Brandzel urges social activism
Political activist Ben Brandzel '03 encouraged first-year students to embrace the Brandeis legacy of social activism by calling on them to defy the odds and make the world a better place last Tuesday in Spingold.
Miranda Neubauer
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Student Union President Jason Gray '10 swore in Noam Shuster '11 as senator-at-large. The Union Judiciary issued an injunction last spring halting her swearing-in after former Senator-at-Large Andrew Brooks '09 contested the election results.
ResLife director leaves
Former Director of Residence Life Richard DeCapua left his position at Brandeis last summer, and Associate Director of ResLife Dean Gendron and Associate Director for Operations and Assignments Jeremy Leiferman will serve as interim co-directors of ResLife, Dean of Student Life Rick Sawyer said.DeCapua came to Brandeis in summer 2006 and has left to become associate dean of students at Suffolk University in Boston.
New rabbi search to commence
University administrators will form a new search committee this fall to locate a Jewish chaplain for the University after Rabbi Allan Lehmann vacated the position last summer, Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment Jean Eddy said.Two search committees failed to find a suitable candidate for the rabbi position.
LTS unveils new user-friendly e-mail system starting in June
Over the summer, Library and Technology Services will undertake the largest overhaul of the University e-mail network in nine years with the purchase of the open-source software Zimbra according to Director of Networks and Systems John Turner.
New software to make it easier for clubs to request SAF funds
New software is currently being developed by Village Software to manage the Student Activities Fee funding and greatly improve club transactions by eliminating the need for much manual data entry and re-entry, immediate past Student Union Treasurer Choon Woo Ha '08 said.
HBI held forum on the role of women abroad
The Ethics Center and the Hadassah Brandeis Institute held a conference addressing the possibilities of a reconciliation of modern law and traditional customs with regard to gender equality worldwide on Tuesday, April 15.
WhoCash can be purchased online
Since Monday April 14, all members of the Brandeis community have had the option of adding WhoCash to their student ID cards online from the Campus Card Office Web site with credit or debit cards, said Anne Livermore, assistant director for student technical services in Library and Technology Services said.
Back Pages Books struggles
When Back Pages Books first opened in 2005, owner Alex Green '04 said that the independent bookstore received an outpouring of support from the community, when no independent bookstore had existed in the town for many years.
Student Events may receive funding through F-Board again
Recently announced changes to Union Treasury and Finance Board funding policies could allow Student Events to receive its funding through F-Board again, according to representatives from the Student Union and Student Events.
‘Brandeis is at the edge of a cliff’: Interim President addresses faculty
Former student returns as President
Parents of Brandeis student file wrongful death lawsuit with claims of negligence from campus police
17th century portraiture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Study-in for Palestine hosted by Brandeis Jewish Bund reported to police