Author: Esther Brandon


Posted on: November 10th, 2010

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Category: Esther

Good Afternoon Brandeis! When I opened my e-mail, on the top of the list was Marty W. Krauss’s e-mail about the new block scheduling program. From the report here is a quick list of the changes (full outline at bottom). – Less MWT classes – More TF, MW classes – Classes start on the hour! [...]

Author: Phil LaCombe


Posted on: April 27th, 2010

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Category: Event, News, Phil

To the Brandeis Community: The Brandeis administration’s choice of Michael Oren as this year’s commencement speaker has brought division to what should be a unifying event.  If you are upset about this choice and would like an opportunity to voice your opinion, come to a demonstration against campus division tomorrow beginning at 4:45 p.m between [...]

Author: Adam Hughes


Posted on: March 24th, 2010

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Category: Adam, Budget Crisis, Context and Connections, Honesty

At today’s meeting, the Board of Trustees will make the final vote on the Brandeis 2020 Committee proposals that Provost Marty Krauss approved earlier this month.  So far, I think the process has gone as well as we could hope for, and I generally approve of the decisions that the Committee made.  However, one program [...]

Author: Adam Hughes


Posted on: May 2nd, 2009

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Category: Adam, Context and Connections, Democracy, The Public Good

Before my title deceives you, I unfortunately missed Bill Ayers’ lecture on Thursday, and I have no idea what he talked about.  He might have brought up the idea of student autonomy; chances are he didn’t. The event itself, however, sure told us a lot about the freedom we enjoy as Brandeis students — and [...]

Author: Adam Hughes


Posted on: March 26th, 2009

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Category: Adam, Context and Connections, The Public Good

I just got around to reading the Justice’s article about the State of the Union today, and one thing in particular really jumped out at me: “I think his speech was one of the most outstanding you can imagine from a student leader,” said Rena Olshansky ’56, a member of the Board of Trustees’ Students [...]

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