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Senators push for new club reforms ■ The Student Union

Senate passed new bylaw amendments changing the club accreditation process.

By JOCELYN GOULD and MICHELLE DANG JUSTICE CONTRIBUTING WRITER and EDITOR

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Teams of students competed in a trivia showdown at the Stein on Thursday evening.

Student union

First election yields thirteen to the Union

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Union representatives spoke to the Justice about their incoming goals for the year.

By MACK SCHOENFELD, JAKE RONG, GWENDOLYN HARRIS and WILL HODGKINSON JUSTICE CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

On Thursday, the student body elected 13 individuals to various positions in the Student Union. In interviews with the Justice, the appointed students shared their agendas for the upcoming academic year.

Class of 2021 Senator Rachel McAllister received 130 of 577 votes cast, or 22.53 percent. McAllister said she seeks to work with both the social justice and diversity advocacy groups within the Student Union and expand meal-plan options. McAllister’s main goal is “getting to know the freshman class, … being their voice [and] see-

ing what their concerns are for the next year."

Senator to North Quad Joshua Hoffman ’21 received 66 of 156 votes cast, or 42.31 percent. He stated that he will be adding something new and invigorating to the student body while operating under a request-based platform. “If you push for any legislation without the consent of your constituents, then you’re not doing your job, in my opinion,” Hoffman told the Justice.

Qingtian Mei ’21 was elected Massell Quad senator, receiving 80 of 239 votes, or 33.47 percent. Mei cited various facility shortfalls, such as slow Wi-fi and poor cell phone reception, in addition to the uncleanliness of Massell Pond, as his reasons for running. “I have been in a lot of leadership positions. … I can deal with problems more quickly," Mei said, citing prior experience on his high school’s student council.

Rosenthal Quad Senator Elizabeth Dabanka ’20 received 25 of 36 votes, or 69.44 percent. Dabanka emphasized her commitment to

On Sunday evening, the Student Union Senate unanimously passed a set of bylaw amendments restructuring the process of club recognition and chartering. Major features of the revised bylaws include a probationary period for new clubs and restructured club proposals.

Class of 2020 Senator Tal Richtman and Class of 2018 Senator Abhishek Kulkarni introduced the amendments last week following an observation by the Club Support Committee that too many clubs are approved by the Senate without the proper support or re-

sources to help them flourish after establishment.

In the past, a club was first recognized, giving them access to the basic resources on campus, before being chartered, at which point a club could receive money from the Student Union Allocations Board.

Recognition requires prospective club leaders to draft a constitution, create a general plan for the club’s first year, receive 150 signatures from undergraduates and hold a meeting that at least 10 committed members attend. After 40 academic days, recognized clubs may request chartering, which requires submitting an additional 150 signatures, an explanation of their initial activities and another meeting with both Senate groups.

Richtman and Kulkarni’s amendments change this process, emphasizing giving clubs a strong foundation for their first semester.

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promoting an atmosphere of inclusion, tolerance and diversity at the University. She will be working on ’DEIS Impact this spring and chairing the Senate’s Social Justice and Diversity committee. Speaking on her overarching aim, Dabanka said that she “want[s] everyone to feel like this is their home. … That feeling shouldn’t dissipate over the months that you’re here or the years that you attend Brandeis.”

East Quad Senator Samantha Barrett ’20 received 60 of 82 votes, or 73.17 percent. The returning senator said she will continue her efforts on a project she and other Union members began last year to fund free menstrual products on campus. “Our end goal is to have the administration take over,” Barrett said, adding that she was optimistic about the relationship the Student Union had with the administration and the Department of Community Living. As the chair of the Health and Safety committee, Barrett also plans to increase the

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Donor’s personal letters reveal longstanding ties to University ■ Rosaline Cohn's $50

million donation contributed to the University's general scholarship and financial aid.

By LIAT SHAPIRO JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

In 1966, Rosaline Cohn marked her future gift to Brandeis as “something.” Fifty years later, that “something” emerged as a $50 million bequest, the largest single donation in the University’s history.

Rosaline Cohn and her husband, Jacob Cohn, first began their relationship with Brandeis in 1951 with a gift of $100 three years after the University’s founding, according to a June 27 BrandeisNOW article. That same year, Rosaline Cohn also became a member of the Brandeis National Committee.

The BNC dedicates itself to supporting Brandeis’ “libraries,

raising funds for neuroscience research and student scholarships — putting philanthropy first,” according to its online mission statement.

By the University’s tenth anniversary, a relationship between then-President Abram Sachar and the Cohns had been established.

In a Jan. 6, 1958 letter to Jacob Cohn — the contents of which were shown to the Justice by the Institutional Advancement Archives — Sachar wrote, “The University continues to thrive and in this, our decennial year, we hear references from other universities to the ‘Brandeis academic miracle.’ The spectacular growth and the high standards could not have been possible without the friendship of people like yourself.”

On Jan. 12, 1959, Sachar wrote another letter to Jacob Cohn in which he expressed his acknowledgement of having received

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 The men’s soccer team beat Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Elms College this past week.

 Politics alumni returned to give advice and speak about their career journeys.

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Senate welcomes newly-elected senators and appoints committee chairs for the academic year On Sunday, the Senate held its first meeting with newly elected senators from last Thursday’s election.

In new business, the Senate unanimously approved the appointment of Amber Abernathy ’18 as Student Union diversity officer. She will be responsible for working with the University’s Social Justice and Diversity Committees.

Student Union Vice President Hannah Brown ’19 shared an announcement from the Office of Prevention Services that the mandatory bystander program for all club leaders is indefinitely on hiatus.

Not only does the program need review, but the Office of Prevention services finds itself too understaffed to provide the program to all club leaders, Brown said.

All Student Union members, however, will receive the training.

In the unfinished business segment, the Senate voted to postpone the establishment of the proposed “community senator” position mentioned last meeting, as members of the student body have decided to run for the unoccupied quad seats in the next election.

Brown also announced Senate committee chair appointments made with advice from the Student Union Executive Board.

The appointments included East Quad Senator Samantha Barrett ’20 to Health and Safety, Class of 2020 Senator Jonathan Chen to Dining, Class of 2020 Senator Tal Richtman to Club Support, Class of 2019 Benedikt Reynolds to Sustainability, Executive Senator Aaron Finkel ’20 to Services and Outreach, Senator-at-Large Shaquan McDowell ’18 to the Campus Operations Working Group, Class of 2018 Senator Abhishek Kulkarni to Bylaws and Rosenthal Quad Senator Lizy Dabanka ’20 to Social Justice and Diversity.

For the appointment of Senate Representative to the Allocations Board, the Senate voted between International Student Senator Linfei Yang ’20 and Class of 2019 Senator Vidit Dhawan. In a secret ballot, Dhawan was appointed.

Richtman and Class of 2018 Matthew Kowalyk both volunteered and were unanimously approved as Senate representatives to the Community Emergency and Enhancement Fund.

The Senate discussed an amendment to the bylaws accrediting clubs, which was proposed last meeting by Kulkarni and Richtman. After review, the bylaws were approved in an unanimous vote.

The amendments address issues of redundancy and lack of club support in the previous club chartering process. Significant changes include a “probationary period” lasting 14 weeks, during which new club leaders must work directly with the Club Support Committee on concrete goals before official establishment as a club on campus. Additionally, the 150 signatures required for club recognition have been eliminated and replaced with 15 written statements by club members.

The two-semester plan has been replaced with a more in-depth, one-semester plan that calls for quantifiable and actionable goals.

Senators agreed these changes will help the sustainability of new clubs. Brown noted that the Senate has “always wrestled with this” and that the bylaws may be changed in the future if the new proposals don’t work.

Medical Emergency

Sept. 11—University Police received a report of a party who had passed out in the Shapiro Campus Center. BEMCo staff treated the party, who was transported to NewtonWellesley Hospital for further care.

Sept. 11—A party reported that they had injured their ankle in Massell Quad near Massell Pond. BEMCo staff treated the party with a signed refusal for further care.

Sept. 12—A party entered the Stoneman Public Safety building complaining of a burned finger. BEMCo staff treated the party with a signed refusal for further care.

Sept. 13—University Police received a report of a party who was experiencing wrist

pain from a previous injury.

BEMCo staff treated the party with a signed refusal for further care.

Sept. 14—A party in Cable Hall reported that they had injured their finger. BEMCo staff treated the party, who was then transported to Newton-Wellesley Hospital.

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14—BEMCo staff treated a party who had fallen down in the Foster Mods and cut their knee. University Police transported the party to Newton-Wellesley Hospital for further care.

Sept. 15—A party in East Quad reported that they were feeling numbness in their hands. BEMCo staff treated the party with a signed refusal for further care.

Sept. 15—BEMCo staff treat-

ed a Facilities worker who injured their leg while performing their duties. University Police transported the party to Newton-Wellesley Hospital for further care.

Sept. 15—A party in Shapiro Hall reported that they had broken out in a rash. BEMCo staff treated the party, who was then transported to Newton-Wellesley Hospital for further care.

Sept. 16—A caller requested BEMCo assistance for an intoxicated party in Ridgewood Quad. The party was transported to Newton-Wellesley Hospital for further care, and the area coordinator on call was notified.

Sept. 16—A party in Cable Hall requested BEMCo assistance for a hand injury. BEM-

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CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS n A Sept. 12 News article misspelled Executive Senator Aaron Finkel’s ’20 name. (Sept. 12, pg. 2). n The Sept. 12 Arts cover credited images of the 24-Hour Musical to Yvette Sei ’20. The photos were actually taken by Heather Schiller ’18. (Sept. 12, pg. 17).

The Justice welcomes submissions for errors that warrant correction or clarification. Email editor@ thejustice.org.

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Sept. 12—A party reported that they were sent a check from a fraud scheme. University Police compiled a report on the incident.

Sept. 13—A party reported that their cell phone had been stolen after it was left unattended in a common area in the Shapiro Campus Center.

University Police compiled a report on the incident.

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University’s Library printing returns to smooth service after software hiccup

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Students explored their study abroad options and met with program recruiters at the Study Abroad Fair in Levin Ballroom on Thursday.

Due to system updates, printing was free in the library the first few weeks of school. The catch, however, was that taking advantage of the free printing meant waiting in line for the sole functioning printer to slowly print off dozens of pages of backlogged documents.

According to Jim LaCreta, the chief information officer of Information Technology Services, the reason for the disruption is that during a joint initiative with the Procurement and Sustainability offices to lower the University’s printing costs and use of resources like paper and toner, “we encountered an issue with the software that controls the card-swipe function.”

LaCreta continued in an email to the Justice, “The only option we had, besides free printing, was to not have printing at all, which was never considered.”

However, this situation will soon be resolved, he said. Information and Technology Services has replaced the single printer in the library with four high capacity card-swipe printers, LaCreta wrote.

“The ITS team has been working diligently to resolve the issue with our software vendor. … Printers elsewhere on campus will be updated over the next few days and weeks.” Though printing will no longer be free, it will be reliable and quick once again, according to LaCreta.

Along with a more sustainable set of printers, ITS announced to the community via email that as part of the changes, individuals may soon be able to print from their mobile devices, a feature students have long desired. “ITS staff has been testing this new feature and we look forward to making it available to campus in the coming weeks,” LaCreta wrote.

—Emily Blumenthal

ANNOUNCEMENTS Statues or Stumbling Stones

Last month’s Neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, sent shockwaves through the entire country and reignited debate about statues commemorating the confederacy. Drawing on a range of compelling current case studies, both national and transnational in scope, the speakers on this panel will explore the questions at the heart of this debate.

Today from noon to 2 p.m. at Rappaporte Treasure Hall.

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The Justice will not print on Sept. 26 due to the holiday. Our next issue will be Oct. 3.

Co staff treated the party with a signed refusal for further care.

Sept. 17—University Police received a report of an intoxicated party in Gordon Hall.

BEMCo staff treated the party, who was then transported to Newton-Wellesley Hospital.

Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson will talk about the big unsolved mysteries of the Universe, including dark matter, dark energy and the behavior of cats. A fun presentation that combines science, humor and live drawing, inspired by their new book. Cham is the creator of “Piled Higher and Deeper” (aka “PHD Comics”), the popular comic strip about life (or lack thereof) in Academia. Whiteson is a professor of Experimental Particle Physics at the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of California—Irvine.

Tuesday from 4 to 5 p.m. at AbelsonBass-Yalem, room 131.

Empowering Believers

How does one engage in politics in a

highly repressive environment? How do believers become activists? How do suburban environments shape political activism? Why has Islamism become the go-to opposition movement in Saudi Arabia since the 1970s? Join us for this fascinating discussion.

Wednesday from noon to 1:45 p.m. at Schwartz Hall, room 103.

Celebrating Bisexuality Day

Come by the Gender and Sexuality Center and the Intercultural Center as we celebrate Bisexuality Day on campus. Joining us for this culturally recognized day are educator, speaker, grassroots activist, and editor of Bi Women Quarterly Robyn Ochs and scholar-author Tangela Roberts.

Together, they will anchor an interactive mini-seminar explaining the history of the holiday and celebrating the bi community on Brandeis’ campus and across the Greater Boston community.

Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Intercultural Center Swig Lounge.

The State of Sustainability

Lead by the Senate Sustainability Committee, this event is a collaboration between staff, faculty and student sustainability groups on campus. This event is the launch of our collective sustainability

activities for the year. We will hear about progress on our sustainability metrics and new programs from Mary Fischer, sustainability manager, and key areas to focus on to make progress toward our goals.

Additional speakers include Prof. Laura Goldin (ENVS), who will brief us on the Environmental Studies program; and Prof. Sabine von Mering (GRALL), who chairs the Mandel Working Group on Climate Change. Each sustainability group on campus is invited to provide short remarks about their ideas and plans for the year.

Monday, Sept. 25 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Usdan Student Center International Lounge.

