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Condemn the poor planning of some recent music festivals

(05/02/17 6:30am)

Imagine spending several thousand dollars to attend a music festival in the Bahamas, only to be greeted upon arrival by disaster relief tents, cold sandwiches and no music. While there are easier things to imagine than having that kind of discretionary income, that is exactly what happened to many music fans — primarily millennials — who shelled out up to $12,780 for tickets and lodging at Fyre Fest, a luxury music weekend on an island previously owned by Pablo Escobar, according to an April 28 CNN article. Dreamt up by early-2000s rapper Ja Rule and social entrepreneur Billy McFarland, Fyre Fest was marketed exclusively on social media and promoted by the likes of Instagram icons such as Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid and Emily Ratajkowski, according to an April 28 New York Times article. On Thursday, April 28, the commercialization of music festival culture and the exponential rise of social media’s influence collided in the Exumas, and there was not an Instagram filter that could make it look good.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2017/05/condemn-the-poor-planning-of-some-recent-music-festivals

EDITORIAL: Acknowledge implications of the tuition hike for students

(05/02/17 6:28am)

This past Friday, University President Ronald Liebowitz announced a 3.75 percent increase in comprehensive undergraduate charges. This follows a similar tuition hike of 3.9 percent last year and a 3.7 percent increase the previous year. This board understands the necessity of such hikes to the University’s various educational and extracurricular initiatives. However, this board urges the University to continue its transparency with regard to the allocation of tuition funds and to work toward a stable, non-increasing tuition structure.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2017/05/editorial-acknowledge-implications-of-the-tuition-hike-for-students-8a4b

Finding his voice

(05/02/17 1:00am)

In the midst of incoming freshman, Guy Raz ’96 took his first step onto the Brandeis campus. But instead of locating his dorm, Raz headed straight to the Usdan student center, into a grungy, subterranean office where he began his undergraduate journalism career by writing an op-ed column for the Justice.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2017/05/finding-his-voice

Acknowledge the social limitations of political correctness

(04/25/17 2:27am)

Much like immigration and health care, political correctness was a point of contention in America’s 2016 presidential election. In one of his many infamous Twitter rants, President Donald Trump said that former President Barack Obama and his administration “put political correctness above common sense, above your safety and all else,” according to a Dec. 7, 2016 Washington Post article. Though the term’s origins are unclear, it entered mainstream consciousness after it was the subject of a series of articles in the New York Times in the early nineties, such as 1991’s “Political Correctness: The New Bias Test.” The article describes the employment of specific language, policies or measures intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular groups in society.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2017/04/acknowledge-the-social-limitations-of-political-correctness

EDITORIAL: Improve the University’s scope for prospective students

(04/25/17 2:26am)

On Sunday, the University welcomed admitted students and their families to campus, seeking to attract those students who will hopefully make up the next class of Brandeisians. While we welcome all new members of the Brandeis community, this board urges the University to focus efforts more on diverse admissions to campus.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2017/04/editorial-improve-the-universitys-scope-for-prospective-students

Lack of superstars and depth may ultimately lead to struggles for some teams in NBA playoffs

(04/24/17 11:50pm)

The NBA playoffs have begun, and fans all over the world are glued to their TVs to watch an extremely interesting first round of action. The Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers have, as expected, torn apart their opponents as they both have faced little opposition in vanquishing their competitors. However, there are a few series that have taken unexpected turns, such as that between the first seed Boston Celtics and the eighth seed Chicago Bulls, in which Chicago currently holds a two-to-one lead.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2017/04/lack-of-superstars-and-depth-may-ultimately-lead-to-struggles-for-some-teams-in-nba-playoffs

Reject current trade imbalances between US and China

(03/28/17 7:27am)

On Nov. 8, 2016, Donald Trump managed to pull off one of the most upsetting victories in American history: He defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the electoral college despite losing the popular vote. Although there are many factors that affected the election — such as voter turnout, the Democratic National Committee hacking and Clinton’s email investigation — no one can doubt that Trump’s appeal to American workers — especially to those in the Rust Belt —contributed to the outcome. The Rust Belt is a term coined in the early 1980s referring to the mass layoffs in the region spanning parts of the Northeast to the upper Midwest States. These states have experienced perpetual economic decline due to deindustrialization in the manufacturing industry, which is primarily due to the massive trade imbalances between the United States and other countries, most notably China. As of today, the United States imports over $347 billion more goods from China than we export, according to the Office of the United States Trade Representative. This extraordinary trade imbalance is the main cause of this deindustrialization in the Rust Belt; cheaper goods benefit the consumer, but the job loss is cancerous to the American worker.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2017/03/reject-current-trade-imbalances-between-us-and-china

Condemn NFL’s prioritization of profit over viewer satisfaction

(03/28/17 7:25am)

For the third time in little more than a year, an American football team is packing its bags and moving away. The Oakland Raiders are relocating to Las Vegas, where they await $650 million from Bank of America and $750 million from taxpayers in order to finance a new stadium, according to a March 27 MarketWatch article. The team has the blessings of the National Football League, an organization that is willing to overlook its aversion to sports gambling and small television markets if it can partake in the extortion of yet another community. In the NFL, teams are forever on the prowl for new markets and fancier stadiums, and whatever city is foolish enough to waste public funds on courting a professional football team can part ways with their money with great ease.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2017/03/condemn-nfls-prioritization-of-profit-over-viewer-satisfaction

Sacramento Kings show unlikely potential

(03/27/17 11:46pm)

The Sacramento Kings might have hope. Yes, they absolutely made one of the worst deals in National Basketball Association history when they traded away franchise center DeMarcus Cousins for well below his value. Yes, their front office continues to be as big a wild card as exists in sports right now. But, maybe, despite the best efforts of owner Vivek Ranadive and General Manager Vlade Divac, the seeds for future competence are starting to sprout in some of their young players, highlighted by recently-acquired guard Buddy Hield.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2017/03/sacramento-kings-show-unlikely-potential