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Recent alumni give less ■ The decline in alumni participation is largely due to the young age of Brandeis graduates.

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Merit aid scholarships has been occuring for the last several years.

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decision on the block scheduling proposal. “The Provost will now decide whether to accept the new block schedule and institute it starting next academic year. It is her decision whether to accept it or not.” In an interview with the Justice, Krauss said that she has been working with Hewitt to determine the deadline for making a decision on the proposal since it will affect the scheduling of classes for next year and said that she expects to make a decision “within the next couple of weeks.” “The block scheduling committee has worked really hard and revised their recommendations, … and there seems to be a good

The rate of alumni providing monetary contributions to the University has declined from 34 percent to 30 percent between fiscal 2006 and 2010, according to Vice President of Development Myles Weisenberg. Weisenberg said that 34 percent of alumni provided contributions in fiscal 2006, 33 percent participated in fiscal 2007 and 30 percent participated in fiscal 2008 and 2009. Weisenberg said that the numbers for fiscal 2010 have not yet been finalized. However, according to the annual ranking of universities in U.S. News and World Report, 30 percent of alumni participated in the provision of donations in fiscal 2009, a figure that placed Brandeis 24th among 262 universities. In a phone interview with the Justice, Senior Vice President of Institutional Advancement Nancy Winship attributed the decrease in participation to the fact that a majority of the donations come from members of the earliest graduating classes when the University was extremely small and that the later classes have fewer students providing donations because they are younger and cannot provide as much. Winship also added that even though the participation rate has declined, the level of contributions has remained relatively steady and continues to constitute 16 to 18 percent of the money raised annually. “Every year, more students graduate and they are very young. So if you go back to 1952, you might only have 80 or 90 people in that class versus 700 or 800 today, so that means that we keep getting younger,” Winship said, explaining that this dynamic differentiates Brandeis from schools where there are equal numbers of younger and older alumni. Weisenberg said that the rate of participation from alumni who graduated in the 1950s and 1960s is approximately 40 to50 percent but that the rate of participation

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According to Vice President of Enrollment Keenyn McFarlane, the number of merit scholarships offered to students has been gradually reduced in recent years and will be further reduced for the Class of 2015. The further reductions are due to the fact that many students offered merit aid in recent years declined attend the University. According to statistics provided by the Office of Enrollment, the number of matriculating students who received merit aid declined by 78 percent from 2006 to 2010. In an interview with the Justice, McFarlane said that by limiting merit aid funds, the University aims to meet 100 percent of estimated financial needs of more students. According to McFarlane, the elimination of merit aid due to the declining number of students offered merit scholarships matriculating is independent of the University’s new financial aid policy, which states that students will be admitted into the University on a need-blind basis until there are no more available funds to admit students while meeting 100 percent of their need. From then on, applicants would be admitted on a need-sensitive basis, meaning that their financial need would be added to a list of factors that would determine whether or not the student would be accepted into Brandeis. According to McFarlane, the reduction of merit-based aid has been “ongoing” for “several years.” McFarlane said that after reviewing the incoming class each year, the administrators in Enrollment found that they were more “effective” in being able to fund students when money was given in the form of needbased financial aid rather than merit scholarships since the number of students who received merit-based aid and matriculated into Brandeis has declined by 78 percent since 2006. McFarlane said the University also has a higher yield rate of matriculation when need-based aid is given rather than merit scholarships.

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SCHEDULE CHANGE: Prof. Malcom Watson (PSYC) and Registrar Mark Hewitt discuss potential changes at the faculty meeting.

Senate backs block changes ■ The provost will now

review the scheduling changes the Faculty Senate approved at last Thursday’s faculty meeting. By HARRY SHIPPS JUSTICE SENIOR WRITER

The Faculty Senate approved a proposal for a new block schedule at its meeting last Thursday, Prof. Tim Hickey (COSI), chair of the Faculty Senate, wrote in an e-mail to the Justice. The proposal, which includes switching classes currently on Friday afternoons to Thursday afternoons, will now be sent to

Provost Marty Krauss for final approval, according to an e-mail to the Justice from Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Malcom Watson (PSYC), chair of the block scheduling committee. Watson and University Registrar Mark Hewitt presented the proposal to the Faculty Senate at the meeting on Thursday. Hickey wrote that the proposal passed by a large majority, but he was not sure of the exact numbers of the vote. “The faculty senate felt that Professor Watson and the Registrar, Mark Hewitt, made a convincing case for the new schedule,” he wrote. Watson wrote in his e-mail that Krauss will now make the final

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Mass voters in favor of new marijuana regulation law BOSTON—Voters in more than a dozen state legislative districts backed dramatic expansions to legal access to marijuana in Tuesday’s elections, and advocates plan to use the results to press lawmakers to loosen restrictions on the drug. Advocates placed 18 advisory questions on Tuesday’s ballots to get a sense whether voters would support another overhaul of marijuana laws. Nine of the questions supported the use of marijuana for medical reasons, while another nine backed legalizing the drug outright, allowing the state to regulate and tax it. Voters responded to the questions with a resounding “yes.” Support ranged from 54 percent in some districts to up to 70 percent in others, according to an Associated Press review of campaign returns. In the largest district, the first Middlesex and Norfolk senate district encompassing Newton, Brookline and parts of Wellesley, 63 percent of voters backed full legalization of the drug. Other cities and towns that backed full legalization included Salem, Swampscott, Marblehead, Hudson, Maynard, Stow, Dover, Needham, Falmouth, Nantucket, Deerfield, Amherst, Lincoln, Sudbury and Wayland. Supporters of the questions say voters are ahead of lawmakers in their growing acceptance of marijuana. “This shows lawmakers that if they want to pursue this through the legislative process rather than with a ballot initiative, there is popular support,” said Mike Meno of the Washington-based Marijuana Policy Project. Other advocates, including Steven Epstein of the Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition, have said the goal of the advisory questions was to see if voters are ready to make marijuana a legal product that can be purchased and taxed, like alcohol. State law prohibits advocates from placing a question on the ballot for two election cycles if it is “substantially the same petition” as an earlier petition. If a question proposing full legalization or expanded medical marijuana use is deemed substantially the same as the question decriminalizing marijuana, then the earliest a question could make the ballot is 2014. If not, a question could be placed on the 2012 ballot. Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone opposes loosening the law. He said the marijuana available today is far more potent than what was sold decades ago. He also said users are more likely to be involved in car crashes than nonusers. “With young people using and abusing alcohol and other drugs at troubling rates, to add another element to this already-dangerous equation would be extremely detrimental, irresponsible and hazardous to our community as a whole,” Leone said in a statement. Advocates also placed advisory questions on ballots before seeking to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana in 2008. The effects of the resulting law have been mixed. Although the law set a civil fine of $100 for those caught with an ounce or less of marijuana, some Massachusetts towns have given up enforcing it, saying it’s written with too many loopholes to be effective.

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Medical Emergency

Nov. 1—University Police received a call about a student in Ziv Quad having chest pain. BEMCo treated the party onscene with a signed refusal for further care. Nov. 3 —A student in the Village A reported extreme wrist and knee pain. BEMCo treated the party on-scene, and the party was transported to the Newton-Wellesley Hospital by a University Police cruiser. Nov. 3—BEMCo and University Police responded to a call about an elderly woman who had fallen down in the Epstein building. The party was transported to the Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Nov. 4—BEMCo and University Police responded to a call about a student having stomach pains in the Charles River Apartments.

The party was transported by ambulance to the NewtonWellesley Hospital. Nov. 4—BEMCo and University Police responded to a report of a sick student in Schwartz Hall. The party was treated on-scene with a signed refusal for further care. Nov. 5—BEMCo responded to a report of a student in Rosenthal Quad who was bleeding from a laceration. They party was treated onscene with a signed refusal for further care. Nov. 5—BEMCo received a call about a staff member in Sherman Dining Hall who burned her face. The party was treated on-scene and transported to the Hospital for further care.

Traffic

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that while operating a campus van off campus, they were involved in a minor accident with a Curry College vehicle. No injuries were reported, and there was minor damage to both vehicles. Nov. 3—A party reported to University Police that he struck a parked car while operating a ZipCar. There was no contact information for the victim of the struck vehicle. University Police left a note on the vehicle.

Larceny

Nov. 2—A student reported a past burglary from their dorm room at The Charles River Apartments. University Police compiled a report on the incident. —compiled by Sara Dejene

CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS  A News article incorrectly stated that Article 6, Section 1 of the Union Bylaws requires that the Student Union fund transportation for students before both the Thanksgiving break and the Spring/ Passover Recess. In fact, the Senate amended the Bylaws last month. Article 6, Section 1 now requires the Senate to fund transportation “including but not limited to Logan Airport and New York City, preceding Thanksgiving Break.” (Nov. 2, pg. 4)  A News article headline was incorrect. The Board of Trustees meets three times a year, not biannually. (Nov. 2, pg. 3)  An Arts photo caption misstated where the pictue was taken. The photo was taken in Montreal, Canada, not Toronto. (Nov. 2, pg. 24)  An article in Features mispelled the surname of three individuals in an article. They are Mance Lipscomb, Judy Roderick and Mitchell Kertzman, not Mance Lipscome, Judy Roderich and Mitchell Kerzmann. (Nov. 2, pg. 7)  An article in Features did not list the correct graduation year of a student. Audrey Lamb is a member of the class of 2011, not 2012. (Nov. 2, pg. 9) The Justice welcomes submissions for errors that warrant correction or clarification. E-mail editor @thejustice.org.

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Senate charters club, discusses shuttles At the Nov. 7 Senate meeting, Director of Communications Andrea Ortega ’13 spoke to the Senate about the Student Union website, which is being renovated. She explained that she is putting together a newsletter and that currently two students have agreed to write an online blog on the website to highlight senators’ projects. Director of Executive Affairs Ryan Fanning ’11 gave an overview of the upcoming State of the Union, which will be Nov. 18 at 6:30 p.m. It will be a 30-minute speech that will address what the Student Union has accomplished, Senators’ projects and what the Student Union’s goals are. Fanning also updated the Senate on the Senate retreat, which will be on Nov. 20, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The retreat will include meals, activities, leadership-building events and a social function. The Senate unanimously chartered SPECTRUM, Brandeis’ autism awareness club. The club, which was recognized last semester, seeks to raise awareness of autism and conduct community service activities in Waltham. The club plans to use money to hold oncampus events to raise awareness. The Senate swore in two non-Senate chairs. Marsha Patel ’14 will be the non-Senate chair for the Club Services Committee, and Sharan Shah ’14 will be the non-Senate chair for Social Justice. Vice President Shirel Guez ’11 swore in the non-Senate chairs. Senator for East Quad Albert Feldman ’13 presented a sign-up sheet for tabling Turkey Shuttle tickets. The Student Union will be selling tickets for the Thanksgiving shuttles to South Station, Logan International Airport and Pennsylvania Station in New York City during the weeks prior to Thanksgiving Break. The tickets will be on sale in the Usdan Student Center and Shapiro Campus Center. According to an e-mail announcement sent out by Union Secretary Herbie Rosen ’12, tickets to New York will be $25 and tickets to South Station and Logan Airport will be $8. Currently, the Senate is scheduled to sell tickets Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 11 and 12 from noon to 3 p.m. and in the Shapiro Campus Center from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Feldman said he would work to organize more dates when tickets could be sold. Executive Senator and Senator for the Class of 2012 Abby Kulawitz said she would be working with new clubs after they had been chartered or recognized to assist them in responsibilities that clubs would take, such as reserving rooms, after they had been chartered. Currently, the Student Union assists clubs before they are recognized or chartered. Senator for the Class of 2011 Abraham Berin reported that GPS systems installed on the Brandeis Crystal shuttles will undergo beta testing and that signs for the campus and Waltham shuttles have been added onto the vans. The signs are to help students determine whether an approaching shuttle is a campus van or a Waltham van.

Students enjoyed an array of Israeli delicacies at the Israel Gourmet Buffet, which took place yesterday in the South Campus Commons.

—Sara Dejene

ANNOUNCEMENTS Physics department colloquium

This talk will focus on what can be deduced about the likely origin and composition of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and similar bodies in our solar system from studies of their orbital dynamics and global topography. Theoretical topics will include planetary accretion and internal differentiation, orbital dynamics and tidal resonances. On the experimental side, the uses of Doppler tracking, radar imaging and altimetry and speckle displacement interferometry in making the measurements will be described. Today from 4 to 5 p.m. in Abelson-Bass-Yalem 131.

Kristallnacht speaker

The Holocaust Remembrance Committee will be holding an event to remember Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass. Eric Kahn, a survivor, will speak about his experiences growing up in Wiesbaden, Germany under the Nuremberg Laws and

on Kristallnacht. Today from 7 to 8:15 p.m. in the Lurias in Hassenfield Conference Center.

a global impact. Pizza will be provided. Thursday from noon to 2 p.m. in the International Lounge.

Set Sail: Kickoff to S.S. Louis Louis 2010

Immigration reform panel

Student Events will be serving free drinks and doughnuts from Dunkin’ Donuts as well as holding giveaways. The event is part of Student Events’ Para’Deis Cruise Lines: S.S. Louis Louis 2010 weekend. Tomorrow from 9 a.m. to noon outside the Usdan Student Center.

International development symposium

The Hiatt Career Center and the Heller School for Social Policy and Management will host a new event with professional experts who have created organizations or programs to address international causes. Panelists will explain how they got started in the field of international development and share their thoughts about the skills and approaches that can be used to make

In conjunction with her exhibition of photographs titled “No Man’s Land: The Women of Mexico,” artist Dana Romanoff will join policy expert Alexandra Pineros Shields and attorney Steve Gutherz for a discussion of current immigration issues and possibilities for reform. This event is co-sponsored by the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life. Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Women’s Studies Research Center.

Apple pie and ‘American Pie’

Come bake delicious apple pies with BaRuCH and then eat them while watching “American Pie!” Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. in Polaris Lounge in North Quad.

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Review Committee suggested the creation of steering committees. By NASHRAH RAHMAN JUSTICE EDITOR

The Centers and Institutes Review Committee presented several recommendations in its report, which was released yesterday, such as making directors of the University’s centers and institutes regular members of the Brandeis faculty, creating the Academic Priorities Committee to consider the overall academic planning of centers and institutes, and ensuring that centers and institutes cover their indirect costs as best as possible. According to the report, other “major” recommendations include forming steering committees for all centers and institutes; seeing that the steering committees “work together with Center directors and relevant academic departmental chairs to define shared goals and to best allocate resources for faculty, student support, and program expenses;” and establishing “incentives that promote engagement and cooperation between Centers and relevant faculty.” The recommendations also state that centers and institutes contribute to the University’s educational mission and that “all paid and unpaid research appointments associated with Centers should be of limited term and meet university standards of scholarly or practitioner excellence.” The Centers and Institutes Review Committee was charged by University Provost Marty Krauss to offer recommendations regarding “how to maximize Centers/Institutes’ academic and fiscal contributions to the university’s core missions of teaching, scholarship, and public engagement,” according to the committee’s website. In an interview with the Justice, committee chair Prof. Susan Birren (BIOL) said, “One of the findings of the committee is that there has been a lack of communication between different units of the University.” She stated that some departmental faculty had questions about the role of centers and institutes and how they financially operate. “Likewise, from the centers [and institutes,] there’s this sense that they would like to be more integrated, but it’s not clear how to do that integration,” explaining that the recommendations emphasized transparency. Krauss said in an interview with the Justice that she thought the “most fundamental recommendation” was concerned with the creation of steering committees.

The report recommends that all centers and institutes should have steering committees that include departmental faculty selected by the dean of Arts and Science and the provost in consultation with directors of centers and institutes. With regard to finances, Birren told the Justice that the committee was mostly charged with making recommendations about the governance of centers and institutes and communication within centers, institutes and departmental faculty. In this financial section of the report, the committee writes, “All Center programs and operating expenses that constitute direct costs should be fully supported by outside funding sources secured by the Center.” However, the report also states, “While Centers should cover indirect costs to the greatest extent possible, we recommend that complete coverage of these costs not be required. Nevertheless, the university should develop and define clear indirect cost rates that approximate the overhead costs incurred by the individual Center.” Currently, the provost’s guidelines for centers and institutes mandate that all centers and institutes fully fund both direct and indirect costs, according to the report. The report states “The mandate to cover all costs is not typical of our peer institutions, many of which do not require that Centers fully cover indirect costs.” “Many Centers do not have a funding structure that allows them to fully cover their indirect costs, forcing them out of compliance with university policy,” according to the report. The report states that indirect costs borne by the University are likely to exceed 15 percent of expenses for the centers and institutions. Birren told the Justice, “The money was given to [centers and institutes] with the understanding that it was going to be used to carry out research projects or specific set of activities, so the question isn’t ‘Can we divert from the centers and institutes?’ but ‘How can we work … together in order to maximize the ability of those funded activities?” In an interview with the Justice, Krauss said that she is meeting with the directors of centers and institutes this week to discuss the report. She said that she will also meet with the committee to “try and flush out some of their thinning behind some of the recommendations” and discuss the report with other faculty members. “I think it’s a complicated report. It will take some time to digest it and identify what the appropriate process and step will be for implementing recommendations,” Krauss said. —Alana Abramson and Fiona Lockyer contributed reporting.

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PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS: Irving Roth discusses his thoughts about modern-day anti-Zionism and his Holocaust experience.

Roth shares Holocaust lessons

■ Irving Roth linked his

personal experiences with the importance of having a Jewish homeland. By ANDREW WINGENS JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

Irving Roth, a Holocaust survivor and the director of the Holocaust Resource Center at the Temple Judea of Manhasset, N.Y., addressed Brandeis community members in the Rapaporte Treasure Hall last Thursday about the lessons one can learn from his experiences during the Holocaust. Brandeis Israel Public Affairs Committee, Brandeis Zionist Alliance, Hillel, Brandeis Interfaith Group, Holocaust Remembrance Week, the Interfaith Chaplaincy and the Brandeis Krav Maga Club cosponsored the event. In his presentation, Roth said he was born in Czechoslovakia in 1929 and by 1939 he began experiencing anti-Semitism on a frequent basis. Three personal stories, he said, show the effects Nazi propaganda and doctrine had on his life. In the summer of 1939, Roth said he was shocked when he walked to a park with his friends and found a large sign in front of the park that read, “Jews and dogs are forbidden to enter.” Roth said that was when he began to understand that he was different from the other non-Jewish

children. Also in 1939, Roth said he was forced to obey a curfew imposed on Jews and he had to wear a yellow star so that others could identify him as a Jew. “They want[ed] to take away my identity as an individual,” said Roth of the anti-Semitic policies. In 1940, conditions for Jews in eastern Europe continued to worsen, Roth said, as Jews were fired from government positions and were no longer allowed to own businesses. About 1,800 of the 2,000 Jews who lived in Roth’s town were deported; however, Roth and his family were able to evade deportation. Roth said that of the 300 Jewish school children that had lived in the town, only 11 remained after the deportation. Roth and his family thus decided to flee Czechoslovakia and move to Hungary. In 1944, however, the Hungarian government decided to deport its Jewish population via cattle cars to Auschwitz, an extermination camp operated by the Nazis. At Auschwitz, the Jews were sorted; Roth and his brother were sent to the left to work and they were stripped, shaven and numbered with a tattoo; Roth’s grandparents, aunt and cousin were sent to the gas chambers and crematoria. Roth remained in Auschwitz until January 1945, but he said that when the Russian Army began to close in on the camp, the Jews were forced to go on a 3-day death march and were then transported by train to Buchenwald,

a Nazi-operated concentration camp. In Buchenwald, the Nazis took Roth’s brother away. Two American soldiers liberated Roth on April 11, 1945. At that point in the talk, Roth transitioned from his story of survival to the modern state of Israel. He said that with the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, the Jews finally found a homeland where they could be safe from persecution. He commented that had there been a state of Israel in the early 1940s, he might never have experienced the horrors of Auschwitz. Roth also noted, however, that anti-Semitism continues in the world today and demonization of the Jews occurs in the form of delegitimization of the state of Israel. “Demonization of the Jew has been repackaged from anti-Semitism to anti-Zionism. … the problem is, simply, Jews want to live,” said Roth. After the event, Brian Reeves ’11, president of the Brandeis chapter of J Street U, a “pro-Israel, pro-peace” American advocacy group said in an interview with the Justice, “I was a little dismayed how he transitioned into Israel, but I was glad he answered about Israelis and Palestinians sharing Jerusalem.” Sarah Geller ’13, president of BIPAC, said in an interview with the Justice, “[Roth] was an incredible speaker who really conveyed his message and how this can never happen again, and not just to Jews— just to anyone around the world.”

