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The FRC strongly recommended against Jaffes proposal to eliminate the teaching of ancient Greek. The elimination of Greek would have profoundly negative consequences on the viability of the programs in the Department of Classical Studies and on studies in interconnected areas, the FRC wrote.
The Faculty Handbook mandates the establishment of an appropriate deliberative process in situations where the establishment or discontinuation of academic programs, departments, centers, institutes, or schools is proposed.
The Faculty Review Committee (FRC) released its long anticipated report just prior to February break evaluating Dean of Arts and Sciences Adam Jaffes proposals to change the Brandeis Curriculum. The report will act as a recommendation to the Provost, Marty Krauss, on which, if any, of Jaffes proposed changes she should implement.
The office of the Dean of Students has completed a very lengthy national search and that Mr. Jamele Adams has enthusiastically accepted an offer to join our community as Assistant Dean of Student Life for the Support of Diversity.
Students returned from break this week to find housing lottery numbers in their mailboxes and difficult decisions ahead about where and with whom they will live next year. This year a few changes were made to the lottery process that will benefit students, according to Director of Residence Life Maggie Balch and East Quad director Jeremy Leiferman.
Do you want me to drive? he asked, wiping away the last of the snow off the windshield. She waved him away from the door.
Deis for Life, a recently chartered club on campus, is dedicated to serious, yet open, discussion of their views against abortion.
If you are a Boston sports fan you do not want the 2000s to end. Its as simple as that. The second half is just underway and there arent many signs of slowing down.
Your football team won its third Super Bowl in four years. For the Red Sox, no more 1918. Enough said. Lets admit it;
its been a wicked awesome decade thus far for Bostonians.
Imagine youve seen the signs all over campus advertising last weeks Red Cross blood drive. All your friends are wearing Be nice to me! I donated blood today stickers. You want to contribute to this life-saving endeavor, too. But when you try to sign up, you realize that you are banned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from donating. This is precisely what you would have experienced prior to break week if you are a man who has ever had sex with another man.
The following event was posted on the myBrandeis calendar for March 3. It is presented here without comment.
