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Intimately connected with freedom of speech is another concept: the freedom to peaceably assemble. Similarly protected by the First Amendment, this right’s aim, at least on some level, is ensuring that criticism of the government remains part of the public discourse. It institutionalizes the citizenry’s ability to hold the federal government publicly accountable for its […]
Perhaps the word spray-painted across a dilapidated couch on the Rabb steps this Wednesday described us best: Apathy. One of many symbolic expressions of protest organized by activist clubs on campus in recognition of the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, the couch stood for our generation’s apathetic response to pressing world issues. Brandeis, as […]
More eloquent, better informed writers than I have written about the failures and lessons of the war. I do not presume that I can outdo them on insightful analysis. I do, however, have something that no one else has. For five years, I alone have borne the story of my own experience with the Iraq […]
University Board on Student Conduct would like to bring to your attention a specific clause of Rights and Responsibilities: Section 6.5. “Storage closets, vacated residence hall rooms, and roof areas may not be accessed by students without permission from Residence Life.” Allow me to take a moment to expand upon a section of Rights and […]
These are rough times for the powers that be. The President appears at once a lame duck and a total ass. The people for whom his tax cuts have meant more than beer money probably still trust him, but that’s about all. He has little to do but serve out his term as general contractor […]
A friend of mine once said that when life got him down, he’d go outside and fire his guns at the sky, trying to kill God. I’ve been having a pretty lousy week and I’m starting to think he may have been onto something. Is it just me or does the college life bum you […]
A few months ago I visited a communist bookstore in Cambridge and found myself leafing through a little pamphlet entitled “The True Story of the Maoist Revolution in Tibet.” It turned out to be a compendium of four or five hastily written propaganda pieces for The Revolutionary Worker newspaper which painted pre-communist Tibet as “hell […]
Last week, I discussed several attacks on the separation of church and state that have made their way through the House of Representatives. In this column, I will explore the latest such resolution that has been introduced, H. Res. 888. The majority of the text of H. Res. 888 is made up of a series […]
When I was younger, I didn’t know why people liked art. Whenever I looked at a modern art painting, I thought that any infant or chimp with the right talent could mash colors onto a sheet and create this type of work. I also didn’t like how some pieces of art had an inner meaning. […]
Climbing into a dumpster to insert smoke machines for an art exhibit? Some might call this supporting artistic vision. Others would say, are you crazy? For Roy Dawes, Assistant Director for Operations at Brandeis’ Rose Art Museum, it’s all in a day’s work. This August will mark Dawes’ fifth year at the Rose Art Museum. […]
