Members of the International Club and the administration say that they are assessing whether or not Pachanga, the dance that is traditionally hosted by the club, will be held this semester. The administration is "on board" with holding Pachanga this semester, President of the International Club Andrea Verdeja '14 said in an interview with the Justice, but issues, such as location of the event, still have to be determined.

In an interview with the Justice, Associate Dean of Student Life Jamele Adams also said that the administration has nothing against holding Pachanga this semester. "We're all working together to see if Pachanga will be successful," Adams said. Both Adams and Verdeja declined to discuss anything more specific about what had happened between the club and the administration in the meetings, saying that it is too early to speak about those details until more meetings are held.

In the event that Pachanga is approved by the administration, the Finance Board has allocated $10,000 to fund the event, according to F-Board Chair Gabriel Weingrod-Nemzow '12 in an interview with the Justice.

The dance, which was first held in 2001, was changed to an annual rather than semesterly event, according to a February 2011 interview with Director of the Intercultural Center Monique Gnanaratnam. The decision followed the Oct. 23, 2010 Pachanga dance, which resulted in overcrowding and the hospitalization of multiple intoxicated attendees. The overcrowding was caused by the sale of fake wristbands. Eventually, a fire alarm was activated at 12:30 a.m., an hour and a half before the dance was scheduled to end. In an Oct. 25 email to the Brandeis community, then-University President Jehuda Reinharz called the events that took place that night "unprecedented."

According to Adams in a February 2011 Justice interview, Pachanga will now be held every spring, starting this semester in order to avoid "having a duplication of the negative things that surround the event happening."

The final decision to hold Pachanga this semester has not yet been made, but Verdeja said that another meeting will be held this week in order to discuss the issue.