No, really, fuck the Student Union. In this post, I will thoroughly bash the Student Union. I’ll offer my insight as a former Union insider and then conclude with some ideas on how to make it better. This will be a long post, but the jist of it can be summarized in the title. For [...]
Posted on: November 5th, 2009
Category: Activism, Democracy, International Issues, Lev, The Public Good
Today, I and a number of other students (the exact number I do not know – I estimate conservatively around twenty) stood briefly during Dore Gold’s speech during the debate (regardless of what the organizers say, this was a debate). Surely many believe that this was inappropriate and rude – and for the most part [...]
Andy Hogan has sent out his first email to the “Involved Students” listserve, it includes a link to a mybrandeis survey asking for student opinions on dining. http://my.brandeis.edu/survsimp/one?survey_id=4831 The last question is a space for us to say what we would like to see. Thomas from the Brandeis Labor Coalition suggests: where it asks “what’s [...]
This Friday the Student Union is hosting a meeting open to all students with Tim Hickey to give him feedback on his proposal for a Justice Brandeis Semester. The meeting will be held from 2-3 PM in SCC 313. This is a great opportunity to help shape the JBS and the future of the University.
Win for the Brandeis Community! Judgment of the Court: This Court was unable to come to any majority opinion, meaning that no single decision or rationale gained the support of a majority of the Justices. When such a situation occurs, we issue a plurality opinion, which has been explained thus: “When a fragmented Court decides [...]
