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community, the Theater Dept. canceled a production of Michael Weller ’65.

By ABBY PATKIN JUSTICE EDITOR

Following private conversations with playwright Michael Weller ’65, the University’s Theater Department and Division of Creative Arts have chosen to run a course on controversial works of art next semester rather than premiere Weller’s contentious play “Buyer Beware.”

The play has faced backlash from students and alumni in recent months for its use of slurs and allegedly racist themes, with the University opting this month to cancel a production scheduled for later in the academic year.

Weller, who wrote the plays “Moonchildren” and “Loose Ends” and the screenplay for the movie “Hair,” will

be honored with the University’s 2016 to 2017 Creative Arts Award this spring.

He wrote “Buyer Beware” — about a group of students five years after the University’s 2015 Ford Hall protest — as part of receiving the award, which also includes a campus residency.

Weller spent his time at Brandeis engaging with students and conducting research into the University’s Lenny Bruce archives, which are dedicated to the controversial comedian whose obscenity trials proved a landmark for freedom of speech.

The award marks the University’s “commitment to engaging with the arts as an opportunity for discovery, creativity and innovation across traditional disciplinary boundaries,” Office of the Arts Director Ingrid Schorr wrote in an email to the Justice.

Students launch phone and email campaign

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Free Expression Forum comes to a conclusion ■ The Task Force on Free

Expression held the last open community forum for the finalization of its draft.

By DANIELA MICHANIE JUSTICE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Brandeis administrators, students, faculty and alumni discussed the challenges of creating an environment optimal to the exchange of ideas at an open forum convened by the Task Force on Free Expression on Monday.

The open forum came just two weeks after students at the University of Florida protested on campus while prominent white nationalist Richard B. Spencer delivered a lecture at a university-sponsored event. University President Ronald Liebowitz referenced the event as he introduced the forum topic.

“This is a challenging and difficult topic,” said Liebowitz. “But we’re trying to thread the needle and find what is best for Brandeis, and the Task Force on Free Expression did an excellent job of framing some principles for us so we can start thinking about those policies.”

Task Force Chair Prof. George Hall (ECON), Chief Diversity Officer and Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Mark Brimhall-Vargas and Prof. John Plotz (ENG) were among the members of the task force present at the discussion held at the Intercultural Center. There were approximately 30 people in attendance.

The task force presented the latest draft of a set of five principles, which will serve as a basis for future University policy related to free speech on campus. Brimhall-Vargas described the draft

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GITTLER: Kimberlé Crenshaw accepted her medallion from President Ron Liebowitz for the Gittler Prize award on Wednesday.

Kimberlé Crenshaw accepts Gittler Prize for career works ■ The Office of the President

awarded Kimberlé Crenshaw the Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize for change-making ideas.

By JOCELYN GOULD JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

In recognition of her scholarly work in intersectionality and critical race theory, the University awarded Kimberlé Crenshaw the Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize last Wednesday.

After three days of events celebrating Kimberlé Crenshaw’s scholarly works, University President Ron Liebowitz presented Crenshaw with the award at a ceremony and lecture on Wednesday.

The University of California, Los Angeles and Columbia Law School professor and co-founder of the African American Policy Forum was recognized for her “exemplary scholarship” and “lasting impact in the world” with her theory of intersectionality and critical race theory, according to Prof. Elizabeth Ferry’s (ANTH) introduction. In her Prize Lecture, “Race, Reform, Retrenchment Redux: Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality Beyond Post-Racialism,” Crenshaw

defended that theory of intersectionality and argued for the necessity of remembering, recognizing and elevating the voices of Black women.

Crenshaw explained her theory of intersectionality with a curious image: a long, narrow photo of cows grazing on grass. Telling the audience the cows were sick, she asked them who they would blame; the audience found the farmer guilty.

However, she then uncovered the top of the picture, revealing a massive cloud of industrial smoke — the real reason the cows were sick.

“There are all kinds of attributional errors which happen when you see a problem … in a narrow frame,” Crenshaw said. “When you broaden the frame, you have … a capacity to see not only the problem with respect to the cows, but the problem with respect to all of us: who is responsible, and what needs to be done.”

Intersectionality is that broad frame which allows people to see problems as institutional rather than individual so that real solutions can be found, according to Crenshaw.

The necessity of this new frame was made clear in the 1980s when Black women were clearly being

discriminated against in hiring practices but were losing discrimination suits, according to Crenshaw. Because the businesses in question hired Black men and white women, courts ruled that no gender or race discrimination was occurring, and they rejected the idea that Black women could sue for both simultaneously.

“So the objective of intersectionality was to try to explain to judges what they were missing,” Crenshaw said. “It is basically an idea that social forces overlap: race, gender, sexuality, gender identity, disability and more.”

Although it has become a pillar of sociological thought since Crenshaw coined the term in 1989, intersectionality is often attacked today for being a divisive ideology that causes problems instead of solving them.

In her lecture, Crenshaw defended intersectionality against those who seek to displace conversation by criticizing the frame instead of looking through it. She countered this refusal to recognize the problems intersectionality illuminates by focusing on the overlooked struggles of Black women.

Crenshaw declared that a “rac-

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Eli Wasserman ’20 and Rehman Ibrahim ’19 presented to the Senate on behalf of the Brandeis Society for International Affairs for probationary status. Wasserman stated that Boston is a hub for international affairs and that bringing various speakers and allowing the community to engage with various nongovernmental organizations would be beneficial. Wasserman also said that BSIA would serve as a space outside of the classroom to discuss international affairs.

Class of 2018 Senator Abhishek Kulkarni was concerned that the club had a duality of purpose with the International and Global Studies Program. Racial Minority Senator Hangil Ryu ’20 asked whether or not the IGS Department brings in speakers and if BSIA is needed to fill that niche. Rosenthal Quad Senator Elizabeth Dabanka ’20 added that students would be more interested in seeing speakers if they were brought in by a club, rather than as a class provided by the IGS Program. Student Union Vice President Hannah Brown ’19 is an Undergraduate Departmental Representative for the IGS Department and stated that the department does not have the resources to bring in speakers for the student body.

East Quad Senator Samantha Barrett ’20 added that the club could serve as an outlet for non-IGS majors interested in international affairs, as well as for IGS majors.

The Senate voted to give probationary status to the Society for International Affairs.

Zach Goldblatt ’19 presented on behalf of the Water Polo Club. Goldblatt petitioned for funding for lifeguards so the team can practice outside of the pool’s open swim hours. He stated that the team has been growing and the club’s goal is to have a large enough membership base for two teams to scrimmage. The Senate voted to give probationary status to the Water Polo Club, also voting to charter the Drawing Club.

Brown and Executive Senator Aaron Finkel ’20 announced that they met with Joy von Strieger from the Brandeis Counseling Center. During their meeting, the three discussed problems with understaffing and the need for more staff of color and an in-house drug and alcohol counselor.

Brown also discussed adding two Turkey Shuttle extensions this year due to high demand.

Finkel stated that he and Chief of Union Affairs Nathan Greess ’19 are working to make the Allocations Board and Executive Board more transparent by providing briefs to the newspapers.

Dining Committee Chair and Class of 2020 Senator Jonathan Chen stated that the University has a new executive chef, and Sodexo will be providing a trip for students to the New England Coffee store.

Class of 2020 Senator Tal Richtman, chair of the Club Support Committee, stated that the committee decided the Dance Marathon Club should not be a club because it only holds one event. Richtman reminded the Senate that the committee’s workshop will be held on Nov. 9 at 7 p.m.

Sustainability Committee Chair and Class of 2019 Senator Benedikt Reynolds said that some of the committee’s members will be going to Emerson College to have a joint event with other universities’ sustainability organizations, also learning about what they do for sustainability. Reynolds mentioned that he is meeting with Assistant Director of First-Year Programs and Orientation Scott Berozi about a potential sustainability event during first-year orientation.

Richtman stated that the Senate Money Resolution for food for the Club Support Workshop was approved.

Richtman introduced an SMR for funding for travel expenses for the workshop speaker. The Senate voted to pass the SMR. Finkel introduced a new SMR to add another Turkey Shuttle from New York to Brandeis due to high demand. The Senate voted to pass the SMR. Senator at Large Shaquan McDowell ’18 reported that he and Class of 2021 Senator Rachel McAllister will be meeting with Library Services to discuss the problem of first-years not understanding the policies on library items for loan and accruing overdraft fees.

Ryu met with Elias Rosenfeld ’20 about supporting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients. Ryu and Rosenfeld drafted a letter to the Senate and House of Representatives in support of DACA. —Emily Blumenthal Editor’s note: Elias Rosenfeld ’20 is a columnist for the Justice.

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Oct. 23—A party walked into the University Police station and reported that they fell down some stairs. BEMCo staff treated the party with a signed refusal for further care.

Oct. 23—A party in Shapiro Hall reported that they felt dizzy.

BEMCo staff treated the party, who was transported to NewtonWellesley Hospital for further care.

Oct. 23—BEMCo staff treated a party in Shapiro Hall who struck their head. The party was transported to Newton-Wellesley Hospital for further care.

Oct. 24—A party in Schwartz Hall was feeling ill. BEMCo staff treated the party with a signed refusal for further care.

Oct. 24—BEMCO staff treated a party in Renfield Hall with an injured ankle.

Oct. 24—University Police received a report of an intoxicated party in the Admissions parking lot. BEMCo staff treated the party, who was transported to Newton-Wellesley Hospital for further care.

Oct. 27—University Police received a report of a staff member who passed out in the lobby of the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center. The party was examined

by Cataldo Ambulance EMTs and refused medical transport.

Oct. 27—An ill party in East Quad requested BEMCo assistance. University Police transported the party to NewtonWellesley Hospital for further care.

Oct. 28—BEMCo staff treated an intoxicated party on Loop Road. The party was transported to Newton-Wellesley Hospital for further care.

Oct. 28—A party in the Charles River Apartments reported that they were experiencing abdominal pain. University Police transported the party to NewtonWellesley Hospital for further care.

Oct. 28—University Police received a report of an elderly party who twisted their ankle by the Admissions lot. BEMCo staff treated the party with a signed refusal for further care.

Oct. 28—A party walked into

the University Police station complaining of a past wrist injury. BEMCo staff treated the party with a signed refusal for further care.

Oct. 28—BEMCo staff treated a party in the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center who had been poked in the eye.

Oct. 29—University Police received a report of a party in Cable Hall who was having chest pains.

BEMCo staff treated the party, who was transported to NewtonWellesley Hospital.

Drugs

Oct. 24—Department of Community Living staff conducting health and safety inspections found drug paraphernalia in the Charles River Apartments. DCL staff will file a Community Standards Report on the incident.

Disturbance Oct. 27—University Police received a report of a possible altercation in front of Cable Hall.

University Police placed one non-student under arrest for trespassing and transported them to

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING SYMPOSIUM

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Students and faculty presented projects from their Experiential Learning courses on Friday morning in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium.

the Waltham Police station for booking.

Harassment

Oct. 23—A party in the Bernstein-Marcus Administration Center reported that they were being harassed during a phone call. University Police compiled a report on the incident.

Oct. 24—A party in Usdan Student Center reported that they had received strange messages left on the whiteboard outside their office in the Campus Ministry. University Police compiled a report on the incident.

Oct. 24—A party in Shapiro Hall reported harassment via a Facebook chat program. University Police compiled a report on the incident.

Other

Oct. 27—University Police received a report of a suspicious package delivered to 475 Old South St. University Police compiled a report on the incident.

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BRIEF Massachusetts offical states opposition to recognition of out-of-state concealed-carry permits Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey voiced public opposition to a congressional bill that would require states to recognize out-of-state concealedcarry permits when gun owners travel, according to an Oct. 27 Wicked Local article.

“This forced acceptance of the most permissive standards would also affect determinations about the proper level of safety training necessary to justify concealed carry and the criteria governing whether a person is too dangerous to carry a gun in a crowded place,” stated the letter, which Healey posted on her Twitter on Oct. 23.

Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) introduced the bill, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017, on Jan. 3, according to the congressional website. If passed, the legislation would amend the federal criminal code.

Massachusetts is one of nine states with “may issue” laws, which allow law enforcement to exercise discretion regarding those who receive a permit. Attorneys general from 16 other states — including other “may issue” states like California, Connecticut and New York — cosigned the Oct. 22 letter to congressional leaders.

“The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 is a common sense solution to a problem too many Americans face. It will provide law-abiding citizens the right to conceal, carry and travel freely between states without worrying about conflicting state codes or onerous civil suits,” said Hudson, as quoted by Wicked Local.

The letter from the attorneys general came four days after the American Journal of Public Health published a Boston University study that found a correlation between more-lenient handgun permits and higher handgun-related homicide rates.

—Amber Miles

ANNOUNCEMENTS Navigating Identities in Tech Industry

This panel will bring together employers and alumni from the tech industry to explore identities (such as gender, race, sexual orientation and age) in this field, which has been traditionally dominated by white males.

The first half of the event will provide panelists the opportunity to offer insights, perspectives, and answer questions from the audience. During the second part of the event, attendees will participate in small group dialogues with one another and the panelists.

Wednesday from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the International Lounge, Usdan.

“All the Rivers” Author Talk

Israeli novelist Dorit Rabinyan will speak at Brandeis as part of her American book tour for her newest novel, 2017’s “All the Rivers.” Q&A and book signing will follow.

“Rabinyan’s book is a sort of Romeo and Juliet, a forbidden love affair between a

Jewish girl from Tel Aviv and a Palestinian boy from Hebron ... [A] beautiful novel,” The Guardian said in a review.

Wednesday from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in Rapaporte Treasure Hall.

French cheeses, baguettes, fruit, beverages and more! All levels of French proficiency are welcome.

Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Ridgewood Commons.

AAAS Salon: Ebony and Ivy

The Feminist Sexual Ethics Project

Craig Steven Wilder is a historian of American institutions and ideas. Professor Wilder’s most recent book is “Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities,” (New York: Bloomsbury, 2013), which Kirkus Reviews named one of the best nonfiction books of the year and which won multiple book awards.

Thrusday from 2:00 to 3:20 p.m. in the Room G03, Mandel Center for the Humanities.

Fromage with Friends

Join the French and Francophone Club at our most popular event: Fromage with Friends! Sample over a dozen types of

In the U.S., sexual violence is racially charged. Such violence occurs in all communities, but differently in each.

By learning about those differences and by working to create the conditions in which all victims/survivors know that reporting will result in justice, we can reduce sexual harassment and violence.

