

The ghosts of the Company F. State Armory

(01/24/23 11:00am)

The Company F. State Armory, located on Sharon Street in Waltham, is a gorgeous, vacant brick shell of a building. It contains three crumbling floors, and Watch Community Development Corporation reported it to be roughly 8,000 square feet internally. Sometime in the late fall of 2022, I entered it for a second time (the first had been with a friend) through its open basement. I brought a backpack containing a flashlight, pepper spray, and a bag of plain Lays chips, just in case I was struck by the urge to have a crunchy little snack somewhere amid the splinters. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2023/01/the-ghosts-of-the-company-f-state-armory

Unionizing is off the menu at Waltham Starbucks

(01/24/23 11:00am)

On the afternoon of Sunday, Jan. 22, Erin Brown, a junior and current part-time student at Bentley University in Waltham, posted a picture of a Kewpie baby figurine smiling innocently and holding a pink cup of coffee on her Instagram story with the caption, “me at my silly little job making lattes and sticking to the status quo because why unionize and put pressure on corporations when instead we could just continue to be expendable minions,” followed by a smiley face that made her sarcasm abundantly clear to her followers. Brown’s post was in response to the results of a union election at her workplace two days earlier, when her coworkers voted against unionizing by a 30% margin. The majority of employees voted in the secret ballot election; eight voted to unionize, while 15 voted against it. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2023/01/unionizing-is-off-the-menu-at-waltham-starbucks

Calling all creatives: Basement Records is back on campus

(12/06/22 11:00am)

As of this semester, Basement Records is back on campus to facilitate connections between student artists. Like many other clubs, Basement Records died out when Brandeis went remote during the pandemic. Originally founded in 2019 by Avi Hershbein ’19 as a student-run record label (without contracts, of course), the club made a quick splash, but failed to pick up steam. Without online recruitment opportunities, all the members graduated without successors. Basement Records, it seemed, was dead.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2022/12/calling-all-creatives-basement-records-is-back-on-campus-brandeis

Harvest Table says dining workers cannot use vacation hours until July

(12/06/22 11:00am)

On the afternoon of Nov. 17, the standard post-lunch hum of Usdan was replaced by chants and shouts as a handful of students and around two dozen dining workers gathered near Louis’ Deli  for yet another demonstration organized by the Brandeis Leftist Union, a student organization and dining workers. Soon, the group began walking toward the entrance of the Usdan Kitchen dining hall. Dining workers at The Hive joined in with the group as they passed by. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2022/12/harvest-table-says-dining-workers-cannot-use-vacation-hours-until-july-brandeis

University Administration, it’s time to support students

(12/06/22 4:36pm)

It has been more than two weeks since the tragic shuttle accident, and the Justice editorial board continues to send our deepest condolences to all parties impacted by this event. While the University has held events to bring students together during these difficult times, it is important to remember that each member of Brandeis will handle these emotions differently. There are no words we can use to express the devastation this incident has caused. As an editorial board, we want to let the campus community know that we are listening to them. We also want to address the difficulty of balancing school work in the wake of these incidents. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2022/12/university-administration-its-time-to-support-students