Innermost Parts

This event sounds amazing and I encourage everyone to go. I am a big fan of experiential learning classes, which help students combine their in-class knowledge with real world experience, and, at best, culminate in an opportunity for students to have an impact on the real world by presenting what they've learned, in a practical [...]

  Hello Brandeis! I wanted to send a quick update from the Hague!!!   Charles Taylor was convicted this morning by the Special Court for Sierra Leone on 11 criminal counts!    If you don't know who he is, here is a quick fact sheet on Charles Taylor.    His charges are:  5 counts of crimes against humanity: murder, [...]

Hello everyone! I know it has been a while… I am currently part of the Brandeis in the Hague program! It has been so much fun (You should apply for the summer or the spring program!)  If you have been following the election, you may have heard about Rick Santorum's statement about euthanasia: Check out [...]

The Brandeis Office of Study Abroad sent out an e-mail yesterday to students returning from studying abroad. "Brandeis has been offered the opportunity to have our students (YOU!) participate in a pre- and post-experience assessment survey in a study on the effects of study abroad.  This study is funded by the Teagle Foundation and is [...]

Amnesty International reminded me about something today. That our country has a secret prison where we 'detain' people for indefinite amounts of time without trials. It's called Guanatanamo Bay, and it's been open for 10 years. According to the New York Times, in January of 2009, Obama issued an executive order instructing the CIA to [...]