Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
With work zones marked all across campus, it is hard not to notice the several construction projects, which have been happening all around Brandeis during the first few weeks of the semester. These projects have included regular campus maintenance and upkeep initiatives, along with more high profile ones—including the much-awaited work on the Linsey pool, […]
Brandeis University shifted its sexual assault grievance procedures after investigations of Title IX violations at two Ivy League schools earlier this year, but university staff disagree over the severity of the problem on campus and the effectiveness of current policies.
The number of insured 19 to 25 year olds has risen dramatically since the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, even as a greater number of young people find themselves unemployed after graduating. The new health care law allows parents to keep their children as dependents on their health insurance until they are 26 and […]
Last Tuesday, the ad-hoc Committee on Alcohol and Drug Policy released its report with recommendations. The possible changes in policy range from keeping Gosman open longer on weekends to having a mandatory online alcohol education course. The 13-member committee was chaired by Professor Leonard Saxe (NEJS). The report is divided into four main sections: health […]
Roaming residence halls at quiet hours, community advisors are a major authority in upholding alcohol-related policies for social gatherings on campus.
The student body elected senators to the Student Union Thursday with 18 percent turnout, but even with a new skip option in voting, three of the five seats on the Judiciary were left vacant due to abstain votes. Three other senate seats were also left vacant and a new election date will be announced soon, […]
Police found three men dead after an apparent homicide in a Waltham apartment Monday afternoon, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone said, and a Brandeis alum was among the victims. The deaths of Brendan Mess, 25, of Waltham; Erik Weissman, 31, of Cambridge; and Raphael Teken, 37, of Cambridge, who graduated from Brandeis in 1998 and […]
Brandeis is suing more than a dozen national food companies for patent infringement and resulting monetary damages, contained in a Sept. 9 filing in the federal district court in Madison, Wisc.
Dining Services workers met in Usdan Tuesday to solidify their position regarding contract negotiations with Aramark, which stagnated last week over health care, 401k benefits and wage increases. The Union bargaining committee met with management during the summer for a routine renegotiation of the contract. Staff wanted a pay raise and management wanted to significantly […]
As new students arrived on campus and acclimated to Brandeis party life, the first two weekends of the semester left nine students requiring treatment by the Brandeis Emergency Medical Corps (BEMCo) for alcohol poisoning, with six of them needing transports to Newton-Wellesley Hospital. These cases come after a year when Pachanga, the International Club’s fall […]
