Recognize value of smugglers’ actions in the refugee crisis
On Friday, Oct. 7, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his efforts to end a half-century-long civil war.
EDITORIAL: Prioritize faculty budget and tuition control
On Thursday, Sept. 22, President Ron Liebowitz, along with Provost Lisa Lynch and Executive Vice President Stew Uretsky, held an open meeting — the first of three — in which they discussed the discoveries of an outside consultant, Dr. Kermit Daniel of New York consulting firm Incandescent, on the financial health of the University.
Views on the News: Gandhi
At the University of Ghana this month, activists have called for the removal of a recently installed statue of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
Urge Apple to develop technology to reduce cellphone use while driving
As smartphone popularity has increased, so have instances of and casualties from distracted driving; in 2015, distraction-affected fatalities rose by 8.8 percent from the previous year, according to an August 2016 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report. This increase was the highest percent change of all measured fatalities in the report — even exceeding the 7.2 percent increase of total fatalities, which, itself, was the highest in five decades.
Demonstrate commitment to ending the conflict in Syria
The Syrian civil war is the most prominent humanitarian crisis of the year. Yet this fact alone will never mobilize the West to resolve the crisis, and neither will the incentive of increasing refugee flows, the threat of radicalization — which often pairs with destabilization of certain regions — or the marring of Western global conscience.
Reject art’s and society’s disproportionate focus on the West
Museums are the pivot of a city; by attracting tourists and locals to their fine collections of art — ranging from Renaissance Europe to Medieval Asian art — they allow us a peek into the rich cultures of the East and the West.
Support efforts of first responders in the Syrian conflict
Since 2011, the world has seen the brutality Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is capable of — a capacity for destruction unparalleled even by his father, Hafez Al-Assad.
Recognize effect of religion on American society and politics
For many Americans, especially millennials, government and politics are replacing religion. Instead of attending to the dusty Bible on their bookshelves, frustrated voters are increasingly idolizing our political leaders as agents for great revolution and, perhaps, revelation.
Urge University recognition of Brandeis Greek life
Seven lines. A paragraph. Precisely 80 words. In the Brandeis Rights and Responsibilities Handbook, a document of 75 pages, the mention of fraternities and sororities measures roughly the same length as a research paper footnote.
Condemn leniency of sentencing in recent cases of sexual assault
For the average college student, three months is the duration of a summer internship — but for Brock Turner, three months in prison is apparently all the time needed to serve after assaulting a young woman.
Reject Massachusetts ballot measure to increase charter schools
This coming November, Massachusetts residents voting in the general election will face many significant choices — even ones that extend beyond one of the most contentious presidential elections in our nation’s history.
Views on the News: Uber
In Pittsburgh on Wednesday, Uber began to test its new self-driving cars. As a precaution, a safety engineer sits in the driver’s seat of each car in order to take control if necessary.
EDITORIAL: Change name of ‘Columbus Day’
In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, “discovered” America and enslaved and tortured its inhabitants.
EDITORIAL: Reject freeze on adjunct faculty’s wages and benefits
This month, the University will embark on its fourth round of collective bargaining with the newly instituted adjunct and contract-faculty union.
Recognize the importance of funding NASA research
NASA launched space vehicle OSIRIS-REx Thursday evening, Sept. 8, 2016, in what is to become an epic instellar mission.
Criticize GOP hypocrisy in light of voter identification laws
Hillary Clinton calls out Donald Trump for being a bigot; Trump goes meta and suggests that Hillary Clinton’s accusation of bigotry is itself bigoted.
EDITORIAL: Reform evaluation process for adjunct faculty
In a May 19 Google Slides presentation, Brandeis Faculty Forward outlined their talking points for their negotiations with the University over the first union contract.
EDITORIAL: Applaud efforts to improve campus diversity
Throughout these first few weeks of classes, the University community has watched its administration run a gamut of highly public efforts toward starting conversations about diversity and inclusion in society, while the administration continues a gradual process of addressing the issue within the University itself.
Views on the News: Calais Wall
This month, Britain and France will work together to build a proposed 13-foot wall in France on the road approaching Calais, a crucial French port.
Raise awareness of activists’ impact on Congo conflict minerals
Adam Hochschild’s “King Leopold’s Ghost” expresses the somber quote by 14th-century philosopher Ibn Khaldun: “Those who are conquered always want to imitate the conqueror in his main characteristics―in his clothing, his crafts, and in all his distinctive traits and customs.” This statement is reflective in the present day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where, to some extent, militias profit from the suffering of the Congolese people. Between 1884 and 1885, European states carved up the African continent in the Berlin Conference, and King Leopold II of Belgium gained his own personal state.
Nico Harrison fired
Students from universities across the Boston area rally to protect academic freedom and civil rights
League of Legends Championship Final
Faculty discusses University rankings in the U.S. News and World Report, retention rates and confirmed microcredentials
A New Molecular Approach to Prostate Cancer Treatment