Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Following the demolition of Ridgewood this summer, the Brandeis administration and Student Union will be faced with a high percentage of students off-campus. In the past, the Union has been much more proactive in addressing the needs of off-campus students. This year's off-campus senator, Jonathan Winstone '07, and the Union as a whole has completely ignored their responsibilities to this portion of their constituency.
Many clubs claim to work for the benefit of the community at largefew, however, are able to coordinate with meager funds and bureaucratic red tape in order to follow through on their high-minded ambitions. Students for an Environmental Action (SEA), however, is one of those clubs.
Brandeis hosted a panel Thursday called The Public Framing of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: How the Holocaust Underlines Realities of Fear, Intimidation, and Denial. The panel, moderated by Professor Gordon Fellman (Soc), featured Dr. Sara Roy, Senior Research Scholar of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University, Dr. Alice Rothchild, physician and cofounder of Jewish Voice for Peace-Boston, and Dr. Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, author of Original Sins: Reflections on the History of Zionism and Israel.
Last week, Brandeis student activism group Positive Foundations (PF) sponsored a Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Week on campus in order to raise awareness about extreme poverty and the goals set by the UN to combat it.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Errol Morris premiered segments of his upcoming documentary SOP: Standard Operating Procedure. The film showed the ordeals of tortured prisoners in Abu Ghraib by telling the stories behind thousands of brutal photographs taken by members of United States military.
Today marks yet another one of those fabled Friday the 13ths– a day that has long been considered unlucky and also one which conjures images of the masked killer of the numerous Friday the 13th slasher films, Jason Voorhees. Undoubtedly, Friday the 13th is as good a day as any to view films that will scare you, as Friday the 13th is always offered on television every time the date comes up, along with other such horror staples like the Halloween series and Wes Cravens Nightmare on Elm Street series. For those of you who have already seen all of the aforementioned big three slasher films (along with their respective sequels that are generally far inferior to the original), here are some other classic, lesser known slashers that are just as mysterious, heart wrenching, and shocking that are definitely worth checking out.
* 8 to 9 a.m. Registration in Gosman Athletic Center * 9:30 a.m. Welcome * 10 a.m. Presentation: “The Academy at Brandeis” * 10:45 a.m. Forums o Parent Panel o Student Panel o Financial Aid o Open Classes o Campus Tours * Noon Lunch * 12:15 p.m. University and Student Club Fair * 1 p.m. […]
If I had to sum up Brandeis in one word, I would have to say that its independent.
For those of you who already go to Brandeis, perhaps you have different words. Awkward. Jewish. Liberal. Politically-correct. And while Brandeis does have its fair share of all that, I think the real quality you need here to survive at Brandeis is to be independent. And I think that thats what makes Brandeis the ideal place to succeed.
Before the break, captain Cristina McWilliams stated that the offense got going that people would see a different Brandeis softball team. Those were not her words exactly but after the break, it is clear that this team is not to be underestimated after their latest victory, a double header sweep against UMass-Boston by lopsided totals of 11-3 in game one and 9-1 in the second game.
Israeli activist Hana Barag spoke at Brandeis Wednesday, marking the first event sponsored by the new student-run club Students for Peace in Israel and Palestine. Barag is a member of Machsom Watch, a womens human rights organization that monitors activity at checkpoints in the West Bank.
