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Men’s and Women’s Soccer fall short on Senior Day

This past Friday, Nov. 5, the men’s and women’s varsity soccer teams faced off against New York University in their final games. As the last home match of the season, both teams honored their seniors and graduate students whose careers were coming to an end. The men’s team honored Max Blacker, Aiden Guthro, Isaac Mukula, Josh Gans, Forrest Shimazu, Khalil Winder, and Sammy Guttell. The women’s team honored Jessica Murawsky, Bailey Cullen, Juliette Carreiro, Makenna Hunt, Jess Herman, Morgan Clark, Meaghan McDonough, Sabrina Salov, Caroline Swan, and Ruby Siegel. Both teams fought to the end, but unfortunately, they fell short of securing a win to cap off the season.

Men’s Basketball seeks to prove themselves as they face the new season

‘We try to do the best we can;’ Facilities custodians faced with impossible workloads

On a typical morning, the alarm clock blares at 3:30 a.m., and Brandeis Facilities employees begin to get ready for the day long before the sun even peeks over the horizon. Bleary-eyed and exhausted, they pull their light blue “Brandeis Facilities” t-shirts over their heads and begin their commute to campus, preparing for another day of physically and mentally draining work.

The importance of student safety on and off campus

Content warning: this editorial discusses instances of sexual assault.

Countering Columbus and colonization: Indigenous Peoples’ Day at Brandeis

When Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, he discovered the Americas and gave European settlers access to the bountiful lands overseas — or so the old, whitewashed tale goes. But Indigenous leaders like Jean-Luc Pierite are working to change this narrative.

Carol Anderson presents her work on voter suppression

On Oct. 26, Provost Carol A. Fierke presented Dr. Carol Anderson the Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize. 

Brandeis Volleyball seniors go out with a bang

The Brandeis volleyball team entered their Oct. 27 game against the Wellesley College Blue 10-13 overall, looking to put away a win for their last home match of the season. Before the game started, the Judges took time to honor five seniors and graduate students playing in their final match at Auerbach Arena: setter Talia Freund ’23, right-side Emerson White ’23, outside hitter Amelia Oppenheimer ’23, outside/right-side hitter Sydney Bent MA ’23, and defensive specialist Stephanie Borr ’23. The team led for almost the whole match and won the sets 25-16, 25-17, and 25-15.  

Outdoor space dedicated in memory of alumna

Hall of Fame honors iconic coaches and successful Homecoming events

Administration responds to student opinions on University COVID-19 policies

The University administration recently shared more insight into the reasoning behind their current COVID-19 policies with the Justice. These insights follow an article published on Sept. 20 featuring various student perspectives about the University’s switch from “yellow” to “green” COVID-19 Passport status in early September. 

NBA institutes new rules and the Celtics start hot

Karim Benzema wins the Ballon d’Or after breakout season with Real Madrid

VoteDeis pushes people to polls in voter registration event

 The VoteDeis Campus Coalition, in collaboration with the Brandeis Student Union, held a voter registration and absentee ballot event in Fellows Garden on Oct. 7. The event had several booths set up for Brandeis students to receive assistance, resources, and be walked through the process of having their ballots mailed to them. Students also had the opportunity to register to vote for the first time prior to the upcoming Nov. 8 election. 

‘Triangle of Sadness’

“Triangle of Sadness” is the newest addition to the last three months of independent and horror film success. On May 5, 2022, the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, but it was released on Oct. 7 in the United States. It is already having a significant impact on arthouse theaters. In the independent Nashville theater I saw it in this past weekend, the house was packed. However, the production did not manage to make it on many screens in major theaters, leading to a paltry box office total of $4.8 million on a $15.6 million budget. The film was directed by Ruben Ostlund and produced by Erik Hemmendorff and Phillippe Bober. 

Why the actions by Harvest Table leadership are condemnable and unacceptable

On Sept 7, the University’s new dining provider Harvest Table  abruptly fired Kevintz Merisier, a longtime catering lead, with no warning. In the wake of Merisier’s yet-unexplained dismissal, the Brandeis Leftist Union created a petition demanding his reinstatement and organized a joint student-worker delegation on Sept. 22 to deliver the letter, which garnered over 600 signatures. When the students attempted to deliver the petition to Director of Hospitality Clayton Hargrove, he evaded the group and called Brandeis Police for “police assistance.” Hargrove declined to rehire Merisier on Sept. 27, and Harvest Table representatives have refused to provide statements or interviews to the Justice. 

Judges face loses away in Cleveland

The University Athletic Association conference play opened up this past weekend with the Brandeis Judges traveling to Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. The men’s soccer team was unable to find any offensive ground when they went down a man early in the game after a red card in the 20th minute. They entered the game with a record of 4-2-2 overall, 0-0 in the conference. The six-match win streak by the Judges women’s soccer team was finally broken in a close game with the Spartans after a late game-winner. The Judges entered the match 6-2-1 overall, 0-0 conference play. 

Student Union Senate confirms executive board officers, votes on Senate Money Resolution

Harvest Table calls Police on student-worker delegation

At Sherman dining hall, there is a black bulletin board adjacent to the entrance. Students can voice their opinions on brown paper napkins and attach them to the board. One comment read “Please bring back skim and 2% milk” with a smiley face. A small yellow sticky note attached on top of the napkin (presumably from a dining worker or Harvest Table employee), read “on the way!” in response. Sure enough, skim and two percent milk were back in the dairy section. A fair amount of the napkins, however, read statements such as “Reinstate Kevintz.” There were no yellow sticky notes attached to these suggestions. Veteran Catering Lead Kevintz Merisier was not back on the job. According to dining worker Lucia Hsiung — who also serves as a Union Steward for Boston Local 26, the union that represents the Brandeis dining and catering team — Director of Hospitality Clayton Hargrove declined to rehire Merisier on Tuesday, Sept. 27. 

Tough matches for the Judges

While at home, the women’s soccer team led the non-conference game with offensive opportunities against Emerson University this past Saturday. However, after scoring in the first quarter of the game, both teams remained scoreless for the rest of the game with a hard-fought battle on the Judges' part. They entered the game with a record of 3-2, all outside of conference. Meanwhile, the nationally ranked #15 Judges men’s soccer team fell against Wesleyan University on Saturday as well. Entering the match off a win over #22 nationally ranked Babson College, the men’s team had a record of 2-1-1 with all non-conference play.

Dining staff and students rally over abrupt firing of worker

Catering Lead Kevin Merisier showed up to work early on Wednesday, Aug. 31 in a good mood. Though there had been struggles with the transition to Brandeis’ new dining vendor, Harvest Table, Merisier still loved his job. He had worked as a caterer at Brandeis, including two and a half years working for Brandeis through a temp agency, since February 2014. In the eight years Merisier has worked here, he has never been disciplined, according to Michaela McCormack '23. But by the next week, Merisier no longer held his position on the catering team.