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Ariel Glickman


Articles

Molding a rockstar

For the last forty years, Jon Landau '68 has advanced the career of artist Bruce Springsteen, beginning as his record producer in 1974 and then as his manager in 1978.


Open positions filled on Senate and F-Board

In the first round of spring Student Union elections last Friday, Victor Zhu '16 was elected as midyear senator and Teresa Fong '15 was elected to the Finance Board. Zhu, who is the Student Union's second ever midyear senator, won with a total of 18 votes against five other candidates.


Finding faith in education

For almost two years, Eunita Odongo MA '13 has found support in the United States, enhancing her worldview and enriching her education of social justice and policy.


Beyond the bunnies

First there were the little copper people that she systematically designed and arranged in the trees of the Mandel Academic Quad.


Former captain discusses IDF

The Israel Defense Forces, established in 1948 to protect the Jewish democratic state, is distinct from other militaries, said Benny Pflanzer, former captain in the IDF's paratroop corps and operations officer, on Sunday in Hassenfeld Conference Center. With its own ethical code, the IDF has bound Israeli soldiers and commanders since 1992 to a set of rules and fundamental values that guide their actions during combat.


Writer examines political link

Last Thursday, members of the Brandeis community listened as Gil Hoffman, the chief political correspondent and analyst for The Jerusalem Post, outlined what was at stake in the U.S. elections for United States-Israel relations.


Speakers discuss modern poverty

Corrections appended. University students, faculty, staff and community organizations gathered in the Hassenfeld Conference Center last Thursday to mark the 50th anniversary of Michael Harrington's The Other America: Poverty in the United States, a book centered on the "invisible poor"-a group that mainstream America ignored in the 1960s. Harrington's narrative motivated President Lyndon Johnson's "War on Poverty," legislation that included Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security and contributed to a decline in the nation's 22.4 percent poverty rate in 1959. The Louis D.


Considering moral dilemmas

"You all have to bear the burden of carrying the discussion. Are you ready to do that?" Michael Sandel '75 challenged University students last Wednesday at the inaugural lecture of the JustBooks First-Year Seminar Program.


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