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Chomsky to speak during Israeli Occupation Awareness Week ■ Noam Chomsky will

discuss his new book and his views on Israel’s policies toward Palestinians. By TYLER BELANGA JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

Noam Chomsky will come to campus Thursday to speak with students about what he views as Israel’s policies of apartheid as well as his new book Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel’s War Against the Palestinians. Chomsky is a professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Although he is retired, Chomsky continues to be active as both an author and a lecturer. Chomsky is a self-proclaimed anarchist and “libertarian socialist.”

Chomsky’s presentation is part of Israeli Occupation Awareness Week, a collection of lectures and events cosponsored by Brandeis Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace, the latter of which is an activist group that advocates peaceful resolutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As the featured speaker, Chomsky will give a lecture on Israel’s policies of apartheid and his new book, Gaza in Crisis, which he co-wrote with University of Exeter Professor Ilan Pappe, Liza Behrendt ’11, a cofounder of JVP said in a telephone interview with the Justice. According to the book’s website, it “survey[s] the fallout from Israel’s conduct in Gaza and place it into the context of Israel’s longstanding occupation of Palestine.” Jonathan Sussman ’11, another co-founder of JVP, lauded Chomsky

as the featured speaker for Israeli Occupation Week. “I feel that Noam Chomsky is a perfect fit for Brandeis,” wrote Sussman in an e-mail to the Justice. “His presence at Brandeis will provide great visibility for the ‘other side’ of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” Sussman also defended Chomsky against attacks from far-right groups and individuals. “In reality, he seeks nothing more than a world united against oppression,” he said. Sarah Geller ’13, president of the Brandeis Israel Public Affairs Committee, said in a telephone interview with the Justice that she does not agree with the selection of Chomsky as a speaker. “I respect him as a linguist,” said Geller. “He has revolutionized linguistic theory, … but I don’t see him as an expert on the Middle East or on

the [Israeli-Palestine] conflict. You are not seeing the whole picture, and you are listening to someone who is not an expert.” Geller said she believes that other students on campus share many of her sentiments as well. “People don’t really [want to] hear what Noam Chomsky has to say [on this topic] not just for his views on Israel, but also his political views. … He is an anarchist, and some people are turned off by that.” Aside from Chomsky, Behrendt talked about several other important people scheduled to lecture next week, such as Daoud Nassar, a Palestinian farmer who has had much of his land claimed by settlement construction, and Alice Rothchild, a physician and activist who will discuss the prospect of boycott, divestment and sanctions in Israel and Palestine.

Geller also took issue with the selection of Rothchild, who is an advocate of a one-state solution, an idea Geller said BIPAC opposes. Supporters of a one-state solution advocate for Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to be combined into one unified state, while a twostate solution envisions the creation of another Arab state alongside Israel to solve the conflict. Geller said that speakers do not often show both sides of a conflict, and she believes that many of the speakers will ignore the fact that the economy in the West Bank grew by 11 percent during the global recession and that the Palestinians are steadily taking back control of the land. “This week is really undermining all of the great work that the Palestinians are doing to create a nation-state,” added Geller.

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SCHOLARSHIPS: Office of Enrollment CHANGE: reduces the provision of merit aid Senate approves block schedule

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The number of merit aid offered to accepted students has declined by 16 percent since 2006. McFarlane said that the reduction of merit aid would allow for a greater focus on the provision of need-based financial aid rather than merit scholarships, which would impose more stringent deadlines on submitting financial aid forms such as the FAFSA and CSS Profile, which are used by the federal government and CollegeBoard to assist universities determine a student’s estimated financial need.

The dates of the financial aid filing deadlines would not be earlier or later than those of past years, but they would be enforced to ensure that the University can accurately predict the amount of need it can meet for each student. McFarlane said that giving money in the form of financial aid need rather than merit scholarships would be more in line with the “social justice philosophy” of Brandeis. “We want to be giving out money to those who need it,” he said. McFarlane added that although he wanted both students with

merit and students with need to be able to attend the University, he said he hoped that students would “embrace” the values of social justice Brandeis would be trying to promote by allocating more money to students with need. Additionally, McFarlane also said that he does not believe that the elimination of merit scholarships will affect the competitiveness of students applying to and attending Brandeis. McFarlane said that although the number of students with merit scholarships has declined, the performance of accepted students

has not. According to statistics from the Office of Enrollment, the average SAT scores of students accepted in to Brandeis has remained near 1400 on a 1600 scale. The average SAT scores of students who have matriculated have remained in the mid-1300s. “If students do not get merit aid money, that does not mean that the students aren’t meritorious,” said McFarlane, explaining that reducing merit aid would not alter the University’s admission standards. —Alana Abramson contributed reporting.

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Pakistan awareness Wajida Syed ‘12, the president of Project Nur, a group that fosters dialogue between Muslims and the greater campus community, welcomes students to “A Night for Pakistan.” This event was a fundraiser for the victims of the flood in Pakistan, and featured Hollywood director Kamran Pasha. President-Elect Fred Lawrence was also in attendance.

consensus around those revised recommendations, so I would suspect those will be implemented,” she added. According to an Oct. 26 article in the Justice, under the block scheduling proposal approved by the Faculty Senate, “Only afternoon schedules would change. Whereas afternoon classes are currently scheduled on a Monday/ Wednesday and Tuesday/Friday block system, they would instead be scheduled on a Monday/Wednesday and Tuesday/Thursday block schedule.” The changes would also have classes start on the hour or half-hour as opposed to 10 minutes past the hour or half-hour and two 80-minute blocks could be combined into one 3-hour block. Watson wrote that he expects a decision from the provost “very soon, possibly this week.” He added that if the provost approves the block scheduling proposal, “The registrar will need to get instructions to all departments and programs so that they can submit their course schedules for next year.” “If the provost rejects it, we may just stay with the current schedule,” wrote Watson. He continued that alternative block scheduling proposals that were discussed in previous weeks are no longer on the table. According to an Oct. 24 e-mail from Watson to the Justice, alternative proposals included one submitted last year that called for more drastic changes to the scheduling system and another which was a combination of the more drastic proposal and the proposal presented to the Faculty Senate on Thursday.

ALUMNI: Older grads 2011 Thomas Hunt Morgan medal contribute more awarded to Univ science professor RESEARCH

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among alumni who have graduated within the last 12 years is approximately between 10 and 15 percent. Weisenberg said that this dynamic lowers the participation rate because the younger classes constitute a third of the alumni pool, so “no matter how [well] the older classes … [participate], it’s just going to shrink the rate down.” “Older classes give at a higher participation rate, but the difference is, we have so many more younger alumni as opposed to the older classes, and Brandeis is challenged each year for alumni participation because every year we’re adding bigger classes against a base that was very small,” Weisenberg explained. When asked about the classes that graduated in the 1970s and 1980s, Weisenberg said their participation rate was approximately 30 percent. In an effort to increase the participation rate among the younger classes, Associate Vice President of the Campaign for Brandeis Judith Krinsky said in an interview with the Justice that Brandeis is aiming to “encourage a climate of giving where people give even if it’s a modest gift.” Weisenberg explained that this emphasis on any type of donations begins with encouraging seniors to participate in the class gift. “We really try hard with the senior class gift,” said Weisenberg,

explaining, “If we can get a lot of seniors giving, we believe that their first year out, they’re in a slight habit of giving already. In their first year out, maybe instead of giving at 10 percent, they would give at 12 or 13 percent.” Weisenberg also said the office is working on an emerging leaders program in which “we devote staff time to working with our youngest alumni to engage them in the hopes that they will give.” Director of Development Communications David Nathan said in an interview with the Justice that the Office of Development has developed a number of marketing campaigns on YouTube and Facebook to encourage contributions. “The idea is go where these young alumni live. … Those were very successful in bringing in gifts from young alumni we had never gotten gifts from before,” said Nathan. Despite the gradual decline in the alumni participation rate, the University received $72 million in donations in fiscal 2010. When asked about the relationship between the rate of alumni participation and alumni giving, Weisenberg said there was essentially no relationship between the two. “Participation is really different from alumni total giving. Total giving could go up every year while participation could go down,” he said.

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was the recipient of the annual award for his study in the field of genetics. By FIONA LOCKYER JUSTICE EDITOR

According to a BrandeisNOW press release issued yesterday, Prof. James Haber (BIOL), the director of the Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, has been named the 2011 recipient of the Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal for lifetime contributions in the field of genetics offered by the Genetics Society of America. The Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal was established in 1981 to honor Thomas Hunt Morgan, a geneticist whose research provided the first experimental evidence that chromosomes carry genetic information, according to the GSA website. The website goes on to explain that Morgan also won the Nobel prize in 1933 for this kind of research. According to the website, “Morgan recognized that [fruit flies], which could be bred quickly and inexpensively, had large quantities of offspring and a short life cycle, would make an excellent

organism for genetic studies.” The website further states that “Subsequent studies in his laboratory led to the discovery of recombination and the first genetic maps.” The awards website explains that the medal is administered to one person annualy. Past recipients have included Nobel laureates Barbara McClintock, who received the prize for genetic transposition, or the way in which genes influence physical characteristics, and Ed Lewis, who was awarded the Nobel prize for “discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development,” according to the Nobel prize website. According to the BrandeisNOW press release, R. Scott Hawley, president of the GSA, explained that the medal recognizes not only the entire history of a researcher’s studies but also the record of the researcher’s accomplishments as a mentor and the accomplishments of former students. Haber, who received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, began teaching Biology at Brandeis in 1972. Haber explained that his lab at Brandeis studies yeast genetics, which he explained in an interview with the Justice as the way in which

“broken chromosomes inside cells get repaired and what bad things happen when they’re not properly repaired.” While the lab focuses on studying yeast cells, much of its research can also be applied to cancerous cells. Haber also praised the quality of the students he has taught over his years at the University. “I’ve had really terrific both graduate students and post-doctoral fellows as well as a lot of undergrads who have worked in my lab.” He continued, “I’ve probably published … more than 10 papers with undergraduates as authors, and they are right now five undergrads doing research in my lab.” Moreover, he stated that one of his students last year was one of two authors in a paper published in Science, a prominent scientific journal. When asked if he had anticipated receiving this award, Haber explained that he had not harbored any expectations. “It was a really nice surprise,” he said. “It’s a really great honor,” Haber said of the award, adding that “the list of people who have won it before are the kind of people whose work I teach all the time, so it’s really an honor to be among them.”

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VERBATIM | ROBIN SHARMA The wisest among us—the genuine leaders—smile in the face of adversity.

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Jeremy Elkins ’12 started two businesses on campus this year By REBECCA KLEIN JUSTICE EDITOR

Jeremy Elkins’ ’12 business career started with a fateful trip to the restroom. While taking a bathroom break from his class “Paradigms of Biological Investigation” and scanning the business advertisements hanging on the stalls of the Carl J. Shapiro Science Center bathroom, Elkins suddenly had an idea. For weeks, he had been contemplating where he should store his things during the summer months without finding a reasonably priced option. On that April day, the Science Center bathroom provided Elkins with the inspiration he needed. Instead of storing his things with an overpriced company, he realized he could start his own storage business. One month, 14 customers and 76 storage boxes later, Elkins had successfully started Jeremy’s Storage Service, which allowed students to stock their things in a storage space Elkins had rented out. Now, Elkins is in the midst of starting his second business for Brandeis students, Jeremy’s Split-A-Cab Service. Elkins, a Business and Sociology double major, says he has always been interested in business. At the age of 8, he started his first unofficial business, called Cool Clay Creations, which entailed him selling the clay from his driveway to sympathetic neighbors. He says his interest also manifested itself in the way he strategically traded his Pokémon cards and made a hobby out of finding things in his house to sell on eBay and Craigslist. However, he says that Jeremy’s Storage Service truly gave him a sense of what it takes to succeed in the business world. When putting together Jeremy’s Storage Service, Elkins learned the intricacies of business through advertising, negotiating with the employees he rented the storage space from and dealing with customers. Such experience has proved necessary for his new, more-complicated business venture. Jeremy’s Split-A-Cab Service is intended to provide students who are taking a cab to the Logan International Airport or South Station with a resource that connects them to other students taking cabs to the airport or train station at that time. Once connected, those students can split the cab and thereby split the cost. In order to participate in the Split-A-Cab Service, students must e-mail Elkins with the time they need to take a cab in advance. If another student has e-mailed Elkins saying they also need a cab at that time, he will connect the two students for a $5 fee. Elkins summarizes the design of the business and says, “The idea is you have a flight at 3 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, and you’re like, ‘Oh snap, none of my friends are flying [at that time], I wish I could contact everyone at Brandeis and see if they’re flying.’ We have no way of doing that, because there’s not one [central] resource. I want to be that resource.” Elkins, who is 5 feet, 9 inches tall and has a contagious positive energy, says he had the idea for the business last year when he had to take a 4 a.m. cab to the airport. He says that on the way to the airport, his cab picked up another Brandeis student who lived off campus. However, because he and the other student weren’t technically taking the cab “together,” they both had to pay “almost full price.” As a result of the incident, Elkins says he “figured I’d just make my own business” to remedy what he saw as an “absurd system.” Elkins got started planning the service this October. He officially launched the business 2 weeks ago and has promoted it by putting flyers up in North, East and Ziv quads. He also advertised for the business in the Student Union announcements. Six students have already contacted Elkins about using the service. In the future, he plans on putting flyers up in all the campus dorms and working more with Stephanie Grimes, director of Student Activities, to make the service a “legitimate

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BUSINESS-MINDED: Jeremy Elkins ’12 poses next to one of the signs he has posted around campus to advertise his Split-A-Cab to Logan business. Brandeis business.” This means he hopes the Office of Admissions and Student Services will eventually advertise his service to prospective students and parents to promote the transportation services offered by the University. He also hopes to make a website for the service. Elkins, who is an undergraduate Departmental representative for the Business major, feels as though his involvement in business has positively affected his experience at Brandeis. “It’s a lot of fun because I get questions [about my businesses] all the time. [The questions] help me ... make connections with people and think about the way they see my businesses and how I can make them better. ... Through business, you get to know more people, and meeting people through business is unbelievable,” says Elkins. Elkins, who is going abroad to London next semester, hopes to continue his businesses when he is away. He is considering having a Jeremy’s Storage Service at the end of first semester for students going abroad, although he is not sure that market is big enough to make the business worthwhile. He also says he has several younger friends who have expressed interest in taking over Jeremy’s Storage Service next semester, and he may pass down the reins and teach a younger student how to run the business. However, he will most likely continue his work with Jeremy’s Split-A-Cab Service while overseas since most of his interaction with customers is done over e-mail.

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GETTING GOOFY: Jeremy Elkins ’12 shows off the positive energy he brings to his business endeavors. Upon graduation, Elkins would like to continue his involvement in business by getting “every piece of the business world.” For example, last semester he interned at a marketing agency, and this semester he is interning at a start-up business. While in London next semester, Elkins will be interning at an adver-

tising agency. With a big smile on his face, Elkins explains, “After college, when I continue doing business, I want to get experience everywhere. I want it to be like the Brandeis education; a broad spectrum like liberal arts, but liberal business.”

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MAGNIFICENT MUSEUM: The night rendering of the new National Museum of American Jewish History shows the new building. It is five stories tall, has a transparent glass façade, a terracotta wall and an 8-foot tall flame.

National Museum of American Jewish History opens this week By DAVE BENGER JUSTICE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

For decades, the city of Philadelphia has hosted a small museum of American Jewish history. This week, after an 11-year project, the National Museum of American Jewish History will finally reopen in grand splendor. Complete with a glass façade and an enormous eternal flame, this new museum is sure to be an unmissable destination for Jewish tourists from all over the United States. Prof. Jonathan Sarna (NEJS) holds the title of Chief Historian of this museum. The building that houses the museum is located in Philadelphia in what Sarna describes as a “magnificent location” and has been in the planning stages for about 11 years. Sarna was part of the team from the very beginning. At Brandeis, Sarna teaches several classes on Jewish history in America including “American Judaism,” “It Couldn’t Happen Here: Three American AntiSemitic Episodes” and “Judaism Confronts America.” He is also the author of many books on the subject, including American Judaism: A History which won the Jewish Book of the Year Award in 2004. While he had never before worked in the museum field, his renown as a leading scholar of American Jewish history made him the obvious choice for the position. “I learned a great deal about museums,” he said. He was later joined by three historians “to ensure the historical accuracy of the museum.” From the very beginning, the project has had very high standards including an affiliation with the Smithsonian Institution. While most American museums concerned with Judaism tend to focus on immigration, Sarna explained that the NMAJH decided to use its location in Philadelphia to focus on the theme of freedom for American Jews throughout their history. He pointed out that the National Constitution Center and the Liberty Bell are very close to the museum, both of which are symbols of American progressivism as a bastion of religious liberty. “When you give Jews the opportunity to live freely, these are the results,” Sarna said, referring to the long list of very successful American Jews mentioned in the exhibits of the museum. One exhibit, for example, is called “Only in America,” and it serves as a hall of fame for Jews who have achieved great successes in their fields. The inaugural group of inductees includes Louis Brandeis, Albert Einstein and Steven Spielberg. Sarna is very enthusiastic about the way the museum could affect perceptions of the history of American Jewry. He hopes that it will educate all patrons on the unique history of American Jews. “I think many Jews don’t know their history.” Sarna also addressed the wider target audience of the museum. “We were very concerned that this be something non-Jews would appreciate and Jews from all countries and all walks of life would understand. … I especially hope Israelis come. Israelis know next to nothing

about American Jewish history.” Sarna also said he especially hopes that new immigrants to the United States will visit the museum. He felt it was important for immigrants to understand what it means to be a Jew in America and how different that experience is from being a Jew in Europe. One of the tools used in relaying the museum’s unique message is its architecture and interior design. The design team includes architect James Stewart Polshek, who designed the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Ark. and the American Museum of Natural History Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City. The building housing the NMAJH is five stories and has a transparent glass façade. Along with its core exhibitions and spaces for temporary exhibitions, the museum has classrooms, a resource center, a theater, a gift shop and a café. The exhibition space was designed by Patrick Gallagher of Gallagher & Associates, one of the country’s most prominent exhibition design firms. According to the Museum’s press release, “The west façade facing Independence Mall is a glass prism expressing the openness of America, as well as the perennial fragility of democracy. The north wall is constructed of terracotta, symbolizing the strength of Jewish survival and the protective shelter of American freedom.” In the topmost corner of the museum, there is an 8-foot flame, which Polshek described as “celebrating American freedom and the permanence of the Jewish people.” The permanent exhibition is divided into four floors. On the fourth floor, the exhibition begins with “Foundations of Freedom: 1654– 1880” which leads into “Dreams of Freedom: 1880–1945” on the third floor and then, on the second floor, “Choices and Challenges of Freedom: 1945–Today.” This chronological journey culminates on the first floor with the “Only in America Gallery/Hall of Fame.” Sarna briefly lamented the innately finite scope of the museum as a medium for presenting a historical narrative. “Jews have been in this country for 356 years, and that’s a lot of history. … There were always tensions. If we include this, we have to take out that,” he said. Even so, Sarna seemed confident that the breadth of history the museum covers makes up for any stories or individuals that may have been excluded. “My hope is that sensible people will look at what we’ve done instead of focusing on what we’ve left out,” Sarna said. The president and chief executive officer of the Museum is Michael Rosenzweig, an accomplished corporate attorney and an experienced leader of Jewish organizations, including the American Pardes Foundation. Rosenzweig, incidentally, is also a parent of a Brandeis alumnus. When asked about the museum, Rosenzweig said “There are many chapters in the multithousand-year history of the Jewish people, but historians generally agree that the chapter encompassing the American Jewish experience is perhaps the most glorious. Never before have Jews experienced the freedom we enjoy in this country. This chapter, therefore, is one that must be told.”

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CHIEF HISTORIAN: Prof. Jonathan Sarna (NEJS) is one of the leading scholars of American Jewish history.

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VALUABLE ARTIFACTS: Museum artifacts include a charity box from 1947 and stamps from the 1970s.

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Collecting for a cause Brandeis members organized an initiative to collect supplies to send to Leogane, Haiti

PHOTO COURTESY OF JUDITH HANLEY

DOCTOR ON DUTY: Dr. Arielle Adrien of the Rasin Foundation provides a medical examination for a baby during one of her frequent visits to a small clinic in Leogane, Haiti.