Three Elections and a Brexit

In discussion with Thomas Matussek, the historical promises of European integration, peace, prosperity and a powerful voice in a globalized world, seem to have lost their appeal. War in the east, economic and social meltdown in the south, millions of refugees, xenophobia and nationalism have a led to Brexit, Le Pen and the Alternative für Deutschland, but have the elections in the Netherlands, France and Germany turned the tide? Is Europe finding its way back to the idealistic visions of its founding fathers?

Monday, Oct. 2 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Mandel Center for Humanites Reading Room 303.

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Brandeis parent and alum Meyer Koplow ’72 named new Board of Trustees chair Meyer G. Koplow ’72, one of the key players in the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement, has been elected to serve as the University’s next chair of the Board of Trustees, according to a Sept. 12 email from University President Ronald Liebowitz.

Koplow, who succeeds former chair Larry Kanarek ’76, has served on the Board of Trustees since 2005. His sons Michael and Jonathan graduated from the University in 2002 and 2005, respectively.

“Brandeis provided me with the educational foundation that enabled me to embark on my legal career, and it has been a privilege to support its academic mission for more than a decade now as a member of the board,” the press release quoted Koplow as saying after the vote. “As a proud parent of two alumni as well, I look forward to continuing to promote that mission as board chair.”

In his email to the community, Liebowitz cited Koplow’s ties to the University as one of his greatest strengths.

“As a longtime trustee, an alumnus himself and the father of two other alumni, Meyer is intimately familiar with our university’s strengths, challenges, and opportunities. I look forward to working closely with him in the months and years ahead,” Liebowitz wrote in the announcement.

Koplow was executive partner at New York’s Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where he remains of counsel, per a press release included in the Sept. 12 email.

During his 41 years with the firm, he was responsible for a number of large settlements, including the 1998 deal between five major tobacco companies and the attorneys general of 46 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories.

Representing tobacco company Philip Morris, Koplow helped broker a deal that forbids participating cigarette companies from marketing to children and enforces bans or restrictions on methods of advertisement, sponsorship and product placement, according to the Public Health Law Center.

The tobacco industry was also required to pay settling states a minimum of $206 billion over the first 25 years of the deal in exchange for exemption from legal liability for the harm caused by tobacco use, according to an Oct. 6, 2014 New York Times piece.

During his time on the Board of Trustees, Koplow chaired the Budget and Finance and the Nominating and Governance committees. He is also co-chair of Brandeis Hillel.

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POLICE LOG CONTINUED FROM 2 Disturbance

Sept. 12—University Police received a noise complaint for Ziv Quad. Upon arrival, they found the area quiet.

Sept. 13—University Police received a complaint of loud music and talking at the Charles River Apartments.

They checked the area and found it quiet upon arrival.

Sept. 15—University Police received a report of loud music at the Charles River Apartments. They found the area quiet upon arrival.

Sept. 15—University Police received a complaint of loud music coming from the Charles River Apartments.

The area was quiet upon arrival, and the reporting party did not answer the door when University Police went to ask for further information.

Harassment

Sept. 16—University Police received a report of harassment.

The area coordinator on call was on scene at the Stoneman Public Safety building with the reporting party.

University Police compiled a report on the incident, and the Department of Community Living staff will investigate the matter further.

Other

Sept. 13—University Police received a report of a shirtless male party on the roof of the Shapiro Campus Center.

Upon arrival, University Police found the party to be a crew member from a roofing company hired by the University.

University Police took no further action.

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ADVICE: Ethan Lustig-Elgrably ’12 and Michael Carlin ’97 spoke to students about their transitions into the work world.

Politics alumni return to discuss their career paths ■ Three alumni from the

Politics Department spoke about their work after graduating from the University.

By ELIANA PADWA Justice CoNTRIBUTING WRITER

College is the first step into entering the adult world, but many college students are unsure what exactly lies beyond it. In order to address this issue, Prof. Eva Bellin (POL) and the Politics department hosted an alumni panel last Wednesday.

Despite all having graduated from the University with a major in Politics, the three alumni followed vastly different career paths and now lead very different lives. Michael Carlin ’97 is senior vice president of international media and planning at Warner Bros Pictures. Lisa Cloutier ’02 works at the Office of Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education, and Ethan Lustig-Elgrably ’12 is chief of staff at the Office of New York City Council Member Mark Treyger.

To find a satisfying career, Carlin advised students that “finding something you can be really passionate about [is] absolutely critical.” Carlin intended to be a journalist, but the itinerant style of 1990s reporting didn’t suit him. Instead, he began working for an advertising agency, and he now markets Warner Brothers films around the world.

Carlin’s job requires an understanding of international politics and various cultures — what works in one country may flop in another, and a shifting media landscape provides constant new challenges. The job keeps Carlin interested, and he told the audience that he enjoys the ac-

companying lifestyle; he claims both interest and enjoyment are crucial to success in any career. The job plays to his strengths and interests, so his dayto-day life is enjoyable, despite not being what he once envisioned.

Cloutier’s career, on the other hand, matches perfectly with what she’d always envisioned. She said that she has always been interested in civil rights and social justice and had wanted to be a lawyer since age 12. A year after law school, however, she took a job doing “complex commercial litigation” for an international law firm. The job decision was financial, and Cloutier hoped to eventually make her way back to her passions.

Four and a half years later, Cloutier quit the firm. It was a leap of faith — she left without a new job lined up and traveled for six months. She said the move “intuitively felt right” despite going against “conventional wisdom” and the guidance of her Harvard Law School advisors.

Cloutier was well prepared for a switch. She avoided building an expensive corporate lifestyle, unlike many people she knew in law school.

“So many people just sort of get stuck, they get used to making that paycheck,” she said.

Similarly, Lustig-Elgrably avoided getting stuck by following his passions directly after college. He knew he wanted to get involved in politics, and by the August after his University graduation, he was working on a Congressional campaign.

For Lustig-Elgrably, relationship building was everything. He sent in resumes for his first two jobs, however, once he became known in New York City’s political circles, he was referred from job to job, with his bosses recommending him to other politicians until he found his current position.

“Things sort of just fell into place,” said Lustig-Elgrably. To Brandeis students hoping to follow in his footsteps, he recommended getting involved in local politics first. Rather than go to New York or Washington with the hope of becoming a big name, it is better to become well known in local government and move up the ranks with some credibility, he said.

During a question-and-answer session, a Brandeis senior asked the panelists a critical question: “How have you all leveraged your Politics majors within your career paths?” Lustig-Elgrably asserted that, while his politics knowledge is helpful, he draws more from his anthropology major. He continued by saying that the writing and critical thinking skills he gained at the University have been crucial.

The other panelists agreed. Cloutier told students to “develop your writing skills. That’ll get you really far.”

When asked about the transition from Brandeis into the working world, panelists advised that not all experience can be gained in a classroom.

Carlin, for example, will not hire someone who’s never had office experience.

“Workplace etiquette is different from college etiquette, and many former students have trouble accepting that results are more important than effort in a job,” he concluded.

Despite having left the University, all three panelists agreed that they have remained thankful to their former school and returned to speak on the panel out of courtesy.

Bellin closed the panel by imploring students to value community and “remain engaged.” She added that when she calls up current students in ten years and asks them to come back and speak on campus, she hopes they will say yes.

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New semester welcomes new dining changes the changes that have occurred in dining services since last semester.

By MICHELLE DANG JUSTICE EDITOR

Since last semester, the University has made dining changes across campus, including additions to dining halls and a large-scale switch to a new kosher supervision agency.

“A few small optimizations” have been made, said Director of University Services Kevin Collen, in an interview with The Justice.

The department worked with Sodexo and students on the Senate Dining committee to consider requests from the student body.

Significant for students on a meal plan, an evening meal period has been added in response to students asking for a late-night swipe option.

Previously, students who swiped into dining halls after 5 p.m. could not swipe again until after midnight.

On Aug. 23, the University officially established KVH Kosher as its new contracting agency to provide kosher supervision to Sherman Dining Hall, Louis’ Kosher Deli and the University’s bakery.

In answer to why the switch in agency occurred, Collen said that, “Primarily, we wanted a koshercertified agency that reported to Brandeis and not to Sodexo.”

“The prior organization went right to Sodexo, and we felt the accountability structure there was not in sync with what we needed to serve the community,” he added.

The University wanted to bring its kosher certification process to the highest possible standard, said Collen. “We have colleagues that work with KVH in the Boston area.

We’ve been very pleased with what they’ve proposed to bring to campus and so far they’ve delivered.”

KVH Kosher is a division of the Rabbinical Council of New England.

According to its website, the organization has almost a century of expertise and operates its services both locally and internationally.

Under KVH, there will be broader mashgiach coverage across all kosher facilities “almost all of the time,” said Collen.

The agency change accounts for the recent switch to disposable dishware and utensils in Sherman dining hall.

“Paper and plastic is really not

the prettiest solution, … but from what we understand from my colleagues at other institutions and from KVH, that’s their national standard. Every consumer-facing organization they certify has disposables. For now, that’s the permanent solution,” said Collen.

Also based on KVH’s policies, all of Sherman’s kosher meals will adhere to a strict separation of either a meat or dairy day, whereas under the prior agency, breakfast as meat or dairy would often deviate from lunch and dinner service.

Collen also confirmed that Dunkin’ Donuts will remain fully non-kosher.

Additionally, Collen reported that the Dunkin’ Donuts move in January has been extremely positive. “A big win there,” he said.

“Just in the six-month window, we did twice the business we did in the prior year all together.”

In the empty Village Quad space that remains, the University intends to create a new study space.

Couches, tables, chairs and a flat screen TV are to be installed, and food and beverage vending with kosher options will also be provided in the space, said Collen.

According to a University Services memo Collen shared with the Justice, there have also been a number of small changes to dining across campus.

In Sherman and Usdan dining halls, there is a new turkey burger special at the grill and a “make your own pizza” event once a month. Usdan will also showcase more “global flavors” on Tuesdays and Thursdays at its wok station, according to the memo.

The Hoot Market has received New England Coffee as well as Russo’s organic produce. Additionally, it is noted in the memo that there will be “higher vendor engagement” with product displays.

In Upper Usdan, Louis’ Kosher Deli will feature specials biweekly, and Sub Connection has added vegan proteins.

Einstein Bros. Bagels has introduced sweet potato, pumpkin and “clean” four-ingredient bagels, as well as schmearfuls, bagel holes filled with cream cheese. They have also removed iced coffee in favor of cold brew coffee, per the memo.

Lastly, Kutz Bakery will introduce featured from-scratch cookies to dining halls each day, homemade pies every Wednesday and vegan dessert selections.

— Justice Contributing Writer Chaiel Shaffel contributed reporting.

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Students competed in a game of soccer while encapsulated in giant inflatable bubbles in an event hosted by the Department of Student Activities on Saturday evening.

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Campus Operations and Public Safety share active shooter training video with community Last Tuesday, Vice President of Campus Operations James Gray and Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan sent a school-wide email containing the link to a training video on how to survive an active shooter incident.

In the email, the two said, “Although no one likes to talk about potential threats of violence on campus, we live in a world where, to protect the safety of our community, we must be prepared for worstcase scenarios.”

With this in mind, they continued, Brandeis’ Incident Command Team “recently screened videos that teach people how to respond if they find themselves in the vicinity of a

shooting. We have selected this video, which has been adopted by many other universities, to share with you.”

The video was made by the Ohio State University Police Department to prepare students in the event of an active shooter scenario.

In the video, the police officers emphasize the mantra of “run, hide, fight” for the best chances of survival. The video also lays out the emergency alert system’s way of informing students of an active shooter situation.

The first step, “run,” says that if there is an active shooter far away and it is possible to get out of harm’s way, individuals must run away from the situa-

tion and call the police.

The second step, “hide,” tells viewers to make every effort to go unseen if the shooter comes close to their area.

If running or hiding is not possible, the video offers a third step: “fight.”

At that point, the video instructs individuals to grab a weapon, such as a fire extinguisher or chair, and fight for their life.

Following the video was a four-question questionnaire reviewing the information shown and reminding individuals to sign up for Brandeis’ emergency alert system if they have not done so already.

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Cohn’s money to be “applied to the Jacob Cohn Scholarship.” Sachar also reaffirmed the importance of the Cohn’s gift, confirming that their “generosity will have an enduring impact on the lives of gifted and needy young people.”

In an interview with the Justice, Vice President of Development Myles Weisenberg ’78 explained that during the first ten years after the institution’s founding, there was a generation “coming out of the Holocaust, coming out of World War II and all that the Jewish community had suffered — there was a sense of urgency that this institution had to succeed.”

Weisenberg noted that by the tenth anniversary, there “was a pride that Brandeis achieved such high academic excellence in such a short time,” especially competing against thirty other institutions in the Boston area.

The Cohns were among these proud friends of Brandeis. Despite having no direct connection to the University, Rosaline Cohn corresponded throughout the years with several Brandeis leaders, including Sachar, former University President Marver Bernstein and President Emeritus Jehuda Reinharz.

Cohn also attended several Brandeis events — including commencements — and often brought her daughter, Marcia Cohn, with her.

The BrandeisNOW article reported that a few years after Jacob Cohn’s death in 1968, Rosaline Cohn wrote a letter to Bernstein in which she expressed her desire for the designation of the proposed fund.

In the Feb. 9, 1976 letter, she described “the Jacob and Rosaline Cohn Scholarship and Fellowship Endowment Fund, … [designed to] financially aid talented and motivated undergraduate and graduate students in the social sciences particularly relating to contemporary society.”

Cohn included the stipulation that “normally students supported by the Cohn Fund will be studying those disciplines which hold promise for ameliorating the problems and conditions of today and tomorrow.”

Weisenberg mentioned that since the 1970s, when the fund was first created, Brandeis has annually awarded a student the Cohn Scholarship. Weisenberg also commented that every year Cohn received a letter from that student,

taking great pride in that individual’s accomplishments.

