Innermost Parts

People are still occupying Wall Street. Brandeisians have been getting involved. And now there’s talk of a Boston occupation too!? Read Shea’s e-mail below to find out more about what’s going on, why, and how to get involved: Last weekend, 5 Brandeis students went down to NYC to join the Occupy Wall St. protestors. It [...]

Here is update from Shea! Occupy Wall St: a Briefing Our own Tahrir Square moment is happening right now in the newly renamed “Liberty Plaza” in the Financial district in NYC. 1. What is this movement? What is going on here? The protesters in Liberty Plaza are a heterogeneous, ambiguous group, as they were in [...]

The following is a description of volunteer opportunities at the Newton Teen Center which came to us via the Brandeis Dept. of Community Service listserv. The Newton Teen Center, a drop-in center for teens aged 13-18, needs several dedicated volunteers to support our programs. Our mission is to provide a safe and enjoyable place for [...]

In the landmark case of Lawrence v. Texas, Justice Kennedy delivered the majority ruling, stating “When homosexual conduct is made criminal by the law of the State, that declaration in and of itself is an invitation to subject homosexual persons to discrimination both in the public and in the private spheres.” However, we still criminalize [...]

If you love reading books that you can physically hold in your hand, how can you also be environmentally conscious? My family collects books- not specifically rare ones, not ones that would necessarily be worth a lot of money, just ones we enjoy reading. My grandmother’s house is cluttered with overwhelming piles of books, and [...]