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Five and a half years ago, a then little-known state senator from Illinois named Barack Obama declared at the 2004 Democratic National Convention that, “There is no red America, there is no blue America—there is only the United States of America.” Despite his soaring rhetoric, Obama, after one year into his presidency, has failed to […]
In the wake of Diana Aronin’s removal and breach of the student Constitution, the Student Union is reeling from both the loss of a secretary and much of its remaining campus credibility. After the fall from grace of a university-wide elected student leader and the accompanying judicial infighting, all three branches of the student government […]
The Union Judiciary (UJ) voted to remove former Union Secretary Diana Aronin ’11 from office Sunday following last week’s impeachment trial. The ruling by the UJ found in favor of the senate which claimed Aronin “willfully corrupted and violated the duties set forth to her in the Constitution.” According to the Union Constitution, in order […]
Student Union Secretary Diana Aronin ’11 attempted to stave off her possible impeachment Sunday evening, defending herself before the Union Judiciary in a case that has pitted two Union organs against each other. Aronin argued she deserves to remain in office because the proposal she was supposed to have called for a vote was already […]
In an unexpected twist, the impeachment trial of Student Union Secretary Diana Aronin ’11 will be decided by four Union Judiciary justices—not five—after the resignation of former Associate Justice Leeyat B. Slyper ’11, who is currently on medical leave, according to an e-mail to The Hoot from Chief Justice Judah Marans ’11. Despite the absence […]
The Presidential Search Committee will be delayed in choosing a search firm, which it was supposed to have done by the end of January, due to a change in Committee leadership. Meyer Koplow ’72 announced earlier this week he would step down as chair of the Presidential Search Committee after a member of the Brandeis […]
Following a traffic incident last semester involving a student on a bike at the South Street crosswalk near the Foster Mods and Gosman Athletic Center, Brandeis Public Safety joined with the Waltham Police Department and began a campaign to protect pedestrians. The crosswalk, which has been the site of several accidents over the past few […]
