In a letter addressed to senior administrators, a group known as the Brandeis Asian American Task Force outlined a list of demands related to the creation of an Asian American studies department.
I have beyond an abiding interest in an amalgamation of true crime, conspiracy theory, and unexplained mysteries — I hesitate to describe it truly as “true crime,” because my interests go beyond the genre, but for the purpose of this article, I will describe this broad passion as true crime, to make things easier.
On Nov. 19, the House of Representatives voted strongly in favor of the American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act 2015, or the American SAFE Act of 2015, which would effectively bar Syrian refugees from entering the country.
Over the last several weeks, student groups such as Ford Hall 2015 and the Brandeis Asian American Task Force have sent direct letters to the University’s top administrators which included lists of specific demands and a short deadline by which they must be met. This board has often condemned a sense of student apathy toward administrative dealings and is pleased to see these protest movements as evidence to the contrary.
A student group called the Brandeis Asian American Task Force emerged in the public eye last Wednesday, calling upon Interim President Lisa Lynch and other administrators in an email campaign to sign a contract promising the creation of an Asian American Studies department.
On Nov. 27, Robert Lewis Dear walked into a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic and opened fire with a long gun, beginning a five-hour stand-off with the police.
On Nov. 27, Robert Lewis Dear targeted a Planned Parenthood Clinic in Colorado Springs, Colo., shooting twelve people. Since the shooting, the political right has attempted to distance Dear’s actions from the “pro-life” movement, but Dear’s mutterings about “no more baby parts” upon arrest and comments by Barbara Micheau, a former wife of his, establish a clear connection.
I am standing on the precipice of something great, you say. I am making the right decision, you say.
“I’m not about to hire you if your name is Watermelondrea.” This comment made by former child star Raven Symoné was intended to be humorous but instead exposed the harsh truth surrounding ethnicity and stereotyping in the modern and professional world.
On Monday, French President Francois Hollande declared that “France is at war.” The concurrent attacks on Friday killed 129 people and wounded 352 more.
Last week, a representative of Joe’s Crab Shack announced that tipping is banned in its restaurants.
As a budding experimental physicist, a question I am often posed is, “Why would one spend so much money studying subatomic realms when one could spend the money ...” The suggestions for where the money could or should be directed are endless; starving populations, war-stricken nations, charity, or even Wall Street.
On Thursday, a Facebook group called “Brandeis Students of Color Demands 2015” posted a list of demands that they require Interim President Lisa Lynch and the Board of Trustees to implement by the next academic year.
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In 1969, approximately 70 students gathered in Ford Hall to demand greater representation for black students campus-wide, according to the Department of African and Afro-American Studies. On Friday, students gathered in the Bernstein-Marcus Administration Building as part of the Ford Hall 2015 movement, demanding a swift University response to institutionalized racism on campus, invoking the same imagery and sentiment as those who occupied Ford Hall in 1969.
“The fog of fascism is descending quickly over many American universities.” The preceding statement was made by prominent lawyer Alan Dershowitz on Fox News recently.
In the past, I’ve written about the insatiable mob at universities around this country that manufactures crises in an attempt to silence free speech and academic freedom on college campuses.
Last Wednesday, the University announced that two desktop computers stolen from the Registrar’s office on Oct.
Last week, graduate students at the University of Missouri at Columbia protested President Tim Wolfe’s poor handling of racism and racial issues on campus.
“Wer zu spät kommt, den bestraft das Leben.” [Whoever arrives late is punished by life]. Former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev supposedly said this to East German leader Erich Honecker after the pompous fortieth anniversary celebrations of the communist German Democratic Republic in October 1989. Less than a month later, the Berlin Wall had fallen, and less than a year later, East Germany had disappeared into the unified Federal Republic of Germany.
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