Religion can provide deep healing to survivors. In some traditions, however, religious interpretations can hinder survivors from seeing themselves as victims of a crime rather than as transgressors of religious modesty and sexual purity. Please join us for thoughtful discussion.

Friday from noon to 2 p.m. in Rapaporte Treasure Hall.

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BRIEF Flagel announces research leave In an Oct. 30 email to Brandeis students faculty and staff, University President Ron Liebowitz announced the forthcoming research leave of Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment Andrew Flagel. This leave will begin after Thanksgiving.

“My research fellowship begins in the coming weeks and continues through the end of June 2018,” Flagel said in an email to the Justice.

Flagel has been offered a senior research fellowship at the National Research Center for College and University Admissions. NRCCUA is a membership organization which links colleges and universities to students through a career planning program, according to NRCCUA’s website.

NRCCUA also provides data analysis tools to colleges and universities which attempt to aid recruitment efforts.

“I first worked with NRCCUA early in my career when I was with the Congressional Youth Leadership Council, collaborating with them to conduct research on the use of geo-demography to increase diversity in the academic programs administered by the Council for the U.S. Congress,” Flagel wrote.

After he departed from the Congressional Youth Leadership Council in 1997, he worked for the University of Michigan, Monster.com and George Mason University.

Flagel then returned to the NRCCUA. From March 2010 to March 2013, he worked as an editor and content provider for MyCollegeOptions.com, the career planning program offered

by NRCCUA. During this time he helped to research college and university

enrollment trends and published editorials relating to college admissions, according to his LinkedIn resumé.

Flagel began his tenure at Brandeis in August 2011. His role as the senior vice president for students and enrollment at Brandeis puts the offices of Admissions, Community Living, Athletics, Financial Aid, Student Accounts, the Hiatt Career Center, the Health Center, the Interfaith Chaplaincy, the Intercultural Center and Student Activities under his supervision, according to the University website.

Now the reporting structure for these departments has been reorganized to “streamline operations, increase accountability and align administrative responsibilities with authority in a way intended to support our students,” Liebowitz wrote in the email. The Admissions office will report to Dean of Arts and Science Susan Birren, who is planning to depart from the University. The Dean of Students, Community Living, Athletics, the Hiatt Career Center, the Health Center and Student Activities, under Vice President for Student Affairs Sheryl Sousa ’90 will report to Provost Lisa Lynch.

“I have no doubt our exceptional team members will continue to do everything possible to support the mission of this wonderful university under any organizational structure,” Flagel wrote.

In his email, Liebowitz expressed his gratitude for Flagel’s years of service to the school and wished him luck in his future endeavors.

—Kirby Kochanowski

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RIBBON-CUTTING: The Richman/Gittler library corner and interactive exhibit was inaugurated on Wednesday afternoon.

Library corner opens to honor prize recipients

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founded a new library corner to honor Richman and Gittler prize recipients and their works.

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BRIEF Adagio Dance Company creates online petition for Linsey access With swipe access to the Linsey Sports Center available only to a limited number of individuals, Adagio Dance Company members must often walk through active sports games in the Red Auerbach Arena. A new petition from the Company asserts that this leaves them vulnerable to injury.

The change.org petition that calls for granting swipe access to Linsey for Adagio members has garnered 118 signatures as of Monday night.

The Adagio Dance Company, with about 60 dancers, is one of the 15 Brandeis dance clubs that uses the four dance studios in Linsey. In order to get to the studios, dancers must enter through Gosman Sports and Convocation Center’s main entrance and walk across the complex to enter Linsey, passing through the arena. This means the dancers may encounter basketball, soccer or volleyball games, which, according to the petition, “disrupts play and is dangerous for both the players and the dancers.”

“Every Adagio dancer has a story about almost getting hit by a soccer ball during a game or running out of the way just in time to avoid colliding with a group of basketball players,” Brooke Granovsky ’18 wrote in an Oct. 27 email to the Justice.

Granovsky, who wrote the petition, proposes a system that only provides club leaders and choreographers card access, which would minimize the amount of people with access to the building but also allow for direct entrance into Linsey.

In an Oct. 27 email to the Justice, Senior Associate Director of Athletics Tom Rand cited “safety, security and liability concerns” regarding granting card access to club leaders. Out of the 28 clubs that had booked the multipurpose room in Lin-

sey last week, Rand pointed out that granting access to one or two leaders of each group would be too many people for Athletics and Public Safety to be comfortable with.

The athletic facilities are only available for use by current Brandeis students, staff and faculty, but there have been incidents in the past in which outsiders, such as Bentley University and Boston College students, were able to sneak into the buildings.

According to Rand, these unauthorized individuals committed larceny, harassment and vandalism on multiple occasions, and if anyone was to be hurt while inside the facilities, the University would be held liable. “If we start giving people access to doors that aren’t staffed I feel like we are only asking for more issues,” Rand said.

Rand also cited restrictions for staffing two front desks due to budget concerns, adding that only a select few employees have access to certain areas such as Linsey.

Unless Adagio is willing to cover the $11- to $12-an-hour fees that would come with staffing the Linsey entrance, there is nothing that can be done, according to Rand. The Athletics Department would also have to coordinate with Public Safety to reactivate the desk card reader, he noted.

Other than using Allocations Board funding, Adagio is exploring the option of using the Community Emergency and Enhancement Fund as a way to offset the costs of manning a front desk, according to Granovsky.

—Natalia Wiater Editor’s note: Brooke Granovsky ’18 is an Arts reporter for the Justice.

Overlooking the wetlands behind Chapel’s Field, a newly designated corner sits in the Goldfarb Library honoring the recipients of two University awards, the Richman Distinguished Fellow in Public Life and the Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize.

The inaugural blue ribbon to the Richman/Gittler Library corner was cut on Wednesday afternoon by President Ron Liebowitz. Alongside him was 2017 Gittler recipient Kimberlé Crenshaw, Richman family representative Carol Richman Saivetz ’69, Prof. Elizabeth Ferry (ANTH) and Interim University Librarian Matthew Sheehy.

Both awarded annually, the Richman and Gittler prizes share a selection of residencies by “remarkable individuals ... working to change our world,” said Liebowitz.

These prizes “stand as living symbols of Brandeis values and the University’s commitment to diversity and positive engagement in public life,” he said.

A small cove with new seating, the corner honors recipients of both prizes, showcasing the contributions of these change-makers through an interactive touchscreen display and a bookshelf full of their printed works.

The digital exhibit features highlights of their campus talks and interviews.

“We hope that you will come often to this space and review the works of our honored scholars and their words — to be intellectually stimulated, to be challenged and, most of all, to let their words and ideas inform your thinking and actions — that is, to let these change-makers change you,” said Liebowitz.

The Richman Distinguished Fellowship in Public Life was created in 2013 by Carol Richman Saivetz and her children, Michael Saivetz ’97 and Aliza Saivetz Glasser ’01. Funded by the Richman and Saivetz families, it provides a $25,000 award and recognizes “individuals active in public life whose contributions have had a significant impact on improving American society, strengthening democratic institutions, [or] advancing social justice,” according to the award’s website.

“I love this space,” said Richman Saivetz, adding that she hopes the corner will allow students, faculty and staff a space to stop and “really think about what’s happening in the world.”

The newest Gittler Prize recipient, Crenshaw, a professor of law at University of California Los Angeles, coiner of the term “intersectionality” and founder of the field of Critical Race Theory, attended the ribboncutting shortly before her acceptance of the award and keynote address in Rapaporte Treasure Hall.

The Gittler Prize, also with a $25,000 award, recognizes “outstanding and lasting scholarly contributions to

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racial, ethnic and/or religious relations,” according to the award’s website. The prize was created in 2008 under the generosity of the late Prof.

Joseph B. Gittler, a sociologist who is known for his works in ethnicity, race, religion and conflict.

In creating the corner, the Richman and Gittler committees were looking for ways to enhance and make the work of their recipients “more enduring and trans-temporal,” said Ferry, chair of the Gittler Prize.

While the recipients of these awards are chosen soley for their own investigations, the corner serves to bring their ideas together, as “many of their works are in conversation with each other,” said Ferry.

The corner symbolizes a place of reflection, comfort and contemplation.

“Near the coffee, near the books,” noted Ferry, it is a corner for comfort and contemplation of ideas that are sometimes difficult and disturbing to absorb. “I’d like to imagine that it was in corners like these, in libraries or coffee houses ... where the people who we are selecting as recipients of these prizes really came up with these ideas and allow us to bring them forward into the future.”

In addition, the library serves as the intellectual crossroads on campus, said Sheehy. “Now, as always, it is vital to reinforce justice, open exchange of ideas, respect and diversity,” he said.

Both the Gittler and Richman awards are sponsored by the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life on behalf of the Office of the President.

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COMMUNITY Halloween for the Hungry food drive volunteers collect thousands of items for Boston area homeless Volunteers went trick-ortreating for canned and boxed goods around Waltham on Sunday to support the University’s annual Halloween for the Hungry food drive.

Run through the Waltham Group’s Hunger and Homelessness Organization, the event saw student volunteers going door to door for canned and boxed foods, much in the spirit of Halloween.

To begin their two-hour shift, volunteers arrived in the Shapiro Residence Hall Lounge, where leaders from the Hunger and Homelessness Waltham Group and the food drive greeted them and gave instructions on what the day would entail. Coordinators distributed maps detailing where exactly each group should go to collect the food items.

Food collected during the Halloween for the Hungry food drive was sent to the Middlesex Human Services

Agency. The Middlesex Human Services Agency is a Waltham-based organization that, according to its website, “has maintained a steady focus addressing the effects of homelessness, substance abuse and hunger through 10 programs in the City of Boston and Metro Boston area.” The agency runs both men’s and women’s shelters, food pantries and soup kitchens.

Sunday’s event ran from noon to 6 p.m. and brought 59 volunteers together to help combat hunger.

The event proved a success, as a total of over 2,600 food items were gathered in the collection. These items will go directly toward lessening the hunger of those in need in the Waltham area.

Additionally, Hunger and Homelessness runs an annual Spring Wellness Drive, which will take place next semester.

—Jen Geller

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Students went door to door off campus to collect food products for the Boston area homeless on Sunday afternoon.

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Proscenium a capella performed a Halloween show in Harlan Chapel on Saturday night.

Scholar shares the history of Jerusalem’s reunification ■ Elan Ezrachi spoke to

students about his research to better understand the historical divison and unification of Jerusalem.

By ELIANA PADWA Justice EDITOR ASSISTANT

To Dr. Elan Ezrachi, the question of Jerusalem is as personal as it is political. In his Thursday lecture about the reunification of the city in 1967, he drew on both historical fact and his own memory.

A scholar in Jewish thought, Ezrachi doesn’t usually focus on Jerusalem, but he began his lecture by explaining that he wrote a book on the city for three reasons: to understand himself and his history, to understand “that reunification thing” beyond his own experience with it and to analyze how Jerusalem manages to exist today. He called it, “An entity that … has all the potential in the world to explode. … And at the same time [is] very wonderful.”

Ezrachi chose to discuss the reunification process because he believes it is a story that goes untold. The political consequences of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War are studied in depth, but Ezrachi believes the narrative of Jerusalem is lost within the larger conversation. He reassured listeners that even many Israelis don’t understand the complexities in Jerusalem’s history — they instead focus on the symbolism behind the breaking of the wall.

Ezrachi explained that his grandparents emigrated to Jerusalem from Russia in 1911, but that for most immigrants of their generation, Jerusalem wasn’t a main attraction: “It was conflicted, it was old, it was too religious.”

In 1949, Jerusalem was divided into West Jerusalem, which belonged to the newly established State of Israel, and East Jerusalem, which was owned

by Jordan. Ezrachi grew up in that divided city and is concerned that many of its qualities have been forgotten.

Living there, residents were acutely aware of the border and its presumed dangers. There was a feeling of loss, and that “this was not the way cities should operate.”

The “Western Wall” — a Jewish holy site because it had been part of the long destroyed Holy Temple — and the ancient “Old City” of Jerusalem were on the Jordanian side of the border. Ezrachi asked, “[Was] there a constant yearning for the Western Wall? … [Was] there anticipation for real change?” Yearning is an elusive concept, he added.

Ezrachi had felt that most Jewish residents of Jerusalem weren’t focused on what the city was missing, but a few audience members disagreed — they’d been raised longing for the Wall.

At the same time, there was a powerful sense of jubilation in Jerusalem. Ezrachi described most people as “[turning] their back towards the border.” Modern Jerusalem and the State of Israel were being developed; Ezrachi sees it as an exciting time in Israeli history.

Ezrachi explained that there wasn’t much political push to reunify Jerusalem. Before the 1967 war, citizens didn’t expect any immediate change, so any hope for the Western Wall was theoretical, not practical. Even once the war between Israel and Egypt began in 1967, Israeli authorities didn’t expect Jordan or Jerusalem to become involved, Ezrachi said.

When Jordan attacked Jerusalem on June 5, 1967, Israeli leaders were conflicted — Defense Minister Moshe Dayan asked, “Who needs all that headache?” — but Ezrachi said they ultimately saw it as their one chance.

Ezrachi believes Dayan’s June 7 announcement that the Israeli Defense Force had “liberated Jerusalem” shaped the Israeli narrative from that point on. The announcement asserted

that “full religious rights will be preserved,” and to Ezrachi that betrays a lack of confidence: Israel reassured the world that they would play by the rules so they wouldn’t be attacked immediately.

Ezrachi said that after the war people wanted to go to the Western Wall, and the Israeli government bulldozed the Arab neighborhood there to allow access. Hundreds of thousands of Jews marched to the Wall on June 14 and danced there. At the time, Ezrachi said, “It was the site where Israelis came to say thank you.” Joy, not religion, was the operating force.

Ezrachi said that politically, the Wall was the easy part: “What do you do with Jerusalem now?” The newly united Jerusalem was composed of 200,000 Jewish citizens and 70,000 Palestinian “permanent residents.” Dayan mandated free travel, and on June 29 the government tore down the walls dividing the city.

Ezrachi said there was a drive for normalization in the weeks after the war. Animosity had become “proximity and friction,” and a new reality was born.

The following year, in what Ezrachi called an “act of aggression,” the Israel Defense Forces marched through East Jerusalem to celebrate the victory.

A whole cultural transformation was occurring; art and holidays celebrating Jerusalem were created, the tourist industry boomed and the government began building new neighborhoods in the conquered areas.

