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Gov. Deval Patrick defended Massachusetts’ post-recession economy and promoted his plans to enhance the state’s financial competitiveness while visiting the Brandeis campus, speaking to a room of business leaders and state officials who gathered for the International Business School’s Global Trade Summit Tuesday in Levin Ballroom. “Since the beginning of my first term we have […]
Brandeis will shift its standard of proof for internal hearings on sexual assault to a lesser burden, a university official said Thursday evening. The change comes in response to new Title IX guidance from the U.S. Department of Education released Monday. Brandeis will require only a “preponderance of the evidence standard” rather than its current […]
South African Justice Richard Goldstone, head of the United Nations fact-finding mission on the 2008-2009 Gaza War, said in a Washington Post column last week that there were both inaccuracies and mistakes in his 2009 report. In November 2009, Goldstone and former Israeli Ambassador Dore Gold participated in an on-campus forum in Levin Ballroom. Then, […]
Israeli Knesset members called for increased pressure from the United States and the world to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran during a town hall meeting at Brandeis University on Monday evening. “It’s not a game,” Minister of Internal Security Avi Dichter said during the town hall meeting in Levin Ballroom. “It’s [a nuclear bomb], not something […]
About half of the $3 million renovations to the Linsey Pool facility will involve electrical repairs in the basement rather than the actual pool university officials said on Monday. The remaining money will go into renovations for the pool deck, locker rooms and lobby along with new building code requirements, Senior Vice President for Administration […]
Students made a statement about the overuse of electricity and advocated for Brandeis to work to use more sustainable energy sources Wednesday evening at the third annual sleepout on the great lawn, hosted by the waste and energy management subcommittee of Students for Environmental Action. The sleep out represents one of many attempts by students […]
In March of 2006, the University Diversity Committee created an addition to Brandeis’ original mission statement to promote the importance of diversifying the student body. The “diversity statement,” now featured under the mission statement on the university website, reads, “[Brandeis University] seeks to build an academic community whose members have diverse cultures, backgrounds and life […]
Akash Vadalia – 2012 Biology and Health Science Society and Policy Double Major Current Union Position Student Union Treasurer Campaign Slogan Putting the U back in Union Other Campus Involvement Experiential Learning Fellow, Campus Center Supervisor, Psychology Lab Research Assistant, Former Varsity Tennis Player, Former Co-President of the South Asian Student Association As Treasurer Vadalia […]
Herbie Rosen – 2012 American Studies Major Journalism and Legal Studies Minors Current Union Position Student Union Secretary Campaign Slogan Listening…ACTUALLY LISTENING. Other Campus Involvement Orientation Leader, C.O.R.E coordinator, Brandeis Undergraduate Theater Consortium, Brandeis Theater Ensemble, Waltham Group Volunteer Vacations As Secretary Rosen feels he has been able to become comfortable with every aspect of […]
AMBER KORNREICH – 2012 Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Major Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Minor Current Union Position Union Outsider Campaign Slogan Demand Social Justice, Sustainability and Student Power from your government. Other Campus Involvement President of the Deis Dems, Waltham Group Coordinator, Co-Founder of Brandeis Buddies As a Union Outsider Kornreich feels she […]
