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On a sunny Friday, Feb. 9, members of the Waltham community, city councilors, gymnasts and movie lovers alike came together to celebrate the newly renovated Embassy Performing Arts Center, located in the Embassy Cinema. Smaranda Maria Albeck, founder of the Boston nonprofit Boston Rhythmic, purchased the Embassy Cinema’s property in March 2023 with plans to expand her school.
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The fight for fair and equitable treatment of laborers is an ongoing struggle. In 2023, we have seen numerous strikes and strike threats, including those by SAG-AFTRA, United Postal Service workers and Starbucks Workers United. It is amidst this backdrop of labor activism and the pursuit of workers’ rights that the play “Little Peasants” emerged.
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Typically, the imagined setting for a dystopian science fiction novel is the far future — perhaps Earth in the year 3000 or even on an entirely new planet. In contrast, it can be jarring to discover such a novel written in the near future, especially if that near future is this coming summer. Published in 1993, Octavia Butler’s novel “Parable of the Sower” takes place from 2024 to 2027, years that were three long decades in the future but are now the rapidly approaching present.
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On Jan. 29, nine Massachusetts universities, including Brandeis, co-hosted the first discussion of a newly developed discussion series titled “Dialogue and Action in an Age of Divides.” During the online webinar, panelists weighed in on the increasingly debated discussion of hate and free speech. The program was moderated by Roderick Ireland, professor of criminology and criminal justice at Northeastern University and former chief justice of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court.
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On Feb. 1, the Hiatt Career Center hosted a webinar, “Black & Disabled: Creating Equity in Overlooked Spaces,” aimed at exploring how higher education institutions and employers can be more inclusive. HBCU 20x20’s CEO, Nicole Tinson, moderated the panel. Dr. Dennis Johnson, the senior vice president of partnerships for HBCU 20x20, gave a brief introduction. Derrick Cainion and Ambrose Tabb provided American Sign Language translations throughout.
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This past November, two cases were filed against Germany’s federal government. One, occurring on Nov. 15, 2023, claimed that a leftover €60 billion of COVID-19 relief money had been wrongfully repurposed as climate relief money. On Nov. 30, 2023, a different case claimed that the German government had not met the demands outlined in its Federal Climate Protection Act. Both cases ruled in favor of the group challenging the German government, displaying the complexities involved in Germany’s climate response.
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On Oct. 9, 2023, an employee of a Mobil gas station in Arlington, Massachusetts was working his usual Monday night shift when a nondescript black car pulled in. The driver, a small elderly woman surrounded by cardboard boxes, rolled down her window and asked him a simple question: “Do you need food?”
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On Feb. 2, sewage water flooded the first floor suites and basement of Ziv 129, damaging both University property and students’ personal property. Affected students were forced to act quickly to try and save personal belongings from the flood.
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This Monday, Newton students are back in their classrooms following a 15-day strike and a hard-fought four-year educator contract between the Newton Teachers Association, Newton School Committee and Mayor Ruthanne Fuller. This teachers strike was the sixth of its kind in Massachusetts since 2022 — it is also the largest and longest strike, impacting a total of 12,000 students from 22 Newton schools.
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On Friday, Jan. 26, hockey fans across the tri-state area jumped to their devices when they heard that the 2024 National Hockey League Stadium Series jerseys had been released. What followed was a mix of reviews, with fans both excited and upset as they took in the extensive advertising campaign.
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When walking through the Museum of Fine Arts, I was shocked to see the word “Jello” across a wall next to a small room, and I couldn’t help but venture in. Sometimes curiosity kills the cat, but in this instance the cat gained some perspective. The exhibit “Digital Iridescence: Jell-O in New Media” is unlike any other that I have seen and proves why I continue to venture across the city and explore museums.
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Hidden within the foundation of the Rabbs Graduate Center, the Ashton Graybiel Spatial Orientation Lab remains a secret from many Brandeis students as they ascend the Rabb steps. Inside what looks like a typical hall of a research building, researcher Vivekanand Pandey Vimal Ph.D. ’17 dedicates his time in the lab on unraveling the mysteries of spatial disorientation.
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To most people, an “invisibility cloak” sounds like something straight out of a fantasy series. For Dr. Nathan Cohen ’77, however, the reality of his project is potent. Since Cohen first invented the cloak in 2003, the military potential of the invisibility cloak has been an unavoidable truth. In fact, just last week Russia unveiled plans to use cloaking technology as a part of its invasion of Ukraine. Today, Cohen has a staggering 16 cloaking-related patents and a total of 93 United States patents, including one for a mechanism able to detect cloaked items.
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Saudi Arabia has had internet connection since 1994, but restricted its use to state academic, medical, and research institutions. In 1997, King Fahd approved public Internet access and it was not until January 1999 that local internet service providers began connecting ordinary citizens. In 2013, the Women2Drive campaign was arranged entirely through social media platforms: Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. I argue that the effective use of information and communication associated with the internet played a crucial role in aiding this social movement with creating a low-cost protest, garnering high-speed transnational support that, in turn, pressured local and transnational government authorities to address the long standing driving ban for Saudi women.
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With the announcement of the 2024-25 housing application, the entire Brandeis community felt the onset of housing anxiety and some déjà vu from last year’s chaotic housing crisis. The Justice editorial board would like to address key concerns that have been left unmet from last year and years past.
