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Volume LXV, Number 24
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
STUDENT UNION
CITY IN SHOCK
Candidates speak about their ideas ■ Daniel Schwab ’14, David
Clements ’14 and Ricky Rosen ’14 discuss their plans for presidency. By SAM MINTZ JUSTICE EDITOR
The Union presidential candidates expressed their ideas and platforms to the Justice.
Daniel Schwab ’14
I consider myself ... very social … I believe that I’m able to communicate very well and efficiently with the student body … I’m not a candidate who’s going to get stepped on by the administration, I’m going to be the voice of the students and push the administration to get what we need and make life more suitable and convenient for the students at Brandeis. [T]here’s a problem on campus ... [T]here’s not a lot of time to study … I believe as a very academically-driven university, that 24/7 library hours is something that should be established year-round … Also, the funds that can be diverted from Einstein’s [Bros. Bagels] to EcoGrounds, in addition to keeping at least the green room open 24/7 … Additionally, I’d like to open the bar on campus, at the Stein, as a sports bar, keeping it open throughout the week … I feel like it would promote a safer environment if [the bar were] controlled by the University, in addition to the fact that it would have a nice place for the students to hang out and collaborate, talk and socialize.
David Clements ’14
I’ve proven myself as the treasurer, which is probably the hardest, most rigorous position …. As part of the Union, I was an assistant treasurer as a freshman and sophomore and then treasurer for this year ... I also understand that I was not able to do this alone. Thankfully, I have 10 assistant treasurers who were able to do a lot
of the work with me. I was able to delegate and because of this, I understand the need to delegate in order to get things done but at the same time maintain a responsible and businessSchwab like atmosphere within the Union. I’ve proven myself to be not only accessible to student leaders and student clubs, but I’ve also been a past club leader ... I think the main issue with the Student Clements Union now is that we’re viewed as a governing body looking over the students, and looking over student clubs and controlling their finances ... I plan on changing the image of the Student Union to beRosen ing a resource for students, to being the segue for students through which they can voice their concerns, propose an initiative … I just plan on getting more out there, having a presence on campus,
Ricky Rosen ’14
In my two years in the Student Union, I have demonstrated that I am a proven leader and a proven representative who will not stop until the needs of his constituents are satisfied. As the Class of 2014 Senator, I achieved nearly all of my goals to reform dining, including creating the Senate Dining Committee, adding items to the [Provisions on Demand Market] meal plan, extending [its]
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FIRST RESPONSE: The Boston Marathon bombings yesterday resulted in several deaths and over 140 injuries as of press time.
Boston regroups after bombings at marathon ■ While several Brandeis
By ANDREW WINGENS
students were in attendance at the marathon, none were reported injured following the incident.
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JUSTICE EDITOR
Two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon around 2:50 p.m. yesterday. As of press time, Boston.com reported three dead and at least 144 injured. Several members of the Brandeis com-
munity had attended the marathon, and members of Brandeis Emergency Medical Corps had been volunteering. No members of the Brandeis community were reported injured. Around 5 p.m. yesterday, University President Frederick Lawrence
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STUDENT UNION
Student body to vote on election amendments for Union ■ The Union proposed
amendments to alter requirements for certain office positions and the election process.
By MARISSA DITKOWSKY AND ILANA KRUGER JUSTICE EDITOR AND EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Tomorrow, the student body will vote on three amendments to the Student Union Constitution that would change the elections process and add requirements for potential candidates.
Class of 2013 Senator David Fisch and the Ways and Means Committee have proposed an amendment to the Student Union constitution that would add requirements to be eligible to run for president and vice president. If the amendment is passed, students running for president will have to have served on the Student Union for at
least one year, or have been elected in the fall of that year. Similarly, students must have served on the Executive Board, Senate or a Senate committee in order to run for vice president. “When I ran for president last year, I saw a lot of people just jumping into the pool who had never been on the Union before. The people who knew
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Creative Charity
Securing debate
The senior thesis of one alum developed into a youth theater project.
Hoops for Haiti proves to be a fundraising hit yet again.
BADASS received 10 signatures from the Senate for a student body vote.
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the Union well, we had plans that worked with what we knew the Union could actually do,” Fisch told the Justice in an interview. The amendment states that a student has to have been “elected or appointed to a committee,” which simply means that the student has been ap-
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84 students given prestigious honor
Medical Emergency
The Brandeis chapter of Phi Beta Kappa elected 77 new members from the class of 2013. Seven members from the class of 2014 were also elected. The Brandeis Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa elects about 10 percent of the senior class and about 1 percent of the junior class each year. Selection is based on three criteria: the quality of academic record, breadth of interest and letters of recommendation from faculty and senior administrators. The following students from the class of 2013 were elected to Phi Beta Kappa: Avigael Moed Aizenman, Marc J. Alsina, Kristina A. Birthisel, Rebecca E. Carden, Kai-Wei Chang, Kaiyan Chen, Lena Chen, Eunsoo Chung, Gabriel F. Colton, Eitan B. Cooper, Jennifer L. Craig, Mengshan Cui, Andi Dai, Yael G. Dai, Avital H. DeSharone, Rachel E. Downs, Caroline Abigail Duchin, Jonathan Edelstein, Alison L. Fessler, Michaela E. Greenbaum, Patricia C. Greene, Shen Guo, Ariana M. Hajmiragha, Maya K. Jacob, Julia B. Jerusalmi, Tiffany K. Johnson, Andrew D. Jung, Abigail Kagan, Gabrielle C. Kaplan, Jessye S. Kass, Rebecca C. Kellogg, Samuel K Kim, Sarah E. Koenig, Lanxin Li, Eliana S. Light, Coleman R. Mahler, Mario N. Maletta, Laura C. Mandel, Evgenia E. Markvardt, Emily Margaret Messelaar, Zhuoxin Miao, Scott Mishan, Nicholas B. Monath, Janette M. Myette, Jonathan Ostrowsky, Sarah E. Pace, Lien Phung, Elizabeth H. Posner, Zane R. Relethford, Rebecca I. Richman, Suzanne I. Rothman, Shira B. Rubenstein, Sadye M. Sagov, Rebecca R. Sanders, Benjamin Sargent, Yosef G. Schaffel, Sarah Beth Schneider, Leonard H. Schnier, Amy Marie Schroeder, Alexander M. Self, Alexander Sheehan, Julie P. Shih, Michelle L. Sinnreich, Tali A. Smookler, Ariel A. Snyder, Melanie Steinhardt, Samuel W. Stemper, Walker H. Stern, Elizabeth Stoker, Mitchell S. Tencer, Sophie M.Travis, Rachel L. Usnik, Roger Z.Yang, Anna N. Yankelev, Abigail N. Zadina, Jiaying Zhang, Madeleine J. Ziff. The following students from the class of 2014 were elected to Phi Beta Kappa: Skyler Whitman Kasko, Michael Dror Keselman, Corrie Elizabeth Legge, Maya Missouri Riser-Kositsky, Aaron Morris Schluger, Sara Shahanaghi, Songyi Wang.
scene at Pachanga requested an ambulance for a 19-year-old female student who was intoxicated. The patient was transported to the Newton-Wellesley Hospital for further care. April 14—A student reported a female party near Deroy going in and out of consciousness due to alcohol intoxication. BEMCo responded and requested an ambulance to transport the party to the Newton-Wellesley Hospital. April 14—BEMCo evaluated and released an intoxicated 19-year-old female at Pachanga. April 14—BEMCo transferred the care of a 19-year-old female party at Pachanga to the Cataldo ambulance stand-by crew at the event. She was evaluated by the staff and released.
April 9—A staff member at the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center collapsed on the athletic fields. University Police and BEMCo responded, and the Waltham Fire Department and Cataldo ambulance were both notified. Cataldo treated the party on-scene for Type 1 diabetes. All units were cleared with a signed refusal for further care. April 11—A reporting party in Cable requested police assistance for a voluntary psych transport at the Mailman House. The patient fled on foot from the Mailman House toward Cable. The party was located in their room. The staff requested an ambulance to transport them to the Newton-Wellesley Hospital. April 13—BEMCo was notified of an intoxicated party at Pachanga. An ambulance was contacted and the student was transported to the NewtonWellesley Hospital for further care. April 14—BEMCo staff on-
Larceny
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reported that he returned to his room, which had been left unlocked, and found that his 15inch MacBook Pro laptop, worth approximately $2,000, had been stolen. April 10—A unit reported that the plumbers’ workshop in the basement of East Quad appeared to have undergone an attempted burglary within its front doors. April 13—A party in the Shapiro Campus Center reported a past theft of Ollie the Owl’s gavel. It was stolen on April 12. On April 14, University Police recovered the item.
Traffic
April 10—University Police received a report of a female hit by a car near the bus stop at the Admissions Lot. BEMCo and University Police responded, as did the Waltham Fire Department and an ambulance. The party was transported via ambulance to the Newton-Wellesley Hospital for further care.
CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS n An article in Arts incorrectly identified a photographed dancer. The dancer was actually Zoe Shiovitz ’13. Shiovitz’s senior solo piece was also incorrectly identified. It was “A Case of You” by James Blake. (Arts, p. 20) The Justice welcomes submissions for errors that warrant correction or clarification. Email editor@ thejustice.org.
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Senate talks divestment
Union F-Board to distribute excess funds
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April 7—A party in Hassenfeld Residence Hall reported on Friday, April 5 around 1 a.m., she saw a male party in her unlocked room. A report was compiled on the incident. April 9—A party in Shapiro Residence Hall reported that a masked individual ran through the second floor of the dorm and sprayed an unknown substance that left a strong odor. University Police checked the area, but the party was gone on arrival. They appeared to have left a stink bomb. No further police action was taken. April 10—A person determined not to be a student was at the main entrance desk of the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center and was making the security student feel “uneasy.” The subject was told to leave by staff. The student was satisfied, and did not wish to make a statement.
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The Student Union Finance Board has decided to allocate excess funds for miscellaneous student-proposed project and event ideas, according to an April 7 email to the student body from Finance Board Chair Nathan Israel ’14. The email contained an online survey for students to share ideas for the project, which will be called the Community Enhancement Fund. According to Israel and Student Union Treasurer David Clements ’14 in an interview with the Justice, there are surplus funds every year, because the F-Board saves money for emergencies and because clubs do not always use all of the money they are allocated. However, this year, there are more excess funds than usual, because of new F-Board policies that are “a little bit tougher on clubs,” said Israel. Usually excess funds roll over to the following year, but Israel wanted to do something different this year. “The whole point of this,” said Clements, “is instead of rolling it over to next year, to be able to use that as soon as we can to enhance student life on campus for this year.” “It’s more than just the money,” added Israel. “We expanded this to include ideas from everyone in the Brandeis family and community. ... Everyone can contribute ideas. Even if we can’t fund it or it’s unrealistic, we have the connections to the union to pass this on to the right people.” Clements also said that the project hopes to gather ideas from students outside of the club structure on campus, paving the way for student-run initiatives that aren’t necessarily linked with clubs. The F-Board will meet “two or three times” to evaluate the proposals and choose some of the most realistic and exciting to fund. Israel said that while he has started looking through proposals on the survey, none have been approved yet, because they are still open to submissions. The survey will close at midnight on Wednesday.
Miscellaneous
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What a Zoo Jess Plante ’16 gets up close and personal with sheep at the petting zoo on Chapels Field on Sunday. The petting zoo featured animals such as goats and rabbits, among others, as a part of Bronstein Week, which was hosted and planned by Student Activities.
The Senate convened on Sunday to discuss ongoing initiatives, and approved the recognition of one club and the chartering of another. No Labels, which would be the Brandeis chapter of a national organization, requested recognition. The club’s objective is to bring together students from all parts of the political spectrum to fix problems in Congress. The club pledged to be non-partisan, and would not be vested in any political platform, but rather in structural reform. No Labels was recognized with 16 in favor, none opposed and one abstention. The Entrepreneur Club sought to be chartered in order to host events, bring speakers to campus and help entrepreneurs get firsthand experiences in starting businesses. The club was chartered with 14 in favor, three opposed and three abstentions. A divestment referendum presentation took place, as 15 percent of students—over 700 people—signed a petition to add a question regarding student opinions about the fact that seven to 10 percent of the University’s endowment is invested in fossil fuel companies. The petition had to be formally presented and validated by Student Union Secretary Carlton Shakes ’14 in order to be added to the ballot. It was decided that the question would be added to the ballot during the second round of Student Union elections. A Senate Money Resolution proposed by Senator at Large Charlotte Franco ’15 was approved unanimously for $695 toward Midnight Buffet table rentals, custodial fees, public safety and equipment to show a video of the events from this school year. Another SMR proposed by Ziv Quad Senator Daniel Marks ’14 for $1,615 toward Zivwoodstock was not yet rejected or approved. The Senate decided to postpone the vote and vote electronically the following day, after the new budget was calculated. —Marissa Ditkowsky
ANNOUNCEMENTS Waltham Group Blood Drive Spring 2013
Relay for Life
Donate and save a life through the American Red Cross. Today from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and tomorrow and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Hassenfeld Conference Center.
Celebrate all night long to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Co-sponsored by Colleges Against Cancer. Saturday at 5 p.m. to Sunday at 5 a.m. in the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center.
The Federal Government is Hiring
Philsophy Department Mini Conference
Brandeis University is honored to welcome Dr. Noha Gaber, special assistant to the Office of the Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and founder and president of the EPA’s Emerging Leaders Network to speak to students on campus through the Annenberg Speaker’s Bureau. Dr. Gaber will host a Lunch and Learn on careers in public service. She will speak to students about the benefits of working for the federal government and share tips and advice on how to secure a job or internship in this sector, including tips on optimizing USAJobs. Space is limited. RSVP today. Friday from noon to 1 p.m. in the Hiatt Career Center.
The Philosophy Department Mini-Conference will feature Allen Wood from Indiana University, Jens Timmermann from the University of St. Andrews and Prof. Kate Moran (PHIL). Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Mandel Center for Humanities, Room. G12.
Reception of this Year’s Peace Prize Winners
Celebrate Peace on the Earth Day with Peace, Conflict and Coexistence Studies. Join the reception of all of this year’s Peace Prize winners (including the Karpf and Hahn Peace Prize, and Davis Peace Prize). Monday from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Shapiro Campus Center Art Gallery.
Success of Social Justice Movements
Peter Dreier, the Dr. E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics at Occidental College, will deliver a lecture. Dreier has worked as a reporter, community organizer and senior policy advisor to Boston Mayor Ray Flynn. He writes regularly for American Prospect, the Los Angeles Times and the Huffington Post about American politics, activism, sports and popular culture. This lecture will be sponsored by the Louis D. Brandeis Legacy Fund for Social Justice.Co-sponsors include: Health: Science, Society and Policy Program, Institute on Assets and Social Policy, the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life, MLK & Friends, Peace, the Conflict and Coexistence Studies Program, Master of Public Policy Poverty Alleviation Concentration Program, Social Justice and Social Policy Program and the Department of Sociology. Monday from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Rapaporte Treasure Hall.
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forum last week to receive student feedback on the club restructuring proposal. By SCARLETT REYNOSO JUSTICE STAFF WRITER
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Current members of the Entrepreneur Club, which was chartered at the Senate meeting on Sunday, presented their case to receive funding for hosting events and speakers.
CAMPUS CLUBS
BADASS seeks security whether to secure BADASS after debate by the Senate. By ILANA KRUGER JUSTICE EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Within the next few weeks, the student body will vote on whether or not the Brandeis Academic Debate and Speech Society will become a secured club. There are three classifications of student clubs and organizations: recognized, chartered and secured. BADASS is currently a chartered club, which means that the club can request money from the Union Finance Board to fund programming, but a secured club receives a set amount of funding from the Student Activities fee each semester. “We’re not asking for any more money than we currently receive but just want to stabilize it [so that] we can better allocate funds towards enhancing our public outreach and public debates,” BADASS president David Altman ’15 wrote in an email to the Justice. “We can work to recruit more speakers and ensure our open door
man continued. “Additionally, we’ve had public debates on controversial topics like nuclear development in Iran, the strategy of the gay rights movement, and the justice of affirmative action in higher education admissions—among many others,” he said. Although this function is not in BADASS’ constitution, according to Altman, that will change. “Although our constitution does not currently include a section on helping clubs, it will as of our next elections cycle after the summer—our actions, however, indicate that it is an integral aspect of our function.” “[BADASS is] in no way fundamental to the University,” said Class of 2013 Senator David Fisch in and interview with the Justice. “When they came to the ways and means committee, they told us that one of their main goals was to bring better speakers to campus, but that is not a reason to be secured. It’s a reason to be chartered, if anything.” Student Union Executive Senator Ricky Rosen ’14 says he will vote to secure BADASS. “The program is so successful that it’s expanding. Because it’s expanding, they need more funds. They want to bring speakers and visibility to campus,” Rosen said.
STUDENT ACTIVISM
Divestment to appear on ballot ■ Students for a Just and
Stable Future collected over 700 signatures from students. By SARA DEJENE JUSTICE EDITOR
In its latest divestment campaign efforts, Students for a Just and Stable Future has partnered with Brandeis Democrats and Students for Environmental Action to include student voices on the University’s position on divestment by adding the issue to the ballot this election season. According to the petition being circulated by SJSF, students would be able to vote April 25 on whether they would support the University divesting its endowment from fossil fuel companies “in order to avert further environmental and human rights crises as a result of climate change.” In an interview with the Justice, SJSF member Jamie Garuti ’15, who spearheaded the referendum efforts, stated that the petition has gathered 750 signatures so far, well over the required 16 percent of the student body, which amounts to about 525 students. Garuti said that SJSF members began drafting the petition “a month or two ago” and collected all their signatures over the past two weeks. SJSF has also been working with other student groups like SEA, an umbrella organization that includes SJSF, and
Brandeis Democrats to gather support for the ballot question. In an email to the Justice, Brandeis Democrats Campaign Coordinator Russell Leibowitz ’14 wrote that Brandeis Democrats decided to officially endorse SJSF’s campaign “towards the end of March.” “We believe climate change is particularly pernicious because its primary effects are on people who can never consent to our use of fossil fuels,” wrote Leibowitz. Leibowitz also wrote that the Brandeis Democrats have also assisted SJSF in increasing awareness of the divestment movement on campus by hosting educational events such as a public debate. “A few people think that there will be harms that accrue from it, so we’ve just been working to dispel those concerns and make sure people know that divestment is a sustainable and useful tactic,” wrote Leibowitz. Garuti said that SJSF’s partnership with the Brandeis Democrats was helpful for expanding the issue of divestment from an environmental one to one also focused on social justice. According to Leibowitz, the ballot question is part of SJSF’s campaign to urge the University to divest from the fossil fuel industry. “We want to make sure that the Brandeis student body’s voice is heard loud and clear and this is the
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Union proposal to restructure clubs still in the works ■ The Union held an open
policy so that all Brandeisans can access this discourse and participate in our club without any exclusivity.” According to the Student Union Constitution, “Secured organizations are hereby defined as those organizations that the student body recognizes as fundamental to the mission of the university.” There are currently nine secured clubs, including BEMCo, the Waltham Group, WBRS and the Justice. “Our burden is to be fundamental to the mission of Brandeis, and that mission values speech and discourse— particularly in the context of Brandeis University, which holds the rational discussion of ideas and ideals to be paramount,” Altman said. Altman argued the “fundamental” nature of BADASS as a club on campus. “BADASS provides two crucial services. In addition to being the secondranked parliamentary debate team in the U.S. and open to any undergraduate student, we help other clubs facilitate their missions by hosting public debates,” said Altman. “This year alone, we’ve worked with the March of Dimes club at Brandeis, the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, Students for Environmental Action, and Deis Dems,” Alt-
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opportunity to make sure that happens,” wrote Leibowitz. SJSF began its efforts this semester with a kick-off meeting this past January to inform students about the issue and the goals of its campaign. Ultimately, the group aims for the University “to immediately freeze any new investments” in the fossil fuel industry and to divest from “direct ownership and from any commingled funds that include fossil fuels” within five years. Since then, the group has also organized protest events such as a mock refugee camp and a march to raise awareness. According to SJSF Faculty Coordinator Tali Smookler ’13, the next step for SJSF will be expanding its focus to administrators, the Board of Trustees, faculty, alumni and graduate students. “We have had a few preliminary, informal meetings with members of the administration already this semester and hope to continue to work with them even more closely next semester as this movement grows and gains support,” wrote Smookler. As SJSF begins to secure student support and shift its focus to the administration next semester, Garuti said that she is hopeful for the future of the divestment campaign. Editor’s note: SJSF Faculty Coordinator Tali Smookler ’13 is an Associate Editor of the Justice.