“The Palestinians [were] not part of this story,” Ezrachi said. They were allowed to stay, and there are 350,000 Palestinians in Jerusalem today, but “the city has inequity on many levels.”

Ezrachi is still optimistic, and his book, “Awakened Dream: 50 Years of Complex Unification of Jerusalem,” details his thoughts on Jerusalem’s future.

The talk was co-sponsored by the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies and Brandeis Hillel.

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University Library celebrates international Open Access Week ■ Manger of Electronic

Resources Katherine Collins spoke about the library’s involvements in open access.

By MICHELLE DANG Justice EDITOR

From Oct. 23 to Oct. 29, the University library publicized its support of Open Access Week, an international event promoting the standardization of open access to peer-reviewed work in academia.

“Open access,’” a term coined in the 1990s, is a movement that all research be freely available and accessible online. It has become “central to advancing the interest of researchers, scholars, students, business and the public — as well as libraries,” wrote the University library in an Oct. 23 blog post.

The library is aiming to create

awareness for the movement and is itself invested in expanding open access in several ways, said Manager of Electronic Resources Katherine Collins in an interview with the Justice.

One way the library is doing this is through its support of open access collections. These are collections “done through crowdsourcing with libraries … for the purpose of making those collections more widely available to everyone,” said Collins.

Brandeis currently supports two such crowdsourcing programs, Digital Reveal and Knowledge Unlatched.

Funding models within these programs vary, with some allowing support by specialized collection or discipline. However, most libraries are contributing across the board.

The Open Access campaign calls for libraries to use their acquisition dollars to contribute to these open access collections, rather than to continue buying traditional collections for lo-

cal use.

Depending on the program, libraries are supporting not only the acquisition of new scholarly research but also the preservation of older books, newspapers and journals.

While the cost of acquiring new materials continues to rise, library collection budgets remain pretty flat or get small angle increases, said Collins. Participating in open access funding is a way to ameliorate these budget limitations.

As Collins explained, “Open access isn’t ‘free’ free; it’s a different sort of model of publishing. In traditional publishing, you’re paying [for] access through subscriptions or [by] purchasing the book outright, but with these models, … the material is freely available to all once the funding goal is met.”

By removing the barrier of subscription, research is made more widely available, immediately. Once a

collection is unlocked, all one needs is the web address and an internet connection to access the resource.

This benefits not only institutionally affiliated researchers but also the independent researcher and universities in developing countries that might not have the financial resources to purchase specialized collections behind high cost barriers, said Collins.

Another open access program the University participates in is HathiTrust Digital Library, a closed membership between participating academic and research institutions.

While not available to the public, that program aims to digitize and share locally owned materials on one platform.

The long-term goal for the University library is to be able to allocate more of its acquisition budget toward open -access resources versus traditional subscriptions, as well as continue the

campaign to persuade more “research funders and policy-makers [to] endorse this new model of publishing,” according to the blog post.

The Brandeis Open Access Fund is also available by application to help any faculty, staff or students who are interested in publishing in open access journals.

“We want to encourage folks who don’t have funding available to still be able to publish in open access journals,” said Collins, adding that the fund can help cover fees for author processing.

The theme of this year’s 10th anniversary Open Access Week was “Open in order to…,” a phrase that urges consideration of not only what openness means for the institution, but also for the individual.

As of press time, 543,611 articles exist in open-access repositories, according to the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association.

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TASK FORCE: University community partakes in the last round of free expression forums CONTINUED FROM 1 as a “narrow balancing beam,” in which only the principles and language agreed upon by the whole task force were included.

Several students and faculty members who attended the event voiced concerns about the fear that students on campus feel when expressing unpopular views, as well as the perceived psychological and physical fears faced by marginalized students as a result of unlimited free speech.

“Something that comes up when we talk about free speech is the comfort of sharing ideas and the fears associated with that,” said an employee of the peer advocate crisis center. “My question is,what kind of fears is the University addressing?”

Michelle Shain, ’04, Ph.D ’16, spoke about how Brandeis’ obligations as an institution of higher learning can sometimes come into conflict with the University’s emphasis on social justice values. The forum revealed how two points of Brandeis’ mission statement — its responsibility to promote an exchange of ideas for the sake of learning and its identity as a community that upholds social justice values — can collide.

“As a university, we are first and foremost an academic enterprise of research and education,” Shain said.

In response to this idea of colliding principles, Brimhall-Vargas differentiated between campus spaces and speech that may be conducive to learning in the classroom environment, which is protected through the faculty’s academic freedom, may not necessarily have a place at a campus event. The other members of the task force agreed that it was important to differentiate between these spaces and con-

sidered how free speech should be treated differently given the space in which it was exercised.

“There is a distinction between what happens in the classroom [and] what happens, say, in an event, that all of these things are different and might be treated differently,” said Brimhall-Vargas.

“Classes have a responsibility to air multiple ideas, but what happens in a classroom is different from, say, what happens in a residence hall.”

One student spoke of the importance of inviting speech that challenges beliefs as means for personal growth. “If I had blocked off everything I didn’t want to hear, I probably wouldn’t have gotten into Brandeis,” they said.

Brimhall-Vargas responded to this comment by arguing that not all students are affected by speech in the same way.

“I don’t know how you identify, but visually I identify you as a white male person,” said BrimhallVargas. “As a person that’s a male and a person with white skin, I don’t have my identities assaulted and so the notion that you can take it or leave it is something of a luxury.”

Although the task force had originally scheduled a total of three forums, with Monday’s being the final one, Liebowitz has received several requests to hold more forums. In response, he confirmed that there will be additional opportunities for members of the Brandeis community to discuss the principles before members of the administration gather to formulate policies based on the task force’s final draft.

Liebowitz will send out the most updated draft of the Principles of Free Speech and Free Expression to the Brandeis community. It is also available for view online.

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GITTLER: Crenshaw speaks about intersectional failures CONTINUED FROM 1

ist patriarchy” has shoved Black women out of the political sphere, erased their history and treated them as afterthoughts — and has gone uncontested even by marginalized communities and allies.

For Crenshaw, a pinnacle of this phenomena was seen when Anita Hill accused now-Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment during his confirmation process in 1991. According to Crenshaw, sexual harassment was seen as a “white woman’s hang-up,” and members of the Black community turned against her for being a liar and a “traitor” to their race.

The support Thomas received as a reaction against Hill led to his confirmation, Crenshaw argued.

Thomas would go on to be the fifth vote in the two 5-4 rulings of Citizens United v. FEC (2010) and Shel-

by County v. Holder (2013), which gutted campaign finance laws and the Voting Rights Act, respectively, and paved the way for President Donald Trump’s election, according to Crenshaw.

Here Crenshaw sees a perfect example of what she calls “intersectional failure.” These are moments when communities and allies themselves fail to stand up for those facing intersecting marginalizations.

Crenshaw argued that the “historical amnesia” surrounding Black women’s history further contributes to the racist patriarchy. She drew attention to the activist organization founded by Recy Taylor and Rosa Parks — the foundation of the Montgomery Bus Boycott — but which itself has been forgotten. This is an example of the way “the quiet, courageous and often thankless work of Black women” is erased and overshadowed,

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Crenshaw said.

The dismantling of the racist patriarchy therefore requires communities to remember forgotten history and to advocate for all of their members instead of some, even “at risk of being told we’re not good allies, just because we insist on justice for all.”

Crenshaw argued that allies must elevate the voices of Black women to help break the “cycle of invisibility” created when Black women cannot vocalize the problems they face.

In the middle of her lecture, Crenshaw left the audience with a challenge wherein her solution lies: “What happens when we actually take the time not just to spout about intersectionality, but to actually do intersectional work? To actually create the spaces for people to actually talk about what’s falling through the cracks?”

PLAY: The decision to cancel production made behind closed doors CONTINUED FROM 1 the campus production of “Buyer Beware.” The event, created by Ayelet Schrek ’17, provided students with contact information and call scripts to get in touch with administrators and Theater Department faculty.

“It is an overtly racist play, and will be harmful to the student population if staged,” Schrek wrote in the event description.

A draft of the play obtained by the Justice shows Ron, a white character, using the n-word and other racial and ethnic slurs while performing one of Bruce’s routines.

Ron’s use of the slurs angers his Black roommate, who posts on social media and draws national attention from Black Lives Matter, which calls for a protest of Ron’s performance and a separate graduation for Black students. A wealthy donor, seeing parallels between Ron and himself as a young man, rewards Ron at the end of the play by offering him free tuition.

“In other words, it positions a white man as the brave protagonist and a black man (and BLM) as the over-reacting, violent antagonist,” Schrek’s description reads. “The play rewards Ron for his racism, couched in a neo-liberal narrative.

Artistically, it’s inconsistent and just plain bad, and morally it’s abominable.”

The Facebook event, to which 871 individuals were invited, called on students and alumni to express their objection through a phone and email campaign that targeted Theater faculty, Dean of Students Jamele Adams and University President Ron Liebowitz.

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The Theater Department chose to run a course next semester rather than hold a production of “Buyer Beware” after “open and productive conversations between Michael and faculty from the Theater department and the Division of Creative arts,” Department of Theater Arts Chair Susan Dibble wrote in an email to the Justice.

Students will engage with the play through a rigorous, teamtaught course, while Weller will premiere his play in a professional venue, she wrote. “Again, this mutual and amicable decision was made after ongoing open and productive conversations between the

playwright and faculty members,” she added.

The course will “engage directly with a variety of controversial works of art ­­— within a rigorous educational framework that will allow us to address difficult topics in an open format. … The course will allow Brandeis to do what it does best as an academic institution — engage in rigorous and challenging educational work,” Dibble wrote.

The course’s instructors also plan to engage directly with the script and the issues it raises, she wrote, adding that reading the full script in class is contingent upon the University obtaining copyright permission from the play’s production company. “We are hopeful that we will be able to obtain that permission,” Dibble wrote.

Student interest

Despite the controversy surrounding the content of the play, there were some students who showed interest in auditioning and being involved in the production.

Josh Rubenstein ’19 wrote in an email to the Justice that he was interested in auditioning because Weller is Tony-nominated and the production was to be directed by Sam Weisman, who directed the movies “George of the Jungle” and “D2: The Mighty Ducks.”

“I love being a part of new original work because you get to be the first one to discover the story and characters of a script and bring them to life,” Rubenstein added.

Rubenstein also wrote that he knew of others who were interested in auditioning for many of the same reasons.

However, Rubenstein wrote that he believes that the play “brings a lot of conflict, reflection, and frustration to the campus. Some of it beneficial and some of it damaging.”

While he liked the idea of exploring Bruce’s work and “seeing the dichotomy between how it was criticized during his time vs. today, … the problem with the script for me is that the character who discovers Bruce's words doesn’t have Bruce’s social power. Bruce was putting his fame and social power on the line, where as the character has none and just causes social strife on his college campus.”

An issue of free expression

Liebowitz formed the Task Force

on Free Expression in Nov. 2016 to examine the University’s policies and practices related to academic freedom and free expression, according to the Task Force’s website.

The Task Force’s draft principles were sent out to students on Sept.

8 and are acessible online to those with Brandeis credentials.

“Genuine higher learning is possible only where free, reasoned and civil speech and discussion are respected,” the draft principles read.

“This committee seeks to find a common ground by proposing principles that allow even difficult conversations to take place.”

Liebowitz explained in a response provided to the Justice and the Brandeis Hoot that the principles do not represent actual policy, but tenets.

He believes that the decision to hold a class, rather than a performance, is consistent with the draft principles, he said.

“Since the issues that the play raises, and which have caused much discussion and questioning, will form the basis of a course that the theater arts department and Mr. Weller are trying to finalize for the spring semester, I see the change in how the issues are expressed and then discussed, argued, and debated … as consistent with the draft principles,” Liebowitz said.

But despite the principles’ commitment to open and inclusive discussion, the decision to cancel the campus production and hold a class instead was one made behind closed doors by Weller and faculty members, as Dibble explained.

She declined to comment on the specific reasoning that went into the decision, while University Director of Media Relations Julie Jette said that she did not personally know the specifics of the conversation.

“Those were private conversations,” Jette said of the talks between Weller and faculty.

In her email, Dibble explained that the faculty decision is consistent with similar decisions made on other campuses.

“I think it’s important to note that decisions on how, where and when to present material are made by faculty on a daily basis at Brandeis and all universities,” she wrote.

—Natalia Wiater and Hannah Kressel contributed reporting.

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Bringing Up BEMCo Allison Lewis ’19 reveals the ups and downs of providing emergency services

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ON CALL: BEMCo staff members take 24-hour shifts, meaning they could be called to deal with an emergency from their bedrooms or the

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They were stationed at the concert when the first call for help came. Someone was worried about a concertgoer who may have had too much to drink.

Allison Lewis ’19 and the rest of her standby crew sprang into action.

As members of the standby crew that night, they may not have had their trucks, but they didn’t need them. Without rain to obscure their vision, it was easy to spot the intoxicated individual from their location. They shouldered their heavy first-aid bags, containing their most important tools for immediate care, from Band-Aids to bag valve masks (manual resuscitators), and walked over to help — Emergency Medical Technicians don’t run.

After ensuring their safety and that of bystanders, each crewmember got to work. While the primary EMT assessed the patient’s condition and determined what treatment was needed, the tertiary checked vital signs while the secondary recorded everything in the patient care report. As the supervisor, Lewis observed, checking to see

that everyone was performing their jobs and helping wherever needed.

This is only a glimpse of the duty to act upheld by the Brandeis Emergency Medical Corps. Some people can hardly imagine having someone else’s life in their hands, but as Lewis shared in an interview with the Justice, it’s all in a day’s work for the members of BEMCo. They are Brandeis’ studentrun volunteer emergency medical service, providing aroundthe-clock care to all University students, faculty, staff and visitors on campus. Their services encompass the Foster Mods, Charles River Apartments, athletic fields, 60 Turner Street, anything on Loop Road and occasionally South Street or the Brandeis/Roberts Commuter Rail Station.

The BEMCo on-duty crew consists of four members, ranked by ascending leadership roles: tertiary, secondary, primary and supervisor. Generally, when someone calls about a medical incident, the Brandeis police dispatch the on-duty crew, transmitting the details of the call over radio. Lewis said that they usually get a vague description because its accuracy rests

on the caller’s reporting abilities. “They kind of have to do a little bit of detective work to try to figure out what is going on so they can give us a little bit of information before we get there,” she said.

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We’ll be called to a ‘man down’ if we have no idea what we’re walking into.

