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Hypnotist: Brandeis Students Milking a Cow

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Broomball in the Snow

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Provost, faculty debate Hindley

Provost Marty Krauss and the Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities gave opposing opinions regarding the treatment of Prof. Donald Hindley (POL). Hindley was ordered by Krauss in November to attend anti-discrimination training and a monitor was placed in his classes after Hindley was accused of making “inappropriate…and discriminatory remarks.” On Nov. 29, the Committee […]

Village diner on hold

The January opening of a late-night eatery in the Village, now called “Ollie’s Eatery,” was postponed over winter break after architects’ plans for the eatery’s ventilation systems failed to meet building code regulations. According to Union officials, the proposed menu and hours for the new eatery will be implemented in the Stein restaurant. Union Director […]

Committee plans diversity workshops for faculty

The Committee for the Support of Teaching, along with the Faculty Senate, will co-sponsor a series of workshops on diversity for faculty beginning in February. Committee member Associate Dean of Curriculum and Academic Programs Elaine Wong explained that CST, along with being responsible for the Course Evaluation Guide, has sponsored workshops for faculty since its […]

New club reinvents lost class

New club Gen Ed Now is sponsoring its first event when Senator Carl Levin, Chair of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee comes to Brandeis to speak at the MLK celebration on Monday January 21. Gen Ed Now, whose purpose is to bring influential leaders to speak on campus, comes from a once long-standing Brandeis […]

Editorial: Practical action marks possibility of new Union direction

In the spirit of New Year’s resolutions, it appears that the Student Union is resolving to rise above the infighting of last semester and focusing on making concrete progress in the direction of the student body’s wants and needs. Over the winter break it became apparent that, due to architectural difficulties, the late-night diner slated […]

Fighting with Pinpricks: The counting controversy

Last week the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) published the latest study into the number of Iraqis killed since the US-led invasion in 2003. The article, which used the same cluster-sampling methodology as two previous studies published in the Lancet, drew a shocking conclusion: as of mid-2006, 151,000 Iraqis have died as a result […]

Book of Matthew: Who is Mitt Romney?

The race for the White House is truly a race, and Mitt Romney is running so fast that he seems to have left a few things behind. Once a liberal Republican governor of Massachusetts, he has recently branded himself as the only “true conservative” in the GOP presidential race. This change of heart has been […]