Welcome to the Change Agency, the new progressive activist group on campus! After a lot of hard work from a lot of talented people, the Change Agency is finally ready to go public and bring activism at Brandeis to new heights. And each and every one of us can bring our talents together and play [...]
Posted on: August 9th, 2010
Category: Activism, Break Blogging, Elly, International Issues, National Issues, News, Protect the Powerless, Take Action
What could come of dozens of the nation’s richest people getting together? The options are limitless. Bill&Melinda Gates and Warren Buffet, longtime billionaires and philanthropists, have teamed up to create a network of America’s richest people, reaching out to the Forbes 400 in order to ask for donations. However, this campaign, now known as The Giving Pledge, goes further than any have in [...]
Posted on: July 26th, 2010
Category: Adam, Context and Connections, Honesty, News, RoseArt, The Public Good
Two days ago, I wrote about the exciting news that the Rose Art Museum was named one of 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts. That, however, will be cold comfort if the Museum is later disbanded or if its collection is devalued by the sale of some of its major works. Unfortunately, the latest updates in [...]
Posted on: July 24th, 2010
Category: Adam, Context and Connections, Diversity and Multiculturalism, Massachusetts, News, RoseArt, Waltham Great Places trips
After a year of accepting submissions, the Massachusetts’ legislature’s 1,000 Great Places Commission has released its report of the best locations in the state. That’s not exactly an exclusive list considering that Massachusetts has only 351 cities and towns, but it’s still nice to see that one of these Great Places is found on our [...]
In The Hoot’s recent article about the selection of Frederick Lawrence as the new University President, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Malcolm Sherman was asked about the impact of Lawrence’s religion on his confirmation: Malcolm Sherman, Chairman of the Brandeis Board of Trustees said Lawrence’s Judaism was “a consideration” at a school that self-identifies as a [...]
Posted on: July 20th, 2010
Category: Adam, Context and Connections, International Issues, News, The Public Good, Uncategorized
A recent study by a Brandeis biologist and two of his students sheds some light on what causes healthy cells to become cancerous. Professor James Haber, who was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences last spring, worked with grad student Wade Hicks and 2009 graduate Minlee Kim to research the process of repairing DNA [...]
