CURRICULAR SHAKE-UP
The administration presented a series of sweeping curricular reforms at a special faculty meeting Thursday.
Jacob Olidort
Articles
Union Senate
Josh Sugarman resigned from the Union Executive board due to "personal reasons." He said that the Union is not the place where he wants to be at this time.The Slam Poetry Team was recognized this week.
Hauptman sworn in after successful appeal of earlier election results
Greer Hauptman '05 was sworn in as Charles River Quad Senator as a result of the Union Judiciary ruling authorizing her election despite its controversial conception.
UNION SENATE
Miriam Sievers '06 and Mitali Kamdar '06 were sworn in as senators this week .The Brandeis Labor Coalition asked to act as a resource to the Student Union and to become a part of Workers' Rights Consortium, which advocates against sweat shop labor on and off campus.Estee Fleishmann was confirmed as non-senate chair of diversity committee.This week, Rachel Kruger '07 spoke on behalf of the Hillel First-Year Council that plans retreats and functions for first-years in a Jewish setting.
Modfest cancellation incenses students; 'alternative' in works
Modfest, the widely-acclaimed student social event, will not occur this semester, Assistant Director of Student Life Alwina Bennett said Friday.Following this announcement, certain student senators and administrators began planning to save future Modfests.
UJ case over election errors settled
A settlement over allegations of unfair elections filed by Andrei Khots '05 and Sarah Farhadian '07 against the Union Elections Commission was reached Saturday afternoon shortly before a scheduled Union Judiciary hearing.Farhadian was the candidate who lost the East Quad election in the final round after receiving a majority of votes in the primary round.The settlement appeased the plantiffs' main complaint that because those who won in the Village, Ridgewood and Grad Quads did not receive a mandate, another round should have been run with the option to vote for each leading candidate or to abstain on the ballot.
Modfest likely a no-go
The Modfest celebration originally planned for this semester might not take place, according to Assistant Dean of Student Life Alwina Bennett.
Program for gumshoe reporters to debut
The University will launch the new International Investigative Journalism Program with an opening ceremony featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Thomas Friedman '75 on Oct.
Campus renewal project underway
The office of Capital Projects announced in a press release the commencement of the University's expected three-year, $25 million campus Infrastructure Renewal Project this summer.
$10M donated to fine arts to fund construction of new building
The Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation donated a $10 million gift to the fine arts Department this summer for a new building, expected to be completed by 2007, as well as construction of a student art gallery.Department of fine arts chair Charles McClendon expressed gratitude for the donation."The gift is extremely generous and most welcome because it will go toward a much-needed new fine arts building," McClendon said.
Boston’s West End: The spirit of a neighborhood destroyed
Jewish students are not a monolith. Brandeis must stop treating us like one.
Doxxing has no place at Brandeis
A local Waltham organization works to uphold democracy
Paige Bueckers: A Special Talent