From the fund’s beginning, Cohn’s desire to become a greater part of the Brandeis community was clear. In a Nov. 16, 1984 letter, she enclosed a check for $10,000, writing, “Although it is more than a year since our last meeting at the reception for President Handler in Chicago, I have not forgotten our talk about my interest in increasing the Jacob and Rosaline Cohn Scholarship Fund.”

Cohn’s desire to play a growing role in supporting the University is a common theme in her letters.

“It is my fortunate privilege to be of some help in the area of education which I strongly feel is of such great importance to younger people,” Cohn wrote in the 1984 letter.

According to BrandeisNOW, upon the death of Rosaline Cohn in 2010, the entirety of her estate was left to her daughter Marcia. When Marcia Cohn’s estate was revealed in 2015, the beneficiaries had not changed, and Brandeis University received a bequest of $50 million.

In an email to the Justice, Director of Media Relations Julie Jette explained that “the funds are intended to offer scholarship aid in perpetuity.

The funds will be invested in order to generate a return to spend on scholarships, while the principal amount itself will be protected so it will generate that return to provide scholarship aid for many decades to come.”

Stewart Uretsky, vice president for finance and administration, explained the logistics of distribution for the Justice.

It will take three years for the gift to be fully realized and impact the financial aid budget. The University expects the gift to provide about $2.5 million per year — 5 percent of the value — to scholarships and financial aid, and the full $2.5 million will first be made available for the 2020 to 2021 academic year.

This money will ultimately support “the general scholarship and aid funds that Brandeis provides” for both undergraduate and graduate students, Jette said.

Precise distribution will be discussed by the Board of Trustees, the Enrollment Management committee, admissions faculty, the Financial committee and the senior administration, said Jette.

Of her donation, Cohn wrote in a Feb. 9, 1976 letter: “I am happy to have this opportunity of helping students and thus being in a small way part of Brandeis University.”

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Prospective students and families visited for Fall for Brandeis tours and lectures.

SU: Newly elected speak about their semester goals CONTINUED FROM 1 number of first aid kits available in dorms, as well as attract more nonSenate members to get involved in committee meetings.

Off-Campus Community Senator Matt Stenerson ’19 received 62 out of 90 votes, or 68.89 percent.

Stenerson said he will give a voice to off-campus students, noting that they are a minority in the student body. “I want to let [the off-campus community] know that I’m here to support anything that they might need,” Stenerson said, adding that he has already contacted DCL in an effort to get to know the students he will represent.

Kate Kesselman ’19 was elected to a consecutive term as Two-Semester Representative to the Allocations Board with 331 out of 1399 votes, or 23.66 percent. Kesselman ran again this year because she hoped to continue the work she had done in previous years. “I wanted to help clubs find ease in using the SUMS and the forms, … [and] I wanted to help the new members figure out how to use the programming, which is difficult unless you have a lot of experience,” she said.

Her goals for this semester include

working with clubs to develop long-term spending plans, making A-Board's forms easier to use and getting more feedback from clubs about what A-Board is doing well and where it can improve.

Additionally, Avraham Tsikhanovski ’21 was elected to the position of associate justice to the Judiciary with 147 out of 795 votes cast, or 18.49 percent. Tsikhanovski said that he has been interested and passionate about the “nitty gritty” details that go into making laws. He also intends to make sure that clubs and organizations on campus are running as ethically as possible.

Tsikhanovski added, “As a firstyear, I know that I’m new to this campus, and there is a lot for me to learn, but I’m excited to go all-in on this and contribute as much as I can to this amazing institution.”

The Student Union also announced that the Transitional Year Program Senator seat was inaccurately awarded to Stephanie Woodland ’21 in its original press release, due to an oversight in write-in ballots that resulted in a tie with Agnes Nkansah ’21. Woodland removed herself from the running and the seat was awarded to Nkansah.

Class of 2021 Senator Noah Nguyen was elected with 125 out of 577 votes, or 21.66 percent. TwoSemester Allocations Board Representative Aseem Kumar ’20 was elected with 267 out of 1399 votes, or 19.09 percent. Racial Minority Representative to Allocations Board La’Dericka Hall ’19 was elected with 94 out of 281 votes cast, or 33.45 percent. Three-Semester Representative to Allocations Board Niharika Putta ’21 was elected with 586 out of 791 votes cast, or 74.08 percent.

The Charles River/567 Senate seat resulted in a tie between Oliver Price ’20 and Gabriela Gonzalez Anavisca ’19, to be resolved in a special election tiebreaker scheduled for today.

The Senate seats for Ziv Quad, Village Quad, Ridgewood Quad and the Foster Mods remain vacant, as no students ran for them this election round.

However, Student Union members indicated during Sunday’s Senate meeting that there are students interested in running for these positions.

Nguyen, Nkansah, Kumar, Hall and Putta did not return requests for comment as of press time.

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New clubs will now have to submit a detailed, goal-oriented semester plan with quantifiable definitions of success for both the club leaders and the Senate to evaluate their accomplishments.

No longer are clubs required to submit the 150 signature lists composed of arbitrary student body signatures. Instead, 15 members must submit paragraphs explaining their interest in and dedication to the club. Clubs will have a series of educational meetings with the CSC and then will give a presentation in front of the Senate before entering a new “probationary status.”

Probation lasts 14 weeks, during which newly founded clubs will work closely with the CSC and the Allocations Board before their organization is officially established and eligible for chartering. Clubs are also eligible for a small amount of funding from the beginning,

rather than waiting 40 days after recognition. However, the clubs must work closely with the Student Union to ensure that they are learning the most beneficial uses for their finances.

Richtman describes the probationary period as “not an investigation, but an educational, learning, teaching [and] supporting process for club leaders.” The new process provides a means for not only the Senate to evaluate clubs but also for clubs themselves to reflect on areas in need of improvement. For Richtman and Kulkarni the beginning of a club should be like starting a small business, and they designed the probationary period to foster a relationship between clubs and the Senate akin to that between a startup and its investors.

“It’s like a start-up: it wants to develop. [Club leaders] provide a presentation and then the Senate decides, ‘Yes, I want to invest,’ and

then we, the Club Support Committee, [are] the consulting company that helps it to get to its goals within the probationary term,” said Richtman.

The probationary period also streamlines the Senate’s process for approving clubs while strengthening the Senate’s trust in the clubs it is approving. The past process monopolized a large portion of the Senate’s general meeting time without measureable data for success of the clubs in question. Almost all clubs proposed were recognized, said Kulkarni: “Unless they’re exclusive, we had no reason to say no to them.” Additionally, the CSC seeks to minimize duality of purpose between clubs and University departments.

By the end of the probationary period, clubs will have proven themselves sustainable and supported on the University campus. They will have set quantifiable goals for

membership and event attendance, which will help clubs measure success as time passes and get specific help from the CSC, Richtman and Kulkarni explained. At the end of each following semester, clubs will reflect on their successes in a club report, continuing a cycle of critically examining the progress campus groups are making toward becoming established.

“We want to make the goal as measurable as possible, and then that way a semester later when [the Senate] comes back and evaluates them, … it’s a framework to measure their progress against,” added Kulkarni.

In order to address the overarching issues of dissolving clubs and thinned allocations, the CSC has spent a year constructing these proposals. Richtman and Kulkarni reached out to different universities across the country to explore their approaches to club recognition and

chartering. Talking to other student unions, the senators realized their reforms should ideally go even further in the future to foster greater club success. Future amendment proposals may include establishing faculty advisors for clubs to further improve sustainability and impact, Kulkarni said.

All previously established and chartered clubs will not be affected by the new accreditation process.

However, new club leaders may be in talks with already established clubs, in instances of duality of purpose, on how to collaborate on similar objectives.

Richtman and Kulkarni said that they welcome members from the student body to attend CSC meetings and be a part of the process of improving club support resources and relations with the Senate. Additionally, student opinions may be submitted to the CSC Facebook for consideration by the committee.

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It’s All About the Big Picture A new club on campus aims to talk about politics without being partisan

By Hannah shumel JUSTICE contributing WRITER

To know the Brandeis University community is to know how passionate its students are about learning. Perhaps this trait is most visible in the wide variety of student-run clubs and organizations that collectively function to inform the public about the most pressing current issues. The newly-founded Brandeis Society for International Affairs seeks to find its place among the array of politically focused clubs on campus.

BSIA was founded at the beginning of this semester by Eli Wasserman ’20, Daniella Cohen ’18 and Zach Kasdin ’18. Wasserman serves as the club’s president, while Cohen and Kasdin serve as

the co-editors of the Brandeis International Journal. BSIA aims to educate students who are interested in international and global affairs by hosting lectures by visiting international relations scholars.

The upcoming panels will address topics ranging from global conflict to women’s education in Rwanda.

In an interview with the Justice, Wasserman distinguished BSIA from other on-campus organizations, saying, “We’re not a political club … it’s mainly just outreach, networking, socializing and getting to know other people interested in international affairs, while also creating a space for students who want to learn about what’s happening in the world and less taking a stance on what’s happening in the world.” In an

email to the Justice, he reiterated the importance of having a space where people of all political affiliations can discuss their ideas. By not advocating a specific political agenda, the organization aims to become more accessible to students of all political persuasions.

The organization’s origins are also rooted in an emphasis on education and intellectual thought.

Before BSIA existed there was, and continues to be, BIJ. According to the the organization’s website, the journal is an “entirely undergraduate run, written, and published International Affairs publication.

Every semester we publish original, short-form International Relations and Comparative Politics analysis pieces covering every corner of the globe as well as a

unique theme section for each issue.” BSIA will now serve as the umbrella organization for BIJ, taking over the role of networking and marketing for the journal.

Despite the fact that BSIA exists as the result of a pre-existing organization, gaining recognition for the organization itself has proven difficult. Wasserman is still going through the process of qualifying the organization for funding from the University. However, BSIA has received strong support from the International and Global Studies department and has a faculty advising committee that consists of Prof. Sabine von Mering (GRALL), Prof. Chandler Rosenberger (IGS) and Prof.

Lucy Goodhart (IGS).

Ultimately, Wasserman hopes

that BSIA will spark an interest in international affairs within the Brandeis community. Whether that results in students attending the organization’s events or just reaching out to their professors because they want to learn more, he’s glad to offer students the opportunity to become more educated about issues outside of the United States.

The first BSIA event will be held on Sept. 28 from 7-8p.m. in the Reading Room at the Mandel Center for Humanities. The speaker, Lauren Hartnett, is the senior humanitarian press officer from Oxfam America and will be hosting a conversation about the four famines that are currently affecting Africa. “This is a big deal, I’m very excited,” Wasserman concluded, grinning.

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AMBITIOUS GOALS: Eli Wasserman ’20 hopes his new club will spark an interest in international relations among students.

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FINDING THE MONEY: Brandeis can now award money it receives from the National Science Foundation to students with innovative ideas.

What’s Your Elevator Pitch?

Startup mixer kicks off this year’s activities for the Brandeis Innovation Center By sOPHIE FULARA JUSTICE contributing WRITER

Last Thursday, Sept.

14th, Bozhanka Vitanova, the Program Director for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, opened up a startup mixer and pitch session to anyone at Brandeis interested in sharing their entrepreneurial ideas.

The Brandeis Innovation Center holds various events throughout the year that allow students to pitch their startup ideas to people outside the Brandeis community. The first event on Sept. 26 is the I-Corps Award Ceremony. This event is to recognize those who have completed projects through the National Science Foundation. On that day, attendees will have the opportunity to meet the winners and see the types of ideas that the Innovation Center has supported. The second event happening on Nov. 30 is the Innovation Showcase, which allows students to meet inventors on campus.

I-Corps is just one of the programs that the Innovation Center has to offer. Brandeis was recently named an I-Corps Site by the NSF, so along with about eighty universities nationwide Brandeis can award NSF funds to its students. By getting matched to business students and mentors and completing three training sessions in October, fifteen participants from the Brandeis community can join a team and receive financial support for their scientific and technological projects. Each team is given up to $1,000 in Customer Discovery Funding for company visits, conference fees and admission to industry events. All teams that successfully complete the program receive an additional $2,000 that goes into prototype development. These students are also eligible for up to $20,000 in funding from Brandeis’ Office of Technology Licensing.

Another program meant for nonScience, Technology, Engineering and Math majors is called SPARK. Similar to SPROUT funding, SPARK assigns participants a mentor and provides training during October.

Participants have 30 days to complete various types of challenges that involve speaking to professional customers and completing exercises that are meant to assist in the process of building a business. Depending on how successful a participant is, they can compete for awards that will be given out at the Innovation Showcase, where they will then be eligible to apply for SPARK funding of up to $10,000 toward prototype development.

I-Corps and SPROUT are open to students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty and staff members, with mixed teams allowed. The mentors are Brandeis alumni who have successfully built their own businesses, as well as entrepreneurs in the Boston area. At the end of each program, participants will receive a digital badge recognizing their completed work.

Additionally, these participants are allowed to apply for a spot in a pitch competition where a few selected teams will receive $10,000 each.

One senior at Brandeis, Leana Silverberg ’18, is a part of the fiveyear Bachelor of Science/Masters of Science Biotechnology Program and completed SPARK as a freshman. Silverberg created a cell phone charger that was based on kinetic movement. Her idea led her to apply to SPARK, where she learned about marketing and patenting during a three-day bootcamp. Once she reached the final round, Silverberg presented her product to a board of judges who acknowledged the merits of her invention but withheld funding she had hoped to receive.

Disappointed, Silverberg decided to take a step back and evaluate her process. She went to the Innovation Center and realized that her product involved an extensive knowledge of physics (knowledge that she had not acquired in school). To improve her skills, Silverberg decided to take a break from her own project and work for other startups where she learned more about innovation and entrepreneurship.

