With all the press the Union government has received for its work in securing a student voice in budgetary committees, some of its other triumphs have flown below the radar. The Clubs in Service program is one of my favorite Union initiatives this year, and its great intentions and success are unfortunately under-recognized. Jason Gray [...]
Posted on: March 31st, 2009
Category: Adam, Budget Crisis, Context and Connections, Diversity and Multiculturalism, The Public Good
It’s been two weeks since Jason Gray made this call to the Brandeis community: [T]oday, I challenge the University administration to engage the arts community in order to find tangible ways to invest in the long-term future of the arts at Brandeis. I call for a series of meetings between administrators and members of our [...]
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 [...]
Posted on: March 23rd, 2009
Category: Adam, Budget Crisis, Context and Connections, Diversity and Multiculturalism
For a speech with a theme of “Looking Forward”, Jason Gray’s State of the Union went pretty far back to the past — all the way to 1946, in fact, to the University’s founding. Of course, this isn’t a criticism; the past is our best (and maybe our only) tool for predicting the future, and [...]
If you couldn’t make Jason Gray’s final State of the Union on Tuesday, then you missed out on a very good speech. Thankfully, Innermost Parts is here for you again (Have we ever let you down before? Don’t answer that…). Below the fold is the complete text of the speech, titled “Looking Forward: Student Involvement, [...]
