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EDITORIAL: Recognize Student Union’s changes to CEEF fund

by The Justice Editorial Board | 04/03/2017

Following the Student Union’s Friday release of its Community Emergency and Enhancement Fund grants for the year, this board would like to commend the CEEF committee on its foresight and its commitment to transparency, as demonstrated by their public announcement of the initiatives. When the CEEF originally replaced the Student Union’s Capital Expenditures fund in March 2014, the Union planned to spend an annual $200,000 of the $250,000, according to a March 1, 2014 Justice article on the subject.

EDITORIAL: Acknowledge female empowerment in the workplace

by The Justice Editorial Board | 03/28/2017

This past week, the University held a panel showcasing a variety of female leaders in the workforce and their impact on women’s empowerment in such a space.

EDITORIAL: Recognize the work of the Black Lives Matter movement

by The Justice Editorial Board | 03/28/2017

Beginning March 23, the University hosted a two-day symposium titled "Black Lives Matter: Local Movements, Global Futures." The symposium sought to help Brandeis students relate their own experiences with the Black Lives Matter movement to those of other activists on a global scale.

EDITORIAL: Encourage DCL to aid in finding off-campus housing

by The Justice Editorial Board | 03/21/2017

Midterms, BranVans, housing — these are the things that stress Brandeis students out from year to year.

EDITORIAL: Appreciate Lynch’s fundraising effort

by The Justice Editorial Board | 03/21/2017

On Monday, March 13, the Brandeis community received an email announcing the #1Gift1Vote Challenge, a fundraising campaign that gives members of the community an opportunity to show their “passion for a program that is the most meaningful” to them.

EDITORIAL: Support Jacob Edelman ’18 for Student Union President

by The Justice Editorial Board | 03/14/2017

The 2017 election for president of the Student Union has yielded three well-qualified candidates, all of whom share worthy goals and an admirable passion for the University.

EDITORIAL: Recognize importance of diversity in faculty

by The Justice Editorial Board | 03/07/2017

This past week, the University began its search for a tenure-track professor in Astrophysics. The University has emphasized its efforts to recruit and hire faculty of historically underrepresented groups, a practice which we strongly commend.

EDITORIAL: Criticize the confirmation of Betsy DeVos

by The Justice Editorial Board | 02/14/2017

Last Tuesday, the Senate confirmed Betsy DeVos for education secretary by a 51-to-50 vote. Vice President Mike Pence cast the tiebreaking vote, marking the first time in history that the vice president acted as a tiebreaker for a cabinet nomination. This board urges the University and the Education Studies department to take note of DeVos’ confirmation and begin to devise ways to counteract the damage her tenure will have on elementary, middle, and high school students — inevitably members of future incoming classes at Brandeis.

EDITORIAL: Fill Village vacancy with student-run store

by The Justice Editorial Board | 02/14/2017

An update to the University’s Dining Services website on Aug. 2, 2016 declared that Dunkin Donuts would be moved from its location in the Village to Upper Usdan, to be opened at the beginning of the spring semester of 2017.

EDITORIAL: Assess proposed general education changes

by The Justice Editorial Board | 02/07/2017

The Task Force on General Education has proposed several changes to the current general education requirements for Brandeis undergraduates, according to a Jan.

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