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“O-ba-ma. O-ba-ma” Whether in Washington D.C., the Shapiro Campus Center, or simply a dorm room, Brandeis students chanted the same cheer over and over again during the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama. According to Paul Balik ‘10, who is the CA of the Community Engaged Learning hall on Gordon […]
The Student Union will not be holding special elections to replace former Union Vice President Adam Hughes ’11. Hughes resigned as Vice President at Sunday’s Union Senate meeting for “personal reasons” and has withdrawn from the University for the rest of the semester. Originally Student Union Secretary Tia Chatterjee originally announced that there would be […]
Though the Shapiro Family Foundation’s announced last month that they would remain committed to the university despite their losses in the $50 billion Bernard L. Madoff Ponzi scheme, the effect of the scandal on other university donors still remains unknown. As the university’s largest benefactor and as prominent Boston area philanthropists, Carl and Ruth Shapiro’s […]
After learning of a Springfield church that was burnt to the ground on election day, members of the Brandeis Student Union Government are working to raise funds to help rebuild the church. The predominantly black Masadonian Church of God in Christ was destroyed on Nov. 4 when it was, according to the Boston Globe, “purposely […]
In anticipation of Inauguration Day, former John F. Kennedy speechwriter Theodore Sorensen spoke last Tuesday about the role of inaugural speeches at an event titled “From ‘Ask not…’ to ‘Yes we can.’” The event, co-sponsored by the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life, Gen Ed Now, and the Student Union, attracted a crowd […]
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will reduce first year doctoral student enrollment by approximately half for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 as a cost saving measure, Dean of Arts and Sciences Adam Jaffe said. The university faces a predicted budget shortfall of $5.8 million for FY 2010. Predictions for FY 2011 have not […]
One hundred members of the Brandeis community stood in silence, eyes turned down in the late afternoon sun in front of the Goldfarb Library Wednesday, commemorating the victims of the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. The wind whipped the faces of the crowd that had come together and braved the cold to combat terror […]
The hiring freeze recently instituted by the university in response to a $10 million budget shortfall for the 2009 fiscal year will impact both the courses and the nature of instruction students receive in the immediate future. As part of a package of cutbacks meant to deal with the university’s deficit for the current fiscal […]
University seminars will no longer be mandatory and fewer sections of foreign language classes will be offered next academic year in response to a predicted $5.8 million budget shortfall for fiscal year 2010. The Special Faculty Advisory Committee, formed by Provost Marty Krauss and chaired by Dean of Arts and Sciences Adam Jaffe, has been […]
Despite rumors, there are no plans to close the Stein this year, said Vice President of Campus Operations Mark Collins, whose department oversees Aramark. Approximately 20 student employees would lose their jobs if the Stein were to shut its doors. Rumors that the campus restaurant would close as early as this weekend began circulating among […]