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With such a wide variety of medical conditions, BEMCo members must always prepare for the worst-case scenario. Alcohol-related calls, for example, could range from someone who only had a few drinks but is alert and oriented to someone who has far exceeded a safe consumption limit and is unresponsive or combative. Fortunately, BEMCo typically knows what to expect, as they are frequently called up to handle cases involving intoxi-

cated students.

Non-alcohol-related calls are less certain, but more interesting, she revealed, joking that “man down” reports are their favorite; “We’ll be called to a ‘man down’ if we have no idea what we’re walking into. On those calls, we bring pretty much the whole truck because we don’t know what we’re going to get. …

It could be any[thing] from common cold to some kind of infectious disease; or severe vomiting, or diarrhea, or high fever or whatever else.”

The training is extensive but rewarding, Lewis said. Automated external defibrillators – “It’s the thing you see on TV that shocks somebody when they’re in cardiac arrest.” — and cardiopulmonary resuscitation are two of the first things they learn about. Upon completing training, all active members (about 50 currently) carry Massachusetts EMT licenses, national registry licenses, CPR cards and driver’s licenses; some members carry even more credentials.

Lewis joined BEMCo in the Fall of 2015, having already been interested in and aware of the service before coming to Brandeis. “I actually met somebody who had been on BEMCo in

my hometown, which was just a large coincidence. … I was able to talk to them, and I thought it sounded interesting.”

After completing training, members begin as tertiaries and can choose to stay in that position or rise through the ranks as Lewis did. “We never throw people off the deep end and say, ‘Okay, go swim.’” A four-member crew and chain of command ensures that no one ever has more responsibility than they’re ready for and that there are always more than enough people to lend a hand.

“There have definitely been situations in which I’m not sure what’s going on, especially when I first started out,” Lewis confessed. “But there’s always systems in place such that everything turns out okay,” she explained, harkening back to the importance of having a crew to work with.

She is now the director of operations on the administrative side and a supervisor on the clinical side, enjoying the sense of business and being able to help people. “I think it’s exciting. I’ve done it for long enough [that] it’s not really scary anymore.

I don’t know if it ever actually was scary.”

the justice ● Features ● TUESDAY, october 31, 2017 Each shift lasts 24 hours, but Lewis confirmed that members are allowed to sleep until a call comes in. “People are welcome to change into their pajamas if they’re just in their room, but then if you go, you have to get changed obviously,” she said, adding that most people will wear at least part of their uniform if they sleep, but probably not their jeans, “because that’s just uncomfortable.”

Full-day shifts also mean that BEMCo members could be in class when a call comes in, which is why they tend to sit in the back. It is not, according to Lewis, because they want to appear standoffish. Rather, it allows them to respond to incidents faster, without disrupting the class by clambering over students with their pager blasting.

Study or slumber, on-duty BEMCo members can do whatever they would normally do when not on a call as long as they remain on campus and have their uniform, pager, radio and first-aid bag with them (Lewis is grateful for the smallest bag). Their two class V ambulances — “It has everything that a normal ambulance would have except for a patient compartment.” — make this possible, allowing the supervisor and primary to pick up the secondary and tertiary and arrive at any oncampus location in under two minutes.

For more serious situations, Lewis has adapted, like others, to take a “deal with it first and think about it later” mentality, rec-

ognizing that “if you’re in a stressful situation, you’ll always revert to your most basic and fundamental training.”

They set aside potential anxieties until later so that they can focus first and foremost on their patient.

Regarding the fear of making a mistake, Lewis “like[s] to say that confidence is the name of the game. If you’re confident in what you know, then you’re going to perform better, so it’s important that we always feel that rather than, like, ‘What if I mess up?’ because that’s just not productive for us if we’re on a call.” She added that the director of operations and medical director review all calls to guarantee quality assurance and improvement and reiterated the training BEMCo members undergo to become qualified.

Reflecting on how BEMCo has changed her outlook on life, Lewis related it to driving down a highway and how interesting it is to live on the same campus that she responds to emergencies on. “If you had to stop and go help every accident that you saw, … you would kind of look at the highway differently, as in, you’d be going along and looking out for things that might be wrong,” she explained.

She sees the same thing happening at Brandeis, and is no longer surprised when she shows up on scene to find an off-duty BEMCo member already there just being a good samaritan.

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FIRST RESPONSE: Allison Lewis ’19 has learned to adapt to stressful situations by acting in the moment and reflecting on her actions later.

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A Fallen Hero On Sept. 11, 2001, when everyone else was rushing out of the Twin Towers and away from the wreckage, first responder Michael Guttenberg ’89 was rushing in to help.

More than 16 years later, Guttenberg — one of the Brandeis Emergency Medical Corps earliest members — passed away on Oct. 17 from pancreatic cancer. According to an article in the Journal of Emergency Medical Services, “Mike attributed his diagnosis to Ground Zero illness — the health fallout experienced by many first responders and volunteers.” He was 50.

Guttenberg got his start in emergency medicine at Brandeis, serving as a BEMCo EMT and encouraging his friends to join.

Marc Pinkas ’88 recalled in an Oct. 2 Brandeis Alumni & Friends article that Guttenberg would often do more than his fair share of BEMCo calls, simply because he enjoyed helping others.

“Mike would frequently join me to help on a call even though he was not on duty, because that’s who he is: selfless and giving,” Pinkas told Brandeis Alumni & Friends.

After graduating, Guttenberg spent more than 30 years in emergency medicine in New York City working as an EMT, paramedic field provider and physician, according to the Oct. 17 Journal of Emergency Medical Services article. Prior to his passing, Guttenberg served as medical director of clinical preparedness at the Center for Emergency Medical Services at Northwell Health, a New

York health care provider.

He was serving as an EMS fellow with the Fire Department of New York during the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, charging into the wreckage as a first responder. “As we all know now, the site’s dust and smoke was laden with dangerous organic material and countless toxicants such as jet fuel, PCBs [polychlorinated biphenyls], dioxins and pulverized glass, drywall and cement,” the JEMS article explained.

After Guttenberg was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at age 46, his Brandeis classmates and former BEMCo colleagues launched a fundraising initiative to purchase a bench at the University in his honor, with additional funds used to support training for BEMCo members, according to the Alumni & Friends article.

“Mike lectured at NCEMSF [the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation conference], a conference attended by BEMCo annually, and was always excited to meet the newest BEMCo members that were at the conference,” former BEMCo supervisor Yoni Litwok ’07 wrote in an email to the Justice.

He added, “Mike is another victim of 9/11, a fallen hero. Mike’s legacy will live on through BEMCo and all of the other organizations and professionals he touched as a teacher and friend.”

—Abby Patkin

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EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED: While alcohol related emergencies are common, BEMCo staff always prepare for the worst case scenario.

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EDITORIALS Suggest changes surrounding the Creative Arts Award Two years ago, the University revived its interdepartmental Creative Arts Award after a two-decade hiatus, naming soprano vocalist Tony Arnold the 2015 recipient. The award is given out every two years, and this year, the University selected playwright Michael Weller ’65 — whose credits include his 1971 play “Moonchildren” and the 1979 film “Hair” — as the 2017 recipient. As part of his resulting yearlong residency at Brandeis, Weller wrote “Buyer Beware,” a play about a fictional Brandeis student’s attempt to perform a comedy show in the style of Lenny Bruce.

During the drafting and revising process, Brandeis students expressed concerns about the play’s content, particularly its oversimplified depiction of complex racial issues, its offensive portrayal of people of color and its conclusion, in which a white student escapes consequences for his actions. Following private meetings between Weller and faculty members, the Department of Theater Arts canceled the Brandeis production of “Buyer Beware,” which is now set to premiere in a professional venue instead, according to department chair Susan Dibble.

This board recognizes the importance of University responsiveness to student concerns; receiving criticism with an open mind and seeking ways to improve are essential qualities for any institution, especially one of higher education. However, this board disapproves of how the University handled this incident, overall.

Brandeis’ lack of transparency throughout the entire situation — both during the closed-door meetings and after the conflict’s resolution — is unacceptable. Deliberations regarding the fate of the play occurred behind closed doors, without input from the larger University community.

Consequently, Brandeis did its students a disservice by skipping an opportunity to provide a forum for open, productive discussion on the play’s controversial themes.

Many of these themes are relevant and present in students’ minds, but by quietly canceling the play, the University failed to give the larger student body a chance to be heard. Given the Task Force for Free Expression’s stated intent to work openly with the Brandeis community and its ongoing efforts to finalize its free speech principles, the University’s failure to engage the community in the significant free-speech debate posed by “Buyer Beware” strikes this board as hypocritical and discouraging.

Additionally, the Creative Arts Award is meant to highlight the University’s “commitment to engaging with the arts as an opportunity for discovery, creativity and innovation across traditional disciplinary boundaries,” according to the award’s website.

However, the University’s response to “Buyer Beware” was inconsistent with its purported goals: Brandeis failed to

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adequately engage with the arts and suppressed any chance for intellectual discovery, instead opting to sweep the problem under the rug. By reacting in this way, the University effectively halted discussion of the larger societal issues reflected within the play before the majority of the Brandeis community even had a chance to contend with the material — let alone form an opinion on it.

None of this is to say that the University should not have responded to students’ concerns but rather that it should have responded differently. Instead of canceling the Brandeis production of “Buyer Beware,” the University should have provided students an opportunity to voice their concerns publicly, in a venue where they could be heard by the playwright himself.

Hosting a post-production Q&A session with the playwright would have given students a chance to challenge Weller directly on the content of “Buyer Beware” and could have shown him the adverse effects his work had on some students. Additionally, a public conversation like a Q&A would allow students to be heard not only by Weller but also by their fellow students.

This gives students a chance to express concerns about potentially controversial material and have the added benefit of upholding the University’s stated commitment to engage with art. In the case of “Buyer Beware,” while a conversation with Weller may not have necessarily altered his opinion on the views reflected in “Buyer Beware,” students who spoke at such a Q&A session might have been able to persuade fellow audience members, thus having a greater impact on the student body at large.

In Justice Louis Brandeis’ concurrence in the 1927 Whitney v.

California Supreme Court decision, the University’s namesake wrote that “freedom to think as you will and to speak as you think are means indispensable to the discovery and spread of political truth; that, without free speech and assembly, discussion would be futile; that, with them, discussion affords ordinarily adequate protection against the dissemination of noxious doctrine; that the greatest menace to freedom is an inert people; that public discussion is a political duty.” As such, the opportunity to participate in an educational discussion on the controversial themes in the play would prove more beneficial in the long run.

Finally, the execution of the Creative Arts Award warrants some revision.

In future years, this board recommends that Brandeis refrain from canceling the resulting artwork due to its content, with the condition that creators agree to participate in a postproduction Q&A in order to hear and respond to any concerns provoked by their work.

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Views the News on

According to an Oct. 26 New York Times article, President Donald Trump ordered the release of over 2,800 documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. After the release of these documents, Trump stated that agencies should be extremely circumspect when requesting redactions because “the need for continued protection can only have grown weaker with the passage of time.” CIA officials claim that releasing the records may be a threat to national security and intelligence gathering methods, contrary to the belief that more secrets are being protected. How do you feel about this and do you think that all of the documents should have been released?

Brandon Stanaway ’19 The recent unveiling of a majority of the final batch of documents pertaining to the Kennedy assassination is merely a distraction to the public. Robert Mueller’s investigation reportedly requested Paul Manafort and Rick Gates’ surrender to federal authorities, Congressional Republicans planned to reveal their tax reform bill on Wednesday, and the President named the Federal Reserve Board Governor Jerome Powell to the Chairperson position. These are all more pertinent to the health of the nation than a dozen boxes of archival records. The president is aiming to draw media attention away from more pertinent matters and undermine the legitimacy of the intelligence community and investigative institutions ahead of his showdown with Mueller. The Central Intelligence Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation are just in their concern for the protection of their investigative methods. While outdated, exposing the ways and means of collecting investigative information can lead to inferences into modern methods. As apolitical actors, the CIA and FBI want to avoid becoming the Executive’s next scapegoat.

Brandon Stanaway ’19 is a double major in History and Economics with a minor in Political Science. He is also a member of the Student Union.

Kent Dinlenc ’19 I feel the declassification of the JFK files is not going to be as revealing as the public believes it will be. All of the information that would pose a threat to national security is still not being released, so what’s left doesn’t seem substantial. I’m not a fan of declassifying files all together unless the modes in which the CIA gathers its information are obsolete or are no longer relevant to living agents. It’s just a tease for conspiracy theorists. Trump said he may make everything public next week excluding the names of living agents and informants. Maybe he’ll use the gathered information about Oswald’s visit to Mexico as a means to strengthen his opposition towards our southern neighbor. I would not put that past this Administration.

Kent Dinlenc ’19 is the president of Brandeis Quiz Bowl and a Justice staff member.

Taminder Singh ’20 I believe these documents are essential for the American people to know what happened. Reality is, we have been told that our President was assassinated by a lone gunman and that was all. So, why are there more documents that cannot be told? I understand that the government may feel as if its process can be compromised, but intelligence agencies are made to adapt. As a true democracy, we deserve to know the truth, regardless of the consequences. Yes, our enemies will know the truth as well, but we are not a monarchy or oligarchy, where our citizens are not told the truth with fear of what it will do to the Republic. We are the Republic, we get to choose what we want, and we want these documents exposed.

Taminder Singh ’20 is majoring in Economics and Computer Science with a minor in Politics.

Avraham Penso ’20 Given that Mr. Trump was required by the 1992 President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act to release all the documents by Oct. 26, his decision to comply with this law can hardly be in and of itself a reason for criticism. As noted by the New York Times article, Trump released only some of the files, while bowing to pressure from intelligence agencies and providing them an extra six months to review thousands of remaining documents. Upon release of the records, the CIA mentioned that its requested redactions (which Trump promised to accept) would help protect the names of certain officials and intelligence-gathering methods. The concern of some current officials notwithstanding, I can’t help but think that if anything truly damaging to national security were contained within these records the CIA, which has been aware of the mandated release date for a full 25 years, would have long since redacted the necessary information. While it therefore seems unlikely that the unreleased documents contain anything of great secrecy, I appreciate that Trump showed a (frankly surprising) degree of caution in granting intelligence agencies an additional six months to review the remaining documents.

Avraham Penso ’20 is an editor for the Justice.

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Acknowledge societal benefits of increased happiness Maddox

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Global Warning

Do we care about being happy anymore?