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Although the earthquake that devastated Haiti occurred over 9 months ago, the citizens of the impoverished country remain in dire need of assistance just to survive on a daily basis. Things taken for granted in countries like the United States such as running water, several meals a day, basic medical care and places to sleep have become luxuries to the desperate citizens of Haiti. After hearing firsthand accounts of their tragedies, Judith Hanley ’00 decided to help. In response to Haiti’s continuing need, Hanley, academic administrator for the Sociology department; Cheryl Hansen, program administrator for the graduate programs in Sociology, and Katie Dalton, the former program administrator for Women’s and Gender Studies at Brandeis, have continued to collect money and medical supplies throughout this academic year to benefit those affected by the catastrophe. According to Hanley, no fundraisers have been held, but the three women have hada successful response to posters they put up around campus and e-mails they’ve sent to various faculty members that are then passed on, creating a network of people who are aware of the initiative to gather supplies for the Rasin Foundation to bring to Haiti. In addition, some donations have come from St. Mark’s Church in Cambridge. Money and medical supplies from various contributors around campus, mainly faculty, are given to Juneau Guerrier, who both inspired Hanley and made her aware of the existence of the Rasin Foundation. A cheerful Haitian man who works for the Department of Mail Services, Guerrier gives the donations to his sister-in-law Dr. Arielle Adrien, who is a member of the Rasin Foundation. In addition to being a member of the relief organization, Adrien, born in Haiti, is a physician and professor of Medicine at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Jamaica Plain, Mass. Founded in 2004, the Rasin Foundation is “composed of various volunteer medical professionals dedicated to helping those in need of assistance in rural Haiti,” according to Adrien. Every month this year except July, the Rasin medical team has made a trip to the small clinic it built shortly after the earthquake in the coastal city of Leogane, Haiti, very near the epicenter of the disaster. The clinic was originally to be a much larger structure than what

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HELP IN HAITI: Various medical professionals from the Rasin Foundation volunteer their support in Haiti. now stands, but the earthquake in January forced workers to expedite its completion as need suddenly rose. Guerrier, who is also a member of the Rasin Foundation, said, “It is not a big organization, but we do our part.” Instead of asking for cash donations for the trip that Adrien’s medical team will take to Haiti in late November, Hanley and Hansen have focused on collecting basic sanitary and medical supplies such as vitamins, gauze, sanitary products for women, soap, gloves, antibacterial wipes, bandages, toothpaste, shampoo and Tylenol. Hanley said she did not really keep track of where exactly donations came from, although most items were donated by faculty and students. Hanley, who started the initiative, said that while she was touched by the massive amount of human suffering in Haiti, Guerrier ultimately motivated her to begin collecting aid. Coming into contact with Guerrier on an almost- daily basis when he made deliveries to the Sociology department, Hanley learned of his tragic story and decided that she wanted to do something to help. “His family could have been wiped out,” Hanley said, “yet he would come to work, and this incredibly decent gentlemen would

come everyday, bearing his sorrow but always with a kind word and always so respectful of other people. … I felt compelled to do something— any small thing.” That is where Guerrier’s connection to the Rasin Foundation came in to play, and Hanley determined that she would start an initiative that would stock the clinic in Leogane with medical supplies. Although Adrien’s medical team is not always present at the clinic in rural Leogane, a full-time nurse, a nursing assistant, a community health worker and an interpreter staff the clinic year round. “Every time we go, we see about 400 people, and they are patients with all sorts of problems, not simple ones. They have diabetes and [high] blood pressure like you have never seen in your life, yet they are walking and talking [and] not on any medication,” Adrien says The medical team plans to visit Leogane again in late November, at which point it will deliver the most recent batch of supplies that Hanley, Hansen and Dalton worked to collect. “These goods last, and they are able to dole them out for a while,” Hanley said. Adrien spoke about the danger Haitians in Leogane face on a daily basis in an interview with the Jus-

tice. “Whatever they have that they called a house no longer exists. … They are living in tents, and there’s really no relief in sight,” she said. She also noted that getting medical attention was hard enough before the earthquake and that assistance would now be virtually inaccessible in a rural area like Leogane if not for the Rasin clinic. According to the Rasin website, an estimated 90 percent of Leogane was destroyed, and around 300,000 people lost their lives in the area. Because every member of the Rasin Foundation is an unpaid volunteer, each dollar that is donated to the organization goes directly to the clinic in Leogane and to the people who have had their lives disrupted most by the disaster. The Rasin Foundation also works in collaboration with the BostonHaiti Health Support team and Partners in Health, an organization founded by Paul Farmer in 1987 that does work around the world similar to that of the Rasin Foundation with a bigger budget and a larger staff. Farmer received an honorary degree from the University in May for his international work as a physician and humanitarian. Unlike these organizations, Rasin is funded almost entirely by donations and has no major funders other than

board members. Guerrier’s sister had just arrived in Haiti when the earthquake struck, and in the 5 days following the catastrophe he received no word from her or any other members of his family. “It was a frightening moment. … I have never experienced this type of thing before. At night I couldn’t sleep,” Guerrier recalled. As it turned out, Guerrier’s sister was not harmed in the earthquake, but he did lose 11 other members of his family in the catastrophe. “It was very hard. … Life continues, but those memories stay with you,” Guerrier said, who moved to the U.S. over 20 years ago and has worked in the mail department at Brandeis for 3 years. Most of his family remains in Haiti. Although students from the Peace, Conflict and Coexistence Studies program, as well as the Social Justice and Social Policy program have participated in spreading the word about the initiative on the Brandeis campus to gather supplies, Hansen, Hanley and Dalton have shouldered most of the work. “This is something that was from me, [Hanson] and [Dalton],” Hanley said. These supplies have been of enormous importance for Adrien and the rest of the Rasin medical team. “Brandeis University responded amazingly to the plight of the people in Leogane,” Adrien said, “[The collection] would not have been possible without their energy and determination to help.” Hanley said that four boxes of medical supplies have been collected at press time, but with several weeks to go before the trip, she is hoping that the response will be even greater from the Brandeis community this time around. “It might be 10 boxes, it might be more,” Hanley said, “It’s hard to say.” Small posters bearing the blue and red background of the Haitian flag are still visible around campus, imploring anyone who is able to give. “Brandeis has been amazing,” Guerrier said. Still, he emphasized that there is still a great deal of suffering in Haiti and that there is more to be done. “We have a long way to go,” Guerrier said. “It is difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel,” said Adrien. She continued, “It’s very sad, and I like to think there’s hope, but it’s going to take a very concerted effort.” Donations are still being collected in Pearlman 201, and anyone—students and faculty alike— are strongly encouraged to spread the word about the initiative and donate whatever they are able for use on the medical mission in late November.

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Examine alcohol policy with care Last Monday, University President Jehuda Reinharz announced the formation of an ad-hoc Alcohol and Drug Policy Committee to be composed of 12 representatives from various areas of the University community. The committee intends to make recommendations on policies regarding alcohol and drug use and abuse before the end of the semester. This page appreciates the administration’s interest in the overall wellbeing of the student body. However, we caution the committee and all relevant parties to avoid using recent campus incidents as the sole basis upon which to dictate future alcohol-and drug-related protocols. We appreciate the committee’s intention to assess a wide range of departments on campus that affect students’ day-to-day lives. That said, as the committee begins to review the different aspects of our campus culture, we advise its members to think carefully about the policies already in place that could potentially lead to overindulgence or the violation of community standards. The current procedure for registering parties in suites, for example, makes it somewhat difficult for students to host parties for many friends. Because the Department of Community Living often limits the number of parties occurring during the weekend, some parties do not receive approval. Regardless of the decisions made by the DCL, though, students continue to socialize as they wish, often coming into

Allow more registered parties conflict with community advisors. This encourages hasty, secretive drinking habits and discourages students from socializing on campus, where resources like health services and the Department of Public Safety are available. Perhaps a more flexible party registration and socializing policy for on-campus housing would help curb these trends. The current process, which involves submitting a form at least 48 hours in advance and meeting with a community development coordinator to review party policies, should only hold for students who are hosting a party for the first time. This board feels that students who have hosted parties in the past should be allowed to submit party registration forms later because these students are already aware of the responsibilities associated with holding parties. In addition, the DCL should ease the limit on the number of registered parties in order to encourage safe socialization. By making these appropriate changes, the registration process will be easier and more appealing to students. We look forward to seeing the committee’s recommendations regarding alcohol and drug policy at Brandeis. Thankfully, nights like that of Oct. 23 occur rarely here. We urge the committee to use common sense when considering the best ways for college students to relax and have fun with friends in responsible ways.

Prioritize need-based aid for now According to several University administrators, in recent years the University has shifted away from offering merit-based aid to accepted undergraduate applicants. At this time, this editorial board supports the change because it frees up funds for need-based aid, which is being rightfully prioritized by the University. However, this board does not endorse a permanent abandonment of merit-based aid and hopes that the University returns to offering more meritbased scholarships as soon as funds become available. In an e-mail to the Justice, Vice President for Enrollment Keenyn McFarlane stated that while the number of accepted students offered merit aid has declined by 16 percent since 2006, during the same period, the number of students matriculating with merit aid declined by 78 percent. However, Mr. McFarlane also pointed out that the average SAT score of accepted students and matriculating students has remained stable over the same period. As Mr. McFarlane expressed and as Dean of Student Financial Services Peter Giumette stated at an Oct. 21 forum concerning the revised admissions policy, the shift away from merit aid will hopefully allow the University to devote increased funds toward ensuring that all students that should be granted admission to this university will be able to attend. The massive decline in the number of matriculating students that were offered merit-based aid suggests that the University may have been offering smaller packages of that type of aid over the last 4 years. However, due to the stabil-

Merit aid is still beneficial ity of the SAT scores of matriculating students, to an extent we agree with the sentiment expressed by Mr. McFarlane in an interview with the Justice that this change does not appear to create a difference in the quality of incoming classes. However, we would like to point out that SAT scores are not the sole criterion for evaluating students for merit-aid scholarships. A student with excellent SAT scores does not necessarily constitute the same caliber of student as one who deserves merit-based aid. One of the main reasons for the University to offer merit-based aid is to attract students who have excellent SAT scores in addition to tremendous promise both academically and non-academically. This board understands that this shift removes a major matriculation incentive for many excellent applicants to this university that, according to financial aid standards, do not require needbased aid. While we agree that offering additional need-based aid is currently the correct course of action, we urge the University to maintain an open-minded view of the situation. Stable SAT scores are not a perfect measure for evaluating the quality of incoming classes. We cannot wrongly assume that merit-based aid is no longer necessary; it may still be able to attract students who not only received SAT scores within or above our averages but have a great deal more than the average student to contribute to the University. The fact is that Brandeis still must compete with top-tier schools for attractive applicants, and meritbased aid is a useful way to do so.

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Constructive dialogue, not student infighting, has the most potential By Adam Lavender Special to the Justice

You may not be aware of this, but there has been a war raging in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium recently. I am not referring to an actual physical war, but a poster war between several different Israel advocacy groups: the Brandeis Zionist Alliance on the right and Jewish Voice for Peace and Students for Justice in Palestine on the left. Not only is this poster war petty and silly, but it also offers no constructive dialogue towards constructing an appropriate path for peace in the Middle East. The war began when BZA put up a poster in the Atrium counting how many days Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier, has been held captive by Hamas. Soon after, JVP and SJP responded with a poster demanding the release of, in small font, Gilad Shalit and, in large font, the number of Palestinians being held in Israeli prisons. Both posters were removed, in compliance with University policy, after 2 weeks. It did not take long, however, for BZA to hang another poster, this one bearing a quote from the charter of Hamas calling for the destruction of Israel. In response, JVP and SJP put up a quotation from Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, which calls for a continuation of settlement in all of greater Israel. Instead of promoting ideas on how to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a timely and comprehensive manner, these groups are merely playing the blame game. They wish to simplify the conflict and portray it as a black versus white, good versus evil struggle. One side portrays Israel and its actions as just and righteous, the other believing Israel to be completely in the wrong. Yet we all know that the situation is not as simple as this. Both Israelis and Palestinians have suffered, and both Israelis and Palestinians have caused the other side’s suffering. Do JVP, SJP and BZA really think they can boil down the complexities of the Israei-Palestinian conflict into a poster-based message? What is it that these groups hope to achieve through this medium? Belittling the other does nothing toward promoting a sustainable peace. Instead of focusing on the pain felt by one side, we should recognize the collective suffering that this cycle of violence continues to produce. If we truly want peace, we must move past blaming the other side for past and current wrongdoings and focus on ways that we can end suffering for future generations of Israelis and Palestinians. This is exactly what pro-Israel, pro-peace group J Street U attempted on the night of Oct 28. It brought together representatives from four Israel advocacy groups on campus to have a discussion about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Facilitated by the Jewish Dialogue Group, a grassroots organization that works to foster constructive dialogue about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, this event focused on understanding each other’s personal points of view and sought to resolve our differences and bring peace to the region. I hope the various Israel advocacy groups that participated in this discussion will learn how to have a constructive dialogue in the coming weeks at Brandeis. It seems that this will not be the case though. This week, BZA and Brandeis Israel Political Action Committee are holding an Israel Peace Week, in which they hope to present Israel as the true champion of peace and, presumably, Palestine as the enemy of peace. At the same time, JVP and SJP will be hosting an Occupation Awareness Week, in which they hope to expose the injustices perpetuated on the Palestinian people by the state of Israel. In light of these one-sided campaigns, J Street U has decided to proclaim its own week, called Two States for Two Peoples. We hope to offer a voice that has been previously silent on Brandeis campus. As a Zionist group, J Street U is unwavering in its dedication to the state of Israel, but it also strives to make it possible for there to be a sustainable Palestinian state living as a neighbor. J Street U hopes to bring a more nuanced view of this situation to campus and show how injustices on both sides need to be recognized, addressed and rectified. Editor’s note: The writer is the coordinator of the J Street U executive board.

OP-BOX Quote of the Week “Jews have been in this country for 356 years, and that’s a lot of history.” —Prof. Jonathan Sarna (NEJS), on the recent opening of the National Museum of American Jewish History (See Features, page 8).

Brandeis Talks Back What do you think about Noam Chomsky coming to speak on campus?

Ben Henig ’12 “I barely know who he is.”

Elizabeth Drikman ’13 “It is the most amazing thing I have heard this semester. I am so excited. I would’ve still loved for him to talk about cognitive science, though.

Hanna Wellish ’12

“I think it’s pretty remarkable that he’s coming even though the nature of why he’s coming is a source of contention.”

Amira Mintz-Morgenthau ’12 “I think I’m going to go. I’m interested to hear what he has to say.”

—Compiled by Rebecca Klein Photos by Yosef Schaffel/ the Justice

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READER COMMENTARY Newspaper prioritized incorrectly In response to your article “Stories about arrests differ” (News, Nov. 2): This should not be a first-priority article. Are the details regarding what some students did at a party really that impactful to the Brandeis student and faculty body as a whole? Compare the fine details of something that happened 2 weeks ago to the opening of the Mandel Center for Humanities—a building that was the result of one of the largest donations to the humanities in history and will be most likely hallmark of Brandeis for the next 50 years. Yet it’s only the fourth-most-important article this week. Even The Hoot realized last Friday that the Pachanga craziness was not as important as the opening of the Mandel building. In scrambling to cover their asses in defense of the slew of inappropriate comments last week, the editors of the Justice have lost focus on their priorities. They have catered this story to the seven or eight individuals directly involved in the incident—the friends and family of the two arrested men who somehow thought that the best response to a journalistically sound decision to print their names was to blame whoever they could. The controversy surrounding the printing of the students’ names is artificial and completely overblown, a result of the ability for the anyone to comment anonymously. The majority of the comments, including “angry alum” and “prospective parent no more,” were in fact written by the arrested students and their immediate friends and family. In an effort to counteract the “injustice” done to them, they have in fact stirred up even more attention regarding the two arrests. Of course, since anyone and everyone can post unlimited and completely anonymous comments, there’s no way to hold anyone accountable for their words online. The Justice has done well to respond to the offensive and anonymous attacks by rushing to gather as much information as possible, as well as issuing a letter from the editor. It’s obvious for anyone who has an idea of what the role of journalism is that they did no wrong in printing public information. But, in the end, just because there is a vocal minority who is resorting to personal attacks (from the comfort and protection of anonymity, no less), it does not mean that the student newspaper should respond to them. The friends and family of Julie and Bublick can retaliate against the police or press all they want. I’m just sorry that a reputable student newspaper has become their venue for profanity and personal attacks. —Donovan Jensen Hughes ’89

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Tolerate study abroad alcohol use Leah

Smith In A Word

Before coming to Brandeis, I took a year off to travel. Although I spent the majority of my gap year in Israel, I also had several amazing opportunities to visit countries in Africa and Europe. I must say, at the risk of sounding cliché, that my year abroad changed my life. I left the United States with a rather sheltered outlook and came back with a whole new understanding of the world and my own role in it. I will admit that the entire time I spent abroad I did not dedicate to learning. Although the program in which I participated was quite structured, we had a great deal of free time at night and on the weekends. And being fresh out of high school and on our own for the first time, many of us inevitably used some of that free time to go out and have a good time. The fact of the matter is that going out was a normal part of my overseas experience, which is why I was surprised to see a rather alarmist Oct. 12 Inside Higher Ed article discussing a new study that indicated that undergraduates who study abroad drink twice as much as they do at home. My initial thought upon reading this was, “Well, duh.” Of course students drink more when they’re abroad. Not only is the drinking age 18 or younger almost everywhere else in the world, but alcohol is frequently cheaper abroad. But, then again, the thought process of a college administrator might be a little bit different. If the rate of alcohol consumption on college campuses is already high, the idea that students drink twice as much while abroad could be pretty alarming. It’s even more alarming when the article emphasizes that students who drink abroad could potentially be in danger if they aren’t familiar with foreign laws and customs and that excessive drinking might perpetuate negative stereotypes about Americans. If I were a college administrator reading that article, I might start to question the value of sending students abroad. I would not want students representing my university to go abroad only to increase their alcohol consumption and end up in trouble with local authorities. If increased alcohol consumption abroad is so risky, students should just get their education safely in America. Yet despite excessive drinking habits, the value of going abroad is undeniably present. The reason study abroad even exists is because there are some experiences that students can’t get in a typical classroom setting in the United States. Next year, for example, I hope to study abroad

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in Cape Town, South Africa. Yes, there is some great nightlife in Cape Town, and I will probably go out and experience it. But my reasons for wanting to go abroad are completely unrelated to the nightlife. I want to go to Cape Town because black townships and a post-Apartheid government don’t exist in the United States. Although I can learn about those things in the classroom, I can’t experience the reality of the situation and effect positive change for those living in the townships unless I actually go to South Africa. Seeing and experiencing life on the ground in Cape Town is a profoundly different experience than reading about it in a textbook. I feel that my education will not be complete unless I study abroad. Of course, I know that not everyone who goes abroad has the same motivations as I do. According to an article in the University of Washington News discussing the same study, many students who go abroad might do so with the expectation that they should drink because it’s part of the culture abroad. Many students also might go abroad to take advantage of more lax drinking laws; indeed, the study found that students who are under 21 when they go abroad triple their alcohol intake.

But even if students go abroad with the intention of drinking more, study abroad is still an important educational experience. In the 21st century, we are living in an increasingly globalized world. With greater connections being forged between nations and greater international flows of people, goods, ideas and cultures, it is extremely important that, as a part of our education, we learn something about this world. Some knowledge about the world in which we live not only makes one a more competitive candidate for jobs, but it also makes one a more responsible “global citizen.” The best way to learn about this world and achieve the status of “global citizen” is to travel abroad. Even if students spend the majority of their time abroad partying and drinking, it is nearly impossible to spend several months in a place without learning something about it. No matter what administrators do, many students will drink mush more heavily when they go abroad. Wanting to drink and party in a place where alcohol is more accessible is not the noblest motivation for wanting to go abroad. But regardless of alcohol consumption, the clear value of study abroad will not be lost. Education can only be enhanced by experiencing something new and different.

