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Student Union senators who miss more than two senate meetings will automatically be considered for censure if a new senate bylaw authored by Executive Senator Andrew Brooks ‘09 gets passed next Sunday. Currently, senators are excused from their two-hour long senate sessions Sunday nights if it is for “extenuating circumstances.” But according to Brooks, who […]
Sophomore and first year merit scholars on named merit scholarships will now be able to use their merit aid to study abroad, Assistant Dean of Academic Services J. Scott Van Der Meid wrote in an e-mail to the student body Tuesday night. This decision comes almost one month after the Jan. 16 announcement that merit […]
Leslea Newman, poet laureate of North Hampton, MA, and author of Heather Has Two Mommies, spoke in the ICC Sunday about her experiences as a Jewish lesbian an an event titled “you can’t be lesbian, you’re Jewish!” Newman said that the title of the event came from an encounter she once had after one of […]
Student Union Executive Senator Andrew Brooks ’09 proposed a by-law which would automatically place the issue of censure on the Senate’s docket if a senator missed two meetings without an appropriate excuse. Brooks should be commended for attempting to hold senators accountable for the responsibilities they willingly accepted. That this by-law even needed writing is […]
When the news of ‘meta-majors’ hit the community three weeks ago, the student body seemed to have a mild infarction. Students and faculty alike were off-put by the word ‘meta’ and no one wanted his diploma to say BA in General Theory. And even as the university’s budget crisis spawned less than stellar decisions and […]
We, the undersigned, as a community of fine arts students at Brandeis University, would like to communicate our thoughts and concerns surrounding recent events at our beloved institution. As arts students we are deeply invested in the Rose Art Museum and the University’s commitment to the integrity and reputation of the arts at Brandeis. The […]
I went to a Moroccan-style restaurant the other night–a Tuesday, I believe, at about 9:30 p.m.–and walked out of that place about two and a half hours later, still hungry, and having paid the waitress a tip of zero percent. None of my friends tipped her that night either. In fact, no one did, because […]
I’m sure by now most of you know my friend and fellow editor Jordan Rothman, author of the controversial weekly column, “One Tall Voice.” Last week, Jordan wrote about his ideological journey toward conservatism and the influential people, events, and writings that helped him along the way. I found it to be an interesting read; […]
A few weeks ago, a group of very diverse Brandeis students squeezed into a room in the second floor of Shapiro Campus Center. It was a Sunday night around 7 p.m. and we all sat around the tightly filled table, snacking on pizza and chatting as we waited. We were all there for one reason; […]
I could never understand New Englanders. Between late November and March, the Boston area is a gray-and-white picture of skeletal tree branches and frozen heaps of once fluffy, soon-to-be crisp and solid snow; frozen icing over an endlessly dismal landscape. After a freshly-fallen snowfall, the stuff quickly glosses-over with dazzling iciness, filled in by shades […]
