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Part III of IV in a series on Academic restructuring The faculty voted to approve the Curriculum and Academic Restructuring Steering (CARS) committee’s business major proposal yesterday, officially approving a major that has long been considered. In order to become a reality, the Business major proposal will have to be passed by the university’s Board […]
Student Union Senator for the Class of 2009 Eric Alterman has filed a complaint with the Union Judiciary (UJ) against class of 2011 senators Lev Hirshhorn and Alex Melman. The complaint is in reaction to the a Senate Money Resolution (SMR) passed by the Union Senate Sunday to help Democracy for America and Students for […]
The university’s endowment has dropped 30 percent, university President Jehuda Reinharz announced at yesterday’s faculty meeting. The figure is worse than the 25 percent figure that university administrators had projected earlier in the semester. Reinharz made the announcement in an effort to encourage faculty members to vote in favor of the proposed Justice Brandeis Semester […]
The Student Union Services committee decided to cut spending on this semester’s midnight buffet after students became outraged upon hearing that the committee had planned to spend approximately $5,000 of the Union’s remaining $8,500 budget on the buffet. Traditionally, the Union hosts a buffet full of free food and entertainment on the last day of […]
University Provost Marty Krauss announced that she is establishing a new committee to “help chart the future” of the Rose Art Museum in an e-mail to the Brandeis community Tuesday. The committee, which will be an extension of the Faculty Senate’s Rose Committee, will be comprised of faculty, students, alumni, a member of the Rose […]
In an effort to enhance connections between the Brandeis and the non-Brandeis world, the Student Union created the Admissions Task Force. The Task Force will be comprised of 7 to 9 active Brandeis students who will work to promote the various benefits of the school and expose the unknown treasures of campus life . Co-chair […]
Tomorrow, in its first case of the semester, the Union Judiciary will consider the constitutionality of using a Senate Money Resolution to finance a club event. Class of 2009 Senator Eric Alterman filed the case after Class of 2011 Senators and Democracy for America club members Alex Melman and Lev Hirshhorn proposed that the Union […]
At yesterday’s faculty meeting, the faculty voted to support the creation of a business major at Brandeis. The Board of Trustees will make the final decision later this month. The faculty voted correctly, and it is our hope that the Trustees follow suit. Certainly, there has been concern about the creation of a business major. […]
Student Union must reverse Ayers Senate Money Resolution decision Dear Editor, Part nine of section one of article nine in the Student Union bylaws states, “All Senate Money Resolutions must be used for Student Union Government projects and/or operations.” This past Sunday, the Student Union Senate voted to pass a Senate Money Resolution to provide […]
I was sitting by Massell pond on an oddly warm April evening when I received a call from Brian, one of my best friends and an unfaltering Mets fan, Frank Sinatra guru, and a life-long baseball player. He asked if I had time to talk, a question that had always prefaced our “heart-to-hearts.” However none […]