Advertise the advantages of math, science courses of study By Sara Shahanaghi JUSTICE Contributing WRITER

At the university level, students are often encouraged to take classes that fascinate them and to specialize in the subjects that interest them most. By selecting majors they find engaging, students will not only enjoy their educational experience, but they will also work harder in their field of study, therefore performing better in their classes and their following careers. Ideally, if students choose their majors in this way, they would maximize their economic contribution to society. A problem arises, however, when students shy away from majors that have the greatest potential for economic gain because those classes appear relatively less interesting. In the United States, this appears to be the case with the fields of math and science. According to a recent article published by The New York Times, the U.S. ranked near last in proportion of college students seeking degrees in the sciences compared to 28 other wealthy nations. Many education reformers say the public education system needs to be restructured to pique student interest in math and science, therefore encouraging students to pursue those fields in college. While this claim may be valid, in the meantime, certain changes at the university level could boost the number of math and science majors.

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From an economic perspective, it makes much more sense for students to choose math and science majors over humanities. In a large-scale analysis of salaries of college graduates conducted by payscale.com, math and science majors consistently ranked above others in their salaries, with the hard sciences composing nine out of 10 of the most lucrative majors. The job market seems to be offering undergrads a significant incentive to choose math and science majors, but unfortunately students aren’t fully responding to it. What is the root cause of this discrepancy? There seem to be two potential culprits. First, in order for students to choose the most lucrative majors, they need to realize what those lucrative majors are. I would speculate that not all students fully realize the financial benefit of a math or science major. For a student who is really unsure about what his major should be, he may be inclined to choose subjects in which he performed best during high school. And with a public education system that is shown to be weak in these fields, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that students wouldn’t jump at a math or science major. Second, there may be a cultural aspect to the unwillingness to choose a major based on its potential for financial gain. When students look for answers to the infamous “Which ma-

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jor?” question, those providing the advice overwhelmingly focus on the students’ level of interest. In the Princeton Review Guide to College Majors, students are told to choose a major based on either their level of interest in their subject or in the succeeding career. This source and others alike avoid telling students to factor in their anticipated future salaries. Why avoid discussing this when one’s salary can significantly influence one’s life? The source of this problem seems to be a stigma in our society against choosing a career for money. In a culture that frowns upon greed, it is generally looked upon more highly to choose a career based on interest rather than financial gain. For this reason, telling students to take future salaries into consideration when choosing a major would seem as taboo to some. What’s more, in the U.S., a college education means more than just preparation for a career. Students are encouraged and expected to grow from their learning, so choosing a major becomes less about career and more about interest. Should American colleges put more emphasis on future salaries when helping their students choose majors? While making learning enjoyable is important at any stage of education, students need to better realize how their majors could be directly affecting their

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futures, as for many an undergraduate degree is the final stage of education before entering the workforce. While it may be difficult to give up an Art History major in favor of a math or science degree based partly on financial gain, coming to grips with unemployment and financial insecurity can be worse. That said, those who altogether lack interest in math and science would benefit from pursuing their field of interest, because humanities majors are still crucial. And completely lacking interest in a subject can be devastating both in college and in a career. But for those who are on the edge, those who like science but like other subjects more, considering these financial factors when selecting a primary focus of study may be in their best interests. After all, most undergraduate programs—and especially the one at Brandeis— are flexible enough to allow students to continue to study the field that interests them most, or potentially even double major. By choosing a major based on its financial benefit, students wouldn’t be succumbing to greed. People take finances into consideration when making decisions on a daily basis with everything from recreation to home ownership. We have to make compromises between what we would want and how much it costs. It’s time we apply this same common-sense approach to choosing a major.

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English-only initiative handicaps immigrants By sHAFAQ HASAN JUSTICE Staff WRITER

In the recent midterm elections, Oklahoma passed a gutsy initiative that made English the official language of the state. With the passage of the bill, all state matters and actions would be conducted solely in English, thus alienating all non-English speakers. However, composed of individuals with different cultural and linguistic backgrounds, the United States is doused in diversity and multiculturalism. Despite the persona we have adopted as a melting pot for different cultures, the message being sent to non-English speakers with this bill is clearly one of exclusion and intolerance. Instead of passing this bill, Oklahoma, as well as the other 26 states that have adopted English-only statutes should have opted to install programs to help educate their non-English speaking populations to help them learn the language. The passage of the Oklahoma bill can be expanded to the much broader issue of the English-only movement, an organized political movement supporting the imposition of English as the official language of the country or a state. As it has come to be known, the EnglishOnly movement has drawn criticism for its motives in promoting the establishment of a single language. Supporters of the movement argue that with the continued influx of immigrants, English will be threatened. However, Ruben Rumbaut, a sociology professor at University of California, Irvine, co-authored a study that shows Spanish, Chinese and Russian are the languages that are fighting to survive. Although some proponents believe that the prominence of English is waning with the large number of immigrations the country has had over the years, others take the stance that it will be a unifying agent for the country or for individual states. Far from bringing Americans together, though, the movement encourages language intolerance. Considering the fact that the second-most prevalent language spoken in the United States behind English is Spanish, as reported by the most recent census, Hispanics would be the ones most affected by this bill and the movement in general. According to a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, fewer than one in four Hispanics in the United States is able to speak English well. The main issue with the English-only movement and, in accordance, with the passage of this bill in Oklahoma, is the elimination of essential services to those who don’t speak English. Without the ability to even take Oklahoma’s driver’s test in another language, these individuals are going to be significantly disadvantaged. According to proponents of the bill, one of the benefits of the initiative is to reduce the costs of having to print government materials in multiple languages and versions. Although Representative Randy Terrill of Oklahoma has considered the costs and burdens of producing several versions of gov-

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ernment documents, he has yet to provide a solution for the disconnected non-English speakers. The message reiterated here is one of exclusion and apathy: The Oklahoma government is failing an entire population by passing this bill. However, if Oklahoma’s government is reducing costs by not printing extra versions of documents, then the unused money can be utilized to send non-English speakers to programs that teach them how to read, write and speak English. For states that have yet to approve English-only initiatives, rather than imposing a language on immigrants, state legislatures should pass bills to fund programs that help children and adults learn English, thus eliminating the need for additional material in other languages.

Local programs such as English Language Learners and English as a Second Language are institutions that educate non-English speakers. If citizens are unable to afford these programs, it’s the Oklahoma state government’s responsibility to compensate every non-English speaker, having passed this bill and deprived an entire group of citizens to the benefits available to every American. A recent study conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center found that 92 percent of Hispanics believe that teaching immigrant children English is extremely important. A corresponding Pew survey found that many nations showed almost unanimous agreement on the importance of learning English. Considering that English is the key to economic success and social mobility in this country, non-Eng-

lish speakers are at a glaring disadvantage in being unable to compete with native speakers. I understand this isn’t an easy argument to win. People can argue that we live in America, so everyone should learn how to speak English. Individuals are certainly free to return to their lands of origin if they choose to not learn English, which would make their lives here infinitely more difficult. However, is this the attitude we want to assume? Is this the message we want to send to a body of our citizens one of silent indifference and resolute intolerance? If we consider ourselves a “melting pot” and a country that prides itself on diversity and cultural sensitivity, then we should be willing to take the steps necessary to live up to the responsibilities accompanying this label.

Israeli Occupation Week constitutes intellectual dishonesty By Richard Cravatts Special to the Justice

Seeming to confirm a worldview that the brilliant British commentator Melanie Phillips describes in her new book as “a world turned upside down,” Brandeis Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace have co-sponsored the tellingly named Israeli Occupation Awareness Week, which will be held from Nov. 8 to 11. The events once again demonstrate the moral incoherence seen on many college campuses whenever there is debate about the IsraeliPalestinian conflict. Brandeis’ ideology has clearly been hijacked by the Left’s obsessive reverence for something that came to be known as “social justice,” an ideological pathology that informs the very educational mission of Brandeis today. Students and liberal faculty on campus are urged to advocate for social and economic goals described in decidedly liberal/left intellectual formulations such as “social and economic justice,” “distributive justice” and “the global interconnections of oppression.” This latter view is ideal for conflating, at least in liberal imaginations, the shared complicity of America and Israel in their long-term oppression of the indigenous people of Palestine and the occupation of their land. So it should come as no surprise that the list of guest speakers for the repellent Israeli Occupation Awareness Week includes an array of notorious anti-Israel speakers whose contribution to the week’s awareness-raising will not be an animated discussion of alternate

views of the Israeli/Palestine conflict, but a one-sided and biased series of speeches calling for the continued murder of Jews in the name of resistance and the eventual extirpation of the Jewish state. Headlining at Brandeis will be a speech entitled “Israel’s Escalating Policies of Apartheid” by the notorious Noam Chomsky, who clearly lives in an academic netherworld of political fantasies, conspiracies and intellectually disingenuous distortions of history and fact. If Chomsky’s verbal attacks against America has been his defining theme, an obsessive, apoplectic criticism of Israel has more completely dominated his criticism and spurious scholarship. Like other anti-Zionists in the West and in the Arab world, Chomsky does not even recognize the legitimacy of Israel, believing that its very existence was, and is, a moral transgression against an indigenous people and that the creation of Israel was “wrong and disastrous. ... There is not now and never will be democracy in Israel.” Chomsky denounces Israel’s identity as a Jewish state as being essentially racist on its face and decries the very notion of its Jewishness as necessarily violating the concept of social equity by being exclusionary and elitist. While he is happy to—and regularly does— ignore the murder of Jews by Arabs, Chomsky never hesitates to point to the perfidy of Israel and its barbarous assault on its Arab neighbors who, in his socialist fantasies, wish for nothing more than to live in peace. A second guest at the Brandeis event will be Alice Rothchild, a physician, activist and

member of Jewish Voice for Peace, a far-left, pro-Palestinian group that seeks to weaken Israel for its alleged human rights violations through targeted boycotts, divestment and sanctions. Its stated goal in promoting a divestment campaign is to prevent companies from “[profiting] from the Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem,” and while it regularly excuses the murderous behavior of Palestinians, it scolds the United States to “stop supporting repressive policies in Israel and elsewhere.” Rothchild not only believes that Israel has no moral right to exist as a Jewish state, but she has also written that Jews are not even a people, and so of course are undeserving of a state of their own. “It is important to stress that the historic hatred of Jews was traditionally not part of the Arabic-speaking world until Jews began to claim Palestine for themselves,” she wrote in a letter to the Boston Globe, “and that the ‘return of land to Jewish people’ involves a particular reading of history, obliterates the several thousand years of others’ claims to this land, and ignores the academic questions regarding the probable multiple origins of the ‘Jewish people.’” Rounding off the one-sided dialogue about the faults inherent in Israel’s occupation of the West Bank will be Diana Buttu, a former legal adviser to the Palestinian Liberation Organization. Her stream of anti-Israel propaganda is characterized by misstatements and contortions of history. In 2009, for instance, after some 6,000 rockets had rained into southern Israeli towns from

Gaza, Buttu repeatedly claimed “that none of these rockets actually [had] an explosive head on them, unlike the Israeli weaponry.” And the actual lethality of the “crude, homemade rockets” aside, “the reason that they have been launched,” she asserted, is not because of any genocidal impulses on the part of Hamas but “is because of the fact that Israel has maintained a siege and a blockade against the Gaza Strip for the past 3 years in addition to military operations in the Gaza Strip”—in other words, the rocket attacks were Israel’s fault. In a CNN interview with Rick Sanchez, Buttu also suggested that Israel’s initiatives to protect its citizenry from being murdered by random terrorist attack were unjustified. “Israel has a right to protect itself,” she admitted, but “it doesn’t have a right to protect its occupation. And what it has done is, it’s protecting its occupation.” So if the Brandeis community wants to make itself collectively feel better by seeking to bring “social justice” to the long-suffering Palestinians by demonizing and delegitimizing Israel, it will have achieved that objective with the Israel-hating events. But the only awareness that such events create is the realization that much of what tries to pass as scholarly debate on campuses today is nothing more than propaganda and ideology dressed up as true intellectual inquiry. Editor’s note: The writer is the director of Boston University’s Program in Publishing and Digital Media at the Center for Professional Education and just finished a book about higher education titled Genocidal Liberalism: The University’s Jihad Against Israel & Jews.

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SPORTS Fencing

Judges win two gold medals in first meet ■ The fencing team grabbed

two gold medals and four medals overall last weekend. By Jonathan Epstein JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

The men’s fencing team had an impressive showing at the New England Fall Collegiate Championships at Smith College in Northampton, Mass. last Saturday, taking home the top prize in two of three competitions and placing third in the other. Five Judges made the round of eight, tying with Brown for most in the meet. “Overall, I thought it was a good performance. We’re in the top level of our peers in New England, like [the Massachusetts Institute of Technology] and [Boston College],” said coach Bill Shipman. Alex Powell ’12 won the men’s épée bracket. MIT sophomore Jackson Crane came in second, and fencers from Sacred Heart University and Brown University tied for third. Tucker Robinson-Neff ’13 placed 11th, while teammate Nick Gordon ’12 came in 15th. Mike Zook ’13 was 18th, and fellow sophomore Harry Kaufer ’13 was placed 22nd. Captain Adam Austin ’11 won gold in the sabre competition, beating out BC junior Peter Souders. Jon Rollock ’11 tied with Vassar College senior Andrew Fischl for third. Austin went on to face Rollock in the semi-

finals, defeating his teammate 15-11. Sebastian Bruno-Harris ’14 earned 17th place. Mark Borreliz ’14 placed 24th, and Lucas Gelwarg ’13 and Ben Schmidt ’14 finished just after him. In foil, SHU sophomore Ethan Patterson was the victor, and BC freshman Patrick Riley earned second. Julian Cardillo ’14 tied with Brown University senior Scott Philips for the bronze. “Cardillo had a nice introduction to college fencing,” said Shipman. “[Cardillo] looked great,” Gelwarg said. “He could lead the foils squad in victories this year, and will be one of the best in our conference.” Following them was Seawn Norton ’12 in fifth place. Andrew Mandel ’11 earned 26th, while Seth Dworman ’14 came in 42nd, and Jason Shieh ’14 was 50th. “The day went extremely well. I think this is one of the best teams we’ve had in a while, and this competition was a good indicator of the strong season we have ahead of us,” said Austin. The women’s team did not perform as well. Vikki Nunley ’13 tied for third out of 82 fencers in foil, and was the only Brandeis fencer to medal. Brown took the top two spots in the foil division. Shipman was less upbeat about the women’s team: “Leah Mack ’14 did well. [Nunley] had a good day. The women’s team was a bit unbalanced but they’re also inexperienced.” Hallie Frank ’14 earned 29th in foil, and Ariel Gomberg ’13 came in 65th.

In épée, Vassar senior Sophie Courser won gold against 72 other fencers, followed by Brown freshman Cory Abbe of Brown. Captain Emma Larkin ’11 came in 14th, Kristin Ha ’14 was 16th, and Mack was 22nd. Emily Mandel ’12 earned 25th. The top two spots in saber were taken by MIT fencers. Zoe Messinger ’13 placed ninth out of 68 fencers. Emmily Smith ’13 earned 13th, Alex Turner ’11 15th and Kayla Cronin ’11 18th. Ha echoed Austin in being upbeat about the team’s performance. “Everyone fenced really well,” she said. “The results of this meet are a good sign of how we will do. Everyone was very supportive in cheering each other on,” she said. 434 fencers fought in the competition. This was the first fencing competition of the season for Brandeis after the team failed to move on from the NCAA Northeast Regionals at Brown University last March. Will Bedor ’10 was the only Brandeis fencer to compete at Nationals. The next competition for both teams will be the Northeast Conference Meet Nov. 20, which is hosted by MIT in Cambridge. Editor’s note: Julian Cardillo ’14 is a Sports staff writer for the Justice. —Jeffrey Boxer contributed reporting.

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season, tying her with Melissa Delowe ’04 for the most goals in a single season in Brandeis history. Delowe accomplished the feat in 2003. Additionally, with the 2 points from this game, Vallone finished the season with 40 points, second on the all-time list behind Delowe’s 42 points from 2003. It was also Vallone’s sixth game-winning goal of the season, one shy of the school mark set by Pam Vaughn ’90 in both 1988 and 1989. Dallamora noted that Vallone had put in a lot of training time, especially for shots of that length. “[Vallone] has always been a great goal scorer,” she said. “This year she has worked on her 25-yard range shot, and that has improved. Her last two goals were state-of-theart.” The women padded their lead in the 69th minute when Einhorn was able to convert on a rebound from Ali Maresca’s ’12 shot that hit off the crossbar. With the goal and assist in her final game, Einhorn finished the season with three goals and three assists. The Judges closed out the regular season with not only the best record in school history but also

with a number of impressive team statistics. The women outshot their opponents 330-230 and outscored them by an astounding 48-12. The Judges posted a .485 shots-on-goal percentage and also tallied 37 assists in comparison to 10 by their opponents. Within the UAA, the Judges lead the conference in shots, goals, points, goals per game, assists, assist per game, saves and shutouts. Dallamora noted that the Judges’ success is largely due to the team’s hustle. “This year’s team has a lot of heart,” explained Dallamora. “A lot of dedication to persevere until they win.” Individually, Vallone leads all UAA athletes with 17 goals and 38 points and is tied for most gamewinning goals with six. Forward captain Tiffany Pacheco ’11 leads the UAA in shots with 99 and is tied with midfielder Mimi Theodore ’12 for the conference lead with nine assists. Kofinas tallied 85 saves this season and allowed only nine goals, for a save percentage of .904. The team’s game against Castleton will be on Saturday at noon. —Jeffrey Boxer contributed reporting.

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co, Paige Blasco and Smith. “They’re all fantastic, and they each contributed on so many levels,” Fischer said. “Abby [Blasco] was a great captain. It won’t be the same team without them. Next year will be a completely different team.” “The dynamic of the team will drastically change, because they led us in stats in every single area,” Bella Hu ’13 said. “They all are phenomenal players and led us in every single stat. It’s definitely going to change without them.”

“The NYU player got to the ball before [Bracken],” Coven said. “It was the decision of [Bracken] to come out, and unfortunately he didn’t get the ball. It was the keeper’s decision, and unfortunately, it didn’t go Taylor’s way. NYU essentially scored on an open net.” Fein’s goal was the first of his college career and ended up being the game winner, despite Brandeis pressure in the waning minutes of the game. In the 84th minute, midfielder Lee Russo ’13 fired a chance on frame, but Stevie made the save to preserve his shutout. Just 5 minutes later, Brandeis attempted to respond again as midfielder Theo Terris ’12 received a cross in the box and headed a goal on frame. Terris’ effort was caught by Stevie, keeping his clean sheet intact. Brandeis earned the fourth seed in the ECAC tournament. They will take on fifth-seeded Albertus Magnus, who finished the season at 155-1 overall. The two teams have not faced each other since 2006, a match that Brandeis won 6-0. Bracken, the only current player who has faced the Falcons, kept a clean sheet in his 54 minutes in goal. Brandeis and Albertus Magnus had only one mutual opponent this season; they both played Lasell College on the road. The Falcons drew Lasell 2-2 on Oct. 16, while the Judges defeated the Lasers 2-0 9 days later. Albertus Magnus assistant coach Frank Raio ’83 played defender for the Judges and had 18 goals and 13 assists in his career. Raio was inducted to the Brandeis Hall of Fame in March 2006.

—Jeffrey Boxer contributed reporting.

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IN FOR THE KILL: Middle Blocker Nicole Smith ’11 eyes the ball before one of her 11 kills during the Brandeis’ 3-0 victory over Emerson College on Oct. 6.

VOLLEYBALL: Team salvages seventh in final match CONTINUED FROM 16 Blasco had a dominant final game of her career with a double-double of 15 kills and 12 digs. In the first match Saturday, playing for the fifth spot, Brandeis fell to Carnegie Mellon, losing in straight sets 2520, 25-20 and 25-17. The Judges matched the Tartans point-for-point in the first and second sets, but Carnegie Mellon was able to pull away to win them both. The Tartans controlled the third set, winning the set and the match 25-17. Paige Blasco had another doubledouble with 15 kills and 11 digs, while Abby Blasco collected 26 assists and

five digs. Middle blocker Nicole Smith ’11 also contributed eight digs and two kills to the team effort. Last Friday, Brandeis faced off against WashU and NYU, two of the top 25 ranked squads in the nation. In their second match Friday, the Judges were dominated by the Bears by scores of 25-8, 25-10 and 25-13. Abby Blasco managed to pull together nine assists and two digs while Hensley notched two kills and three digs. Setter Yael Einhorn ’14 led the team with five digs in the match. In their first match of the tournament, the Judges were pitted against the second-seeded Violets and were

shut out by margins of 25-21, 25-17 and 25-13. In the first set, Brandeis and NYU exchanged the lead up until the end of the set, but NYU went on a run to clinch the set. The Judges faded in the next two sets, and NYU capitalized with decisive 25-17 and 25-13 wins. Defensive setter Susan Sun ’13 set the pace in the match with a teamleading 10 digs. Abby Blasco displayed an impressive showing with seven kills, 19 assists and four digs, while Paige Blasco notched seven kills and seven digs. Hensley also contributed to the effort with two kills and eight digs. It was the final match for the three seniors on the team, Abby Blas-

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medals for the men’s fencing team in its first tournament of the season, the New England Fall Collegiate Championships, which were held at Smith College.

