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ENGAGING IN DISCOURSE

BOArd of trustees

Kanarek made chair of Board of Trustees

■ The former chair of

the presidential search committee will start in May as the head of the Board.

By RACHEL SHARER JUSTICE editor

The Board of Trustees announced last Thursday that alumnus Larry Kanarek ’76 has been elected as the next chair of the Board. According to a press release provided to the Justice on Thursday, Kanarek will begin the position on May 22, the same day as commencement.

He will succeed the current chair, Perry Traquina ’78, who has served in the position since 2013. According to the statement, Traquina will still remain on as a member of the Board.

Kanarek joined the Board of Trustees since 2010 and also served as head

of the presidential search committee that elected Ronald Liebowitz as the next University president last semester.

“As Brandeis has done for so many other young people, its exceptional faculty, students and values changed the arc of my life,” Kanarek is quoted as saying in the press release. “It’s a privilege to have one more way to give back to this institution and community that mean more to me than any other.”

Traquina mentioned both Kanarek’s experience and deep commitment to Brandeis as deciding factors in the selection. “Larry embodies the best of what a Brandeis education instills: a thirst for lifelong learning, a search for the truth, and a drive to help others,” Traquina said.

Interim President Lisa Lynch is also quoted in the press release as saying, “Larry is passionate about Brandeis. He is an inspired and stra-

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Administration

Judge upholds part of suit against University ■ The ruling criticized

parts of an old version of the Special Examiner's process.

By MAX MORAN JUSTICE Editor

A federal judge granted parts of the University’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by an alumnus over alleged mishandling of a sexual misconduct investigation on Thursday.

However, the 89-page memorandum sustains that the alumnus has a plausible case that the University did not act with “basic fairness” when investigating him for sexual misconduct.

The parts of the alumnus’s case that were not dismissed will proceed to a separate court.

The case concerns two students

who were in a relationship when the alleged instances of misconduct occurred. In January 2014, several months after the relationship ended, the complainant — referred to in the memorandum as “J.C.” — filed a community standards report. J.C. alleged that his ex — referred to as “John Doe,” — had “numerous inappropriate, nonconsensual sexual interactions with me” until around May 2013, according to the CSR, which is quoted in the memorandum.

The University investigated the CSR’s claim under the 2013 to 2014 version of the Special Examiner’s Process, which had been the University’s method for investigating sexual misconduct cases since the previous academic year. At the time, the Special Examiner — a legal expert who is hired from outside the University to

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Board of Trustees member Ron Kaiserman '63 addressed student protesters from Brandeis Climate Justice at the divestment rally on Wednesday afternoon.

ACADEMICS

Costs for students to rise by 3.9 percent next semester ■ The raised charges will

go towards hiring faculty, renovating infrastructure and other causes.

By MIHIR KHANNA JUSTICE editor

In an email to the student body last Friday, Interim University President Lisa Lynch announced a 3.9 percent increase in comprehensive undergraduate charges for the 2016 to 2017 academic year.

This increase was approved by the Board of Trustees on Thursday to allow the University to maintain its “commitment to providing you [the students] with an education of the highest quality” and to “sustain the financial aid that makes Brandeis accessible to students across the socioeconomic spectrum,” according to the email.

Undergraduate comprehensive charges for the 2015 to 2016 academic year totaled $63,012, assuming basic double occupancy and a 12meal plan. With the 3.9 percent increase, the comprehensive charges will be $65,469 for 2016 to 2017, un-

der the same assumptions. Comprehensive charges includes tuition, all undergraduate and student fees, room and board.

Interim Senior Vice President for Communications Judy Glasser clarified in an email to the Justice that while all tuition and fees are increasing by 3.9 percent, “housing and dining increases vary by plan and housing area. Of the two dining plans available to upperclass students with kitchens, for instance, one is staying at the same rate while the other is actually decreasing, despite cost to the university, to try and better align with students’ financial needs.”

Lynch’s email outlined the four most “essential initiatives” to which these funds would be directed in an effort to ensure that students “have access to enriching college experiences.” These are the hiring of “17 new tenured, tenuretrack and other full-time faculty members”; “infrastructure work across campus, including over $2 million in sustainability efforts and renovation projects at the East Quad residence halls”; an increase in spending on “initiatives regarding sexual-assault awareness, pre-

vention and support services” to $750,000; and the creation of a Chief Diversity Officer position.

The additional revenue for the University stemming from this increase would be approximately $7.22 million, just from tuition and fees alone. With 72 percent of the undergraduate population residing in University housing, the incremental revenue from room and board (assuming basic doubles and a 12-meal plan) would be approximately $1.39 million. All these figures are subject to the size of the incoming class being consistent with the size of the outgoing class.

