New club hosts student rights workshop

by Sam Datloff | 11/25/2008

The Advocates, a newly chartered club, conducted its first student workshop, called the Search and Seizure Workshop for On and Off Campus Housing, during which a panel composed of members of Brandeis Public Safety, Student Development and Conduct and Residence Life, the Waltham Police and various Brandeis clubs discussed issues germane to student search and seizure rights.The event, which took place last Wednesday, was also hosted by the Social Justice Committee and the Office of Students' Rights Advocacy and it was co-sponsored by Students for a Sensible Drug Policy and Peers Education about Responsible Choices.According to the event's press release, The Advocates is a newly chartered club that was "formed early last semester with the goal of arming students with specific, practical knowledge of their rights and responsibilities as students of Brandeis University and residents of Waltham, Mass."Approximately 25 students attended the workshop, which was moderated by The Advocates founder Seth Shapiro '09.