The Brandeis men’s team fell behind in the early minutes in an exhibition game last Thursday at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a Division I school, and never recovered. The Minutemen roared ahead to an 18-2 run, defeating Brandeis by a score of 83-60. Vytas Kriskus ’12 led all scorers with 16 points, and Youri Dascy ’14 and Tyrone Hughes ’12 added 11 apiece for Brandeis. UMass freshman Daryl Traynham led the Minutemen with 15 points. UMass compiled 24 assists on 29 field goals. Brandeis fought back into the game following UMass’ huge run. The Judges cut the deficit to 27-17 with 5 minutes to go in the first half, but 10 points was as close as they would get as UMass took a 13 point lead into the half and never looked back. Despite the loss, men’s head coach Brian Meehan was impressed with how his squad played. “I was pleasantly surprised how well we were running and executing our offense, and we just weren’t hitting,” Meehan said. Brandeis shot just 40 percent from the field for the game, and just 33 percent in the first half. UMass hit 51 percent of its shot attempts. The Judges were just 6-for25 from 3-point range, while UMass shot an impressive 10-for-19 from beyond the arc. “We just couldn’t hit open shots,” Meehan said. “It’s a big stadium with big open space in the background, and sometimes that can affect shooters.” “We played very physical against a bigger, stronger team, so that’s a good game. I was pretty impressed with the stuff we did; it’s still early,” said Meehan. The Judges open the season Nov. 16 at Lasell College. —Max Goldstein

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The squad takes on Castleton State College on Saturday. Einhorn said that in order to succeed in the tournament, the team needs to focus on its next opponent rather than worry about the big picture. “I really like to look at it

one game at a time,” she said. “I feel like if you look at it too big, then you don’t focus enough at the task at hand. We should do really well. I have trust in my teammates.” —Jacob Lurie

UAA STANDINGS Men’s Soccer

Not including Monday’s games UAA Conference W L T New York 4 0 3 Washington 4 1 2 Emory 3 2 2 Rochester 3 2 2 Case 3 4 0 Carnegie 2 4 1 Chicago 2 4 1 JUDGES 1 5 1

Overall W L T Pct. 11 2 4 .765 14 1 4 .842 14 2 2 .833 10 2 5 .735 10 6 3 .605 11 4 1 .719 8 8 1 .500 9 7 1 .559

Women’s Soccer

Not including Monday’s games UAA Conference W L T Chicago 6 1 0 Emory 4 1 2 JUDGES 4 3 0 Rochester 3 2 2 Washington 3 2 2 Carnegie 2 5 0 New York 2 5 0 Case 1 6 0

Overall W L T Pct. 12 4 2 .722 14 1 3 .861 14 4 1 .763 11 4 3 .694 10 7 2 .579 8 8 0 .500 7 10 2 .421 9 8 1 .528

TEAM LEADERS years since the women’s soccer team last qualified for the NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Championship Tournament.

th seed in the ECACs earned by the men’s soccer team after it dropped its regularseason finale to New York University.

-point loss for the men’s basketball team in its preseason opener against the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a Division I team.

th-place finish for the volleyball team at the the University Athletic Association Championships last weekend.

Brandeis falls to UMass Amherst 80-63 in preseason opener

■ The senior midfielder had both a goal and an assist in her final regular season game, propelling the women’s soccer team past NYU and into the NCAA Tournament.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL BRIEF

Ellie Einhorn ’11

Last Saturday, midfielder Ellie Einhorn ’11 had both a goal and an assist to help the 25th-ranked Brandeis women’s soccer team defeat New York University 2-0 and qualify for the NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Championship Tournament. Einhorn set up the team’s first goal on an assist to forward Sofia Vallone ’11 in the 33rd minute of action. Einhorn found Vallone at the top of the box, and Vallone was then able to fire a shot into the corner of the net for the Judges’ first goal. Einhorn was modest in describing the play. “I passed the ball off to [Vallone] at the top, and she took a great shot from a very difficult angle,” she said. In the 69th minute, Einhorn’s third goal of the season put the game away for the Judges, sealing the tournament berth. She was able to redirect a header from defender Ali Maresca ’12 that deflected off the crossbar and place it into the net for the team’s second goal of the day. “Someone headed it and it hit the post, and I just volleyed it,” Einhorn said. The game against NYU was the Judges’ final game of the regular season. Finishing with a record of 14-4-1, the squad worked its way to the most impressive record that the women’s soccer team has ever achieved. “I feel really lucky that we have such an amazing team this year. I really feel like this is the best team that we’ve had,” Einhorn said. “All the team chemistry is amazing, and the seniors, all four of us, are really close.” With the win, Brandeis not only qualified for the tournament but will host games during the tournament’s first two rounds.

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Midfielder Luke Teece ’12 leads the team with 20 points this season.

Forward Sofia Vallone ’11 leads the team with 38 points this year.

Player Points Luke Teece 20 Alexander Fwarr 15 Joe Eisenbies 14 Lee Russo 13 Nick George 9

Player Points Sofia Vallone 38 Tiffany Pacheco 25 Mimi Theodore 19 Ellie Einhorn 9 Alanna Torre 8

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Outside hitter Paige Blasco ’11 led the team with 420 kills.

Defensive specialist Susan Sun ’13 led the team with 391 digs.

Player Points Paige Blasco 420 Nicole Smith 291 Si-Si Hensley 200 Lauren Berens 152 Abby Blasco 120

Player Points Susan Sun 391 Paige Blasco 345 Abby Blasco 316 Yael Einhorn 267 Si-Si Hensley 258

UPCOMING GAME OF THE WEEK Women’s soccer against Castleton State The Judges will host the Spartans on Saturday in the NCAA Tournament opener After defeating New York University 2-0 last Saturday, the women’s soccer team qualified for the NCAA Tournament and will face Castleton State College on Gordon Field this Saturday at noon. Last season, the Judges defeated Castleton 3-0 to reach the ECAC semifinals.

The Spartans finished this season 162-1 and qualified for the tournament by winning the North Atlantic Conference. If the Judges win their first game, they will take on the winner of the match between Lasell College and Williams College, which will also be played at Brandeis.

Bruins fall to the St Louis Blues and drop to 7-3-1 on the season For the 2010 to 2011 season, justSports has been given a press pass to attend Boston Bruins home games. We will cover these games periodically throughout the year. With his team down 2-1 in a shootout Saturday night against the St. Louis Blues, Boston Bruins right wing Michael Ryder needed to score to keep the team’s chances for a win alive. But Ryder’s shot went off the goal post, and the Bruins lost the game 2-1 to fall to 7-4 on the season. The Bruins forced the shootout by scoring with 7 minutes left to tie the game at 1. Center Gregory Campbell scored his first goal of the year off assists from Ryder and fellow center Brad Marchand to break Blues goalie Jaroslav Halak’s streak of more than 150 straight minutes without allowing a goal. The goal came after Blues center Vladimir Sobotka gave St. Louis a lead late in the first period. It was the first goal of the season for Sobotka, a former Bruin who was traded to the Blues in the offseason. Blues coach Davis Payne, himself a former Bruin, admitted he tried to get Sobotka more involved in the game in part because the center was facing his former team. “There’s always a little extra jump when a guy’s playing against his old team,” Payne told reporters. “He had it going early, and we want to ride a hot hand whenever we can.” Another former Bruin, Blues center Brad Boyes, also burned his former team, scoring the game-winning shootout goal. Blues center TJ Oshie and Bruins center Tyler Seguin also scored in the shootout period. Ryder’s shootout miss was indicative of the missed opportunities the Bruins had all night. Center Patrice Bergeron’s shootout shot also hit the post, and Boston right wing Nathan Horton, who leads the team with six goals this season, had two near-misses. “I tried to get more shots,” Horton said after the game. “I think I had more opportunities and our line had more opportunities, so definitely it would have been nice for one of those to go in.’’ Horton’s first opportunity came just over 4 minutes into the game when his shot from the right side hit the far post and landed just in front of the goal line. Halak quickly covered up the puck before it could cross the line. Even though the play caused the red light signaling a goal to light up, the referees ruled that there was no goal and upheld the call on a replay review. In the second period, Horton’s shot went off the crossbar and landed right on the goal line. The red light turned on, but referees again ruled that the puck did not completely cross the line, meaning that it was not a goal. Once again, replay upheld the call. “We hit the post four times; you’d expect it to be your friend once, but it wasn’t the case [Saturday],” left wing Milan Lucic told reporters after the game. The loss drops Bruins goalkeeper Tuukka Rask to 0-4 on the season after he led the league with a 1.97 goals against average and a .931 save percentage last season. “An unlucky start for him thus far,” Lucic told the AP, “but he was great tonight and kept us in the game.” Boston may also have suffered a bigger loss during the game as center David Krejci, who leads the team with eight assists this season, suffered a concussion in the overtime period when his head slammed into the wall on a check by Blues center TJ Oshie. The Bruins medical staff announced on Sunday that he will be out for at least a week, if not longer. The loss was the first time the Bruins had back-toback losses on the season, as the Washington Capitals beat them 5-3 last Friday night. Last Wednesday, the Bruins defeated the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 for their seventh win of the season. The Bruins travel to Pittsburgh to take on the Penguins tomorrow night at 7 p.m. —Melissa Siegel

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Team falls in season finale

■ The men’s soccer team lost 1-0 to NYU, but still qualified for ECACs. By julian cardillo JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

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RUNNING IT DOWN: Midfielder/forward Madeline Stein ’14 fights Case freshman midfielder Rachel Bourque for a loose ball during the Judges 5-1 victory on Oct. 2.

Squad defeats NYU to qualify for the NCAA Tournament

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beat NYU to reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1988. It will host Castleton State on Saturday. By JONATHAN STEINBERG JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

In the 37th minute of her final regular season game, captain and forward Sofia Vallone ’11 placed the ball past New York University junior goalkeeper Rachel Ross to give the 25th-ranked Judges a 1-0 lead. It was all the women’s team would

need as it went on to defeat the Violets 2-0. With the win, the Judges improved their record to 14-4-1 (4-3 UAA) to cap off the most successful regular season campaign in Brandeis history. As a result, the team not only qualified for the NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Championship Tournament but will also host the first two rounds of the tournament this weekend. The Judges will take on Castleton State College in the first round and then play the winner of Lasell College and Williams College if they are able to advance to round two. “We are thrilled,” Coach Denise Dallamore wrote in an e-mail to the

Justice. “We expect to win a hard fought battle between 2 good teams.” In the regular season finale, NYU had several opportunities, including a near goal from sophomore forward Serra Tumay in the 21st minute, a blocked shot in the 42nd minute and a crucial save in the 77th minute, but the Judges defense was able to hold the Violet offense in check. Brandeis held NYU to just eight shots, only three of which were on goal. Francine Kofinas ’13 saved all three of them to earn her fifth shutout of the season and the Judges’ 10th shutout of the campaign, just one shy of a school record. Dallamora was happy that the

team won its second straight UAA matchup following its victory over the University of Chicago the week before. “It feels great to beat two UAA teams,” she said. “We did the same thing last year, beat Chicago then NYU. This year we did win one more game than last year.” Vallone broke the team into the scoring column in the 34th minute when she guided the ball from 25 yards out into the lower left corner of the goal off of a pass from Ellie Einhorn ’11, giving the Judges a 1-0 lead they would never surrender. The goal was Vallone’s 17th of the

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Judges place seventh at UAA Championships ■ The volleyball team lost

three tough games before defeating Rochester to claim seventh place at UAAs. By Adam rabinowitz JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

Despite struggling down the stretch, the volleyball team’s season concluded on a high note on Saturday with a 3-1 win over the University of Rochester, earning the team seventh place

at the University Athletic Association Championships. Earlier Saturday, the squad was shut out by Carnegie Mellon University. In both matches on Friday, Brandeis was swept 3-0, both by New York University and No. 1 Washington University in St. Louis. “The tournament started out pretty rough, but in the last match, we came together and were able to pull it out,” middle blocker Becca Fischer ’13 said. The squad finished the season 15-19 overall and 2-9 in UAA play. “I thought we had some positive mo-

ments this season,” Coach Michelle Kim wrote in an e-mail to the Justice. “One thing that I was very proud of this season was our team’s ability to fight. We’ve had some great come from behind wins this season, and that was great to see.” In their final match of the season, the Judges rallied from a set down to win three straight sets by margins of 17-25, 25-12, 25-20 and 25-16. Brandeis was sloppy to start, committing seven errors while notching just five kills en route to dropping the first set. However, from there, the Judges

settled down and began to gain momentum. They dominated the second set, limiting the Yellow Jackets to just 12 points. Rochester made it close in the third and fourth sets, but outside hitters Paige Blasco ’11, Lauren Berens ’13 and Si-Si Hensley ’14 led the offense in rolling off 25-20 and 25-16 victories. Setter Abby Blasco ’11 notched 37 assists and 17 digs in the match while Hensley contributed 10 kills and 10 digs. Berens tallied 11 kills and Paige

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Despite outshooting its opposition 14-9, the men’s soccer team was unable to find the back of the net and fell 1-0 to New York University in New York. The Judges fought back and forth with the 21st-ranked NYU Violets throughout the game, but a late goal spoiled Brandeis’ season finale. With the result, Brandeis finishes the regular season on a three-game losing streak and with a record of 9-7-1 overall and 1-4-1 in University Athletic Association play. Still, the Judges’ fast start at the beginning of the season earned the team a berth in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships, and they will take on Albertus Magnus College at 6 p.m. Wednesday night on Gordon Field. “Expectations are pretty high for [the ECACs],” Luke Teece ’12 said. “I think we’ve shown that we can play with anyone this year.” Six of the Judges’ seven losses this season were by one goal, including four of their five defeats in UAA play. NYU gains the automatic bid to the NCAA Division III tournament. Brandeis was eliminated from NCAA Division III tournament contention due to its UAA record. “You have to score goals to win,” coach Michael Coven said. “We defended well, and our goalkeeping was good, but against the better teams they shut us down. This season against [Washington University in St. Louis] and [the University of Chicago], they beat us like that. You have to score goals.” The Judges outshot NYU in both halves and came out of the gate running. In the second minute, Joe Eisenbies ’13 fired a shot on frame that NYU senior goalkeeper Matt Stevie parried away. Brandeis midfielder Kyle Feather ’14 scooped up the rebound but his shot sailed high. Despite having an edge in shots, NYU created the more lethal opportunities. In the 20th minute, sophomore midfielder Kyle Green found space in the penalty area and headed a cross on frame. However, Green’s header came off the crossbar, keeping the match level at zero. Brandeis answered and nearly scored 9 minutes later as forward Alexander Farr ’12 countered in the 29th minute. Farr unloaded a shot on frame that was cleared off the line by freshman midfielder Chris Ramirez. The last chance of the half came from the Judges, as captain and midfielder Kyle Gross ’11 found enough space to shoot at goal. Gross’ effort flew wide of Stevie’s goal to end the scoreless first half. Gross nearly scored in the 58th minute of the second half, but his shot went wide right of Stevie’s goal. Though Brandeis had opportunities, NYU broke through first and ended the gridlock. In the 79th minute, Green played a through ball into the Brandeis defense that goalkeeper Taylor Bracken ’11 chased. NYU junior midfielder Adam Fein ran onto the pass before Bracken could clear it and chipped the ball into the back of the net.

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■ SCRAM Jam

The Brandeis community mixed, mingled and danced the night away at the Rose Art Museum last Thursday while observing its new exhibits, “Waterways” and “Regarding Painting.”

■ ‘Brandeis, I Love You’

Danielle Zipkin ’12 presented a ninemovement dance show of student love stories at the Carl J. Shapiro Theater last weekend.

■ Adagio Dancefest

Adagio Dance Company welcomed dancers from many other schools last Thursday and put on a showcase of modern, jazz and hip-hop dance.

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■ Black Label Society

■ ‘Tosca’ Opera review

JustArts had the opportunity to participate in a college conference call with the Scott Pilgrim vs. The World director. In a unique article, justArts reviews the metal band’s album and concert supplemented by an interview with the band’s bassist JD DeServio.

In the first of our year-long extensive opera coverage, JustArts reviews Boston Lyric Opera’s ‘Tosca.’

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Let it never be said that the life of a Disney starlet is that of a Disney princess. On Tuesday, Disney star Demi Lovato left her international concert tour with the Jonas Brothers to check herself into a treatment center, seeking treatment for “emotional and physical issues.” Later that day, TMZ posted a statement from Demi’s rep. “Demi has decided to take personal responsibility for her actions and seek help,” the rep says. “She is doing just that. Demi and her family ask that the media please respect their privacy during this difficult time. She regrets not being able to finish her tour, but is looking forward to getting back to work in the near future.” While the rep did not specifically address Demi’s problems, a source close to the family told People magazine, “She was bullied in school. She fought through eating disorders and has struggled with cutting. … Demi is taking control by getting help.” As they often do in situations like this, rumors began swirling as to the catalyst of Demi’s decision to enter a treatment center (note: not rehab, Demi’s rep would like us to know). Many suspect that her nonstop work schedule may have reached a breaking point when Demi’s exboyfriend Joe Jonas brought his new girlfriend, Twilight star Ashley Greene, along for the ride. Demi’s fans flooded to Ashley’s Twitter page, accusing her of causing Demi’s breakdown. Others wondered if it was her high-profile fight with a backup dancer last week, suspected to have started when the dancer threatened to reveal Demi’s long-suspected partying lifestyle to the public (which would almost certainly ruin her clean and innocent Disney image). Others thought she may have just jinxed herself—two weeks prior to checking into the treatment center, Demi had said in an interview that she was proud of her squeaky-clean track record, free of the scandals that had brought down Lindsay Lohan.

 JustArts interviewed Danielle Zipkin ’12 regarding her original play that ran this past weekend, which she wrote, directed and cast.

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IN TREATMENT: Disney star Demi Lovato left the Jonas Brothers tour for treatment last Tuesday. Whatever the cause of Demi’s decision to enter treatment, she seems to be going about it the right way. A source close to the family told People on Wednesday, “Demi is not receiving care at one of the Hollywood-type centers. … She is at a real facility that specializes in helping adolescent and adult women with the type of issues she has battled.” A Disney starlet who not only opens up about her problems but also deals with them responsibly? That’s what I call a role model. Lindsay, take note.

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ON CAMPUS EVENTS

Opening reception for ‘No Man’s Land: The Women of Mexico’

This opening reception for an exhibition of color photographs by photojournalist Dana Romanoff is a study of women’s ever-changing role in rural Oaxaca, Mexico. These women become the primary job holders in their households after the men in their family travel to the United States in search of employment. The traditional culture of machismo transforms into a new structure the women call pura mujer—purely women. Today at 5 p.m. in the Kniznick Gallery, Women’s Studies Research Center.

Fretwork presents “Birds on Fire”

This concert presenting music by Jewish composers of the Renaissance will be performed by the group Fretwork. They will also be performing an original work, “Birds on Fire.” Fretwork is an acclaimed British viol group, having brought their music to life through live concerts, recordings and broadcasts. Their repertory includes an extraordinary amount of viol work, encompassing the first printed music in Venice in 1501 to music composed for them today. They have won particular praise for their program of Jewish music for viols —“Birds on Fire.” The concert is part of 3-day residency that also includes a free lecture and demonstration titled “The World Encompassed,” in which members of the group will discuss Sir Francis Drake’s circumnavigation of the world and its musical significance, illustrating their talk with musical selections from their touring concert, “The World Encompassed.” Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Slosberg Recital Hall. Tickets are $20 (including seniors), $10 for Brandeis community and $5 for students.

