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(03/10/20 10:00am)
The cast of “This Is My Brave — College Edition” shared their experiences with mental illness with the Brandeis community in the form of poems and interactive stories last Thursday in the Shapiro Campus Center. The event aimed to “create a positive and supportive conversation around mental health through students sharing their personal stories using creative expression,” per the University’s website.
(03/03/20 11:00am)
The Student Union held a special election on Feb. 13 to select two Community Senators and the International Senator. The Community Senators will replace the two Class of 2021 senators and the Ziv and Ridgewood Quad Senator, as no students ran for those positions in previous special elections.
(03/03/20 11:00am)
Students returning to campus this spring semester may have noticed new options in their dining halls. These changes, enacted in response to student satisfaction survey results, were rolled out on Jan. 6. The overall cost of campus dining has not changed, according to Brandeis Dining Services’ General Manager Andy Allen in a Feb. 20 interview with the Justice.
(03/03/20 11:00am)
SipChips, devices that test for date rape drugs, will be available to students at no cost from March 4–11. Brandeis will be the first school to have these devices available at an institutional capacity, according to organizers Ricki Levitus ’20, Director of the Prevention, Advocacy, & Resource Center Sarah Berg and Student Union President Simran Tatuskar ’21.
(03/03/20 11:00am)
The Community Engagement Working Group of the President’s Task Force on Campus Sustainability hosted a community forum about climate change last Monday with the goal of garnering the recommendations and opinions of both students and faculty on sustainability at Brandeis, and providing context of the University’s current situation.
(03/03/20 11:00am)
The Brandeis Board of Trustees has approved the Framework for the Future, University President Ron Liebowitz announced in an email to the community on Feb. 18, cementing the plan’s “strategic vision for Brandeis” with changes to residence hall communities, building renovations and academic programs.
(03/03/20 11:00am)
The Schusterman Center for Israel Studies hosted a screening of “Next Year in Argentina,” a film about Argentina’s Jewish diaspora, on Feb. 12. Dalia Wassner, the director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute project on Latin American Jewish and Gender Studies, led a panel following the film with Raanan Rein, the vice president of Tel Aviv University, Tali Flomenhoft, the associate director of Parent and Family Giving at Brandeis and Adrian Krupnik, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Tel Aviv.
(03/03/20 11:00am)
My name is Robbie Goldstein. I am a primary care doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital, and I’m running to be the next representative in Congress for the 8th District of Massachusetts.
(03/03/20 11:00am)
Several weeks ago, I had the privilege of collaborating on the writing of an editorial discussing Sodexo’s recent insertion of special dining pamphlets into various dining locations around campus. At first glance, the pamphlets seemed to be encouraging a healthier diet, instructing students on how to build plates that maintained appropriate portion sizes, how to use water as a means of suppressing one’s appetite and secretly physically exert oneself doing mundane tasks in order to burn calories. Evidently, these seemingly harmless pamphlets encourage weight loss, something many attempting to have a healthier lifestyle do not seek to do.
(03/03/20 11:00am)
In the twenty-four hours before I wrote this article, three candidates dropped out of the democratic presidential primary: Tom Steyer, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Amy Klobuchar. Shortly after this article will be printed, the polls will open in Massachusetts and a basket of other ‘Super Tuesday’ states. The consensus among the pundits is that this is now basically a two-person race between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. Bloomberg, my former mayor, is still dumping obscene amounts of money into advertising, but I don’t think people expect him to go very far. Tulsi Gabbard remains a darkly interesting footnote, pulling reassuringly negligible numbers as she continues to apologize for far-right leaders around the world. This leaves us with just one other candidate: our own senator, Elizabeth Warren. She’s been the focus of much pressure in the last few hours to follow her recent competitors and drop out, and, if she wishes to remain influential, cast her lot with someone who can actually win.
(03/03/20 11:00am)
On March 4, the Student Union and the Prevention, Advocacy and Resource Center will launch their new SipChip initiative. SipChips are drink-testing devices which, upon contact with a cold drink, will indicate whether it has been tainted with any common “date-rape” drugs. SipChips will be available in numerous locations around campus, and this test run will help determine future supplies. This board applauds the SipChip initiative and sees it as a positive step forward in sexual violence prevention.
(03/03/20 11:00am)
Want a break from the partisan gridlock of the Beltway? Want to hear major politicians from all around the globe speak in relative harmony on one subject for once? Want to be on the frontlines of American statecraft and international relations? Boy howdy, do I have a conference for you. It’s another year, so that means it’s time for another American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference, a three-day celebration of the American-Israeli alliance attended by politicians and Zionists of all stripes. At least, it used to be.
(03/03/20 11:00am)
Last Saturday, the Taiwanese Student Association held its annual cultural show, “My Home, Formosa,” in the Levin Ballroom. In 1542, Portuguese sailors came across a forest-cloaked land and shouted: “Ilha Formosa,’’ meaning “Beautiful Island.” Taiwan was then named “Formosa” in 1542. This year, TSA picked Formosa as the namesake and topic of the show to conjure up a feeling of home and belonging for Taiwanese-American students, and to present the beauty and essence of Taiwanese culture in the Brandeis community.
(03/03/20 11:00am)
Hello everybody, and welcome back to Ball Talk with Jon Soc! Sorry for the long delay between writings, but it’s alright because we are back in business. Today we are going to be talking about the NBA Trade Deadline. This is always my favorite segment to write, so I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy writing it. Even though the trade deadline was incredibly tame this year, there were still some exciting trades.
(03/03/20 11:00am)
The American Counseling Association defines body image as an “individual’s evaluations and affective experiences regarding their physical attributes.” Body image has become of particular interest over the course of the last few decades, with an increasing number of programs and workshops being implemented as part of high school and college curricula. The increased focus on promoting positive body image stems from societal standards and expectations around physical appearance — standards that deem thinness as more attractive and healthier than other body types. With the mass use of social media among teenagers, such standards have become more widespread, and young individuals are increasingly engaging in unhealthy eating habits and excessive exercise in an attempt to acquire certain looks. While issues with body image are more common among women — mostly because puberty, menopause and pregnancy are often accompanied by an increase in body fat — it is important to highlight that these issues can affect anyone at any point in time.
(02/11/20 11:00am)
Brandeis University joins over 40 other schools, universities and institutions in “Stop the Bleed,” a blood loss prevention program, by installing bleeding kits around campus and adding preventative training to CPR classes in an initiative led by Brandeis Emergency Medical Corps.
(02/11/20 11:00am)
Laurel Nakadate gave an artist talk at the Goldman-Schwartz Art Studio on Feb. 3. The standing-room-only presentation included overviews of Nakadate’s various projects and artistic endeavors, as well as a brief Q&A.
(02/11/20 11:00am)
The University established an international composition award in honor of musician and composer Henri Lazarof M.A. ’59 in January. The Henri Lazarof Living Legacy includes the composition award, several concert series and an archival exhibit in the Goldfarb Library.
(02/11/20 11:00am)
In a joint effort to reduce single-use plastic on campus, the Office of Sustainability and Sodexo announced that following February break, single-use straws will only be given out by request, according to the Office of Sustainability’s website.
(02/11/20 11:00am)
