Use the field below to perform an advanced search of The Justice archives. This will return articles, images, and multimedia relevant to your query.
Your location data is being sold, and most people have no idea. Carrying your phone means apps can track where you sleep, work, worship and seek healthcare. That information can then be packaged and sold to third parties. Massachusetts has a chance to stop this practice through the Location Shield Act, and lawmakers should act now.
In the final days of 2025, the internet was flooded with nostalgia for the final years before the 2020s. Among the end-of-year recaps and New Year’s resolutions, people posted montages soundtracked by the pop-EDM hits of 10 years ago, declaring 2026 to be “the new 2016.”
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
On April 10, the Classical and Early Mediterranean Studies department hosted a mini-conference titled “Monks as Craftsmen in Byzantine Egypt: Exploring Monastic Life with Augmented Reality,” with additional support from the Mandel Center for the Humanities, the Near Eastern and Judaic Studies department and Brandeis Design and Innovation. The conference hosted four speakers from universities and museums.
On Tuesday, March 30, the Student Union held its spring elections. To promote student participation, Student Union hosted an event in the Shapiro Campus Center, offering boba from Kung Fu Tea to students who showed that they voted in the election. The ballot included positions on the executive board, open Senatorial seats and spots on the Allocations Board.
On Saturday, March 28 the Brandeis chapter of the Alexander Hamilton Society, in collaboration with Brandeis Peace Club, held a speaker event titled “Nuclear Disarmament: Strategic Realities & Constraints.” The discussion was moderated by Benjamin Starr ’27, president of the Alexander Hamilton Society, featuring Prof. Gary Samore (POL) and Prof. Areg Danagoulian, an associate professor of nuclear science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Alexander Hamilton Society is a non-partisan organization dedicated to facilitating student discussions about foreign policy and affairs and has over 80 campus chapters across the United States. According to the AHS website, the group’s mission is to “identify, educate, and launch young men and women into foreign policy and national security careers imbued with the Hamiltonian perspective of strong and principled leadership in global affairs.”
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
On March 24, the Brandeis Journalism program hosted “Who Owns the News?” a panel that featured four former Washington Post journalists to discuss the effects of billionaire ownership of media outlets. The event, held in Rapaporte Treasure Hall, was fully packed with students, alumni, news reporters and local journalists. The panel included Kainaz Amaria, former senior visuals editor for the Post’s investigative unit and Marty Baron, who spent 22 years at the Washington Post and lead both the Post and The Boston Globe to Pulitzer Prizes during his tenure. They were joined by Kevin Merida, former executive editor of The Los Angeles Times and former managing editor at the Post, as well as Janice Page, the Post’s former arts editor.
For the first time in five years, the Undergraduate Theater Collective put on an open-cast musical — “Alice By Heart.” Anyone who auditioned was guaranteed to at least be in the ensemble, which lowers the initial stakes and creates a fun way for people to get involved in musical theater on campus. “Alice By Heart” was a great choice for the return of open-cast. The musical has a wacky yet deep story, following Alice Spencer — played by Erin Morton ’29 — as she attempts to comfort her dying friend, Alfred — played by Tessa Srebnik ’29 — by retelling “Alice in Wonderland” as they hide in a bunker during a Blitz in England. Of course, as with any story a person recites by heart, parts are skipped or altered, and all the characters from Wonderland become quite upset as their world gets altered by this retelling. Through impossibly fast costume changes, mystical lighting, a set that merged reality with wonderland and an excited cast, it did not take long for the audience to go down the rabbit hole and forget about reality for a moment.
What really is Liquid Latex? Although often reduced to a group known for nude performance, this characterization does not fully capture what Liquid Latex represents. In 2000, when the show was originally named “Body Art Fashion Show,” it was intended as a one-time event. In its inaugural year, the show received mass attention, transforming it into a long-standing Brandeis tradition. The show was then renamed “Liquid Latex,” and a whole club and board was created to facilitate the production of the show every year since. Since then, Liquid Latex has continued to amass attention not only on Brandeis campus, but from the media, published April 16th 2016 feature article in the New York Times.
On March 25, members of the Brandeis community gathered in the International Lounge for the fifth “Be Curious Dinner” — an event designed to spark conversations on complex topics. Academic settings can involve difficult conversations, which is why the Be Curious Dinner created a more informal space for dialogue outside the classroom. The event focuses on a specific topic which is revealed to participants at the beginning of the dinner. The Justice reached out to members of the organizing committee and the attendees to gauge the event’s impact. Peter Rojas, Director of the Intercultural Center, explained to The Justice in a March 25 interview that the Be Curious Dinner was created in the fall of 2024 as an opportunity for students to discuss topics they felt were not being addressed in the community. He emphasized that the event fosters a space for the student body to engage with faculty and staff. This approach helps bridge gaps between students and staff, creating opportunities for open and effective dialogue.
On Saturday, March 18, protesters gathered in the Boston Common to raise their voices under one simple message: “No Kings.” Protesters united under views of anti-authoritarianism and against the alleged consolidation of power by the Trump administration. Fueled by the development of the war in Iran, “No Kings Day” saw 180,000 attendants in Boston and over 8 million protesters nationwide. This is an estimated one million more protesters than the previous No Kings Day that took place on Oct. 18.
On March 24, multiple student organizations reposted posted warnings of a “confirmed [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] vehicle on Brandeis campus” on their Instagram stories. The post described a black Ford Interceptor, its license plate reading, “2MVP48.” The Justice confirmed that the Ford vehicle is a Brandeis University Public Safety vehicle in an March 26 email exchange with the Associate Vice President of Operations and Chief Safety Officer, Matthew Rushton. As of press time, The Justice has not been able to verify the rumor’s origins nor who was said to have “confirmed” the sighting.
Brandeis’ over 200 student-run clubs and organizations are pivotal to the Brandeis experience for many students on campus, providing a sense of community and a connection to one’s culture. They also plan countless events for students to take part in. Currently, many clubs are experiencing issues regarding registering events on Campus Groups, specifically with how far in advance clubs must register events. This editorial board chose not to name specific clubs to use as examples for these issues in order to protect their privacy.
At some point in life, we humans indubitably accept things as facts. Believing is seeing, seeing is believing. Humans take many things we see for granted; the sky is blue, grass is green, kittens drink milk. Horses follow this. Throughout childhood, many children are exposed to countless tales of horses in literature and film and often in person on farms. While I unfortunately have to admit that horses do exist as a biological entity, our perception of them is generally far more shaped by culture, media and collective belief rather than direct first-hand experience. The belief in horses as a complete being that is “real” reveals limits of human perception, considering that what we experience is not reality itself but rather a constructed version shaped by the brain and culture.
Reality television really is everywhere now. People can’t stop talking — or arguing — about dating shows, survival games or a bunch of strangers locked in a house. They say they’re depicting “real life,” but come on, we all know it’s mostly for show. These programs don’t just highlight real relationships — they twist them, sometimes making us see them in a bizarre way that feels a million miles from honest. You always hear about how “authentic” it all is, claiming to show raw emotion and real people. Behind the curtain, however, producers curate who gets screen time. Everything gets set up in advance, and then hours of footage get chopped into an hour-long “story” guaranteed to pull you in with love triangles, fights and wild turning points. You’re not seeing reality. You’re watching a carefully curated, drama-filled highlight reel.