Last Wednesday, Student Union President Todd Kirkland ’13, Treasurer David Clements ’14, and Senator at Large Charlotte Franco ’15 held an open forum regarding the proposed club restructuring plan. Student Union leaders and staff devised the new structure proposal to try to resolve organizational problems within the current free-for-all system of 275 on-campus clubs. The structuring plan strives to foster communication, organization and fiscal efficiency between clubs. The new proposal still features 12 associations separated by categories such as performance, dance, sports and competition. Each association would exist to foster communication between both the clubs under their umbrella and other associations. According to the Student Union leaders, a club would formally fit under one association and its council, but would be able to attend open meetings for other associations. According to Clements, in addition to following in the path of models that are currently in place at many schools such as Tufts University, Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania, the plan would be similar to existing structures of the Intercultural Center and Club Sports Council. Regardless of size, all clubs would elect seven people to hold voting power in each association’s council. “The main difference [between the first and newer club proposals] is eliminating the main fiscal attribute to it,” said Kirkland in an interview with the Justice. “What I mean by that is the first draft said that if you are a club requesting money, instead of going directly to F-Board you would go to the council for which your club falls under and you would put the request through there and then they would look over it.” Still, according to the Student Union representatives, the recently revised proposal seeks to create fiscal efficiency. Associations would be sent a list of events and items clubs ask to obtain. In this way, collaboration would be possible when groups’ goals align. However, funding would be approved by the F-Board and not the association under the revised proposal. The requirement to share activities and plans in order to gain funding would be solely to promote collaboration and avoid overlap. “Clubs won’t suffer at all,” said Clements, but he emphasized that this new plan will be an investment for the future. The new structure would allow for associations to receive some funding from the account of rollover funds from previowus years. Associations’ votes would serve primarily to use discretionary funds for any type of collaborative work, such as larger events, with multiple clubs’ sponsorships. After the Student Union representatives gave a presentation, there was a feedback session during which students scrutinized the plan’s details. These students voiced a number of concerns. One student expressed concern over whether an unpopular club could be negatively affected by these new guidelines, especially if they do not hold secured club status. The Student Union leaders assured the student that the new structure would not serve to oust or marginalize certain clubs. An advisor assignment for each association is also part of the plan. Clubs would be able to ask these faculty or staff advisers for help in areas such as hiring any teachers clubs might need and providing
ideas for club progress. The Student Union representatives said that advisors could be especially useful when clubs are created and need help developing their activities. Some staff members have expressed interest in these positions, said Franco, but suggestions for advisers would be welcomed from councils and the student body. “If our adviser is from the Politics department who has coached Model U.N., et cetera., they maybe wouldn’t be familiar with working with other wider national groups. So who are these people; where do they come from?” asked Avi Snyder ’13, the president of Mock Trial Association and a columnist for the Justice. Another forum is planned for next Friday. A meeting has also been held where faculty and staff from the Intercultural Center, the Hiatt Career Center as well as Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment Andrew Flagel discussed the proposal. According to Kirkland, criticisms from that meeting and from the student body will be taken into account for proposal edits. “I would say that how the council is defined would have to change because we’re sort of pulling on two ends where it’s like, you don’t want to give no definition to what a council is and just let the association make it up, but on the other hand you don’t want to put too much regulation on it because then it seems too bureaucratic,” said Kirkland in the interview. Kirkland emphasized the hope that people will continue to be proactive in giving their input. “I hope people provide feedback, otherwise we won’t be able to identify what the issues are,” said Kirkland. He urges people to contact him with any further input and to participate in these forums. The final vote and amendment referendum for this proposal will take place when it is felt that the proposal has been formulated at the student body’s satisfaction. A two-thirds vote in favor would allow it to pass. “We have our niche kind of interests and it’s great because everyone works toward their own causes, but there’s a huge lack of communication and bigger lack of collaboration and that’s detrimental to everyone who is involved in campus life… I think this plan does increase efficiency,” said Jessica Goldberg ’13, who is part of Hillel and the Brandeis Interfaith Group, in an interview with the Justice. She added her support of passing the proposal this year, saying that whether we pass it now or later, it will need to be done in order to proceed to fix any issues that should arise. “I think it’s a really good idea, it will allow for better events with more funding going toward each one, and more creative ideas will be in place as different clubs will be in contact with each other,” wrote Harris Cohen ’16 from WBRS radio in an email to the Justice. Clements said in an email to the Justice that gathering feedback is a necessary part of creating good policy. “This is just another step in the process, we’re going to see where it goes,” he wrote. “We don’t want to just put up a proposal that’s going to be forced upon students, we want the students to be happy with it and to understand it before it’s even put to vote.” Kirkland hopes to have the student body vote on the club proposal before the end of the year, although it may not be ready. “[W]e don’t want to put anything to a vote until we believe that it’s a solid plan that most people agree upon. You can’t really just say like, ‘We’re going to vote on it on this day no matter what,’ because that’s just extremely rigid and that shows that we are not caring about what people are saying,” he said. —Marissa Ditkowsky and Sam Mintz contributed reporting.
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Candidates declare platforms ■ Union vice president,
treasurer and secretary candidates share their plans and experiences. By ILANA KRUGER JUSTICE EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
The first round of Student Union elections will take place this Thursday, for the positions of Student Union president, vice president, treasurer and secretary. The candidates for vice president are Daniel Marks ’14, Charlotte Franco ’15 and Shukai Zhang ’15. Marks, Ziv Quad Senator, is running because he is “everywhere.” “I’m just trying to meet people, hear what they have to say about what they think can be improved on campus, because I don’t think our Student Union should be a bunch of kids sitting in a room just plotting out things without hearing what everyone actually wants,” Marks told the Justice in an interview. “One thing I would be doing as vice president is making sure that every senator is accountable for the initiatives that they promise,” Marks said. “I would really get on every single senator to not only make sure that they’re accomplishing their initiatives, but helping them, pushing them, making sure they do it, and helping to do it with them, and that way we would have way more things done on this campus,” he said.
Franco has been on the Senate for two years. “One of the most important things I want to implement is more training for the Student Union officers, especially Senators,” Franco told the Justice. “This training would cover the basics of the position on top of how to contact administration, who to ask about different things on campus, how to answer questions in the office, diversity training and ally training.” She also wants “to open the lines of communication between [Finance] Board, the clubs and other members of the Union so that we can find the balance between efficient spending, club effectiveness and University goals.” Her proposed initiatives include “the club restructuring that I have been working on for the past two semesters” and “continuing the small-scale dining changes through the Senate Dining Committee … getting additional study spaces and study days for the future (a test run for two days is already planned for next year); and work[ing] on improving residence halls and other buildings on campus.” Zhang has served as the Castle Senator, and as a member of the Dining and Service Committees and the Campus Operations Working Group. He wants to improve student life, particularly in the areas of housing and dining. “Working on the Dining Committee makes me understand that both the food quality and price are beyond student control, the Student Union can only address issues like extending hours to convenience the
students,” said Zhang in an interview with the Justice. “Therefore, the only way to significantly improve food quality is to push for another food provider. If this fails, we will change the meal plan system so that it is fair, transparent and convenient,” Zhang said. “For housing, I will work with the school to renovate the oldest buildings. The school should be able to provide more on campus housing to upperclassmen and offer help for students finding houses in Waltham,” he continued. Miicah Lehmann ’15, Harry Greenberg ’15 and Sunny Aidasani ’14 are running for Student Union treasurer. Lehmann has served as assistant treasurer for two semesters. “If elected, I plan on making the treasury process as smooth as possible. Together with my assistant treasurers, I want to ensure that all forms are processed in a diligent fashion and make sure that the money gets to where it belongs in the quickest way possible,” Lehmann told the Justice. “I plan on being here for you, the student body, and to always be available to answering any treasury questions, concerns and the like,” Lehmann said. Greenberg has also served as assistant treasurer for two semesters. “The treasury can do a better job at educating club treasurers and at connecting with them throughout the year. Many times someone will submit a form and then find out weeks later that there was a mistake on it and that they need to fix it,” Greenberg told the Justice. “I think that there should be a weekly email sent
out to people whose forms are in the incomplete forms bin, so these things do not happen,” he said. Aidasani could not be reached for comment by press time. The candidates for secretary are Ethan Levy ’15 and Sneha Walia ’15. Levy served on the Senate this year. “I’ve seen the great things that the Union can do, and I want to take a step up to the [Executive] Board [and] help my constituency even more,” Levy told the Justice. He said he wants to improve communication and transparency in the Union. “I want people to know what’s going on and be more out there and personable,” Levy said. He also said that he wants “to get people more involved with sporting events.” Walia has been a Senator for both of her years at Brandeis, and she has served as outreach committee chair for two semesters. “I do have a lot of experience with the way that the Student Union reaches out to the student body, and in fact worked closely with the Office of Communications,” she said in an interview with the Justice. She said that as secretary, she would like to work on connecting different groups within the University, including clubs, staff and the Union, and also wants to bring groups together to develop the culture of social justice within the University. —Marissa Ditkowsky, Tate Herbert and Sam Mintz contributed reporting
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Teachers and students recognized ■ Faculty and student
achievement awards were presented at Thursday’s faculty meeting. By SAM MINTZ JUSTICE EDITOR
At Thursday’s faculty meeting, Provost Steve Goldstein ’78 announced that Prof. Robin Feuer Miller (GRALL) has been awarded a prestigious Guggenheim fellowship to work on a book project. Dean of Arts and Sciences Susan Birren also named the winners of several teaching awards, as well as the five Student Achievement Awards given to current sophomores with impressive academic and extracurricular accomplishments. According to a BrandeisNOW press
release, Miller is one of 175 academics awarded a 2013 Guggenheim fellowship out of 3,000 applicants. Her project will be about two 19thcentury Russian novelists, Fyodor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy, both of whom she has written books about previously. “I was deeply honored that my proposal ... garnered enough support to result in my becoming a Guggenheim Fellow,” she said in an interview with the Justice. “I think what is most special to me is to receive an award that is shared by so many creative artists in fields like photography, poetry and fiction writing. It seems to me that the Guggenheim Foundation strives to honor creativity in a wide variety of fields. In our day and age that is especially affirming to the values which I most cherish.” “I am so excited about tackling this
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DISTINGUISHING FACULTY: Dean of Arts and Sciences Susan Birren presented several awards at the faculty meeting last Thursday in Olin-Sang room 101.
project and by the Guggenheim Foundation’s support of it—I can’t wait to start,” said Miller, according to the press release. Miller will be a Visiting Fellow at St. Edmund Hall next year at the University of Oxford, according to the press release.
Teaching Awards
Also at Thursday’s faculty meeting, Birren announced the four 2013 winners of the teaching and mentoring awards for the School of Arts and Sciences. Prof. Don Katz (PSYC) won the Lerman-Nebauer ’69 Prize for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring. “My Brandeis students are the ones who inspire me to perform, … which is enough of a ‘gift’ for me (my interactions with the Lerman Neubauer fellows, who carry the same name as my award, have been particularly inspiring),” he wrote in an email to the Justice. “The fact that they then turn around and give me ANOTHER gift— the gift of good evaluations—makes me feel ... lucky and well loved.” Prof. Sara Shostak (SOC) was awarded the Michael L. Walzer ’56 Award for Teaching. “I was absolutely thrilled to receive the Michael L. Walzer ’56 Award for Teaching,” said Shostak in an email to the Justice. “I love teaching at Brandeis. I am inspired by the students in my classes, and those with whom I’ve worked on independent research projects. So, receiving an award based on student nominations is deeply meaningful to me.” The third teaching prize, the Louis Dembitz Brandeis Prize for Excellence in Teaching, was awarded to Prof. James Morris (BIOL). “I am very grateful to receive this award,” said Morris in an email to the Justice. “My sincere thanks goes to all of the students I have taught over the years, as well as to my own teachers. Both have provided me with inspiration and guidance in and out of the classroom.” Prof. ChaeRan Yoo Freeze (NEJS) received the Dean’s Mentoring Award for Outstanding Mentoring of Students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. According to Birren, one of Freeze’s students said that “by mentoring others, she has trained many of us to be mentors ourselves.” In addition, Heller School for Social Policy and Management Dean Lisa Lynch presented the Heller School teaching, mentoring and staff awards, which went to, respectively, Prof. Carole Carlson (Heller), Prof. Tatjana Meschede (Heller) and Norma DeMattos, program administrator for both the MBA and MPP programs. “I feel very honored and deeply touched by the comments students wrote about my work with them,” said Meschede in an email to the Justice. As I often say, my work with stu-
dents is one of the most gratifying job I can think of, watching them learn and grow right in front of my eyes, taking in what I can offer and make it their own, and at the same time myself challenged to learn and grow together with them.” Prof. Laurie Lesser also won a teaching award from the Rabb School of Continuing Studies.
Brandeis Achievement Awards
Also at Thursday’s faculty meeting Birren announced the winners of the Brandeis Achievement Awards, an annual scholarship prize given to “currently enrolled sophomores who have distinguished themselves by their outstanding scholarship and academic achievements at Brandeis.” The students awarded were Gloria Cadder, Paul Kim, Iosefa Percival, Alva Stux and Dana Trismen, all ’15. Cadder, who is majoring in English, Creative Writing and Politics and minoring in Legal Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies, is the editor of the Brandeis Law Journal and a member of the Mock Trial Association. “I am very honored to be a recipient of this award and to be considered part of such a fantastic group of students,” said Cadder in an email to the Justice. Kim, who is double majoring in Chemistry and Biology, works in a chemistry lab, rows on the crew team and is a co-founder of Education for Students by Students. “I definitely feel very blessed and honored to have been chosen,” said Kim. “The whole experience has been really humbling, and if anything having now won the award, I feel motivated to work even harder now.” Percival studies Environmental Studies and Economics, is president of the Brandeis Surfing Club, and works at the technology help desk. His recommenders said that he has “all the characteristics of a leader, he’s personable, inquisitive, intelligent, responsive, empathetic, and wants to make a difference in the world.” Stux, an Anthropology major and Legal Studies minor, is part of the Middle East Music Ensemble and a member of SCRAM. One of her faculty recommenders called her “one of the most rewarding students I have worked with over my 17 years of teaching at Brandeis.” Trismen, a triple major in English, Creative Writing and Psychology, is an editor of both the Brandeis Hoot and Where the Children Play. Her faculty recommender said that she was “a leader, place her in a small room and she will organize it and make it better.” None of the award recipients besides Cadder and Kim could be reached for comment by press time. —Tate Herbert contributed reporting
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Business in Israel assessed ■ Consul for media affairs
Shahar Azani spoke to an audience about the global impact of Israeli business. By ANU SHAH JUSTICE CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Shahar Azani, the consul for media affairs at the Consulate General of Israel in New York, came to Brandeis last Wednesday night to talk about the global impact of Israeli business, innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as Israel’s general economic relations in the Middle East. The Brandeis Israeli Public Affairs Committee, along with the Brandeis Business Club, hosted the discussion in the Mandel Atrium. Attendees and moderators from BIPAC and the Business Club asked Azani a variety of questions, ranging from inquiries regarding Azani’s personal and educational background, to those regarding new developments in Arab-Israeli economic relations. As a diplomat, Azani works to strengthen the ties between Israel and the United States through media channels in New York Metropolitan area. Azani said he “markets the image of [Israel]... not only through the orthodox media” channels, but also through channels such as “TLC, the Cooking Channel, [and] the Fashion Network.” His responsibilities include bringing Israeli business personnel, from chefs to chief executive officers, to market themselves on mass media channels in New York. However, Azani said that his main goal is to get people to “see Israel for what it really is” through his position and the shows he books. Azani added that his job is focused on shaking predispositions about Israel and that “the only thing [he] wants people to leave with is an open heart towards the next Israeli speaker. And that [takes] a lot.” Azani, who holds a law degree and a masters in business, also talked about the value of his education and professional skill in diplomacy, which he said does “nothing and so much.” Azani explained that in diplomacy, “the education you bring with you is everything.” Azani said that all of the marketing and collaborative skills he gained were due to his experience in the private sector, while any legal details or issues that come up in the course of his work can be solved with his knowledge of the law. As far as the tangible results of Azani’s position, he gave a number of other examples that spoke to Israel’s development and global influence. He discussed the partnership between Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Cornell University to build their new campus on Roosevelt Island in New York. He also discussed GetTaxi, the upcoming New York taxi cab application created by an Israeli startup company. Azani said that his office “creates a viable environment for human interaction and interchange” that facilitates partnerships, job opportunities and ideas like these. When the conversation shifted to Israel’s economic relations with other countries, Azani explained that “people have no idea about Israel’s influence in foreign countries,” citing partnerships in eastern and central Africa as mostly behind-the-scenes efforts that did not get extensive media coverage. When the conversation shifted to Arab-Israeli economic relations, especially with Palestine, Azani was not too optimistic. “There is no trust,” Azani said, adding that “as long as the Palestinians are intent on using ... diplomacy to attack Israel, on refraining from negotiating with Israel, you have an element of uncertainty that takes away from the trust that is so essential in making [a stable] environment possible.” Ilana Rosenbaum ‘15, the campus relations coordinator of BIPAC and the organizer of the event, said afterword that the discussion was a good way for students to see global economic relations with “not only Israel, but [also] the Middle East” and its impact on “our lives, and people on a personal level” with business relations. Rosenbaum added that she “hoped for future events” with the Israeli Consulate.
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NORTH KOREA AND THE WORLD
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A COUNTRY OF QUESTIONS: The scholars offered their analysis of North Korea’s political situation and a possible U.S. response.
Experts discuss US and North Korean relations
Korea’s recent nuclear missile threats and its efforts to maintain a stable leadership structure. By ALLYSON CARTTER JUSTICE SENIOR WRITER
Last Tuesday, a panel spoke about the political climate of North Korea and its relations with the United States during an event titled “A Closer Look at North Korea” in the Rapaporte Treasure Hall. The panel featured Friedrich Lohr, former German ambassador to North Korea, and Sue Mi Terry, senior research scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University and former National Intelligence Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. The event was moderated by Nicholas Hamisevicz, director of Research and Academic Affairs at the Korean Economic Institute of America, and was sponsored by the KEI and the Brandeis International Journal. According to its website, the KEI is an external organization that seeks to “broaden and deepen understanding among Americans about developments in Korea and the value of the U.S.-Korea relation-
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ship” through publications and outreach programs. With respect to North Korea’s recent threats to launch nuclear missiles, Terry began by asking whether these assertions represent “more blustering” or something more serious. Compared to past threats, she said, “certainly, the rhetoric has intensified” in a manner that is “noteworthy.” Despite theories that the threats are unfounded due to the “untested” command of current ruler Kim Jong-un, who assumed office in December 2011, “the regime is not suicidal,” she continued. Terry noted that “there is no one single truth” or agreement when it comes to North Korea and that scholars studying the same material come to “vastly different conclusions.” In Terry’s opinion, North Korea will not reenter talks with the U.S. to relinquish or halt production of nuclear weapons. She added that theories of internal factional fighting within the North Korean government are “wishful thinking,” as the “elites have a vested interest in keeping this system going” and rallying together and as it is important for Kim Jongun to “come out looking strong and mighty.” Lohr echoed Terry’s point about the varying scholarly opinion on North Korea, adding that he felt as
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if he were “following a moving target” in his research, as each time he drew a conclusion, the situation changed. He said when trying to determine “what makes North Koreans tick” to keep in mind their goal of “regime preservation” and maintaining the current leadership structure. “But there are limits to social engineering” and indoctrination, Lohr said, adding that North Korea is “the most confused country [he’s] ever seen in Asia.” North Korea’s presentation of itself to both its own population and foreign observers is a “mosaic” of real and fake elements, said Lohr. “It’s very close to the real world, and also very far removed,” he added, and it is the job of the foreign observer to piece together elements of the mosaic and try to make sense of them. In response to an audience question about how the panelists believe the U.S. should respond to these threats, Terry said that the Obama administration should not engage, as North Korea’s options are in actuality quite limited should it lose its relationship with the U.S. She added that it is important for the U.S. to keep in mind that its policy toward North Korea is not isolated but related to every other aspect in the political sphere.
A panel spoke about the political significance of self-immolation and the state of the Chinese-Tibetan conflict last Thursday during an event titled “Self-Immolation and Non-violent Struggle” in Pearlman Lounge. The panel featured Prof. Gordon Fellman (SOC); Jamyang Rinchen, Tibetan-Chinese translator for the Dalai Lama; and Bhuchung K. Tsering, vice president of Special Programs in the International Campaign for Tibet. Cynthia Cohen, director of the Program in Peacebuilding and the Arts at the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life, moderated the event. Kunsang Gyurme ’13, president of Students for Tibet, introduced the panel with a brief explanation of the Chinese-Tibetan conflict. China views Tibet as a part of its territory and believes that they liberated the country in 1949, while Tibet views itself as independent, under the rule of the Dalai Lama and currently under forceful occupation by China, he said. “Almost 100 percent of Tibetans are Buddhist, and the Tibetan society is largely shaped by its religion,” said Gyurme. “On the other hand, China does not allow religion to play a part in its society.” Since 2009, there have been 112 cases of self-immolation—the act of setting oneself on fire—by Tibetans in protest of the struggle. According to Gyurme, two of these cases occurred within the past two weeks. In an introduction to the panel, Cohen addressed the multifaceted and sensitive nature of the subject. “Our panelists represent a range of views but, I’m sure there are even wider views among all of you,” she said to the audience. Fellman, who organized the Dalai Lama’s visit to Brandeis in 1998, stated his intention to “locate this [situation] in history in a different way” by illustrating connections to Judaism. He drew parallels to the mass suicide of the Jews at Masada after they rebelled against the Roman Empire, which resulted in the killing of several thousand Jews. Fellman, who grew up Jewish, said that he had been critical of the suicide and wondered why the Jews did not “wait out the Roman Empire,” as “domination is always unstable and resistance is always waiting in the wings and will eventually triumph.” “All empires fail, all empires fall, and I’m expecting the Chinese empire will, too,” said Fellman. Tsering, who was born in Tibet and fled to India with his family in 1960, said that these acts of self-immolation are “a stark reminder that there is a problem in Tibet.” “The Tibetan struggle in a nutshell is more than a political struggle,” said Tsering. “It is a struggle for the Tibetan people and their identity.”