According to an Oct. 27 New York Times opinion piece, we do. Ruth Whippman asserts that “good social relationships are the strongest, most consistent predictor there is of a happy life,” and also that “the average American spends barely more than half an hour a day on social communication.” So where’s the disconnect?

The problem with happiness is that we simply don’t value it. We say we do, of course, because saying we don’t care would be blasphemous.

But by the numbers, happiness is far down the societal priority list as income inequality and a competitive, numbers-driven society pressures us economically.

The disregard for happiness is a recent phenomenon. The erosion of the middle class and the increasing competitiveness of the job market at all levels has turned American society into a scratch-and-claw fight for rank and position. As we rearrange priorities to cope with these demands, the first thing jettisoned is our personal well-being. According to a Sept. 27 Washington Post report, the United States ranks as the “second-most ‘competitive’ economy” in the world but “lags behind when scored for health and primary education.” As our economic productivity surges, the resources that support the people integral to it fall behind.

From an economic perspective, we should be invested in happiness because happy people are more productive. This shouldn’t surprise us, as we know the devastating effects that depression and stress can have on work lives.

A 2015 study by the Social Market Foundation involving 700 employees showed that the effects of happiness in the workplace are dramatic.

The experiment, which involved exposing employees to a “happiness shock” such as funny video clips or giving them snacks, showed that “productivity increased by an average of 12 percent, and reached as high as 20 percent above the control group.” The happy employees demonstrated more effort and were more likely to push through obstacles as opposed to getting frustrated and giving up.

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So, what can we do? On an individual level, we can reprioritize our time. The average American spends over five hours per day watching television, according to a 2016 Nielsen report. Cut that down to two, which is still enough time for two hourlong episodes or a full NBA game, and we have three hours to play with. Give one and a half of those to sleep, which the Center for Disease Control says 35 percent of adults are not getting enough of, at a minimum standard of seven hours a night. Then, take the other hour and a half to have dinner with a friend or talk to a family member. Though it may not feel as productive as grinding it out in the library, science shows that “across race, age, gender, income and social class,” more meaningful social interaction overwhelmingly leads to more happiness, according to the aforementioned Oct. 27 New York Times article.

On a workplace level, it might be time to knock down the cubicle walls for good, as Michael Bloomberg did both as mayor of New York City and as CEO of Bloomberg LP. According to an Aug. 1, 2016 Bloomberg article, 2016 research by Harvard Business School and

Cornerstone OnDemand revealed that “the ideal seating plan still involves sitting almost on top of your co-workers.” An open floor plan, especially one that places bosses in the middle of the action, fosters inclusion and collaboration in a space that is too often negatively viewed as competitive.

or supervisor with the employees instead of in a removed office eliminates some of the stigma of asking for help, and as those in leadership positions generally have more experience and knowledge, it is better that they can share it more readily.

On a societal level, things are more difficult.

Most of the world is living where income inequality is on the rise, according to an Oct. 11 MarketWatch report. As the chasm widens, pressures amplify. It’s unlikely to get better soon, according to a Feb. 8 Pew Research Center report, “unemployment will rise” as “smarter, more-efficient algorithms will displace many human work activities” in the white-collar market. This information comes as automation is already displacing blue-collar jobs. Eventually, as the money and power become concentrated in the hands of people who own those machines and technologies, America will have to move toward a form of democratic socialism in which there is a wage for living.

Then, when our efforts are not singularly focused on climbing the ladder of life, we can get back to being happy.

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From an economic perspective, we should be invested in happiness because happy people are more productive.

According to a 2013 study of European workers by Deloitte, collaboration both in person and digitally contributed to boosts in happiness and productivity. Putting the boss

Recognize pattern of male ignorance toward sexual assault

By ANNA STERN JUSTICE STAFF writer

Harvey Weinstein, a name once solely representative of Hollywood’s elite, is now marred with the taste of disdain and contempt.

As the discouraging trend of powerful Hollywood men such as Bill Cosby and Bill O’Reilly being accused of sexual assault continues, Harvey Weinstein only adds his name to the growing list. The accounts of Weinstein’s alleged sexual harassment and assault distinguish themselves, as he is one of the biggest producers in Hollywood.

Weinstein has launched the careers of some of the biggest actors of the 21st century through his acclaimed films such as “Shakespeare in Love” and “Chicago.” The ways in which he allegedly manipulated women, which many more are beginning to speak about, often put their careers in jeopardy.

Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o wrote a chilling account about how Weinstein threatened to ruin her reputation in the industry and not cast her in any films if she did not sleep with him, according to an Oct. 19 New York Times Article. Hollywood is no stranger to cases of sexual assault. In fact, those who spoke out against Harvey Weinstein have created a platform for numerous survivors of sexual assault in the business; the survivors are not only those of Weinstein’s alleged acts, but of other directors and producers. The Weinstein scandal also led to a social media campaign led by actress Alyssa Milano. Milano took the idea for this campaign from activist Tarana Burke, who piloted a similar one 10 years ago, according to an Oct. 20 New York Times article. Milano’s idea was that if people would tell their stories, or at least write the phrase “me too” on social media,

the internet would be filled with the identities of those who have been assaulted. Though some may view this campaign as a way to force survivors to share their stories, I saw it as a way for the internet to provide a safe community for women to know that they’re not alone in these incidents. Whether it’s a catcall, a rape or every type of incident in between, all of that interaction can be characterized as sexual assault. Social media has been filled with testimonies that show that no one is immune from the cruelty and disrespect people — particularly men — can show for women and individuals of all gender identities.

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As our society morphs into one that is more socially conscious, so too should the actions of men toward women.

With the news of each allegation, the question that comes to my mind is, “Why now? Why is this the time when people actually care about this issue?” According to a an Oct 13 Vanity Fair article chronicling Weinstein’s allegations, sexual harassment first really came into the public eye when then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas’ former employee Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment in 1991. After this, businesses began holding mandatory seminars on sexual harassment

in the workplace, which have since become a staple in every American office. However, it seems as though the issue was still ignored up into the new millennium. In 1997, the news broke that acclaimed filmmaker Woody Allen was marrying his stepdaughter, Soon-Yi Previn, according to an April 1, 2012 article in New York Magazine. Following that, other allegations his past treatment of women came to light. Since then, he has become associated with this type of behavior, yet he continues to receive awards and critical acclaim for his films.

Throughout the new millennium, there have been several examples of other actors who have exhibited this type of behavior and received the same acclaim that Allen has. In fact, Casey Affleck, the winner of the 2017 Academy Award for his performance in “Manchester by the Sea” was also accused of sexual harassment by two women and many people protested his win, according to a Jan. 25 article in Time magazine.

More and more women are bringing to light the shocking reality that this year’s Oscar for best actress will be given out by Affleck, an alleged sexual predator. What does that say for our world?

The fact that all of these men have gotten away with their actions shows that our society is one that is male-dominated and male-centric.

However, what these past couple of weeks have proven is that this truth is finally leading to action.

Many news outlets, including Vulture and USA Today, have collected the accounts of the women who have shared their stories about Weinstein. According to an Oct. 28 tweet, actress and director, Asia Argento compiled a list of the now-82 women claiming to have been sexually harassed or assaulted by Weinstein. With each

new chilling account, another man should wake up and realize how women have been taken advantage of in this world. On my Facebook feed during the week of the #metoo campaign, I saw several men take to the platform to share that they’d learned that sexual harassment and assault were more common than they had previously realized and that it even happened to people they did not suspect. In fact, I would guarantee that every person reading this article has had it happen to them or knows someone who has. According to a 2015 report by the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network, an American is sexually assaulted every 98 seconds.

The “grab her by the pussy” mentality of our sitting president is a red flag that this type of behavior is the standard of how women should be treated. As our society morphs into one that is more socially conscious, so too should the actions of men toward women. I was eating dinner with friends the other night and one male friend commented about how he hasn’t spoken about his female friends in an “objectifying way” for a certain length of time. The fact that this has to be celebrated as if it is some sort of accomplishment similar to that of making healthy eating choices or not smoking should also be a signal of the normalization of this behavior.

Objectification, harassment, an inappropriate touch, a catcall, a drugged rape — all of those actions, both big and small, are daily realities for women and men of the world. It is our duty as humans to take care of one another and to make sure that our friends can walk through this world without fear. If the only thing standing in our way is our male peers, then it should be no problem then for the men of the world to take one look at themselves and ask, “Would I want to be treated this way?”

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Urge college students to adopt more collectivist practices

By Tafara Gava JUSTICE staff writer

In recent years, some clinical psychologists have debated the rise of narcissism in American college-age students. A May 2010 survey by researchers at the University of Michigan revealed that the level of empathy in college students has dropped 40 percent since 2000. In this context, empathy can be defined as a sensitivity or awareness of the thoughts and experiences of others. Boston University research professor Peter Gray supports the findings of the 2010 survey in his 2014 article for Psychology Today. In his article, Gray blames what he calls “the self-esteem” movement of the 1980s. This refers to teaching practices based on positive affirmation and the idea that students respond much better to positive behavioral management practices than they do to negative ones. An Oct. 10 article by the Association of Psychological Science rebuts the rise of narcissism with a new study that reveals that college-age students are actually slightly less narcissistic than their counterparts were in the 1990s. This study rules that there is no compelling evidence that recent generations are more narcissistic than previous ones. Narcissism was understood as a point of view limited almost exclusively to one’s own needs, thoughts and experiences.

The researchers identified specific aspects of narcissism, such as leadership, vanity and entitlement, and saw a similar downward trend in each of these traits between 1992 and 2015. Logically, narcissism and empathy have an inverse relationship: An increase in either leads to a reduction in the other.

Individualism is not the same as narcissism.

Individualism relates to narcissism in that too much emphasis of the former can lead to the development of the latter. Hence, being individualist doesn’t necessarily mean one lacks empathy.

Regardless of oscillation in opinion on this matter, the debate warrants a consideration of how college campuses are promoting individualism in their students. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, college enrollment is on the rise with an increase of 17 percent from 2004 to 2014. This means that competition has become so much fiercer as grades aren’t the sole arbiters of student success. Educators and parents alike are encouraging students to differentiate themselves in more ways than just academic performance. This has seen to the rise of the focus on the individual, a moral stance that emphasizes the values of personal independence and self-reliance. Individualism can also be thought of as the precedence of the worth of the individual over the general community. In theory, individualism sounds

— if not benign — ideal for helping college-age students prepare for the outside world. When compared to other systems of education — systems that place a more collectivist approach to learning and living — some of the shortfalls of individualism become apparent. And how is it exactly, one may ask, that these ills manifest themselves?

On comparatively liberal college campuses, like Brandeis University, students have a greater degree of freedom to express themselves. Students’ individualist attitudes are expressed through actions such as wearing pajamas to classes or standing up to take pictures of a professor’s work on the chalkboard; it’s very important to have a strong sense of self in order to not place much emphasis on others’ opinion of you. However, it is also important to consider how your individual expression affects the wellbeing of your community. For instance, wearing your pajamas to class; A professor may have been up since 5 a.m. preparing class materials; How is he or she supposed to reconcile your individual expression with your regard for his or her class? And with the example of taking pictures of a professor’s writing on the board: is this not disrupting the learning of other students?

Universities must prepare their students for not only post-graduate life in the work force, but also a life of exemplary citizenship in the greater, outside world. To this end, exemplary citizenship in the outside world would be a citizenship characterized by the consideration of the welfare of others. For example, a Brandeis student graduates and gets a dog. Inasmuch as the student feels uncomfortable leashing their animal when not necessary (they have a right not to as the dog belongs to them) they should consider the safety and comfort of everyone in communal spaces. In places like these, the Brandeis student would have to compromise their individual unleashing of their dog so as to make sure that other people are comfortable.

Universities can begin balancing their idea of individualism with that of collectivism.

Collectivism is a moral stance that emphasizes the interests of the group over those of the individual. A hybrid of individualism and collectivism not only teaches students to think about exercising their freedom but also challenges them to think about the point at which expressing their individuality could be harmful to others.

Teaching practices that hybridize both collectivism and individualism are also important for creating a more welcoming community for international students. This is important because their presence is quickly increasing on a range of campuses. A 2015 Pew Research Center survey revealed that the United States has experienced a 71 percent increase in international students from 1999 to

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2013. The majority of these students come from countries with collectivist cultures, like China and India. Therefore, coming from a collectivist culture to transitioning into an individualist one can cause unpleasant experiences like culture shock. In this particular instance, it doesn’t at all mean that American students should compromise their culture for the benefit of outsiders like international students.

What it does mean, however, is that American students should be more aware of other cultures and their collectivist approaches to living. Knowing this would help smooth international students’ settling into both their campus and the United States. An apt example of this is an international student who feels uncomfortable with the stench of marijuana in her residence hall. They might be from a country with a collectivist culture, and it might bother them that the American students in their hall disregard the preferences of other residents by not even being aware of them.

George Monbiot, in an Oct. 12, 2016 article for the Guardian, asserts that the individualist element of self-interest creates loneliness.

There are numerous studies that suggest a strong link between individualism and loneliness, like the January 2017 paper, “The rise of living alone and loneliness in history,” published in Social History. The results of feeling isolated in a large community like Brandeis could contribute to mental health problems like depression. Loneliness can arise from individualism because in societies where it is apparent, there isn’t an emphasis on interpersonal relationships. Loneliness makes it easier to withdraw from society.

According to a Sept. 2 New York Times article, Frank Bruni reports that loneliness on college campuses is on the rise.

Colleges should reconsider their individualist-oriented teaching practices so as to help their students take better care of not only their communities but also themselves.

Consider implementing changes to current American tax policy

By ZAKARIA EL AMRANI EL IDRISSI JUSTICE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The progressive doctrine that has taken over college campuses across the country in the last few years not only raises legitimate concerns about free speech and First Amendment rights, but, more importantly, it has isolated young millennials in platonic bubbles where diversity of all kinds is king, except when it comes to ideological diversity. It is a bubble where a growing majority believes they are entitled to free education and free healthcare, while they see the top one percent as the only barrier separating millennials from a decent shot in life. Reality, however, hits soon upon graduation when one realizes that the math does not add to the dollars on their paycheck.

The reason why you cannot find a decent paying job, pay back student loans or buy a house is because the government has, for decades, increased spending and jeopardized wage growth. As a result, dependency on welfare programs has reached an all-time high, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Ultimately, the real question comes down to whether higher taxes benefit the economy.

