Author: Adam Hughes


Posted on: March 14th, 2010

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Category: Activism, Adam, Budget Crisis, Context and Connections, Democracy

Bump! — sahar
In her response to the the Brandeis 2020 Committee proposals, Provost Marty Krauss lists the five groups tasked to work towards healing Brandeis’s long-term financial deficit.  They are:

The 23 member Brandeis 2020 Committee, which identified reductions in Arts and Sciences.
The professional school revenue committee, composed of 4 administrators and the Office of Budget [...]

Author: Hyder


Posted on: March 12th, 2010

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Category: Context and Connections, Diversity and Multiculturalism, Honesty

Having further thought about, and discussed at great length, The MSA Incident and the subsequent fallout and reaction, I’d like to offer some clarifications and updates to my earlier post. Firstly, I’m really really proud to see the reaction this campus has had. Sahar’s open letter and the responses to the facebook events clearly indicate [...]

Author: Sahar


Posted on: March 11th, 2010

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Category: Activism, Context and Connections, Sahar

So the Activist Resource Center secretly rocks. At a training/meeting/retreat in DC through ARC, we listened to a speech by Angus(?) Johnson, a professor of student activism at CUNY. Apparently he’s really cool – at least his speech was.
He had this to say, and I found it really insightful: “When I tell people that [...]

Author: Adam Hughes


Posted on: March 10th, 2010

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Category: Adam, Context and Connections, News Roundup, Protect the Powerless, The Public Good

The front page of this week’s Justice has, as its lead article, a story about the Constitutional Review Committee’s final report.  The article is well-written, comprehensive, and informative, and it’s accompanied by a nice, eye-catching picture.  The problem is that I don’t think anyone cares.
The CRC is one of those topics that’s only interesting to [...]

Author: Sahar


Posted on: March 9th, 2010

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Category: Context and Connections, Sahar

Liquid Latex is happening this Thursday, 8pm, in Levin. It is really cool!
Brandeis students will be painted in latex paint, and then dance or parade on stage. The surface point is that the paint looks really cool. The real point that is matters is this: Liquid Latex is a demonstration for real Brandeis School [...]

Author: Adam Hughes


Posted on: March 8th, 2010

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Category: Adam, Budget Crisis, Context and Connections, The Public Good

Earlier today, Provost Marty Krauss released her decisions regarding the 18 proposals that the Brandeis 2020 Committe submitted to narrow Brandeis’s projected operating deficit.  With one minor alteration, she chose to accept them all, meaning that they all will go to the Board of Trustees for approval later this month.
I imagine that there are a [...]

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