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(09/12/23 10:00am)
As of April 2023, student organizations received emails that caught them by surprise. After a review of the Shapiro Campus Center, it was determined that any non-secured club that held an office space in the SCC would be removed and their spaces would be renovated into flexible meeting spaces available by reservation. These clubs were given only one month to clean out their office spaces without any guidance as to where they would store such items past the summertime.
(09/12/23 10:00am)
It’s no secret that last semester’s housing selection was a turbulent process. The larger-than-usual class of 2026 took up a significant portion of upperclassmen dorms, as they are guaranteed housing for their first four semesters. This left more upperclassmen than is typical, scrambling to find alternative places to live.
(09/12/23 1:52pm)
Brandeis’ shuttle service, colloquially referred to as the BranVan, has seen its fair share of modifications following last November’s devastating shuttle crash. Joseph’s Transportation is out, replaced by DPV Transportation, a New England ground transportation service. The student-run campus and Waltham shuttles, however, saw an even more drastic change at the beginning of the semester: they are no longer running. As a result, nearly all the shuttle service’s student employees — a reported total of 40 drivers, coordinators and supervisors, according to chief of Public Safety Matthew Rushton — found themselves out of a job.
(05/22/23 10:00am)
After years of hard work, lifelong friendships, and unforgettable experiences, the class of 2023 graduated on May 21 in the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center.
(05/22/23 10:00am)
Content warning: this article discusses and contains images of and pertaining to instances of white supremacy, Nazism, and related hate and violence.
(05/22/23 10:00am)
(05/22/23 10:00am)
It was Brandeis students’ last day of classes on May 3, and University administrators held a listening session addressing student housing concerns. The session took place in Goldfarb Library’s Rapaporte Treasure Hall at 1:30 p.m.
(05/02/23 10:00am)
Since its inception six years ago, Period Activists at ’Deis has had one mission: guarantee menstrual equity on campus by providing free menstrual products to all Brandeis students. After years of planning, advocates in PAD began to see the culmination of their efforts this semester with the implementation of their Pilot Program to install free menstrual products in first-year dorm buildings in North, East, and Massel Quads. Working with the Student Union, they applied for funding for this program from the Community Enhancement and Emergency Fund. While CEEF provided a temporary budget, PAD always intended to secure permanent financial support from the University’s facilities budget by demonstrating a need for a broader free product initiative among students. However, after a series of exchanges with administration, the leaders of the Pilot Program have newfound doubts about receiving necessary funding to maintain and expand their program.
(05/02/23 10:00am)
On April 26, Harvest Table released new meal plan options for fall 2023 on its website and in a post on the Brandeis Hospitality Instagram, provoking criticism from students.
(05/02/23 10:00am)
On April 18, the Division of Student Affairs announced their intended enhancement project to the Shapiro Campus Center. One aspect of enhancing the SCC is to allow for more reservable meeting space. In order to achieve this, the Department of Student Engagement will no longer allocate space to unsecured clubs. These clubs include Gravity Magazine, Laurel Moon, Brandeis Television, and the Hoot.
(05/02/23 10:00am)
On Tuesday, April 25, the Student Union Allocations Board emailed the Fall 2023 Marathon final report to club leaders and treasurers. Between first round decisions and appeals, clubs across campus requested a little over $2,912,000 of which $1,476,415 was allocated — this puts club funding across campus at approximately 49% of requested funding.
(05/02/23 10:00am)
The walk down from the front doors to the basement floor of Shapiro Residence Hall is surprisingly typical of any dorm in Massell Quad — at least in comparison to the space it leads to. The basement isn’t home to killer clowns or secret passages, but it’s still a basement. In the dim light from the tiny windows that are few and far between, you’ll find blue walls, tile floors, a single bathroom fit for two, and 16 first-year boys lurking in the dark.
(05/02/23 10:00am)
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As a brown-skinned girl, and often the only one in some of my classes, I hardly raise my hand to offer my thoughts in class. I am the “quiet kid” who is always listening to the lectures and my peers discussing literature we were supposed to have need. Am I an introvert? Yes, I am. Yet for me, the reason behind not speaking up is because of a fear of not fitting into the standards that seemed to be placed on students like me: students of color.
(04/25/23 10:00am)
The hike up the Rabb steps is a notable part of nearly every Brandeis student's daily commute to class. But seldom known is that, as they climb the steps, under their feet and in the basement of the Rabb Graduate Center is the Ashton Graybiel Spatial Orientation Lab, one unlike any other in the world.
(04/25/23 10:00am)
On April 19, Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice, participated in a discussion in Rapaporte Treasure Hall with Brandeis students, faculty, and the larger Waltham community about the growing need for judicial reform to check the power of the courts. In addition to being president of the Brennan Center, Waldman also served as speechwriter to Bill Clinton for four State of the Union and two inaugural addresses. He talked about his upcoming book, “The Supermajority: How the Supreme Court Divided America,” which analyzes how the conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court has the potential to undo decades of laws and redirect the future of American democracy.
(04/25/23 10:00am)
I enjoy reading poetry, but I am absolutely obsessed with spoken-word poetry and the intersection of theater and poetry; I often end up binge-watching poet performances on Button Poetry or TEDx. Since taking a poetry class this semester, I have had the opportunity to read poetry collections and engage with them in a new way. Recently, I read Franny Choi’s fourth poetry collection titled “The World Keeps Ending and the World Goes On.” The collection does not argue that the world is dying, but instead very explicitly proves that the world has died so many times already. She beautifully articulates all the pain that several groups of marginalized people have faced and explains how the several wars, crimes and violent atrocities committed have created the imminent end of the world. Before diving into her book, I decided to read and learn a little more about Franny Choi: She is a Korean American poet, performer, playwright, and editor. While she has authored several books, she is also an educator for project VOICE, an initiative that allows a collective of poets to do live performances and helps students through workshops and professional development. She has also offered educational resources through her poetry, particularly in the pieces “Teaching the Museum of Human History” and “A new species of beautiful.” Choi received her B.A at Brown University and attended the University of Michigan’s Helen Zell Writer’s Program where she earned her MFA. Her work lends itself to tackling issues that are pervasive in Asian Diaspora, but I appreciate how inclusive she is of other races, specifically the Black community. I enjoyed listening to her piece on Button Poetry called “Whiteness Walks into a Bar” — its balance of humor is so cleverly written. Her collection does much the same, balancing contemporary social issues while finding dignity and beauty in life.
(04/25/23 4:00am)
Neither Astrid Schneider '23 nor Juliette Lillywhite '23 entered Brandeis as Studio Art majors — both found the program by means of pure exploration. “During my freshman year I took 'Drawing Under the Influence'. It was the only class I cared about,” said Schneider during an April 20 interview with the Justice in the Epstein art studios, as they prepared their work for their and Lillywhite’s upcoming exhibit “Dirt Shrine.”
(04/25/23 10:00am)
Reaching the end of the grandeur of Renaissance Italian masters in the Raphael Room of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, one will find the Short Gallery. Amongst the various contemporary paintings displayed is a glowing portrait of Isabella Gardner in her trademark string of pearls. Portrayed in front of the renowned Venetian Grand Canal at night, the obscure background heightens the luminosity of Isabella in her white dress, which in turn accentuates her soft facial features, the dramatic effect of the flunging-open of the doors, and her elegant composure. The noticeable fireworks at a distance provides the spectators context to her excitement. The creator of this piece was Anders Leonard Zorn, a Swedish artist and friend of Gardner’s whom she remained in correspondence with until his death in 1920.
(04/25/23 10:00am)
Brandeis students have been exercising in a gym filled with unsafe and broken equipment.
