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I never considered Murphy’s Law a dramatic technique. I know that fate occasionally has a funny way of pouring one affliction on top of the other until a person can’t help but cry for mercy. But from the narrative rollercoaster of August: Osage County, I learned that art reflects life in strange ways, which means […]
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Chum’s, the well-known Brandeis coffeehouse, is seeking university funding to fix the rapidly worsening state of disrepair that has recently plagued the Castle-bound coffee shop. General Manager Nirja Parekh ’09 hopes that renovations might take place as early as winter break. According to Parekh, Chum’s has been in a declining state since she began working […]
The political career of Brandeis alumna Bryan Rudnick ‘00, who was recently fired by the Pennsylvanian Republican Party for allegedly drafting an e-mail likening a vote for now president-elect Barack Obama to events that led up to the Holocaust, can be traced back to when he brought NRA president Charleton Heston to campus in March […]
With victory on their minds, Brandeis students worked to add four electoral college votes to the Obama column by turning neighboring swing state New Hampshire blue. Beginning in September, members of the Brandeis Democrats and Democracy for America, as well as students unaffiliated with either club, canvassed in the town of Raymond, NH. For canvassing […]
When Supreetha Gubbala ’12 broke her ankle earlier this year, hobbling around campus taught her something possibly more important than what she was learning in her classes. “I realized that it’s almost impossible to get around Brandeis when you’re disabled,” she said. And that was only for a temporary period of time. So Gubbala, Student […]
At an event last night co-sponsored by the Student Union and the Office of Communications, faculty panelists commented on the significance of Tuesday’s election of Illinois Senator Barack Obama.
The panel, which was moderated by National Public Radio defense commentator Guy Raz ’96, included Prof. Peniel Joseph (AAAS), Prof. John Ballantine Jr. (IBS), Prof. Mingus Mapps (AAAS), and Prof. Jill Greenlee (POL).
In his opening remarks, Raz put the panel into perspective, calling this election “probably the most historic election in America’s 232 years.”
He went on to note that although when he was a student at Brandeis, President Bill Clinton’s inauguration was a “transformational moment,” this election was “incomparable…simply by virtue of what [Obama] managed to accomplish.”
On that note, Joseph began the discussion by describing Obama’s election as “a culmination of an almost 150 year history,” which, he said, began with the ratification of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments. Still, while minorities were able to attain elected office, the “era of Klan violence,” “domestic terrorism,” and the Plessy vs. Ferguson ruling forced African Americans out of such jobs, with the last African American leader leaving office in 1901. At that point, the North Carolina legislature passed a “resolution of joy.”
Due to a worsening state of disrepair, Chum’s Coffeehouse is seeking university funding for the first time in its history. Anyone who has heard of Chum’s legendary connection to the popular TV show Friends cannot help but be a little disappointed when they walk into the space to discover a worn-down carpet, faded furniture and […]
