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EDITORIAL: Applaud Sarkeesian invitation

(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. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2015/02/editorial-applaud-sarkeesian-invitation

Promote school choice to improve American educational system

(02/10/15 2:54am)

“Mistakes can be corrected by those who pay attention to facts, but dogmatism will not be corrected by those who are wedded to a vision.” This truth by the great economist Thomas Sowell applies to most of the problems we face in American society today but to none greater than the dire situation facing American education.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2015/02/promote-school-choice-to-improve-american-educational-system

Reassess Lawrence's role in public relations scandals

(02/03/15 5:23am)

I am a senior at Brandeis University, grateful for the privilege to study in Waltham for three and a half years to date. At first, I was hesitant to join the Brandeis community—I never visited before arriving (late) for orientation my first year and did not bother attending most of the “mandatory” orientation programming. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2015/02/reassess-lawrences-role-in-public-relations-scandals

Sorensen Fellows spend summer working on community building projects

(01/28/15 1:31am)

If you could spend a summer working anywhere in the world on a project that promotes social justice with the organization of your choice, how would you even begin to decide what to do? What if the deal got a bit more interesting—let's say you would be backed by a community of peers and ethics experts and you'd receive up to $4,000 to finance your dream?

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2015/01/sorensen-fellows-spend-summer-working-on-community-building-projects

Address liberal bias in American academia

(01/27/15 2:43am)

The Hoover Institution at Stanford University, a think tank, research institution and one of the last remnants of highly-respected conservative and libertarian thought on college campuses anywhere in the United States, holds an interview-style show called Uncommon Knowledge. Four years ago, Peter Robinson, former speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan and host of the show, sat down with Harvard University professor Harvey Mansfield.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2015/01/address-liberal-bias-in-american-academia

A Timeless Quest

(01/20/15 4:32am)

The Homeric textual tradition recognizes that no one person is responsible for the Iliad or the Odyssey. Rather, these texts evolved for well over a thousand years, from the pre-Classical era into the Middle Ages, as the result of intergenerational intellectual collaboration. Similarly, the Homer Multitext Project, which aims to increase digital accessibility to these texts, relies on intergenerational intellectual collaboration between undergraduates and professors and across multiple institutions.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2015/01/atimelessquest

EDITORIAL: Laud economics, sociology rankings

(01/13/15 6:11am)

College Factual has recently placed Brandeis University in the top-10 list of colleges for both Economics and Sociology degrees. This editorial board applauds the Economics and Sociology departments for these achievements. As a school with a background in liberal arts, the University must remain competitve in these areas of study, including Sociology. To additionally be recognized in the more technical social science of Economics speaks to the well-rounded education available at Brandeis. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2015/01/editorial-laud-economics-sociology-rankings

A mind of one's own

(01/13/15 2:35am)

Schools such as Brown University or Bennington College champion the right of the student to design an individualized course of study within a strong advising network of faculty and student advisors. The Independent Interdisciplinary Major program at Brandeis aims to create an academic space for a similar type of individual creativity; however, this is a space which also must exist within the structure of a more academically traditional university. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2015/01/amindofonesown