Tsering said that the practice of nonviolence entered “the mindset of the Tibetan people” with Buddhism, but that the change was historically gradual. From the Tibetan perspective, the roots of the struggle are primarily “religion-centric” rather than political, as “the Tibetans felt that their very identity, which is linked with religion, was being attacked” with the Chinese occupation of the religious capital of Lhasa. The Dalai Lama, who has lived in exile in India since the unsuccessful Tibetan Uprising 1959, seeks a solution to the issue that benefits both China and Tibet, said Tsering, as “only such a mutually beneficial solution will be a lasting solution.” He added that nonviolence is not only a moral option but a practical option, as acquiring arms and organizing a violent attack would be logistically difficult. Tsering said that be believes that two reasons for the incidence of selfimmolation are that Tibetans feel that they are treated as second-class citizens in their own land and that they do not have a space to express themselves religiously and politically. He added that because the majority of individuals who self-immolate were born under the Chinese rule, these acts illustrate that a new generation of Tibetans is at the forefront of the struggle. Rinchen, a Chinese Buddhist, discussed the practice of nonviolence from a Buddhist perspective, though different Buddhist traditions provide different opinions, he said. As long as one’s motivation is nonviolence and one’s intentions are positive, he said, one’s actions will reflect that. He emphasized the importance of “natural altruism” in connection with Tsering’s discussion of solutions that benefit both China and Tibet despite any perceived ill will, adding that, “I know it’s very hard, but it’s not impossible.” In a question-and-answer session, a Tibetan audience member commented that it is inaccurate to call selfimmolation “suicide” because it is a “strategic act of defiance” rather than desperation. “We look up to these people as heroes who did this for our nation, who did this for the greater good of the Tibetan cause,” she said. In response to an audience question about slavery in Tibet prior to Chinese rule, Tsering said that though in the “past Tibet wasn’t a perfect society,” the Tibetan people’s idea of what is essential to them has changed. “I think the Chinese leadership has not really asked the Tibetan people what they want, … and that is the problem,” Tsering said. Rinchen added that Chinese culture emphasizes respecting others’ well-being, but must also respect others’ cultures and that even the Chinese government’s contribution of roads, food and clothes to Tibetans does not reflect what Tibetans truly want, which is religious freedom. The event was sponsored by Students for Tibet; the Justice, Peace, and Coexistence Working Group; and the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life.
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LGBTQ rights in Germany, France, and the U.S. By Anu shah JUSTICE contributing WRITER
Six scholars hailing from the United States, Canada, France, Belgium and Germany came to Brandeis for a one-day conference last Tuesday to discuss the different and evolving perspectives on gay marriage from both sides of the Atlantic. The conference was sponsored by the Center for German and European Studies and the Goethe Institute of Boston. Prof. Sabine von Mering (GRALL), director of the Center for German and European Studies, said she was inspired to hold the conference after
hearing about anti-gay marriage protests in Paris in January. The panel, which included professors Nancy Cott from Harvard University, Jennifer Evans from Carleton University in Canada, Bruno Perreau from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Florence Tamagne from the University of Lille in France, David Patternotte from Universite Libre of Belgium and chair member of the Federal Association of Gays and Lesbians in Germany Axel Hochrein examined historic and contemporary views on same-sex marriage in Germany, France and the United States. The panel was also featured later that evening at the GoetheInstitut in Boston for a similar discussion which was open to the public. Evans and Hochrein considered the legalization of same-sex marriage in Germany, which, despite making enormous advances in the area of les-
bian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer rights, has yet to adopt legal marriage equality. Hochrein, who mentioned recent court decisions in Germany, along with an increase in the popularity of same-sex marriage, said that he was “confident that [same-sex] marriage will be legalized” in time, noting that “equal rights among citizens are the base of a constitutional democracy.” Tamagne, Perreau and Patternotte all discussed the evolution of discriminatory policies toward homosexual individuals in France. Tamagne gave a presentation on the history of the LGBTQ struggle in France, and Perreau looked at the issue of child adoption by same-sex couples and major policies hindering its progress. Patternote considered regional perspectives on same-sex marriage in France and the influence of national and in-
ternational LGBTQ rights advocacy groups, such as the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association on national policies. Nancy Cott, a professor of American history, talked briefly about historical and economic interpretations of marriage in America before discussing the role of the Supreme Court in marriage issues. Cott explained that the concept of marriage originated in the civil code for ease of governance and property transfer. She added that marriages used to determine household units that were not necessarily biological, ruling out a solely procreative purpose for marriage. Lastly, Cott touched on the gradual erosion of separate, gender-based obligations in the institution of marriage, which laid the groundwork for the possibility of same-sex marriage. Cott signed onto an amicus brief challenging Cali-
fornia’s Proposition 8 when the case was before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in early February 2012. A common theme throughout the presentations was guarded celebration for the progress toward marriage equality throughout the world. The event was well-attended. Noah Coolidge ’16 said that he thought the talk “was really relevant to what is happening in the U.S. today, both on the national and state level. It’s interesting to see what foreign countries are doing overseas and maybe [the United States] could use those strategies, or vice versa.” Shelby Magid ’15 added that “it’s easy to get caught up in the American perspective, while other countries have made so much progress. I think it’s important to put the movement in a global context.”
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BOMBING: City unites in tragedy ELECT: CONTINUED FROM 1 posted on his Facebook page: “We have just heard that all BEMCo students volunteering are safe and accounted for. Law enforcement has asked that people text instead of calling, to preserve bandwidth. We are asking Brandeis students to please let their families know where they are and their current status.” “[Director of Public Safety] Ed Callahan and his team are monitoring the situation closely, as they do in all crisis situations,” said Senior Vice President for Communications Ellen de Graffenreid in an email to the Justice yesterday afternoon. Three members of BEMCo attended the Boston Marathon this year, according to BEMCo Director and Clinical Supervisor Hannah Goldberg ’13. She said that BEMCo traditionally sends several members to the event to help medically assess runners after the race. Yedidya Ben-Avie ’15, who was working as a medical volunteer, said he was about 100 feet away from the
blast when it went off. “I was working as a medical volunteer there and I was in the middle of performing an assessment when two explosions went off about 100 feet away from me,” he said in an interview with the Justice. Ben-Avie said at first he didn’t believe it was an explosion. “It’s probably nothing. ... Probably everything’s fine,” he said he thought. “But then it kind of sunk in when people were just running away. There must have been 200 people around me, mostly runners at that time, and they just all started running away.” He described a scene of mass panic, with a fast response by the Boston medical team. “As soon as people were more or less out of the area, I went to ground zero. I went to the scene, and by the time I got there they were already more or less cleared out,” he said. “It was really quick. ... So even the medical volunteers they were sending away to try to back up so that they could look for other explosives.” Rocky Reichman ’13, who was also
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pointed by the committee as a formality to be part of that committee. “Most committees are at most an hour a week. If you want to run for president or vice president, you should show at least some commitment in advance,” Fisch said. When asked if he thinks the amendment is undemocratic, Fisch said no, since “pretty much anyone can run if you show a little commitment.” Student Union President Todd Kirkland ’13 says he is “neutral” about the proposed amendment. “I don’t really have a clear preference towards it or against it. I can see in some ways how it could be beneficial for the president to have some exposure to the Union before,” Kirkland told the Justice in an interview. “On the other hand, it’s sort of putting a restriction that doesn’t seem prevalent in other schools. It’s not like to run for president of the United States you need to be involved necessarily in government,” Kirkland said. Kirkland says that most people running for the positions have already had some Student Union experience. For example, current Union Vice President Gloria Park ’13 is in her second year in that position and was a senator beforehand. For this upcoming election, “all of the candidates for both president and vice president have been involved in the Senate, and for president; one of them has been involved in treasury and not with the Senate,” Kirkland said. Executive Senator of the Student Union Senate Ricky Rosen ’14 is on the Ways and Means committee and was present during Senate meetings about proposing the amendment. “I feel like the underlying reasoning behind the policy is sound. Being VP and President of the Student Union, it’s a very demanding job. It requires that you know the ins and outs of the position,” Rosen said in an interview with the Justice. “The goal certainly isn’t to keep people from running, the goal is to prepare people for running,” Rosen said. He does not think that the amendment would be undemocratic, but he does see why some people would be opposed, since “people who might be interested in running and learning about the Student Union might not necessarily be able to.” Rosen does think there is “a cause for concern” if the amendment is meant as more than a “recommendation.” “ If there’s an extenuating circumstance, if there’s an individual that was the head of a powerful club on campus, or the head of a newspaper, that’s suitable and prepared for
that position, then absolutely they wouldn’t fall under that requirement,” Rosen said. Fisch’s position is that they still would have to have had some experience with the Union. “I don’t think that it’s unfair to say that someone has to show their commitment,” Fisch said. Along with the vote on amending the requirements to run for Union president or vice president, amendments to eliminate the instant run-off system and add guidelines for special elections will be voted on by the student body in the same election. According to Kirkland, the instant run-off system was implemented at the end of 2010 using BigPulse, an online voting and election software and service. “Whoever made the rules for instant run-off did not clearly communicate what they were to the next person; they sort of just put it in the Constitution and left it as it was. So, from what I was told is that BigPulse just does it, although there’s really no way of knowing what it does,” said Kirkland. Kirkland explained that the reason for implementing the instant run-off system was because students thought it would yield a fairer election. “I don’t believe that statement is true,” he said. “I believe it does add, however, complexity to the entire system as well as forcing us to use a vendor that is more complex, and because it’s more complex it’s more expensive per year,” Kirkland continued. BigPulse, according to Student Union Secretary Carlton Shakes ’14 in an address to the Senate at its meeting on April 7, is “way too intricate,” requires training and costs about $2,500 per year. In the event of a tie, which Shakes acknowledged would happen more frequently with this system at the meeting, the Chief of Elections, or the Student Union Secretary, would hold special elections with only those two candidates, leading Shakes to propose an added section making better guidelines for special elections. Kirkland sent an email to the student body on April 5 describing all of these proposed amendments. “Students are allowed to submit arguments against it up until 48 hours before the vote,” said Kirkland. “[Y]ou could submit an amendment change as long as you got 10 senators to vote with you; the Student Union would have to say, ‘Hey, there’s this amendment change proposed by you,’ this is your argument for it, and if people want to submit an argument against it, we’re sort of like the facilitator, so to speak.”
volunteering at the Marathon when the bombs went off, said he was the BEMCo member furthest from the scene of the blast. At the time of the explosion, he was scanning his zone to quickly evaluate runners’ medical conditions. “We were originally charged with only assessing runners medically, but soon found ourselves simultaneously giving psychological first aid and keeping family members from being run over by news vans and emergency vehicles,” he wrote in an email to the Justice. “One man passed by emotionally intact yet covered in blood save for his face. When I assessed and queried him to see if he was okay, however, he nodded assuringly and said ‘it’s not my blood’ and did not agree to go receive medical care.” Dean of Student Life Rick Sawyer was also at the marathon today and watched his daughter cross the finish line about an hour before the explosion. “We were walking up Beacon St. by Cheers when we heard the blasts,” Sawyer wrote in an email to the Justice. “All the way over there it was a
remarkable sound, and we knew something was wrong. Then we were frantic trying to get cell service to see if our friends were okay. I finally talked with them nearly two hours later.” President Barack Obama addressed the nation at about 6 p.m. yesterday and said: “Boston is a tough and resilient town. So are its people. I’m supremely confident that Bostonians will pull together, take care of each other, and move forward as one proud city. And as they do, the American people will be with them every single step of the way.” “But make no mistake,” he said, “we will get to the bottom of this. And we will find out who did this; we’ll find out why they did this. Any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice.” According to the marathon website, 45 Waltham residents took part in the race. According to the Waltham Patch, Waltham City Councillor Kenneth Doucette finished the race and crossed the finish line moments prior to the explosion.
INSIDE THE JUSTICE Herbert elected Editor in Chief Tate Herbert ’15 was elected editor in chief of the Justice at a staffwide meeting on April 10. The Justice editorial board met following the election and confirmed Herbert as the newspaper’s next editor in chief. The votes took place following a speech and subsequent discussion in which Herbert outlined her experience on the paper and ways to improve the Justice. She also spoke fondly of the two years that she had already spent as part of the staff. “I came into the Justice with no journalistic experience whatsoever and I feel very fortunate that this turned out to be something that I’m very passionate about,” Herbert said. “I feel like the Justice is my home now and I’m proud to lead it for the next year.” Herbert explained that during her tenure as deputy editor she expanded her knowledge of the paper as a whole. She began to write for the News section during the first semester of her first year at Brandeis. During her second semester she was designated a
News editorial assistant and later News editor. In those capacities, she wrote numerous articles for the paper covering content ranging from campus speakHerbert ers to major University developments. Herbert noted that her plans for next year include working with other editors to enhance the paper’s multimedia presence, look into an ombudsman for the paper and expand the advertising revenue brought in by the Justice. Andrew Wingens ’14, senior editor and former editor in chief, said, “With Tate’s great attention to detail and superb news instinct, I know the Justice will have a very successful year under her leadership.” “Tate was also an assistant News editor while I was News editor so it has been a pleasure to train her for two positions.”
Possible leaders provide critical insights CONTINUED FROM 1 hours on Saturday nights and Einstein’s hours on Sunday afternoons. Students have come to me over the last two years with a multitude of issues, and they have trusted me to address their concerns with university officials ... I am driven and endlessly determined to carry out every single one of my goals. If elected ... [i]f Aramark stays the provider, I would push for students to have the ability to use more than one meal per meal period and allowing unused meals to carry over into additional guest meals until a limit of 15 guest meals is reached. If Aramark is not the service provider, I would fight for students to have a say in what dining options are available ... I would work to expand Brandeis’s work-study program since there are a considerable number of students eligible for Federal Work Study who were not able to find on-campus employment (myself included). By working with the Provost, the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Hiatt, I would be able to create more jobs in offices across campus for which only Work-Study students are eligible. My other major goal is for the Union would be to find new ways to connect with the student body—this would involve working with BTV and Getz Media Lab on creating entertaining monthly video updates to inform the student body of Union initiatives.
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In 1843, the first major wagon train set out on the Oregon Trail with over 1000 pioneers.
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FUN RUN: A group of energized students ran a 5K around Loop Road and enjoyed sausages on the Great Lawn after the race. OLIVIA POBIEL/the Justice
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Two clubs collaborated on a race to promote pride and fitness By JAIME KAISER JUSTICE EDITOR
A cluster of students wearing blue shirts and sneakers descended upon the Great Lawn on Saturday afternoon. In just a few long strides, participants of the student-run 5K race both demonstrated school spirit and got a midday workout. On this past Saturday, Student Events teamed up with the Student Athletic Advisory Committee to host a 5k Run and Sausage Fest, an event that is part of Student Events’ Bronstein Spirit Week and SAAC’s Division III week. A total of 27 students registered for the race. At 12:30p.m., they all assembled on the Great Lawn and after doing their warm-up stretches in a large circle together, walked down to the starting line, the crosswalk bridging the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Admissions Center and the Great Lawn. This is the first 5K and the third annual sausage fest that Student Events has hosted. The race has
been revived this year, corresponding with this year’s theme for the week, “Camp Bronstein.” “We were going for the nostalgic factor. Although I never personally went to camp, I know a lot of people did here and it was a big and really memorable part of their childhood,” Jackie Zais ’13, director of social events for Student Events said. Rita Tobias ’14, a social events coordinator of Student Events, described picking a Bronstein week theme as a “gradual process” accomplished through collaboration between members of the SA social department, a committee dedicated specifically to planning spirit weeks. “We literally sit and write down a long list of any ideas that pop into [our] mind[s]. After brainstorming for a couple of meetings, we usually narrow down our choices to two or three themes and flesh out a very rough idea of events we would have for each theme. Whichever theme we get excited about and feels right, we end up going with,” said Tobias. This is not the first time Student
Events and SAAC have collaborated for the student body. “We like teaming up with Student Events because we want to appeal not just to people in athletics but to reach out the general student population too,” said Kasey Dean ’14, the president of SAAC. Toward the beginning of the semester, the student organizations worked together on the Better With the Lights Off: Bump, Set and Spike dance and volleyball tournament. The event is part of SAACs Division III week, which ran from April 7 to April 14, an initiative that is three-pronged. The mission of the week is to encourage success “in the classroom, on the field, and in community service,” according to the Brandeis Athletics website. The 5k run represents the “on the field” aspect of the festivities. The Mr. Brandeis Pageant represented the community service aspect of the job. The race consisted of three laps around Loop Road. Just as the runners were getting ready to start, a tour group passed by. The increased
level of school spirit caused everyone to cheer “come to Brandeis!” and “This place is great!” to the group of prospective students heading toward the Shapiro Campus Center. Participants had a variety of different motivations for running. Siqi Liu ’15, who was one of the first to finish, was all about the challenge. “I ran cross country in high school. he explained. I think I missed the competition.” Aaron Hentoff ’16 explained that the event just seemed like a lot of fun. “I got an email about Bronstein week and I was just like, ‘I want to do that!’” he said. Jordan Machlin ’16 felt similarly. “I wanted to be involved in Bronstein week and this is a perfect way to do it.” she said. Hentoff explained that the hill leading up to Mandel Center for the Humanities was “treacherous” but Machlin explained “after you get past the Rabb Steps you are home free.” After the runners completed their race, they were rewarded with com-
plimentary sausages. Hamburgers, veggie burgers and an assortment of other snack and beverage options were provided. Although the food was geared toward rewarding the runners, the grill was open to all Brandeis community members. “We were looking at old Bronstein posters in the office and saw that Sausage Fest seemed to happen two years in a row so we thought we would try and bring it back,” Tobias said. With a steady flow of people enjoying the food all afternoon, the event was well-attended. SE Executive Director Rachel Nelson ’13 explained that every level of participation in SE events is valued, from the people who just came for the sausages to the people who ran. “We really like to see students active and involved even if it is just passing by to make a craft or grab a cup of coffee,” she said. The event was a noteworthy blend of athletics and campus pride. “Exercise, school spirit, sausages, what’s not to love!” said Machlin.