Brandeis University Chamber Choir concert

The Chamber Choir will be performing music of William Byrd, including the “Mass for Four Voices.” Singers selected from the University Chorus together comprise the Brandeis Chamber Choir, a select ensemble of dedicated sight-readers who perform under the direction of Prof. James Olesen (MUS). The Chamber Choir has performed cantatas and motets of Bach, Buxtehude and Schutz and trios and quartets of Haydn, Schumann and Brahms, both as a choir and as soloists. It offers regular solo opportunities to its members and often breaches more contemporary territory with music of the 20th century. The Brandeis Chamber Choir also performs original works by its members, including an original choral composition by member Derek Strykowski ’10 with words by member Aimee Birnbaum ’11. Sunday at 4 p.m. in the Slosberg Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.

Brandeis University Wind Ensemble presents Out of This World

Thomas Souza directs the 50-member ensemble in a musical presentation of Out of this World—Music from Outer Space. The Brandeis Wind Ensemble performs two or three concerts a year and has collaborated

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CROSSING BORDERS: Documenting the women of Mexico, Dana Romanoff’s exhibit opens tomorrow. with musical groups from the surrounding areas, including the Waltham High School Percussion Ensemble and the North Middlesex Regional High School Wind Ensemble, bringing each of their unique talents to Brandeis. Sunday at 7 p.m. in the Slosberg Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.

Manginah fall semester show

Manginah is holding its 17th annual fall semester show. Brandeis’ premier co-ed Jewish a cappella group, founded in 1994, the group performs in several different venues on campus, taking up causes for religious rights for both Brandeis and the broader Jewish community. It also performs in the greater Boston area and participates in special events such as bar and bat mitzvahs and weddings. It performs in a variety of styles and has released several albums to date. Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Mandel Center for the Humanities.

‘The Winter’s Tale’

Hold Thy Peace presents William Shakespeare’s classic play for a 4-night run. The Winter’s Tale is the renowned comedy telling the story of king Leontes and the entanglements with his allegedly adulterous queen. It’s a tale filled with comedy, intrigue, suspense and utter madness. Hold Thy Peace is Brandeis’ Shakespeare society, putting on performances of Shakespeare’s classic writings every semester. It also hosts events and discussions based on Shakespeare’s works. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Carl J. Shapiro theater. Admission is free and open to the public.

Louis Gosset Jr.

The Oscar-winning actor comes to Brandeis to talk about his experiences, his personal struggles overcoming addiction and his triumphs as an actor dealing with racism in the film industry. Gossett founded the Era-

cism Foundation, which is dedicated to the elimination of racism through programs that specialize in promoting cultural divirsity and historical awareness. Gosset’s goal is to use the foundation to create Shamba centers for children, inspired by the Jewish friends and neighboors he grew up with. Tomorrow from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Rapaporte Treasure Hall.

IndieLouies Film Festival

The second film festival sponsored by the Brandeis Film Collective was originally created as an alternative to the official SunDeis Film Festival. The IndieLouies presents an evening of screenings for original short films and workshops. Friday from 4 p.m. to 3:15 a.m. at the Usen Castle Commons. Post-screening party Saturday at 5 p.m at the Usen Castle Commons.

OFF CAMPUS EVENTS

Boston Comedy Festival final competition

Comedian Robert Klein will host the event. The Boston Comedy Festival was started in 2000 and provides a venue for up-and-coming comedians to be seen and heard by talent scouts and the public alike. Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont St., Boston. Tickets are $25.

MassConcerts presents Ani DiFranco and Melissa Ferrick Ani DiFranco is the writer of hundreds of songs and has performed in thousands of shows, displaying a diverse variety of musical styles and talent. Her newest album, Red Letter Year, is being released later this year under her record label, Righteous Babe Records. Melissa Ferrick rose to prominence after being discovered by the singer Morrissey during a tour, and she has since released four albums under her label, Atlantic Records. Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont St., Boston. Tickets are available for $39 online.

Brandeis, I Love You is the culmination of a vision by dancer/choreographer Danielle Zipkin ’12, who 10 months ago set upon the daunting task of creating a dance based on the various love stories of students at Brandeis. What then took place was a massive collaboration between the talented performers and musicians of Brandeis, which resulted in the nine-movement performance of Brandeis, I Love You. In conjunction with the opening of the show, JustArts had the chance to sit down with Zipkin and discuss the creation of the show from conception to performance. JustArts: What inspired you to come up with this idea of interpreting students’ love stories and turning them into a dance? Danielle Zipkin: Actually, this idea is based on a movie called Paris Je t’aime and another movie, called New York, I Love You in which there are multiple short films that make up the movie, which have nothing do with each other except that they all take place in the same area, and all have to do with love. So Paris Je t’aime has 18 short films and all have to do with love in Paris, and Brandeis, I Love You has nine vignettes. JA: And it’s all done in the modern dance style? DZ: Actually, there’s modern, jazz, ballet, lyrical, some tap and a little bit of hip-hop in there too. It’s a mutt of styles, I guess. JA: Did you get a lot of submissions for ideas? DZ: I did. Many of them had names, but most of them were anonymous. JA: How did you sort through them in terms of picking which ones to use? DZ: You can’t really compare one type of love to another with one being more important or more interesting, so what I basically tried to do was take some stories that showed a variety of the love here. One expresses love between two separate races and how it wasn’t accepted, then how ultimately they succeeded. There is a variety of homosexuality versus heterosexuality. There’s all different types in there. JA: So it’s not just about love in a romantic sense but love in a much broader sense of the word? DZ: Definitely. It all culminates in a dance about random acts of kindness and how love can be transferred from the stage to the students. JA: To take something as broad as an emotion and turn it into a dance or movement is something that seems like it could be a complicated process. How did it work for you in terms of turning those ideas into a dance? DZ: I actually used to be more interested in dance, and now I’m much more interested in choreography and movement and theatrical gestures, so this show is actually an independent study in choreography and footwork for me. In order to transcribe these stories into movement pieces, I’m not only using dance, but also using everyday inspiration such as a handshake or a wave and then exaggerating that into something further. It’s what’s behind the movement that you’re really trying to show. JA: As I understand it, you’re doing the choreography for the dance pieces, then you have other students writing the music? DZ: Right, so basically it’s like a game of telephone. First I have the students ship the stories to me, and then I ship the stories over to composers. They were composers I had already picked, so I had selected them and assigned each of them a story after they told me which instruments they would be interested in composing for. So I set that up, and then they gave me the compositions over the summer, and then I choreographed to the compositions, which were composed to the story. So it’s basically me telling the story the third time around. JA: Are any of these dances based on your personal stories of love? DZ: No, I actually thought about writing a story myself, and then I didn’t want to get too attached to it, and I also didn’t want to be very narcissistic. I originally was not in the dance show—I was just going to direct it and have my ensemble of eight dancers, but I ended up replacing one of the dancers, so I’m trying to be as unself-centered as possible. I really do want to take a step back, though my flavor of choreography may have subconsciously given my own viewpoint on certain things. But I didn’t use any of my own personal experiences in creating it. JA: How do you think it’s all going to turn out? DZ: I think it’s going to turn out really well. I’m a nervous wreck all the time, but my dancers are fabulous. We just put up the set tonight, which turned out really well. There are a lot of near saves: my producer Herbie [Rosen] ’12 has been fantastic, my stage manager Kat, my Assistant House Manager, everyone has been totally on board with me 100 percent of the way. So we have a dream team. It’s really working out, and I hope everyone comes to see it. —Aaron Berke

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INTERPRETIVE DANCE

Students head to the Rose for SCRAM Jam ■ SCRAM Jam allows

students to casually party while exploring artwork. By ELLY KALFUS JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

Last Thursday’s SCRAM Jam event offered students the unique chance to dance in an art museum. The once-annual event balances visual and musical art by hosting extended viewing hours for the museum while an open dance takes place in the Lee Gallery. A member on the Student Committee for the Rose Art Museum and an organizer of the event, Maarit Ostrow ’11, says, “The idea behind it [SCRAM Jam] is to bring people into the museum who might not go otherwise and hopefully peak their interest to come back to see the art in a quieter setting and enjoy other events at the Rose.” Hosted by the Fine Arts department and SCRAM, the dance allows students the opportunity to experience the Rose in a new and unique way. Although SCRAM has not been as active in the past 2 years, it was rejuvenated this year by Director of Academic Programming Dabney Hailey and some of the Fine Arts Undergraduate Departmental Representatives, particularly Rebeccah Ulm ’11 and Emily Leifer ’11. Ostrow describes the committee as “a mix of students who work at the Rose, Fine Arts UDRs and people who are generally interested in the Rose and ensuring that the museum is integrated into campus life.” The committee is especially relevant today, at a time when Brandeis is still recovering from all the media and controversy surrounding the extensive priceless artwork in the Rose last year. In fact, the safety of the artwork was one of the museum’s biggest concerns in regards to the event, and a multitude of Rose staff and SCRAM members worked throughout the night to ensure that no one broke the rules near the art. The pool of water at the bottom level of the museum also posed a safety threat—to students, that is—and at least one student was observed being told to move away from the water when he was lying down on the floor nearby for fear he would fall in. Select pieces of art were re-

moved from the Rose for the event, and the Foster Gallery, which contains the “Regarding Painting” exhibit, was closed. The upper and lower floors were open for viewing, although most of the action took place inside the Lee Gallery, a large room downstairs, off to the side, in which no art is hanging. However, black and white visual clips were projected on the back wall, and colorful lights like that of the Mandel Center for the Humanities were bouncing across the ceiling, giving the party an artsy feel. According to Brandeis’ website, 600 students attended SCRAM Jam in fall 2008. Although the attendance list this year was not quite as long, the group organizing the event ran out of free tickets to distribute the day before the event. Many people came and left throughout the night, making for an awkward, too-fewpeople-at-the-party feeling for the first half hour or so until the party started heating up and attendees gathered in the Lee Gallery, where the music was being played. There was an interesting mix of grinding and more conservative dancing taking place, as students again expressed doubt as to the formality (or informality) of the event. The music was well selected and mostly comprised of hip hop and R&B—typical “dance music.” Although some songs did not seem danceable, the majority were fast and upbeat and got everyone moving. One complaint students had was that no food was served and that the drinks (Sprite and water for those under 21, who were not allowed in during cocktail hour) ran out pretty quickly. The drinks were also not allowed to leave the Gallery room in order to protect the artwork. Instead, students had to feast on the art. Although this makes sense at a museum, some students were disappointed at the formal atmosphere since they came for a party and ended up with a dose of intellectualism—whether they wanted it or not. All in all, the event was a good initiative on the part of both the Fine Arts department and SCRAM to increase student involvement in the Rose. More SCRAM events are being planned this year, and if they are as fun as this was, then they will certainly be worth attending.

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LOVE HURTS: Eight dancers feel the burden of love in one of the nine movements from ‘Brandeis, I Love You’ last Saturday.

‘Love’ stories come to life ■ Danielle Zipkin’s ’12 dance

show about love at Brandeis is a triumph of emotional depth and artistic expression. By Aaron Berke JUSTICE EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

There are many wonderful student shows to be seen at Brandeis, but only rarely does an event come along that really unifies the student body, bringing people together to view and enjoy a subject matter that anyone can relate to. It is even more rare when such a message can be successfully relayed through as abstract an art form as dance. But this is what Danielle Zipkin ’12 set out to do with her nine-movement performance of Brandeis, I Love You. Comprised of samples of student love stories, the show fused such broad dance styles as jazz, ballet, modern, tap and hip hop. Overall an enormous success, these stories were clear and concise, and the show visibly sizzled with energy. Although certain styles were more prevalent than others—modern taking the forefront—the other styles passed in and out of prominence subtly. By focusing the audience’s awareness on the tone and not the stylistic changes, those transitions kept the performances lucid and consistently moving. There are distinctive notes of passion and desire throughout the show, and not just in the typical romantic sense. From the outset, the dances never shied away from embodying the truth among love, not only in the various forms of heterosexuality and homosexuality that were portrayed, but also in the key elements of simple kindness and friendship. The moments that showed groups of both men and women consoling a

distraught and rejected friend were quite powerful, and they spoke to all of us. How many times have we been dumped only to seek comfort in our friends? These key moments displayed the truth of our interpersonal relationships successfully, simultaneously remaining subtle yet deep. One of the most interesting aspects of dance is its ability to portray emotions usually told through words and interactions and to transform them into a subconscious art that can display inner feelings through movement. Dance eliminates the words but keeps the actions, and in so doing it creates a much broader plateau in which emotions can be explored. There were many examples of this in the show, and it’s a subtlety that Zipkin really wanted to show, “In order to transcribe these stories into movement pieces, I’m not only using dance but also using everyday inspiration such as a handshake or a wave and then exaggerating that into something further,” she said. “It’s what’s behind the movement that you’re really trying to show.” These subtle gestures worked wonderfully to create the sensation of strong feelings throughout the show. There were certain exceptions to this rule, though, such as when the dancers performed two movements engaging each other through small bits of dialogue pertaining to their relationships. These bits emanated in simple sentences such as “Why wasn’t I good enough for her?” or in one hilarious instance, “I hooked up with an ugly guy to get back at him.” These small moments intertwined with the dances and created an overview of the feelings of rejection. The second of the dialogue pieces showed the reverse, as couples made up and got back together, with the centralized idea expressed as “I still love him/her.” These small dialogue pieces worked as a way to bookend

the overall theme of the show and also showcased the performers’ versatility in acting as well as dancing. The collaborative nature of the show was evident, and though the dances were all based on stories submitted by students, the dancers helped flesh out the show in certain key moments, particularly the dialogue sections. According to one of the dancers, Julie Judson ’11, they each “coined their own lines” and brought to the table some of their own ideas for how to express love. Adding to the overall success of the proceedings were the original musical compositions, which accompanied the dances quite effectively while adding an additional voice. The orchestral scoring resonated well with the viewer and provided a clear emphasis on moods and feelings to aid the movement on the stage. It’s interesting to note that although some dancers, such as Judson, had been with the show “since the beginning,” others were brought on relatively late, such as Meredith Nadeau ’12, who was an understudy and replaced one of the dancers “3 weeks before the show opened.” Many shows could have been undermined by such an occurrence, but this show pulled ahead full steam and kept going. Brandeis, I Love You was a complete and wonderfully told story from beginning to end. When asked about his favorite aspect of the show, dancer Greg Storella ’11 notes that the show’s greatest strength is that it’s “by Brandeis, for Brandeis.” Producer Herbie Rosen ’12 has similar sentiments, adding that the show has been a great experience because it is that rare performance that “shows how much students can achieve and create. It’s a great testament to the voices and creativity of students.” And he’s absolutely right. It was the true measure of what the Brandeis experience is all about.

SONG

Singer Perry helps students discover joys of folk music ■ Many students are

introduced to folk through Anna Gordon Brown classics. By ELLY KALFUS JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

Last Tuesday, I attended a special performance of 18th century Scottish, English and American ballads, hosted by my English class, “The Tale,” with Prof. Mary Baine Campbell (ENG), a course which investigates the question, “What has happened to the oral tradition?” At this point in the semester, we are studying the form of the ballad, which is a “story in a song,” as Prof. Ruth Perry puts it, so Campbell invited her to sing for us in order for us to gain a richer appreciation of the art form.

Professor Perry is a scholar of balladry and 18th-century fiction, founder of the Women’s Studies program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and, most interestingly, a folk singer. She became involved with folk music when she was just a child. She would listen to the folk singers in Washington Square Park and write down what they sang. She attended many concerts and took in the music around her but didn’t start actively performing until college. As a student at Cornell University, she joined the musicians’ union and became president of the Folk Singing Club, a group that started out small but became hugely popular once the Kingston Trio made it big and folk music came back into style. She is now a member of the Folk Song Society of Greater Boston and a scholar of folk tradition. She has written eight books in the

field of the 18th century and is in the midst of writing two more: one about Anna Gordon Brown, a folk singer, and the other on Jane Austen. Perry tried to impress upon the audience the importance of the ballads’ historical context, as she believes that this greatly shapes songs’ meanings. Perry shared information about Brown’s life and contribution to the folk tradition, such as the fact that Brown’s 14-year-old nephew transcribed his aunt’s songs and annotated the music to accompany them in order to give the ballads to a friend of Brown’s father, who was a scholar. This marked the first instance of a live transcription of a folk ballad, and Brown’s versions of these ballads are still around today. Perry sang four ballads: “Child Waters,” “Hind Horn,” “Dowie Dens of Yarrow” and “Sir Patrick Spens.”

The songs were mostly Brown’s versions, each telling a melancholy, morose story. After explaining a short glossary of key words, she launched into tune, producing beautiful sounds, opening her mouth only slightly as she sang. She stood very still, closing her eyes at times and gesturing almost subconsciously at a few phrases, adopting a Scottish accent and allowing herself to “be the vehicle” for the song. I felt completely swept away by the tune, my mind set adrift, which made it strikingly difficult to focus on the actual lyrics of the ballad, rather than losing myself in the melody. Ballads are unique because of their ability to tell a story within a song, both “leaping and lingering.” They leap over great stretches of time, and then linger on specific scenes. Campbell aptly compared the structure of a

ballad to that of a movie, since movies often start out with longshots, cutting away and later on, zooming in on certain scenes. Perry’s ability to allow the songs to speak for themselves, combined with the historical context and background she provided for the art of balladry in general, made the music a pleasure to listen to and the stories really come alive. Although I do not consider myself a big fan of folk music, its ability to narrate a story through a song is really amazing, and it left such an impact on me that I found myself listening to clips of ballads on YouTube later that night. However, the Internet clips did not compare to the live performance I experienced, so if any of you have the opportunity to listen to live folk music anytime soon, I certainly would recommend it.

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HANDS IN THE AIR: Members of Adagio Dance Company (above and below) and B’yachad (second from bottom) display talent in a variety of styles of dance at Dancefest 2010 in the Levin Ballroom last Thursday.

Dancers show how they ‘Move’ Adagio Dance Company showcased performances by Brandeis and five other Boston-area schools in its annual Dancefest last Thursday night By EMILY SALLOWAY JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

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Breaking, turning, Michael Jackson-style sliding: Dancefest 2010 “Moves Like This,” hosted on Thursday night by Adagio Dance Company, brought together students from six Boston-area schools to show a crowd of family and friends how they move. Sticking with this theme of how and why dancers choose to dance, the performance opened with a video by Nathan Hakimi ’11 that showcased clips from rehearsals and got the audience excited to see their friends reveal their masterpieces. The actual dance numbers themselves didn’t disappoint. The first dance, against the background of Mike Posner’s “Cooler than Me,” was choreographed by Adagio Co-President Julie Judson ’11. With its use of chairs and costumes, it was easily one of the best Brandeis dances of the show. It was also one of the few of the evening that offered opportunities for each dancer to shine. Although each performer attracted positive attention at different points, Danielle Gurr’s ’11 movements were magnetic all the way through. Her every muscle moved with purpose and grace, and her facial expressions matched the powerful undertones of the music’s bass line. Judson’s second number, “How We Operate,” was the most intricately choreographed of the night, highlighting the extent of the se-

nior’s creative abilities to tell a story and evoke emotion through movement. Gurr’s number, “Bust Your Windows,” which ended the show, also illustrated a song’s capacity for inspiration. Her use of many dance styles in the creation of the combination kept it visually interesting and very original. The success of Adagio Co-President Greg Storella’s ’11 “Weird Fishes” really depended on his dancers’ body language and facial expressions, and Meredith Nadeau ’12 single-handedly added this necessary depth to the number. Her combination of acting and dancing took this song to the next level, and she helped to clarify the changes in emotion that Storella was aiming to emphasize in the song. His routine picked out the underlying meaning of the music and amplified it for the audience. Another standout performer of Dancefest was Rocky Reichman ’13, whose stage presence and hip-hop attitude elicited screams and squeals from the audience in “I Came to Dance,” choreographed by Nadeau and Sari Ladin ’12. Luckily for Reichman, the fluidity of his dancing abilities matched his level of charisma. Next up was Brandeis’ own Kaos Kids, the newly formed hip-hop crew that has been wowing viewers with its synchronization and hardhitting manner since last year. With its performance at Dancefest, it was clear that there wasn’t a single member among the group who couldn’t

hold his or her own. Additionally, throughout the rest of the dances, the people who were the most attention-grabbing also happened to be members of Kaos Kids. Outside of the group’s performances, each member shone in other numbers, showing his or her individual versatility. Brandeis student groups B’yachad, So Unique and Hooked on Tap also performed at Dancefest. All three groups brought fun and simple joy to the show, which overall featured a lot of hip-hop and contemporary dancing. The branching out into Israeli dance, step and tap, respectively, added a level of diversity and broke up the show at appropriately chosen intervals. The skit that began So Unique’s performance was a nice live pause from all of the recorded sound, and it drew laughter from the crowd. What really made Dancefest special were the guest performances by Simmons College, Boston College Synergy, Suffolk Wicked, Tufts Sarabande and MIT Ridonkulous. It was great to see how talented the students were, and it was a nice way to open up our campus to their family and friends. Outside during intermission, Brandeis students gathered around a group of BC Synergy members, complimenting them on their repertoire, and moments like that throughout the night showed how Brandeis students really “move.” Editor’s note: Rocky Reichman ’13 is a Features staff writer for the Justice.

