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 [...]

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Posted on: February 2nd, 2012

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Category: Brandeis Values, Democracy, elections, Elly, I get email, Protect the Powerless, Student Union

The Student Union will now have a Midyear Senator position! 315 Students voted for the amendment 52 students voted against the amendment 10 students abstained (We needed 2/3 of the votes in favor of the amendment in order for it to pass) Thus, we now set our sights on a future election. We have two [...]

Ever wanted to hear professors talk about how academics and social justice can interact at Brandeis? Ever wanted to do that over a free lunch? If so, this may be the event for you. Social Justice in the Brandeis Curriculum Wednesday, February 8, 12 – 1:30 p.m. Alumni Lounge, Usdan Professors Gordon Fellman (PAX, SOC), [...]

  Will we get (or at least vote on) a midyear senator this year? Way back in the fall of 2009 (my first semester) there was a whole big controversy over the Student Union Secretary at the time, Diana Aronin, not submitting a constitutional amendment to the student body for a vote.  Aronin was ultimately [...]

The BSF (Brandeis Sustainability Fund) has announced the projects it will fund this semester! The BSF was started in the spring of 2010 after being put to a student vote. It funded 5 projects in its inaugural year (2010-11), to the tune of $48,738.62. This year it chose 3 projects to fund (of the 5 that [...]

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