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On Aug. 24, Her Campus ranked Brandeis University students 6th in the nation for “Social Justice Activists.” Her Campus serves as an online magazine aimed at women on college campuses across the country. More than 280 colleges and universities engage with the magazine with over 6,400 student representatives.
JustNews: You were first hired in 2008 as Dean of the Heller School. You came here from a professorship at Tufts, you were an academic dean. You were a chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor. What inspired you to want to come to Brandeis in the first place?
Lisa Lynch began her term as interim president on Wednesday, July 1, taking over for former President Frederick Lawrence who officially stepped down on June 30.
Editor's Note: This article was updated for the August 25 print edition of The Justice.
With the 2015 Commencement ceremony now behind us, this board wishes to commemorate and deeply thank the newest alumni from the Justice. Throughout the years, each of these incredible men and women have contributed enormous amounts of time, energy, patience and love to putting out this newspaper every week. This board’s current members can only hope to live up to the precedent of hard work and deep commitment set by our friends and mentors.
FL: The Brandeis character is a commitment to inquiry. It’s a commitment to excellence, and a commitment to challenging oneself. And on top of all of those things, or as part of all of those things, a commitment to the institution. Again, as I said, not a place to come to to take and leave, but a place to contribute and to leave something for yourself on that.
Prof. Margaret McKenna (Heller) has been appointed as the new president of Suffolk University and will be leaving Brandeis in June to begin her role there.
Last Tuesday evening, the Justice elected Max Moran ’17 as its editor in chief for the 2015 to 2016 academic year.
The members of the Presidential Search Committee were announced in an email to the University on Tuesday. The 14-person panel will include nine trustees, four faculty members and one student representative.
The University’s Exploratory Committee on Fossil Fuel has released its final report on fossil fuel divestment, according to an email sent to the community on Friday by President Frederick Lawrence and Provost Lisa Lynch. The report recommended socially-responsible investing as a leading option for achieving the University’s carbon-footprint objectives.
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.
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.
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?
On Sunday, the Senate convened for their weekly meeting to discuss recent conflicts on campus and upcoming initiatives.
Lawrence S. Kanarek ’76 has been chosen as the chairman of the presidential search committee.
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.
Grady Ward ’16 and Sneha Walia ’15 helped monitor the discussion at the student forum on Thursday.
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.
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.
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