Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
When the Justice Brandeis Semester (JBS) was first suggested last year, there were more than a few skeptics. Were students going to bite? Were they going to take this opportunity to either earn extra credit during the summer and graduate early or to pay less tuition and live off-campus? Despite these concerns, the university decided […]
You may be wondering why a university committee charged with saving the university money would want to cut a program that is revenue-positive by $100,000. We’re wondering the same thing. While The Hoot editorial board would like to give Dean of Arts and Sciences Adam Jaffe (and the rest of the Brandeis 2020 Committee) the […]
When the university announced Jan. 22 that the impending academic cuts were to be decided by a Committee, this editorial board thought the powers that be had finally learned their lesson. After all, many of the university’s public relations blunders can be attributed to a chronic lack of responsible committees. For example, Jan. 16 of […]
Last week this editorial board could find no better way to express our dissatisfaction with the Student Union than to depict it in an editorial cartoon as a chicken with its head cut off. But if the Union was bumbling and disoriented last week, this week it is completely without a clue. Two weeks ago […]
The housing gods have answered our prayers: Charles River, a.k.a. Grad, is finally getting a makeover. Built in 1972 the Grad apartments, known to some students as Stalin-Grad for it’s resemblance to Communist block housing, have long been the subject of much student lamentations. The buildings are not only unpleasant to look at, they are […]
On March 4 the Brandeis administration will face the board of trustees to propose which academic programs should be phased out. At that time, the administration will also be faced with the decision of how to make the inevitable announcement of cuts to the world outside of Brandeis. At a faculty meeting Thursday, Dean of […]
Nearly every college and university in America is facing a long road of tough choices at the moment. Hell: everyone around the world is coming up against hard decisions. With the recession still strangling the economy, it comes as no surprise that Brandeis is stepping up the debate over what programs are necessary, and which […]
Traffic safety is not a joke. For this reason, The Hoot applauds the Waltham Police Department for its recent increase in surveillance of the crosswalk on South Street. The trouble is that traffic surveillance is not the answer to speeding or students crossing streets negligently. In the case of South Street, the City of Waltham […]
Wednesday evening, the Board of Trustees announced that the university must make substantial cuts to its academic programs in order to tackle a persistent multi-million dollar budget shortfall. After summarily rejecting last semester’s budget trimming suggestions courtesy of CARS, the university community will no longer be able to hem and haw over possibilities. We will […]
This sunday, Union Secretary Diana Aronin ’11 will be tried by the Union Judiciary after being impeached by the Senate on Dec. 6 for allegedly failing to put a Constitutional amendment for the creation of a midyear senator position to the student body for a vote. This trial could result in the removal of Aronin […]
