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As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear a case of affirmative active in college admissions standards, it is unlikely any decision will radically change procedures at Brandeis, Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment Andrew Flagel said. Even though Brandeis is a private university, it receives federal funding; therefore, the court’s decision in Fischer […]
Last Wednesday night multiple Brandeis groups ranging from the Department of Sociology, the Center for Ethics and the Student Union sponsored a lecture given by Scott Carney, a freelance investigative journalist who recently penned the book “The Red Market: On the Trail of the World’s Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers.” With […]
On March 5 an article titled “BZA sponsors campus events for Peace Week” printed in the Justice misrepresented the Brandeis community and distorted the mission of the institution itself. The article focused solely on the Faces of Israel event, which featured five individuals who discussed their experiences living in Israel. The only quotation taken from […]
Two members of the Brandeis University women’s basketball team earned all-UAA honors this past week. Guard Morgan Kendrew ’12 was named second-team all-UAA selection while Diana Cincotta M.A. ’12 earned an all-UAA honorable mention. Despite missing five games to injury this season, Kendrew finished the year as the team’s leading scorer, averaging 12 points per […]
This week, Brandeis welcomed three visiting musicians specializing in raga music, a form of Indian classical and folk music that uses templates to allow for improvisation rather than emphasizing specific compositions, and has also been long adapted into Afghani folk music. The trio is extremely diverse in origin, featuring Homayun Sakhi, a native of Kabul […]
Pippin Ross was never fit to take a teaching position at Brandeis. Four DUIs and chronic alcoholism were just the start. Ross escaped from jail and broke a friend out of jail in her past. And how does anyone know? She wrote about it on a blog, easily available from a quick Google search. No […]
In the works since the beginning of the year, the fifth annual Russian Culture Week aims to increase the visibility of the Russian-speaking community at Brandeis through a combination of talent, high culture, activism and free food. “When I was a freshman, Russian Culture Week was really more like a day, where we just had […]
During the past month—as it has become apparent that the economy is starting to recover, thereby buoying President Obama’s reelection chances—the Republican Party has gone absolutely off the deep end talking about social issues. In Virginia, the state Republican Party attempted to pass a bill requiring women to get an ultrasound before they could get […]
The Brandeis Academic Debate and Speech Society (B.A.D.A.S.S.) is now ranked third in the nation, following victories at the Providence College and University of Connecticut tournaments last weekend. Brandeis trails behind only Columbia and Yale in the national rankings. At the Providence College tournament last weekend, B.A.D.A.S.S. prevailed with wins from Keith Barry ’13 and […]
We don’t always ask or expect TV shows to consider serious topics, looking instead for easy entertainment that makes us laugh or cry, but afterward sets us back on our feet to go about our lives. So when a TV series does take on a current and significant issue it’s commendable, especially if it’s one […]