The Laffer curve is an economic theory used to measure the impact of higher taxes on production; the hump of the curve determines the highest tax rate at which production growth is not affected. In theory, the hump occurs at 70 percent, meaning that the government can theoretically raise your taxes to 70 percent without hurting Gross Domestic Product growth. While both right-wing and left-wing economists agree that hump of the true Laffer curve reflecting the current state of our economy is at a lower rate, they tend to disagree on where to draw the line. In 2010, the American Economic Review published a study by Christina Romer, chairman of the

Council of Economic Advisors of the Obama Administration, examining how national income responds to tax.

According to Romer, the hump of the Laffer curve actually occurs at the rate of 33 percent.

In other words, tax rates beyond 33 percent reduce national income in an economy where 75 percent of the income is taxed at rate greater than or equal to 33 percent. Empirical evidence has proven over and over that tax cuts on individuals and businesses stimulates wage growth. President John F. Kennedy — a Democrat — passed the Revenue Act of 1964, a massive tax reduction bill, which was followed by eight-and-a- half years of uninterrupted five-percent growth, as shown by BEA data.

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Ultimately, the real question comes down to whether higher taxes benefit the economy.

The issue of government spending is essential to the debate on tax policy. The congressional budget office expects budget deficits to consistently grow over the next 30 years. If we follow the logic of the left that the spending pattern is non-negotiable, then how can we sustain a forever-growing national debt? Some would argue that cutting taxes would increase deficits even more, resulting in the same effect on the national debt. That would be true only if one assumes that spending generates the same economic effect as investing. Lower taxes stimulate

growth and encourage entrepreneurship and innovation, which can lead to additional job creation, tax revenue and attraction of foreign capital. The resulting activity would increase the aggregate tax revenue and balance the budget. Eventually we can make a decision about whether we want to pay back our national debt because, yes, we have the option not to. In fact, if GDP grows faster than interest rate payments, we never have to worry about the national debt. Such growth, however, is reasonably possible only when the tax code favors the American free enterprise model and a small government. The left-wing spending pattern and growing budget deficit resulted in a marginal growth neighboring 1.5 percent in the eight years of the Obama Administration.

Data from the BEA suggests that he was the first president in modern history to never achieve a 3 percent growth rate in a time when the economy is supposed to grow at an even faster rate than normal given that we just went through the most severe recession since the Great Depression.

By contrast, Former President Ronald Reagan, who took office during a recession, averaged a yearly GDP growth of 3.05 percent during his tenure. Reagan passed the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 and the Tax Reform Act of 1986, both of which contributed to a successful recovery from the 1981 to 1982 recession, followed by an economic boom and prosperity for all Americans. In 2009, instead of cutting taxes to reboot the economy, the Obama Administration passed a $787 billion spending stimulus known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. It intended to stimulate consumption by sending checks to households but failed unequivocally in meeting any of its goals in raising consumption. To illustrate the reason why this spending stimulus failed, one could think of a family of four that received a $1,500 check

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from the government. Most people reacted to receiving this check by saving the money in their retirement plans or savings account, instead of spending it on goods and services as the government anticipated, according to a report from Dartmouth University.

Under the status quo, government spending cannot be substantially reduced as a sizable majority of it goes towards Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. In other words, the aging population of the United States is not sustainable. Part of the problem is due to a failing healthcare system where government’s interference with the free market has caused a spike in premiums to the benefit of insurance companies and at the expense of taxpayers.

It is unfair for hard-working Americans of our generation to bear the cost of an older generation to the detriment of our own standards of living and the future of our kids.

According to the Tax Foundation, what the average household pays in Medicaid, Medicaid and Social Security through taxes could pay for a 4-year college tuition if invested in a fund. Demographics need to change in order to relieve the burden of an aging population.

One way to approach such change is by increasing high-skilled immigration to the U.S. High-skilled immigrants are entrepreneurs, researchers, medical doctors and lawyers who create businesses and jobs, promote growth, pay taxes and exercise an upward pressure on wages. The goal is to shape American demographics in the form of a pyramid, where the base constitutes the youngest demographic.

As a result, the exorbitant cost incurred by the older portion of the population will be carried by a larger base of taxpayers, which will reduce the tax costs per capita and enable households to increase consumption or invest in a college fund for their children.

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MSOCCER: Squad hopes to go into playoffs with a victory CONTINUED FROM 16 end of regulation.

The Judges controlled the first overtime period, seeing two solid opportunities to score the game’s decisive winning goal.

Bears’ senior goalkeeper Colin McClune was able to stifle the Judges’ offensive attacks, sending the game into a second overtime.

During the second overtime, the Judges earned back-to-back corner kicks, finding the back of the net on the second try. Walter punched in the game’s golden-goal off an Ocel cross that found its way through the Bears’ defense and ultimately

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sent the Judges to victory against their longtime foe.

The Judges ended the match with a 15-10 edge in shot attempts and a 6-4 advantage in corner kicks.

The victory brought the Judges to 12-3-0 on the year and 4-1 in UAA play. The loss dropped WashU to 7-6-1 on the year and 1-4 in conference play.

Looking ahead, the Judges face off against New York University in their last match before postseason play. The Judges look to generate momentum for a long postseason run with a victory in their last contest of what has proven to be a very successful regular season.

XC: Teams look to solidify stronger WSOCCER: Judges will try perfomances during to end season on high note upcoming regionals

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PASSING ALONG: Defender Hannah Maatallah ’19 looks down the pitch for her teammates in a match at home on Oct. 7.

CONTINUED FROM 16

CONTINUED FROM 16 37th and 38th respectively. Fifth across the line for the Judges was Meaghan Berry ’19 finishing with a time of 25:45.1, placing her 46th overall. Runners Doyin Ogundiran ’19 and Christine Minor ’19 placed 56th and 69th overall with times of 26:19.3 and 26:29.0, respectively.

Senior Kyra Shreeve ’18 was 69th with a time of 27:12.2 and Andrea Buldoc ’21 was 71st with a respectable time of 27:23.0.

After a two-week break,

both teams will return at the National Collegiate Athletic Association New England Regional Championships hosted by the University of Southern Maine on Nov. 11.

After dominant starts to the season, the Judges will strive to come back strong from their tough meet in New Jersey. Both the talent and the depth are there for these squads, and it remains to be seen if they will live up to their immense potential at regionals in a couple weeks.

remains the same though, so the team will have to find a way to right the ship as the season winds down.

Judges 0, WashU 3 The Judges also dropped their first game of the week, losing to the reigning national champion Washington University in St. Louis Bears in a rematch of last season’s National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament semifinal game. The game began with a flurry of shots from both teams, with three from the Judges and six from the Bears in the first 20 minutes of play,

including one just 34 seconds into the game from Sunday. Unfortunately for the Judges, these quick three shots would make up nearly half of their total shots for the game. Despite averaging 16.6 shots per game, the Judges got off only eight against the Bears, with three on the goal. The Bears got on the board with their first score at the 31:39 mark on a shot to the upper left of the goal. Their stifling defense made this all they would need for the victory, but the Bears added two more goals for good measure at the 77th and 79th minute marks. The Judges were unable to put together a late rally, as their final shot of the game came only ten minutes into the

second half on a misfire by forward Julia Matson ’19.

The Judges continue to work around injuries to their top two keepers. Since Sierra Dana ’20 went down on Oct. 15 in the game against Emory University, the team has had four different keepers protect the goal. Graduate student and former Judges basketball player Pinto appears to have become the primary option at keeper for the team after recently being added to the roster.

Pinto played the full 90 minutes against both WashU and UChicago.

The Judges will look to get back on track in their final match of the season next Saturday.

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Men’s Soccer UAA STANDINGS

Chicago Rochester JUDGES Emory Carnegie Case WashU NYU

UAA Conf.

W L D 5 1 0 4 1 1 4 2 0 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 0 1 4 1 0 5 1

TEAM STATS Goals

Overall W L D 15 2 0 11 2 3 12 4 0 11 5 1 10 3 3 6 9 2 7 6 2 8 6 2

Patrick Flahive ’18 leads the team with five goals.

Pct. Player Goals .882 Patrick Flahive 5 .846 Mike Lynch 4 .750 Josh Ocel 4 .688 Andrew Allen 3 .769 .400 Assists .538 Josh Ocel ’18 leads the team .571 with eight assists.

Player Assists Josh Ocel 8 Max Breiter 4 Andrew Allen 3 Dylan Hennessy 3

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Judges will conclude their season this coming Saturday at home versus New York University.

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TEAM STATS Goals

Chicago WashU Carnegie JUDGES NYU Emory Rochester Case

UAA Conf.

W L D 6 0 0 5 1 0 4 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 1 4 1 1 5 0 1 5 0

Overall W L D Pct. 17 0 0 1.000 14 1 1 .933 12 2 2 .857 11 4 3 .733 10 5 2 .667 9 6 1 .600 7 8 1 .467 7 10 0 .412

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Judges will conclude their season this coming Saturday at home versus New York University.

Samantha Schwartz ’18 is tied with a team-high eight goals.

Player Goals Samantha Schwartz 8 Sasha Sunday 8 Haliana Burhans 4 Julia Matson 4

Assists Sasha Sunday ’19 leads the team with nine assists.

Player Assists Sasha Sunday 9 Haliana Burhans 3 Katie Hayes 3 Hannah Maatallah 2

VOLLEYBALL UAA STANDINGS

TEAM STATS Kills

Carnegie WashU Chicago Emory Case Rochester NYU JUDGES

UAA Conf.

W L 6 1 6 1 5 2 4 3 4 3 2 5 1 6 0 7

Overall W L 27 3 20 9 22 6 25 5 17 11 18 10 10 20 15 11

Pct. .900 .690 .786 .833 .607 .643 .333 .577

EDITOR’S NOTE: Friday at Case Western (in Atlanta) Friday at Carnegie Mellon (in Atlanta) Saturday at UAA Tournament

Marissa Borgert ’21 leads the team with 187 kills.

Player Kills Marissa Borgert 187 Shea Decker-Jacoby 174 Emma Bartlett 173 Clare Meyers 111

Digs Yvette Cho ’19 leads the team with 416 digs.

Player Digs Yvette Cho 416 Shea Decker-Jacoby 198 Clare Meyers 143 Marissa Borgert 138

cross cOuntry Results from the UAA Championships on Saturday in New Jersey.

TOP FINISHERS (Men’s)

TOP FINISHERS (Women’s)

8-Kilometer Run RUNNER TIME Ryan Stender 26:20.0 Mitchell Hutton 26:53.4 Luke Ostrander 26:59.2

6-Kilometer Run RUNNER TIME Emily Bryson 23:41.1 Julia Bryson 24:18.6 Niamh Kenney 25:27.1

EDITOR’S NOTE: Nov. 11 at NCAA New England Regional Championships (in Maine) Nov. 18 at NCAA Division III Championships (in Illinois)

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NEW TO THE BLOCK: Middle hitters Kirsten Frauens ’19 (left) and rookie Belle Scott ’21 (right) leap up for the block on Oct. 7.

Team excels with backto-back shutout wins ■ Setter Megan Osorio Moran ’21 had the decisive service ace in a blowout of Bridgewater State University.

By jerry miller JUSTICE editor

The women’s volleyball team extended its winning streak to four games with road wins over the long week. The Judges started off the week with a 3-1 win against Rivier University and then made their way to two 3-0 wins over Salem State University and Bridgewater State University this past weekend.

Judges 3, Salem St. 0 The Vikings brought their A-game, jumping out to a quick 18-10 lead in the first set and taking advantage of some costly errors by the Judges.

Brandeis clawed their way back to tie the game at 20 a piece, needing a few more points for the win. After a tenuous 4-2 run, outside hitter Shea Decker-Jacoby ’19 polished off the comeback with a kill to secure the Judges’ first set victory.

The Vikings hit back hard, climbing back from a 21-17 deficit to bring them within one point of the Judges. The Vikings then took the

lead, eclipsing the Judges’ 21 points with two aces in a row to put the team up 22-21. With the Judges fearing for the worst, Decker-Jacoby and outside hitter Clare Meyers ’21 were able to calm their fears and stave off the Vikings’ run. The two combined for two kills in the last points of the game to seal the Judges’ win at 26-24.

Despite a .333 hit percentage and 14 kills by the Judges, the Vikings were able to put up a commendable fight.

Salem State was not about to back down after coming so close in two straight sets. The squad took an early 12-11 lead over the Judges, but the Judges kicked back harder, taking advantage of what would be fatal errors for the Vikings. The Judges bounced back for a 19-16 lead only to lose it once again after two successive kills by junior middle hitter Jasmine Severino. With a win within sight, the Vikings lost sight of the ball once more, committing two final errors to cede victory to the Judges. Though the Judges racked up more errors than did Salem State, the Vikings could not hold it together when it mattered most.

The Judges improved to 15-11 on the year, one of their best records in recent memory.

Judges 3, Bridgewater St. 0 The Judges made mincemeat of

the Bears, cracking the Bridgewater State team in three straight sets.

The Judges came out confident with a 14-5 lead in the first set, extending their lead to 18-6 with a trio of aces from setter Marlee Nork ’19. The Judges conquered their outplayed opponents with back-to-back kills by none other than Decker-Jacoby to seal the 25-11 victory.

The Bears wet the proverbial bed in the second set, giving up an early 11-2 lead to the Judges. The Judges stooped to their opponent’s level, committing six straight errors, but managed to regain their composure for a 15-12 lead. After their mid-set crisis, the Judges regained their mojo and fired ahead for a 25-16 smashing.

With the Judges in clear sight of victory, the Bears blindsided the Brandeis squad, coming out of the gates with a 8-3 tear. The Judges failed to make a large enough dent in their deficit, falling behind 14-11 after three costly errors. One by one the Judges crawled back to their throne, pulling ahead for the 17-16 lead after a 6-2 run. They finally asserted themselves, breaking off for a comfortable 23-18 lead late in the third. With the game set at 2419, setter Megan Osorio Moran ’21 paralyzed the Bears’ defense with a tranquilizing service ace to put the Bears’ hopes of winning to sleep.

PRO SPORTS BRIEF The Warriors and Cavaliers have stunned NBA fans with sluggish starts to open the new season Going into this National Basketball Association season, there was much excitement and suspense.

New acquisitions during the offseason had led to the creation of even more superteams, consolidating the NBA with even more elite teams. However, even though the buzz around the league was tangible, every basketball fan knew the ultimate truth; the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers would be meeting in the Finals come June. A little wrinkle in the plan has developed with both teams getting off to similarly sluggish starts, though.