The University routinely increases its comprehensive charges.

The charges for the current academic year reflect a 3.7 percent increase over the previous academic year’s charges. According to the University’s financial statements, their 2014 to 2015 revenues from tuition and fees increased by $13.3 million as compared to the 2013 to 2014 year. Similarly, their revenues from room and board increased by $2.1 million. These increases reflect a 3.7 percent increase on the 2013 to 2014 charges, as well as an increase

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 Students created book-themed cakes for LTS' third annual Edible Book Festival on Wednesday.

 The softball team had a tough outing against Wellesley College this past week.

 AEPi brothers were the target of anti-Semitic vandalism when a swastika was left in condensation on their house.

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NEWS BRIEF

Senate votes to confirm E-Board members in weekly meeting The Senate met for its weekly meeting on Sunday to confirm Student Union Executive Board members and discuss changes to the University’s energy policies.

The confirmations fell under the “new business” section of the agenda, but the senators voted unanimously to move this discussion to the beginning of the meeting, so as to allow the individuals up for confirmation to leave once they had been voted on.

The individuals up for confirmation were Student Union Director of Programming Adriana Gleaton ’17, Junior Representative to the Board of Trustees Emily Conrad ’17, Executive Senator Paul Sindberg ’18, Allocations Board Chairperson Alex Feldman ’17, Student Union Judiciary Chief Justice Brian Dorfman ’16 and Student Union Chief of Staff Will Jones ’18.

The various representatives had been sitting in on Eboard meetings unconfirmed by the Senate. Addressing the Senate on Sunday night, Student Union President Nyah Macklin ’16 said, “To not have the students confirmed by the Senate was a huge misstep on our behalf. … It was a communications error. ... I didn’t follow the constitution, and that’s a problem.”

Class of 2019 Senator Nathan Greess asked Macklin to explain what the primary function of the E-board is, whether it plays more of an advisory role for the president or whether it was meant to encompass the heads of the different branches of Student Union.

Jones explained that it incorporates the heads of the different branches, not in an advisory role but rather as a resource for the Student Union as a whole. Greess then pointed out that the presence of representatives from the A-Board and the Judiciary extend the function of the E-board beyond what is outlined in the constitution. During the resulting discussion, Feldman noted the importance of having a conversation between the A-Board and the Senate about chartered clubs and the funds available to give to them.

North Quad Senator Hannah Brown ’19 asked whether having the chief justice of the Judiciary sit in on eboard meetings constituted a conflict of interest, as the main purpose of the Judiciary is to mediate conflicts involving the Union. Dorfman responded that he would be open to the possibility of attending a separate meeting just for the heads of Union branches, to be scheduled in addition to E-board meetings. Macklin agreed with this suggestion and told the Senate that she would look into it. Ultimately, the Senate voted to confirm Gleaton, Conrad, Sindberg and Jones, but voted not to confirm Dorfman due to this potential conflict of interest.

The Senate then heard a presentation on the University’s energy policies from Class of 2017 Senator and Brandeis Sustainability Committee head Matt Smetana. Smetana announced that the University will roll out new energy usage guidelines this summer. These new guidelines address the University’s carbon footprint by setting standard building temperatures of 68 degrees Fahrenheit for the winter and 76 degrees Fahrenheit for the summer. He noted that the University will be more responsive to fixing issues with thermostats across campus. He also discussed how the lights in the library are “hardwired” to be on 24/7, and in order to turn them off and conserve energy, the University has hired someone to go through the building to find where the master control is and find a way to turn off the lights when no one is in the library.

In executive officer reports, Herbstritt told the Senate that the E-board is working on a constitutional amendment about who can sit in on E-board meetings.

Highlights from committee chair reports included that Midnight Buffet preparations are underway, that the University will be getting swings on campus, that there will be a microwave in the Shapiro Campus Center for public use and that the Student Union will co-facilitate a video series on climate change.

The Senate also voted on a Senate Money Request to fund the purchase of common club resources and voted East Quad Senator Callahan Cox ’18 up to Community Enhancement and Emergency Fund representative.

Additionally, the senators voted to suspend voting rules to allow the Senate to vote to grant a Senate Money Request for the purchase of Midnight Buffet shirts.

The Senate skipped individual senator reports and adjourned after a brief open forum.

POLICE LOG Medical Emergency

Mar. 28—A party in North Quad reported their friend had hit their head the day before and may have had a concussion. BEMCo staff treated the injured party on the scene.