Playing a role model Harley Yanoff ’08 leads a summer drama program for sixth year By ALEXA BALL JUSTICE STAFF WRITER
In a world of glamor and attraction, both on stage and on screen, acting has captured the hearts of the youth. However, in the same world, arts programs have been declining steadily due to educational spending cuts. For Harley Yanoff ’08, this decline inspired him to create a children’s summer theater program in suburban Massachusetts. Yanoff is the founder of Spotlight Productions, a summer theater workshop located in Weston, Mass. that provides children with a comprehensive and individualized program focused on acting techniques and culminating in a major production at the end of each session. Yanoff graduated from the University with a B.A. in Theater Arts and an honors thesis that has influenced his current endeavors. In its infancy, Spotlight Productions was an unexpected undertaking for Yanoff. It started as an independent study at Brandeis and soon transformed into an honors thesis with the help of Prof. Jennifer Cleary (THA). Instead of doing a performance-related thesis, he decided to pursue something for the youth of the community that he could work on while auditioning for his own career. Although he intended to launch the company a few years after graduation,
the plan was put on the fast track when a local Weston paper heard about the project and featured him in a frontpage article. After the piece was published, Yanoff began receiving emails about signing up. Currently living in New York, acting has been a major part of Yanoff’s life since his teenage years. At the age of 13, he realized after singing his portion of the Torah at his bar mitzvah that he had a voice for the stage. He decided to attend an acting camp with his friend, where the director of the camp encouraged him to audition for an actual theater performance, Fiddler on the Roof. After that, he says, “I was immediately addicted. ... Ever since the summer in 1999, that’s been the thing I was going to be doing.” Having been involved with theater programs for most of his life, Yanoff recognized the need for a summer workshop that would focus on not only rehearsing for the final production but also on “teaching the craft, building confidence and building friendships and teamwork,” he says. “I wanted a program that was not only going to put on a great production at the end, but something that was going to train kids and help them have a great time and help them transform from day one to the last day.” A typical day of the camp includes a morning full of classes and workshops on skills such as singing, dancing, set-
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PUPIL PERFORMANCE: Harley Yanoff ’08 is the founder of Spotlight Productions, a company that runs three-week summer theater workshops for kids ages 7 to 16. building and improvisation, with the afternoon spent rehearsing for the final production. This summer, the final shows will be Legally Blonde, Annie and Beauty and the Beast, one for each session. ww The summer is split into three sessions which each last three weeks and are separated by age. Part of the allure of Spotlight is the small size of these sessions, generally made up of 15 to 20 children. Yanoff explained this is important, because it allows for both indi-
vidualized learning and an important part in the production for each child. “We want everybody to feel like they’re a really big part of the team, and have a lot to do with the success of the final show,” says Yanoff. With a three-to-one staff ratio, Spotlight strives to ensure that each child has a chance to succeed. “I was seeing all these programs that had 60 kids in a session that were doing a performance, and 50 of them wouldn’t be saying anything,” says
Yanoff. “It is not my job or my goal to open their eyes to how difficult the industry is.” Although Spotlight, which is entering its sixth year, is competing with the Weston Drama Workshop, a program more than 20 years old, Yanoff says the camp is unique enough to keep kids coming back. As one of the only programs in the area that also offers TV and film acting workshops and staffed by actors all in their 20s, Yanoff says Spotlight offers a unique and inspiring atmosphere. “[Spotlight Productions] is the underdog coming in, and we’re building a great reputation, but it’s definitely a challenge to compete with these larger companies,” he says. Despite the difficulties of being a young company, Yanoff says it is well worth the hard work, especially when he begins receiving feedback at the end of the summer. One of his proudest moments came two summers ago when the parents of a girl came to thank Yanoff and another staff member for the transformation of her daughter. “[The mom] just gave us a hug, she was so thankful. Her daughter was not the most confident person in the world, but she loved theater ... and the transformation from day one of Spotlight til the end, in terms of her performance, her happiness and her confidence, that was just unmatchable,” he says.
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UNITED AS ONE: Following the game, both the students and staff showed their enthusiasm for the event by joining together for a group photo.
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Rallying for the right reason Hoops for Haiti again proves a successful cause By AVI GOLD JUSTICE STAFF WRITER
The Brandeis Haiti Initiative once again hosted Hoops for Haiti—a basketball game which pits University faculty against students—this past Sunday, and once again, the event proved to be both successful and wildly entertaining. The event raises money for Camp Empowering Through Education, a camp started by Brandeis alumna Shaina Gilbert ’10 that works to educate nearly 100 Haitian children each summer and is staffed each year by current Brandeis students. Brandeis Haiti Initiative Co-President Amanda Dryer ’13 explained that the event not only creates unity within the community by joining students and faculty members, but also highlights the importance the University places on social justice. Dryer explained that the event was purposely placed on Admitted Students Day as a way to tell the students “welcome to the family. This is what we do here.” Given the amount of fun that the event proved to be for both spectators and participants this year, it appears that the event could become a staple in Admitted Students Days for many years to come. After going into the half down by five points, 25-20, coach Michael Coven led the faculty on the comeback trail during the second half, as the team stormed back to win 51-43 in a thrilling encounter. Coven, who had guaranteed a victory for his team before the match, was pleased with both the outcome of the game and the sentiment of the event, which is in its fourth year. “That’s one of the things I love about Brandeis, that we are socially aware,” he said. “It’s a great cause.” Basketball aside, a plethora of the individuals at the Red Auerbach Arena admired the Brandeis Haiti Initiative and that the event highlighted the University’s commitment to social justice. “It’s always great to come out and do a charity event. I’ve heard it’s a great event, and I’m happy to take part,” said men’s basketball forward Ishmael Kalilou ’15, who played for the student team. Kalilou was one of several members of the men’s basketball team to take part in the event and, on a lighter note, said beforehand that he was looking to “take the game over” in response to Coven’s guarantee of a faculty victory. Ultimately, Coven’s guarantee proved to be merited, but the game
wasn’t short of drama. For quite some time, it appeared that it would be Kalilou’s day. Once the game began, he drained back-toback three-pointers that allowed the students to jump out to a 9-2 lead after the first five minutes. The faculty, however, responded with a 9-3 run of their own to cut the students’ lead to one point with six minutes left in the first half. With both sides constantly changing players to give everyone a chance to play in the fun spirit of the event, it took time for each squad to develop a rhythm, and the first half drew to a close with the students leading 25-20. One of the bright spots for the faculty was Darryl David ’08, who now works for the University in the Office of Student Activities. David, who had six points in the first half, knew that the key to the second half was to “just have fun.” After the students pushed their lead to 29-26 with 15 minutes left in the second half, the faculty began clawing their way back with midrange jumpers. They took the lead and never looked back with 6:09 remaining. David dribbled behind his back and converted a layup in traffic to give the faculty a 32-31 lead. That particular play proved to be crucial, as the faculty would not relinquish the lead after that point. The faculty pushed their lead as high as 10 points, which resulted in a 45-35 advantage with 3:05 remaining and survived a final push by the student team over the last three minutes that cut the lead to within six points at 47-41. However, the faculty team’s abilities proved to be just too much for their student opponents, however, as they were able to cruise to the 51-43 victory. Despite the outcome of the game, participants on both sides were appreciative of the overall sentiment of Hoops for Haiti. “It’s a beautiful thing to be part of. It’s just a blessing,” said David of the event. Senior Vice President for Administration Mark Collins, who coached the student team, was equally appreciative of the cause. “We all had a great time for a great cause, so I’m happy I was here,” he said after the game. Coven joked afterwards that, while he has enjoyed his time coaching the men’s soccer team, his time had come to move on to bigger and better things. “I want to thank Brandeis for the past 40 years, but I’m headed to the NBA right now,” Coven said.
EYES ON THE PRIZE: Men’s basketball forward Ishmael Kalilou ’15 drives to the hoop during Sunday’s Hoops for Haiti game.
SMILING ON THE SIDELINES: Men’s soccer coach Michael Coven, who coached the faculty team, laughs during the festive encounter.
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Overcome marathon tragedy Patriots’ Day, which commemorates the first battles of the American Revolution at Concord and Lexington, Mass. in 1775, was severely marred this year due to the inexplicable bombings at the finish line of the famed Boston Marathon. As of press time, there were three reported deaths and more than 130 injuries. Medical tents, of which the original intention was to help dehydrated runners, were quickly transformed into emergency centers caring for the wounded. This board is both shocked and saddened by yesterday’s tragedy in Boston on Boylston Street—a place familiar to many Brandeisians. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. This traumatic event struck close to home, and we hope
Support one another students support one another in this time of need. We know that this community will come together and support the victims, and those affected, in every way possible. We hope the student body rises to the occasion—whether it be by donating blood in the upcoming blood drive or helping raise money for relief efforts. To echo the message of President Barack Obama from his press conference yesterday afternoon, the greater Boston area is a “tough and resilient town” and “the American people will say a prayer for Boston tonight.” Obama stressed that no act of terrorism will break the community. We could not agree more.
Vote Clements for President With Student Union elections approaching, students will have to choose representatives who can lead the student body, initiate change in the Union and best advocate on our behalf to administrators and the Board of Trustees. This board had the privilege of meeting with all three candidates for president: David Clements ’14, Ricky Rosen ’14 and Daniel Schwab ’14. Schwab raised many concrete points, including suggestions for necessary improvements in the arts and athletics. However, we feel Clements and Rosen have proven, both in our interactions with them and throughout the election process, to be remarkably professional and presidential. Clements and Rosen exemplify characteristics that we strongly feel a Student Union president should have, and for that reason, both deserve our accolades. Yet, after much deliberation, this editorial board believes that Mr. Clements has the ideal combination of experience, diligence and responsiveness to be our next Student Union president. We offer Mr. Clements this board’s endorsement for the position of Student Union president. Over the past few weeks, Mr. Clements has unveiled a new plan to restructure clubs at Brandeis. While this board harbored reservations about the plan at first, Mr. Clements took the suggestions in stride and worked tirelessly to reform the plan. He incorporated student feedback through a survey to the student body and an open forum for all students to attend. Clements combined all aspects of feedback—both those he agreed with and those he may not have—and incorporated them into the plan. It is this responsiveness to the student body, combined with his ability to look at big-picture issues that affect all students, which makes Mr. Clements a formidable candidate. Moreover, Mr. Clements’ experience as Union treasurer underscores his responsibility and diligence. Club leaders respect Mr. Clements for having brought a level of previously nonexistent efficiency to the treasury. Additionally, Mr. Clements has proven his ability to delegate efficiently by re-organizing the treasury under the domains of different assistant treasurers. The ability to delegate is a key component of any leader and it is clear Mr. Clements holds that skill. We hope Mr. Clements will bring a similar level of efficiency and reorganization to the Union as a whole, so that it ultimately runs smoothly and effectively
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to benefit the student body. Through his role as treasurer and his club restructuring initiative, Mr. Clements has had occasion to interact and build a rapport with all sectors of the University. We think these skills will certainly prove to be beneficial to a Union president. Mr. Clements’ attitude towards working with the administration and the Board of Trustees is refreshing. He promises to work with them as a partner rather than a subordinate, and we are confident he will not be afraid to advocate on behalf of students. Mr. Clements’ platform features a wide array of specific-yet-broad ideas. Mr. Clements intends on demanding fiscal transparency from the University, specifically in regard to the consistent tuition raises. He expressed the need to expand BEMCo and Brandeis Police service to off-campus students, while also affirming his intent to pressure the Board of Trustees for more campus renovations. His desire to remake the Stein as an on-campus social destination is just one of the highly beneficial measures he has proposed for the student body. Although this board endorses Mr. Clements as the strongest candidate for president, we applaud Mr. Rosen for his strong ideas and evident passion for the Union. Mr. Rosen’s track record as executive senator is strong, displaying many accomplishments of his own. His work in reforming the senate committees as well as in advocating for extended hours at both the P.O.D. Market and Einstein’s Bros. Bagels deserves praise. We agree with Mr. Rosen that this is a crucial time for the University in terms of its dining contract, especially as the current contract with Aramark will soon expire. We hope that the next president will use this opportunity to pressure the administration, Board of Trustees and dining service provider to tailor the meal plans to students’ needs. A student voice in this process is crucial. The Brandeis student body is fortunate to have well qualified candidates for Student Union President, and yet, only one can win. Ultimately, we hope that the president-elect will seriously consider incorporating the best aspects of the other candidates’ platforms into his own plans. Additionally, we hope that all candidates will continue their involvement in the Student Union to enact this necessary change.
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If elected as Student Union president, you will take over the reins of a Union that has both many strengths and weaknesses. What is the biggest flaw in the current state of the Union, and how do you plan to rectify it?
David Clements ’14 The biggest flaw in the current state of the Student Union is the perception students have of both its role and its potential. The goals of the Student Union, according to its website, are to “improve University life, advocate for student needs, and protect student rights.” Unfortunately, as of late, the Union has not succeeded in accomplishing these goals. As Student Union president, I vow to refurbish the image of the Union from being a governing body looking down on clubs to being a true service for the student body through which they can voice their concerns, propose initiatives and have a real voice. As president, I will accomplish this goal through a more aggressive approach to the administration and Board of Trustees—treating them as partners, not superiors—more advertisement of Union projects and accomplishments, increasing our co-sponsorship and support of individual clubs; promoting and advertising the accomplishments of individual students and clubs; and ensuring that I, along with the rest of the Union, is more approachable, open and responsible to student needs. I truly believe that once the Union gets more “out there,” its image will change for the better, thereby improving student life and the trust that the student body has in us. After all, the Union belongs to the students. David Clements ’14 is the Student Union treasurer, the Undergraduate Departmental Representative for the Politics department and a former member of the Student Advisory Board to the Dean of Arts and Sciences.
Ricky Rosen ’14 I would say that the most prominent flaw in the Union is that its mission has become somewhat unclear; we are not here to cater to the needs of the administration—the Student Union exists to represent students and act on their behalf. The Union president should not be afraid to speak up on behalf of the 3,500 students he or she represents. I would remedy this weakness by raising my voice on the things that matter most to Brandeis students: one, dining; two, housing; and three, tuition. I would advocate for more compromise in all of those areas; In dining, I would work on reforming the structure of the meal plans and push for more on-campus dining options during vacations. In terms of housing, I would speak up on behalf of those students who cannot afford to live on campus. Finally, I would fight for transparency in the budget process; students should know where every penny of the 59,000 we’re paying for tuition goes—we should also know what changes are being proposed before it is too late to change them. I am not afraid to speak up for students on the issues about which they care the most. Ricky Rosen ’14 is the Student Union executive senator, Class of 2014 Senator, a Student Conduct Board member and former Vice-President of the Brandeis Libertarian Conservative Union.
Daniel Schwab ’14 As the senator of Charles River/567 over the past year, I have been exposed to a number of major issues within the student government. The most important issue we can improve upon is transparency of the Student Union’s role with the student body, particularly strengthening the role of the senate. The senate’s role in the union is to voice the issues of their constituents. However, over the past year senators have been both ill prepared for their responsibilities and not fully informed of their capabilities. To prevent a loss of information between annual elections of senators, I believe that a one-week senate-training program should be instituted. This program will entail having elected senators sit down with more experienced senators to discuss past initiatives and the overall role of a senator. Through this program the legislative branch of the student government will be more effective in voicing the student body’s concerns to the administration. These smaller changes will aid in creating a more cohesive Student Union. Daniel Schwab ’14 is the current Charles River/567 senator, a member of Waltham Group’s Hunger and Homelessness program, and a member of the Campus Operations Work Group.
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No Labels program represents progress in Congress By MICHAEL ABRAMS JUSTICE STAFF WRITER
Congress is broken. It has become helplessly polarized, wallowing in partisan gridlock, virtually incapable of getting anything done. Or is it? Signs of productivity are beginning to show in the 113th Congress. The Senate has passed a budget for the first time in three years, and with a competing one being produced by the Obama Administration, the stage is set for a robust debate over the financial future of America. Further evidence of life is the recent bipartisan gun control plan from Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Pat Toomey (R-PA). Influential Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer (NY) has also agreed to support the plan, which will expand background checks to better prevent criminals and the mentally ill from acquiring firearms. But this is just one of many compromises that will need to take place if Congress is really going to start working again and get back to its true business: solving the problems of America. At the vanguard of such efforts is an organization Senator Manchin was recently named the honorary co-chair of: No Labels. Formed in 2010 by a coalition of Republicans, Democrats and Independents, No Labels seeks to bring together the millions of Americans who have lost faith in Congress to produce substantial, structural changes. I believe a major cause of this loss of faith is the lack of productivity from Congress. That in turn, I think, is caused by fear of many members of Congress to compromise with members of the opposing party because extremist factions in both parties are currently the most vocal groups. They intimidate members of Congress into toeing a strict party line lest they lose the support and financing of these unbending wings. This gets reduced into a political stalemate and no meaningful policy changes. This is where No Labels comes in: to change the conversation and show our representatives that reasonable Americans are the true majority in this nation. This will reassure our leaders that compromise and quality legislation are the best ways to public support and re-election. As a testament to the power of organizing this majority, this past February, No Labels had its first victory when a version of its “No Budget, No Pay” suggestion was signed into law as part of the debt ceiling compromise. The provision states that if Congress is unable to pass a budget for the next fiscal year (in this case, 2014), then Congress’s pay will be withheld until an agreement is reached or the next session starts. The recent passage of a Senate budget illustrates the effectiveness of “No Budget, No Pay” as an incentive for Congress. No Labels also proposes a new policy that would set a 90-day limit in which the Senate must hold an up-or-down vote on a presidential nominee or he/she is automatically confirmed. This is to prevent a single Senator from holding up presi-
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dential nominations indefinitely. Since 2011, over 200 offices ranging from federal judgeships to key positions in the Treasury Department remain unfilled because there is no time limit on how long a Senator can delay the confirmation or rejection hearing for a presidential nominee. Another No Labels structural change in Congress is to allow a majority on any Congressional committee to override the committee chairman’s decision not to move a bill to the full House or Senate to vote upon. This would empower coalitions of Congress members who support and have compromised on legislation, as they can now bypass any obstructionist chairmen. Other reforms include a monthly session in which the President would report to Congress to be asked questions directly from the legislature as well as a five day work week for Congress-members. This would
require them to be in Washington DC for three full weeks out of the month and then get one week per month to return home to fundraise, meet with constituents, campaign, etc. In the status quo, our officials are free to leave D.C. whenever they choose, leading many to have 3-day workweeks where they travel on Mondays and Fridays, preventing comprehensive work from getting done. Perhaps the most promising feature about No Labels is how rapidly it has garnered support, both inside and away from the Beltway. Exactly 59 members of Congress have joined No Labels “Problem Solvers” coalition. These bold representatives are holding regular meetings to foster a spirit of bipartisanship, draft legislation together, and encourage compromise. In terms of external support, over 500,000 Americans have joined No Labels in some capacity, with over 1,300 attend-
ing the group’s first national convention this past January in New York City. I myself attended and I was inspired by the show of support for compromise and the comprehensiveness and depth of No Labels’s organizational and reform efforts. I see the ultimate goal of No Labels as producing a constituency of compromise. By uniting as many Americans as possible under a banner of inclusiveness and non-partisanship, we can motivate our elected representatives to take the bold actions necessary to fix Congress and America. By showing Congress that the extremes, both on the left and the right, are no longer the loudest or most organized voices; we can bring an end to the political stalemate this polarization of the body politic has produced. We can lift the gridlock paralyzing Congress and we can start moving our country forward again.
College tuition crisis only exacerbated by government programs Aaron
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Tuition is going up! Next year, the price of attending Brandeis will be raised by 3.9 percent, to $58,170. Tuition is being hiked from $42,682 to $44,380. Brandeis University’s sticker price takes the silver medal on the “Most Expensive Colleges in Massachusetts” list. If you’re willing to sacrifice your free time to save yourself a semester of tuition by overloading courses, forget about it: that exit is barred, as Brandeis will now charge a per-credit fee of $1,375 for any credits above 23. College education in general has become more expensive in the past few decades, and Brandeis is no exception. Understandably, people are outraged by the increasing unaffordability of a higher education. After all, when four years of college costs nearly $225,000, a degree is practically unattainable without a tremendous financial commitment. Regardless of how much of your tuition is paid by parents, grants or student loans, every student bears a heavy burden. When making such a large commitment, it is important to step back and gain perspective. “Am I getting what I am paying for?” You might be willing to pay $60,000 for a BMW, but not for a Kia. Each of us ought to ask ourselves this sort of
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question about our tuition. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Americans aged 18 to 29 have 13.1 percent unemployment. Opportunity is drying up: the National Bureau of Economic Research says that wage prospects in the current recession are down more than 10 percent. Things don’t look very good. To pile on more bad news, the average college student will graduate with $26,500 of debt, and given the recent trend in tuition rates, this number only bodes to increase. If we zoom in to a smaller scale, several experiences have made me second-guess the price of my education. Recently, I purchased 33 hours of MP3 recordings of a 12-lecture Introductory Philosophy class taught by Dr. Leonard Peikoff in the 1970s. It discusses the founders of Western philosophy, with detail and analysis comparable to—if not better than—similar courses that I’ve taken here. The price of the download: $11. Modern college students can easily benefit from information and literature proliferating on the internet. A university library and a classroom are no longer needed to analyze and discuss ideas. The internet has transformed self-guided adult education and has begun to render the traditional university approach obsolete. While face-to-face access to a university professor can be an educational advantage, does this alone justify such a colossal expense? In the past, having a college degree demonstrated a higher level of learning ability which employers still seek. Even humanities majors, who are not taught a specific marketable skill like sci-
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ence or engineering students, have always been considered to have this intellectual leg-up over non-college graduates. Because of this historical advantage, people advocate for laws intended to make college more affordable. Such government programs are numerous: Pell Grants already give students up to $5,500, while Perkins Loans will allow students to borrow up to $30,000 at only five percent interest. Stafford Loans are similar, but with a higher interest rate. There are also PLUS loans, which are made to parents. These programs, however well-intended, have actually served to bid the price of college to the current stratospheric high. They have helped to dilute the value of higher education to the point where a course priced in the thousands of dollars is no better than one which costs no more than a pizza. The programs that were created to make college more affordable have inflated a bubble in higher education, not unlike the housing bubble which burst in 2008. According to FinAid.org, college tuition prices have increased at 1.25 to two times the rate of other prices in the economy since 1975. While price has steadily grown, quality has not kept pace. The government’s programs have provided easy credit to anyone willing to borrow. There is no assessment of risk, so students can continue to borrow as prices increase, without considering how they will pay these loans off in the future. This artificially stimulated demand results in colleges being immune from the consequences of
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raising their prices—look at the throngs of admitted students. While our bills grow, the value of a degree shrinks. Class sizes have increased, and curricula are tailored to the average students rather than the exemplary ones. College graduates were once a rare commodity for employers, now they are a dime a dozen. With cheap, convenient access to information on the internet, noncollege graduates can learn crucial skills on their own. Applying for a job with a college degree will no longer be a leg-up; it is currently a prerequisite, but an empty one, not unlike any Introductory class. As a degree no longer signifies to an employee who will be more competent with technology, employers of the future will put less emphasis on that expensive bachelor’s degree. Students who have benefited from government-subsidized loans may find themselves in deep water, if they are unable to afford their debts. If many people default on their debts, the bubble will pop, and the price will collapse to reflect the significantly lower true value of a college education. Now that you are sufficiently depressed, I should remind you that your purpose here is still to learn and improve yourself. Don’t rely solely on a curriculum to guide you in achieving your goals; blaze your own trail. Develop your own skills according to your strengths. Despite the fact that the old-fashioned university model is growing obsolete, some old-fashioned hard work, practical knowledge and computer savvy will put you far ahead anyone who treats a piece of paper called a “bachelor’s degree” like a golden ticket.
