Students in Prof. Laura Goldin's (ENVS) popular class, "Greening the Ivory Tower," gathered outside the Heller School Monday to commence their project RARE (Reduction, Awareness, Recycle, Education), an effort to promote paper recycling at Brandeis.Students in the class established RARE in fulfillment of a final project required for the class.
Brandeis students have a well-worn routine: an uphill struggle with work and errands during the week, a Friday night release, a Saturday climax of festivities and a well-earned Sunday morning in bed.
Concerns about dining during the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah loomed last weekend after Brandeis students and Aramark dining services were at odds over a possible shortage of food at dinnertime service.Students and Aramark dining services offered contrasting explanations of the situation for Brandeis students eating at Sherman Dining Hall Saturday, the second night of Sukkot, and Sunday.Plans for the two-day holiday included student sign-ups for meals in Sherman during the previous week.
Concerns about dining during the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah loomed last weekend after Brandeis students and Aramark dining services were at odds over a possible shortage of food at dinnertime service.Students and Aramark dining services offered contrasting explanations of the situation for Brandeis students eating at Sherman Dining Hall Saturday, the second night of Sukkot, and Sunday.Plans for the two-day holiday included student sign-ups for meals in Sherman during the previous week.
Brandeis students are among millions of people that will bear increased costs for transportation if the proposed fare hike by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), which operates the bus, commuter rail and subway systems in the Boston area, passes in the Massachusetts legislature.According to a statement made by MBTA General Manager Michael Mulhern on the MBTA Web site, the fare proposed would entail a rate increase of 25 cents for most rides on the subway (T) and buses, as well as a similarly proportioned increase in fares for the commuter rail.
Longtime Brandeis Hillel employee Ora Gladstone was released from the organization after 22 years as a result of staff restructuring, according to Rabbi Allan Lehman, the Jewish chaplain for Brandeis University, on July 31.Hillel eliminated Gladstone's current position as associate director, making her no longer an employee of the Hillel Foundation.
Instead of a regular phone ring, an incoming call may now be indicated by a mechanical a voice asking, "are you there?
Under financial pressure and intense competition from other area schools, the Brandeis University Summer Odyssey program was discontinued last October, ending a long tradition of science research and learning for many high school students.
With 90 percent of Brandeis' current telecommunications hardware deemed "end-of-life" by manufacturer Nortel Networks, Brandeis will be installing a new Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone system for the upcoming academic year through Verizon and Cisco Systems, according to Information and Technology Services (ITS). As part of this plan, Brandeis will provide new non-cordless telephones to every student to use on the new VoIP protocol, as a special telephone is needed to plug into the Ethernet jack.
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