The party was then transported to Newton-Wellesley Hospital via University Police cruiser with BEMCo staff aboard in order to provide further care.

Mar. 29—A party in Massell Quad reported they had a fever and requested BEMCo. BEMCo staff treated the party, and University Police transported the party to Newton-Wellesley Hospital for further care.

Mar. 30—A party in North Quad called with an unknown medical condition. BEMCo staff treated the party on the scene. University Police gave the party a ride to the health center for further care.

Mar. 30—A party in Ziv Quad reported having a twisted ankle. BEMCo staff was

dispatched, and the party was treated on the scene with a signed refusal for further care.

Mar. 31—A party in North Quad reported having a high fever and requested BEMCo. BEMCo staff treated the party on scene, and Police then transported them to NewtonWellesley Hospital for further care.

Apr. 1—The front desk attendant at the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center reported a possible broken foot at the basketball court.

BEMCo staff treated the party and notified Cataldo Ambulance. Cataldo Ambulance transported the party to Newton-Wellesley Hospital for further care.

Apr. 1—A caller reported a soccer player hit their head and wanted to be evaluated for a concussion.

BEMCo staff treated the party, and Police then transported the party to Newton-Wellesley Hospital for further evaluation.

Disturbance

Mar. 29—Police received a complaint of loud talking in a hallway in the Charles River Apartments. University Police checked the area but could not find the source of the talking.

Drugs

Mar. 30—A Department of Community Living staff member found evidence of marijuana in the Charles River Apartments. University Police responded and assisted to the situation.

Harassment

Apr. 2—A party in North Quad reported a concerning message left on an Internet chat page.

University Police investigated with DCL staff and found no threat involved. Police reasoned the community member who posted the comment had used bad judgment and compiled a report on the incident.

The message has since been re-

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Mar. 30—A caller reported an older male wearing a blue and white windbreaker hanging around in the woods area of Theater Lot extension. University Police checked the woods in the area, as well as the woods behind the International Business School, but were unable to locate the individual.

Apr. 2—A caller in the Shapiro Campus Center stated a person in a gray sweatshirt, camouflage pants, black boots and a black hat seemed out of place. University Police identified the party as a stagehand for “Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

The identified party was waiting to set up for the show in the SCC Theater. Police declared all to be in order and took no further action.

— Compiled by Avi Gold.

BRIEF Duke students stage sit-in to protest alleged racial slur incident and to call for a minimum wage hike for campus workers

—Abby Patkin

n An Arts teaser for our Liquid Latex coverage mistakenly used a thumbnail photo of a group that had not given us consent to use their images. This thumbnail did not, does not and will not ever appear on any online publication of the Justice. We regret this error (March 29, page 1).

moved. Police took no further action.

A “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” cake celebrates wordplay and American literature at the third annual Library and Technology Services’ Edible Book Festival. For more information on the event, see page 9.

Nine student protesters at Duke University in North Carolina began occupiying the Allen Building on Duke’s campus and demanded the firing of Executive Vice President Tallman Trask III, as well as of two other administrators. The student protesters also asked that Duke raise the minimum wage for campus workers from $12 to $15, according to an April 4 Washington Times article.

The protest follows a lawsuit filed last month by contract traffic control officer Shelvia Underwood, who accused Trask of using a racial slur against her, the article says.

According to a Feb. 29 article in the Chronicle, Duke University’s independent student newspaper, the racial slur was allegedly uttered after Trask hit Underwood with his car. While Trask has acknowledged that he did unintentionally hit Underwood, he denied having made any racial comments and claims that Underwood stepped in front of his car, refusing to let him park in his usual spot.

In response to the incident, the student protesters read various statements from Duke employees, according to a later Chronicle article published on Friday.

One of the statements read, “You have executives running over people, vehicles catching on fire and a system that blames the employee for what management and executives are doing wrong. ... I hope the truth comes out about who and what Duke is as an institution.”

At 4:10 p.m. on Monday afternoon, Duke administrators said in a statement that they would not continue negotiations with students until “after the nine students leave the Allen Building.”

—Carmi Rothberg

ANNOUNCEMENTS ’Deis Talks

’Deis Talks is an annual TED Talks-style event where a group of Brandeis students, faculty and alumni speak about transformative experiences they have had and/or topics they are passionate about. Join us in the International Lounge for some food for thought (and actual snacks).

Today from 5 to 6:45 p.m. in Usdan International Lounge.

