Just got an email from Jehuda to all of campus. I’ll let it speak for itself: Dear Students, As you prepare to leave campus for spring break, I want to share with you some of the good news from this week’s meetings of the Board of Trustees. It has been a very challenging winter at [...]
Last week I stepped out of my usual network of activists and attended a Student Peace Alliance meeting. It was an enjoyable experience–SPA does some cool things and has some great people. I noticed some similarities with DFA in its meeting style, reminding me that we share common roots. Both groups were founded on the [...]
One of the biggest arguments in favor of the Union government restructuring proposal was that it would remove the difficult parliamentary procedure of the Senate. The new Union Assembly would have been a smaller body, free from the obscure minutiae of Robert’s Rules of Order and easier for students to approach and work with. Even [...]
In my inbox: The Brandeis Labor Coalition is pairing up with the Haiti Relief Effort to put together a Haitian Worker Appreciation Luncheon! The event will take place this Thursday, March 25 from 2:30pm-4:00pm in Feldberg Lounge in Upper Sherman. There will be LOTS of free food!!!! The event is open to all students and [...]
At today’s meeting, the Board of Trustees will make the final vote on the Brandeis 2020 Committee proposals that Provost Marty Krauss approved earlier this month. So far, I think the process has gone as well as we could hope for, and I generally approve of the decisions that the Committee made. However, one program [...]
