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Archive for January 16th, 2009
Effects of Madoff Ponzi scheme unclear
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 […]
Combating hate: Union raises money to rebuild church
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 […]
One week before inauguration Sorensen compares Obama, JFK
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 […]
University to cut Ph.D. enrollment
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 […]
Editorial: Reinharz e-mail too little, too late
News of Bernard Madoff’s $50 billion ponzi scheme broke in the second week of December. A few days later, we learned that Yeshiva University lost $100 million in the scheme and Tufts University had lost $20 million. Anyone who had been reading the news knew that many of Madoff’s investors were prominent Jewish philanthropists who […]
