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TUESDAY, March 29, 2011
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THE JUSTICE
NEWS BRIEF
POLICE LOG
Phi Beta Kappa elects 71 senior and nine junior honorees
Medical Emergency
The Phi Beta Kappa Selection Committee met yesterday and elected 71 new members from the Class of 2011 and nine new members from the Class of 2012 to Phi Beta Kappa. 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. One is the quality of academic record, of which the GPA is an important consideration. Another is the breadth of interest, indicated by courses taken beyond a student’s concentration. The third is the opinions of faculty and senior administrators concerning the scholarly achievements and character of the candidate in the form of letters of recommendation. Students elected from the Class of 2011 are: Azer, David K.; Baskin, Elizabeth; Behrendt, Liza J.; Bernstein, Ezra A.; Bialkowska, Natalia; Buhle, Peter F.; Craven, Kevin S.; Cross, Hannah L.; Dainis, Alexandra M.; Dalin, Simona S.; Dos Santos, Kayla A.; Egerman, Marc A.; Engelhardt, Netta*; Field, Jared M.; Fujiwara, Chiaki; Glennon, Samuel Martin; Glucksman, Deena L.; Goodman, Julie E*.; Gray, Stephen J.; Greenberg, Carly M.; Gurr, Danielle J.; Hand, Laura B.*; Iser, Naomi B.; Jaeger, Emily M.; Koffer, Brittany A.; Koffer, Rachel E.; Kriegsman, Matthew; Lei, Qinyuan; Levine, Adam N.; Levy, Sarah A.; Liken, Jessica P.*; Lucking, Brian T.; Meltzer, Seth N.; Michaelson, Melody H.; Miller, Eli Epstein; Mints, Yuliya Y.; Newborn, Michael D.; Ni, Qingyang; Nussbaum, Allie Y.; Olsen, Sarah Naomi; Ostrow, Maarit I.; Polex Wolf, Joseph; Price, Maxwell B.; Reeves, Brian N.; Reibstein, Lauren A.; Richman, Adam P.; Rittenberg, Luria J.; Roberts, Tiffany L.; Rosenberg, Evan C.; Rovenpor, Daniel; Ruocco, Jared E.; Sandler, Darren J.; Schloss, Lauren B.; Schuler, Emilie Rebecca; Setty, Sumana G.; Shafir, Michael Peter*; Shear, Matthew A.; Sienna, Noam E.; Silverstein, Ilana A.; Slosberg, Jeremy E.; Sofinzon, Saghi; Sripatanasakul, Lita; Stern, Rephael*.; Sternberg, Daniel S.; Sun, Chongwen; Sunshine, Elizabeth A.; Sussman, Jonathan M.; Sweder, Mark D.; Tardiff, Emily M.; Thompson, Deborah; Valinetz, Ethan D.; Watkins, Cecelia P.; Wiet, Victoria C.; Wolfson, Danielle E.; Wu, Leslie J.; Zakrzewska, Anita N.; Zegman, Randi M. * Denotes students elected to Phi Beta Kappa as juniors in 2010 Students elected from the Class of 2012 are: Carnow, Leah C.; Henig, Ben; Kapulsky, Leonid; Kupfer, Matthew P.; McCandlish, Samuel R.; Partridge, Virginia C.; Starobinets, Maxim I.; Starzyk, Rebecca S.; Talan, Jordan W. Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest and most prestigious undergraduate honors organization in the United States. Founded at the College of William and Mary in 1776, its high and rigorous standards of excellence have made election to it one of the highest academic honors an undergraduate attending a college in the United States can receive. Brandeis founded a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in 1962, putting it ahead of every other university in America in terms of the time it took the university from the moment of its founding to the moment it became eligible to establish a Chapter. No other university in the United States has been granted the privilege to form a Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa more quickly than Brandeis. The initiation ceremony will be held on May 21 during Commencement weekend in Spingold Theater Center mainstage from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Mar. 21—University Police received a report of a female who felt dizzy in Reitman Hall. BEMCo treated the party on-scene with a signed refusal for further care. Mar. 22—A reporting party informed University Police that a female at the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center had possibly broken her foot. BEMCo treated the party on-scene with a signed refusal for further care. Mar. 23—BEMCo treated a party in Ziv Quad who had reported feeling stomach pains with a signed refusal for further care. Mar. 23—The Psychological Counseling Center requested an ambulance for a party to be transported to
SENATE LOG the Newton-Wellesley Hospital for a psychological evaluation. Mar. 24—University Police received a report from Ziv Quad of a student who was experiencing flu-like symptoms. The student was treated on-scene by BEMCo and then transported to the Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Mar. 25—A reporting party informed University Police that her roommate was feeling dizzy and nauseous. BEMCo treated the party onscene with a signed refusal for further care.
Disturbance
Mar. 25—University Police asked the attendees at a party in the Charles River Apartments to disperse after receiving noise complaints.
Mar. 26—University Police confiscated a keg of beer and plan to file judicial charges against the residents of the offending apartment after receiving complaints of a large, loud party in the Charles River Apartments.
Miscellaneous
Mar. 25—University Police received a report of the smell of smoke from Hassenfeld Residence Hall. A student was found burning incense. A representative from the Department of Community Living was informed and plans to file judicial charges. —compiled by Fiona Lockyer
CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS nAn article in Features was unclear. The fellows began 1 year ago, not the Experiential and Community-engaged Learning program. (March 22, pg. 6) nAn article in Features reported that the Experiential Learning fellows are currently working with administrators. In fact, administrators have only expressed interest in engaging with the fellows in the future. (March 22, pg. 6) nAn article in Features stated that a symposium will take place on April 7. In fact, the symposium took place on March 24. (March 22, pg. 6) nAn article in News misstated a statement made by Dean of Academic Services Kim Godsoe. The article reported that Godsoe said that the academic departments were not enthusiastic about Advising Week. In fact, Godsoe said the academic departments have been enthusiastic about Advising Week. (March 22, pg. 3) The Justice welcomes submissions for errors that warrant correction or clarification. E-mail editor@ thejustice.org.
