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EDITORIAL: Evaluate University Campus Climate Survey

The first results of the Brandeis Climate Survey on sexual misconduct were released last week. The findings are based on the responses of over 1,500 graduate and undergraduate students and provide insight into the scope of sexual misconduct among members of the community, as well as identify areas for the community’s concern and improvement.  And indeed, many of the survey’s conclusions are more than unsettling.


Views on the News: Iran Nuclear Deal

On Sept. 8, Senate Democrats agreed to provide the necessary votes to bar the Senate from passing an act that would disapprove of the Iran nuclear deal.


Views on the News: Pope and "Year of Mercy"

On Tuesday, Pope Francis announced that priests worldwide would be able to forgive parishioners for the “sin of abortion” during the “Year of Mercy,” which begins this December and ends in November 2016.


Views on the News: Refugee crisis

Last Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the country would continue its support of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime with military assistance.


Condemn death penalty sentence in Glossip murder case

On Sept. 16, less than four hours before he was scheduled to die, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals granted Richard Glossip a two-week stay of execution in order to hear more evidence about prosecutor misconduct and Glossip’s possible innocence. In 1997, Justin Sneed murdered Barry Van Tresse, the motel owner of Best Budget Inn.


Criticize inequalities in US religious rights

In America, religious liberty is not created equal. Recent events involving Kim Davis – a Christian clerk from Rowan County, Ky., who withheld marriage licenses from all couples and instructed her staff to do the same – and Charee Stanley – a Muslim flight attendant whose employer, ExpressJet, revoked her previously agreed upon accommodations after a complaint – illustrate that.


Reevaluate crippling sanctions on Russia to alleviate public

Nov. 21, 2013 marked the beginning of the Ukrainian crisis. Thousands of people filled Maidan Nezalezhnosti (“Independence Square”) in Kiev to protest President Viktor Yanukovych’s refusal to sign a deal bringing closer political and economic ties to the European Union in favor of a deal with Russia.


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