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Senate discusses dechartering The Hoot, new Bylaws amendments

Dechartering The Hoot

New student-run award program to be held in May

The Ollies, a newly-established, student-run award program, will present its inaugural awards on May 1. It celebrates important contributions to the Brandeis community by student leaders, faculty,u staff, clubs and events.

Softball continues solid 15–0–1 season

This week, the Brandeis University Judges went head to head with the Bobcats of New York University. The Judges swept all four games, bringing them to an overall record of 15–0–1. The team continues to have a strong season even following the game against Wellesley University that resulted in a 7–7 tie. The Judges are now 4–0 in the conference have no plans of slowing down now explained by the Brandeis Athletics site. 

Senate passes club consultant proposal

The Union Senate voted unanimously on Sunday to pass a bylaw requiring each secured club to have a “club consultant”: a University faculty or staff member in an advisory role. The bylaw was formally presented by Senator-At-Large Noah Nguyen ’21 and Vice President Aaron Finkel ’19 at the March 24 Senate meeting. Before then, the amendment had been met with opposition from several clubs and had gone through multiple revisions in response to those concerns. After being passed, the bylaw became section 13 of article VIII of the Union Bylaws.

Students express frustrations at financial aid forum

Ten students attended an open forum discussion on financial aid last Wednesday to discuss the annual tuition increase, fundraising methods and why the school is so expensive. The event, part of the Campus Conversations initiative, was held in the Shapiro Campus Center’s Multi-Purpose Room. 

Charles River Museum to host upcoming poetry event

Brandeis Dean of Students Jamele Adams and Protestant Chaplain Matthew Carriker will be performing at the Get Your Poetry ON! event at the Charles River Museum on Friday. According to the Charles River Museum’s website, Get Your Poetry ON! is “a three part poetry oration event.”

JFAB established, executive session results in club consultant bylaw

Representatives from secured clubs on campus attended Sunday’s Senate meeting to protest the language of a proposed amendment that would require them to appoint a club consultant.

Defunding Special Olympics takes away opportunities

Judges win one and lose five matches, four of them against Emory University

The Judges baseball team split its two contests this past week. On Monday, the team lost a tight game at Springfield College, but on Tuesday they made up for it with a historic win against usual foe, Amherst College. They couldn’t take that momentum into their series with Emory, losing all four games. Here is the breakdown for the week.

Tennis teams continue solid winning streaks

The men’s and women’s tennis teams continue their 2018–2019 season with 5-match  and 3-match winning streaks, respectively. Here is how the past few matches break down.

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Executive Senator Reports

Men have lost two of three games this week

The Brandeis baseball team has lost two of its three games over the past week of play. On Thursday, the team lost at home to Suffolk University, and on Saturday, the squad split a doubleheader with Salem State University. Here’s the breakdown for each of these contests. 

Recap: UAA Indoor Championship

As the new outdoor track and field season approaches, let’s take a look back on how the Judges finished their 2019 indoor season.

After eight wins, Judges continue an undefeated season

The Brandeis softball team continues its dominant year as they win four more games, improving to 8–0 overall for the first time in program history.

Senate Log

Senators proposed and voted on another batch of amendments at Sunday’s meeting. 

Waltham students ‘shelter in place’ as manhunt ensues

An assault and battery occurred on Fourth Avenue early on Monday morning, according to the Waltham Police Department. Pursuit of and subsequent search for the suspect, whom the police have identified as Darren Dyette, began at around 6 a.m. near Main Street and Bear Hill Road, according to a March 18 Waltham Patch article. 

Brandeis’ baseball team continues strong season

The Brandeis baseball team has continued their impressive season which started on March 4th. This week, the Judges defeated Wentworth Institute of Technology twice  with scores of 13-1 and 15-2. This double header occurred at the New England Baseball Complex in Northborough. These wins bring the team to a winning streak of three games in a row and a record of 7–2 overall. Currently the team has a batting average of 0.380,  an on- base percentage of 0.457, a slugging percentage of 0.643 and has played in nine games.

Tennis team returns after two devastating defeats by Middlebury and Colby

The women’s tennis team is now 4–4 for the season. Following recent wins  against California Institute of Technology, Redlands Community College, Bates College and Colby College; and losses against Bryant University, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and MIddlebury College, the ladies have yet to face any University Athletic Association opponents. Their first UAA matchup will be against New York University on April 6, but for now, their next opponent is Wheaton College on Saturday.

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Senate Log

Student Union Vice President Aaron Finkel ’20 swore in the newly-elected Senators — Class of 2022 Senator Nancy Zhai, Class of 2021 Senators Nakul Srinivas and Zach Kern and International Senator Yuechen Ta ’21.