(VIDEO) Noah Kaplan performs at Chum’s this past week
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Book of Matthew: Why I support Obama
I’ve read numerous articles endorsing presidential candidates, so I figured I should have a turn. When Massachusetts held its primary on Super Tuesday, I voted for Barack Obama. At the time, part of me was unsure if I had made the right decision, but after following the election closely, I know that I have. Senator […]
Students march on Brandeis to protest 5th year of Iraq war
Over 120 students attended the anti-war demonstration on Wednesday, marching from Shapiro to Usdan Campus Center. Students carried signs, sported painted faces and chanted slogans such as “five years too many, not worth a single penny,” and “end the war, support the troops.” The march, a collaborative project of Democracy For America, Student for a […]
Elections draw attention to change in Union finances over past two years
In the fall of 2006, Choon Woo Ha ’08 was elected Union Treasurer in a special election after Harrison Chizek ’07 was forced to leave the university. Ha’s tenure has marked significant change in the position of Union Treasurer. He has overseen the application of the SAF amendment passed in the spring of 2006 and […]
Hannaford credit card information stolen
Hannaford and Sweetbay Supermarkets, owned by the Belgium-based Delhaize Group, recently discovered that a computer hacker breached security and stole 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers from their customers. The data was accessed from Hannaford’s computer systems during the card authorization transmission process, explained Mike Norton, a spokesperson for Hannaford Bros. Credit and debit […]
Redressing our grievances
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 […]
Activism marches on
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 […]
