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After two months of negotiations with the Board of Trustees, Student Union President Andy Hogan ‘11 will sit as a non-voting member of the Presidential Search Committee, Hogan announced at his State of the Student Union Thursday. “I, in representing the students, will be substantively involved in [the presidential search] process,” Hogan said. “I know […]
Students returning from winter break will have one more dining option in the form of The Upstairs Café, Student Union President Andy Hogan ‘11 announced at his State of the Student Union Address last night. The creation of The Cafe, which will be built during break in Gluck Lobby (commonly known to students as the […]
The Student Union Senate decided Sunday to send one final e-mail warning to clubs who have not yet signed their Anti-Hazing Policy form before voting to de-charter them this coming Sunday. Over 100 clubs have not signed their Anti-Hazing Policies–a document that clubs are required to sign by Massachusetts State Law–despite five notifications to club […]
Approximately 130 Brandeis community members received manicures Thursday as part of the Manicure for a Cure–an event organized by the Brandeis Orthodox Organization which offers students $12 manicures by students from Paul Mitchell the School in Cranston, RI, with all proceeds going to Sharsheret, a non-for-profit organization that, according to their website, offers support for […]
If you’re wondering why The Hoot did not cover the first meeting of the Constitutional Review Committee last Saturday, we are too. Though The Hoot strives to make the student government process as transparent as possible for students, we have been unable to perform that duty when it comes to the Constitutional Review because all […]
In a Ridgewood suite, visitors to Brandeis have slightly redecorated in order to feel more at home, including brewing a fresh pot of strong Turkish coffee and hanging a Palestinian flag in the window. The visitors are students and recent graduates of Al-Quds University, one of the few Arab universities in Palestinian-controlled East Jerusalem. Students […]
n]The university will begin inoculating “high priority” high risk students with the H1N1 vaccine today. The university has already inoculated Brandeis healh care workers with the H1N1 vaccine earlier this week, and will now begin to inoculate high risk students. Director of the Health Center Dr. Debra Poaster wrote in an e-mail message to The […]
The university faculty will select its members next week to represent the faculty in the search for a new president, as announced at last Thursday’s faculty meeting. The positions on the Faculty Advisory Committee to the Presidential Search Committee will be run by an electronic election still being drafted. The proposal now moving forward allows […]
Gallery A dozen Pro-Palestinian protesters briefly disrupted a campus forum yesterday featuring Justice Richard Goldstone of South Africa, head of the U.N. Fact Finding Mission for the Gaza Conflict, and former Israeli Ambassador Dore Gold. The event, held in Levin Ball Room of the Usdan Student Center, addressed Goldstone’s report accusing both Israeli Defense Forces […]
Dean of Arts and Sciences Adam Jaffe yesterday afternoon approved Eight of nine Justice Brandeis Semester (JBS) proposals sent to him on Oct. 22 after being approved by Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UCC) A proposal focused on Chemistry was not approved by the UCC. The proposal was submitted to the JBS committee by Christine Thomas (CHEM) […]