Her involvement with SPARK and the Innovation Center led her to receive an invitation to the

MassChallenge Boston Awards, a startup accelerator program which inspired her to apply as a guide in the Innovation Center. Her hard work paid off: Silverberg is now involved in consulting for the technology and science teams. She uses her own experiences to help participants take their ideas and launch them into MassChallenge.

To conclude Thursday’s mixer, participants pitched their startup ideas. Some ideas revolved around how situations in literature, art and movies should be linked to the news in order to explore human nature and solve pressing issues. Other ideas used algorithms to inform people with food sensitivities about the combinations of food triggering their symptoms. One participant even proposed optimizing a motorcycle used in Africa and Asia so that it would be able to ride in narrow spaces where automobiles could not go.

Hiroko Oji ’18 is a second year Master of Business Administration student at The Heller School, who cofounded PoPok, meaning “cloud” in Khmer. PoPok produces nutritional snacks shaped like clouds, which are then sold to school children in Cambodia. With over 30 percent of the children in Cambodia being underweight, PoPok’s products are made from locally sourced ingredients focused on nutrients promoted by the National Nutrition Guidelines for children. PoPok partners with local farmers, school teachers, non-governmental organizations and small shop owners to deliver products to the children at affordable prices.

Oji is currently looking for anyone interested in nutrition and international development to join the team.

The Brandeis Innovation Center is open to anyone with an idea for a new business. The way Silverberg sees it, “The Innovation Center is a real, solid community.

Everyone helps each other.” While many of the eager people in the room are a long way from building their own companies, she reminded the audience that, “You’re going to fail a lot of times, but you just have to keep on moving.”

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STUDENT INVENTORS: Leana Silverberg ’18 tells students that they will fail in the path to innovative success but must “keep on moving.”

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Address the underlying issues within Student Union As the Student Union determines its priorities for this academic year, this board would like to offer suggestions for how Union leaders may better serve the Brandeis community.

The Union website has room for significant improvement. It lacks an easily accessible “Contact” page and instead relies on the assumption that users will search for contact information by looking at the various member pages. These pages fail to be user friendly, as many of the Union members’ biographies are not filled in.

Worse, some members’ names are not even listed; instead, only their email is listed below unhelpful “[No Nickname]” text. As of press time, the website also fails to provide any of the Union office hours. Links to the office-hour pages for all of the Union groups — Allocations Board, Executive Board, Judiciary, Senate and Treasury — open to blank calendars. This board urges the Union to improve its accessibility by creating a general “Contact” page, updating member biographies and listing office hours on its website.

The Union can also provide better service to its constituents by creating an online suggestion box. This could be a simple Google form link on the website that allows students to quickly and easily express concerns or requests. The current website includes a “Petitions” page that allows Brandeis students to publicly submit and sign petitions.

This board commends the existence of this part of the website but recognizes that the Brandeis community may benefit from an additional way to make

Improve accessibility suggestions that is less formal and more private.

Beyond that, it’s no secret that the Union struggles with recruitment.

Historically, the Union has faced a dilemma during quad elections in which not enough students run to fill the positions for quad senators, Student Union President Jacob Edelman ’18 wrote in an email to the Justice.

In part to address this issue, Edelman and Union Vice President Hannah Brown ’19 introduced the concept of a new “community senator” position last week at the Senate meeting. The community senator would be able to fill the vacant senate seats in the event that no one is representing a certain group of constituents. This week, the Senate voted to indefinitely postpone this proposed bylaw amendment because all of the positions were slated to be filled.

Ultimately, this board considers the proposed position to be a “bandaid solution,” as Class of 2020 Senator Tal Richtman observed at last week’s Senate meeting. As an alternative, this board encourages the Union to improve the information it provides on all its available positions. A page on its website with a detailed description of each position’s responsibilities and notable past accomplishments could help with recruitment efforts.

Interested students may be more likely to run for a given position if they have a clearer idea of what they would be able to do and how they could make a difference.

Re-evaluate the University’s current security practices

Over the past weekend, students in sophomore residence halls found Lobster Wok flyers in not only their hallways but also their suites, prompting some to call the Department of Public Safety.

This board urges students and public safety officials alike to recognize the safety implications of this situation and respond accordingly.

For example, Devon Crittenden ’20 was doing homework in her Rosenthal North suite Saturday afternoon when an older woman entered her suite alongside a young girl. Crittenden wrote in an email to the Justice that, at first, she thought the pair was trying to find someone else’s room. Crittenden asked if they needed help, only for the young girl to ask if she would like a menu. Crittenden asked the pair to leave, but the woman and girl continued to walk around the building’s staircase, leaving flyers behind.

According to Crittenden, she and her suitemates called Brandeis Police to notify them of the trespassers, and she asked them to send an officer over in order to make the trespassers leave.

When an officer arrived about five minutes later, Crittenden could see the woman and young girl entering Rosie South.

Leon Rotenstein ’20 also told the Justice that he saw an older woman walking around with a young girl distributing Lobster Wok flyers, this time in East Quad.

The woman and girl were able to enter residence halls and walk directly into suites and rooms “uninvited and without knocking,” Crittenden said. This board finds the situation concerning, as

Recognize safety concerns someone else could have easily entered the buildings with intent to steal or harm.

“If we had not been there, she [the woman] easily could have stolen our possessions or vandalized the room,” Crittenden wrote.

Many residence halls have a poster near the door cautioning students against “tailgating,” or allowing an unknown person to enter the building behind them.

This board urges students to be more mindful of the people they let in and to refrain from propping doors open, as that increases the risk of a stranger entering the building. It is also important for students to lock their suites and rooms; even if an unauthorized person gains access to a residence hall, they would not be able to enter the suites or rooms if occupants lock their doors.

However, while students must take the necessary precautions against letting in strangers, public safety must respond accordingly as well. While there have been no reports of the Lobster Wok distributors harming anyone, the fact that they were able to enter the buildings should be a cause for concern among the community. Public safety must be able to respond quickly to these types of situations, because there is always a chance that someone who at first glance does not seem to pose a threat might end up becoming one. Students should not feel uncomfortable or unsafe in their own dorms, and it is important that the entire Brandeis community work together to prevent a recurrence of this situation.

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According to a Sept. 13 article from CNN, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) proposed a new health care bill that would give Americans free access to doctor visits, hospital stays, reproductive care and other comprehensive health services. It would also eliminate premiums on private insurance, deductibles and copays; however, some may still have to pay up to $250 on prescription medication. The plan would cost nearly $1.4 trillion annually, resulting in a 2.2 percent tax increase on Americans. What do you think of Sanders’s plan, and is it feasible?

Prof. Stuart Altman (Heller)

I support the current Medicare program and also believe every American should have financial protection against the high cost of medical care. But Medicare works well because it functions within a broader U.S. healthcare system. Few medical professionals restrict access to Medicare beneficiaries even though Medicare payments to hospitals and doctors are far less than what is paid by private insurance.

This I fear would change dramatically if we substituted Medicare benefits and payments for all medical services. Yes, a Medicare for all system would be simpler and more equitable but it would lead to reductions of hundreds of billions of dollars in payments for all types of healthcare services. Government is just not going to pay the prices now paid by private insurance. Sure, health care in the U.S. today is too expensive and needs to be reduced. But such reductions should be done carefully and not at the expense of reducing quality or access to care, particularly for our most needy populations. This is what, I believe, would happen if we make the changes suggested by the plan of Senator Sanders. The economy, legal and health care systems of the United States do not function like those in Europe or Canada and forcing such a transformation could lead to many unintended negative consequences.

Fixing Obamacare is a far superior approach to creating Universal coverage and more consistent with the American system.

Prof. Stuart Altman (Heller) is a Sol Chaikin Professor of Health Policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management.

Prof. Anny Fenton (SOC)

The first thing to understand about Senator Sander’s single-payer bill is that its primary purpose is to restart a longstanding debate (since Franklin Delano Roosevelt) regarding whether healthcare should be a right for U.S. citizens. The bill, and probably any single-payer plan, simply cannot pass while Republicans control Congress and would still struggle in a Democrat-controlled Congress due to industry pressure and the difficulty of passing increased taxes. A key issue to consider is how much the plan will cost. Estimates vary and depend upon a number of factors, particularly utilization, which is hard to predict. It’s unclear how much previously uninsured populations will use health care and thus increase costs. Health care cost estimates rarely consider the economic benefits of a healthier population, however. Healthier people are more productive and miss less work. They’re also much less likely to need expensive emergency care. In short, it’s complicated. Any singlesingle payer plan will likely drive up costs, but it’s unclear how much.

Most importantly, however, we should ask ourselves: “How much are we willing to pay to provide some form of healthcare for every U.S. citizen?”

Prof. Anny Fenton (SOC) is a lecturer in Sociology.

Abraham Cheloff ’18

Sanders’ plan speaks to many of the concerns and fears that Americans currently have regarding their access to health care. It simulates other healthcare programs already in place across Europe and other parts of the world, working to alleviate the financial stress that many of us feel due to medical expenses by distributing the cost among the entire country. That being said, this system is only economically and socially feasible when individuals, regardless of insurance status or other factors, are willing to give an extra 2.2 percent to taxes for what many will call “the greater good.” While other countries have grown with this as the norm, this plan is new to the American people, and with federal, state and city taxes already growing by the year, many individuals are foregoing their own medical care to save needed dollars. The plan could put additional strain on those who are most vulnerable, and we would have to see what a system would look like where not everyone is able to pay.

Abraham Cheloff ’18 is a Biology Undergraduate Departmental Representative.

Danielle Gaskin’ 18

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ “Medicare for All” health care bill is an excellent piece of legislation. Much of the discourse since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed revolved around rising premiums and the uninsured population. Sen. Sanders’ plan epitomizes the argument that health care is a human right. Sanders proposes to utilize the existing framework of the Medicare program, which supports approximately 15 percent of Americans, to provide healthcare to all Americans. This plan attempts to solve two pressing problems: closing the insurance gap and lowering costs. If this bill passes, all Americans are insured and the government is forced to control burgeoning costs from insurance companies, drug manufacturers and other stakeholders. In addition, one can argue that job-based health plans have contributed to wage and job stagnation. Possibly by transitioning to a federally administered system, jobs will grow, because businesses will not be focused on health care costs.

Danielle Gaskin’ 18 is majoring in Health: Science, Society and Policy.

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Recognize the polarizing effects of media streaming

By Emma Fecko JUSTICE contributing writer

From “Orange is the New Black” to “Stranger Things,” there is no denying that Netflix’s streaming service has had a profound impact on almost every millennial’s life. In fact, according to a Mar. 23 survey by Deloitte, the average young American binge-watches TV for five hours straight. While Netflix and its competitors Hulu and Amazon Instant Video have made our viewing experiences more enjoyable, they have also isolated us in the process.

With all the variety that the websites have to offer it is inevitable that people tune into different programs, but when compared to older sitcoms like “Friends” and “Cheers,” no recent shows have been able to draw people together to the same extent.

In the past it was universally assumed that, every Sunday, each American was sitting on their couch at 8 p.m. to watch that year’s most popular show. But with the introduction of Netflix, no one seems to be watching the same programs anymore.

Data from the 2015 to 2016 season only supports this idea. According to a Jan. 11 New York Times article, the two most popular programs that year, “NCIS” and “The Big Bang Theory,” only tallied about 14 million viewers each. Even though that number earned the shows top spots last year, before 2000 neither would have qualified for the top 10 shows, according to the aforementioned New York Times article.

This is reflected in the “Game of Thrones” numbers as well; the HBO show only garnered about nine million viewers for its highly anticipated season finale last year. These results pale in comparison to the 14 million total viewers of Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” which signals that Netflix is gaining more popularity than HBO but still conveys the meager number of viewers popular shows are attracting.

Contemporary shows like “Game of Thrones” and “Westworld” bring us together in our search to find out if Jon Snow is alive or if Bernard is a robot, but the numbers of viewers do not even come close to paralleling older shows. To top it off, “Game of Thrones” and “Westworld” are both only played on HBO, a premium channel that not every American has access to, so the divergence is

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intensified even more.

As of just ten years ago, channels like NBC, CBS and ABC were the primary sources of entertainment, and anything beyond the trifecta appealed to a niche market, according to the New York Times article mentioned earlier. But by the end of 2007 Netflix released its now-indispensable streaming feature.

While the transition to streaming took some getting used to, the decision marked the beginning of the end of the traditional television industry.

Even though TV played a central cultural role in the 1990s and 2000s, the Golden Age of Television was from the 1950s to the 1980s.

Because there were so few programs to choose from during those decades, it was assumed that everyone was partaking in the entertainment, so there was no need to ask, “Did you see the latest episode of ‘Breaking Bad?’” but rather, “When are Diane and Sam going to get together on ‘Cheers?’” For reference, “Cheers” routinely racked up around 84.4 million

viewers per episode, according to a May 16 article from Business Insider.

The high likelihood that neighbors, coworkers and strangers were all watching the same programs may have provided TVviewers with a sense of unity and camaraderie unlike what we see today.

This is not to say that television shows themselves have worsened over the years, but because of the increase in both channels and programs, there are more options.

And the popularity of Netflix just throws another monkey wrench into the equation.

While the site might just be the best thing to happen to the entertainment industry due to its convenience and innovativeness, the endless choices facilitate more diverse interests.

The issue with streaming services, and therefore with the infinite selection of TV shows, is that disharmony is the last thing this country needs right now, even if it is in the outlet of entertainment. While some level

of disagreement in the context of a large group of people is not only natural but healthy, it does not seem like too much to ask to have one shared interest among everyone. This is not to say that watching different shows than your friends is bad — in fact, it could cause you to branch out and explore new interests — it is just that in a time when this country is so fractured by more serious issues, it would be refreshing to have a light-hearted uniting force.

Despite all of the differing political, social and moral beliefs in America, having five or so universally beloved TV shows — akin to the Golden Age of Television — would be nice, but alas, one can only dream.

