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Stein issued warning at license hearing
The Waltham License Commission issued The Stein a warning at a hearing Tuesday for being caught serving alcohol to underage students during a November sting.
Stein to defend alcohol license at city hearing
The Waltham License Commission will hold a hearing next Tuesday for The Stein's Nov. 10 citation by Waltham police for serving alcohol to two underage customers.The Stein faces a one to three day suspension of its liquor license, according to Lieutenant Joseph Brooks of the Waltham police department, who said the License Commission has recently changed its penalty structure for this type of case.
Hillel honors Brandeis professional
Cindy Spungin, the Director of Student Activities for Brandeis Hillel, received an international award from Hillel for professional excellence last month.
First airport shuttle 3 hours late
Thanksgiving shuttles to Logan Airport last week arrived at Brandeis up to three hours late due to the rain and road accidents, according to the Senate chair of the Union services committee, which funds these shuttles.
New dorms likely for fall 2008
The University plans to complete construction on a new Ridgewood residential complex by the fall of 2008, Associate Vice President for Planning, Design and Construction Dan Feldman said.
Students adjust after sprinkler accident in East
Life began its return to normalcy for residents of the top floors of Pomerantz Hall this week, after a burst sprinkler head on the sixth floor flooded parts of the building and caused a still undetermined amount of damage to student property last Sunday.Most students reported only wet clothing, bedding, and shoes, although some electronic items were damaged after students throwing a football in the hall hit the sprinkler, causing the flood.
Communist advocate expelled
Revolutions Books representative Mark Brier was barred from campus last month while distributing Revolution, a newspaper published by the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP). Campus police received a complaint from two anonymous witnesses that Brier was handing out flyers and other solicitation documents in front of Usdan Student Center, Director of Public Safety Edward Callahan said.Callahan said the University prohibits solicitation without permission as well as trespassing without "explicit business." In accordance with University Public Safety protocol, Brier was asked to leave and given a verbal trespassing warning, Callahan said.
Red flags' revealed at forum discussion, beauty queen lecture
A forum discussion and a guest lecture by the former Miss Rhode Island last week examined the mental well-being of college students as part of Mental Health Awareness Week.
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