Can we agree that it’s kind of ridiculous that Brandeis is hosting a huge event where Judge Goldstone, respected International Jurist and member of the Brandeis community, is going to “debate” Dore Gold, former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations? This setup implicitly creates a dichotomy where Mr. Gold is said to represent the “Pro-Israel [...]
A few years ago, Jimmy Carter was invited to Brandeis to discuss his new book that criticized Israel. Jehuda and his administration not only tried to sabotage his coming, not only forced him to “debate” Alan Dershowitz (in the interests of “balance”), but Jehuda pointedly refused to welcome a distinguished former President. A little more [...]
The Board of Trustees is meeting this week to discuss…well, no-one really knows what’s on their agenda, but I’m sure it’s nothing sinister. Remember the Board has no voting student, staff, or faculty members, effectively shutting the campus out of collective decision making. If you’d like to pass on any suggestions on this or any [...]
You’ll notice that there’s a new calendar on the site. That’s because ARC has decided on creating an open and free community Activist Calendar, just like we were doing, but with a few minor tweaks that we like. For simplicities sake, we’ve junked the old Innermost Parts calendar and are now using the same backend [...]
Here’s a great reason for you to be cheerful: A Brandeis professor has discovered the world’s first vegetarian spider! I just can’t think of anything that isn’t wonderful about this. The spider (bagheera kiplingi) is cute, too. I suggest we all send Prof. Eric J. Olson messages of congratulation.