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Unpaid internships foster unethical advantage By CATHERINE ROSCH JUSTICE STAFF WRITER
Like many of my peers, the past few weeks and months have been spent editing résumés, writing endless cover letters, eagerly awaiting responses and doing phone interviews. March and April is internship season, when many of us search for working opportunities and experience in fields we are interested in. Of the three government internships I applied for this summer, all of them are unpaid. Of the internships during the school year I have had, they too have been unpaid. As an intern, I did secretarial and research work, made copies, wrote letters, found background for upcoming legislation and I enjoyed my experience and found it incredibly worthwhile, regardless of pay. However, unpaid internships are unethical, and not because high school and college students work between 20 to 40 hours a week, doing work that an adult secretary or staffer would get paid to do. Unpaid internships give students and young people the experience they would otherwise not be able to get and also can help students get ahead faster. They are unethical for social class reasons. I am lucky enough to be from a family that can support me so that I can come home for summer break and take an internship for no pay. Not everyone is that lucky. Many young people who might want to intern at a law firm or a science lab or for a professor, cannot do so for financial reasons and must get a job in the service industry or retail instead. There is nothing wrong with holding a partor full-time job during the summer. Summer and school year jobs provide students with work experience and money. However, there is a big difference between being able to put down on your résumé that you served an elected official or an esteemed scientist versus waiting tables or babysitting. In no way am I trying to say that one is superior to the other. Unpaid internships and paid work experience are equally beneficial and important, and I wish I had more of the latter. However, not every employer or graduate school will necessarily think so. Like it or not, some schools and employers will be impressed by work experience and work ethic, while others would rather see internships at big-name firms. I’m not saying that every single employer or grad school will feel this way, and many do look at work experience, but that cannot always be guaranteed. There are a few solutions I’ve come up with for fixing this problem with unpaid internships, and the inherent ethics issues that come with them. The easiest, and best, option for students, obviously, would be to pay students minimum wage or above for the time they spend working. Not only would young people get the necessary work experience that they need to get ahead in their fields, but everyone, regardless of socioeconomic class, would have the opportunity to pursue their passions without worrying about the financial cost. Students wouldn’t have to give up
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on an internship because it is not financially feasible. Obviously, this is not the best solution for firms and employers, and therefore is very unrealistic. Companies have no legal reason to offer any sort of compensation for those who would be working for free. However, given that some of the best and brightest students cannot afford to work for free, companies should try to figure out some balance between profits and attracting young minds who otherwise could not work an internship over a paying job. A more realistic idea would be to provide unpaid interns with some sort of stipend for
areas like transportation, food or other common necessities. For example, if a student wanted to intern at a bank, the bank could provide them with some money to buy work appropriate clothing, or if an internship requires public transportation, the intern would get a Charlie Card for free from the company. Alternatively, internships could only be part-time jobs. That way, students could work a paid job and still have the opportunity to try out something they are passionate about. It does not cost a business or the government or a hospital any extra to have two unpaid in-
terns splitting a full work load than it would to have one unpaid intern doing the work by themselves. If anything, part-time internships could increase productivity. Unpaid internships are great, and I’ve enjoyed all the ones I’ve done. Employers and groups that offer unpaid internships can and should consider how to make the socioeconomic factors that restrict smart young people from pursuing such opportunities less of an issue. Anyone who can intern, should be able to take an unpaid internship and not worry about the financial burden.
Progressive stance by politicians often promotes social change Noah M.
HORWITZ CIVIL AFFAIRS
Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court heard two cases pertaining to the rights of gay couples to wed. First, the court discussed if California, or any other state for that matter, has the constitutional ability to exclusively define marriage as between heterosexual couples. Second, the court discussed if the federal government has the ability to do the same, specifically with regards to the Defense of Marriage Act. While the highest court of law will not render its verdict on these issues until June, the court of public opinion has already made up its mind on the issue of whether it is acceptable for two members of the same sex to get married. Its verdict is a resounding and enthusiastic yes. The strong public sentiment in support of gay marriage, though, is coupled with the approval of a significant number of Congress people and Senators. And while shifting attitudes of gay marriage from the public shifted the views of many of these politicians, the politicians’ changes of heart are equally important, as they lead the way for many more in the general public to reexamine their ap-
proval thereof. In 1996, when Gallup first began measuring America’s support for gay marriage, approval stood at a measly 27 percent. Within that poll, nearly every single demographic, including Democrats, Liberals and young people overall, showed majority disapproval of gay unions. Only among Jews and the Non-Religious did pollsters find any group of people not vehemently opposed to such a concept.
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Sometimes, politicians need to take the lead and push their constituents towards progress.
Until recently, politicians, Democratic and Republican alike, trembled in fear in regard to the gay marriage issue. Most were petrified that a backlash among socially conservative Evangelicals could force them from office. Unwavering opposition to gay marriage from typical bastions of liberalism, such as Pensioners and African-Americans, allowed for majority opposition to gay marriage to flour-
ish in typically Democratic states such as California and Maryland. Finally, it was an unlikely source who finally took the plunge as a public official to support gay marriage. In May of 2012, as the Washington Post measured support for gay marriage at 52 percent, Vice - President Joe Biden became the highest ranking incumbent politician to officially endorse gay marriage. A few days later, President Obama endorsed gay marriage, after being publicly opposed to the issue when running for office in 2008. While some Democratic members of Congress followed the Obama administration on this position, namely Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a majority of Democratic Senators still abstained from supporting gay marriage. Some predicted a backlash at the ballot box from Social Conservatives for supporting the unpopular position, but it never came. Instead, President Obama’s change of heart inspired the NAACP to wholeheartedly endorse and campaign for gay marriage. Between President Obama and the NAACP, as well as continuing to rise in support among young people, many African-Americans strongly shifted their views on the issue. For example, a 2012 Washington Post article mentions that while 70 percent of African-American voters in California supported Proposition 8, recent exit polls have shown that a majority of African-Americans now supported gay marriage. Further, President Obama was decisively
re-elected to a second term, not only after endorsing gay marriage, but running on the issue, among others. Seeing as that the threat of backlash from supporting gay marriage was nothing more than an empty threat, dozens upon dozens of Democrats—and even a few Republicans—from both houses of Congress have rushed to be on the right side of history. These changing attitudes of the American people, as well as the changing attitudes of politicians, are able to prove something. Not only do politicians have a duty to listen to their constituents’ views on social issues, such as gay marriage, but the public sometimes has an equally important responsibility to listen to their representatives. In all types of issues, this responsibility stands. Sometimes, politicians need to take the lead and push their constituents toward progress. Obviously, if public opinion had never shifted on gay marriage, support among politicians would still be insignificant. But if Vice - President Biden had never taken the leap to support something his heart said was right, the support seen for gay marriage among elected officials would be smaller too. Politicians, especially from a political party as ostensibly pro-gay rights as the Democratic Party, were right to discredit irrational fears of backlash from a Socially Conservative culture war over support from gay marriage. I now hope they remember this lesson when we fight the next wave of social issues, such as capital punishment and cannabis legalization.
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BASEBALL: Judges end week on sour note after downing WPI CONTINUED FROM 16 offense. It allows us to create runs. Every at-bat there is a job to do, and when a few guys can do a job consecutively, we are real successful.” WPI made a game of it, though, as the Engineers responded immediately in the top of the second by scoring three runs to tie the game and grab the momentum. Yet, Brandeis took the lead back two innings later, capitalizing on a WPI error to score two unearned runs. Those proved to be all the runs the Judges would need to hold onto the vital victory. Though McCarthy was admittedly upset with the lack of consistency the team has experienced recently, he knows the Judges have what it takes to be successful when they are able to put it all together. “It’s very frustrating for there to be such a big difference in one game, and at this point, every game is a must win. I'm confident we will start figuring out the idea of being a little more consistent.” Britton echoed McCarthy’s frustration with the team’s effort not translating into victories and, in a rather blunt manner, noted the team had to start playing with a sense of urgency in order to rectify that problem. “We have spurts of good hitting, good fielding and good pitching, but we need to bring it all together,” Britton explained after the WPI double header. “We need to string some wins together. Every game from here on out we need to treat as a must-win game. It's too late for excuses; we need some results.” In the first game of the week last Tuesday, the Judges used seven different pitchers in a 9-5 losing effort against Worcester State held on Stein Diamond. The Lancers struck early, scoring four runs in the first three innings. Though the Judges responded scoring one in the bottom of the third on a wild pitch, the Lancers added two more in the fourth. The Judges then scored three in the sixth, taking advantage of two Worcester State errors. That was not enough good fortune for the Judges to be able to pick up the win, however, as the Lancers scored three more insurance runs in the eighth to put the game away and condemned the Judges to yet another frustrating defeat. However, the season has plenty more opportunities for the Judges to pick up some vital wins in the closing stretch. This afternoon, Brandeis will host another doubleheader against Johnson & Wales University, with the first game starting at 3:00 p.m. and the second game at 5:00 p.m.
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TRACK: Teams do battle in numerous events at Brown CONTINUED FROM 16
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THROWING HEAT: Pitcher Kyle Brenner ’15 hurls a pitch during the Judges’ double header against Worcester State University.
Ed Colvin ’14 contributed an impressive effort, pulling in at 23rd in a time of 4:25.07. Grady Ward ’16 continued to display potential, finishing right behind Colvin in 4:25.07, while Jarret Harrigan ’15 rounded out the Judges’ effort in the event, finishing in 32nd place in 4:29.56. However, the squads managed to make an impact in more areas than just the distance events. Adam Berger ’16 scored two top finishes in both the men’s long jump and triple jump. After leaping 5.40 meters to place 13th in the long jump, he covered a distance of 12.33 meters in the triple jump—good for eighth overall. The men also featured two top50 runners in the 800-meter run. While Kramer and Kern secured top-10 finishes in this event last weekend at UMass Lowell, Michael Rosenbach ’15 and Greg Bray ’15 continued the trend of strong finishes in that event. After Rosenbach finished in 2:01.74 for 37th-place, Bray followed right behind, placing in 41st in 2:02.81. The two female seniors also continued to make strides in their final collegiate season. Kim Farrington ’13 continued her leap to success with a seventh place finish in the triple jump, reaching 10.42 meters. The focus would then turn to the running events as, in the 400-meter dash, Casey McGown ’13 bolted to the finish line in 1:00.74, which proved to be good for 17th in a field of 50 runners. In addition, Kelsey Whitaker ’16 competed well in the 800-meter run, racing out to a 22nd place finish in 2:20.42. Kern noted that, as the Judges look to build upon their momentum at the Fitchburg State Invitational this Saturday, the squad is primed to make a large impact in their remaining competitions during this season. “Everyone is just working on improving, staying healthy, qualifying for post-season meets and peaking at the right time,” he said.
TENNIS
Squads fall to Trinity to end tough week of competition
■ The men’s and women’s
tennis teams dropped tough decisions to Trinity College on Sunday. By HENRY LOUGHLIN JUSTICE EDITOR
The men’s and women’s tennis teams endured a tough stretch of matches this past week, culminating in resonant defeats at Trinity College on Sunday. The men fell to the Bantams 8-1, while the No. 24 women dropped a 7-2 decision to the No. 21 hosts. Last Saturday, the women fell to No. 23 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 6-3 after defeating Wellesley College 9-0 on Wednesday. “Outdoors is very different than indoors,” said Maya Vasser ’16 of the transition from inside play to Brandeis’ Rieger Tennis Courts. “The courts inside are very fast, so the transition to outdoors, we had to focus on getting our rhythm back on
a slower surface. When it comes to matches outdoors, it’s a very different paced game.” In the men’s match against Trinity, the Bantams got off to a fast start, as sophomore Daniel Carpenter downed Steven Milo ’13 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 at first singles. Classmate Ned Mandel downed Josh Jordan ’13 at second singles. Third singles saw junior Kayong Lee defeat Dave Yovanoff ’13 3-6, 6-0, 6-1. Sophomore Ilya Levin continued the streak, beating Alec Siegel ’15, 6-0, 6-3 and freshman Ford Traff downed Michael Secular ’15 6-4, 6-2. The last singles match saw Trinity complete its singles sweep, as sophomore Musyoka Mbithi beat Danny Lubarsky ’13 7-6, 3-6, 6-2. The first doubles matches resulted in a win for Bantam sophomore David Myers and Mbithi over Milo and Yovanoff 9-8, 9-6. However, the Judges did pick up their first success at second doubles, as Siegel and Krems downed Mandel and Levin 8-5. However, Trinity compounded the Judges’ misery at
third doubles, as Traff and Lee beat Secular and Lubarsky 8-6. The women were slightly more successful than the men against the Bantams. They got off to a bright start, as Carley Cooke ’15 beat freshman Melita Ferjanic at first singles 6-2, 4-6, 6-1. However, second singles saw senior Hillary Hoyt beat Faith Broderick ’13 6-4, 4-6, 6-0. Trinity then swept the next four singles matches, as freshman Morgan Feldman defeated Allyson Bernstein ’14 5-7, 6-1, 6-1, junior Regan Cherna beat Simone Vandroff ’14 6-2, 6-1, junior Senzo Maphisa overcame Roberta Bergstein ’14 6-1, 6-2 and senior Frances Cameron downed Alexa Katz ’14 in three sets by a score of 6-1, 4-6, 10-8. Despite the fact that the Judges ultimately fell to MIT, Saturday’s matchups had slightly more parity. After junior Lauren Quisenberry downed Cooke at first singles, 7-6 (7-3), 7-5, the Judges swept the next two matches, as Broderick beat sophomore Vynnie Kong 7-6 (7-2), 6-1 and Bernstein beat senior Can-
dace Wu 6-0, 6-1. The next three matches yielded success for the visitors, as sophomore Michelle Dutt beat Vandroff 4-6, 6-4, 10-8, freshman Meghana Vasireddy beat Bergstein 6-2, 7-5 and freshman Irish Zhuang downed Vasser 6-1, 6-0. Quisenberry and junior Julia Hsu defeated Broderick and Cooke at first doubles. Then, at second doubles, sophomore Michelle Dutt and freshman Sunnie Lampl downed Bergstein and Vandroff 8-3. Third doubles saw the Judges gain a modicum of consolation despite the impending defeat, when Bernstein and Marissa Lazar ’14 beat Kong and Vasireddy in dominating fashion, 8-3. Against Wellesley, the Judges faced a shorthanded squad and won three matches by default. For good measure, though, the team won all six matches it contested. Cooke beat sophomore Sojung Lee 7-5, 6-1 at first singles. Second singles featured a 6-1, 6-1 victory from Bernstein over freshman Suzanne
Barth. Vasser beat junior Kendall Tada 4-6, 6-1, 10-5 at third singles before Sarita Biswas ’16 claimed victory over senior Elena Bowen 6-1, 6-2 at fourth singles Doubles yielded more success, as Broderick and Cooke beat Lee and Barth 8-4 at first doubles and Bergstein and Vandroff downed Tada and Bowen at second doubles. With the team switching to outdoor play, Vasser added that there is a psychological boost for the players from playing on an outdoor surface, which will help the Judges as their season continues. “The match doesn’t take as long, and everybody gets to play at the same time,” Vasser said. “It’s more fun playing singles when five of your teammates are playing alongside you.” Both teams are back in action this week. The men will play matches on successive days, hosting Clark University on Friday at 3 p.m., before both teams travel to Bowdoin College on Saturday to take on the Polar Bears.
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BASEBALL TEAM STATS
UAA STANDINGS
Runs Batted In
Not including Monday’s game. UAA Conference W L Case 5 3 Wash 5 3 Emory 4 4 Rochester 4 4 JUDGES 2 6 Chicago 0 0
W 17 17 17 9 8 13
Overall L Pct. 8 .680 10 .630 14 .548 14 .391 16 .333 8 .619
UPCOMING GAMES: Today vs. Johnson & Wales (DH) Thursday at Roger Williams Saturday vs. Springfield (DH) *DH = Double Header
Liam O’Connor ’16 leads the team with 13 RBIs. Player RBI Liam O’Connor 13 Chris Ferro 12 Kyle Brenner 11 Tom McCarthy 9
Strikeouts Mike Swerdloff ’13 leads the team with 28 strikeouts. Player Ks Mike Swerdloff 28 Kyle Brenner 24 Dylan Britton 18 Elio Fernandez 6
SOFTBALL UAA STANDINGS
TEAM STATS
Not including Monday’s game.
Runs Batted In
UAA Conference Emory WashU JUDGES Case Rochester Chicago
W 8 5 3 3 1 0
L 0 3 5 5 7 0
Overall W L 38 2 23 9 19 10 16 13 7 15 12 8
Pct. .950 .719 .655 .552 .318 .600
UPCOMING GAMES: Saturday vs. Clark (DH) Sunday at Suffolk (DH) Tuesday, April 23 vs. Daniel Webster (DH) *DH = Double Header
Danielle Novotny ’16 leads the squad with 23 RBIs. Player RBI Danielle Novotny 23 Cori Coleman 17 Anya Kamber 16 Madison Gagnon 15
Strikeouts Melissa Nolan ’14 leads all pitchers with 48 strikeouts. Player Ks Melissa Nolan 48 Casey Ducinski 44 Nikki Cote 43 Photo Courtesy of Brandeis Athletics
PART OF THE SQUAD: Six-year-old Christina Dangond, pictured in front of her locker, is the newest member of the softball team.
TRACK AND FIELD Results from the Brown Springtime Invitational at Brown University.
TOP PERFORMERS (Men’s)
TOP PERFORMERS (Women’s)
1-MILE RUN Alex Kramer Mik Kern Ed Colvin Grady Ward Jarret Harrigan
TIME 4:12.96 4:14.21 4:25.07 4:25.91 4:29.56
1-MILE RUN Amelia Lundkvist Victoria Sanford Maggie Hensel Nora Owens Rachel Keller
TIME 5:12.09 5:12.33 5:30.25 5:41.31 5:49.32
TRIPLE JUMP Adam Berger
LENGTH 12.33m
TRIPLE JUMP Kim Farrington
LENGTH 10.42m
UPCOMING MEETS:
The Judges will next compete at the Fitchburg State Invitational this Saturday at 10 a.m.
Team Impact has big influence on Judges ■ In partnering with Team
Impact, the softball team has forged a mutually beneficial relationship with a local girl. By HENRY LOUGHLIN
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Updated season results.
TOP PERFORMERS (Men’s)
TOP PERFORMERS (Women’s)
MEN’S SINGLES Steven Milo
RECORD 9-8
WOMEN’S SINGLES Allyson Bernstein
RECORD 6-5
MEN’S DOUBLES Jordan/Milo
RECORD 10-8
WOMEN’S DOUBLES Cooke/Broderick
RECORD 9-5
UPCOMING MATCH: The men’s tennis team will travel to Bryant University tomorrow at 3 p.m., while the women’s squad faces off at Bowdoin College on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Given the pressures of intense competition that weigh heavily on the minds of members of the softball team, it is easy to forget that there are individuals in the world with lifethreatening struggles. However, this year has brought a new perspective to the squad. By partnering with Team Impact, an organization that pairs children with life threatening illnesses with collegiate athletic teams, the squad has established a mutually beneficial relationship with a local child. Six-year-old Christina Dangond of Weston, Mass., who is undergoing treatment for rhabdomyosarcoma, a cancer of the muscles, has become the newest member of the Judges’ team.
