Brandeis avoids loans scandal
As more rampant abuses in the $85 million student loan industry come to light, the University has remained untouched by the scandals.
Rachel Marder
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: To reflect campus diversity properly, we need your help
Even though I began writing for the Justice a couple of years after the "Dusty Baker" incident, it was a tale I've heard since day one, and still discuss regularly.
Brushfire ignites by Massell, contained to hill
A brushfire broke out for unknown reasons Tuesday afternoon near Rosenthal Quad, Lieutenant William Kresser of the Waltham Fire Department said.
After shootings, University police, again, say they should be armed
Following the shootings at Virginia Polytechnic Institute last week, senior administrators at Brandeis sought to assure the campus that the University has a comprehensive plan to handle such emergencies.
Crown debate on hold
Although the Crown Center for Middle East Studies hoped to bring presidential candidates to speak on campus this semester, none were able to fit a stop in before the end of the semester, Senior Vice President for Communications Lorna Miles said last Wednesday.The Center invited Sen.
Carter defends book; challenges Brandeis to send Mideast delegation
Following weeks of uncertainty over whether and in what format he would address the campus, former President Jimmy Carter spoke for about 20 minutes before answering preselected questions from nine students in a packed Shapiro Gymnasium Tuesday.Assistant Dean of Student Life Alwina Bennett, who worked on the logistics of the Carter event, estimated its total cost to the University to be "somewhere between $75,000 and $100,000."Carter, whose speech defended the ideas presented in his recent book, was rebutted almost immediately by Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz in an event that capped about a month of controversy over the circumstances of their visits and the contents of Carter's controversial book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid."My bottom line was that the Palestinians are horribly treated, and their treatment is not known or minimally known in the United States," he said of his book.
Former Heller director files $3 million suit against University
J. Larry Brown, the former director of the Center on Hunger and Poverty and the Institute on Assets and Social Policy, filed a $3-million lawsuit against the University and Provost Marty Krauss earlier this month, alleging that Krauss violated the faculty handbook when she fired him and that the University tried to prevent him from accessing his research funds following his termination.In June 2000 Brown moved the Center and Institute from Tufts University, where he founded both, to the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, bringing his staff and $3 million in funding with him.
BREAKING NEWS: Carter defends book, outlines vision for Middle East
Following weeks of uncertainty over whether and in what format he would address the campus, former President Jimmy Carter spoke for about 20 minutes before answering pre-selected questions from nine students in a packed Shapiro Gymnasium Tuesday.Carter, whose speech defended the ideas presented in his recent book, was rebutted almost immediately by Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz in an event that capped months of controversy over the circumstances of their visits and the contents of Carter's controversial book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid."My bottom line was that the Palestinians are horribly treated, and their treatment is not known or minimally known in the United States," he said of his book.
2006: A year of successes, a year of controversies
The faculty looked anxious, sitting in Olin-Sang Auditorium at last October's faculty meeting. All eyes in the room were fixed on University President Jehuda Reinharz.
Two years later, former Athletics Director says he was fired without reason
Jeff Cohen '64, the former director of athletics for 18 years, said he was fired abruptly in January 2004 without any clear reason.
Waltham Public Schools email regarding potential Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents at Waltham schools.
Fire at the Walter E. Fernald Developmental Center
On leading the way: Black women in politics
Library union rallies, calls for contract that recognizes seniority
“Plans for the Future” - a message from the Interim President Levine