At the Dec. 5 Student Union Senate meeting, the senate chartered AIESEC Brandeis, a previously recognized club and chapter of the national organization, AIESEC, a campus club that provides members with a variety of opportunities including exchange programs abroad, local networking opportunities and leadership training and experience.
At the Oct. 24 Senate meeting, Sarah Geller '13 was confirmed and sworn in as the director of community advocacy.
Students Events just released its lineup for SpringFest, which will take place on Sunday, May 2. The bands playing are Passion Pit, Chiddy Bang, Streetlight Manifesto and Man Man.
In an e-mail to faculty last Thursday, University Provost Marty Krauss announced the formation of the Centers and Institutes Review Committee, which will extend an analysis of the University's centers and institutes begun by the Curriculum and Academic Restructuring Steering Committee.
Waltham police officers will sporadically be stationed at the crosswalk on South Street near the entrance to campus to educate students about using the pedestrian walk button and to issue citations to cars that speed or do not stop for pedestrians, Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan said.The crosswalk was the site of a traffic accident involving a student bicyclist last semester and is located between the Foster Mods and the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center.
The search for a new Health Center director has been delayed temporarily while the University and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, which operates the Health Center and employs its staff, remain busy treating students for the flu, according to Dean of Student Life Rick Sawyer.There have been a total of 81 cases of the flu so far, and Sawyer said the treatment for these students has "just been really time-consuming." Health Center Nursing Director and Co-Administrator Kathleen Maloney retired in the early summer after working at the Health Center for 11 years, Health Center Medical Director Dr. Debra Poaster wrote in an e-mail to the Justice.
Campaigning at a polling station in Columbia, S.C., last February, Joel Rubin '93 realized he had more in common with a group of students from the historically black Morehouse College than he might have imagined."One can go anywhere in the country and can establish camaraderie with anyone if you talk about what you want to achieve in this country," he said, remembering his conversation with the Morehouse students who agreed that having Barack Obama as president would repair the United States' reputation around the world.Rubin, who has volunteered for Obama's campaign since the primaries and now works as the political director for J Street-an organization that advocates for an end to the Arab-Israeli and Israeli-Palestinian conflict-is one of several Brandeis alumni who were involved in Obama's election.Some volunteered their time during election season; others now serve on his transition-to-the-White House team.Rubin said it was "amazing" to volunteer in South Carolina as a "clearly Jewish and white person . telling people to vote for Barack," especially in light of Obama's visit to a black church during the South Carolina primaries, where he spoke about the need to combat anti-Semitism.Rubin explained that the slew of Brandeis Obama supporters is not necessarily a coincidence given the values Brandeis nurtures."I think Brandeis is the kind of school that fosters openness and debate, . and Brandeis students are attracted in the political world to leaders who can try to match that vision," he said.On the same note, Warner Macklin III '98, a corporate manager at PNC Bank who served on the Midwest finance committee for the Obama for America campaign, said he met many volunteers and donors with Brandeis connections."I think just for a lot of us, the country can do better and actually live up to its ideals.
University staff members maintain that all donations regarding the Linsey pool, which closed indefinitely at the end of October due to mechanical failure, have been allocated properly amid concern that the pool could and should have been renovated in the past.Head swim coach Jim Zotz told the Justice earlier this month that prior to 1991, when the pool was part of a plan to update sports facilities, Joseph Linsey had pledged a $1 million donation to be disbursed upon his passing.
Supporters of the Brandeis swimming and diving team and swim programs have begun to express their concerns to University administrators and to create awareness about the potential end of the swimming and diving program due to the indefinite closure of the 41-year-old Linsey pool, which many say could have and should have been repaired or replaced years ago.
Severe heating, ventilation and piping issues within the Linsey pool building in the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center may close the 41-year-old pool permanently because repairs and replacements could cost up to $1 million and other future problems are likely, Vice President of Campus Operations Mark Collins said.
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