Pitcher Casey Ducinski ’13 heralded the young girl’s optimistic outlook as being truly inspirational for her and her teammates. “Christina’s happy-go-lucky personality and spirit is truly inspiring and heartwarming,” said Ducinski in an email to the Justice. “We cannot thank her genuine and sincere parents enough to provide us with this unique opportunity. Despite going through treatments on a monthly basis, Christina always has an upbeat spirit. One would never know the true difficulty of battling a severe stage four type of cancer by looking at Christina and her family.” Ducinski said the team first met with Christina at the beginning of the semester when they visited her house to introduce themselves. Then, on March 24, as part of the Team Impact process, Christina had her own “Draft Day,” in which she received a locker and her own jersey— number one. According to Mónica Lacouture, Christina’s mother, her daughter’s
time with the squad makes Christina feel extremely important. “It’s been amazing,” she said of Christina’s experience with the team. “They’ve raised her spirits. It makes her forget what she’s going through. She doesn’t have any sisters, just two brothers, so this is a great experience for her.” While it’s tough for Christina to attend many games due to her fragile condition, the team has done its best to make her feel like a member. On Draft Day, the squad traced her hand onto a poster so that they can give her a “high-five” before they head to Marcus Field for their home games. Though the team’s single-minded approach to win takes over when they take the field, Ducinski said that the perspective gained through their partnership with Christina has given the team a new perspective. “To be able to brighten the days of a strong, young girl fighting for her life is undeniably gratifying.” It’s been gratifying for Christina and her family, too.
BOSTON BRUINS BEAT Bruins fail to break down Islanders as visitors run out with comfortable victory at T.D. Garden While the Boston Bruins’ form has been indifferent as of late, one thing has remained constant: they don’t have the ability to win ugly. That point was further proven in the team’s 2-1 defeat to the New York Islanders last Thursday night at the T.D. Garden. “We ran out of gas,” said coach Claude Julien. “Third game in four nights. The effort and will was there. [The Islanders] did a great job. They were obviously a little fresher than we were. They did a great job of closing in on us and not giving us much. Even when we did penetrate the offensive zone in the third, we didn’t spend much time there.” The opening stages of the game proved to be relatively uneventful, as the teams traded a few shots in the first five minutes. Right wing Jaromir Jagr
was passed the puck by center David Krejci, but ultimately lost control at the vital moment. Seconds later, fracas emerged. After a series of shots were fired on Islanders goalkeeper Evgeni Nabokov, one of them appeared to cross the line. However, the officials decided that the puck did not cross the line, but had hit Nabokov’s left post. The scrappy nature of the game continued, and Islanders center John Tavares had his team’s best chance of the night with seven minutes left in the first period). However, New York’s star player fired a shot narrowly above Bruins goalkeeper Tuukka Rask’s net to keep the game scoreless. Bruins defenseman Dennis Seidenberg was the next to try his luck with a long-range slapshot, which barely troubled Nabokov in the net.
Just as it appeared that the first period would end 0-0, the Islanders broke the tie. With 20.5 seconds left, center Josh Bailey fired a shot past Rask and into the top right corner. Suddenly, the game was on its head. A scramble just moments into the second period had the potential to yield a second goal for the Islanders. Fortunately, Rask and a last-ditch clearance from forward Milan Lucic saved the potential goal. It didn’t take long for the home team to find the equalizer, though. Center Gregory Campbell fed the puck across the face of goal to right wing Tyler Seguin, who made no mistake slamming into the roof of Nabokov’s net to level things up at 1-1 just three minutes, 41 seconds into the period. Campbell then went close to scoring himself, but he fired just wide of the
gaping net. With the Islanders pressing forward, Rask then made a miraculous doublesave from left wing Matt Moulson. After saving Moulson’s initial shot, Rask sprawled on the ice to keep out the New York man’s rebound. Boasting a three-shot advantage—24-21—the Islanders took the lead shortly thereafter. Bailey found himself on a breakaway, and though the Boston goalie got a pad to the shot, the puck took a freak bounce and made its way into the net. With a few minutes left in the period, center Chris Kelly was then inches away from feeding the Bruins a lifeline. However, he could only touch the shot onto the post. Rask then kept the Bruins in the game with 1:44 left in the period, making a series of stunning saves from
a scramble. Yet, the news didn’t get any better for Boston, and they went into the end of the second period just as they had the end of the first: down one goal. Despite consistent pressure from the home side, there was no third period equalizer. As a result, the clock ran out 2-1 in favor of the Islanders. Things didn’t get any better on Saturday for the Bruins, as the host Carolina Hurricanes beat them 4-2 at the PNC Arena. The Bruins won’t have time to sulk in the wake of defeat, though, as they play home games tomorrow at 7 p.m. against the Buffalo Sabres, Friday at 7 p.m. against the Pittsburgh Penguins and Sunday at 12:30 p.m. against the Florida Panthers. — Henry Loughlin
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NEW MEMBER MAKING AN IMPACT In its first year partnering with Team Impact, the softball team has established a bond with a local girl battling cancer, p. 15.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
BASEBALL
IN THE ZONE
Team splits games to complete week ■ The baseball squad won a
game against WPI at home to start Saturday before losing 2-1 in the second game. By ELAN KANE JUSTICE STAFF WRITER
After falling to Worcester State University 2-1 on Tuesday, the baseball team had a chance to redeem itself after winning the first half of a doubleheader against the Lancers’ neighbors, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. However, they failed to do so, and ended the week with a 2-1 loss Saturday to WPI in the second game of the doubleheader. With the loss, the Judges are now 8-16 on the year. In the second game of the day, the Judges began the game with catcher Chris Ferro ’13 scoring a run off of a single hit by first baseman Kyle Brenner ’15. The Engineers then responded with an RBI single of their own in the second inning, scoring senior third baseman Shane Sampson. WPI then scored an un-earned run in the third, which proved to be the game-winning run, as neither team was able to score for the rest of the game in what proved to be a defensive battle. WPI sophomore starting pitcher Taylor Landry outdueled Judges starting pitcher Mike Swerdloff ’13, with both pitchers going the distance and allowing only one earned run. Though Swerdloff picked up the loss and fell to 2-4 on the year, he gave one of his best pitching performances of the season, allowing only five hits and tallying six
strikeouts on the day. The first game of the doubleheader also had strong pitching performances. This particular one came from starting pitcher Dylan Britton ’13. Britton pitched a complete game, allowing two earned runs on seven hits while striking out four, as the Judges won 5-3. Britton improved to 4-2 on the year. Following the win, Britton explained that the location of his fastball was the key to his success on the mound Saturday. “I thought I had some pretty good stuff,” Britton said. “I had one bad inning, but besides that inning, I felt really good. As a pitcher, everything relies on your command of the fastball, and I didn't have that early, but found it late.” The pitching was not the only bright spot for the Judges, however. Though the team only had six hits, they jumped on the scoreboard early, bringing home three runs in the bottom of the first, which proved to be a monumental shift in the balance of power in the overall complexion of the game. After a RBI single hit by Brenner, the Judges started to play small ball in an attempt to load the bases, as second baseman Tom McCarthy ’15 laid down a bunt single to load the bases. The bunt would set up a fielder’s choice RBI hit by third baseman Dominic Schwartz ’14 two batters later. McCarthy explained the importance of having the top of the order produce hits and runs. “We have a very talented lineup one-to-nine,” McCarthy said. “When our top of the lineup gets on base, it helps to jump start our
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TRACK AND FIELD
Track teams put forth solid marks at Brown
■ Alex Kramer ’13 and Mik Kern ’13 recorded noteworthy performances in the mile run on Saturday. By ADAM RABINOWITZ JUSTICE EDITOR
While they found themselves up against competitors from a variety of different NCAA Divisions, the Judges performed with the utmost tenacity at the Brown Springtime Invitational held at Brown University this past Saturday. The outdoor track and field squads went the distance, featuring five runners in the top 50 of each of the one-mile events. Amelia Lundkvist ’14 led the charge for the women, surging to a 12th-place finish in five minutes, 12.09 seconds. Victoria Sanford ’14 finished a mere 24 one-hundreths of a second behind her teammate and training partner, securing 13th place in 5:12.33. Maggie Hensel ’16 and Nora Owens ’16 continued to make an impact, finishing 35th and 45th, respectively. Hensel clocked in at 5:30.25, while Owens followed to finish in 5:41.31. Rachel Keller ’16 also competed in the event, taking 51st in 5:49.32.
On the men’s side, Alex Kramer ’13 and Mik Kern ’13 shifted gears from their patterns of comfort so far this season, running the mile for the first time since March 30. The transition ultimately proved to be seamless, as any anxiety over their ability to perform at a longer distance was alleviated. Kramer scorched the four-lap race in 4:12.96, paving the way for a third place finish out of 58 competitors, some of which were from NCAA Division I schools such as Dartmouth College and the University of Rhode Island. Kern then secured fifth place in the field, running the distance in 4:14.21. Kern noted that his success was due in large part to his dabbling in the 800-meter dash at a meet at the University of Massachusetts Lowell on April 6. “The purpose of the race was to get comfortable at faster paces for later 1,500 [meter] races, especially championship races,” he said. “With this effort, basically, we are right where we need to be.” And while both athletes posted impressive performances in their breaking of the 4:20 barrier, their performances weren’t the only quality marks that the Judges put forth in that particular event.
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EYE ON THE BALL: Second baseman Danielle Novotny ’16 watches a pitch go by during the Judges’ double header against WPI.
Softball squad keeps consistent with wins ■ The softball team won two
games against WPI at home on Saturday to finish a week which saw them go 4-2. By JOSH ASEN JUSTICE SENIOR WRITER
The softball team swept Worcester Polytechnic Institute in a doubleheader last Saturday at home after splitting doubleheaders against Wheaton College and Endicott College on the road earlier in the week. The Judges, now 19-10 on the season, defeated WPI 3-2 in the first game and 4-1 in the second game. “It was just a team effort, and I think everyone contributed, and everyone stayed positive, which helped,” said starting pitcher Melissa Nolan ’14. Although the Judges played at home against WPI, the squad was the away team because the doubleheader was originally scheduled to be played at neutral Clark University, but the rain over the weekend moved the game to Brandeis. In the second game, Nolan allowed one run in the bottom of the first inning, but the Judges came back and scored two runs in the top of the third. Third baseman Madison Gagnon ’16 hit an RBI double that scored center fielder Amanda Genovese ’14 and shortstop Anya Kamber ’15, who had four singles in four plate appearances, recorded an RBI single that scored Gagnon. The Judges scored one run in the sixth and one run in the seventh, and Nolan shutdown the Engineers for the rest of the game.
Nolan, who also had two hits in the game, allowed four hits in a complete game. She also struck out six batters and walked four. In the team’s 3-2 win against WPI, the Judges scored all of their runs in the third. Genovese started the inning by reaching base on an error and stealing second, and second baseman Danielle Novotny ’16 then hit an RBI double that scored Genovese. After third baseman Madison Gagnon ’16 flied out, Nolan homered for the fourth time this season to give the Judges a 3-0 lead. Casey Ducinski ’13 gave up one run in the bottom of the inning, and she allowed two consecutive hits to begin the seventh. While one runner eventually crossed home in the seventh, Ducinski preserved the win for the Judges by striking out Engineers junior left fielder Janelle MacLaughin to end the game. Novotny, Nolan and second baseman Leah McWilliams ’14 had all of the hits for the Judges, as each player recorded two hits in the win. Ducinski pitched all seven innings and surrendered nine hits and four walks, but she struck out four batters. The squad concluded their doubleheader at Endicott College last Thursday with a 4-2 win in six innings. The Judges had a 4-0 lead going into the bottom of the fourth, but despite allowing two unearned runs in the inning, the team held onto the victory. Nolan pitched a complete game, striking out six batters and allowing only one walk. She also went two-for-three with one RBI. Despite winning the second game of the doubleheader, the Judges fell to Endicott 8-1 in the first game. En-
dicott scored three runs in the second inning and proceeded to score two runs in the fourth and three runs in the fifth. Ducinski allowed five runs in four innings of work and walked four batters. Pitcher Nikki Cote ’15 relieved Ducinski for the last two innings and gave up five hits and three runs. Genovese was the only player to have more than one hit during the loss, as she had two singles in four plate appearances. Last Tuesday, the Judges also split a doubleheader with Wheaton College. Nolan anchored the squad to a 2-1 win in the second game by pitching a complete game. She allowed four hits, walked two batters and struck out two batters. The win came after a 3-2 loss in eight innings to Wheaton. The Judges trailed 2-1 going into the top of the seventh, and with runners on first and second with two outs, catcher Cori Coleman ’15 reached base on a fielding error by Wheaton junior left fielder Amanda Drury, scoring Ducinski from second. Although the Judges scored the game-tying run on an error, they allowed the game-winning run on an error committed by Novotny. The squad next plays on Saturday in a doubleheader against Clark University at home. They will then travel to Suffolk University for a doubleheader on Sunday. For the future, Nolan hopes that the squad jumps out to early leads instead of trailing in the beginning of games. “I think we need to come ready for every game and not have our slow starts, which we kind of have been notorious for,” she said.
JustArts
Volume LXV, Number 24
Your weekly guide to arts, movies, music and everything cultural at Brandeis and beyond
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Waltham, Mass.
SENIOR THESIS FESTIVAL Student-created productions impress audiences all week long P. 19-22
In this issue:
Mr. Brandeis: Charity Pageant Show
‘Always, Rachel’
Historical musical promotes environmentalism P. 22
‘Diversity’
Social justice play P. 19
‘The Convenient Job’ Screening student’s film P. 22
‘The Wall’ Play shows relationship drama through song P. 21
This week’s
P. 19
PHOTO CONTEST:
‘Pets’ P. 24
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What’s happening in Arts on and off campus this week
ON-CAMPUS EVENTS
Artists Slide Talk: Yishay Garbasz
Garbasz is the fifth annual HadassahBrandeis Institute Artist-in-Residence and is creating a site-specific photography and video installation in the Women’s Studies Research Center art gallery that celebrate Jewish women who are transgender. The talk will examine the role of the artist in social change. Today from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Women’s Studies Research Center.
Bahrain/Brandeis: Ulafa’a Reconciliation Art Project
This presentation focuses on the collaborative work done in Bahrain as a part of the Ulafa’a Project: Finding Common Ground through Oral History and the Arts. The conversation will be facilitated by Prof. Cynthia Cohen. Today from 5:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Pearlman Lounge. This event is free and open to the public.
Jessie Field ’13 Student writes original musical for thesis festival PHOTO COURTESY OF JESSIE FIELD
This week, JustArts spoke with Jessie Field ’13, who wrote and directed a musical production based on the life of environmentalist author Rachel Carson, Always, Rachel, for the Senior Theater Arts Festival. JustArts: Could you tell us how you chose the topic of Rachel Carson and her life’s work as the focus of your musical? Jessie Field: That’s a question I ask myself sometimes. I guess it was in some ways luck because I started reading a biography, and it just really got to me. I immediately thought that the arc was so dramatic and the issues were so strong that I just couldn’t walk away from it. I started writing the play three years ago, right after I read the biography. JA: Do you have a personal connection to the material? JF: I think it’s personal for everybody. I think the issues are very strong for me certainly—the biggest ones of environmentalism and feminism certainly. You feel them all the time but I think it’s also about a love story and that’s always what I’m interested in as an artist—just finding the connection between people and sharing it. JA: You said you’ve been working on it for three years. How has the work been spread out? JF: In the beginning I started very slowly at a very comfortable pace for me, which is too slow. And then as it got closer, I produced more than half of it in this last year. But it’s hard to really say because the first half was so much research, was so much reading through all the biographies and all the letters and all the materials. It took me a long time to feel like I knew these characters or these people or this time period enough to dare to write a play before that. This year, especially last semester, was getting it done and then putting it into production. JA: How did the process of actually making this into your thesis project come together? JF: The process was crazy! I don’t know why, but from the moment I started writing it, a couple weeks later, I was like this is going to be my thesis. And the department was very much like “Yes! Go do it!” And these wonderful, wonderful, crazy Brandeis people took this idea and made it their own and jumped on board this crazy train without so much as seeing a script. I got my actors. Some of them know me, some of them I had worked with before, but they hadn’t seen the script! I was just like “I have this idea…” and they were like “We love to act, we love you, let’s do it!” And I could cry just thinking about it. It meant so much that they were willing. My co-director is actually my best friend, Alisa Roznerita ’14. But my advisor said to me, “Jessie, if you’re going to direct this, go find someone who can look at it and tell you this looks like sh*t, this is awful, someone who is brave enough to tell you that. And so I picked Alisa, and she did every time. I needed that. The team of people who worked on it were the best. The way they took on the work, and made it their own, and loved it as much as I loved it. JA: This is your last official production at Brandeis; what have you learned with this production that is different from the others? JF: I’ve done so many productions here, and I really think that, in a way, every one has been a little bit safe. And I’ve been moving, through my time here, towards things that are less safe. The first show I did was Proof, a show that I actually directed, and it was very small, and it didn’t require a lot of stuff. And I went further—I went to do Into the Woods and we went outside in the woods and it was a very risky production, but I knew the score, I knew the people. And so this was, for me, very much letting go of control. Because I didn’t know how this was going to look, or sound, or work. It ended up meaning the most, by far. And I am changed forever… and all that stuff. JA: Do you hope to continue with theater as you move into the professional world? JF: I do! I do entertain that crazy fantasy. I’ll be in the area, I’ll be trying to work as a director or as a writer, trying to pursue this script, I think, first. And you know, eating rocks and living in boxes. It’s scary for all of us! But you have to try. Because it means so much, and that’s what brings you alive. You can tell—I never talk like this! JA: Is there anything that you hope that people who saw Always, Rachel will take away from it? JF: I’m grateful for anyone who came! I just wanted them to get what we’re going for. Certainly, overall, I just want them to be inspired to recycle and care about our planet because it’s really in trouble. And to think about other people. But the message overall, of that story, to me, is to have the courage to do what matters to you, no matter what. Even if it’s hard, or scary or terrifying, and it is. Always! The most important things are the most scary things. But go do it! —Emily Wishingrad and Rachel Hughes
Opening reception: ‘Prospect II’
Join students and faculty to celebrate the opening of the second part of the ‘Prospect’ art exhibit, featuring the sculptures, paintings and other multimedia creations of students in Brandeis’ post-baccalaureate Studio Art program. Tomorrow from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Dreitzer Gallery, Spingold Theater Center. Exhibit on view through April 28.
‘I Love You Because’
Tympanium Euphorium presents their spring semester show. A modern twist on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, this hilarious musical is about two people who are total opposites, but who end up falling for each other anyway. Along with their eccentric friends and siblings, they learn to love one another not in spite of their faults, but because of them. Performances begin Thursday and last through Sunday in the Shapiro Campus Center Theater. Tickets are $5 regularly or $3 for students, available through Brandeis Tickets.
The American Jewish Story Through Cinema
Author, scholar, and Brandeis alum Eric Goldman’s newly published book, The American Jewish Story Through Cinema, examines the Jew as the producer and subject of cinema. Goldman will speak about how this exploration provides a unique perspective for understanding the realities of the Jewish experience in America. A book signing will follow. Thursday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Wasserman Cinemathique of the Sachar International Center.
Music for Mary Ruth: A Gathering of Friends
Family, friends, colleagues and students of Mary Ruth Ray, the late beloved violist of the Lydian String Quartet, come together to celebrate her life through musical performances and shared memories. The program will feature speakers, performances, and multimedia, with a wide range of participants. Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in Slosberg Music Center. This event is free.
Culture X
This major production seeks to celebrate the diversity that exists within the Brandeis community. Individuals are given the opportunity to express themselves on stage through dance, music, poetry and other forms of expression, which makes Culture X one of the most powerful shows on campus. Saturday from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in Levin Ballroom. Tickets are free, available through Brandeis Tickets.
MusicFest ’13
Join Brandeis’ musical community for a day of eclectic music as well as scrumptious free food catered by restaurants in Waltham. Performances will include the Wind Ensemble, University Choir, Jazz Ensemble, Improv Collective and many more. Sunday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Slosberg Music Center. Admission is free.
POP CULTURE We’re living in a pop culture world that is currently inundated with a pregnant Brit who is as well-known for her chic style as her royal hubby; a reality star who is struggling with maternity style; and the increasing transparency of celebs using in-vitro fertilization and surrogacy (think: Khloe Kardashian and Giuliana Rancic). So it’s pretty rare to come across celebs who aren’t jumping aboard the baby wagon. And yet, one of the hottest Hollywood couples is happily choosing not to create a “plus one.” Just like she said, “Yes, I’m gay,” Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi are saying N-O to having a child. To fans of the couple, who wed in 2008, this news isn’t entirely surprising. DeGeneres has never hid the fact that she doesn’t want to be mom material. Last year, the comic/talk show host set the record straight on The Tonight Show: “I’ve said it so many times; we’re not going to have a child.” But the tabloids aren’t ready to give in just yet. Many, especially the National Inquirer, have reported that the ladies were shopping around for sperm, considering a man to father their child. DeGeneres, 55, scoffed at the rumors, telling host Jay Leno that a child with his sperm would “have a good shot at an NBC show,” but ultimately putting the kibosh on the whole thing. Now, it’s de Rossi’s turn to give a thumbs-down to the idea of an addition to the famous family. She explained to Out Magazine that she’s too busy enjoying life with her wife to even think about having a child. “We’ve settled into happily married life. We really support each other in whatever we’re doing and we’re incredibly happy.” But the 35-year-old admitted she’s been a little affected by the adult peer pressure to procreate: “Here comes some pressure in your mid-30s, and you think, am I going to have kids so I
Remembering the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Songs and Testimonies from Letters, Diaries and Memoirs This program commemorates the courage and endurance of the Jews of Warsaw with Yiddish songs and diary entries composed in the ghetto as well as letters and accounts written outside the ghetto by distressed Polish and German witnesses to the destruction. Sponsored by the Center for German and European Studies. Sunday at 4:30 p.m. in Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library. This event is open to the public and refreshments will be served.
