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The Mandel Center for the Humanities held an official opening ceremony Tuesday as students, faculty, administrators and trustees gathered to celebrate the new $22.5 million building. Morton Mandel discussed his pride for the building. He said that the center is meant to be “a hub of interaction and identity” and that he hopes it […]
Two university police officers were assaulted, nine students were transported to a hospital for alcohol intoxication and local towns suffered a shortage of ambulances last Saturday following a night of heavy drinking in dorms before the bi-annual Pachanga dance, Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan said. Campus police arrested two students for assault and battery […]
The university is planning a package of academic changes that would alter the block schedule, hold more classes twice a week and make all classes begin on the hour. Classes on Tuesday afternoons would hold their second meetings Thursday instead of Friday under the plans, Dean of Arts and Sciences Adam Jaffe said. The proposed […]
Virginia Thomas called Professor Anita Hill Oct. 9 requesting that Hill apologize to her husband, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, for allegations she made against him for sexual harassment during his confirmation hearings in 1991. “Good morning, Anita Hill, it’s Ginny Thomas,” she said in a voicemail left on Hill’s Brandeis office phone on the […]
Hedy Epstein, a Holocaust survivor and vocal critic of Israeli Defense Force (IDF) policies, said that the IDF continues to unjustly inflict violence on Palestinian civilians during a lecture inside the Levin-Ross room Thursday evening. “American media portrays Israelis as the victims, and Palestinians as the terrorists. That’s not the way it is,” Epstein said. […]
The university announced three new Justice Brandeis Semester (JBS) programs on civil rights, film and mobile programming for summer 2011 and one program on environmental studies for next fall, according to a newsletter sent Wednesday by program manager Alyssa Grinberg. Last year, half of the eight JBS programs for this summer were cut due to […]
The credit card scanning machine at Dominic’s Café has been handed over to the state police for investigation following 25 reported cases of credit card fraud at the International Business School establishment, Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan said. This week, reports of credit card fraud increased from about 10 students on Monday to 25 […]
Fall Fest 2010 began Thursday as families and students came together away from home and were welcomed to the university. Continuing until Monday, Fall Fest will offer a variety of activities, such as classes, sports games and a variety show featuring a collection of a cappella performances and dance ensembles. The theme for 2010’s Fall […]
Brandeis Professor James J. Callahan, 74, was killed Tuesday after he slipped and fell under an MBTA commuter rail train traveling inbound at the West Newton rail station, according to a report from a website based in Needham, Mass., NeedhamPatch. Brandeis Senior Vice President for communications Andrew Gully said he was aware of the accident, […]
The Rose Art Museum reopened Thursday night with two new exhibits from the permanent collection. The museum’s main exhibit, “WaterWays” displayed artwork that explored water and “the role water plays in your life, human life and contemporary culture,” the exhibition’s curator Roy Dawes said. Dawes, who is also the director of museum operations, said he […]