Although Netflix and other streaming services have provided us with a muchappreciated level of accessibility and diversity, they mirror the polarization of the country into separate factions. Hopefully, in the coming years, we can collectively bond over TV as a nation.

Consider the implications of supposed American happiness

By Tafara gava JUSTICE staff writer

A May 2017 survey conducted by The Harris Poll revealed that most Americans reported being happier than they may actually be.

Of the 5,300 people interviewed, 80 percent reported to be generally happy with their life; however, a 2016 World Happiness Report also discovered that the United State’s level of happiness has decreased since 2008 when the surveys began. The happiness index, the percentage of Americans generally happy or content with their lives, has decreased from 35 to 31 within eight years. The findings of these surveys are surprising because of the importance that Americans themselves place on happiness. A 2014 Pew Research Center study revealed that Americans are more likely to describe their day as “particularly good” more than any of the other 43 countries surveyed. It’s also the idea that these values are perceived — by foreigners — as a reflection of how happy Americans are. For example, there exist Reddit forums that ask for signs revealing American-ness. One that came up is that Americans like smiling to strangers a lot — in particular, “big, toothy grins.” Why does this country place such an emphasis on being happy and cheerful in public? Moreover, why have ideas like smiling and partaking in small talk with strangers become the norm when, on average, we are actually less happy than we are pretending to be? Does this mean American happiness is disingenuous?

A July 4, 2016 article in the New Yorker writes that two people in America may greet each other with happiness and friendliness but might not know each other for years. For writer Karan Mahajan, this dynamic is the result of “American life being based on the reassurance that we like one another but won’t

violate each other’s privacies.” Consider Brandeis as a microcosm of the United States. Mahajan’s idea is that, inasmuch as a Brandeis student likes another peer — and this friendliness is reciprocated — it is likely that both peers will keep significant spheres of their life private. This fear of treading into private and sensitive matters creates small talk and reciprocal smiling: trivial and inconsequential ways of demonstrating affection without having to discuss personal matters. This fear of violating each other’s privacy also stems from America’s staunch views on individualism. In a 2011 Global Attitudes Survey, 58 percent of the Americans that participated believed the autonomy and freedom of the individual to pursue their goals without interference of the state was more important than “state guarantees nobody is in need.” A 2014 psychology paper

by Japanese cognitive psychologists asserts that individualist societies negatively affect interpersonal relationships by increasing competition. However compelling all these different ideas may be, it still does little to illuminate — to foreigners in particular — why the average American is veritably friendly to strangers. Why is there such an emphasis on public cheerfulness?

A May 3 article in the Atlantic states that Americans smile so much because the country has historically experienced a lot of immigration. Research has revealed that countries with a long history of immigration rely more on non-verbal as opposed to verbal communication. A 2015 study conducted by Brown University discovered that the U.S. population is made up of 83 different source countries. After polling 32 countries to learn how each thought various feelings should be expressed openly, researchers learned that emotional expressiveness correlates with

diversity. Thus, it is probable that Americans place an emphasis on public cheerfulness because it is one of the few ways in which they can communicate their goodwill in their diverse country. This leads this argument to an interesting premise: While it was once thought that American happiness was superfluous, the behavior may actually be an adaptation. Despite this, nationals of Zimbabwe, a veritably homogenous country in sub-Saharan Africa, could still find practices such as smiling to strangers and small talk as indeed superfluous — regardless of the fact that it is a kind of survival skill. As such, the lack of small talk in places like Zimbabwe means that it is acceptable for citizens to be publicly upset or emotional. Moreover, it means that friendliness or general warmth is reserved for an exclusive group of people like family or genuine friends. What could trouble Zimbabweans is that Americans practice this adaptation on everyone. Thus, do Americans need to smile and make small talk as much as they do?

Andy Molinsky — an Organizational Behavior professor here at Brandeis University — suggests a business-related answer in a Feb 27, 2013 Harvard Business Review article. He posits that small talk in particular plays an important role in American professional culture. It determines one’s ability to progress in their job and even climb up the corporate ladder. Small talk is critical for building and maintaining business relationships. According to a March 30, 2012 Forbes article, small talk and smiling is a great way to connect with potential clients and make said clients like you — be it networking with investors or serving a Starbucks patron. Considering American congeniality from this viewpoint explains why foreigners often think of Americans

as superficial. It is the idea that genuine friendship is not the actual end of the warmth Americans show strangers. Rather, the end is really self-interest. In his book “The Journal of Happiness,” Harvard researcher Adam Okulicz Kozaryn argues that Americans associate their happiness with work. Working more increases one’s chances of achieving success and thus, happiness.

Both Pew Researchers and World Value Surveys have data that suggests Americans’ public happiness is strongly tied to the country’s foundation. Their findings show that a significant fraction of the American population places significant importance on the values of “life, liberty, and happiness.”

Doctor Edward C. Chang, a clinical psychologist who runs the Perfectionism Lab and the Optimism-Pessimism Lab at the University of Michigan, believes that this country values independence and happiness of the self so much that these values are ingrained from a young age, according to a March 25, 2015 article in the Atlantic. He goes on to say, “It’s [happiness] ingrained in the culture as an explicit, essential value — we’re hit over the head with American freedom and liberty and rugged individualism so much so that explicit pessimism isn’t actually tolerated that much in our society. It’s treated as a mental illness, a sign of depression.”

To understand American public happiness is to understand that it is a complex social construct that does not even reflect genuine happiness as in other countries. American public happiness is not genuine when considered for what it really is: more of an adaptation than an actual emotion. Perhaps this warrants that we call it something else.

Perhaps this explains why it so commonplace, why foreigners find it confounding and at times inappropriate.

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Condemn abuse by entertainment industry members By judah weinerman JUSTICE staff writer

Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy, better known by his stage name XXXTentacion, is a rising star in the music world. Riding a wave of underground buzz from his single “Look At Me,” the 19-year old rapper hailing from Florida’s Broward County shot to stardom nearly overnight in 2017. His debut album “17” hit No. 2 on the Billboard charts, he was named to XXL Magazine’s freshman class of 2017 and soon began collaborating with some of hip-hop’s biggest stars. D.R.A.M brought XXXTentacion out for a guest song in front of a sold-out crowd at the Staples Center on August 10th, and the astoundingly popular Kendrick Lamar used one of his few tweets to promote “17”, urging his more than nine million Twitter followers to “listen to this album if you feel anything,” in an Aug. 25 post.

This would all be an inspiring story if not for one key fact: Onfroy is an accused domestic abuser with an alleged history of violence that he shows no signs of moving past.

“Look At Me” became an internet sensation in 2016 as Onfroy sat in a jail cell, accused of imprisoning and battering his pregnant girlfriend. Pitchfork Media recently got ahold of details from the victim’s testimony, and they are beyond horrifying.

According to a Sept. 8 article in Pitchfork, when asked to “pinpoint the exact days [Onfroy] threatened to kill you,” the reported victim responded, “Well, when we lived in Orlando, it was literally like every day.” The innocuous act of singing along to the guest verse on Onfroy’s own song was enough to send him into a rage in which he punched and kicked her as he threatened to cut her tongue off, the victim said. After a particularly gruesome incident where Onfroy stomped her head into the curb as she attempted to leave his house, he trapped her inside a room for two days so that no one would see her in public with the bruises he had inflicted upon her. “If you’re smart, you would stay with me until you get a car and you have enough money to move into an apartment,” she said he told her, adding, “Because if you leave now, you’re just setting yourself up for failure. You’re going to be homeless.” This pattern of abuse lasted from May of 2016 when she moved in with Onfroy until October of that year when she fled to escape further violence.

This wasn’t some well-guarded secret kept from the listening public only to be exposed after initial success. X’s breakout single “Look At Me” used Onfroy’s menacing mugshot as its cover, and legions of newly converted fans flooded social media demanding that the Miami-Dade police department “FREE X”, accusing the victim of fabricating Onfroy’s crimes for attention. When XXL chose to feature him as part of the “next generation of

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hip-hop,” they fully leaned into his abhorrent reputation. In a June 30 article by XXL, he was titled their most “controversial freshman ever,” treating both Onfroy’s public struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts and his domestic abuse allegations as mere marketing gimmicks. When D.R.A.M brought XXXTentacion out on stage, he knew the gravity of the accusations against Onfroy and promoted him anyway. Kendrick Lamar is fully aware of his status as a tastemaker — anything he touches becomes the next big thing — and he chose to spend this limited cultural capital promoting a man accused of subjecting a pregnant woman to literal torture.

Compare this to how the punk community reacted when it was revealed that Ben Hopkins, the frontman of queer punk band PWR BTTM, was revealed to be a serial sexual predator with a history of preying on young fans and anti-Semitic behavior, according to a May 15 NPR article. Although the victims did not press charges, as soon as the allegations against Hopkins were verified with multiple testimonies and photo evidence, both the punk and LGBT communities severed all

ties with PWR BTTM, effectively ending the band’s career overnight. PWR BTTM’s label did not attempt to brand them as “dangerous” or “polarizing” as a marketing ploy. The venues they were set to play did not try to parlay the social media firestorm over Hopkins’ abhorrent behavior into buzz for their upcoming tour. As soon as Hopkins’ deeds came to light, he and his band were done for.

The example of PWR BTTM shows that a music community can disassociate itself with a popular act that carries significant moral baggage with it, but XXXTentacion is hardly the first hip-hop act whose abuse failed to end their careers. The infamous Chris Brown still manages to find work these days even after he shows time and time again that his brutal beating of his then-girlfriend Rihanna was hardly a fluke.

Prominent acts like The Game and 50 Cent have had the accusations of abuse against them brushed off, relegated to the dustbins of celebrity drama when they should have been career-enders.

Even the legendary Dr. Dre, now a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Apple’s

corporate brass, has a history of abuse himself. When reporter Dee Barnes attempted to question him over the accusations leveled against him, he proved her point by throwing her down a flight of stairs, an incident for which he only apologized this past year, according to a July 11 article in the Washington Post.

This goes well beyond hip-hop, or even music — figures like Johnny Depp and Mel Gibson remain in the upper echelons of Hollywood royalty despite their abuse.

Floyd Mayweather received more negative publicity for boxing too cautiously than he did for assaulting his ex-girlfriend in front of their children. XXXTentacion’s actions may be beyond reproach, but they represent nothing new in the grand scheme of things.

Onfroy is simply the current public face of our ugly inability to confront domestic abusers or properly give victims their day in court.

The artists, industry members and fans that provide support for these men need to step up and confront abuse in all of its forms instead of abetting and excusing it. XXXTentacion is not the cause, but rather a symptom of a much broader disease.

Assess University’s response to hurricane victims on campus

By Santiago Montoya JUSTICE contributing WRITER

Brandeis students come from everywhere around the globe, including Houston, Texas, one of the areas most devastated by Hurricane Harvey, which caused 82 confirmed deaths and produced damages of approximately $200 billion, according to a Sept. 14 Washington Post article.

Harvey isolated the affected areas of the southwest and southeast of the United States.

Nothing or no one could get in or out, and while the rest of the U.S. led a normal routine, many of the people who were affected by this natural disaster had to deal with the unprecedented situation.

At Brandeis, classes were set to start on Aug. 30, and most of the returning students came back to campus on Tuesday. But it wasn’t easy for everyone to safely return.

One of those Brandeis Houston-area students is the unsinkable Tiffanie Buchanan ’19. I met with her a week after she landed in Boston; she had just come out of practice for Toxic, one of the school’s dance groups. She wore a stoic smile, and her stoicism proved to be eloquent.

Buchanan planned on arriving at campus that Tuesday before classes started; however, due to the hurricane, her flight — like many others — was canceled until further notice. She then tried to book a Friday flight, at first with success, but as the situation only got worse, no plane was able to take off that entire week.

The two Houston airports were flooded, so she missed the first week of school.

However, through email, she was able to reach out to her professors and tell them that she was stranded and that her return relied on the weather. She also said that her academic advisor personally reached out, making sure

that her transition back could be as smooth as possible, like “getting her notes from BUGS (Brandeis Undergraduate Group Study),” Buchanan said. All of her professors said that “basically they’ll see me when they see me,” she added.

Brandeis responded to the natural disaster by sending out a mass email on Aug. 30 stating, “Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those impacted by Hurricane Harvey and its devastating aftermath. We are especially concerned for our Brandeis students, faculty and staff from the areas most affected and for those who have loved ones in the region.”

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The situation was tragic, and her peers made efforts to reach out and assist her in any possible way.

Despite sending out an email with their thoughts and prayers, the school did not offer or disclose any specific financial support or any kind of aid aside from the usual aid that the University offers when there is a type of disaster, such as contact information for the multi-faith chaplaincy. Because Harvey occurred at the beginning of the school year, the email encouraged students to attend the orientation event, “This is Our House.” Yet, according to a March 12, 2015 article from the NAFSA: Association of International Educators, a nonprofit organization for students in higher education, the way a

higher education institution should respond to a natural disaster is by doing research and providing “students with available financial resources to help pay tuition and fees during such emergencies. Such resources may include an economic hardship tuition waiver provided by your institution.”

Keeping in mind that Brandeis is a larger school with a bigger network and greater funds, other schools had a much more philanthropic response to the disaster. According to their website, Franklin Pierce University, a small university in New Hampshire, decided to host 20 students from the Houston area for the fall semester with tuition and accommodations covered.

Buchanan’s home did have a few damages because of Harvey, but they were not severe.

“The most that happened [was that] we lost most of the hardware of our bedrooms and closets floors … so they got kind of fogged. We live close to a water treatment plant, so like the sewage kind of got backed up so it started coming out through underneath the toilet. That also contributed to how most of our house got flooded.”

In addition, there were a few shingles gone, and the house’s foundation problem got worse.

