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Sodexo representatives discuss issues, progress

Students raised a number of concerns about the flexibility and cost of meal plans at a dining forum with Sodexo last Wednesday.

Student dining forum

Rabbi Chayim Zirkind (left) and General Manager for Sodexo Shawn Managhan (right) addressed student questions at the dining forum last week.

IBS receives $2.5 million gift toward innovation center

Brandeis’ International Business School received a $2.5 million donation from the Hassenfeld family to establish an innovation center, according to a Nov. 7 IBS press release. The center will allow for an increase in corporate outreach, expand IBS’ influence outside of the University and provide new educational opportunities for Brandeis students.

Student Union holds forum

Administrators answered students’ questions and concerns regarding sexual assault and dining services at a roundtable discussion last Wednesday night. The Student Union hosted this discussion with members of the Brandeis administration so students could openly address issues around campus.

BLC urges policy reform

The Brandeis Labor Coalition released a petition on Friday urging University President Frederick Lawrence and the administration to reform Brandeis’ labor and economic policies.

Views on the News: Midterm elections

Last Tuesday’s midterm elections resulted in significant changes to the balance of power in Washington, D.C. Republicans won a majority in the Senate with 52 seats, while Democrats now hold 45. The GOP also further solidified their majority in the House of Representatives with 10 new wins in that House. This gives the Republican Party a majority in both houses of the legislative branch. Additionally, Republicans won 26 of 36 governor’s races, including in Massachusetts and President Barack Obama’s home state of Illinois. Many Republicans campaigned on a platform of opposing gridlock in Washington, especially given Obama’s promises to end gridlock in 2008 and 2012. How do you think the wins and losses will affect Obama’s two remaining years in office?

Two new clubs recognized by Senate

Student Union President Sneha Walia ’15 began the weekly Senate meeting by saying that she will be working on compiling notes and responses from the Student Union Round Table last Wednesday, which she will confirm with the administrators who were present, and send to the student body in a newsletter.

Fulfilling the promise

Prof. Dan Perlman’s (BIOL) new office has two desks and a beach ball-sized inflatable globe. Sunlight pours in from the huge windows that line the wall. Small boxes from his recent move are stacked neatly in a corner along a wall that doubles as a dry erase board. There are no cubicles or doors separating Perlman’s working space from that of his colleagues, just a see-through partition that stretches from the floor to the ceiling.

New club basketball team chartered

On Sunday, the Student Union Senate held its weekly meeting.

University sees rise in international students

Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment Andrew Flagel announced unofficial admissions statistics for this year’s class of first-years at the monthly faculty meeting last Thursday.

Corrections and Clarifications

EDITORIAL: Martha Coakley for governor

With Nov. 4 only three weeks away, the 2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial race is still too close to call. Democratic candidate Martha Coakley leads Republican candidate Charlie Baker by a mere 1.6 percent of voters, according to a Sept. 20 compilation of various polling data by RealClearPolitics. The race thus far has been defined by only a few key issues. Although both Coakley and Baker are pro-choice and support marriage equality, fiscal and education policies have drawn the sharpest differences in their campaign platforms. 

Evaluate differing narratives in Israeli-Palestinian discourse

Last week, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, J Street U Brandeis hosted its third event of the semester, “Non-Violence Amid Violent Conflict: A Conversation with Ali Abu Awwad.” Awwad is a leading nonviolent Palestinian activist and member of the Parents Circle Families Forum, an organization that brings together Israelis and Palestinians who have lost family members to the violence of the conflict. While spending time in prison during the First Intifada, Awwad participated in a 17-day-long hunger strike that helped him recognize and understand the power of nonviolent resistance. 

Rose Art Museum Opening

According to the Rose Art Museum website, the Collection in Focus series “highlights and draws new connections between important and often understudied objects in the museum’s collection.”

Trip down memory lane

Usually, when you sit down to talk with a friend, you can be sure that he or she will look you in the eye and, with no hesitation, talk about the one day that made his or her past summer so special.

Views on the News: Islamic State

President Barack Obama has asked congressional leaders to give him the power to launch airstrikes in Syria against the radical extremist group known as the Islamic State. He is also seeking approval to provide weapons and training to Syrian rebels on the ground willing to combat IS. IS is among the key rebel groups fighting to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whom Obama has long demanded to leave power.  Turning other rebel groups against the Islamic State may turn the Syrian conflict in Assad’s favor. Assad himself has warned against U.S. airstrikes in Syria. Do you agree with Obama’s plan to combat IS in Syria? 

Union holds dining forum

Undergraduates gathered in Sherman Function Hall on Monday night to air their grievances with dining operations on campus in an open forum hosted by the Student Union Senate Dining Committee. Some major concerns raised were regarding mislabeled or unlabeled foods, quality and availability of food, problems with meal swipes, overcrowding at resident dining halls, mandatory meal plans and the abolition of meal equivalencies.

Views on the News: Ebola

On August 11, a World Health Organization panel found that, in order to combat the current Ebola crisis in West Africa, it may be ethical for doctors to use “unproven interventions with as yet unknown efficacy and adverse effects.” This decision comes in the midst of the most deadly Ebola outbreak since the disease’s discovery; at least 1900 people have died in the past six months, according to Doctors Without Borders. The controversy surrounding the administration of the experimental drug ZMapp to seven patients, two of whom have since died of Ebola, spurred the WHO to provide ethical guidance. Do you agree with the WHO’s decision that it is ethical under certain circumstances to use experimental drugs on Ebola patients?