Both squads have been out of sync, with the Cavs currently at 3-4 and the Warriors at 4-3. The Warriors’ frustration is evident, as only four players in the league have been

ejected from a game this season; three of which were Warriors players.

Forward Draymond Green, known for his physical and brash style of play, was tangled up with Washington Wizards’ guard Bradley Beal and was promptly thrown out of the contest. While this could be expected, star forward Kevin Durant and guard Stephen Curry were also ejected from a game. In utter frustration and disbelief about not getting a foul call, Curry threw his mouth guard in the direction of an official, and the argument that he and Durant had with the referees led to their dismissal from the game.

While the Warriors still have a solid record, it is surprising how little urgency they have shown early in the season. For a team

such as the Warriors, coming off an NBA title the season before, there is always concern about a championship hangover.

Title teams have the tendency to lose focus after winning an NBA finals series and coast through the regular season. To continue the historic pace the Warriors have been on since 2014 they will need to reel it in and start to be motivated by regular season contests.

The Cavaliers have also struggled in the early portion of the season, though for different reasons. Unlike the Warriors, the Cavs did not win the title last year, and should be focused on claiming that which they missed out on. The issues are mostly centered on incorporating the new players the Cavs have brought in to the team. Cleveland

traded away star guard Kyrie Irving during the summer and brought in guard Isaiah Thomas, forward Jae Crowder and guard Dwyane Wade, to name a few of the new players.

The transition to a new lineup has been anything but smooth. Making matters worse is that Thomas is out for the foreseeable future with an injury, which had pushed the also newly-acquired Derrick Rose into the starting lineup until his own injury. During this chaos of rotation alignment, even superstar forward LeBron James was forced to play some minutes at the point guard position.

The results have been anything but pretty for the Cavs, with the team losing games to inferior opponents such as the youthful Brooklyn Nets.

Making matters worse for the Cavs

is that they have the oldest roster in the league, maximizing the impact of injuries and lengthy minutes for older players. The team has tried to change things up in order to jumpstart the offense, such as moving Wade from a starting role to the second unit off the bench. This was a pretty radical idea for both the team and Wade, as the shooting guard has played his entire long career as a starter.

These will be interesting storylines to watch as the season continues. While the confusion and disbelief is currently present, by the end of the year it will be no surprise if these two teams are battling for the title for the fourth consecutive year.

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Club is unable to get on the board ■ The women’s soccer team

failed to produce offensively against a pair of conference rivals this past weekend.

By EVAN ROBINS JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

The Brandeis University women’s soccer team lost two matches in an incredibly difficult week, during which the Judges faced reigning national champions No. 8 Washington University in St. Louis and No. 1 University of Chicago.

This brings the Judges season record to 11-4-3 with one game remaining in the regular season.

Judges 0, UChicago 2 The Judges were shut out for the second time in three days, losing their final game of the week to the undefeated UChicago Maroons.

This marked the Judges’ third straight game without a win and dropped their University Athletic Association conference record to 2-3-1. The Maroons controlled the pace of play, swarming the ball when it approached midfield and keeping the Judges on the defensive

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Brandeis keeper Frankie Pinto ’18 started and went the distance in her second straight game, coming away with four saves against the eighthtop-scoring offense in Division III. The Maroons scored their first goal just eight minutes and 20 seconds into the game on a goal by junior midfielder Jenna McKinney.

Brandeis forward Sasha Sunday ’19 attempted to answer with a header two minutes later, but was denied

by Chicago junior goalie Katie Donovan. Chicago’s second goal of the game came just three minutes into the second half, when the ball skipped through Pinto’s legs and was knocked in by the Maroons before Pinto could recover. This score would hold final.

While this has been an undeniably difficult stretch of the schedule, injuries have also played a significant role that should be acknowledged. The team has been faced with a rash of injuries to key contributors, including midfielder Becca Buchman ’19 and defender Emily Thiem ’19, who combined for four goals before going down. The dream of a national championship

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Runners struggle at UAA Championships ■ The men’s and women’s

cross country teams both came in sixth out of eight teams this past weekend.

By Zach kaufman JUSTICE editorial Assistant

This past weekend, the Brandeis men’s and women’s cross country teams travelled to Garrett Mountain in Woodland Park, New Jersey to participate in the 2017 University Athletic Association Championships, hosted by New York University. Both teams ran hard, but the competition was stiff and the teams both placed sixth out of eight teams competing.

Defending champions Washington University in St. Louis came out on top for both men’s and women’s, beating their respective runner ups by large margins.

For the men’s team, the Judges kept things impressively competitive, considering their competition. The UAA is considered by many to be the best Division III cross country conference. Five out of the eight teams that competed in this meet were ranked in the top 35 nationally. The winner of the meet, WashU, is ranked No. 9. The runner up, Carnegie Mellon University, is ranked No. 12. Third-place finisher Emory University is No. 35, followed by fourth and fifth place finishers NYU and University of Chicago, which are ranked No. 29 and No. 23, respectively. All of the men’s runners ran in an eightkilometer race.

Ryan Stender ’18 finished fifth place overall with a time of 26:20.0, earning him a spot on the first team all-UAA for the second year in a row. Stender has long competed admirably at the UAA championships. Flanking Stender was fellow senior Mitchell Hutton

’18, who finished 20th overall with a time of 26:53.4. Luke Ostrander ’21 was Brandeis’ third place finisher, finishing 25th overall with a time of 26:59.2. This impressive finish earned Ostrander a spot on the outstanding rookie team, as he finished fourth among all first-year students. Liam Garvey ’18 was the Judges’ fourth-place finisher with a time of 27:07.7 and placed 29th overall. Mark Murdy ’21 also had an impressive first UAA race, finishing fifth among the Judges with a time of 27:33.4, placing him 44th overall. Veteran Max Whitmore ’18 placed 46th overall with a time of 27:37.8. Dan Curley ’20 finished 55th overall with a time of 28:03.3. Senior Brian Sheppard ’18 came in 65th with a time of 28:28.8. Josh Lombardo ’21 ran a 28:45.2 to finish 69th and Brian Gao ’20 finished with a time of 29:18.5 to come home in 74th.

The women’s team finished sixth out of eight teams, posting a score of 129. This was impressive considering the stiff competition the women had to face from within their conference. No. 7 WashU defended their UAA title with 37 points. Their runner up was No. 15 UChicago who came in second in 74 points. No. 29 Emory was third with 107 points. Carnegie Mellon placed fourth with 116, followed

by NYU who bested the Judges by just one point, scoring 128. All of the women’s runners ran in a sixkilometer race.

Emily Bryson ’19 finished fourth overall with a time of 23:41.1, which earned her a spot on the first team all-UAA. Her twin sister Julia Bryson ’19 finished 12th overall with a time of 24:18.6. She earned second team all-UAA honors. The Judges’ third and fourth place finishers were Niamh Kenny ’21 and Danielle Berteaux ’20 finishing

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WITH THE MOVES: Midfielder Josh Ocel ’18 jinks past his Washington University in St. Louis defender in a home match this past Friday.

Squad breaks even in UAA conference play ■ Midfielder Alex Walter

’20 scored the golden goal against Washington University in St. Louis.

By GABRIEL GOLDSTEIN JUSTICE SENIOR WRITER

The men’s soccer team had a challenging slate of games this past week, facing off against two formidable opponents in Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Chicago.

The squad opened the week with a nail-biter, narrowly edging WashU in a riveting golden-goal victory in double-overtime. The team, however, could not keep its good fortunes going into its contest against University Athletic Association rival UChicago. In a tight match between the two postseason regulars, UChicago was able to pull out a victory over a Brandeis squad that continues to struggle against elite opponents.

Judges 0, UChicago 1 The Judges ended their week with a heartbreaking loss to

perennial powerhouse University of Chicago — their first home defeat of the season. The loss is made more bitter since Chicago is one of the Judges’ UAA rivals.

The match started relatively slowly, with the Maroons owning an 8-6 shot advantage in the first half. The Judges saw a serious opportunity to score in the 38th minute, when forward Marino Espiga ’18 had his shot attempt blocked by Chicago rookie goalkeeper Aaron Katsimpalis.

Forward Andrew Allen ’19 got his foot on a follow-up attempt, but his shot was likewise stopped by the Maroon defense. Katsimpalis brought his heroics into the second half, saving a free-kick attempt by Judges’ star forward Josh Ocel ’18 in impressive fashion.

The Maroons broke through in the 80th minute when sophomore forward Dayo Adeosun capitalized on a defensive miscue in the box that left him with a shot opportunity.

Adeosun’s attempt was blocked

by Judges goalkeeper Greg Irwin ’20, but the rebound found its way to Maroons rookie forward Carter Romero, who buried what would prove to be the game-winning goal.

The Judges had a solid chance to even the score in the 84th minute, when forward Jake Warren ’20 nearly netted a high-arching rocket to force overtime. The forward, however, was unable to convert.

The loss dropped the Judges to 12-4 on the season and 4-2 in UAA play. The victory brought the University of Chicago to 15-2 on the year and 5-1 in UAA play.

Judges 2, WashU 1 The Judges opened their week on a high note, notching a victory against WashU. The squad was propelled by a beautiful golden goal from forward Alex Walter ’20 in the game’s second overtime.

WashU struck first with a goal in the 12th minute from junior forward Ryan Sproule. Sproule was assisted by freshman midfielder Sean Connors, whose pretty cross put Sproule in the perfect position to net a well-placed header. The Judges were not down long, evening the score in the 26th minute off a goal from forward Max Breiter ’20.

Breiter was assisted by forward Dylan Hennessy ‘20. Neither team was able to take the lead before the

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BAND IN BLUE: A student band called “The MAD Band” performs, clad in shiny blue hats.

By mendel weintraub justice Staff writer

This past Saturday night, while many of you were out celebrating your Halloween and family weekend — catching up with family, dressing up as your favorite superhero or simply staying in bed, binging the latest installment of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” — I was at the annual family weekend variety show, which commenced at 8 p.m. in Levin Ballroom on Oct. 28.

Emceed by Amanda Duncan, a sweeterthan-sugar folk-pop singer, the night’s show featured a roster of numerous on-campus dance and music groups. The performances of some were better than those of others, as would be expected. Not every group can be the best group on campus. That is simple logic.

DANCING IN THE DARK: Student dancers perform a choreographed piece.

However, on this night, none of that mattered.

What made the night special was the sheer passion that was demonstrated by each respective group in their act.

Bearing witness to the variety show was reminiscent of the feeling you get when a child hands you a drawing that they made specially for you; it isn’t necessarily a good drawing, but it nevertheless makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, because it is not the quality of the product that matters but the heart and soul that went into it.

Some of the performances at the variety show were reminiscent of a storm of multicolored crayons scribbled on a sheet of printing paper, while others were more refined — simple drawings of flowers perhaps, composed of two or three colors. I’d hang them all up on my wall though, for each one is colorful and burst-

ing with passion.

Most wonderful were the people imparting their enthusiasm for their respective crafts: the student performers themselves. Sitting in the audience, I was surprised to see fellow students dancing hip hop whom I did not even know could dance in the first place; I saw people rapping whom I never knew were rappers.

There was a certain allure in all of this, not knowing who might show up next on stage to surprise you with their particular set of skills.

I will not go into detail as to which groups were extremely talented and which were not. I think that it was evident to the audience, who were obviously applauding only to be polite at the conclusion of some of the acts.

Still, be it rapturous or polite, the applause was indicative of a collective appreciation for what was unfolding onstage for the two and a

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half hour duration of the event. The parents sitting in the audience seemed to be especially enthralled, simply because they were experiencing some of the fruits of their exorbitant tuition bills.

After a rather unpleasant performance (that is a generous term, for the record), one parent, who noticed the press pass hanging around my neck, turned to me and said, “I’d hate to have your job.”

To be completely honest, I’ve had harder nights “on the job.” The variety show was an absolute delight from start to finish just by sheer virtue of the excitement I felt watching my peers perform on stage. How good each performance was is irrelevant; I’m just happy to see that students at Brandeis have creative outlets that they can share with the community at large.

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COSTUMED COMPANIONS: Starving Artists ended the evening with the song, “Be My Escape” by Reliant K.

A CAPPELLA SHOW IS FESTIVE AND FUN By mariah manter justice Staff writer

The end of October always brings spooky fun, but few events are as franken-tastic as this past week’s a cappella Spook-APalooza. The event was hosted by Starving Artists and was both musically impressive and comically lighthearted. Six a cappella groups gathered in Schwartz Hall, in full costumes ranging from a psychedelic cat to a risque Winnie the Pooh and everywhere in between.

The show was a fun event for students getting into the Halloween spirit but also for many parents visiting for Brandeis’ family weekend. Audience members could trick-ortreat for some candy before walking into the transformed lecture hall.

Schwartz 112 was decorated with classic paper-and-string jack-o-lanterns and streamers. The cozy venue allowed for interaction between the performers and the audience, along with up-close-and-personal viewing of the performers’ costumes. There is nothing quite as spooky — or hilarious — as watching a fully covered sheet ghost come up to the microphone for a solo.

The Brandeis a cappella groups that performed included Voicemale, Company B, Rather Be Giraffes and Starving Artists.

Two other groups that joined were Northeastern University’s Pitch, Please! and Tufts University’s Jackson Jills.

The night of music started off with Voicemale, whose Green Day Medley truly chilled the audience. Voicemale member Marek Haar ’20 soloed for “Boulevard of Broken Dreams.” The “I walk alone” line was especially fitting, as he was dressed as the spirit of the water, a green faced, otherworldly looking creature who probably does walk a pretty lonely path.

Another outstanding costume was from Company B, an a cappella group dedicated to the oldies, and, last Thursday night, to oldfashioned trends as well. Company B was the only group sporting a collective costume, with each member wearing an iconic clothing style from the 1860s to the 1990s. Julia Brown ’19 stole the spotlight as a pilgrim, enthusiastically dancing and beatboxing in “Son of Preacherman” by Dusty Springfield.

Company B kept the audience chuckling throughout its whole performance.

The next group was Rather Be Giraffes, who sang “Mistakes” by Andra Day and “Jackrabbit” by San Fermin. Radhika Jangi ’18 gave an incredible solo in “Mistakes.”

This group had an array of costumes, including a couple of farmers, Rosie the Riveter and Scar from “The Lion King.”

Starving Artists wrapped up the night, performing “Be My Escape” by Reliant K and “Feeling Good” by Frank Sinatra. Yoni Israel ’19 soloed in “Be My Escape” as a kangaroo whose joey was circulating somewhere in the audience. Ben Steinberg’s ’18 solo in

“Feeling Good” was the culmination of the evening. Ben’s bass resounded throughout Schwartz Hall and left everyone feeling good on a low note.

