Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Six undergraduate students will see their semester abroad programs disrupted due to the earthquake, tsunami and spreading levels of radiation from nuclear plants in Japan this week. Three students already abroad in Kyoto, Japan through the Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies, a Columbia University-administered program, are returning to the United States due to safety concerns. […]
When the university announced last fall that it was altering policy to allow for the possible consideration of financial status as a factor for gaining admission, the Brandeis community found itself weighing the decision of a Brandeis office few could name on a murky topic. At this month’s faculty meeting, President Fred Lawrence suggested that […]
The university will host multiple academic forums and cultural events during the week of President Fred Lawrence’s inauguration on March 31. A student art exhibition, a musical performance by the Brandeis string quartet, a graduate student symposium and a Rose Art exhibit are other events that will take place during the inauguration week. On April […]
The university honored Peter Schiller, a professor in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics at MIT, for winning Brandeis’ Jay Pepose ’75 Award in Vision Sciences established in 2009. The award is funded through a $1 million grant established by Brandeis graduates Jay Pepose ’75 and Susan K. Feigenbaum ’74. After winning the award, Schiller delivered […]
The Justice League’s effort to engage President Lawrence in a campaign to reform student dining is both misguided and inappropriate. There is a reasonable way to address student concerns and relay them to the administration.It does not include gorillas dancing outside of Usdan and delivering a stack of surveys to the president’s office. If the […]
I did not know Kat Sommers but news of her suicide struck a familiar cord with me. There is a history of suicide in my family, from the aunt who committed suicide before I was born to my father’s cousin who killed himself when I was in ninth grade. Whenever someone dies like this I […]
“Someone drew a swastika on our stairway.” I paused, rereading my computer screen; surely I had misread my friend’s morning greeting. But, no matter how long I stared at the small black words, they told the same stunning story: “Someone drew a swastika on our stairway.” Early Tuesday morning, a good friend of mine left […]
What makes a successful relationship? Recently I’ve become a sort of go-to gal for relationship and interpersonal questions from my friends in a way that I haven’t been before. Maybe it’s because I’m actually in what seems like a healthy and stable relationship for once. But does the end of a relationship actually mean that […]
One of the biggest problems the United States faces is the budget deficit and the national debt. In 2010, the deficit was approximately $1.42 trillion and the national debt stood at a staggering $14.078 trillion. Neither the Democrat nor the Republican parties, however, are serious about addressing the issue. Instead, both parties are using the […]