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Highlighting a new season of cosmetics

JustArts offers beauty tips from the fall 2010 ready-to-wear shows By AMY MELSER JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

LESS IS MORE: Ariel Ganz ’12 (above, bottom row) models Stella McCartney’s “no makeup makeup look,” a great look when you come straight out of the shower.

FALL BEAUTY: Ali Engel ’12 (far upper right) shows off 3.1 Phillip Lim while Ellen Franz ’12 (middle row) models Missoni, Stella McCartney and 3.1 Phillip Lim.

Tall boots, whimsical scarves and light-weight coats remind us women that it is time to switch up our wardrobes from summer to fall. As the weather changes, we sometimes forget to change our beauty routines. While it’s important to continue using sunscreen, the fall 2010 ready-towear shows highlighted new makeup looks to match our warmer fall clothes. One of the best beauty looks was seen at the 3.1 Phillip Lim fashion show, because a diverse range of models pulled off the same shades of makeup. After lightly concealing any imperfections, a rosy pink blush was swept onto the apples of the cheeks in an upward motion, almost hitting the temples. A light hand is necessary, because a natural flush is what you’re aiming for. Some people prefer to put highlighter on before applying any base makeup, because it gives a “lit-from-within” glow. However, if you choose to do it after applying your base and blush, simply dab it on the bridge of the nose and on the cheekbones (if your nose tends to get oily during the day, only apply it to the cheekbones). The way the eyes were enhanced on the models was unique: Navy eyeliner on the bottom lash line was mixed with pinks and purples on the lid. Of course, you don’t want to look like you have pink eye, so the best way to apply the shadows is to put the lighter pinks on the lid, underneath the brow bone and near the inner corner of the eye, and the darker purples in the crease for definition. The models’ lips were pale pink with a subtle frost effect. Try a nonglossy lip balm prior to applying lipstick. That way, it will go on smoothly. The color palette is reminiscent of the 1980s, so to keep it modern, all you have to do is keep your hair sleek. While the 3.1 look might be reserved for the weekend, depending on how daring you are, a more muted look was shown at the Stella McCartney show. The quintessential, “no makeup makeup look” complemented McCartney’s clean yet geometric designs. This look is great for when you come straight out of the shower. Make a deep side part in your hair, and pull it into a low bun or ponytail, whichever you prefer. After applying

moisturizer to your face, lightly tap on concealer wherever needed, swirl a crème blush in a peachy shade close to your skin color on to your cheeks and add a light swipe of mascara on the top lashes. This is just enough to make you look alive and awake for class, but it takes only a minute. To transform your Stella McCartney-inspired look to Missoni, you only need to add lipstick and undo the part in your hair. The look at the Missoni show was all about lips in a deep burgundy shade. The best way to wear dark lip colors is to prime your lips. While I mentioned applying lip balm prior to lipstick in the case of the 3.1 Phillip Lim show, you might also want to wet a washcloth or use a sugar scrub to ensure your lips are as smooth as possible for the Missoni look. Then, once your lips are coated with balm, you could even use a fleshtoned lip liner to ensure the lipstick doesn’t slide outside the lines of your lips. After applying the lipstick, fluff out your hair and secure it back in a ponytail, leaving the top a little bumpy and disheveled. This Italian company’s classic knits scream effortless elegance, so a bright pop in the lips is all you really need in order to look bellissima. Another way to enhance the Stella McCartney look would be to play up the eyes, instead of the lips, as demonstrated on the Marc Jacobs runway. Tons of mascara applied to the top and bottom lashes gave a doe-eyed look. The lashes were a bit clumpy even, and if you prefer to leave the spider lashes on the runway, comb through your lashes with a tiny lash comb. Liquid liner could also be used on the top lash line to further dramatize the look. The models’ hair was shown down and loose. When changing your look from summer to fall, a lot of people forget about their beauty routines and continue to pile on the bronzer and glittery shadows. Those products can be worked into a fall look, but most of the 2010 fall runways were showing a light hand on base makeup. Whether you dare to go bare (or at least look bare), play up your eyes, lips or both like at 3.1 Phillip Lim, just remember that you can be inspired by the fashion shows, but only you know what works best on you. Therefore, have fun playing up your own unique look to go with your cozy fall wardrobe.

Photos by Amy Melser  the Justice

film

The director of ‘Scott Pilgrim’ talks about his ‘World’ ■ JustArts interviewed

director Edgar Wright about his experiences making the film, working with the author and the fans’ reception. By alex Desilva JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

Edgar Wright has been a busy man. After spending most of the year making Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, he has spent the past few months getting ready for the movie’s release today on DVD and Blu-ray. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is based on Bryan Lee O’Malley’s series of graphic novels, which revolve around the titular Scott Pilgrim. Pilgrim is a 23-year-old slacker living in Toronto, where he spends his days playing videogames, playing bass in the alrightto-crappy band Sex Bob-omb, leeching off his snarky gay roommate, Wallace, and hanging out with his 17-year-old girlfriend, Knives Chau (don’t worry, they haven’t even held hands). This all

changes when he meets Ramona Flowers, an American delivery girl with seven evil ex-boyfriends who’d love nothing more than to destroy anyone who tries to date her. The series basically involves Scott’s attempts to grow up, keep his relationship working and defeat the evil exes in hyperstylized videogame/kung fu-style interludes. Wright, director of the cult darlings Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, recently held a conference call with college newspapers from across the country, including the Justice. For about an hour, we all had access to what went into making Scott Pilgrim—and what we found out didn’t disappoint. Perhaps the biggest surprise came right out of the gate: Scott Pilgrim had been in the works from almost the moment the first book was released. Wright explained that he “just started reading it as soon as it was published in 2004. ... I was already in conversation with Bryan Lee O’Malley... before the second one was published, so we were already working on the film as he was writing [the books].”

The script even “dates back to 2006 when there were only three books published,” with O’Malley himself heavily involved in the production. As it turns out, some of O’Malley’s scrapped ideas for the comic, such as “the twins [two of Ramona’s evil exes] being musical artists” were picked up by Wright for the movie. The influence went the other way as well. Wright cites a part of the sixth book where “Scott has been away from Toronto for a long time and everything’s changed” as stemming from O’Malley’s experience coming back to Toronto to work on the movie, after he had been living in the United States for a few years. Wright, who is most famous for his affectionate mash-ups of well-known genres, explained that a similar sensibility drew him to Scott Pilgrim. The blending of comic book/action tropes with a realistic, character-driven story was unique, and he wanted to “translate that visual imagination to the screen.” Going on, Wright explained that what made this so attrac-

tive was that “nothing quite like it really existed. ... [There are] things that you accept in comics you can’t do on the big screen, but we wanted to play with the universe a little bit.” But for all the flash, Wright’s previous movies and O’Malley’s books both had an emotional core under the pop-culture references, and Wright made clear that Scott Pilgrim was no different. “Contrary to popular belief, I don’t just try and cram as many references as possible,” Wright said, explaining that even though the style of the comics spoke to him, the characters were what kept him hooked. As it happens, Wright found that despite the generational gap (Wright is 36 and O’Malley was writing the series in his early 20s), he could still relate to Scott, saying that he’d “been like Scott and had been wrapped up in my own bubble of existence when I was a teenager. ... I can vibe with a lot of the books, and that’s what attracted me to it.” Despite its relatively weak box office showing, movies like Scott Pilgrim live and die by their fans, who

can turn it into a flop or a cult hit. Wright’s anecdotes about the fans look to put Scott Pilgrim comfortably in the latter position, including “one guy in Seattle who’s seen it 31 times and photo-blogged his ticket stubs to prove it.” However, Wright doesn’t seem too concerned about the film’s financial prospects. “I like it when people are talking ... about their responses to the film,” he said, going on to say that most media outlets “spend twice as much time talking about box office results than they do about the films themselves” and that he turns instead to what the fans are saying. It’s clear that Wright makes his movies with a certain sense of love for both the film itself and the viewer. He takes what he likes and what he relates to and works from there, a formula that’s gotten him plenty of success so far. Wright explained that at the end of the day, it’s not really about the money. “I’m very overwhelmed by the response I get from fans,” he said. “That kind of means everything to me.”

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Aaron Goldberg jams with Berklee students ■ The jazz pianist performed

at Cafe 939 last week as part of Berklee’s Marsalis Jams. By WEI-HUAN CHEN JUSTICE EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

I was sitting backstage with Aaron Goldberg 10 minutes before his concert at Cafe 939’s Red Room. Event organizers and promoters were dropping in and out of the back room, directing a barrage of questions at Goldberg while Berklee College of Music students bustled outside in the packed venue. He was pouring himself coffee and trying to convince an organizer to let one of his old teachers into the show. The young pianist hardly had time to speak with me, but he agreed to sit down for a couple of minutes for the interview that I had arranged with the help of a student publicist at Berklee. It was an opportunity that even the Berklee students who were privileged enough to attend a workshop with the jazz professional earlier in the afternoon envied. The Boston-born, New York-based Goldberg took a week off of his performing career and dedicated it to playing and working with Berklee students as a featured artist of the Marsalis Berklee Jams series, but not everyone had the chance to speak or jam with him. “I never officially went to school here, but I spent a lot of time at Berklee,” Goldberg said, explaining how his relationship with Berklee began when he was in college. “I met a lot of students here through a Berklee professor named Hal Crook, a great trombone player who teaches here.” Goldberg was studying history and science at Harvard College at the time—with a concentration in mind, brain and behavior—and would spend the weekends playing jazz in jam sessions and informal hangouts. “I played a lot at Wally’s Café,” he said. “A lot of Berklee guys used to go and hang out there, and once you know a few guys,

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GIANT STEPS: The Boston-born, New York-based pianist performs with his trio last Wednesday for an intimate crowd of musicians. you know everybody.” Goldberg got into jazz a long time before that. He started playing seriously in high school, and when he was 17, he decided to pursue music full-time at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City. After getting a taste of the big city, he moved back to Boston for school but returned to Brooklyn for a soon-to-be successful career after graduating magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1996. “I benefitted a lot from [Berklee], so it’s great to give back,” Goldberg said. His experience at Berklee and in Boston led to an illustrious career, playing with jazz greats such as Kurt Rosenwinkel, Joshua Redman, Wynton Marsalis, Tom Harrell, Freddie Hubbard and Mark Turner, to name a few. When Goldberg received the invitation for Marsalis Jams, a program

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founded by Branford Marsalis that brings jazz artists to Boston for performances with Berklee students, it gave him the opportunity return to his hometown and reconnect with the school. When musicians from New York came to “play a concert, give a couple clinics and participate in a jam session with the students … that was a major part of how the older generation of musicians used to grow and learn—playing in jam sessions with master musicians,” Goldberg said. “The idea is to give these Berklee guys a chance to do the same with professional musicians from New York as if they were living in New York.” Like other oral traditions, jazz used to be a discipline passed down from a master to a mentee through intimate, hands-on experiences and almost nev-

er in a classroom. I asked Goldberg if that was how he learned to play. “Most of my playing experience was not officially at jam sessions, but at what musicians call ‘sessions’—meaning, have a couple of guys over playing at your house, rehearsing in a rehearsal space,” he said. “It’s not an open jam session open to everybody, but it is a chance to play with people that try things and experiment.” Goldberg emulated this type of collaboration by hosting workshops Wednesday afternoon and was impressed with how well the Berklee students played. “Everybody that sat in today will be an excellent professional musician,” he said. “They’re basically professional musicians who are going back to school and who don’t necessarily need to be in school.” As I sat among these students before

Goldberg’s trio began its set, I noticed the pianist looking at the crowd with a twinkle in his eye. While introducing his group, he mentioned that musicians were always his favorite crowd to play for. Indeed, the intimate venue on the side of Boylston Street took on a whole new kind of energy that night, a type of passion that emanated only from those who understood and strove to imitate Goldberg’s music. Heads inevitably bopped, and people announced all sorts of oohs and ahhs in amazement when the performers hit particularly fiery spots in their solos. Bassist Reuben Rogers kept tight, melodious beats to complement drummer Eric Harland’s (whom Goldberg said he “first met here at Berklee in one of the recording studios, back when he had just started playing acoustic bass, and his hands were bleeding because he didn’t have calluses yet”) otherworldly solos while Goldberg sometimes hit chords so hot he’d shake his hands as if to cool them off. It was a performance that the Berklee students clearly loved. After I asked him about his new album, Home, Goldberg explained that the album is about returning from a long journey, coming back to “re-embrace your home and culture. It also has a lot of political overtone,” he said. “A lot of this music was recorded right before [United States President Barack] Obama won, [when I was] getting reinspired about my own country.” Our agreement that the album makes the recent elections somewhat ironic was the last thing we discussed in our interview—an unusual place to end for a jazz musician. I was cut short by a Berklee organizer, but Goldberg, a thoughtful speaker and provocative performer, gave me more than enough material to mull over. I may not have been one of the lucky students who jammed with him after the performance, but talking with the pianist offered many insights. I look forward to seeing Goldberg in concert in the future.

MUSIC

Festival’s funky brews Rocking out with Black Label bassist Douglas

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This weekend, I attended the BeerAdvocate Belgian Beer Festival, a 2-day festival honoring Belgian-style brews. Some beers were imported directly from Belgium, while others were American-made clones of famous styles. Throughout the weekend, I had the opportunity to sample more than my fair share of beers, and because of this, such I would have a hard time reviewing any of them in great depth. Once again, I will highlight some of the best of the beers I sampled. The 2-day festival was divided into Friday’s well-attended Night of the Funk and Saturday’s regular sessions. Night of the Funk was an evening dedicated to sour beers. Sour beers utilize Brettanomyces (often shortened to Brett, it’s a wild forming strain of yeast that, with age, produces a sour taste) and other types of bacteria to produce a tart flavor that causes one’s mouth to pucker. This type of beer is exceedingly rare and expensive, as it takes a lengthy process to produce and years and years of practice to get right. The highlight of the Funk was Lawson’s Finest Liquids, an incredibly small Vermont brewery that has taken off in the last year. It served up a Maple on Brett that mixed sweet maple syrup with some sour Brett notes. It was a great blend of sour and sweet with a thickness to the beer derived from the maple. The real highlight, however, was the brewery’s Liquid Sunshine. This brew paired Brett with a hoppy IPA. This beer was unbelievable, mixing bitter, sour and sweet in a thick, creamy beverage. Everything blended perfectly in this beer. Unfortunately, you don’t often see hoppy, sour beers because it’s difficult to get the combination just right, and often the bitter citrus hops just don’t react, but here

it was created with perfection. I would rate this beer as the best that I’ve ever had. It got everything right. Another great one at the Night of the Funk was Bretty Yeti. This was a Dark Stout mixed with Brett that had chocolate notes, finishing with a pucker that gave a thick, uncompromising mouthfeel. The most popular booth at the Festival, Lost Abbey, failed to deliver with its Saints’ Devotion 2010. This beer’s sourness was off and astringent, and didn’t blend well in the mouth. Further, it left a poor aftertaste that didn’t settle well. This is an unfortunate part of sour beers—a lot of times, you don’t know how the bacteria will react in the drink, so it can go wrong easily. This helps explain why the Brett brews are so rare and expensive. Belgian beer fest was highlighted by Cambridge Brewing Company’s Audacity of Hops. This beer was an award-winning Belgian IPA that was made in 2008. This keg has been maturing since 2009 and blended a supremely hopped brew with a yeasty funk. This was a great beer, as it matured really well (I was lucky to have some fresh Audacity this summer: it was still insanely delicious). Another great one was Rodenbach Grand Cru. This beer had very sour characteristics that mixed with a dark fruit and licorice blend accentuated by a full mouthfeel. This was a delicious and insanely drinkable brew, also in the running for my top beers ever. Finally, Unibroue (from Quebec, Canada) had “Fin de la Monde.” This beer blended citrus, herbal bitterness and light but well-balanced texture broadened by the carbonation. I’ve always seen this beer around and wanted to try it, and I finally got my chance at the Festival. Overall, I can’t think of too many beers that were even just mediocre. Everything I tried was fantastic. I highly recommend BeerAdvocate’s festivals; they are a great way to try a bunch of new beers. You pay about 40 dollars and get 3 1/2 hours with as many 2-ounce samples as you want. I hope to see some of you at the next one, the Extreme Beer Fest in March.

■ JustArts spoke to Black

Label Society bassist JD DeServio about his band’s latest tour and newest album. By BRIAN FROMM JUSTICE EDITOR

I had the opportunity to sit down Oct. 15 for a telephone interview with John “JD” DeServio, the 43-year-old bassist for metal band Black Label Society, to talk about his expanded role in the band; the band’s newest album, Order of the Black, released Aug. 10; and its current tour of the U.S. and Canada. DeServio accompanied the band on the tour supporting its first album, Sonic Brew (1999), and after the completion of the tour in 2000, he left the band and rejoined in 2005 for the tour supporting the album Mafia. DeServio returned to an immensely more popular band than the one he had left 5 years earlier. “The first tour, … we were playing littler places, but they were always great fans,” he reminisces, “so when I got back in ’05, I couldn’t believe how big it had gotten, and now it’s even getting bigger and bigger and better and better, so it’s awesome.” Order of the Black is BLS’ eighth studio album, reaching the fourth spot on the Billboard 200 after selling about 33,000 copies in its first week. This album also features an expanded role for DeServio: “I co-produced the record with [frontman Zakk Wylde], and I got to mix it, so sonically I’m really excited about it because I had everything to do with it. And it’s one of our best-sounding records we’ve ever put out, so I’m really proud of that,” he beams. DeServio says that his favorite song on Order of the Black is “Overlord,” which he says will be the album’s third single, following “Parade of the Dead” and “Crazy Horse.” Of “Overlord,” DeServio says, “It’s just heavy, pretty driving. When we wrote it, that was the one that I thought right away was going to be the radio song, you know?” Yes, I do know; this is the essence of what makes BLS so much fun to listen

to and what makes Order of the Black, in my opinion, the best BLS album to date. BLS is in the riff-making business. Wylde lays down a simple but unmistakably metal groove on top of an in-your-face rhythm section, and each song lives in that groove as the vocals enter and exit for the verses and chorus. The songs ultimately transition to an appropriately blazing solo by Wylde laden with even more of his signature pinch harmonics than the riffs themselves. In its newest album, BLS has embraced this recipe and delivered a lineup of heavy tunes that burrowed deep into my memory so that hours after listening, I still find myself bobbing my head along with the mental playback. The riffs are catchier than in previous albums, and in BLS’ world, that means everything. Even the vocals take a backseat to the riffs themselves, and DeServio’s mixing reflects this. I cannot understand the words Wylde vocalizes half the time, but it really doesn’t make a difference. In fact, I’d say it helps the overall quality of the album that Wylde’s less-than-amazing voice is hidden behind the aural assault of the heavily amplified instruments. To my dismay, Order of the Black continues the BLS tradition of devoting significant album space to underwhelming rock ballads. Four of the album’s 13 tracks feature Wylde playing softly and slowly on his piano or acoustic guitar, and while these songs add variation to the album, they lack the memorability of the hard-rockers. For a change of pace from the heavy riffs, I much prefer the 49-second speedy acoustic guitar solo “Chupacabra,” which is actually quite fun and surprising, and Wylde’s piano is better suited for the tension-building interlude of the penultimate track, “Riders of the Damned,” before it kicks back into its guitar solo atop a heavy, catchy riff. I asked DeServio for a secret about the album that no one else knows. “I had to fly in a guitar player to play all of Zakk’s parts, and a singer, so it’s not even Zakk on the record,” he says, laughing as he speaks. “He doesn’t know, so don’t tell him!” Spoken like a true brother. BLS is in the midst of a 2-month

tour of the U.S. and Canada in support of the new album, along with Children of Bodom, Clutch and 2cents. I went to the tour’s Oct. 19 concert at the House of Blues in Boston, arriving just in time for the headliner. The show was exactly as I had imagined it: The band members were dressed in black with various studded accessories emerging from beneath their long hair, the stage was lined with full-stack amplifiers, and the volume was turned up so loud that the venue’s sound system could barely output all the sound demanded of it. When Wylde, DeServio and BLS’ new drummer, rock and metal veteran Will Hunt, came onstage together with the band’s longtime touring rhythm guitarist, Nick Catanese, I was hit with riff after riff, solo after solo. DeServio’s fingers flew across his bass, while Wylde’s and Catanese’s did the same for their guitars as Hunt pounded tirelessly away at the drums with his arms extending over his head to wind up for every accent. Despite the stereotypes of famous musicians, DeServio still enjoys his career and playing with Wylde. Over the course of the interview, when he wasn’t poking fun at Wylde, the band’s tour manager could be heard in the background yelling playfully at DeServio. I even became the butt of a couple of jokes after I admitted that as a drummer, my knowledge of key signatures is weak. “You know what they call somebody who hangs out with a musician?” he asks me. “A drummer.” Joking aside, it’s nice to see a metal bassist who, despite his hardcore stage persona, is still easy and enjoyable to talk to and can have fun touring and playing music each night with a group of his friends, while so many other bands suffer very publicly from internal strife and work more as business partners than bandmates. “You know what’s crazy, man, is I really get paid for traveling and sitting around,” he admits. “I only play for an hour and 20 minutes a night, so that’s not even work, man. The work is … sitting in a bus for 16 hours and getting to the next gig or whatever, so that’s the real work. Playing ain’t work, bro. That’s f---ing fun, man.”

