Well, Brandeis made the New York Times again, which is never good news. This time, it’s a short blurb about a lawsuit which has been filed against us by several Rose Art Museum overseers:
Lawsuit Seeks to Save Art Museum at Brandeis
I’m hearing rumors that Brandeis had a success in fundraising this year, and that something like 12M dollars will be put into place to plugging our endowment-created deficit. Does anyone have any specifics on this? Will Faculty get their 401(k)’s back now?
P.S. – Kudos to Ariel Wittenberg at the Hoot for updating during the summer, [...]
146 years ago, the United States experienced the bloodiest riot in its history.
African Americans became scapegoats and the target of the rioters’ anger. Many immigrants and poor viewed freed slaves as competition for scarce jobs and African Americans as the reason why the civil war was being fought. African Americans who fell into the mob’s [...]
(crossposted to Future Majority)
The Green Lantern is running for Mayor of DC. Wait, what?
Yes, it’s true. Well, sort of true. I’m in DC right now, at a Campaign BootCamp run by the New Organizing Institute. I’m joined by five dozen promising progressive activists who have also traveled to D.C. to learn the ways of online [...]
So, in case you didn’t know, there’s going to be a conference on social media and its connection to Social Justice at Brandeis pretty soon. Super cool, right? This combines my passions for computers with my drive for Social Justice. I’m totally excited.
Here’s the agenda: TMI. Social Justice in a Facebook Age v2
Anyways, one way [...]
So a while ago I pointed out that Mariel Gruzsko, a friend of mine, was writing a blog about her experiences doing Anthropological work in Guatemala. Well, it’s taken off splendidly, and I seriously recommend you take a look. She updates often, thoroughly, and thoughtfully.