Buchanan said that their house did not have flooding insurance, but the Federal Emergency Management Agency is covering the damage costs. “They are supposed to cover whatever your insurance doesn’t cover,” she said, adding that FEMA agents are supposed to pay a visit to witness the damages themselves. However, “this time they don’t have enough manpower to inspect the houses, so apparently they are only sending a check,”Buchanan said. According to FEMA, the total assistance limit is $33,000 per household, which can be used to cover hotel, food and/or medical expenses.

By Wednesday, Buchanan’s house was

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no longer flooded, but it was the first day of classes at Brandeis and she was still stranded.

She and her family had to evacuate with a few of their belongings in a plastic box that was placed on a flat boat. They also got on the boat, which picked them up by the front door of their house. However they could not get far “because the water got shallow again and then we had to walk further away through the water to try to get to the freeway where the hub of everything was,” Buchanan said. The rest of the things inside the house were placed on top of the beds.

When the water left, the Buchanan family tried to return home, only to find that the electricity was still not back on. So they left again.

However, Buchanan considers herself lucky because the “Sunday after the first week of school, some people still had water on the second floor of the houses … it’s going to take three weeks for that water to go down,” she said.

Buchanan said that she reached out to another student who lives in the area. She wanted to know if the other student had a plan to fly back to Brandeis — and the student did.

By driving to Dallas, the student was able to get on a plane, something Buchanan also wanted to do. However the cars “were stuck in the water.”

Many of her Brandeis friends reached out as well in response to the news. The situation was tragic, and her peers made efforts to reach out and assist her in any possible way. On Sunday, she finally got on a plane that took her to Boston. Her roommate’s mother picked her up from the airport and the students at Brandeis have given her more than enough help. She has not complained about the transition back on campus, but perhaps the school could have increased its efforts to make sure the Houstonarea students had an easier transition in order to remain focused on their new semester of academics.

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WSOCCER: Squad aims to keep adding to win column CONTINUED FROM 16 54th minute, defender Hannah Maatallah ’19 managed a bloop shot over Labrecque for a gametying goal. Seven minutes later, Burhans whipped a pass from the left side of the box to Sunday, who connected perfectly for the goahead goal. After a close call from Warriors’ midfielder junior Tara Shayler, who had one of the four second-half shots on goal for the Warriors, Schwartz tacked on her second goal of the game, and fourth of the season, for good measure. It all came down to the second half, in which the Judges dominated

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the box score. The squad managed 10 total shots in the second half versus the Warriors’ mere four and secured three corner kick opportunities while the Warriors had none.

Dana had a solid showing, allowing two goals on five shots on goal, making for a respectable .400 save percentage.

With the win, the Judges improved to 4-1 on the season.

The Judges will seek their sixth straight win at home today against Babson College starting at 4:30 p.m. The squad will also face off at home against Tufts University this coming Saturday at 1 p.m.

XC: Teams look stellar through the MSOCCER: Club will want first two meets of to stay in its current form the young season

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POWER PACKED: Midfielder Joshua Handler ’19 powers up for the ferocious strike in a match at home last Wednesday.

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CONTINUED FROM 16 Both the men’s and women’s teams will look to build on their immense success on Sept. 30 at the Keene State College Invitational at Keene State College.

With two consecutive standout performances, expectations will be high for these Brandeis runners.

There will be hype for these recently successful runners and it is just a matter of weeks until fans will see if they can live up to it.

The Keene State Invitational

was immensely successful for both Brandeis teams when they competed in it three years ago.

The men’s team came in first while the women’s team came in second overall. Given how well the Judges have been racing lately, there is no reason to believe that they cannot have similar success to that of three years ago.

It will be exciting to see who else is going to step up into the spotlight and carry these talented squads to victory throughout the rest of the season.

the match with seven saves.

The victory brings the Judges to 4-1-0 on the season. The loss drops the Blazers to 0-5-0 on the year.

Judges 2, WPI 1 The squad began this week’s action with a home duel against a familiar foe in the WPI Engineers.

The visiting team drew first blood in the 38th minute when senior back Derrick Naugler assisted junior forward Spencer Ralphs on a beautifully executed header, giving the Engineers the only goal of the first half. The Judges were outshot

4-2 in the half, failing to muster any significant offensive attacks.

The squad, however, turned up the intensity in the second half, outshooting WPI 16-2 and finally breaking through in the 79th minute.

In a scintillating display of offensive cohesion, midfielder Max Breiter ’20 sent a cross through the Engineer’s box, facilitating a strike from forward Josh Berg ’18. After collecting the pass and honing his focus, Berg blasted the ball inside the left goal post for his first goal of the season.

The Judges were unable to take the lead before the end of regulation.

During overtime, Brandeis had a solid offensive look in the 97th

minute when Gans nearly snuck a shot past Engineers keeper Reese Petersen, but it ultimately failed to break through. The Judges finally came through in the 100th minute when Ocel set up a golden goal for forward Mike Lynch ’18, giving the team yet another thrilling victory against its competitive, longtime foe.

Brandeis has a 7-0-1 advantage over WPI in their last eight meetings, and a 27-12-2 overall record. The victory brought the Judges to 3-1-0 on the season and dropped WPI to 3-2-0.

Looking ahead, the Judges will play Massachusetts Maritime Academy on Tuesday at 7 p.m. and duel against Tufts University on Friday at 7 p.m.

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Men’s Soccer UAA STANDINGS

TEAM STATS Goals

Joshua Handler ’19 is tied for the team lead with two goals.

UAA Conf. Overall

W L D W L D Pct. Player Goals Chicago 0 0 0 6 0 0 1.000 Joshua Handler 2 NYU 0 0 0 4 0 1 1.000 Mike Lynch 2 WashU 0 0 0 4 0 1 1.000 Josh Ocel 2 JUDGES 0 0 0 4 1 0 .800 Andrew Allen 1 Carnegie 0 0 0 4 1 0 .800 Emory 0 0 0 4 2 0 .667 Assists Rochester 0 0 0 3 1 2 .750 Josh Ocel ’18 leads the team Case 0 0 0 3 2 1 .600 with four assists.

Player Assists EDITOR’S NOTE: Josh Ocel 4 Max Breiter 2 Today vs. Mass. Maritime Noah Gans 1 Friday at Tufts University Colin Panarra 1 Sept. 26 at Wheaton College

WOMen’s Soccer UAA STANDINGS

TEAM STATS Goals

Chicago WashU JUDGES Rochester Carnegie Emory NYU Case

UAA Conf.

W L D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Overall W L D Pct. 6 0 0 1.000 6 0 0 1.000 5 1 0 .833 4 1 1 .800 3 1 1 .750 4 2 0 .667 3 2 0 .600 3 3 0 .500

EDITOR’S NOTE: Today vs. Babson College Saturday vs. Tufts University Sept. 26 vs. Wellesley College

Samantha Schwartz ’18 leads the team with four goals.

Player Goals Samantha Schwartz 4 Sasha Sunday 4 Haliana Burhans 2 Hannah Maatallah 2

Assists Sasha Sunday ’19 leads the team with three assists.

Player Assists Sasha Sunday 3 Haliana Burhans 2 Hannah Maatallah 2 Katie Hayes 1

VOLLEYBALL UAA STANDINGS

TEAM STATS Kills

Carnegie Emory Case Chicago Rochester JUDGES WashU NYU

UAA Conf.

W L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Overall W L Pct. 11 0 1.000 8 1 .889 8 3 .727 7 3 .700 8 4 .667 5 3 .625 6 5 .545 3 9 .250

EDITOR’S NOTE: Today vs. Regis College (Mass.)

Thursday at Emerson College Saturday at Chicago (in Cleveland)

Emma Bartlett ’20 leads the team with 61 kills.

Player Kills Emma Bartlett 61 Shea Decker-Jacoby 53 Marissa Borgert 50 Belle Scott 45

Digs Yvette Cho ’19 leads the team with 133 digs.

Player Digs Yvette Cho 133 Shea Decker-Jacoby 68 Marissa Borgert 50 Clare Meyers 45

cross cOuntry Results from the UMass-Dartmouth Invitational on Sept. 16.

TOP FINISHERS (Men’s)

TOP FINISHERS (Women’s)

8-Kilometer Run RUNNER TIME Ryan Stender 25:25 Mitchell Hutton 25:33 Luke Ostrander 25:44

5-Kilometer Run RUNNER TIME Emily Bryson 18:03 Julia Bryson 18:47 Danielle Bertaux 18:59

EDITOR’S NOTE: Sept. 30 at Keene State College Invitational Oct. 14 at Connecticut College Invitational

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HITTING HARD: Middle hitter Belle Scott ’21 prepares her kill against University of Massachusetts-Boston last Wednesday.

Squad tops Southern Vermont in blowout ■ Right-side hitter Marissa Borgert ’21 shined with nine service aces against Southern Vermont University.

By SAMANTHA PROCTOR JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

The Brandeis women’s volleyball team continued its dominant season as it was able to come back from a loss at the start of the week.

Judges 3, Southern Vermont 0 On Saturday, the Judges ended their week with a perfect win, crushing their opponents by scores of 25-2, 25-4 and 25-4. The Judges ended the week strong, taking all three sets with great hitting percentages of .636, .474 and .643, respectively, completely crushing Southern Vermont College and further proving their overall consistency this season.

Even with a lower hitting percentage in the second set as compared to the others, the team still put on a stellar performance, making the Judges a huge threat in their division.

Taking a closer look into the sets themselves, about half of the team had a kill percentage of .500 or higher, with outside hitter Shea Decker-Jacoby ’19 hitting .600,

right-side hitter Marissa Borgert ’21 crushing .700 and sophomore middle hitter Emma Bartlett ’20 with .500. In addition, setter Marlee Nork ’19 hit a perfect 1.000, middle hitter Belle Scott ’21 came away at .583 and middle hitter Kirsten Frauens ’19 ended up at a .500 mark. Thus, the team ended with a dominating average kill percentage of .568. Borgert was again on fire as she had nine service aces and scored a total of 16.5 points throughout all sets. Setter Leah Pearlman ’19 also shined on the court with 11 assists and four service aces, contributing to four points of her own. Team co-captain outside hitter Jillian Haberli ’19 again showed up with the most digs, totaling nine for the match and bringing her season total up to 44.

Judges 1, UMass-Boston 3 On Wednesday night, the Judges began their week with a tough 3-1 loss against the University of Massachusetts-Boston by scores of 14-25, 25-22, 22-25 and 14-25. The Judges did not start off the week on the note they wanted to as they slugged through long sets and were unable to come out on top. While the first set ended in defeat, the team put their all into the second set as they beat UMass-Boston by three points. However, they could not stay

strong in the latter part of the match, resulting in the loss.

Although the match ended in defeat, the team made some incredible plays throughout. Pearlman had a perfect kill percentage of 1.000 and added 10 assists. Nork had an incredible match as well with 17 assists and six digs. Team co-captain libero Yvette Cho ’19 had a total of 24 digs and Decker-Jacoby added 18 total digs for the match. Borgert had one of the higher kill percentages of the match at .160 with 10 assists, contributing to a total of 10.5 points for the Judges.

Furthermore, Bartlett had a great performance by contributing the most points to the team with 11.5.

Coming out of the week with a win and a loss, the Judges now sit at 5-3 on the season. After finishing last season with a 7-21 overall record and losing their last 12 games of the year, this has been a very promising start to the season.

First-year phenoms Borgert and Scott have exploded out of the gate to start their collegiate careers and have already proven themselves as fixtures on this rebuilding squad. Brandeis has proven its impressive potential, athleticism and resilience so far this season. The Judges will look to earn their sixth win of the season today at home against Regis College (Mass.) at 7:00 p.m.

PRO SPORTS BRIEF Cleveland Indians recent hot streak will be insignificant without continued production in October As the 2017 Major League Baseball season winds down, the Cleveland Indians have emerged as the story of the season. In this month alone, Cleveland, last year’s American League champions, ran off a mind-bending threeweek stretch, winning a modern day record 22 consecutive games before a loss to the Kansas City Royals on Sept. 15. With only weeks remaining in the season, the timing of this streak may matter just as much as the record itself.

In the wake of this stunning run, a critical question emerges: Have the Cleveland Indians peaked too soon?

Cleveland certainly didn’t come out of nowhere to go on a winning streak, as their 69-56 record on Aug. 23 had them in first place in the American League Central with a

solid but unremarkable four-and-ahalf game lead over the Minnesota Twins. A winning streak of this length, however, is nearly unprecedented in baseball history.

Only the 1916 New York Giants reeled off a longer one, winning 26 games in a row. During this run, Cleveland starters dominated the league with a 1.77 earned run average as a staff, and the lineup dazzled, posting a .306 team batting average and a .937 on-base plus slugging percentage, which measures a team’s ability to get on base and hit for power. This OPS stat is truly sensational, as it so far exceeds the Houston Astros’ seasonlong OPS of .823, which leads the majors. Led by All-Stars, including shortstop Francisco Lindor, third baseman Jose Ramirez and ace

starting pitcher Corey Kluber, they’ve truly got it going.

However, we’re still in September and there’s now time for Cleveland to cool off before the playoffs start.

No team wants to be playing their best baseball in late August or early September, and the possibility that the best is now behind Cleveland should be the fear right now. In a perfect world, this kind of hot streak would just be getting started, carrying the team’s superior play and perceived momentum right into October. Perfectly timed runs like this have happened, in which a team rides a multi-week heatcheck into playoff success. The 2007 Colorado Rockies serve as a prime example of this phenomenon. Led by an aging Todd Helton, peak Matt Holliday and a young Troy

Tulowitzki, the team won 14 of the season’s final 15 games, including 11 in a row starting on Sept. 16. This run carried into October, during which they swept through the first two rounds of the playoffs before running into a wall and ultimately getting swept themselves by the Boston Red Sox in the World Series.