Aside from hosting a spooktacular night of entertainment, Starving Artists also used the event to fundraise money for hurricane relief in Puerto Rico. The jack-o-lantern that

was passed around throughout the evening collected over $150 for the cause.

Overall, the night was a spooky success full of great costumes and fun for both the audience and performers. It brought together students from Brandeis, Tufts and Northeastern, as well as parents for music and silly Halloween spirit.

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RATHER BE GIRAFFES: RBG sang “Mistakes”

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Something’s rotten in ‘Hamlet’s’ direction By kent dinlenc justice Staff writer

In my time as an arts critic for the Justice, I’ve always attributed the mediocre University productions to poor scripts, which relegate actors to shining within the confines of dull plots and muddled dialogue.

Of course, I’ve seen plays here that were excellent both on and off the page, ones where praise went all around and the only criticisms were nit-picks. There have also been productions full of heart that simply never clicked with a poor script.

Yet I’m now stuck with the conundrum of reviewing a disappointing Brandeis production of “Hamlet.”

I can’t blame Shakespeare for poor storytelling. So, whose responsibility is it if Shakespeare’s story is not brought out to its full potential?

This Sunday I went to Merrick Theater in Spingold to catch “Hamlet,” directed by Abi Pont ’19. The titular role was played by Bryan McNamara ’19, who held his own with his stellar performance and proved himself as the moody, emotional Hamlet. Occasionally veering in and out of what seemed like a British accent, his performance was stellar regardless. His disappearance into the role was unmatched by anyone else on stage. His uncle, Claudius (Riely Allen ’18), was a domineering presence over the kingdom of Denmark. His plotting

against Hamlet was as authentic as it was conniving, adding to the underlying sense of deviousness and betrayal within the family.

Another stand-out was Laertes, performed by Eli Esrig ’19. With a booming voice that matched McNamara’s, he stood out as an equal and opposite force. Similar to McNamara, Esrig easily slipped into his role and delivered his lines naturally.

Their duel in the finale was done well, pitting the two powerhouses against each other and performing intense fight choreography (credited to Haia Bchiri ’20). Laertes’ mother (via gender reversal), Polonius, played by Kerstin Shimkin ’21, was another standout performance that deftly captured the character’s talkative attitude. However, Shimkin delivered her lines so quickly that half the time I was exhausted trying to keep up. While it was certainly a novel choice to portray Polonius as a fast talker, that choice was wasted on the audience because she didn’t articulate properly. Less is often more in Shakespeare, and talking with a slightly faster-thannormal cadence would have gotten the point across without muddling the language. But you may be thinking “Maybe that’s just her regular talking speed?” Well… it appears to be, as evinced by her rapidly going through announcements prior to the show. Yet she should have been told to slow down so the audience

HAMLET, UNHINGED: Hamlet (Bryan McNamara ’19) contemplates his situation, knife in hand.

could enjoy her entertaining performance.

This leads me to my main problem with the production: the direction. I felt that each actor in the production held their own in their respective roles, but lacked a direction and individuality. Hamlet paced back and forth throughout the play aimlessly and points were altered for reasons unknown. Old Hamlet’s ghost violently drowning Ophelia and forcing Gertrude to drink the poisoned wine was simply baffling. All around I feel the actors were hindered. Take Hamlet’s mother Gertrude for example, played by Elizabeth Gentile ’20. Throughout her entire performance, she was either loudly weeping or shivering while sobbing in the corner. The director chose to have Gertrude’s main characteristic be “traumatized,” as mentioned in her note. I feel this narrow focus kept Gentile back. Prior to the slaying of Polonius, Gentile was motherly and subtle in her performance — this scene was the only time in the play where she wasn’t crying or sobbing with her hand over her mouth. Trauma can come in the form of a stutter.

Intense shaking. Frozen stature. Instead, Gentile is instructed to place her hand over half her face and be escorted off-stage by Claudius multiple times.

The vision for this production lacked subtlety. Was there really no other way to convey Hamlet’s moodiness than to have McNamara hold a copy of “The Catcher in the Rye” for a quarter of his stage time?

Was the Hamlet ghost’s murder of Ophelia really necessary? Killing Ophelia undermines her state of mental health in the play completely. Was she not so ill that she committed suicide, but rather was murdered by the ghost to symbolize his undying wish to seek revenge on … his son, Polonius, and Laertes? If Old Hamlet’s ghost can just murder anyone, why does he bother with this elaborate scheme? Hamlet isn’t a ghost story, it’s a human story. I applaud the actors for trying their best amid the play’s tonal inconsistency. I hope you all shine in future roles that have clear motivation and competent direction.

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BAD BOY BLUES: Laertes (Eli Esrig ’19) packs clothing with Ophelia (Casey Bachman ’21) to send her away from Hamlet.

MONOLOGUE: Polonius (Kerstin Shimkin ’21) rambles in a monologue, capturing the essence of the character.

LANGUAGE BARRIER: The Philadelphia Sphas, a team discussed in ‘The First Basket’, sport Hebrew lettering on

Comedy review

Live from Brandeis University, it’s Colin Jost!

By emily blumenthal justice Staff writer

On Friday night, comedian Colin Jost traded his seat behind “Saturday Night Live’s” “Weekend Update” desk for the main stage of the Spingold Theater Center as part of the University’s annual family weekend.

Comedian Mike Recine, previously seen on “Conan” and various Comedy Central shows, performed before Jost.

Recine told mostly sex jokes, going so far as to reference bestiality with dogs several times. At one point, Recine joked that a father’s death would be far less tragic than a mother’s death, saying, “Moms are just special, and you can get a new dad any day.” The father in front of me sat completely stiff and seemed to be shocked, which mirrored the audience’s reaction for most of Recine’s set.

Throughout Recine’s set, audience members around me cringed; I heard whispers of “When will this guy go away?” and similar sentiments. Recine said, “I bet you all are wondering why you pay tuition to have your kids see me.” The audience was wondering exactly that, as Recine failed to give us our money’s worth with his cringeworthy and awkward set.

For his set, Jost took a different approach. He mostly joked about his college life and some interesting life experiences. His jokes were sometimes a bit edgy, but he came off as lighthearted, as opposed to barking at the audience like Recine had. Jost did not seem to be going for shock value, but rather for relating to his majority college-age audience. His openness about his life experiences made me feel that I could relate to him and that

I was in a more intimate setting than a large auditorium.

Jost began with a “fun facts about Brandeis” segment — Brandeis being ranked 34th in U.S. News & World Report and having seven buildings named Shapiro were among the facts he mentioned.

He then talked about his college experience, including a bit about his two gay roommates and “the pressure” he felt to come out. Jost joked about his unbalanced sleep schedule and his roommates’ failure to stay quiet when he was sleeping.

Another segment was about the consequences of recreational drug use. Jost told stories of his own experiences, including believing that a girl had poisoned him with PCP-laced marijuana.

During that incident, Jost called his parents in a stupor; they drove an hour to his apartment and gave the girl a lecture about the dangers of drugs. Jost also told of a time he got high and bought a whole roasted chicken at a bodega for a late-night snack.

One of his stories the audience and I thought was especially hilarious was about accidentally walking in on a lesbian couple in a hotel. Jost had switched hotel rooms and was told that the staff would move his bag.

However, when he went to the front desk to retrieve the bag, they did not have it. The concierge gave him the key to his old hotel room and claimed that no one was there.

When Jost got to the hotel room, he was surprised to walk in on the couple having sex, and looked around his old room in shock for his bag. Failing to find the bag, he went back to the front

HEATHER SCHILLER/the Justice

JOKING JOST: Colin Jost, known from “Saturday Night Live,” performed a stand-up show for family weekend.

desk, only for them to discover that the bag had been there the entire time.

While Jost mostly joked about his life experiences, he did not forsake his regular “Weekend Update” character.

Jost aimed several barbs at President Trump, covering subjects ranging from the crisis in Puerto Rico to his ever-loyal supporters and their beliefs.

During his tirade against Trump, he

quipped that Trump’s supporters cannot comprehend their white privilege.

In one anecdote, he described an outing on a boat with a Miami club owner. The man decried affirmative action as the reason for his son’s rejection from a college. Turning to the audience in disbelief, Jost said, “If he couldn’t get into that school, he’s just getting started,” jokingly referencing

the censored Black Eyed Peas song “Let’s Get Retarded.”

In the last part of the show, Jost gave the audience a treat by listing several sketches he had proposed which never made it onto SNL, including a game show set inside of CVS pharmacy called “Who Works Here?” and a parody of the musical “Newsies” called “Fox Newsies.”

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Brandeis TALKS

INTERVIEW

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What kind of discount candy are you buying at CVS on Nov. 1?

Abi Pont ’19 NATALIA WIATER/the Justice

This week, justArts spoke with Abi Pont ’19 who directed HTP’s “Hamlet.”

Micah Pickus ’20 “I wouldn’t say I buy too much discount candy, I’m sorry.”

justArts: This play was not the original version of “Hamlet” that everyone knows. Did you come up with any of the content completely on your own?

Abi Pont: So all of the dialogue and everything was straight out of “Hamlet”; it was mainly a cutting process. But the concept behind it was all me!

MORGAN MAYBACK/the Justice

Kenzie Provencher ’20 “Oh, Reese’s, Reese’s for sure.”

Rachel Lese ’21 “100 Grand.”

Hannah Mutter, Heller Student “Peanut M&Ms are my absolute favorite, because I can just like put them out in a pile while I’m studying and it’s like one at a time.

It’s got a little bit of protein and a sugar kick, it gets my brain moving for my work and I can, like, arrange them in colors.”

--Compiled by Jen Geller/the Justice and photographed by Yvette Sei/ the Justice.

STAFF’S Top Ten

Top 10 Vegan Food Essentials

By Lily Swartz

justice EDITORial assistant

These have been my go-to top favorite food essentials ever since I became a vegan three years ago. Most of the foods listed below are protein-filled, and personally, I think they are delicious. You can find most of these food items at any grocery store. Go vegan!

1. Garbanzo beans 2. Ezekiel Bread 3. Tofu 4. Quinoa 5. Nutritional Yeast 6. Nuts 7. Spinach 8. Flax seeds 9. Sweet Potatoes 10. Almond Milk

AP: Pretty much it was looking at if you have a more sympathetic Claudius, because he’s normally your antagonist, but if you have a more sympathetic Claudius, he becomes more complex — no longer the primary antagonist.

So I just kind of turned it into Hamlet Sr., or the ghost, and one thing led to another, and it kind of led to an abusive relationship between Old Hamlet and Gertrude, to see how that would play out in the end. So you had Claudius killing his brother to get Gertrude out of an abusive relationship instead of to gain power, and then you had the ghost coming back from the dead to seek revenge against Gertrude for marrying another, instead of seeking revenge against Claudius for killing him.

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14 “_____ we forget ...”

15 Laughing gas, e.g.

16 Videogame in which players rob a bank 19 Retailer with the tagline “Furniture for Less” 20 Exiled Latin poet 21 Goal 23 Finds immaturely funny, say 27 Voice below soprano 28 Be sick 29 One made from a rib 30 Ragu competitor 31 Jan. 15 honoree 32 Part of ESL 34 See 30-Down 35 Halloween treats which can be found at the starts of 16-, 23-, 50- and 57-Across 38 #5606748 is for underwear with a calendar on it 41 Guy 42 Steely Dan album 45 Crime committed with a burning passion?

46 Wrestler Flair 48 PC alternative 49 Sch. supporters 50 Critical juncture 54 ____ Lingus 55 It requires a senior partner?

56 Sushi ingredient 57 Where we live 63 Totally spellbound 64 Rear end 65 Golfer’s need 66 Mythical reveler 67 Suckers, to a con artist 68 Operation locales (abbr.)

JA: Can you explain the concept again?

JA: How did you come up with this idea to direct this unique version of “Hamlet”?

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2 “Now it’s clear!”

43 Printer problem 3 Drink for the lactose 44 Nail, as a test intolerant (who may not like this 47 Uses a crib sheet puzzle!)

50 Jon of “Two and a Half Men” 4 “2001: A Space Odyssey” 51 Little spat author 52 Amherst sch.

5 Lana Del ____ 53 ____ Aviv 6 The e. of i.e.

55 New York’s FDR Drive, 7 Authoritative persuasion e.g. technique 58 Back muscle, for short 8 Pitcher’s dream game 59 Affirmative vote 9 Canned 60 Something to mind 10 Evening sundial hour 61 Gen ____ 11 Revenue source for TV 62 Affirmative stations 12 “Frozen” song 17 Bugs Bunny’s term of address 18 Longoria of “Desperate Housewives” 22 Show one’s cheeks 23 “The Truest Sport: Jousting with ____ and Charlie”

CROSSWORD COURTESY OF EVAN MAHNKEN

AP: Three years ago, in my high school senior Shakespeare class, Claudius yells out Gertrude’s name when she’s dying, which doesn’t make a lot of sense if he doesn’t care about her, and so then I was like, “What if he does care about her? What if he’s more sympathetic?” And then you spiral down the rabbit hole!

JA: What was your favorite part of the whole directing experience?

SOLUTION COURTESY OF EVAN MAHNKEN

AP: I have to say working with my cast. I got so lucky; I got an amazing group of people! 99 percent of the work was [theirs]. The show is hard.

“Hamlet” is hard in general, and then you throw in hard stuff on top of it — that can be very hard — but they just took it and they ran with it! And they’re such wonderful people in general; I enjoyed walking into every single rehearsal because I knew I was going to be around these talented, talented people.

JA: What was the most challenging part of directing?

SUDOKU INSTRUCTIONS: Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column down and each small 9-box square contains all of the numbers from one to nine.

AP: So I’m not normally a very creative person; I normally stage manage, which those in the theatre world know tends to be more so logistics and organizing, which is what I’m more so good at, so the confidence that you have to have with being like “You’ve got this!” and kind of going forward and putting your own thing out there, and kind of being like, “this is mine!”

JA: What do you hope that the audience took away from watching this particular version of the show?

AP: I mean part of it is, I guess first off, that you don’t have to read these texts as point-blank, and that you can very much play around with them, and you can make them more applicable to our modern day, because abusive relationships and those things, especially right now, are such a problem! Shakespeare’s plays are still considered classics because they can still be applied to this.

—Lizzie Grossman

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