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This semester, Prof. Antonella Di Lillo (COSI) deployed a new academic tool in the core computer science class, “Data Structures and the Fundamentals of Computing,” COSI 21A. The tool, known as DALPy, formerly Cormen-Lib, was built and published as open-source software by two students, Eitan Joseph ’22 and Chami Lamelas ’22.
Period Activists at ‘Deis hosted a panel titled “Spirituality x Periods” on Thursday, April 7. The panel consisted of four Brandeis-affiliated individuals who came to represent their respective religions, comparing and contrasting the different traditional approaches to menstruation. The panel also discussed modern-day ideas and approaches, such as feminist reclamations of traditional practices.
The Student Union Senate announced a major change to this semester’s State of the Union address and Midnight Buffet. The Senate also chartered two clubs, Brandeis Impact Club and Salvation International Prayer Youth Ministry.
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
The University announced that its COVID-19 protocols will be updated again in an April 11 email to the Brandeis community. The University’s new policies have been revised to “more closely align with the CDC guidance for quarantine for community members who are asymptomatic and fully vaccinated, or recently COVID-recovered with a testing exemption, who are identified as close contacts,” the email said. These new policies were officially implemented on April 12. Protocols are the same for individuals who are not fully vaccinated.
On Wednesday, April 6, posts containing a link to a document titled “Letter to Administration Addressing CA Meal Plan Compensation” began circulating throughout the Brandeis community on social media. The document was initially posted by Community Advisors, who asked fellow students to sign and share the petition. As of Monday afternoon, less than a week later, the petition had accumulated 555 non-CA student signatures. In addition, the document contained signatures from 80 current and incoming CAs; over 50 faculty, staff, and alumni; and over three dozen parents.
On Friday, April 1, Brandeis announced the speakers and honorary degree recipients for the 2022 commencement ceremony. The ceremony will take place on May 22 and will be held at the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center. Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) H’17 will address the Class of 2022 at the University’s 71st commencement exercises. Aerospace engineer and mathematician Christine Mann Darden and David Harris, the CEO of the American Jewish Committee, will both be awarded honorary degrees.
Peyton Gillespie ’25 did not initially intend on running for Student Union president. But, when he found it difficult to find someone to run on a ticket with him running for vice president, he decided to step up and take on the challenge. He asked the Executive Board to help find a vice president, and someone suggested Lia Bergen ’25, who Gillespie knew from his time serving on the senate last semester. He immediately reached out to Bergen, and within ten minutes they were at Massell Pond deciding to run on a ticket together.
Students voted in the Student Union elections for the upcoming academic year on April 4. There were 11 races for a total of 13 open seats in the Union, including for the president and vice president, who ran on a ticket together.
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
The Student Union Senate chartered two clubs and discussed a possible change to the academic calendar at its April 3 meeting. Vice President Courtney Thrun ’22 said the Union is recommending the change, which would add an extra day off of classes to the spring semester to make up for the lack of other breaks.
Brandeis students and alumni spoke to inspire the campus community at the TEDx BrandeisU event on Saturday, April 2. Titled “New Paths to Discovery,” the speakers discussed ways to transform one’s life and ways of thinking, as told through their own personal stories and experiences.
Students gathered in the Napoli Room in the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center to watch a fishbowl-style panel featuring transgender athletes from across NCAA sports, divisions, and schools on Thursday, March 31. The panel was sponsored by the Gender and Sexuality Center, Brandeis Athletics, and Athlete Ally, an organization working to dismantle the systems of oppression in sports for LGBTQIA+ people. The panel featured four student athletes, as well as a moderator from Athlete Ally.
One of the Student Union’s current projects is working towards an expansion of the transportation options on campus, most specifically looking to provide some form of transportation connecting the Brandeis campus to the MBTA Riverside Line.
Peter Frumhoff is a prominent environmental activist who has helped bring global attention to issues related to climate change. He spoke to the Brandeis community on March 30 on a broad range of environmental-related topics, including the history of environmental activism, the impact capitalism has on climate change, what passionate students can do to make a difference, and how to stay positive when working in a field that is so often discouraging.
In 1983, Dr. Sally Ride proved that the sky is not, in fact, the limit by being the first American woman to go to space. Now, Brandeis graduate Elana Hagler ’02 has designed a coin to commemorate Ride’s achievements as part of the American Women Quarters Program, a project of the U.S. Mint. The quarter featuring Ride is one of five quarters featuring notable American women of all different backgrounds. The other coins will feature Maya Angelou, Anna May Wong, Wilma Mankiller, and Nina Otero-Warren, and the project will roll out over four years.
On Wednesday, March 23, people gathered in Shiffman 219 to listen to students and faculty read poems written by Latina poets with piano accompaniment by Alyssa Zylberger ’25. In celebration of women’s history month, Prof. Zoila Castro (ROMS), Prof. Lucía Reyes de Deu (ROMS), Prof. Elena González Ros (ROMS), and academic administrators Katie Dickinson and Ellen Rounseville organized the inaugural Latina Poetry Night.
Activist Fred Guttenberg gave an impassioned lecture on the dangers of gun violence at an event on March 24 hosted by Brandeis Students Demand Action. Guttenberg’s daughter, Jaime, was among the 17 killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14, 2018, the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. Since his daughter’s death, Guttenberg has been an outspoken advocate for gun control and against gun violence, speaking at events across the country and urging teenagers and young adults to speak out.