Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Former computer science Professor David Waltz died March 22 of brain cancer. He was 68. Professor Waltz had been a member of the faculty at Brandeis for nine years before working at Columbia University. Waltz was a leading member of the computer science industry. In addition to his impressive accomplishments in the field of computer […]
Housing lottery numbers ran out nearly 300 spots earlier than they did last year, reflecting the trend of a growing student body and limited housing availability on campus. This situation is forcing university officials to review the ratio of rooms to students for future classes. “Students seemed to use the lottery numbers slightly more efficiently […]
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) released a list of the 12 worst colleges for Free Speech on March 27, which featured Brandeis in the top three. The list was released on the Huffington Post’s website and, among others, it included Harvard, Tufts and Yale University. The FIRE’s list of the worst colleges […]
Student Body President Herbie Rosen ’12 outlined the upcoming presidential elections in a meeting Wednesday. Five candidates announced their intention to run for student body president by press time, including current secretary Todd Kirkland ’13, David Fisch ’13, Louis Connelly ’13, Dillon Harvey ’14 and Joshua Hoffman-Senn ’13. Charlotte Franco ’15 said she thinks the […]
The Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education hosted a lunch seminar on Monday led by Dr. Max Klau, a Harvard graduate and the director of leadership development at City Year. Klau discussed leadership and development of City Year participants, called core members, in the event titled “Fanning the Flame of Idealism: How City Year […]
A Catholic church service was held this past Sunday, April 1, for Franco Garcia, the Boston College chemistry major missing since Feb. 22. The Saint Jude Parish on Main Street in Waltham held the service for the 21-year-old college junior, attended by dozens of family and friends who prayed together for a safe return. Garcia […]
Amid criticism over severe service cuts, the MBTA revised its budget proposal last week in a change that would raise fares an average of 23 percent but only result in minor service cuts. The price of the commuter rail and the 553 and 554 buses that many commuting students use will experience a fare hike […]
Brandeis has instituted a system of emergency text messaging designed to send students “pre-defined messages to match the situation,” according to John Turner, director of networks and systems at LTS. After the initial message, he explained the system allows staff members “to send follow-up messages with more details.” Turner also stated how the system was […]
Dean Lisa Lynch of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management announced that this year’s commencement speaker will be Nobel Prize-winning economist and philosopher Amartya Sen. Sen is the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences; this year’s recipient of the National Humanities Medal; and Lamont Professor of Economics and Philosophy at […]
The play “Hedda Gabler” by Henrik Ibsen was put on last weekend by Free Play in the Mandel atrium. The show was put on to almost universal derision due to incredibly poor emoting, misinterpretations of the play itself and inconsistent acting. This may or may not be due to poor casting—it was difficult to tell […]