Cleveland very well may be able to keep playing at this level, or close to it, for the remainder of the season. It is possible that they spent the first half of the year underperforming and now have it figured out. Or, it’s possible that this streak started a few weeks too soon. We’ll certainly see.

A few things do bode well for Cleveland, though.

Two key contributors to the team were essentially non-factors during this

stretch. All-Star reliever Andrew Miller returned on Sept.14 from a knee injury that kept him off the field for nearly a month. Miller has arguably been the best reliever in baseball for the past three seasons, and this period before the playoffs will allow him time to work his way back into form. Similarly, injured second baseman Jason Kipnis missed the entirety of the win streak. Kipnis was activated off the disabled list recently and is due to return to the team in center field, where he will be making his first career start.

With playoffs approaching, the team faces the tall task of maintaining this magical feeling emanating from the clubhouse.

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CHARGING AHEAD

Team continues winning stretch ■ Forward Jake Warren ’20

could not be stopped against Elms College, netting two goals in the 6-0 win.

By GABRIEL GOLDSTEIN JUSTICE SENIOR WRITER

The men’s soccer team was back in action this past week, picking up two big wins against Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Elms College. While WPI put up a fight, the Judges steamrolled Elms College in an embarrassing 6-0 route. Since dropping their first match of the season, the squad has reeled off four straight victories. The team, now nationally ranked No. 20 in Division III, is doing good work in proving their pre-season No. 4 ranking was no fluke.

Judges 6, Elms College 0 The Judges wrapped up their week with an easy victory over the Elms College Blazers. The Brandeis squad broke out of the gate on fire, netting three goals in the first half.

The scoring was initiated by a corner kick from forward Josh Ocel ’17 that found the back of the net in

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the 11th minute. The team showed no mercy from there, with forward Jake Warren ’20 dazzling the home crowd with two consecutive goals in the 24th and 32nd minutes. Though the squad had a comfortable 3-0 cushion over the Blazers, they did not let up in their attack, converting another goal in the 48th minute in the form of a long-range header from a corner kick by defenseman Stephen Depieto ’19, assisted by midfielder Noah Gans ’21. As if 4-0 was not enough, midfielder Joshua Handler ’19 jumped in on the action in the 55th minute, netting the team’s fifth goal.

Finally, forward Patrick Flahive ’18 rounded out the offensive action with a beautiful goal in the 56th minute, assisted by midfielder Max Breiter ’20.

By game’s end, the Judges had outshot Elms College 30-1, utilizing all 27 active players in what proved to be an offensive outburst to remember. The Blazers lone shot attempt came in the 77th minute.

Beyond that singular opportunity, none of the Judges’ three goalies were seriously tested in at least 25 minutes of action each. Elms freshman keeper Julian Brosi ended

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CROSS COUNTRY

Runners impress yet again at second meet ■ Both Brandeis cross

country teams looked great this past weekend with respective top-three finishes.

By BEN KATCHER JUSTICE EDITOR

The Brandeis men’s and women’s cross country teams dominated this past weekend at the University of MassachusettsDartmouth Invitational.

After the men and women came in fifth out of 33 teams and first out of 37 teams, respectively, at last year’s meet, the Judges had high expectations coming into this year.

With veterans beginning to cement their leadership roles and excited rookies looking to leave their mark, the teams had every reason to believe they were going to be successful. Out of 40 respective teams, the men’s team came in second overall with the women coming in third overall.

The men’s team competed in the eight-kilometer run, which saw over 300 competitors line up to race from all across the Northeast.

Ryan Stender ’18 led the way for the Judges, finishing in second by just two seconds and putting up an astounding time of 25:25 on a 5:07 mile pace. While Stender was a true leader at the event, this was a full team effort for Brandeis. Fellow senior Mitchell Hutton ’18 blew past his competition and earned a sixth-place finish of 25:33 on a 5:09 mile pace. Even though the veterans looked strong in this one, rookie Luke Ostrander ’21 wanted to make his presence known. In just the second meet of the young season, the first-year speedster managed to find his way into the top 10, finishing 10th overall with a time of 25:44 on a fantastic 5:11 mile pace. Stender and Hutton

were able to clearly demonstrate that the team is in capable hands this season after losing last year’s graduating class. Ostrander gave fans a hopeful glimpse into the future; the team has a massive amount of potential and talented runners like Ostrander are just starting to warm up to collegiate competition.

The women’s team competed in the five-kilometer run, which also saw approximately 300 runners ready to compete. As expected, the Bryson sisters put their incredible athleticism on display once again.

Emily Bryson ’19 came in second with a scorching time of 18:03 on a 5:49 mile pace. Julia Bryson ’19 was not far behind, coming in eighth overall at 18:47 on a 6:03 mile pace. Danielle Bertaux ’20 was equally impressive as she flew into a top-15 finish. Bertaux came 13th with an overall time of 18:59 on a 6:07 mile pace. While the Bryson sisters are well-known leaders on the women’s team, up-and-coming standouts like Bertaux could be the future of this squad. The team appears to be in excellent shape with a plethora of runners ready to rake in points for the Judges.

Meaghan Barry ’19 was another big part of the Judges’ third place finish, as she came in 22nd with a time of 19:14 on a 6:12 mile pace.

With both teams finishing in the top three spots out of 40 respective teams, Brandeis Cross Country has established itself as a force to be reckoned with this season. This impressive meet comes after first place respective finishes for both teams at the Wellesley College Invitational on Sept. 1. Runners of all class years have been showing off their impressive talent right from the start, and the teams look incredibly well off for the present and future seasons alike.

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FOCUSED FORWARD: Forward Samantha Schwartz ’18 sets up her kick against Bridgewater State University on Sept. 5.

Judges earn two more wins, improve to 5-1 ■ Brandeis continued its

dominant winning streak with impressive 4-2 and 2-1 victories this past week.

By JERRY MILLER JUSTICE EDITOR

The women’s soccer team extended their winning streak to five games over a long week of play, pummeling Eastern Connecticut State University on Wednesday and beating Johnson and Wales University on Saturday.

Judges 2, Johnson and Wales 1 The Judges fell behind early in this one, surrendering a goal a mere 58 seconds into regulation.

Freshman midfielder Olivia Cairrao bulldozed through the Judges’ defense, connecting on a through-ball from junior forward Deja Hursey and giving the Wildcats an early lead. A few wide shots and 10 minutes later, forward Sasha Sunday ’19 creamed a shot off a deflection from five yards out, giving forward Haliana Burhans ’18 an assist and tying the game

at one apiece. Barely a minute later, defender Emily Thiem ’19 wound up and curved a clean shot through the uprights of the goal, giving Brandeis the lead goal in the match. Sunday tried for two more goals, getting denied twice in one minute by sophomore goalkeeper Colleen Lynch. After a few more close shots, the first half ended and the Judges went on to win 2-1 with no goals in the second half.

Though the score of the game was close, the box score showed no sign of competition. The Judges dominated shots on goal, giving Lynch a rough night in the box and delivering 12 shots on goal.

Meanwhile, goalkeeper Sierra Dana ’20 breezed through the game, having to defend only one shot on goal the entire match. The Wildcats could not penetrate the Judges’ defense, managing a mere four shots on goal the entire game versus the Judges’ total of 18. On the offensive side, the Wildcats took a clean thrashing, posting only one corner kick while the Judges poured in a remarkable total of seven from the flag.

The Judges improved to 5-1 on the season, with their only loss coming

at the hands of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the opening match of the season.

Judges 4, Eastern Conn. St. 2 The Judges, who came into the game ranked No. 18 by the most recent Division III poll, had a rough first half, falling behind 2-1 after 45 minutes of intense play. Despite the Judges’ seven first-half shots on goal versus the Warriors’ five, the Brandeis squad could not connect against the Warriors’ goalie junior Kayla Labrecque.

Midfielder sophomore Abbey Fitzsimmon knocked in the first goal of the night 18 minutes into the match only to have forward Samantha Schwartz ’18 counter with a goal of her own to tie it in the 19th minute.

After two quick substitutions, the Judges faltered, surrendering a second goal to the Warriors in the 24th minute of regulation. With only two more shots on goal, the Judges went into the half still down by one.

In the second half, the Judges found their mojo, connecting on three unique shots. After a searing shot on goal by Schwartz in the

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BREAKING BREAD: Two students chat over the food the BC3 prepared for their welcome back event.

BC3 welcome event is fruitful and fun By kEVIN cOSTA

justice CONTRIBUTING writer

The Brandeis Chinese Cultural Connection hosted a welcome party to kick off the new school year on Thursday in Sherman Function Hall. Announcements for the occasion promised “games and free food!” and a great opportunity to meet new people; it did not fail to disappoint. I, in addition, had the privilege of gaining insight into the work of the club and got a taste of the Chinese culture.

At the entrance, the sign-in table was decorated with balloons and a tablecloth. We were asked to put on sticker name tags to make introductions more accessible.

Groups filtered in, eventually making for a sizeable crowd. The

event managed to fill roughly 11 tables of 10 seats each, leaving a mere few on the periphery of the hall empty. These round tables were laid with red tablecloths, and at the center of each table was balloons and a handful of hard candy.

Preceding the games and food was a slideshow briefly covering the club’s purpose and an itinerary of upcoming events. Most notably, the presentation mentioned BC3’s commitment to its cause and acknowledged the work done by its members over the summer. The club held information sessions about Brandeis in Shanghai and Beijing and coordinated an airport pick-up service for new students arriving from China. Overall, I learned that BC3 is a great support system and allows students from

China to connect with others with the same background. Following the slideshow, the event picked up in energy. Roughly 20 students from BC3’s executive board, all clad in black shirts, introduced themselves in a humorous manner.

Projected on the screen were selfies with filters, drawn selfportraits and blurry candids which invited laughter from the crowd.

After this introduction, BC3 held inventive and entertaining icebreakers. The first one was called “pass the parsley” (the parsley being a big, plush, stuffed vegetable). In an entertaining rendition of musical chairs mashed with hot potato, the club continued with a game in which the objective was to throw the parsley around the room until the music stopped. The person who

ended up with the parsley last had to state their name, year and where they were from. Although a few cups were knocked over and a couple of times the parsley dropped to the floor, by the end of it almost everyone had introduced themselves.

A second self-introduction game involved smaller groups, this time just with those seated at each table. The game started with a person naming a particular place on campus to a neighbor. Then this location— ‘Rabb’ for instance — would be said to the next person, the chain making its way around the table. Someone could switch the direction of the exchange by stating a different location on campus. The person who messed up had to introduce themself.

After the games, an extensive

dinner, which seemed like a 10-course meal, was served.

The dishes included Kung Pao chicken, cabbage with meatballs, kidney beans, sliced potatoes, deep fried fish and rice. Everyone helped themselves to the food, which was placed on the table in separate dishes in a “family style” manner. The food was delicious; I particularly enjoyed the Kung Pao. This was the first of many BC3 events to follow this semester. The club’s next event is titled “Taste of China,” which will be held on Oct. 4 at the Intercultural Center lounge.

As the individual party favor from this event noted, there will be “free food, games and freestyle!”

I encourage everyone to attend and enjoy the camaraderie and rich food of the Chinese culture.

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CHATTING OVER CHINESE FOOD: Students laugh while playing icebreakers over their meal.

Music Review

Summer sound is experimental and nostalgic By isabelle Truong justice Staff writer

It’s that time of year again when we send off the sweet sounds of summer. Summer 2017’s soundtrack was full of experimental and enticing album drops; this was possibly the best selection the season has ever brought. As September comes to a close, here is a recap of what I listened to these past few months.

If you went back home and listened to your local pop radio station on random car rides over the summer, you’ve probably heard a song or two off of Calvin Harris’s “Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1.” But there is something about this album that makes it so desirable, not stale or overdone pop EDM music. Though there are several notable pop star cameos on almost every track, the album attracts the listener because of Harris’ choice to differ from his usual sound. Not to say that he is the first artist or DJ to rework classic “oldies” aesthetics, but he does throw it back with strong, funky 70s and 80s sounds, and it definitely makes the

album addicting. Songs like “Feels,” “Heatstroke” and “Cash Out” make for the perfect groovy “beach vibes” playlist. From this album, we also see Harris paying homage to his old self: before becoming the highestpaid DJ, his older work tended to integrate funk and soul elements, like in 2007’s “I Created Disco.”

Vintage aesthetics have been making a huge comeback in multiple forms of art, and this is quite notably in music. This idea remains prevalent in “Flower Boy,” released in July from Tyler the Creator.

Probably the best and easiest album to listen to that the rapper has ever created, this album touches upon many sensitive subjects, revealing a more relatable and nostalgic side to Tyler. In songs “See You Again,” “Boredom” and “911/Mr. Lonely,” my favorite tracks, he laments a long-lost love and the painfulness of adolescent boredom and loneliness. With collaborations with Lil Wayne, Pharrell, Kali Uchis and Frank Ocean, to name a few, we get an intimate listen into the makings of Tyler’s crazed mind and his sexuality. This album is

also quite diverse — we see classic Tyler with hard hip hop in songs “I Ain’t Got Time” and “Who Dat Boy” featuring A$AP Rocky, but we also observe a new, softer side with “Glitter” and “Where this Flower Blooms.” My favorite part of the album is Tyler’s use of 70s soul trainesque flair in “911/Mr. Lonely,” which is somehow the perfect music for a slow, hot summer’s day.

The indie world of music also saw some great album releases from artists like Toro y Moi and Washed Out, but the defining poprock sound from summer 2017 comes from Phoenix. Phoenix is one of those classic alternative indie bands we used to listen to years ago, but they still stay relevant, because their unique sound is one we keep on going back to. “Ti Amo” stays true to classic Phoenix sound and transports you to a European summer, even if you were actually roasting in your suburban backyard instead of lounging on the Amalfi coast. Once again, the French band brings it back with 80s synth but also a mix of a mix of modern electronic pop and addictive electric guitar

riffs. The best tracks are “Goodbye Soleil,” “Lovelife” and “Telefono.”

