The Justice - March 17, 2009

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ARTS PAGE 21

SPORTS The most loyal women’s basketball fans 12

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FORUM Greek life keeps growing 11 THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER

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Volume LX, Number 23

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

ROSE FAMILY SPEAKS OUT

CAMPUS SPEAKER

Ayers visit may be canceled

BUDGET

French: $5M gap remains ■ A $5 million gap for

fiscal 2009 remains and there is a projected $6.9 million gap in fiscal 2010. By MIRANDA NEUBAUER

■ High security costs and

JUSTICE SENIOR WRITER

low funding may threaten the visits of Bill Ayers and Robert H. King to campus. By DESTINY AQUINO JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

An event that would have brought Bill Ayers to speak at Brandeis may be canceled in part due to a lack of funding, according to one of the members of the group hoping to bring Ayers to campus. Democracy For America member Lev Hirschhorn ’11 told the Justice that DFA and Students for a Democratic Society, the two main sponsors of the event, are having financial difficulties with the proposed event. Security costs in addition to Ayers’ speaker fees are both clubs’ main monetary concerns, Hirschhorn said. He added that the groups lacked funding in part because of the Union Judiciary’s decision to overturn a $900 Senate Money Resolution to be given toward the event. Hirschhorn, who is also the senator for the Class of 2011, stated that “the previous financial information regarding the Ayers event that was printed in other [campus] publications is now unclear, and we [the event planners] are further discussing with [Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan and Vice President of Campus Operations Mark Collins] the final price tag of the event.” Hirschhorn declined to comment further on the specifics of the event. The Hoot wrote March 13 that the total cost of the Ayers visit will cost around $7,000. That total includes a security cost of $4,500, according to Collins. Hirschhorn told the Justice March 3 that Ayers asked for $2,500 in speaking fees and Robert H. King asked for $1,000. However, Liza Behrendt ’11, DFA event coordinator, said that “all previously released numbers … have been incorrect.” She explained, “The numbers we have

See SPEAKER, 8 ☛

MAX BREITSTEIN MATZA/the Justice

SYMPOSIUM STATEMENT: Meryl Rose, center, presents a Rose family statement condemning the closing of the Rose museum.

Roses condemn Univ ■ About 50 members of the

Rose family compiled a statement denouncing the recent Rose Art decisions. By ALANA ABRAMSON and HANNAH KIRSCH JUSTICE STAFF WRITERS

MAX BREITSTEIN MATZA/the Justice

RUSH WEIGHS IN: Rose Director Michael Rush addresses the audience at the Rose Art Museum last night.

The Rose family presented a statement condemning the proposed changes to the Rose Art Museum at an interdisciplinary symposium titled “Preserving Trust: Art and the Art Museum” Amidst Financial Crisis at the Rose last night. The statement, according to copies provided at the symposium, was written on “behalf of over 50 members of the Rose Family” and urges “the current university president and the trustees to restore the use, budget, staffing and activities of the Rose Art Museum until a final decision is issued by a court.” Meryl Rose, a spokeswoman for the Rose family, a Rose Museum Board member and an art collector, read the statement to assembled Brandeis faculty and students, about 20 members of the Rose family, Rose museum staff and members of the intellectual community at the symposium.

The statement also says that “repurposing the museum is closing by another name. It would not be the Rose. Any other understanding of the university’s current plan is disinformation.” Meryl Rose said in an interview with the Justice that the Rose family collectively decided that a written statement condemning the University’s actions toward the Rose was necessary because of the family’s attachment to the museum. “We just felt that we had to say something. We had to be proactive.” While Meryl Rose described Brandeis as a “wonderful institution,” she said that the administration needs to acknowledge its errors in the way it handled the situation with the museum. “Personally, what I would love to see is for [the administration] to say, ‘We made a mistake,’” she said, adding that “there would be no shame if they admitted they made a mistake. It would be seen as a very big, bold move.” Meryl Rose also said that the museum’s closure will have future implications for her family’s donations. “Anything we give [to institutions in the future] would have documents attached to it that would be scrutinized by several lawyers,”

See MUSEUM, 8 ☛

The administration is discussing how to close another $5 million gap in fiscal 2009 and a $6.9 million gap in fiscal 2010, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Peter French said at last Thursday’s faculty meeting. French also projected a 30-percent decrease in Brandeis’ endowment to $480 million for fiscal 2009 after having previously projected a 25-percent drop from $712 million to $549 million at the end of this December. The administration will meet today with the Senate Council and the Faculty Budget Committee to address the budget gaps, French said at the meeting. French said that his department is recommending a 3.9-percent tuition increase instead of an original recommendation of a 4.25-percent increase because the vast majority of comparable institutions to Brandeis were under 4 percent. The University also has to increase the percentage of funds going to financial aid by 6 percent, French wrote in an e-mail to the Justice. “For [fiscal 2009], we do have to

See BUDGET, 8 ☛

SEASON ENDS

DAVID SHEPPARD-BRICK/the Justice

The women’s basketball team’s historic NCAA Tournament run ended with a loss to Amherst College in the Sectional Finals. For more, see pages 12, 13 and 16.

A leader departs

Enforcing justice

No second term

■ Cassidy Dadaos ’09 ended her career on top of her game.

■ Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada speaks about human rights reelection.

■ Student Union President Jason Gray ’10 announced he will not run for re-election.

SPORTS 16 For tips or info call Let your voice be heard! Submit letters to the editor online (781) 736-6397 at www.thejusticeonline.com

INDEX

NEWS 3

FEATURES 8

ARTS

17

EDITORIAL FEATURES

10 9

OPINION POLICE LOG

11 2

SPORTS LETTERS

16 11

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