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(03/31/15 5:35am)
Let’s talk about bilingualism, and let’s talk about ignorance, and let’s talk about inclusion both on and off the Brandeis campus. Our community would benefit from the curricular addition of American Sign Language—and our student body wants it. After demonstrated student interest, through polling and through club-sponsored course attendance, efforts are being made to bring ASL to our campus as a for-credit, language-requirement-satisfying course option.
(03/24/15 7:21am)
EDITOR'S NOTE: An abridged version of this editorial was published in our print edition, due to space constraints. The full editorial is published here.
(03/24/15 7:17am)
Last week, Starbucks announced a campaign to start conversations about race by having its baristas write “RaceTogether” on cups in addition to the customer’s name and specialty drink. The decision came after several baristas attended open forums about race following the deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown and other unarmed black men killed by police this past year. On Sunday, Starbucks announced that it would be ending the RaceTogether campaign next week. Starbucks is not new to these types of campaigns--in 2013, its baristas wrote “come together” on cups to encourage collaboration between the political parties deadlocked on Capitol Hill. How do you react to the Starbucks’ “RaceTogether” campaign? Should big corporations discuss politics with their customers and employees?
(03/24/15 6:53am)
On Sunday, the Senate convened for their weekly meeting to discuss recent conflicts on campus and upcoming initiatives.
(03/24/15 6:57am)
Lawrence S. Kanarek ’76 has been chosen as the chairman of the presidential search committee.
(03/24/15 6:55am)
On Thursday, students had the opportunity to share their perspectives on what aspects the next Brandeis president should embody during a student forum titled “What Do You Want to See in Our Next President.” Student Union President Sneha Walia ’15 and Student Representative to the Board of Trustees Grady Ward ’16 facilitated the forum.
(03/24/15 6:54am)
Grady Ward ’16 and Sneha Walia ’15 helped monitor the discussion at the student forum on Thursday.
(03/17/15 6:23am)
Student Union Vice President Charlotte Franco ’15 announced in an email to the community on Sunday that the University will see the implementation of a new meal plan system at the beginning of the next academic year.
(03/17/15 5:43am)
At the end of its Mar. 3 editorial defending Brandeis’ record on free speech prompted by a Foundation for Individual Rights in Education article titled “Top 10 Threats to Free Speech on Campus,” the Justice invited responses. We deeply appreciate the opportunity to explain why we remain convinced that the incidents described in the editorial violate students’ rights to free speech and properly earn Brandeis a spot on our “10 Worst” list.
(03/10/15 7:10am)
Promote civility in free speech
(03/10/15 6:40am)
Sunday afternoon, as part of the Responsibility to Protect at 10 Conference at Brandeis, three experts on international justice spoke to both the Brandeis community and the public about vulnerable populations and new players in the international arena.
(03/10/15 6:15am)
On Sunday night, the Senate convened for its weekly meeting to continue the process of chartering clubs, discussing allocations of the Student Union budget and compiling Committee Chair reports on upcoming initiatives.
(03/03/15 8:02am)
EDITOR'S NOTE: An abridged version of this editorial was published in our print edition, due to space constraints. The full editorial is published here.
(03/03/15 8:03am)
Correction appended.
(02/10/15 6:15am)
Shakespeare’s The Merchant of
Venice raises important questions about the nature of mercy, racism and
anti-gay and anti-Semitic attitudes. Shakespeare’s comedy highlights key social
issues that retain their relevance today. This weekend, Hold Thy Peace
presented a production of The Merchant of Venice that emphasized these
issues, as part of ’DEIS Impact. Performances were held in the Usdan
International Lounge.
(02/10/15 3:10am)
Today, the University planned to welcome feminist video game critic Anita Sarkeesian to give the Martin Weiner Lecture in Computer Science at the Shapiro Campus Center. Sarkeesian, who is best known for her YouTube series Tropes vs. Women in Video Games, was forced to cancel the engagement, as the University was closed on Monday due to a severe snowstorm. Tickets were free, and the event was to be well-attended, with a nearly sold-out audience. It was hosted by the Computer Science department but also sponsored by the English, Sociology, Women and Gender and Sexuality Studies and Social Justice and Social Policy departments and programs.
(02/10/15 12:21am)
Last Wednesday, the #BrandeisIsOurHouse campaign hosted a series of speakers and performers in Levin Ballroom sharing their positive experiences within the Brandeis community. Kelsey Segaloff ’15, who began the #BrandeisIsOurHouse social media campaign this winter break, organized the event.
(02/09/15 10:44pm)
In 1950, Gordon Parks, the first black staff photographer for Life Magazine, went back to his hometown of Fort Scott, Kan. to photograph the town and his elementary school classmates, more than 20 years after they had gone to school together.
(02/09/15 9:23pm)
On Sunday night, the Senate convened for its weekly meeting to discuss the chartering of clubs and the allocation of Senate funds.
(02/03/15 3:31am)
On Saturday, the Office of High School Programs and Active Minds Brandeis held a ’Deis Impact event called “Interdisciplinary Healing: Addressing the Stigma of Mental Illness on Brandeis Campus through Arts and Sciences.”