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Experiential learning symposium
Caroline Cappello ’11 presented her exploration of theater at the (EL)2 2011: Experiential Learning, Engaged Learners Symposium, which took place last Thursday in the Usdan Student Center.
Hughes briefs Senate on upcoming meeting
The Senate motioned to add Junior Representative to the Board of Trustees Adam Hughes ’12 to the agenda. Hughes briefed the Senate about the upcoming meeting of the Board of Trustees that will take place Thursday. As a part of the Buildings and Maintenance Committee, Hughes will offer a student perspective on which buildings to renovate. He said that students are concerned with dangerous living situations in buildings that have not been renovated in a long time. Hughes will also participate in discussions on dining, which students consider an issue of primary importance, according to previous Student Union surveys. The Board of Trustees, the administration and the Student Union have addressed many issues, but significant renovations and improvements are necessary, not just small-scale improvements, said Hughes. Hughes will also talk about the influx of students moving off campus and stress the importance of finding enough low-rent housing to satisfy them, as well as continuing to improve transportation options and programming to ensure that these students feel connected to the Brandeis community. Hughes mentioned that he has made the Linsey Pool a priority, but there is little the Board of Trustees can do until it has the necessary money to address the issue of the pool. Hughes also said that he considers parking an issue that needs to be addressed. Executive Senator Abraham Berin ’11 announced that the GPS tracking system for daytime Crystal Shuttles will be released this week. Berin reported that Director of Executive Affairs Ryan Fanning ’11 wants senators to continue sending Berin their accomplishments in order to be included in the State of the Union address to be delivered by President of the Student Union Daniel Acheampong ’11. At the time of the meeting, Berin had only received two accomplishments from senators. The Senate unanimously recognized the Breakdancing Club. According to the club’s constitution, “The purpose of the Breakdancing Club is to fulfill the growing demand for breakdancing on campus. The club’s goal is to raise breakdancing awareness and activity. … With that ultimate goal in mind, the club will teach students perseverance and determination that will be useful later on in life.” “The Breakdancing Club intends to achieve its purpose through such events as group routines, individual shows, battles and school performances,” according to the constitution. Senator for North Quad Shekeyla Caldwell ’14, Senator for Rosenthal Quad Elizabeth Fields ’13 and Senator for Charles River Tae Wan Kim ’12 created forms for chartered clubs to complete and report their progress to the Union. Caldwell explained that clubs are disorganized, and it is unclear which clubs are chartered. In order to organize the system, Caldwell, Fields and Kim printed out sample surveys for chartered clubs. The survey asks about events, members and leadership positions. —Rebecca Blady
ANNOUNCEMENTS Martin Weiner lecture series
A simple problem in Newtonian gravity, the motion of two bodies about one another, is far more challenging in general relativity. Motivated largely by the anticipated importance of compact binaries as gravitational-wave sources, many years of effort have produced a suite of tools for modeling binaries with GR. The lecture will present an overview of how we model these sources in GR and what we have learned from the relativistic two-body problem. It will focus in particular on how unique aspects of relativistic gravity flavor the gravitational waves which binaries generate, and how these flavorings can be exploited to learn about compact bodies, especially black holes. Today from 4 to 5 p.m. in AbelsonBass-Yalem 131.
Inaugural symposium
Brandeis faculty panelists and moderator Michael Sandel ’75 will debate and reflect on “The Global Liberal Arts University: Scholarship and Service” in two, 45-minute moderated panel discussions. The first panel will discuss “diverse communities and the liberal arts.” The second will discuss “human values, global challenges and the
liberal arts.” A reception will follow. Today from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Faculty Center.
Ice cream buffet
Make your own ice cream sundae—all you can eat for $5. There will be vanilla, chocolate and cookies and cream ice cream. Toppings choices are M&Ms, Reese’s pieces, chocolate chips, sprinkles, toffee, walnuts, whipped cream, chocolate sauce and caramel sauce. All proceeds go to Brandeis Habitat for Humanity. Tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium.
Lecture in religious studies
Jean Comaroff (Ph.D., London School of Economics 1974) is Bernard E. and Ellen C. Sunny Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. Her current research concerns problems of public order, state sovereignty and policing in postcolonial contexts and the challenging relation of legitimacy to force. Thursday from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Rapaporte Treasure Hall.
Gender and the ethics of memory
Pnina Abir-Am will examine the efforts to reclaim the legacy of female scientists
who worked on the atomic bomb but did not make it into the public memory of this historical endeavor. Abir-Am will review the “memoirs” of the 1970s and 1980s under the impact of the women’s movement and inquire why the 50th anniversary of the atomic bomb in 1995 finally opened the way to interrogating the ongoing omission of women’s role in the atomic bomb project. Thursday from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the WSRC Lecture Hall.
Inauguration ceremony
The installation of Frederick M. Lawrence as the eighth president of Brandeis University. Reception immediately follows. Thursday from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center.
Palestinian student activists speak out
Jewish Voice for Peace presents: We Divest! Tour. This spring, Jewish Voice for Peace is bringing two young Palestinian activists from the West Bank, Mira Dabit and Hanna Qassis, to share the challenges facing students and young people who live under Israel’s military occupation and who struggle to put an end to it. Thursday from 7 to 10 p.m. in Village C TV lounge.