However, the knockout album of the summer, the one that beats all, is “CTRL” by SZA. SZA finally does successfully what a multitude of R&B artists have attempted: she introduces a fresh and innovative sound with each and every one of her tracks on “CTRL.” She sings about intimate topics: themes of growing up, insecurity and standing up for what she believes in. The tracks are accompanied either in the beginning, the end or both times with a recording of her mother talking about what it means to have “control” in life. SZA sings about losing grip but also about having her life much more together than the men she’s had sex with, and how those men have ultimately disappointed her. Like “Flower Boy,” this album is extremely introspective, while still catchy to the listener. In the song “Broken Clocks,” she’s not afraid to admit that life is scary, and people will often let us down, but that she’s “still doing things [her] way.” SZA relates to many young people or “20 Something[s],”

which is another standout track.

Her vocal range is chillingly broad and it’s impossible not to hear the passion in her lyrics. SZA is definitely an artist on the rise: she’s already collaborated with Rihanna on “CTRL,” and with Kendrick Lamar in “Doves in the Wind.”

Describing her music is a difficult feat, as she incorporates a little bit of everything in the overarching genre of R&B: there’s some pop, some indie and some 80s synth, too.

SZA just has her own unique sound that cannot really be compared to anyone else; “Go Gina,” “Prom” and “Drew Barrymore” demonstrate the complexity and range. It seems that summer 2017 was also a time of reflection and grappling adulthood.

Isn’t it strange how we can hear a certain song and all of a sudden the warm, sunny, leisurely feelings we felt that one time when we first heard the song come flooding back to us? When I hear these albums in the future, I am sure a bizarre, yet sweet déjà vu will overcome me. This is what my 2017 summer sounded like, and I can’t wait for what fall has to offer.

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LOOKING THROUGH A WINDOW: Students gaze at paintings made by Brandeis students and others while on the Brandeis in Siena program.

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Art show exhibits artists’ individuality

By Lizzie grossman justice editor

“A picture is worth a thousand words,” and, as proven by Brandeis student artists, so is a painting, a sculpture or any other piece of artwork.

Currently, the Brandeis Goldman-Schwartz Art Studios are exhibiting an array of artwork made over the summer by Brandeis students who participated in studio art programs over the summer.

The exhibition is titled “New Work from Home and Abroad,” which opened this past Monday evening. The artwork was made by students who took part in the Brandeis in Siena program over the summer, as well as Fine Arts students who received grants to create art this summer.

All of the artwork from the Brandeis in Siena program was very impressive, but what I especially loved about the art was being able to see the difference in all of the individual artists’ works of the same subject.

Walking around the exhibition, it was clear from the similarity of the artworks’ themes that the students had received the same assignments during the program.

For example, there were several paintings from different artists depicting a nude figure lying in the same position, views

overlooking cityscapes and several still-life scenes. What was so enjoyable about these pieces was seeing how each artist brought their own individual style to the particular subject they were painting. For example, each artist added touches to truly make their nude figure paintings their own.

Evelyn Beliveau, a nonBrandeis student who

TINY DETAILS: Anruo Wang’s ’18 collection of work is detailed and striking, showcasing a different style than most of the other works exhibited.

participated in the program, showed very impressive shading and dimension in her painting, especially in the body. Alli Steinberg ’19 added dark shadows to her nude figure portrait, allowing the painting to evoke an impressive amount of emotion.

Some other standout artists from the exhibitions were Christina He, another non-Brandeis student whose still-life paintings appeared almost lifelike due to the incredible depth of color and detail she added to her work, and Lauren Liu ’19 who focused as much on the details in the background in her drawings and paintings as she did on the subjects themselves. All of the artists from the Siena program clearly showed how hard they worked this summer and brought a remarkable level of individuality to their pieces.

The other artists, from outside the Siena program, did not fail to impress. There was so much variety within the work that each student produced, reminding the community that art does not only come in one size, shape or style.

Much of the work broke the boundaries of art that most may be accustomed to. All of Samantha Shepherd’s ’18 artwork, for example, appeared on a twodimensional surface, such as paper or canvas, but incorporated many different three-dimensional

elements, such as a painting of a laundry room with actual net material attached to the canvas to create the visual of a laundry basket.

There was also a series of work

by Amanda Chisholm ’18 that made use of very vivid, metalliccolored subjects against dark backgrounds. Anruo Wang ’18 had her own collection of smaller pieces that were extremely detailed. Each work had a different colored background, whether it be blue, pink, yellow or black.

Overall, the exhibition absolutely succeeded in showcasing the array of artistic talent. I loved seeing the variety of works that were created by Brandeis students from many different locations around the world this summer.

The varying styles of work that were presented showcased the many different styles and skills of artists on the Brandeis campus, and I hope that it encouraged students to get involved in the various Fine Arts programs Brandeis offers and encourages.

SHADES OF BLUE: Yage Wang’s ’17 watercolor of a seascape is a dreamy presentation of the aesthetic possibilities of watercolor.

Film review

‘American Assassin’ is cloying but watchable

By Kent Dinlenc justice Staff writer

“American Assassin” is a new film currently available to watch at our very own Embassy Cinema in Waltham. It’s a popcorn flick that doesn’t demand much from its audience. The action is standard, the acting is serviceable and vistas are polished to the extent that the film looks too perfect (as is now expected 2017 movies). It might also be one of the only “pure” 2017 action movies, excluding the comic book genre. With “Thor: Ragnarok,” “Justice League” and “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” coming out this fall, a good old-fashioned shaky-cam fight might just take the taste of oversaturated, CGIriddled action out of your mouth.

Dylan O’Brien, who plays the titular assassin, performs serviceably in this flick. While

I don’t associate him with the leading man of a film (other than the “Maze Runner” series), I found that he held his own and showed commitment to the film’s action sequences. However, this concern might have been why Michael Keaton was hired to help him drive the story with him.

Keaton plays a slightly muscular but just as intense version of himself, as a Navy SEAL training assassins for the CIA. He manages to keep a straight face in the first two thirds of the film as both the rigid mission supervisor and the teacher from hell at the assassin training however, his decorum falls apart in the third act with some unintentionally hilarious deliveries during an interrogation scene that only work because he is saying them (think Beetlegeuse or his Bruce Wayne).

The biggest fault in this film has to be the horrendous

dialogue. Not since “those aren’t birds, they’re f***ing ants” from “Kong: Skull Island” have I heard such bizarre phrases.

Throughout the movie, the antagonist searches for a man to convert his stolen weapons-grade Plutonium-239 into a nuclear warhead, yet all he says about it is “I have to go buy a physicist.”

Disregarding the ridiculous notion of “buying a physicist,” it is very distressing that the FOUR screenwriters for this film implied that all you need to build a nuke is to find a man with a degree in physics. Not nuclear physics, mind you, just physics.

If you know how a fulcrum works, be careful of the many terrorist cells approaching you for recruitment. The subtitles for translations weren’t even correct!

As someone who speaks Turkish, I was able to understand the exact meanings of each line spoken

on screen by a Turkish person.

At one point, the subtitles read “don’t kill me” when the man had actually asked “what are you going to do with that sock?” It’s this lack of attention to detail that deters me from these filmmakers’ future endeavors.

All kidding aside, the first act of this film was setting up a good concept and interesting plot.

However, once the first action sequence in Istanbul terminated, the story went downhill, and the dialogue somehow got worse.

I truly believe there is a great action movie buried somewhere on the cutting room floor for this film; a kind of Jason Bourne-type action flick.

Unfortunately, one must overuse his or her suspension of disbelief when watching the absurd sequences in the final two acts.

Overall, I would give this film

a C-. All of the terrible dialogue aside, I found the flick to be quite enjoyable if you turn your brain off and just have a good time. You might giggle here and there at Michael Keaton or his undercover spy assistant, but it’s still as intense and thrilling as what you would expect. However, if you want a truly great spy film, I advise you wait until next week for “Kingsman: The Golden Circle,” the highly anticipated sequel to the very fun “Kingsman: The Secret Service.” It’s only a few more days away. Go out on your holiday weekend and be entertained by (most-likely) the best spy film of the year.

It might be another one of those standard CGI-riddled action films we’ve come to expect nowadays, but the series is wellwritten, the director is reliable and all of the actors are pedigreed and intentionally funny.

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What two pizza toppings should never go together?

Alli Steinberg ’19

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Leah Scher ’20

This week, justArts spoke with Alli Steinberg ’19, who went on the Brandeis in Siena summer abroad program.

“Peppers and pineapple are two distinct tastes that should not be paired.”

justArts: Can you give some background on how Brandeis in Siena was structured?

Alli Steinberg: It is two Brandeis classes: one studio class and one art history class. It is fully immersive.

You get to see works that you study in class in person, and oftentimes classes were held in museums.

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Natalie Mulmule ’19

“Anything with like olives and pineapples, that’s a weird texture. I mean I like pineapple on pizza but not with olives.”

Sankirth Madabhushi ’19

“Anchovies and pineapples”

Rachel Groth ’19

“Well pineapple always should not be in pizza — but pineapple and onions.”

Compiled and photographed by Yvette Sei/the Justice.

STAFF’S Top Ten

Top 10 Candy Flavors Based on Color

By Mihir Khanna justice EDITOR

For those of us who like candy (hopefully everyone), we are all familiar with the color coding used to denote certain flavors. Nothing is more disappointing than discovering your bag of candy has a disproportionate amount of good to bad ones.

Below is a list ranking the colors from best to worst.

1. Blue 2. Purple 3. Red 4. Orange 5. Pink 6. Black 7. White/Clear 8. Brown 9. Green 10. Yellow

JA: As an art history major, how did living in Siena affect your work and the art you created?

CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Procedural baddie 5 Jet 10 Bitter person 14 “Heat of the Moment” band 15 Like some stockings 16 Russo of “The Thomas Crown Affair” 17 Pasta sauce 18 *Luau cocktails 20 Some exhaust systems 22 Prez dispenser?

23 One sank the Lusitania 24 See 71-Across 26 Big tennis tournaments 28 “Avatar” locale 32 Small batteries 33 Sol’n 36 Garfield rival 37 In the midst of 39 Entitled youngster 40 Window part 41 Take by force 42 “Here I _____ Worship” (recent hymn) 43 Stratford -_____-Avon 44 Beneath the waves 45 Animal often seen on a spit 46 Scoreboard units, for short 47 Famous Carney 48 Aged 50 Butter substitutes 52 Fashionable inits.

27 How you might 53 “Twin Peaks” character not seen await the big day until the third season 28 Like some books 56 One searching for a 1-Across, or ads perhaps 29 Make do 58 Good for something 30 Young hijos 62 Psychology subject ... or 31 * “Hear hear!” something found in each of the 33 Strong suit? starred clues?

34 Concerning one’s coming out?

65 Aware of, as a joke 35 Word after top or cover 66 Singer James 38 Polar end?

67 Furor 39 *Translation device in “The 68 Hot stuff Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” 69 Drudgery 47 A or O, e.g.

70 “The Thirty-Nine ______” 49 British mil. honor 71 24-Across ingredient 50 Former center of Miami 51 Eau source DOWN 53 What you should 41-Across, in 1 Cowpoke’s pal Latin 2 Biblical twin 54 Involved with 3 European capital 55 Con 4 *Controversial cooking show 57 Good pace host 59 “Render ______ Caesar...”

5 Subway initials, in more ways 60 Hot stuff than one 61 Odds’ partners 6 Solo lover 63 Metric meas.

7 Invite as a date for 64 “______ Kapital” 8 *Caesar, for one, in a recent film reboot 9 Shakespeare contemporary 10 Residences, informally 11 Gambling mecca 12 Crooner Paul 13 Defeat 19 Gets the heck out of Dodge 21 ______-mo 25 Scouring

AS: It allowed me to evaluate the works of art from a new perspective.

I not only looked at the paintings and sculptures from a critical art historical lens, I also thought more about the artists’ processes and the materials they used.

JA: What is your favorite type of art?

AS: I’m currently leaning towards contemporary art. I like the journey of discovering its meaning and the symbolism embedded in the artwork.

JA: What motivated you to go on the program?

CROSSWORD COURTESY OF EVAN MAHNKEN

AS: I learned about it during orientation. It really appealed to me for a number of reasons, but mostly I really liked that there was an immersive and intensive program through Brandeis that focused specifically on art history. Programs like this are few and far between, and I knew that this was an opportunity that could really enhance my understanding of and appreciation for art history.

JA: What was your favorite part of the program?

AS: I loved being able to live and work in Siena. It is such a unique city, rich in culture and tradition.

Some of my most favorite memories were being able to experience many of these traditions firsthand, like the Palio and the contrada parties.

JA: What was the most beneficial part of the program?

SOLUTION COURTESY OF EVAN MAHNKEN

AS: It broadened my knowledge of art history and my appreciation for the arts. There is not one moment that I can point to and think that it was the most beneficial or pivotal. Overall, it was an enriching experience, and I was exposed to art and culture my entire time there. It was incredibly engaging.

JA: What do you hope “New Work from at Home and Abroad” (the exhibition featuring artwork from Brandeis students’ summers) shows the Brandeis community?

SUDOKU INSTRUCTIONS: Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column down and each small 9-box square contains all of the numbers from one to nine.

AS: I hope that it shows students who aren’t majoring in studio art that they can go on this program and succeed.

It’s not about talent or technique; it’s about experiencing the material in order to have a better understanding of how the masters worked. It’s about the process, not the final product.

JA: Anything else you want to add?

AS: This program is so rich with experience that I will undoubtedly carry values and lessons from my time in Siena far into the future. I highly encourage anyone with any interest in the arts to go on this program!

Solution to last issue’s sudoku

Puzzle courtesy of www.sudokuoftheday.com

—Hannah Kressel