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The Hoot applauds the Student Union for working with the administration to bring more dining options on campus. The time slots chosen for the new ‘Upstairs Café’ can certainly be out of control at the Usdan dining locations, and as such, this new café will help to alleviate overcrowding in Usdan. While this represents an […]
The Brandeis Health Center will shortly receive its first shipment of H1N1 vaccines to be distributed to the student body. While only high-risk students will be able to receive the first dose of inoculations, Dean of Student Life Rick Sawyer says he hopes to have all wanting students vaccinated before December break. When the H1N1 […]
Last week, The Hoot editorial board lamented the lack of actual learning opportunities on campus in regards to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This week, it appears there is a cure to the aforementioned problem in the form of the 13 Palestinian students, faculty and staff visiting Brandeis from Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem. Unfortunately, no one […]
W hen speaking to Hoot reporters last night, Justice Richard Goldstone was clear: while he found yesterday’s forum with former Israeli Ambassador Dore Gold about the United Nation’s fact-finding report on the 2008-2009 Gaza War to be a “healthy debate,” “no learning occurred.” In other words, Justice Goldstone and Ambassador Gold went into the debate […]
The November issue of Harper’s Magazine, which came out last week, features an article about Brandeis entitled “Voodoo Academics: Brandeis University’s hard lesson in the real economy,” which asserts that the university’s current financial problems are the result of overspending on capital projects rather than last September’s Wall Street meltdown. The magazine claims that Brandeis […]
This week, nine students were appointed to a task force charged with reviewing the Student Union Constitution, a process that occurs every four years. Though the entire constitution is up for review, one provision deserves particular focus. It is time for a definitive decision about the legality of the Senate and Finance Board positions for […]
Today, the Student Union President and Representatives to the Board of Trustees will meet with the Chair of the Board of Trustees Malcolm Sherman to discuss the possibility of appointing a student to the Presidential Search Committee, which has yet to be formed. As of last night, Sherman did not intend to include any students […]
Students for Environmental Action has introduced an online poll to gauge student sentiment on a “green fee” surcharge on tuition. The “green fee” would be an optional program that would allow students to pay an extra $15 on top of their tuition to a fund for environmental projects on campus. While SEA has yet to […]
In honor of the release of a book chronicling The Rose Art Museum’s history and collection, the museum will unveil an exhibit of its permanent collection on Oct. 28. In the midst of intense controversy, in which even the Massachusetts attorney general has become involved, the director of the Rose is reminding us all what […]
At the peak of the Civil Rights era in the mid-Sixties, Title VI was enacted, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of color, race, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance;
agencies that violated this act could be stripped of their federal funding. More than forty years later, this aspect of the Civil Rights Act has reappeared on our campus.
