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Lodging and transportation to be funded

by Justin Sulsky | 01/30/2007

The Student Union's Finance Board is now able to reimburse eligible student groups for lodging and transportation costs, Director of Communications Brian Paternostro '07 said.The new funding allowances were made available by last year's reforms to the club funding system, Paternostro said."Due to the large-scale increase in the amount given to the F-Board, we are able to now allow clubs to receive funding for some of the most expensive expenses," he said, adding that the change only required a simple F-Board vote to change current rules.Last spring, the student body overwhelmingly voted to reform the distribution of the Student Activities Fee, enacting legislation that would potentially take money away from larger secured groups and redistribute it among smaller groups.

Dershowitz says Carter "oversimplifies

by Justin Sulsky | 01/30/2007

Just 30 minutes after former President Jimmy Carter left the podium, Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard Law professor and Middle East pundit, took the very same stage, albeit to a much smaller audience."I did not come on my own," said Dershowitz, who was invited by a student-faculty committee to address what he said were inaccuracies and oversimplifications in Carter's recent book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.

Rebutting Carter, Dershowitz says former pres oversimplifies conflict

by Justin Sulsky | 01/23/2007

Just 30 minutes after former president Jimmy Carter left the podium, Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard law professor and Middle East scholar, took the very same stage, albeit to a much smaller audience."I did not come on my own," said Dershowitz, who was invited by a student-faculty committee to address what he said were inaccuracies and oversimplifications in Carter's recent book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. Because Carter rejected the University's initial suggestion that he share the stage with Dershowitz, the committee invited Dershowitz instead to rebut Carter on his own.After discussing what he said were blatant inaccuracies regarding the Middle East in Carter's book and speech, Dershowitz then made the atmosphere tenser when in response to a student's question, he told her that she would have supported keeping Adolf Hitler in power because he was democratically elected by the German people.Dershowitz, who had previously called Carter a "coward" for not agreeing to the debate format, expressed regret that the two never faced off."I think a debate would have been better," Dershowitz said.

Police Log

by Justin Sulsky | 01/16/2007

Medical EmergencyDec. 10-A caller in the Usdan Student Center reported a student was semi-conscious, but breathing.

Laid-off staff bring grievances

by Justin Sulsky | 12/05/2006

Two library employees who were laid off last month returned to campus last week to file formal grievances with Library and Technology Services, according to a library employee.Nancy Mazur and Patty Shesgreen, part-time staff members in the interlibrary loan department, were both dismissed Nov.

Library staff outraged over two lay-offs

by Justin Sulsky | 11/21/2006

After the sudden lay-offs of two library employees, the union that represents Brandeis' library workers filed grievances against the University and requested that the two employees be reinstated.Nancy Mazur and Patty Shesgreen, part-time interlibrary-loan staffers, were both dismissed Nov.

Student Union set to track club activities

by Justin Sulsky | 11/07/2006

In an effort to more effectively distribute funds and benefit future club leaders, Student Union officials said they are in the early stages of creating a system to track club activities.Officials stressed they were only in the early stages of planning.

Real rain prevents Purple Rain

by Justin Sulsky | 10/24/2006

Purple Rain, the Student Union's new outdoor campus party, was postponed Friday because of weather conditions, Union officials said.High winds and heavy rains were present through Friday afternoon, but the rain mostly subsided before the party's planned start time of 10 p.m.The Union postponed the event until Nov.

Homemade explosives found in Ridgewood

by Justin Sulsky | 10/24/2006

Two students detonated a homemade explosive device in the middle of Ridgewood Quad earlier this month, Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan said.Callahan said an officer on duty in the nearby Ziv Commons Oct.

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