Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
This week, Brandeis students and faculty involved in Community Engaged Learning launched their new volunteer program, which aids residents of the Prospect Hill community in Waltham. This project, which began Tuesday, allows members of the Brandeis community to interact, tutor, and share with the residents of Prospect Hill, a public housing development in Waltham. “We’ve […]
Both the Massachusetts chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and Provost Marty Krauss issued statements last week about Prof. Donald Hindley. Last semester, Hindley was ordered to take “anti-discrimination” training by the Provost after allegedly making “inappropriate, racial and discriminatory” statements. “I am well aware that many of you are concerned about the investigatory […]
In addition to the notification systems on campus, separate organizations work to promote safety at Brandeis. As two facets of campus security, the Office of Residence Life and the Brandeis Emergency Medical Corps work as bridges between students, administrators, and Public Safety. Even before “Virginia Tech, and the establishment of the notification system, we work […]
In recent weeks, Brandeis has been all over the news, for all the wrong reasons. This university has had two former Presidents speak in two semesters, hosted a U.S. Senator last week, and has an ever expanding number of students advocating for myriad causes, yet every mention of Brandeis in the national and regional press […]
Dear Editor, I take great offense at the opinions expressed in the letter by the Board of Students Organized Against Racism regarding the workshop they led on racism for members of our Student Union (Letter to the Editor, Jan. 25). Though I was not present at the workshop, I have heard accounts contradicting SOAR’s version […]
On numerous occasions people have told me that a major in English and American literature has little or no practical value. “There is no future in the study of literature,” they say. The response is similar when I explain that I am considering adding a major or minor in philosophy. Why do people respond this […]
When I was in fourth grade, my school held a patriotic essays and poem contest. The winner was to read his or her work at the grand opening ceremony for the school’s newly constructed wing. Entry into this contest was compulsory for all students. I don’t remember feeling any great patriotic fervor at the age […]
In last Sunday’s New York Times, Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the 35th President, officially endorsed Senator Barack Obama. Her column is mostly filled with the sort of tributary language that one should expect from political endorsements, but there also exists an undeniable symbolic “passing of the torch” from one generation to the next. The […]
We have an energy problem in this country, quite possibly the most difficult one in history. This problem is two-fold; we must find sources of energy that are cost-effective, but at the same time do not contribute to global warming. President Bush was one of the last people that I expected to call for alternative […]
Do you want to hear a joke? There were two girls and a guy. Keep your pants on. It’s not what you think. The two girls were best friends. Don’t unbuckle yet. They flirted with each other more often than the guy. Move your hands. He didn’t know which one he liked. He picked them […]
