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The Committee on Endowment Ethics and Responsibility (CEER) had their first meeting on Wednesday evening to discuss their main goals for the year. The committee also discussed information they currently have on the endowment and what crucial issues they would approach Exevutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Jeffery C. Apfel. Several members on CEER […]
Students for Environmental Action members spent the past two Sunday nights sleeping on Boston Common, directly in front of the State House in 40 degree temperatures as part of a Massachusetts-wide push for Governor Deval Patrick and the Legislature to enact a bill for the state to run on 100 perercent environmentally-friendly electricity within 10 […]
The Brandeis University International Relations Council (BIRC), the Model United Nations team, will be attending the 43rd annual University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) Model United Nations Conference next week. One of the largest MUN conferences in the world, UPenn is expecting 1,400 delegates from more than 75 universities around the world. The convention will last from […]
The Brandeis National Committee (BNC), the most prominent fundraising arm of the university, will hold a letter-writing event Thursday aimed at reaching out to local chapters and increasing awareness of the Committee’s goals. Students may participate in the event by writing a letter to their local chapter highlighting their personal interests and experiences at Brandeis […]
W hen speaking to Hoot reporters last night, Justice Richard Goldstone was clear: while he found yesterday’s forum with former Israeli Ambassador Dore Gold about the United Nation’s fact-finding report on the 2008-2009 Gaza War to be a “healthy debate,” “no learning occurred.” In other words, Justice Goldstone and Ambassador Gold went into the debate […]
With all of the confusion concerning the possible outcome of the health care bill, I decided to go 20 years into the future in order to discover what would happen. (Disclaimer–This article pertains to a purely fictional premise and any resemblances to actual people or events are quite intentional and highly ironic). Upon going to […]
I originally planned to write a fun column this week—a cute little satirical piece featuring Barack Obama, Joe Lieberman and questionable Halloween costumes. It might have even been funny. Occasionally, my obscure political jokes do hit their mark. But I don’t feel like trying to be funny right now. There are two numbers obstructing my […]
This Monday will mark the 75th anniversary of the birth of Carl Sagan, the astronomer and astrochemist, famous for his plain-English explanations of the workings of the cosmos. At the height of the Cold War, Sagan produced a 13-part television show, entitled “Cosmos,” which portrayed the Earth as a cohesive unit and put into perspective […]
This past weekend at the Tufts Invitational Debate Tournament, Jack Bouchard ’10 and the Hoot Columnist Andrew Husick’ 11 broke to the octofinals round and ended up placing fifth out of 66 teams in attendance. Jack and Andrew have also placed fifth at the Smith College invitational and 11th at Harvard, one of the largest […]
Angelina Simeone, known as Angie, has been at Brandeis since 1972, but she’s not a student, and she’s not a professor. As academic administrator for the Department of American Studies, Simeone ensures classes are in order, that the budget is balanced, and serves as the first line of support for students and professors alike. Before […]
