Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
It always happens at this time of year, when the treetops are singed with licks of crimson red and luscious orange, that I feel oddly tranquil. Students, upswept in a maelstrom of midterms and responsibility, don’t notice autumn creeping up to drench their landscape in the vibrant palette of a Thanksgiving cornucopia. Although nature is […]
This week over 145 students participated in a silent photo protest against California’s Proposition 8. Students were photographed alone, in pairs, or in groups that consisted of campus clubs and organizations. The event was created by Katie Kaufman ’12 and Jourdan Cohen ‘11, Democracy for America members, in conjunction with Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance. This […]
“Pray the Devil Back to Hell,” presented as part of the Brandeis Social Justice Leadership Service, is a touching documentary about a group of women who made a difference in Liberia during a tumultuous civil war. A question and answer session followed the viewing with Janet Johnson Bryant, a Liberian journalist who helped create the […]
Everywhere I go, I carry my pocket Constitution. It’s an eight and a half by 12 piece of paper with double sided text—one side is the Constitution proper, the other is the Bill of Rights and other Constitutional Amendments—that folds first into eighths and then into thirds in order to fit into one’s pocket. I […]
Southeast Asia Club is a student organization that focuses on educating the Brandeis community about the southeast countries of Asia. There are eleven countries in which SEAC emphasizes in its activities: Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. SEAC holds biweekly meetings in the Intercultural Center Swig […]
Do you have questions about gender, sexuality, diversity, or acceptance? Would you like anonymous advice from friendly peer counselors? Check out the Queer Resource Center, the educational branch of Triskelion, the Brandeis LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual/ally) group. We provide free, confidential peer counseling to people of all identities, in Shapiro Campus […]
Two museum preparateurs folded a giant plastic tarp while another swept sawdust from the floor of the Lois Foster Gallery of the Rose Art Museum, as soft country music played from a radio in the corner, its twang bouncing off the high ceiling of the room. They had just finished constructing a temporary wall in […]
A Suffolk Probate Court judge gave the state approval Tuesday to conduct a civil investigation into Brandeis University’s deliberations over potentially closing the Rose Art Museum and selling some of its artwork The application for Civil Investigative Demand (CID) stated the investigation “is necessary in order to investigate the potential misapplication of charitable assets donated […]
A Suffolk Probate Court judge Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting Brandeis University from selling any art from the Rose Art Museum donated by three plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the university yesterday after denying the university’s motion to dismiss the suit. Though the injunction is applicable to works of art donated by Jonathan Lee, […]
Library and Technology Services (LTS) is exploring the option of outsourcing core university services, which could decrease its operating budget, while allowing LTS to continue supplying necessary services to the Brandeis community. There are 31 core service elements to LTS, 18 of which are being considered for outsourcing. If all 18 are outsourced approximately 50 […]
