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Letter From the Editor: Sustainability Committee Chair's conflict of interest

(04/07/19 2:56am)

Yesterday, Kent Dinlenc ’19, an Arts senior staff writer who also wrote for Forum section, resigned from the Justice. Dinlenc also serves as the Class of 2019 senator and as chair of the Union’s Sustainability committee. A few days ago Dinlenc circulated a survey on social media regarding the two newspapers on campus. His involvement in such matters poses a significant conflict of interest. Aware of this conflict, the Justice requested a meeting with Dinlenc to ask him for his resignation, which Dinlenc began the meeting by voluntarily offering. The Justice appreciates all the work Dinlenc has done, as well as his choice to address the conflict of interest his memberships created.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2019/04/letter-from-the-editor-sustainability-conflict-of-interest

Collaboration is the key to defeating anti-Semitism on both sides

(04/02/19 10:00am)

 I spent last weekend in Washington, D.C. at the much-maligned and mostly-misunderstood American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, an annual convention in which legions of citizen lobbyists descend on the nation’s capital to hear from policy makers, discuss developments in Middle Eastern politics and meet with representatives to make the case for “pro-Israel” legislation. It was my first time at the policy conference — I was raised in a theoretically, but not aggressively, Zionist home, and the year I spent in Israel before transferring to Brandeis from my small liberal arts college in Minnesota involved more protesting of the current Israeli government than lobbying in support of its American policy agenda. But then, controversy ensued when my old object of admiration in Minnesota, now-Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, called out AIPAC by name as buying American politicians. This triggered a collective heart attack in the Jewish community, as well as a spate of purportedly philo-semitic Islamophobia from Omar’s political opponents, and then a problematic conflation of that bile with the good-faith criticism that preceded it. Obsessed with this story to the point of being unable to talk about much else, I felt compelled this year to see for myself what this “Israel lobby” thing was all about. 

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2019/04/collaboration-is-the-key-to-defeating-anti-semitism-on-both-sides

Views on the News: Collusion

(04/02/19 10:00am)

On Sunday, Robert Mueller, the Special Counsel of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections, released his final report stating that no collusion between President Trump’s campaign and the Russian government had occurred, but did not reach a conclusion on the issue of obstruction of justice, instead allowing Attorney General William Barr to do so. Barr concluded that the President did not obstruct justice, and Democrats are calling for Muller’s full report to be released to the public. What do you think this means for the country, and how should the Democrats handle this situation?

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2019/04/views-on-the-news-collusion

Vote Simran Tatuskar ’21 for Student Union President

(03/19/19 10:00am)

The 2019 Student Union presidential election has several well-qualified candidates, each of whom has a vision for creating a better Brandeis. Candidates Lizy Dabanka ’20, Oliver Price ’20 and Simran Tatuskar ’21 have similar ideas on how to improve campus life, such as working to improve the relationships between students and the University and ensuring that student needs are met. However, the candidate with the most concrete vision of how to improve the Union is Tatuskar. As such, this board endorses Simran Tatuskar for 2019-2020 Student Union president.

https://www.thejustice.org/article/2019/03/vote-simran-tatuskar-21-for-student-union-president