Brandeis Bellydance Ensemble
Come check out Brandeis Bellydance Ensemble’s Spring Semester Show. This beautiful Middle Eastern dancing will feature group and solo performances by Brandeis’ ensemble and guest ensemble Bad Raqsan’e Sahra. Sunday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium. This event is free and open to the public.
OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS Broadway: ‘The Book of Mormon’
The Tony Award-winning musical created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, both known for South Park, comes to the Boston Opera House tonight. In the show, Elder Cunningham and Elder Price travel to Uganda to convert impoverished villagers. Will be showing through Sunday, April 28 at the Boston Opera House . Tickets start at $43, available at www.ticketmaster.com.
Fleetwood Mac Live 2013
One of rock’s most enduring, beloved and successful bands embarks on its first tour after three years. Making stops at Philadelphia, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Boston. On Thursday, Fleetwood Mac will be at the TD Garden in Boston. Tickets range from $47 to $14, available at www.ticketmaster.com.
By Erica Cooperberg
Los Angeles Times/MCT
MOMMY DEAREST?: The press loves to badger the couple about their plans to have children. don’t miss out on something that other people really seem to love? Or is it that I really genuinely want to do this with my whole heart? I didn’t feel that my response was ‘yes’ to the latter.” So it seems like the duo will be attending baby showers rather than throwing them, especially given the crazy baby boom. Just last week, 46-year-old actress Halle Berry announced that she is expecting a son with her fiancé, Olivier Martinez. And this past Thursday, Donald Trump’s oldest daughter, Ivanka, let the Twitter-verse know that she is a
few months along with their second baby. But that’s not to say that the power couple is alone in their decision to keep their family small. Oprah Winfrey and long-time boyfriend, Stedman, have been together for over 25 years and don’t have any offspring. Food-talk-show host Rachael Ray has explained that kids are not in her and her husband’s future: “I don’t have time. I work too much to be an appropriate parent.” Nonetheless, it’s sad to think that Ellen and Portia won’t be pushing their own baby stroller down Hollywood Boulevard, don’t ya think?
ARTS COVER PHOTOS: Allison Clears, Joshua Linton, Abby Knecht, Olivia Pobiel and Xiaoyu Yang. DESIGN: Jon Edelstein/the Justice.
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Charity pageant raises money By emily wishingrad justice editorial assistant
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KING OF THE CASTLE: Pat Seaward ’13 walked away as the overall winner of the pageant.
Last Thursday night in the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center, 26 of the most attractive male Brandeisians strutted the catwalk, performed their talents and answered on-the-spot questions in the first-ever Mr. Brandeis Pageant. All proceeds from the event went to Relay For Life and the American Cancer Society. The turnout was huge—the crowd filled most of the Gosman bleachers. The event started off with all the contestants in a choreographed dance to The Weather Girls’ “It’s Raining Men,” a move of pure genius on somebody’s part. The contestants sported black shorts, button-down white shirts and ties—a comical combination of apparel that was both classy and sexy. The laughter, cheering and general noise from the onlookers was able to compete with the music, quite an impressive feat. After the opening number, the judges were introduced. The panel consisted of two Brandeis students, Clayton Campbell ’13 and Mohamed Sidique ’14; Brandeis alumna Amanda Kelly ’08, named Miss Massachusetts in 2009; and the infamous Stephanie Grimes, director of Student Activities. The judges awarded each contestant a certain number of the 25 points for each event. Students could also participate in the decision by donating money to their favorite contestants. Each dollar donated to a contestant awarded him one point. The swimwear contest, probably the most anticipated event, came next. Each contestant walked out to the song of his choice while the two hosts read the contestant’s statement about why he is involved with Relay for Life. However, the music and cheering were so loud that hosts were barely audible. Contestants accessorized with shower caps, boogie boards, turtle floatees and one contestant even came out playing a guitar. The formal wear came next, which gave the contestants an opportunity to strut their stuff in classy outfits. Some contestants got very creative with their suits and ties. David Alpert ’16 walked out shirtless in a blazer and a bowtie and dropped his pants in the middle of the runway to revel, in a strictly PG-13 manner, his shorts underneath. While the contestants walked, the hosts announced the on-campus clubs in which they were involved, as well as some of their hobbies. After the two catwalk contests, it was time for the audience to vote. The event took a quick intermission so that the audience could donate to their favorite contestants. After the intermission, the final 10 contestants were announced. Only the final 10 could go on to perform their talents.
Next came the talent portion. Some of the more memorable talents were Fred Berger ’15 making a sandwich with his feet; Dillon Morris ’14 playing the “Four Chords Song” on his guitar; and Yoni Sebag ’13 making a chocolate cake while wearing a frilly pink apron. After the talent portion, there was another short intermission during which members of the audience could again vote for their favorite contestants by donating to their Relay fund. The contestants were narrowed down to five: Berger, Gustavo Lopes ’15, Makalani Mack ’16, Pat Seaward ’13 and Sebag. These last five contestants then competed in possibly the most difficult challenge of all—answering on-the-spot questions. Some of the questions were about Relay for Life, such as: “How would you convince someone to join your Relay for Life team?” And, “If you could start a Relay for Life initiative, what would it be?” Other questions were comical such as: “Which Disney princess would you date?” Or, “If you could be any building on campus, what would it be?” At a particularly touching moment, Mack answered the question: “Define endless love” by pointing to his girlfriend in the audience. After another break to donate money to contestants, the winners were announced. Sebag won Mr. Congeniality and Seward was crowned pageant king. After the pageant, there was a live date auction in which all the contestants were raffled off. There were some interesting back-and-forth fights for contestants. Two female members of the audience engaged in a fight over Mack that was so intense it must have been planned and culminated only when the two bidders started counting up pennies. A coordinator of the event who would like to remain unnamed told me that they hope this will be an annual event to fund cancer prevention but with a couple changes, such as having the event in the Carl J. Shapiro Theater and planning performances during the small intermissions. The event was hilarious and extremely entertaining. The contestants were really good sports about all of the events, however embarrassing, and even seemed to be having a great time. I personally hope it will become a lasting Brandeis tradition.
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Vignettes explore social injustices on campus By jessie miller justice editor
At a most basic level, I define myself as white, Jewish, female; these three words and the stereotypes they invoke have a large impact on how other people see me. At Brandeis especially, there are many variations on these three words, each carrying a different connotation within our community. In her Senior Thesis Festival creation, Alia Goldfarb ’13 explores themes of diversity at Brandeis, the social injustices that follow and whether there really is an open dialogue about these issues here. Staged in the intimate setting of Merrick Theater in the Spingold Theater Center, Diversity was incredibly well done and thought provoking, followed by a talkback with the cast. Though the performance was Goldfarb’s senior thesis, the performance was largely a compilation of the thoughts and writing of both Goldfarb and the eight performers. They explained that the show started as Goldfarb’s idea and grew out of the conversations the group had about diversity and social justice on campus. Because of this organic start, the performance did a great job at depicting the issues most central to the entire Brandeis community. The first two scenes dealt with the stereotypes about Jews and Jewish life that are propagated around campus. Rozi Levi ’13 dominated the stage during the next scene, about being a girl with multiple identities of defining herself. In her monologue, Levi talked about what it meant to be a Turkish Jew at Brandeis and finding where she belonged. I really enjoyed
her scene, because it is relevant to many different types of people who all try to define themselves within categories or labels. College is an incredibly impressionable time when you learn who you are and where you belong, so Levi’s summation of her struggles with labels and diversity is widely accessible. The next scene featured all eight cast members standing across the stage, naming a specific academic scholarship, like Posse or National Merit. The point was to demonstrate that your race, religion or any other label does not define you or place you in a certain social or economic category. Charlie Madison ’15 performed next, as a student auditioning for the play Grease. Madison was entertaining and captivating while addressing the issue of stereotyped casting; for him, it meant not being able to play the “manly man,” like Danny Zuko, because of what our largely genderbinary conforming society defines as masculine or feminine. Iyvon Edebiri ’13 and Rasheik Trammell ’13 were up next and performed a comedic, casual conversation between two friends that had crossed into Asian stereotypes, like thick accents or perfect grades, but an Asian student (Wei Ying Lim ’16) sat unseen near them and overheard it all. I thought this was a creative way of showing that the stereotypes casually brought up in innocent conversations can really hurt people, even if they are not spoken maliciously. Next, Trammell and Madison satirized the infamous “Brandeis Goggles” complex, and although I did not see this idea as fitting in with the diversity theme, it was still an inter-
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’DEIS GOGGLES: Charlie Madison ’15 and Rasheik Trammell ’13 were captivating. esting depiction of relationships on campus. After this, Brontë Velez ’16 performed a passionate and thoughtprovoking spoken word piece that dealt with racial stereotypes. Velez’s piece was a response to comments about the play The Colored Museum that stated it was inaccessible to white audience members; she progressed into talking about how people compare the Holocaust to slavery in the South, yet fail to acknowledge slavery as equally traumatic. She went on saying that generations after still
have not risen from the chains of slavery, referencing Maya Angelou and the caged bird—her point being that you cannot forget how to fly despite what happened in the past. The next sketch centered around Edebiri eating an Oreo cookie, this simple food becoming a battle between black and white. Two groups stood, one on either side of her, saying she should like either the cookie or cream—and that she could not possibly like both. I think this skit addressed the tension between racial
stereotypes well, especially for individuals who are of mixed race. The last scene was possibly the most provocative in that there was no dialogue and it was very open to interpretation by each individual. All the cast members took off a layer of clothes, revealing black-colored attire, and proceeded, one by one, to dress Edebiri in their own colorful garments that were scattered around the floor. As Edebiri sat motionless, it was interesting to think about how this relates to the labels and stereotypes we let people assign to us and how our surroundings can influence us. Trammell played the violin beautifully throughout this entire skit. The last part of the performance didn’t quite make sense to me until the delivery of its ending line: “What a beautiful community.” One after another, the performers came to center stage and each started cyclically performing a rhythmic action, like clapping a beat or repeating a single word. At first, it seemed completely random and I didn’t understand the correlations between each actor; but that turned out to be exactly the point. The distinctiveness of each action was a reminder that a community is not a homogenous clump—it is a mixture of various, different people who bring together a diverse array of lives. Diversity illuminated social injustices that Brandeisians face by drawing on the cast’s personal experiences. Personallty, I think that there is often is a lack of dialogue about the topic, and that my status as a non-minority disqualifies me from having a voice. But Diversity raised important points that encourage students to think about our vision of social justice.
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Tragic play gives victorious performance By arielle gordon justice Staff writer
Talk about a labor of love. During this past week’s second annual Senior Thesis Festival, Viktoria Lange ’13 presented a remarkable production of Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice, a play that she has been “completely obsessed” with since her sophomore year of college. In this classic myth, Eurydice dies shortly after her marriage to Orpheus. When Orpheus comes to retrieve her from the underworld, with the stipulation that he must not look back at her until they’ve reached the upper world, he falters and looks back—causing Eurydice to die a second death. In Ruhl’s reimagining of the myth, which is set in present day and given a modern twist, she highlights the themes of love, loss and the intimate relationships. Lange connects these themes in Ruhl’s play to her own experience with her grandfather’s bout with Alzheimer’s, and her passion for this play truly translates. In its initial versions, Ruhl’s Eurydice played out on a stage propped with colorful eccentricity and outlandish backdrops. However, in this rendition, Lange strips it back to its most organic state, with only a desolate tree, a pail of water
and Eurydice’s bookcase adorning the stage. The unvarnished mise en scène mirrors the nakedness with which Lange presents this play, a testimony of intimacy and vulnerability. After all, the tragic love saga speaks for itself—a testament to the anguish that accompanies the necessity of choice. Upon her death, Eurydice must choose between succumbing to the Stones, the ghouls of the underworld, or relearning all that she had forgotten upon her departure from earth. She must choose between her love of her father, who has nurtured and sustained her, and her love of Orpheus, who is the love of her life but is so starkly opposite to her that she cannot help but doubt. Ultimately, she is faced with the choice of remembering all that she has loved, in great sadness; or forgetting and letting go—a calmer state of being, but harsh in its permanence. It is evident that the actors certainly understood how to navigate these tragic nuances, but each struggled with their own small obstacles. Jason Dick ’14 began the play slightly uncomfortably as Orpheus, the easygoing music-lover disinclined toward words. Dick seemed unsure of how to relate his character’s quieter disposition in a believable way. It took a while for him to settle naturally into the even-tempered, music-loving foil to the loquacious book-loving Eurydice, played by Ali-
za Sotsky ’15. Eventually he does, and by the end the two of them yield such an undeniable magnetism that even the audience aches as the two are forced to live in separate worlds, divided by the ground. If Dick was flawed in his slight inability to mold fully into his character, then Sotsky may have jumped too quickly into the caricature of a much too bubbly and somewhat shallow Eurydice. While she often relied on her perkiness as a crutch, she made up for it with her adorable humor and her ability to be serious when warranted. While her depth was questionable at the start, by the middle section of the play she proved she was able to traverse the subtle gradations in her character eloquently and unnervingly. Sotsky even generates a few tears on stage, yet her tears were well timed and were evidently felt from deep in her gut. By the end, she brings a desperateness to a role that could have easily been too cutesy. Sotsky effectively devastates as a lover torn between her husband and her father—and demonstrates her full emotional range as the play closes on its harrowing tale. For all the heart-wrenching moments this play has to offer, it yields prized instants of gut-splitting comic relief, best relayed by Sarah Brodsky’s ’15, Sarah Hines’ ’15 and Sarah Copel’s ’15 perfect chemistry. Playing the Stones, the three were outlandish, eccentric and uproarious. The audience first sees them as they greet Eurydice in the underworld, their faces ghoulishly painted and their legs adorned with mismatched gray stockings. Their dark but hysterical fixations and neuroses perfectly counterbalance the intense and passionate scenes played out in the underworld between Eurydice and
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TRAGIC END: ‘Eurydice’ presented a fresh take on the classic Greek tragedy, with an unfortunate ending just as powerful as its generic predecessors.
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DRAWN OUT: Eurydice suffers several trials while trying to reunite with her husband. her father, played by Ben Winick ’16. The Stones are eerily spectral and delightfully bizarre, and they thrillingly amuse each time they come on stage. Lange’s rendition of Ruhl’s enchanting play is executed with eloquence, humor, and exceptional rawness. It unabashedly confronts dark and unsettling motifs, but maintains the endearing lightness that makes the play so charming in the first place. It explores Freudian and
slightly incestuous themes, such as the notion that a girl’s first love is her father. It perfectly encapsulates the tragedy of losing your words—a complex thread that the play weaves in and out of—especially with Sotsky’s harrowing bellow of “I don’t need a veil, I need a pen!” It undertakes the plight of how to hold on to the things you once loved, and then ultimately, how to let them go. Lange has certainly unearthed and illuminated the intensity and meaning behind this classic tale, and reimagined it in her own inspired way.
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Play haunted by ghost of scorned Anne Boleyn By rachel hughes justice editor
Having the greatest historical reach of the Senior Thesis Festival productions, Rebecca Miller’s ’13 Amaranthine challenged audiences as it explicated one of the most famed royal marriages in history—England’s King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. The barely one-hour-long play, which Miller both wrote and starred in, was performed in the Spingold Theater Center’s cozy Merrick Theater three times this past week, including a special midnight performance on Saturday night. Amaranthine was quite different from the other senior thesis productions. Though it was not the only one rooted in a historical legacy, it interacted so distinctly and uniquely with this piece of history as its own entity. This was one of the greatest strengths of Amaranthine: the viewer was completely engrossed in the time, consciousness and problems of Boleyn and her quest for simultaneous love and vengeance, even from the first scene. The play began on a stark stage lit by a dim blue spotlight, with an apologetic monologue by Anne Boleyn (Miller), as she faced her execution in the 16th century. After Anne was beheaded, the play fast-forwards five centuries to the year 2036—the 500th anniversary of her death. Here, Charlie Madison ’15 takes over the stage, dressed as a dapper tour guide at the Tower of London, cracking jokes left and right and hyping up the audience with a higher, nervous energy that departs from the introductory execution scene. A recording of
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ARM IN ARM: Anne Boleyn (Rebecca Miller ’13) and her brother George (Steven Kline ’14) reunite after time apart in the afterlife. gusting wind plays in the background and continues throughout the rest of the play, as Madison becomes increasingly paranoid about ghosts haunting the tower. And rightly so—the ghost of Boleyn’s brother George, played by Steven Kline ’14, dressed in a period costume, enters the stage quietly and starts toying with the props to make eerie noises that scare the tour guide away. Anne herself (or her ghost, that is), dressed in a beautiful, flowing, floorlength skirt topped with a tight corset and covered with a white, gauzy cloak returns to the stage, and approaches
one of the few props of the entire set— a table set with an aged book, two candlesticks and a chalice. She opens the book and mockingly reads a love letter she wrote to her husband, King Henry VIII, while she was alive. Anne’s character has already transformed greatly from the first time the audience saw her, and the reign of vengeance and reconciliation of wronged love begins. After Anne and George joyfully reunite, proving that common blood is as thick as ever, even in the afterlife, Levi Squier ’14, playing Henry, enters the stage and the real drama begins. Through playful, biting, loving, emo-
tionally volatile discourse, Anne and Henry have a conversation throughout the play about their whirlwind courtship and what ultimately went wrong between them. They don’t truly figure out what tore them apart until the end of the play—their spats are repeatedly interrupted as George buzzes around Anne trying to distract her from finding out his true role in causing the couple’s demise. The historic romantic turmoil that is rehashed and resurrected in Amaranthine is broken up by comical scenes: At one point, the characters play a game of dice to decide who will
be the keeper of Anne’s severed head for the rest of eternity (she loses and ends up stuck with her bodily spoil). And while the audience let out a great many hearty laughs throughout the play, there were moments of equal tension as the characters captured an unrequited love that can perhaps never be repaired, which gave the audience a more genuine and complex investment in the characters. Miller’s portrayal of Anne was particularly transfixing as, the way she wrote and acted Anne’s character, she was very fickle: one moment Anne would lash out at George for keeping secrets from her in life, and the next she would cleave to Henry, eagerly accepting his apology for his failure to stand up to the royal officials who condemned their marriage. Miller moved around the stage with the ease of a floating ghost, and the agency of a woman scorned. After the play ended, the audience stayed seated for a short talkback with the cast and director, Grace Fosler ’14. Miller explained her choice to explicate upon this peculiar historical niche as the topic for her senior thesis: “I’m a History minor. I’ve always felt that I can really identify with Anne. … This is my love story with her.” Indeed, the production was remarkably well-researched, and each actor spent a couple rehearsal periods solely diving into documentation about the real lives of their characters, Squier said. Perhaps what audiences can take away from Amaranthine is that the most powerful and compelling love stories are not always the ones that are imagined, and not always the ones that end happily.
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Original musical resonates strong themes By brett gossett justice staff writer
On Thursday and Saturday, Merrick Theater in the Spingold Theater Center lit up during The Wall: An Original Jukebox Musical. As part of the Senior Theater Arts Festival, Iyvon Edebiri ’13 created this musical as she thought about the soundtrack of her life. Edebiri said that she worked on this musical for close to nine months. She wrote several drafts for the project, and the hard work definitely paid off. The Wall explored complex relationships, both new and old, while dealing with real emotions from Edebiri’s life. The characters truly came to life and as the show progressed, the audience began to feel for the characters and feel the emotions through them. The Wall is part of the Second Annual Senior Festival, which is a group of Brandeis Theater Arts seniors who have worked both individually and collectively on creating, casting, researching, writing, designing and directing performances since September 2012. This week is extremely important to the seniors because it is a culmination of their academic experiences in Theater Arts. Edebiri wrote in the Senior Thesis Festival booklet: “Many of the situations and dialogue presented in this musical are actual conversations and situations that I have experienced in my own life. Some parts were harder to write than others, as I had to confront and find solace in some of the decisions I’ve made regarding my relationships.” It was very clear that Edebiri had an emotional connection with this musical because of the raw emotion and effortless execution of the show. The small cast of three actors and actresses included Tiffany Johnson ’13, Mira Kessler ’16 and Masters of Fine Arts student Eddie Shields. These characters showcased their excellent voices and acting skills and did a superb job expressing the emotions associated with each character. Johnson played Natalie, who moved into a new apartment that is right next to her old high school
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BAGGAGE CLAIM: Natalie (Tiffany Johnson ’13) hastily packs up after a fight with the love of her life, Nate (Eddie Shields, MFA), and once again breaks his heart. flame, Nate (Shields) and his soonto-be ex-girlfriend, Lilah (Kessler). The musical explores the relationship between Natalie and Eddie as they attempt to pick up where they left off after their nasty breakup during senior year of high school five years earlier. Their relationship starts off with an awkward interaction and eventually they are able to get back to the passionate love they once had in high school. When Lilah moved out of Eddie’s apartment, it facilitated the relationship between
Eddie and Natalie. But just as soon as Lilah comes back, a wrench is thrown into their plan to continue their old relationship. Eddie still has feelings for both girls, but in the end he picks Natalie. Many people can relate to this love triangle plot and truly empathize with the characters in the show. By this point, the audience has become engrossed in the characters and wants Eddie and Natalie to be together in the end. The script was well-written and did an excellent
job at balancing serious plot with comedic relief. I enjoyed the musical because I was able to relate to all the characters, specifically the last scene in which they all sung “Back At Your Door” by Maroon 5, because I genuinely felt the emotions from the characters as Eddie and Natalie decide to stay together. The musical score, performed with help from the live orchestra, was especially entertaining because it featured contemporary music from artists such as Maroon 5,
Train, The Script, John Mayer and more. Edebiri hopes “that as you watch this piece you find yourself connecting with one, if not all, of the characters. They each reflect a side of romantic relationships that we have faced (or will face) as Brandeis students and as adults.” The whole musical was extremely impressive and entertaining. The audience remained engaged thoughout the whole show and appeared to thoroughly enjoy it.
