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The university budget is projected to be in deficit for the current fiscal year, according to a Sept. 19 e-mail sent out by Dean of Arts and Sciences Adam Jaffe. In his e-mail to department chairs, Jaffe suggested that faculty members “husband [their] resources now” in case cuts are made. Executive Vice President and Chief […]
Wednesday night, Rosenthal Quad Senator candidate Stephen Robinson ’11 filed a case with the Union Judiciary (UJ) citing unfair advantages in his senate race. At a meeting Thursday night, the UJ decided not to grant cert to the petition, however the filing of the case is just one of many odd occurrences that characterize Tuesday’s […]
The Waltham Licenses and Franchises Committee approved a lodging house license for the Ridgewood Residence Halls at their meeting Monday night after a lengthy discussion about student behavior and discipline. Brandeis first requested the lodging house license at the Waltham City Council meeting Sept. 8. At that meeting, their request prompted concern and annoyance from […]
In Wednesday’s special vice presidential election, Adam Hughes ’11, who came in second place in the primary on Monday, defeated opponent Andrew Brooks ’09. Hughes won with 524 votes to Brooks’ 360 votes. 29 students registered an abstention vote. The election, which was announced at the beginning of the month after the resignation of former […]
At Saturday night’s Pachanga, Waltham police officers arrested and charged one Brandeis student with assault and battery of a police officer while Waltham and Public Safety officers placed four students in protective custody due to excessive intoxication, according to Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan. The arrested student was charged at a preliminary hearing Monday […]
The National Science Foundation has awarded Brandeis University $7.8 million dollars over six years to create a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. Brandeis will become one of 26 universities in the country to house a MRSEC. A MRSEC is a research center dedicated to “interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary materials research and education,” according to MRSEC.org. […]
Brandeis-Waltham relations were strained this week when the university requested a lodging license for the Ridgewood Residence Halls at last Monday’s Waltham City Council meeting. Councilors expressed anger that Brandeis came to request a lodging license for Ridgewood a year after construction began. Ward 9 councilor Richard Logan wondered why the university had not come […]
Nearly a year after a Union senator first proposed the idea, the car-sharing program Zipcar is now available at Brandeis. According to a Zipcar press release, a Toyota Matrix and a Honda CR-V are available for student use. Zipcar’s business model suggests two cars for a population like Brandeis, explained Vice President of Campus Operations […]
At the start of its sixtieth year, the Brandeis University National Women’s Committee has changed its mission statement, fundraising priorities, leadership, and its name. The BUNWC will now be called the Brandeis National Committee, a decision, Vice Provost of Academic Affairs Michaele Whelan explained in an e-mail to The Hoot, that has been “discussed over […]
As part of a partnership between Residence Life and Community Engaged Learning, the university created the first living community dedicated to community service for first-year students. This year, 27 first-year students moved onto the second floor of Gordon as members of Partners for Civic Engagement. The students submitted an application and were then chosen to […]
