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January 2010 Issue

Humor is Dead


Castle Quad one of coolest dorms in U.S.

U.S. News and World Report recently dubbed Usen Castle one of the eight “coolest dorms in the nation” also including dorms at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Virginia, and College of William and Mary. Usen Castle, built in 1928, predates the founding of the university, making it the oldest building on campus. It was […]


Academic cuts imminent pending faculty review: “The Board has given us no choice” – Dean Adam Jaffe

The university will be forced to make cuts to its academic commitments in response to what Board of Trustees member Meyer Koplow ’72 called a “$25 million ongoing budget shortfall in the typical year” at a special faculty meeting Wednesday evening. Such cuts could include the “phasing out” of entire majors or Master’s or PhD […]


Aronin trial to be open to public

Despite initial efforts on the part of the Union Senate, the impeachment trial of Union Secretary Diana Aronin ’11 will be open to the public. The Senate decided to withdraw its request for a closed trial earlier this week, and the Union Judiciary (UJ) decided to “not exercise the authority granted” to them, according to […]


Justice Brandeis Semester application to debut this week

Portions of the Justice Brandeis Semester (JBS) application are available on the JBS website and the complete application will be available by next week. Admissions to the program will be on a rolling first-come, first-serve basis beginning Jan. 29. “The online application will be available shortly but in the meantime, students will be able to […]


Keck gives $1 mil grant to study active matter

The W. M. Keck Foundation has given Brandeis a grant of $1 million over three years to be designated towards recent experiments in the study of active matter. Active matter is a non-living material that, nonetheless, can move independently (as opposed to plastic or steel which cannot.) The Keck grant will add on to last […]


Search firm to be chosen by end of month

Brandeis’ Presidential Search Committee will announce its choice of search firm to continue to look for the university’s next president by the end of the month, and hopes to present the faculty with candidate profiles by the end of February. The announcement, which was made on the newly launched presidential search website www.brandeis.edu/presidential-search, did not […]


MLK event inspires, urges students to join Haiti relief

The Brandeis Community gathered Monday evening in the overfilled Shapiro Campus Center Theater to celebrate the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in an event entitled “A Heart Full of Grace,” which featured oratory performances, music and poetry. The fifth annual celebration included Kennet Altidor’s ’10 performance of Dr. King’s final speech, “I’ve Been […]


H1N1 vaccine available free of charge at Brandeis health center

The Brandeis Health Center has recieved another batch of H1N1 flu vaccines, according to a Jan. 7 e-mail sent to the Brandeis community by Vice President and Dean of Students Rick Sawyer. The vaccine is now readily available at the Center free of charge by appointment. It takes several days for the the vaccine to […]


Student Financial Services with a smile

Silva Bedrossian is sitting sidesaddle in a conference room, a cappuccino–one of her vices, she quickly admits–in front of her. She’s wearing a red scarf–meticulously placed around her neck–and a black sweater over a button down shirt and slacks. From her outfit you can tell Bedrossian is all at once a put together professional, yet […]