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Dawn Miller


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Liberal Arts liberate career options

Even at Brandeis, a school renown for its emphasis on depth of knowledge in a broad spectrum of study, there is concern for how a liberal arts education will provide access into the job market.


Asian Awareness hopes to 'seek within'

With at least one related activity every day between March 11 and March 31, more events, more student participation and other changes distinguish this year's celebration of Asian Awareness, recognized annually throughout the month of March, from those of past years.


Panel of Recovery to be on campus

For the second consecutive year, the Massachusetts Eating Disorder Association, Inc. (MEDA) will be hosting its annual Panel of Recovery at Brandeis this Thursday, further marking Brandeis' prominence among other institutions in programs contributing toward nutrition and mental health.The panel, consisting of four individuals who have recovered from eating disorders, the father of a recovered individual and a licensed clinician, will be meeting this week as the keynote event for MEDA's promotion of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week (yesterday to March 2). The participants will be speaking on their personal experiences with recovery, as well as answering questions and discussing the issues surrounding the prevention, education and awareness of eating disorders.Alumna Rachael Goren '01 is Outreach Coordinator for MEDA and has helped organize the event and will act as moderator for the panel."The purpose is to bring hope, information and education," Goren said.


Economic decline alters post-graduate plans

Smoothly cemented, grass-lined pathways can easily guide Brandeis students to the classroom, but outside of Brandeis' main gates, students preparing to graduate confront more hostile road blocks in their search for careers.This difficult situation facing Brandeisians is the decline of the job market and its impact on the stock market, and consequently raises the level of concern for students in devising post-graduate plans.According to Professor Blake LeBaron (ECON), the current state of the economy is in part the result of a transition from the period of success experienced in the United States in the late 1990s and the beginning of the new decade.


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