ARTS Page 21
SPORTS Women’s basketball opens with victory 15
ON THE EDGE
FORUM Professor responds to Collins departure 11 The Independent Student Newspaper
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Volume LXVI, Number 12
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
ADMINISTRATION
ANOTHER SHOT
Reinharz’s pay in the spotlight ■ A Sunday Boston Globe
article brought President Emeritus Jehuda Reinharz’s salary into question. By ANDREW WINGENS JUSTICE EDITOR
A front-page article in the Nov. 18 Sunday Boston Globe highlighted the salary and benefits packages afforded to former University presidents, with a focus on President Emeritus Jehuda Reinharz. Students and faculty reacted, voiceing their concern about Reinharz’s compensation but noting that excessive executive compensation is not an issue unique to Brandeis. Reinharz’s salary and benefits, as reported by the Justice in a Sept. 24 article, totaled about $627,000 in 2011. In 2009, his penultimate year as University president, Reinharz made about $1.5 million in salary, benefits and other compensation. Reinharz served as University president from 1994 until University President Frederick Lawrence took over on Jan. 1, 2011, making him the second-longest serving president of the University. According to University administrators, Reinharz’s post-presidency salary has declined from its high in 2011. Reinharz’s total compensation is approximately $300,000 each year from 2012 through 2014. In 2014, Reinharz will be compensated as president emeritus until June at the same rate as 2012 and 2013, with a total compensation that year of about $160,000. After June 2014, Reinharz’s
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Tudor Livadaru ’14 splits a pair of Roger Williams defenders during the team’s 1-0 victory in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament. See page 16 for full coverage.
ADMINISTRATION
Al-Quds partnership halted ■ The decision to suspend a
current partnership ensued after a controversial protest. By PHIL GALLAGHER JUSTICE EDITOR
University President Frederick Lawrence has suspended the University’s formal academic partnership with Al-Quds University, a university in East Jerusalem, effective as of last night, and will “reevaluate the rela-
tionship as future events may warrant” according to a Nov. 18 BrandeisNOW press release. Al-Quds University’s statement regarding recent demonstrations on the Al-Quds campus that “involved demonstrators wearing black military gear, armed with fake automatic weapons, and who marched while waving flags and raising the traditional Nazi salute,” according to BrandeisNOW, was “unacceptable and inflammatory.” BrandeisNOW reported that upon learning of the demonstrations, Lawrence “contacted Al-Quds President
Waltham, Mass.
Sari Nusseibeh and requested that he issue an unequivocal condemnation of the demonstrations” and “also requested that the condemnation be published in both Arabic and English.” The release explained that the University is “obliged to recognize intolerance when we see it, and we cannot—and will not—turn a blind eye to intolerance.” The statement by Nusseibeh, which BrandeisNOW described as an English translation from Arabic, began by saying that Al-Quds “is often sub-
See AL-QUDS, 5 ☛
annual salary will be $180,000 as a half-time professor. The Globe article questioned Reinharz’s current role on campus, stating that he does fulfill the usual roles of a History professor, as he does not teach classes nor does he supervise graduate students. “The chairwoman for Near Eastern and Judaic Studies said she did not even know whether he was officially a member of her department,” wrote the Globe. Prof. Sylvia Barack Fishman (NEJS), the chairwoman of NEJS, however, wrote in an email to the Justice that “[t]he comments that the Globe reporter attributed to me were not accurate.” She stated that Reinharz is a member of the NEJS faculty. “On a regular, ongoing basis, he is generous as a mentor and guide for graduate students and faculty members, and in donor stewardship and development. Professor Reinharz devotes considerable time and service to Brandeis University and to his research and publications,” wrote Fishman. In an email to the Justice, Senior Vice President for Communications Ellen de Graffenreid listed Reinharz’s duties, which she said included helping with the presidential transition, cultivating and introducing Lawrence to donors, overseeing the Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry and pursuing academic research. According to the Globe, Reinharz was “noncommittal about how much time he devotes to Brandeis.” “I’ve never worked at Brandeis by
See REINHARZ, 7 ☛
DINING SERVICES
Sodexo and University look to change meal plan options ■ Meal equivalencies could
potentially be replaced by a swipe system. By SAMANTHA TOPPER JUSTICE STAFF WRITER
On Nov. 8, members of the Student Union, University administrators and representatives from Sodexo met to discuss a proposal for meal plan reform to be implemented at the start of the next academic year.
According to Jay DeGioia, Brandeis’ resident district manager for Dining Services, he called the meeting in response to student feedback that was garnered during the request for proposal process that took place last year. At the meeting, Sodexo proposed several ideas for new types of meal plans, according to the Senate chair of the Dining Committee, Class of 2017 Senator David Heaton. In an email to the Justice, DeGioia said that “the meal plans proposed are a direct result of what [Sodexo was]
asked to deliver from the direction in the sales proposal” which the University gave out during the request for proposal process. Instead of meals, the potential new system would introduce the use of “swipes” that students would use at Sherman Dining Hall or Usdan Café, which will be converted over the summer into a resident dining hall facility comparable to Sherman, DeGioia said in an interview with the Justice. The name “swipes” denotes how they differ from meals: these “swipes” would not be limited by
meal periods such as lunch and dinner, or disappear at the end of the week, but would be available for unrestricted use throughout the semester, Heaton said in an interview with the Justice. Proposed meal plans would provide students with options similar to those currently in place, with suggested plans that allow for the purchase of many swipes with a limited number of points, or fewer swipes but a larger amount of points, according to Heaton. One proposed plan would vary vastly from any existing plans, ac-
See SODEXO, 7 ☛
Garden displays
Winning big
LNF Program cut
Students used miniature gardens to cultivate agricultural education.
The men’s basketball team scored a record 119 points in a rout over Curry College
The University plans to focus on implementing Living Learning Communities.
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cording to DeGioia, who mentioned the implementation of an “all-access” plan that would give students an unlimited number of swipes for the entire semester, but very few points to use at retail locations such as Dunkin’ Donuts or Starbucks. The University very likely will not decide to allow the use of meals at retail locations such as the Hoot Market due to the added expense and reduced control that DeGioia predicts will result when students have the ability to use unlimited meals at lo-
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INDEX
SPORTS 16 ARTS SPORTS
17 16
EDITORIAL FEATURES
10 8
OPINION POLICE LOG
10 2
READER COMMENTARY 11
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