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The University’s fourth lactation room opened on the second floor of the Goldfarb Library this month after a push from library staff members, according to Ann Kardos, the metadata and resource sharing coordinator for Library and Technology Services.
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It’s a sight all too common at Brandeis sporting events: empty bleachers on the Brandeis side while the opposing team’s fans are often out in full support. It could be disheartening, but Vince Lauffer ’19 hopes to change that.
In the upcoming election, Massachusetts voters will have the chance to vote yes or no on Question 2, which would permit the creation or expansion of up to 12 charter schools in Massachusetts each year. This ballot measure has raised discussion of the potential merits and drawbacks of charter schools and has sparked debate about how America ought to structure its education system. According to an Oct. 18 Boston Globe article, opponents of Question 2 argue that charter schools drain money from traditional public schools, but supporters dispute this claim and advocate for parents' right to have more choices for their children's education. What do you think of Question 2, and how would you describe charter schools' effect on the American education system?
Global warming has a more severe impact on politics and the economy than is generally acknowledged, climate change scholar Patricia Núñez García, M.A. ’15 told students in a presentation on Wednesday.
According to the NASA website, “The universe is a big, big place.” The sun, our nearest star, is 93 million miles away, and the next closest galaxy to the Milky Way is 2.5 million light years away. Yet each week, the Astronomy Club makes the universe seem a whole lot closer.
Although Coca-Cola and PepsiCo Inc. have donated millions of dollars to 96 health organizations, they have also spent millions opposing legislation designed to reduce Americans' soda intake, a study published last Monday by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found. "They are not helping public health at all," co-author Daniel Aaron, a medical student at Boston University, said, according to an Oct. 10 New York Times article. Coke responded through the American Beverage Association, arguing that its actions "are contributing to addressing the complex challenge of obesity" and that its opposition to such legislation is in response to "discriminatory and regressive taxes and policies on [its] products." What do you think of the study's findings, and do you believe Coke and Pepsi have an obligation to help public health?
In New York City, a single standardized test has the ability to determine a students’ future — and it’s not the SAT or the ACT. It is the SHSAT, the Specialized High School Admissions Test, and, if passed, the test promises a seat at one of New York City’s nine specialized high schools. “Tested,” a documentary by Curtis Chin released in 2015, follows a group of eighth graders from differing ethnicities and backgrounds, as well as middle schools across all boroughs, as they make their way through the testing process. Chin was on campus this past Wednesday, after a screening of the film in Golding, to speak further on the dynamic of this all-determining and stressful test.
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The Senate convened on Sunday night to discuss numerous topics, including bystander training and club support. However, one common theme was represented throughout the evening: that the University was founded to hear all people’s views, and that all views must be respected.
In 1966, 30 students attended the first-ever Waltham Group meeting. Little did they know that 50 years later, the Brandeis community service organization would boast hundreds of volunteers who each year dedicate 40,000 hours to community service.
Thinking of Brandeis University, “community engagement” is probably one of the first phrases that comes to mind. You might even say that Brandeis is partially defined by its thriving and diverse community engagement opportunities. This being the case, there are few better representatives of the school than Shana Criscitiello ’18, who is majoring in Health: Science, Society and Policy. Criscitiello is a campus ambassador to Gift of Life, a marrow registry that matches potential bone marrow and stem cell donors to patients suffering from blood cancer.
The University’s current financial state is unsustainable, University President Ronald Liebowitz announced at an open meeting last Thursday. Despite an reported budget surplus over the past two years, the University’s actual finances have been declining and in need of attention for several years. “The status quo,” said Liebowitz, “cannot persist.”
Tucked inside the University of Massachusetts Boston’s newly constructed University Hall, Brandeis Prof. Todd Pavlisko (FA) proudly welcomed guests to the opening of his art installation “Now’s the Time.” Pavlisko has worked with UMass for a while now; more specifically he has collaborated with Prof. Robert Carter, the director of the chemistry department. In an email interview with the Justice, Pavlisko explained, “[Carter] and I have been using chemistry and science to make art for about a year and a half. The opportunity for the exhibition came out of this collaboration.”
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.
As biotechnology improves, genetics have been instrumental in advancements in criminology, sociology and medicine. However, warned Princeton University professor Ruha Benjamin in a lecture last Tuesday, genetics may also oversimplify race and ethnicity. In reality, she argued, race is much more complicated than mere genetics, and race data must be treated with care and consideration for the social conditions behind it.
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As the newly formed adjunct and contract-faculty union prepares for its fourth bargaining round with the University this month, officials on both sides say the negotiations thus far have been a positive experience. But the University has frozen wages and benefits for bargaining unit professors until a contract is reached, and the faculty union is publicizing part of their agenda online.
Swimming en masse, schools of fish seem to defy the laws of nature — each fish appears to know its place, never becoming disoriented or breaking formation. According to Prof. Aparna Baskaran (PHYS), the science behind this boils down to one thing: active materials.
Within days of President Barack Obama’s statement calling climate change “terrifying,” a Sept. 12 Public News Service article reported that America’s two main political parties have “never been farther apart” in their stances on climate change, according to an Aug. 25 study out of Oklahoma State University.