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Senior Theater Arts duo reinterprets forgotten play By jeffREY boxer justice editor
Abby Armstrong ’13 and Anneke Reich ’13 did not want to put on a cookie-cutter production for their senior thesis. The two had teamed up their sophomore year to stage The Wild Party and, as Armstrong put it in an interview with JustArts, bonded “over clusterf*** musicals that are dark and messed up and feature themes like abuse.” That led them to Kurt Weill’s Lady in the Dark, an out-of-print musical set in New York City during World War II. Armstrong directed a talented 12-person cast in the two-hour, 30-minute production, including Reich, who starred as Liza Elliot, the editor of a fashion magazine. Lady in the Dark is a complicated challenge for any cast and crew—a musical that refuses to be pigeonholed. The play features a fantastic combination of serious drama, witty humor and surrealist dancing and singing. The play flows in and out of reality, with three distinct dream scenes interrupting the dialogue (all of the songs, with the exception of “My Ship” in the closing scene, are sung during Elliot’s dreams). Lady in the Dark’s cast and crew were more than up for the task. An unhappy Elliot begins the play by consenting to undergo psychoanalysis, embarking on a lengthy process to rediscover herself. Immediately, we are thrown into the first dream, where a glamorous Elliot is overrun by invitations and admirers. We quickly learn that, in actuality, she has rejected such a swanky lifestyle, and Elliot’s refusal to “compete” for men is a theme throughout the musical. Central to the musical’s plot is Elliot’s struggle with choosing a partner. For much of the play, she strains to
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DREAMLAND: Smith ’15 and Reich ’13 tell the play’s story through several dreams. choose between a father figure (Kendall Nesbitt, played by Ben Gold ’13, Elliot’s longtime boyfriend who is still married to his wife) and a lover figure (Miranda “Randy” Curtis, played by Julia Davidovitz ’15, a famous Hollywood actress who courts Elliot). After the first dream, Nesbitt decides to divorce his wife and marry Elliot, which alarms her and leads into the second dream. During the wedding-themed dream, Nesbitt takes Elliot to buy a ring from co-worker Charlie Johnson (Jonathan Young MFA ’14). Elliot panics, at which point Curtis appears. After the dream ends, Curtis and Elliot go on a date. In the end, Elliot realizes that she is unhappy with both Nesbitt and Curtis and instead chooses Johnson, who represents the husband figure. It was an abrupt decision that left a bitter taste in the viewer’s mouth. After
hours of a slowly budding romance between Elliot and Curtis, the change in direction felt like an undoing of all that the play had accomplished in the previous two and a half hours. While I understand the writer’s decision to end the play in the way that it did, the ending turned a relatable, personable story into utter chaos. My favorite part of the play was the third dream—the circus scene. The dream was wildly over the top, with sensationalized acting and elaborate costumes. Zach Smith ’15 played an animated ringmaster, leading a delightfully complex choreographed set. At one point in the scene, Smith sat down in the midst of the crowd, and his interactions with the audience were entertaining. Besides the sour ending and the play’s length (between the delayed start time and the lengthy intermis-
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EXPLORING EMOTIONS: Reich ’13 seeks counseling from Jacobs MFA ’14. sion, the audience filed out three hours after arriving), it truly was an entertaining, well-constructed production. Reich’s character begins as impatient and disinterested to a fault—the opening dialogue between Elliot and her psychoanalyst (Alex Jacobs MFA ’14) felt rushed and impersonal. By conquering her demons and beginning to understand what troubled her, Elliot becomes more confident and expressive. Reich aced the role, particularly during the dream scenes, in which her facial expressions brilliantly exhibited her exacerbated confusion. This production of Lady in the Dark was significantly different from the original in one key aspect—in the original, Curtis was a male character. Armstrong made a risky decision in casting Davidovitz in the role, but I appreciated the extra layer of complexity that it added to Reich’s character.
Rather than Elliot simply cheating on Nesbitt, her flirt with lesbianism added another side to her. Davidovitz’s performance as the confused starlet was admirable as well. The musical also did a great job of appropriately mixing humor into the turmoil. Young’s character in particular drew a lot of laughs as the smoothtalking bachelor using witty one-liners on the female members of the cast. Alison DuBois (Eliza Dumais ’14) was fantastically sassy, and the rest of the cast had humorous moments as well. Armstrong and Reich took a risk in staging Lady in the Dark. The musical has been off Broadway for decades, leaving the duo with very little material to work with. The result was chaotic—simultaneously dark, humorous and dramatic, yet somehow, it all fit together into a thoroughly entertaining performance.
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Student writes fun. album transforms into a captivating dance recital scientific play By rachel hughes justice editor
It is a rare thing for a musical production to successfully educate and entertain an audience simultaneously, but during the Senior Thesis Festival this week, Jessie Field’s ’13 creation Always, Rachel did just that. Audiences had the opportunity to see Field’s production twice last week in the carefully staged Merrick Theater in the Spingold Theater Center. A project that Field has been working on for almost three years, Always, Rachel told the story of the life of environmentalist and writer Rachel Carson. The story covered her life from her college years until her death. Field’s musical began with a lively song-and-dance number about DDT, the U.S. government’s newest miracle chemical that brought the promise of plentiful, controlled crops at the end of the 1940s. A live orchestra, situated in Merrick’s cleverly placed balcony, loomed above the audience and heartily played the production’s original score, which was composed by Field’s brother and Brandeis alum, Jared Field ’11. Always, Rachel took an inclusive and historically mindful look at Carson’s life, endearing her to audiences as the production presented her as a student, a professional, a lover, a mother and a fearless fighter for what she knew to be right. But the aspect of the execution of Always, Rachel that really made it a dynamic project is that, while Carson’s life and legacy was its main focus, the production allowed room for several subplots and other characters who kept the almost three-hour show entertaining. Dramatic, serious scenes in which Carson went head-to-head with government officials, college professors and dishonest doctors were broken up by comical musical numbers among the minor characters. The story of Carson’s growing career is told through split perspectives, between which the script and characters alternate seamlessly: Alia Goldfarb ’13 plays the college-age Rachel while Jamie Perutz ’13 plays the older-aged Carson. Field’s staging of the parallel worlds of the two Carson characters made the distinction between them quite clear from the beginning—readings of letters between each Carson and her acquaintances at these different times in her life, as well as the introduction of the two as other characters clearly called them by name, ensured that the audience did not get confused. Both Goldfarb and Perutz portrayed their characters so that they were not dramatically different, rather, each of their versions of Carson shared a studied tenacity and a characteristic gentle-
ness of demeanor, but their age difference was made clear as each character responded to situations with other characters. Goldfarb seemed much younger as her Carson dealt with assertive college professors and started to forge a relationship with her high-strung book agent Marie (Sarah Pace ’13). Perutz made her version of Carson seem more mature as she banded with Marie to stand up to readings of negative reviews of her book, and toward the end of the play as she faced her doctors with a headstrong perseverance and sense of selfpreservation that comes with age. Perhaps one of my favorite scenes in the play came toward the end, when Carson and her lover and longtime friend, Dorothy Freedman (Briana Schiff ’14), shared a tender moment. In this way, Field’s adaptation of Carson’s life was more interesting and endearing, as audiences were first drawn in by learning about Carson’s audacious career but became invested in the production when they became familiar with Carson’s relatable personal life. Balancing her writing and activism pursuits with her most intimate and family relationships proved difficult for Carson in real life, and the dynamic between Freedman and Carson in her more mature years was wonderfully enacted by Schiff and Perutz. At the end of the musical, as Carson finally published her novel Silent Spring, a culmination of her interdisciplinary lifelong work, she was diagnosed with cancer and forced into an extended hospital stay. The final moment that Schiff and Perutz share shows Carson pleading with Freedman to let her have one final walk outside before she returns home from the hospital. The chemistry between the two actors is so tender in this scene, as Schiff lovingly gives in to Perutz’ requests, that the audience seemed to sadden, as they had become attached to the two and wanted to see Carson and Freedman’s life together unimpeded by disease. I have never seen a production quite like Always, Rachel—one that fuses science, music and history— and while it was almost three hours long, I was engaged with the story and the characters for the entire time. Field’s excellent writing and directing and the high-energy performances from the cast made sure that no audience member dozed off. Perhaps Field puts it best, as she wrote sentimentally in the show’s program: “Rachel’s life was filled with battles and obstacles, hardships and loss, crushing failure and soaring success; but underneath it all was a love, simple and strong, that meant everything. Always.”
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BUBBLY BALLERINAS: From left, Bronte Velez ’16 and Samantha Cortez ’13 dance to the fun. arrangements with an emotional sensitivity.
By jessie miller justice editor
Last year at SpringFest, we stood in a drunken haze looking up at fun. taking over the stage on Chapel’s Field. But during Taylor Lombard’s ’13 Senior Thesis performance in Merrick Theater, Some Nights: A Modern Dance Piece, choreographed to eight songs from fun.’s album, I was just as greatly transfixed by the performance. Lombard’s choreography was sharp, appropriate and creative and she and the five other dancers were equally enchanting. I’ve always enjoyed fun.’s music—the band offers a unique blend of up-beat pop mixed with a sense of emotional yearning. Its songs, especially “Some Nights,” are sort of rock ballads that touch on problems many young adults experience. For this reason, Some Nights was a perfect album to choreograph a dance to; the visual and auditory entertainment complemented each other perfectly. The songs followed their order on the original album, starting with “Some Nights (Intro)” featuring Lombard and Jess Urbach ’15. The duo exhibited an intense chemistry and their concurrent movements, along with matching black shorts and leotards, set the context for the seven equally amazing performances that fol-
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is very playful and sounds cheery, yet it muses about being solitary; Lombard and Urbach, dressed in tutus, portrayed these mixed feelings well and even appeared very doll-like. Reuillard and Conley also performed a duet to “All Alright,” which was relatively slower and more melancholic than the other songs—the song was about heartbreak and unreciprocated love. The storyline of “All Alright” was the easiest to follow of the dances because Reuillard and Conley’s actions were clearly that of a misunderstood breakup. As Lombard writes in her director’s note, the dances are “depictions of relationships filled with delusion, abuse, and unrequited love.” The last two pieces, “One Foot” and “Stars” featured all of the six girls and was an amazing end to the show. “One Foot” reminded me of “Some Nights” because it deals with similar themes of family and figuring out what to do with your life. “Stars” was a little bit slower, and more electronic sounding. Of the songs I knew before the show, I had thought that fun. was a great band, but after Lombard’s thesis project exposed me to the entire album, I will definitely keep listening. And I won’t forget her beautiful and elegant choreographed interpretation of the music.
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BOOK TALK: Chatty book agent Marie (Sarah Pace ’13) talks business with a young Rachel Carson (Alia Goldfarb ’13) during the early stages of Silent Spring.
lowed. The dance smoothly transitioned into “Some Nights” as the rest of the dancers emerged on stage—Morgan Conley ’13, Brontë Velez ’16, Amanda Reuillard ’13 and Samantha Cortez ’13. Continuing with the theme, the six girls danced dramatically, with strength and precision; I also picked up on a slight bit of simple Irish step dancing between the more elaborate dance movies. Visually, I really liked how Lombard chose to divide the girls into pairs as seen in three sets of matching leotard colors and the dance duets. In each duet, the dancers clearly exhibited a strong connection and chemistry on the stage that complemented the powerful music. The third piece featured Velez and Cortez dancing to “We Are Young,” perfectly embodying the lyrics of the song. In the next song, “Carry On,” all the dancers were on stage, but it specifically featured Velez, Cortez, Reuillard and Conley. This was one of my favorite pieces, partially because I wasn’t as familiar with the song, but I loved its theme: “If you’re lost and alone/Or you’re sinking like a stone/Carry on/ May your past be the sound/Of your feet upon the ground/Carry on.” The two dancers who weren’t featured, Lombard and Urbach, instead performed a duet to the next song, “All Alone.” This song
If a male version of Spring Breakers was made, sans the dark-tanning oil and big-budget panache, it might look something like The Convenient Job. The student-created film, produced by one of Brandeis’ own, Ethan Stein ’15, was played on the big screen for the first time ever in Wasserman Cinematheque last Wednesday. The storyline is familiar enough: three film students strapped for cash need to raise money for their next movie. Spoiler alert—when at first they don’t succeed, they rob a convenience store, and filmmaker Rob Robbins of New York University catches it all on tape, all to the tune of the band Ch!nch!lla. Keeping in mind that Wednesday’s screening featured extra footage to test on an audience, the story, especially the first half, moves slowly, and can be likened to any homegrown Mumblecore film with its naturalistic dialogue. In this case, it’s mostly boys hanging around, talking about how to get quick cash, speckled with their toilet humor. At one point of particular desperation,
one of them must literally hug a toilet after swallowing too many pills. But if nothing else, The Convenient Job is at least self conscious of its story. An entire scene is dedicated to the boys fretting over whether their movie passes the Bechdel Test—whether the movie has two named women in it, those women talk to each other and they talk about something other than a man. While the film doesn’t quite pass the test, some of the best scenes take place between Julie Shain, a senior at Yale University, who is also the only woman in the film, and Mark Rapaport, a believable actor who is a junior at Johns Hopkins University. Shain’s character always wears a camera, and some of the film’s footage comes from her recordings, which adds to the feeling of obsessive self-awareness. Probably much of the audience can empathize with her character when she complains about the boyish immaturity of Rapaport’s friends, specifically “Looch” Gelfand, who attends Baruch College in real life. It’s “Looch” and his “method acting” (the joke being that he plays himself and hence is always in char-
acter) that drives most of the plot of The Convenient Job. He’s also the one whom audience members might find the most offensive. At one point he wonders aloud whether rape constitutes “stealing.” There are many moments like this in the movie, and that’s probably why the boys felt the need to include a warning in the beginning of the film that reads: “We would like to apologize to our parents for publicizing this footage.” The Convenient Job is the followup to the boys’ self-proclaimed failed first film, Wordsmith. The saving graces of their second effort are Robbins’ interesting diary-style cinematography, Rapaport’s genuine acting and Ch!nch!lla’s thumping, atmospheric soundtrack. As the credits roll, there’s an endearing vignette about milk, and it almost saves the day. There’s footage of the boys playing milk pong, snorting powdered milk like it’s cocaine and taking shots of Lactaid. It’s a fun bookend and a conclusion of how juvenile the production is. One day the boys might decide on a more serious undertaking. Until then, spring break forever.
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“I was working as a medical volunteer there and I was in the middle of performing an assessment when two explosions went off about 100 feet away from me.”
BOX OFFICE
1. 42 2. Scary Movie V 3. The Croods 4. G.I. Joe: Retaliation 5. Evil Dead 6. Jurassic Park 3D 7. Olympus Has Fallen 8. Oz the Great and Powerful 9. Tyler Perry’s Temptation 10. The Place Beyond the Pines
— Yedidya Ben-Avie ’15 in an interview with the Justice about the bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday (News, p. 1)
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BORN TO BE WILD: Photography Editor Josh Horowitz ’14 took this photograph at the SCRAM concert this past Saturday of Morri$ performing on the lawn in front of the Rose Art Museum.
Joe Babeu ’15 “It was a crazy night.”
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Cathie Stewart ’16 “It was like any other Brandeis big event. Wasn’t anything special, though I had fun.”
Aeri Paez ’16 “It was fun. Good techno music. But the line was ridiculous.”
Lyuba Neglyad ’15 “It was a great event and the music was really good. It brought the community together.”
ACROSS 1 Apt. parts, in ads 4 Talking head 10 Big name in ATMs 13 Charged particles 15 Black-and-blue mark, e.g. 16 Suffix for pay 17 Soft hit that barely makes it over the infield 19 Cranberrygrowing area 20 Africa’s Sierra __ 21 Fed. retirement org. 22 “T” on a test, usually 23 Like dodos and dinosaurs 26 Foray 28 Archaeological age-determination process 31 Texting units: Abbr. 34 Rowboat mover 35 Wish granter 36 “How was __ know?” 37 Abrasions 40 Sinus doc 41 Not exactly robust 43 Simpsons neighbor Flanders 44 Makes really angry 45 Completely absorbed 49 Lawyer’s customer 50 Accessory often carried with a wallet 54 Merle Haggard’s “__ From Muskogee” 55 N.J. neighbor 57 Lightened 58 Libertarian politician Paul 59 Sign in a limo that aptly concludes the sequence formed by the last words of 17-, 28- and 45- Across 62 Mystery novelist Grafton 63 Houston team 64 Statistician’s input 65 NHL tiebreakers 66 Tinkers (with) 67 Figs. DOWN 1 The Good Book 2 Pricey watch with a gold crown logo 3 Nose-in-the-air type 4 “Nova” airer 5 Ocean State sch. 6 Convent dwellers 7 Starts to eat with gusto 8 Manhattan is one 9 Golf ball’s perch 10 Choice you don’t have to think about 11 Metaphorical state of elation 12 Violent anger 14 Former (and likely future) Seattle NBA team 18 ’90s Cabinet member Federico 22 Lug 24 Gator’s kin
Fiction 1. Starting Now — Debbie Macomber 2. Manuscript Found in Accra — Paulo Coelho 3. Life After Life — Jill McCorkle 4. The Burgess Boys — Elizabeth Strout 5. Six Years — Harlan Coben Nonfiction 1. Lean In — Sheryl Sandberg 2. Gulp — Mary Roach 3. Carry On, Warrior — Glennon Melton 4. The Great Deformation — David Stockman 5. Secrets of Silicon Valley — Deborah Perry Piscione
iTUNES
1. P!nk — “Just Give Me a Reason (feat. Nate Ruess)” 2. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis — “Can’t Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton)” 3. Bruno Mars — “When I Was Your Man” 4. Icona Pop — “I Love It [feat. Charli XCX]” 5. Justin Timberlake — “Mirrors”
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25 Skier’s way up 27 Glad __: party clothes 29 Long-armed primate 30 Comprehends 31 Tick off 32 Went down swinging 33 Touchdowns require crossing them 37 Leonard __: Roy Rogers’s birth name 38 Mountain top 39 Advantage 42 Nastase of tennis 44 Security checkpoint request 46 Ultimate application 47 Big bomb trials 48 Binoculars user 51 Made in China, say 52 Look after 53 Icelandic sagas 54 Estimator’s words 56 P.O. box inserts 59 Printer problem 60 Stooge with bangs 61 Pack animal
1. Justin Timberlake — The 20/20 Experience 2. The Band Perry — Pioneer 3. Tyler, The Creator — Wolf 4. Blake Shelton — Based On A True Story ... 5. Lil Wayne — I Am Not A Human Being II 6. New Kids On The Block — 10 7. Killswitch Engage — Disarm the Descent 8. Imagine Dragons — Night Visions 9. P!nk — The Truth About Love 10. Bruno Mars — Unorthodox Jukebox
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Senior Bucket List By MARIELLE TEMKIN JUSTICE EDITOR
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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 much as I hate saying this out loud, I am graduating on May 19 and have compiled a bucket list of things I want to do before I have to leave. Here are a few of them. THE LIST
Steven Wasserman ’16 “I was there for seven minutes then left. It looked like it was going to be great.” Solution to last issue’s sudoku
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1. Bike along the Charles 2. Hit up Newbury Comics once more 3. Go to In a Pickle’s new Moody St. location 4. Explore the Gardner Museum 5. Take a pic with the Louis Brandeis statue 6. Go to HOLI 7. Attend Culture X on Saturday 8. Relax on the Great Lawn on a beautiful afternoon 9. Build a fort 10. Try to find the East tunnels