Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
To the Editor:
In regards to your article on “Show me the Money” on February 1, 2007, I would like to remind you and readers that all finance-related information on the Student Union website is being fixed at the moment…
The discovery of a forged receipt amongst an unnamed clubs finances brings the University to a thorny crossroads: should the club be revealed, or not? The reasons for secrecy and the reasons for transparency are convoluted, each with varying prices for Brandeis to pay.
People often fail to differentiate between legitimate criticism of Israel and the criticism that is actually anti-Semitism in disguise. Dan Halpern and John Chodacki (An Open Letter to Professor Dershowitz) do an excellent job of mistaking the two and of misinterpreting statements in their favor. Natan Sharanskys 3-Ds, which the authors claim equate criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism, actually do the opposite…
Representatives of the Sundeis Film Festival have announced that actors Roy Schneider, Patricia Neal, The Matrix producer Erwin Stoff, and MTV Programming Head Ross Martin will be attending the event occurring Mar. 3 and 4. The festival will culminate with an awards ceremony on Sunday night, which will honor student filmmakers and successful entertainers alike.
Brandeis students and staff members, along with Aramark Food Services and Wellesley Trucking, are working to help the university reduce its ecological footprint. The Brandeis Environmental Sustainability Team (BEST), Students for Environmental Action (SEA), and Professor Laura Goldins American studies course, “Greening the Ivory Tower,” are working to create a greener campus by composting the cafeteria waste.
The Brandeis chaplaincy held a panel discussing the issue of interfaith marriages on Tuesday, before a group of approximately 30 students. The panel discussion and subsequent audience response section was facilitated by Professor Bernadette Brooten (NEJS), and featured Rabbi Allan Lehmann, Father Walter Cuenin, Imam Talal Eid, and Rabbi Aharon Frazer.
Last week, Brandeis welcomed Alan Dershowitz to campus to rebut former President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter, and a minor miracle was performed when facilities were somehow able to fit his ego inside the gym. Many people around campus contend that Dershowitz won the imagined debate and that his visit was somehow productive towards solving the problems in the Middle East. I disagree and I believe that it is absurd to believe that Dershowitzs actions with respect to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are in any way admirable. In short, awarding Dershowitz with a microphone for doing nothing more than following around and irritating Jimmy Carter is a travesty for this university.
Despite last weeks invitation extended by the Radical Student Alliance (RSA) to controversial Professor Norman Finkelstein to address the Brandeis Community on Feb. 6, the event has now been placed on hold, according to sources within the Office of Student Life. The deferring of this event, however, has given rise to a serious split between members of the RSA and school officials, with both sides providing different reasons for the postponement.
Provost Marty Krauss announced the establishment of an Advisory Committee of Campus Events in a campus-wide email Wednesday. The five-person committee is comprised of Professor Carmen Sirianni (SOC), Professor Sarah Lamb (ANTH), Assistant Dean of Student Life Alwina Bennett, Director of the Office of the Arts Scott Edmiston, and is chaired by Professor Paul Jankowski (HIST).
Members of the Brandeis community are working to fund a community delegation to the West Bank, sources say. The two initiatives come weeks after former President Jimmy Carter challenged the university during his Jan. 23 speech to visit the occupied territories for a few days to determine whether I have exaggerated or incorrectly described the plight of the Palestinians in his controversial book Palestine Peace Not Apartheid.
