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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?

EDITORIAL: Ferguson vigil commendable

 Last week, the Brandeis community came together at Chapels Pond for a vigil in remembrance of Michael Brown, the unarmed teenager who was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Mo. 

Novelist makes her debut

As a Brandeis undergraduate on the pre-med track, Nadia Hashimi ’00 didn’t imagine her professional life would turn out as it has. Literature was always something she appreciated, but it wasn’t until she’d settled into life as a doctor that she realized she could pursue writing as a second career.

Community gathers for Ferguson vigil and talk

Students and faculty gathered at Chapels Pond on Thursday evening for “A Night of Remembrance and Response: Brandeis Vigil and Town Hall.” The vigil was held in remembrance of Michael Brown, the unarmed black 18-year-old who was shot and killed by a police officer on Aug. 9 in Ferguson, MO. and other victims of similar incidents.

Faculty emails draw criticism

University President Frederick Lawrence responded to the recent publication of controversial comments made by faculty members over a restricted email list, called the “Concerned” listserv. The emails sent to the listserv, which was created in 2003 as a private forum for professors to express their concerns surrounding the Iraq War, and has since evolved to bring attention to other issues in recent years, were exposed by Daniel Mael ’15.

University hosts conference on opioid abuse in New England

Amid what some experts are calling epidemic levels of opioid abuse in New England, researchers at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management have joined forces with several state governors to search for a solution. 

Center for Ethics board member steps down after Al-Quds conflict

In the aftermath of the controversy surrounding the University’s severance of its educational partnership with Al-Quds University last November, several members of the Brandeis community took to pubic forums to express their discontent with how the situation unfolded—including a longtime member of the advisory board of Brandeis’ International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life, Michael Ratner ’66.

EDITORIAL: Farewell to the Justice alumni

With the 2014 commencement ceremony now behind us, this board would like to express sincere gratitude to the newest alumni of the Justice, who have each contributed to the paper immensely over the past few years. We wish you all tremendous success in the future and look forward to covering your future accomplishments. 

Grant recipients share experiences

Four recipients of the Frances Taylor Eizenstat ’65 Undergraduate Israel Travel Grant Program united at a reception on Thursday night to tell a group of more than 20 people of their experiences this past summer. The four students were Eliezer Buechler ’16, Viktoria Bedo ’15, Mirit Gendelman ’15 and Catie Stewart ’16.

Students protest Sodexo meal plan changes and new dining protocols

Yesterday, students gathered outside of the Usdan Student Center in protest against Sodexo. There were also several students in Upper Usdan Dining Hall with signs that indicated the protesters’ grievances.

Professors discuss Concerned Listserv

The first faculty meeting of the year was held last Thursday and included not only a summary of recent University changes, but a discussion of recent sexual assault issues and faculty arguments over the private Listserv discovered last summer.