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With the weather this week having daily highs in the 50s and even 60s, it’s shocking to imagine that just the Saturday before last, the temperature was minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit with a wind chill of minus 36 degrees. That Saturday was the coldest day in Boston since 1957 and the second coldest wind chill in Boston ever. The conditions brought both joy and frustration to Brandeis students.
The current first year class is composed of 1,007 students, a 54 student increase from the 953 students enrolled in the class year between 2021 and 2022. According to Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Timothy Touchette in a Feb. 3 interview with the Justice, only four more lofted triples were filled than in the previous year. But several first-year students shared that triples appear to be a common housing arrangement among their class: “I'm in a forced triple. Half the floor is forced triples. Half of my friends are in forced triples,” one first-year said.
The Heller School for Social Policy and Management’s Opioid Policy Research Collaborative provides a space for researchers to pursue projects that are broadly connected to opioids. One innovation that has come out of the OPRC is Director Traci C. Green and her team’s work on changing methods to collect data on the drug supply to create better informed policies.
The Gosman Weight Room will only be open to female-identifying people every Tuesday from 8 to 9 p.m. Spearheaded by Kyla Ginsberg ’25, this initiative will begin on Feb. 7. In a Feb. 2 interview with the Justice, Ginsberg explained her inspiration for advocating to the Gosman faculty for this hour, saying that she wanted to go to the gym with her friends, but many were hesitant because of concerns “having to do with the fact there are a lot of men there.” She then spoke of her friend who goes to the University of Vermont where they implemented a similar program at their gym, inspiring Ginsberg to try to implement it at Brandeis.
Executive Senator Nicholas Kanan ’23 opened the Feb. 5 Senate meeting with an executive session, which allows the senate to meet in total privacy, without members of the public or press present. President Peyton Gillespie ’25 and Chief Justice Noah Risley ’24 were also present for this motion.
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
With the start of the spring semester, more than 100 new midyear students began their college journeys. Midyears are accepted into Brandeis during the regular admissions process, but are enrolled starting in the spring semester. The midyears of the class of 2026 moved in on Sunday, Jan.15, for two full days of orientation before classes began on Tuesday, Jan.17.
With 200 study abroad programs available spanning 50 countries and all seven continents, the Office of Study Abroad set out to promote the diversity of its choices during “I Love Study Abroad Week” from Jan. 30 to Feb. 3.
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
The Student Union Senate gave probationary status to the Brandeis Science Research Connection Club, approved a Senate Money Resolution, and passed a bylaw amendment relating to elections at its Jan. 29 meeting.
Editor’s note—Reporting for this story was originally completed in the 2022 fall semester for a JOUR 89A class project titled “Smells Like Zine Spirit.”
Editor's note: Justice editor Leah Breakstone '25 contributed to the reporting in this article.
The 75th anniversary of Brandeis, which was founded in 1948, is quickly approaching, and the University administration has announced its plans for the celebration. The celebrations will run from July 1, 2023 through the 2024 Commencement. The yearlong series of events will be both on campus as well as virtual.
The Student Union Senate approved a Senate Money Resolution for $1,000 at its first meeting of the semester on Jan. 22. Director of Community Engagement Emma Fiesinger ’23 presented the SMR, which would provide funding for Kosher food at the upcoming DeisHacks event. The event, which the International Business School sponsors, already has a budget of over $20,000 from IBS.