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William Murphy, 23, a former Brandeis soccer player and his brother Thomas Murphy, 22, allegedly robbed a bank in Longmeadow, Mass., Thursday March 25, according to an article from The Republican, a Western-Massachusetts based newspaper. A Brandeis student told The Hoot William Murphy hid the money from the bank at a Russell Street house where […]
In response to many student’s complaints, Sherman Dining Hall’s non-kosher section reopened after spring break with an updated food delivery design, altered setup and a variety of menu options. Among the changes added to the menu is the creation of a cooked-to-order pasta station, similar to the one in Usdan Student Center, and an upgraded […]
After last month’s torrential downpours, some Brandeis students looking forward to coming back to a much drier campus after spring break found their rooms flooded once more upon return. In nearly every quad, residence rooms and suites were damp or had water damage from rain nearly 10 days ago. The recent rain has led Facilities […]
Four of the eight available summer 2010 Justice Brandeis Semester (JBS) programs have been canceled due to a lack of participants. The number of students who applied to each canceled program was not released. Beacon Hill Summer, Collaborative Theater and Theatrical Essay, Ethnographic Fieldwork and Pathologies of Criminal Law: Restoring Justice did not receive the […]
University President Jehuda Reinharz told students, faculty and staff about his “mind-blowing” trip to India Thursday at a panel discussion with Vice President of Global Affairs Daniel Terris and Prof. Harleen Singh (GRALL), both of whom accompanied him on his February trip. The talk, held in the multipurpose room of the Shapiro Campus Center two […]
The Brandeis group Students for Environmental Action (SEA) reacted this week to the March 18 vote of the student body against securing the club, one of Brandeis’ largest undergraduate organizations. “I was surprised that we weren’t deemed to be providing services that are integral to student life,” SEA President Hannah Saltman ’12 said. “You can’t […]
The board of trustees approved a $356 million operating budget for fiscal year 2011 that, due to the Brandeis 2020 Committee’s academic cuts, will put the university on the path to a balanced operating budget by 2014. The board took 13 percent ($11 million) of the university’s quasi-endowment in order to balance FY 2011’s budget. […]
Four of Brandeis’ most well-known students have signed up to run for Student Union President in the upcoming April 22 election. Daniel Achempong ’11, Matthew Kriegsman ’11, Sahar Massachi ’11 and JV Souffrant ’13 will face off April 13. Student Union Treasurer Achempong was previously an assistant treasurer and has served on the Student Union […]
Students gathered to sleep on the Great Lawn in front of the Shapiro Campus Center Thursday night in a large-scale refusal to sleep in dorms powered by “dirty energy.” Students for Environmental Action (SEA) and the statewide Students for a Just and Stable Future (SJSF) organized the event in order to raise awareness on campus […]
The SunDeis Film Festival Committee yesterday filed a complaint of slander with the Union Judiciary (UJ) against Illona Yuhaev, a member of the Indie Louies Film Festival committee, for printing false information about SunDeis on the Indie Louies Web site. The UJ had not decided whether to grant certiorati and hold a trial by press […]
