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The Senate met with Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment Andrew Flagel during their weekly meeting on Sunday, discussing overwhelmingly negative and neutral alumni reviews of the University.
In a Jan. 21 interview with Variety Magazine, comedian and talk show host Chelsea Handler blamed the Kardashians for President Trump’s success. She cited that the media treated Trump’s campaign as a reality show, not reality. The reality show is a phenomenon that the Kardashians have popularized. Though seemingly ludicrous, her claim may actually be valid if we consider just how much people have become engrossed in social media. The Kardashian clan is the logical endpoint of this digital age, the most apt illustration of the people we have become. The sisters are famous for their reality television, which has enjoyed high viewership ratings for all 11 seasons. The show has popularized in some of the public the need for private lives to be documented and altered so as to appear glamorous. Isn’t this what some of us do when we Snapchat outings with friends? We are a culture more engrossed in the representation of our lives than in living our lives. So it is understandable that Trump has become the 45th president of the United States. Indeed, pollsters made errors and Hillary Clinton’s campaign was poor. However, our being out of touch with reality is partly to blame for how much we underestimated a Trump win.
With the inauguration of President Donald Trump, his administration is entering the first 100 days with a priority to dismantle many of his predecessor’s achievements, with only the Senate filibuster to serve as a check to the Republican majority on a state and national level. With little ability to stop President Trump’s policies at a legislative level, grassroots efforts by organizations will become a significant tool in the fight to prevent many harmful policies from coming to fruition. Since students under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and other undocumented students are among the most vulnerable constituencies under the new administration, student-run national coalitions must form to protect, inform and engage DACA and undocumented students throughout the nation and protect these students from deportation. To achieve these goals, organizations must seek to enact sustainable goals aimed to secure the ability for these students to succeed as students.
The world seemed headed on a very different path in August 2013, when I first entered Brandeis University. Barack Obama was in his fifth year in the White House, Edward Snowden had just become a household name, Ted Cruz was an ascendant standard-bearer and Nate Silver was an unbeatable poll-watching god.
The sting of the Orlando Pulse Nightclub shooting has not been forgotten; its impact still exists in the minds and hearts of not only those directly affected by the shooting and the LGBTQ+ community but also students and activists across the country.
“Don’t waste time mourning. Organize,” labor activist and celebrated 19th-century American martyr Joe Hill once said.
The Senate convened on Sunday to discuss club chartering, plan efforts for upcoming events and address some student concerns.
The Senate convened on Sunday to discuss ongoing bystander training efforts and various student grievances around campus.
The University has hired Mark Brimhall-Vargas as the first chief diversity officer and vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion, University President Ronald Liebowitz wrote in an email to students, faculty and staff on Wednesday.
The Senate convened on Sunday to hear petitions from several clubs and to discuss initiatives to bolster school spirit.
The number of women involved in American politics is nowhere near where it should be, especially as the 2016 presidential election approaches, former Colorado congresswoman Patricia Scott Schroeder told students in an online webinar on Thursday.
Much of Jewish history is defined by how the community has dealt with threats. The residual effects of oppression pervade every aspect of Jewish life, from ancient traditions to modern political ambitions. In many ways, the manner in which the establishment Jewish community defends Israel is evidence of how Jewish perspectives are shaped by persecution. Center-right and far-right groups like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and the Zionist Organization of America believe that the only legitimate way to be pro-Israel is to relentlessly tout its successes and never mention its wrongdoings. They see their role in the discourse surrounding the issue as a defense mechanism countering those who wish to focus on Israel’s faults.
The final Chief Diversity Officer candidate to speak on campus addressed students on Wednesday, touching on his goals for the University and his ideas on improving campus diversity.
The third finalist for the new Chief Diversity Officer position spoke in an open forum with students on Thursday about how she sees her role and her experience as a current CDO at a university of around 7,000 undergraduates. The University is gathering student feedback on the four finalists — two of whom spoke on campus last week — through these open forums, with the final forum scheduled for next week.
The months-long search for a chief diversity officer is nearly over, University President Ronald Liebowitz announced in an email to students yesterday. The email — which updated students on a number of the University’s diversity and inclusion efforts — also gave some insight into what the coming months will look like.
Graddy receives promotion at IBS
The Senate convened for its first meeting of the semester on Sunday to review the purpose of the different branches of the Student Union and discuss initiatives for the coming months.
Now that Commencement proceedings have drawn to a close, this board would like to extend its congratulations to the University’s accomplished Class of 2016. We would also like to recognize and honor the Justice’s recent graduates who have contributed so much to this paper.
“We are going to see the universe,” artist JJ PEET explained to the Justice on Friday night after he had successfully found a team of students with whom to complete his newest project “FIELD_WORK.”
The Senate convened on Sunday to recognize a club and discuss uses for remaining Senate funds in its final weekly meeting of the semester.