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Last Monday, the Brandeis Student Union unveiled its first draft of the Student Bill of Rights. With the new draft, students will be able to identify their rights and understand how to properly defend themselves in cases of disciplinary action. Since its inception at the beginning of the academic year, the Executive Committee on Student […]
Beginning in April, Brandeis will participate in National Geographic’s Genographic Project. The Brandeis project, known as Brandeis Explores the Journey of Humankind, will allow students in select courses to trace their “migratory ancestry path,” explained doctoral student and the Brandeis project’s administrative coordinator Miranda Waggoner. According to a university press release, the Genographic Project, spearheaded […]
With the exorbitant sums of money being spent on national campaigns in recent years, it is sometimes hard for voters to remember that their primary focus should not be on the flashiness of a candidate’s campaign, but rather on the candidate’s platform. Brandeis students should also keep this in mind when approaching the Student Union […]
I’ve always felt a real sympathy for other people who run into unfortunate situations or tragedy; I think we all do. It takes this and a lot of empathy to put ourselves into someone else’s shoes and try to envision what they’re going through. It’s a daily task we all have to perform with the […]
Last week saw newly energized protests marking the fifth anniversary of the Iraqi War as well as a new wave of attacks indicating that the widely held illusion of “the surge’s” success is becoming less tenable every day. This, coupled with Iraq’s widely publicized 4000th American fatality this week, makes it easy to forget that […]
In the past, I have voiced my displeasure with the mainstream media. I’m sure there are some who will disagree, but I feel that the actions and words of the media are some of the greatest threats to America. In high school, many of you were probably taught about a phenomenon called “yellow journalism,” the […]
In recent weeks the Senate has notched two notable decisions under its belt. First, the Senate voted on whether it should pass or vote down a resolution wishing Israel a happy sixtieth birthday. Then, this past Sunday, the Senate chartered, without any discussion , a club called Students for Justice in Palestine. Students for Justice […]
By now most politically conscious Americans are familiar with exactly three words by ‘Obama’s pastor’ Rev. Jeremiah Wright: “God damn America!” These words, uttered in the heat of a sermon decrying the social inequities in American society, have become the latest controversy in the presidential race. If the pastor of Obama’s church and his supposed […]
A few months, someone left a very intriguing message in my Honesty Box on Facebook. Now, I have gotten some really interesting posts, but this one was truly thought provoking. Essentially it said something like this “You’re too happy, is it real or just a façade?” At first, I didn’t know what to make of […]
The time has come, my boyfriend said, to talk of breaking up… Only he wasn’t my boyfriend. More like – my hook-up from afar. He called, told me he wanted to be with me, talked about himself for several hours at a time, and hung up the phone. An all-around satisfying relationship for one of […]
