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On Sunday, April 26, the band “One Night Only” performed their set at Brandeis’ Springfest. The band, made up entirely of Brandeis students, was one of three student openers for Notebook P and Zara Larsson. They performed four covers across their 15-minute set.
This year’s Springfest officially commenced on Sunday, April 26, boasting Swedish singer-songwriter Zara Larsson as the concert’s headliner. Larsson took to the stage after openers Notebook P and student acts, One Night Only, Hazel Drew, Marakosa and disc jockey, JAGA. Hundreds of Brandeis students gathered on Chapels Field to enjoy these performances, jostling to reach the barricade and dancing among friends. After a cloudy morning, the sun managed to peek out just before the student music groups began.
Every year at the end of the spring semester, Brandeis University’s Fine Arts Honors program offers an opportunity for students who are passionate and have demonstrated excellence in studio art to create and display their art at the Spingold Theater's art gallery. Their collective projects that have been cultivated throughout the year are a reflection of what they think about art and how they have grown as artists throughout the year.
On April 25, The Intercultural Center held its annual culture showcase “Culture X” in the Levin Ballroom. Culture X is the final show presented by the different culture groups that make up the ICC. This year's theme was “Woven Worlds” which explored the different ways that cultures intersect and also the different ways in which we interact with our own cultures. The showcase featured performances from Brandeis’ expansive collection of culture groups, as well as a performance by a local Waltham group called Africano Waltham, a community-led nonprofit group that is dedicated to supporting African immigrants and their families, as well as connecting families and children to African culture stateside. The African dances were coupled with traditional instruments. The dancers were not only skilled and beautiful in their movements, but the pure joy on their faces translated through to the audience. Their performance was professional and inspiring. The choice to add Africano Waltham as one of the performances of the night highlights the broader scope of the ICC and reinforces the idea that our culture is not just contained to one community, but seeps into the broader world around us.
“The Winter’s Tale”, directed by Naomi Stephenson ’26, was a wonderful mix of drama and comedy, with the first half of the show taking place in the early 1950s, and the second half set in the ’60s. Stephenson did an incredible job of showing the differences in time and featured costume design by Elizabeth Retakh ’28 and set design by Dalya Lessem Elnecave ’28 and Tessa Srebnik ’29. The costume design also helped clarify the character changes, as most of the actors played multiple roles.
On Friday, April 24, Brandeis’ WBRS hosted SHEBAD for their annual spring concert. The Guelph, Ontario-based band played a setlist of 16 songs, a combination of their most recent album, “Music is the Answer,” their Extended Play “Inner Openings,” single “Inner Rise” and their upcoming album set to come out next spring. The band describes itself as an “indie soul, jazz, fusion, funk band” and is led by singer Claire Voy and instrumentalist Ciccio Spagnolo. The band also features Emil White on keys, sax, bass and vocals; Bella Tian on keys and vocals and Emmitt Leacock on drums.
Content Warning: Mention of femicide.
Senate Resolution No.4
This past weekend, members of the Brandeis Mountain Club (BMC) packed into vans bound for Acadia National Park in Maine. The club has spent nearly four decades bringing Brandeis students off campus and into the outdoors. Now, for the first time in close to 10 years, BMC has received secured status at Brandeis.
Brandeis sports. It seems to be common knowledge, or rather, public perception, that saying these two words next to each other are oxymoronic. Our University has typically been known for the quality of their academics over their sports, and the student body tends to enforce that notion. That being said, The Justice Editorial Board believes that Brandeis sports are currently undergoing a renaissance, and we want to encourage the student body to recognize the work our athletes and coaches put in to compete with other schools.
Content warning: This article discusses suicide and its causes.
One of Brandeis’ star initiatives is the Abraham Feinberg Educational Network for Active Civic Transformation, or ENACT network. ENACT endeavors to motivate students towards civic engagement through connections with policymakers, opportunities for research and collaboration. VoteDeis, as a student coalition within the ENACT network, often hosts events in collaboration with ENACT, the most recent of which was a collaboration with Peace Club. The event consisted of a brief lecture from Brandeis professor Daniel Kryder (POL) and a small workshop where attendees had the opportunity to draft and send letters to their local legislators. Student organizations like VoteDeis, as well as university-supported networks like ENACT, are a wonderful example of how individual expressions of liberty lead to measurable change — for example, ENACT’s student advocacy and research fellows' research on period insecurity led to the implementation of free menstrual product dispensers in every campus building and residence hall. In an age when expressions of individual and cultural liberty are actively being threatened, organizations like ENACT and VoteDeis are among countless nationwide organizations that fight for the voices of students and individuals to be heard and serve as inspiration for individuals and communities alike to mobilize in the name of change.
On April 27, the Prevention, Advocacy and Resource Center did a tabling event on sexual violence awareness in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium. The event lasted from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. and focused on the F.R.I.E.S model of consent: Freely given, Reversible, Informed, Enthusiastic and Specific.