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Members of the Westboro Baptist Church protested on South Street outside of Brandeis University today to “send a message to Jews that they have to obey their God and atone for their sins,” the Kansas-based church group’s leader Shirley Phelps said, while up on the Brandeis campus, students celebrated their diverse campus. The seven Church […]
In response to plans by the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) to picket South Street Friday to “remind [Brandeis’] Jews that they bear the curse of their forefather’s murder of Christ,” the newly formed Celebrate Brandeis Committee plans to hold a public address Friday on the Great Lawn and festivities throughout the day to present what […]
Outgoing university President Jehuda Reinharz and future university President Frederick Lawrence relived their senior experiences at a senior-only event held in The Rose Art Museum Thursday night designed to inspire members of the class of 2011 to give to their senior class gift. Seniors in the audience were invited to ask the presidents any question […]
Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a world-renowned Islamic scholar in physics, philosophy and religion asked his audience to see people as one and not distinguish between the self and the other during his acceptance speech after receiving the university’s Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize Tuesday in Rapaporte Treasure Hall. “There is a desperate attempt right […]
The Honorable Akec Khoc, Sudanese ambassador to the United States came to the university in order to lead a discussion about possible futures for the North and South regions of Sudan on Wednesday in the Mandell Auditorium, Khoc was brought to Brandeis in a joint effort by the Ethics Center and the Justice Peace Conflict […]
Brian Concannon Jr., Founder of Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), emphasized the need to restore legal order and empower the Haitian people as the nation rebuilds from the earthquake that struck in January, during a lecture at the Heller School Thursday evening. In his talk Concannon explained how a rights-based approach will […]
The Brandeis Administrative Structure Advisory Committee and incoming President Fred Lawrence have announced that the provost will now become second-in-command of the institution, taking oversight of several key offices from the senior vice president of students and enrollment, among other changes, according to a report uploaded to the Brandeis Google portal. “We recommend that Brandeis […]
Death feels distant to most college students, but at a blood alcohol concentration of 0.30, it can become real. It’s a lesson many university health officials, administrators and students have learned this semester when nights of beer pong or drunk dancing were more often replaced with trips to the emergency room, as students woke up […]
When outgoing university President Jehuda Reinharz ascended to the presidency in 1994, the Brandeis endowment was a miniscule $194 million, with fewer than $10 million in unrestricted funds. Buildings, like the steps of The Rose Art Museum, were literally crumbling, and the board of trustees warned Reinharz that if money was not raised, there would […]
