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Despite delay, Gravel addresses crowd

In Lown auditorium late Sunday night, presidential candidate and former senator Mike Gravel gave a brief speech, followed by an impassioned talk with students on topics such as the National Initiative for Democracy, the 2008 campaign, the Senator’s recent switch from the Democratic to the Libertarian Party, global warming, and the military industrial complex. Sen. […]


Faculty Senate approves new academic probation criteria

Faculty members at the April 10, 2008 Faculty Senate meeting, voted in favor of changing the current probation policy. Dean of Arts and Sciences, Adam Jaffe, presented the motion to change the policy and explained what those changes would mean. Under the newly changed policy, a student whose cumulative GPA is above 2.000 and receives […]


Treasurer delievers State of Finance

Student Union Treasurer Choon Woo Ha ’08 announced that the student body will vote on how to spend a portion of the $260,000 of rollover funds that the Student Union has accumulated at his State of Finance address Monday night. The $260,000 in rollover monies is comprised of money left unspent by clubs and money […]


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Darwish, students speak out about UBSC appeal

The suspension of Transitional Year Program student Mamoon Darwish continued to stir up debate on campus this week, after it was announced that the second of his two appeals would not be heard until June. Darwish, whose first appeal will be heard April 8, was suspended in February following a fist fight outside of the […]


Union E-board elected

The Student Union Executive and Finance Boards for the 2008- 2009 school year were elected this week, as the student body cast their votes during the primaries on Tuesday, and the final round on Sunday. Jason Gray ’10 will serve as Student Union President for next school year, joined by Vice President Mike Kerns ’09, […]


Two students arrested at party in the Mods

Following an altercation at a party in the Mods Saturday March 30, two Brandeis students were arrested, one by Brandeis Public Safety and the other by Waltham Police. The Waltham Police came to the scene after an unidentified caller informed Brandeis Public Safety that there might be a weapon on the premises. According to students […]


Union, SE evaluate finance policy change

In recent weeks, the Student Union and Student Events have been examining the success of Student Events’ first semester of financial independence. SE and the Union are also discussing the potential for Student Events collaborating with the Union in the future, according to Union officials and the Student Events Executive Board. Last semester, Vice President […]


Mike Gravel to speak on campus

Mike Gravel, former Alaskan Senator, and current Libertarian presidential candidate will speak at Brandeis on April 6. Gravel will speak in the Lown Auditorium at 8 p.m. His impending visit has sparked strong student reactions. Sarah Linet ’10, who played a key role in planning the event, said, “I was really surprised by the widespread […]


P-cards cancelled after credit data stolen from Hannaford

Brandeis student organizations in possession of P-cards are currently dealing with the cancellation of all current P-cards. This comes in the wake of the hack into Hannaford supermarkets’ security systems, in which hackers obtained credit card information from cards used in New England and New York. The P-card is a credit card issued by the […]