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OPERA

‘Tosca’ proves opera is accessible for all ■ Boston Lyric Opera’s first opera of the season lives up to the hype of the great show. By sujin shin JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

The Shubert almost feels like home now. Some of the greatest opera in Boston is performed here, and there is a reassurance that fills each gilded corner: one knows that whatever is being played that night will be exquisite. Tosca goes above and beyond. Put on by the Boston Lyric Opera, this particular opera is one of the finest and most beloved operas ever written and countless productions, good and bad, have been put on. But the BLO steps up to the hype and really delivers something that left this little would-be opera connoisseur completely blown away at the end of the night. The turbulent tale of Tosca and Cavaradossi starts with just as unstable a beginning. An escaped political dissident by the name of Angelotti, played by Anton Belov, rushes nervously through a church that is currently wrapped in tarps and littered with art supplies because it is being refurbished. He meets the hero of the story, Mario Cavaradossi, played by Richard Crawley, who is the resident painter and an apparent old friend with rebel sympathies. Enter Floria Tosca, played by Jill Gardner, Cavaradossi’s beloved and greatest inspiration. She is a spirited and feisty woman, truly pious but also jealous, and she starts to fight with Cavaradossi who is painting her as the Mary Magdalene on one of his canvases. But he seems rather unfazed by her remarks and jealous quips—he is secure that Tosca is the only woman he loves and does not take her jealousy seriously. Then Cavaradossi exits to help Angelotti hide. The scenes at the start of the opera are lighthearted, and the love between the two heroes is as sweet as that of two new paramours, as Tosca’s jealousy is endearing rather than stifling. But then all spirit is splintered with the entrance of Scarpia, the

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POLITICALLY CHARGED: Though many go to see operas for the music, ‘Tosca,’ currently playing at the BLO, contains an engaging storyline of deceit, treachery, love and greed. monstrous policeman on Angelotti’s trail, played by BLO debutant Bradley Garvin. Upon first meeting the captivating and sable-eyed Tosca, Scarpia is immediately overcome—not with love, but with a predatory and lecherous hunger for her. He vows to claim two bodies by the end: Angelotti’s and Tosca’s. He tortures Cavaradossi for information about Angelotti as an anguished Tosca is forced to listen to his screams of pain. She finally gives in and reveals Angelotti’s location. But Scarpia still threatens to kill Cavaradossi if Tosca doesn’t give herself to him. A monumental struggle between Tosca’s immense disgust for Scarpia and her unflappable love for Cavaradossi tears her judgment to pieces. The ensuing phenomenon of storytelling by Puccini and his libretto is one that left audiences reeling through the ages from its first performance till the present. To reveal such details would be unfair to the exquisite expositions of the performance itself—such dis-

coveries are best impressed in an audience’s chair, listening to the sounds of true human emotion borne on the slides of trombones and the conductor’s baton. Though the vocalists were playing without one of their own that night (their true Cavaradossi, played by Diego Torre, was recovering from a bronchial infection), the chemistry between the actors was still largely unfettered. There were a few moments that occurred within the love triangle that seemed emotionally reined in where they shouldn’t have been, but each actor shined brilliantly in his or her respective roles. Crawley’s robust interpretation of Cavaradossi’s steely moral fortitude as well as tender adoration of Tosca was shrewd with the knowledge of previous experience. With a voice that could pierce straight through the ceiling, his presence could not be ignored. Garvin’s depiction of the selfpossessed and barbaric Scarpia was ruthless but tended to be slightly soft

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in his physical lechery toward Tosca. However, his voice suited the role of power-hungry savage quite well—his “Te Deum” is a glorious visual and aural barrage. His rich baritone and tightly wound vibrato electrified the air with menacing currents. But it was the resident Tosca that shone the brightest. An exceptional actress who could slip from coy to heartbroken convincingly, Gardner was the one to keep an eye on that night. A heavyhitting soprano, Gardner grabbed the role of Tosca and refused to let go; the role was right in her wheelhouse, and she excelled in both her vocalizations and acting. The sets and dress were exquisite. Not one raise of the curtain failed to produce gasps from the audience. The BLO’s production of Tosca deviated from the original setting of Rome in 1800, in which the rebels were Napoleon and his forces. Instead, they chose to set the performance in Nazioccupied Rome with Scarpia as the head of the Nazi police. With the wom-

en clad in ’40s glamour and soldiers in Gestapo uniforms, this production of Tosca feels easier to relate to and the story of love and anguish finds a firm foothold in this interpretation. And Puccini’s music, conducted by Andrew Bisantz, was supportive without being insistent. The chemistry between the voices on the stage and in the pit was always finely balanced, one never totally overpowering the other. Tosca is an experience. No other words are necessary to describe it. It is something that everyone should try to see at least once. And though some might be a bit wary of opera, Tosca is the show that can break the stereotype. Opera is just another medium through which a story is told. And with as captivating a story as that of Tosca’s, it’s hard not to enjoy it. Tosca is playing at the Shubert Theater until Nov. 16. Students can purchase a subscription to the BLO and receive highly discounted tickets with special seating.

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Simple story meets grand Sofra bakes delights execution in ‘La Bayadère’ ■ The Middle Eastern bakery offers outstanding hot items but disappointing pastries. By eric chow

■ The extravagant and lavish Boston Ballet production will play at the Boston Opera House until Nov. 14. By sujin shin JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

The Boston Ballet’s production of La Bayadère by Marius Petipa is a lavish and extravagant affair, a simple story whose execution is anything but. A grandiose and energetic performance, the story is easy to understand from the mime but is also one of sensitivity and layered emotion. The night begins with a celebration of power. A fakir played by the powerful but gracefully elastic Altan Dugaraa steps out and performs a ritual dance around a growing fire. The High Brahmin enters, played by the stately Bo Busby, and the temple bayadères dance until the most beautiful temple dancer of all comes out to lead: Nikiya, played by the fragile but self-assured Lia Cirio. The High Brahmin falls deeply in love with her and wants his love requited, but Nikiya is already in love with the warrior Solor, played by the magnificent Lasha Khozashvili, and she rejects the Brahmin’s advances. She secretly meets with her love afterward, and they share a joyous and enraptured dance in which Solor vows eternal love for Nikiya. However, they are secretly observed by the Brahmin, who vows to take revenge on Solor. The Rajah, played by Arthur Leech, decides to give Solor the

hand of his very beautiful daughter, Gamzatti. Solor, overtaken by lust for Gamzatti, played by Kathleen Breen Combs, agrees to marry her but is struck as he remembers has sworn eternal love for Nikiya. Gamzatti also has fallen in love with Solor and tries to bribe Nikiya to leave him. But Nikiya refuses and the two women fight, ending with Nikiya attempting to kill Gamzatti. The story ends tragically with Nikiya being bitten by a poisonous snake, planted in a bouquet of flowers by Gamzatti and the Brahmin. Solor, overwhelmed by grief, falls under the influence of opium and dreams that Nikiya forgives him and they are reunited in the Kingdom of Shades. It is a tragic love story, filled with human emotion and a deep sensitivity to the frailty of love. And unlike most other ballets, which end with a large celebration or marriage, La Bayadère concludes on a softly melancholic note, in which no character can claim that cordial love has sweetened his or her life. But it isn’t only the pensiveness that defines La Bayadère. There are incredibly high-stepping and exuberant moments as well as sensual and mesmeric ones. Cirio, a beautiful dancer with long, slim legs and incredible flexibility, performs a variation of Nikiya’s final dance with a sensuality and smoothness that combines the quick and confident spirit of Indian dance with the fluidity and grace of traditional ballet. There is also the magnificent Golden Idol, played by the slight but immensely powerful Joseph Gatti. His movements are exact, powerful and weightless. Robotic and wonderfully

precise, Gatti was one of the more memorable performers—being covered in reflective gold paint certainly didn’t hurt. The biggest star of the night, however, was principal dancer Khozashvili, who played of the tragic Solor. The stage seemed too small to contain him as his energy bounded across the theater. Though sporting a towering figure and a thicker frame than most of the other male dancers, he vaulted into the air with unearthly ease and landed with barely more than a whisper. He could sip a cup of tea with the amount of time he had in the air after his perfect double cabrioles. Supremely athletic and tremendously graceful, Khozashvili drew the loudest applause, and rightly so. A sensitive actor as well as a beautiful dancer, Khozashvili was the finest bayadère of the night. In addition to a finely tuned orchestra, the sets of the scenes were almost performers in themselves. Each curtain raised brought sighs of awe and admiration. The subtle dark undertones of the first scene were first outshined by the glorious red and gold interior of the Rajah’s palace, and the chroma were reined in again during Solor’s drug-induced dream. The backdrop was as fine-tuned to the story and music of the show as the dancers, and they jelled seamlessly with each other. A beautiful mélange of grace with emotion, foreign with familiar and subtlety with mime, La Bayadère is a show that both the newcomer to ballet as well as the connoisseur can enjoy. La Bayadère is playing at the Boston Opera House until Nov. 14.

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Sofra is the bakery and café of Ana Sortun, the chef of the popular Cambridge restaurant Oleana, which is well-loved for its Turkish and Turkishinspired cuisine. Sortun takes a similar approach with her bakery: she serves traditional Turkish/Middle Eastern pastries and small plates alongside Western European and American pastries, reinterpreted with Middle Eastern spices and techniques. When I first heard about this place, I couldn’t believe it existed. I had to get down there—pastry-obsessed as I am—to see what new world of flavors and possibilities had suddenly opened up for me. Unfortunately, I was terribly disappointed, at least at first. Their simit, a sesame scone, was dry and nearly tasteless except for the outer layer of white sesame seeds. The pearl sugar brioche, both topped and filled with chocolate, was similarly dry and bland, and the chocolate was flat and slightly bitter (in a sharp and bad way—not the way that very dark chocolate is). This might have been the first pastry in a long time that I’ve been unable to finish. The Persian spiced doughnut was completely and unbelievably devoid of the spices mentioned: rose petal, black pepper, coriander, cardamom and cinnamon. I think there may have been a small pinch of cinnamon in a thin layer coating the outside. And the morning bun with orange blossom glaze was fine but nothing special. Luckily, I returned for more visits after this, unable to keep myself away from the idea that some of these pastries might be good. The Moroccan almond babka was the happiest excep-

tion to the flavorless pastries: a brioche rolled with cinnamon and brown sugar topped with icing, demarara (a large grain), sugar and cinnamon almonds. It was moist and buttery with a satisfying texture and the right amount of firmness and bite and as simply delicious, as fresh pastry always is. The Maureo—pastry chef Maura Kilpatrick’s interpretation of an Oreo—was also satisfying: two thick, crisp chocolate cookie squares with milk jam (a milk caramel similar to dulce de leche) instead of vanilla frosting. It could have used much more of that delicious milk jam but was otherwise a great cookie. The best experiences, though, came when I finally tried the hot plates. The $3 lamejuns were a great deal: a decent portion of flatbread topped with spinach, mint, garlic and olive oil. What was most surprising was that the olive oil was of good-enough quality to be tasted above the other spices, coming through clear and strong. The lamb shawarma, with pickled cabbage and tahini yogurt, was truly enjoyable. Along with the hot stuffed flatbreads, the shawarma are cooked on a large Lebanese griddle, or a sat. The lamb and the cabbage were rolled up in thin, crisp flatbread, griddled to perfection and then halved and topped with a large dab of yogurt. The lamb was tender and in large pieces, yet it still had bite and plenty of flavor; it seems so common to have slow-cooked lamb cooked practically to mush. The cabbage was the perfect accompaniment, and the yogurt was great and fresh. I’ll definitely be back for their mezze bar—a variety of vegetarian small plates, which come as a platter of five served with their soft fingerbread— and I’ll need to try the rest of the flatbreads well. Sofra has some work to do in the pastry department, but if it can start to execute them as well as the hot plates, it will have a great shot at being one of the best bakeries in the area.

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TRIVIA TIME 1. What color is lapis lazuli? 2. Where is the Pennines mountain range located? 3. The order Hymenoptera would encompass what types of insects? 4. Who founded the Christian Science Church? 5. William H. Bonney was better known by what name? 6. Where is the mitral valve located? 7. In the United States, what is a more common term for “conscription”? 8. What was the original function of the schipperke, a Belgian dog breed? 9. What is the capital of Michigan? 10. In English history, which monarch did Cavaliers support?

ANSWERS 1. Blue 2. Northern England and southern Scotland 3. Bees, wasps and ants 4. Mary Baker Eddy 5. Billy the Kid 6. The heart 7. The draft, a requirement that people of certain age serve in the military. 8. Barge watchdogs 9. Lansing 10. King Charles I in the English Civil War

SHOWTIMES 11/12–11/18

The Town Fri-Sun:1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 Mon-Thurs: 2:00, 4:50, 7:40 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest Fri-Sun: 1:20, 4:35, 8:00 Mon-Thurs: 2:50, 7:30 Stone Fri-Sun: 1:40, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 Mon-Thurs: 2:30, 5:00, 8:10 Paranormal Activity 2 Fri-Sun: 1:50, 4:25, 7:20, 9:45 Mon-Tues: 2:20, 5:00, 8:00 Morning Glory Fri-Sun: 1:30, 4:05, 6:50, 9:25 Mon-Tues: 2:20, 5:00, 8:00 The Social Network Fri-Sun: 1:10, 3:55, 6:40, 9:20 Mon-Thurs: 2:10, 4:50, 7:50 Due Date Fri-Sun: 1:50, 4:25, 7:10, 9:35 Mon-Thurs: 2:40, 5:10, 8:20

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CHARTS Top 10s for the week ending Nov. 7 BOX OFFICE

1. Megamind 2. Due Date 3. For Colored Girls 4. Red 5. Saw 3D 6. Paranormal Activity 2 7. Jackass 3D 8. Hereafter 9. Secretariat 10. The Social Network

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A SWEET FALL: Hillel Buechler ’12 took this photograph while picking apples on a recent Sunday. According to Buechler, the rich contrast between the apples, the ground upon which they lie and the leaves around them captures the “colorful essence” of the fall season in Massachussetts.

CROSSWORD ACROSS 1. NYPD rank 5. Rotating part 8. On in years 12. U.S. 13. Hearty brew 14. Unaccompanied 15. Indian wrap 16. Liquidity measure 18. Civil War battle site in Tennesee 20. Almost not 21. Bric-a- — 23. Apiece 24. Boxing ploy 28. Uninteresting 31. Blackbird 32. Soft drinks 34. Vast expanse 35. Emcee 37. Late-night TV fare 39. Allow 41. Thin aperture 42. Bird with a fanlike crest 45. Removed the lid 49. Strong current 51. Ashen 52. Eleni author Nicholas 53. Rd. 54. Tablet 55. Individuals 56. Despondent 57. Otherwise DOWN 1. Mama — Elliot 2. Asian nursemaid 3. Actress Gilpin 4. Svengali’s subject 5. Sperm whale 6. — carte 7. Netting 8. Hitchcock or Tennyson 9. Yukon event 10. Carbon compound 11. Moist in the morning 17. Chance, poetically 19. Spheres 22. Songs’ endings 24. “Hum-bug!” 25. Lennon’s Yoko

1. The Drums – “Let’s Go Surfing” 2. Arcade Fire – “Sprawl II” 3. Chiddy Bang – “Old Ways” 4. Chromeo – “Night By Night” 5. Die Antwoord – “Enter The Ninja (Clean)” 6. Duck Sauce – “Barbra Streisand” 7. Francis and the Lights – “Knees to the Floor” 8. Gorillaz – “Rhinestone Eyes” 9. KT Tunstall – “Push That Knot Away” 10. Swedish House Mafia – “One feat. Pharrell”

COLLEGE RADIO

1. Belle & Sebastian – Write About Love 2. Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest 3. Eskmo – Eskmo 4. Tom Zé – Estuando a Bossa: Nordeste Plaza 5. Tu Fawning – Hearts on Hold 6. Marnie Stern – Marnie Stern 7. Junior Wells & the Aces – Live in Boston 1966 8. Mavis Staples – You Are Not Alone 9. Sharon Van Etten – Epic 10. No Age – Everything in Between

BILLBOARD

1. Taylor Swift – Speak Now 2. Sugarland – The Incredible Machine 3. Kings of Leon – Come Around Sundown 4. Lil Wayne – I Am Not A Human Being 5. Eminem – Recovery 6. Elton John / Leon Russel – The Union 7. Soundtrack – Glee: The Rocky Horror Glee Show 8. Rod Stewart – Fly Me To The Moon 9. Darius Rucker – Charleston, SC 10. Michael Buble – Hollywood: The Deluxe

26. Loosen 27. Rolled around lazily 29. Zodiac cat 30. Legislation 33. Omit 36. Reservation residences 38. Treeless tract 40. Anderson’s High — 42. Quasimodo’s creator 43. — even keel 44. Greek vowels 46. Hammer’s target 47. Right angles 48. Remove from the text 50. Eggs

Album information provided by Billboard Magazine. Box office information provided by Yahoo! Movies. Radio charts provided by CMJ

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“Cover Girl” By TAYLOR BAKER

Justice staff writer

STRANGE BUT TRUE  It was Kurt Vonnegut, one of the most influential American writers of the 20th century, who made the following sage observation: “Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.”  Snakes are sometimes born with two heads, but they don’t survive long. It seems the heads fight each other for food.  Pregnant women might be particularly interested in the following: The animal that is pregnant the longest is the African elephant, with an average gestation period of 660 days (though some pregnancies can last up to 100 days longer). The record for shortest gestation period is held jointly by three marsupials, including the American opossum, which remain pregnant for only 12 to 13 days.  During this season of excess, it might be worthwhile to remember that the typical holiday meal contains

more than 3,000 calories. It also might be worthwhile to remember that the suggested daily intake of calories for men is 2,500; for women, it’s 2,000.  Americans’ collective annual tab for dry-cleaning services comes to approximately $8 billion.  If you’re an arachnophobe, you might not want to read the following tidbit of information: Scientists in Madagascar recently discovered a new species of bark spider that spins webs over rivers and other bodies of water. What makes these webs noteworthy is that they are the largest ever recorded, measuring up to 82 feet across.  Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, let his horse graze on the lawn of the White House. Thought for the Day: “Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.” —Robert Louis

I love cover songs. For me, it’s so interesting to see others’ takes on songs. When artists cover other artists’ songs, they open up a whole new avenue of enjoyment and depth to them, or, sometimes, they turn a song that was horrible into something refreshing and beautiful. THE LIST 1. Robyn – “Hyperballad” 2. Sufjan Stevens – “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” 3. Brooke Fraser – “The Sound of Silence (Live)” 4. Placebo – “Running Up That Hill” 5. Constantines & Feist – “Islands in the Stream” 6. William Fitzsimmons – “King of Wishful Thinking” 7. Pomplamoose – “September” 8. Nada Surf – “If You Leave” 9.Taylor Swift – “Untouchable” 10. Sara Bareilles – “Single Ladies”