A dual set of experiences last week reminded me that our elected leaders ultimately represent us and must serve our desires and interests.Last week, I attended a meeting between students and University President Jehuda Reinharz during which students protested how Reinharz decided to arm campus police.
[Correction Appended]For a trial that Union Judiciary Chief Justice Jamie Ansorge '09 declared "one of the most epic in Brandeis history," something clearly was missing.
Just when you think Disney is beginning to embrace the counter-culture (it recently decided to allow gay marriages to be held at its theme parks), I heard about a decision so asinine and utterly hypocritical that it made me cringe.
I am an absolute sucker for rankings and reviews of all sorts. I love following the reviewer's attempt to create some sort of objective criteria to rank and give order to subjective personal experience.
This summer, I had the unfortunate experience of having to sort through the belongings of Darfurian refugees; these escapees of the horrific genocide had made the trek into Israel through Egypt.
Respect for the rule of law is a concept thrown around by our U.S presidential candidates and branded on the media as one of our nation's core values.
As I reflected on the incredibly shallow outcry against the BlackJerry ad, I thought back to some of my favorite works of literature that contain potentially racist messages and wondered if they would have even been given a chance to establish their brilliance in a culture, such as the one here at Brandeis.
Even though events such as the violent shootings at Virginia Polytechnic Institute can seem hopelessly random and tragic, in many ways we can understand them as symptoms of a society that reinforces isolation and promotes violence as an easily accessibly solution.
While the government's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on homosexuality in the military has received renewed scrutiny since Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called homosexuality "immoral" this month, at Brandeis, sexual and gender identity discrimination is far more subtle.
Technological breakthroughs have brought convenience and comfort into students' lives, yet students are often barred from using laptops to take notes in classes, and the only mention of computers in Rights and Responsibilities protects from privacy infringements due to technology-completely irrelevant in this regard.
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