France’s Identity Crisis

Guy Millière is a prominent French political writer, most known for his contributions to Israël Magazine, Metula News, and Gatestone Institute. He has also worked as a lecturer at the University of Paris. The discussion topic will be the link between the modern French identity crisis and the rise of the radical right-wing party, Front National. The event will feature a buffet from La Voile Restaurant.

Todoay from 7 to 9 p.m. in Schwartz 112.

Disability and Community Living Policies

Arie Rimmerman is a professor at the University of Haifa, Israel. He is an internationally known researcher in intellectual disabilities and disability studies, and founder of the Israeli Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities. He will be discussing community living policies for people with disabilities, with an international and comparative lens.

Rimmerman’s latest book, “Disability and Community Living Policies,” is being published by Cambridge University Press.

Tomorrow from 12:15 to 1:45 p.m. in HellerBrown G4.

Housing Insecurity in the 21st Century

Housing insecurity and gentrification are two problems those on the margins of society face regularly. Without a stable place to live, how can one function, send one’s children to school or climb the socio-economic ladder?

Come learn more about how housing insecu-

rity complicates the lives of many Waltham residents.

Tomorrow from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Farber Library Classroom.

Sex & Sexuality Symposium Conference

This year’s keynote speaker is Madina Agénor is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Harvard School of Public Health/DanaFarber Cancer Institute Educational Program in Cancer Prevention. Her current research focuses on sexual orientation, race and HPV vaccination among adolescent and young adult U.S. women.

Thursday from 12 to 4 p.m. in the Usdan Alumni Lounge.

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

Student Events presents the newest Star Wars installment. Kick back and relax with free refreshments.

Friday and Saturday from 8 to 10:30 p.m. in Schwartz 112.

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COMMENCEMENT

’76 will speak to the Class of 2016 at commencement on May 22.

By MAX MORAN JUSTICE EDITOR

Julieanna Richardson ’76 will deliver this year’s commencement address on May 22. Graduating members of the Class of 2016 will hear from Richardson — founder of The HistoryMakers, a video archive of the oral histories of African-Americans — who will also accept an honorary degree from the University alongside physicist and engineer Mildred Dresselhaus; historic-preservationist, attorney and grandson of Louis D. Brandeis Frank Brandeis Gilbert; filmmaker Agnieszka Holland; and artist Jack Whitten.

The University announced the commencement speaker and honorary degree recipients on March 31. According to the press release, Richardson is the creator of “the largest video oral-history archive of the AfricanAmerican experience” and that since its founding 16 years ago, The HistoryMakers has recorded 9,000 hours of one-on-one interviews with AfricanAmericans individuals, including Barack Obama, Harry Belafonte and 211 of the nation’s African-American scientists. In a video on The HistoryMakers website, Richardson explains that “it’s very important for people to have a sense of place, a sense of belonging, a sense of history of where they came from. People go from Harriet Tubman to Martin Luther King, and the same names being mentioned over and over again, and yet I’d talk to people and hear these wonderful stories about their families and the people that influenced them.” Richardson graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts and American Studies, and conducted independent research on the Harlem Renaissance while at Brandeis, which led to her discovering “the power of oral history,” according to her biography on The HistoryMakers website.

Mildred Dresselhaus is a professor emerita of physics and electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Nicknamed “the Queen of Carbon,” Dresselhaus pioneered work on carbon science and nanostructures. At MIT, she carried

out a series of experiments that led to a fundamental understanding of the electronic structure of semi-metals, especially graphite. She has worked to increase women’s participation in science and engineering, and is the author or co-author of over 1,700 scientific articles and publications.

In addition to being the grandson of the University’s namesake, Frank Brandeis Gilbert is a fellow of the University and an officer with the Supreme Court Historical Society.

He has worked with over 100 cities to improve historic-preservation laws, and was influential in rescuing New York City’s Grand Central Station from demolition. He also worked to create historic districts in New York City’s SoHo and Greenwich Village districts.

Agnieszka Holland is a Polish-Jewish filmmaker, and the first woman chair of the European Film Academy. She is best known for her films “Europa Europa” and “In Darkness,” which were nominated for Oscars in the Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film categories respectively. “Europa Europa” tells the true story of Solomon Perel, a Jewish teenager who was captured by Nazis in Russia but convinced his captors he was German and ended up enrolled in the Hitler Youth. “In Darkness,” similarly, is the story of Leopold Socha, a Polish sewer worker who sheltered Jews escaping the Lvov ghetto in Poland. Holland has also directed episodes of “The Wire” and “House of Cards,” among other shows.

Jack Whitten is an American abstract painter whose work has experimented with the material properties of paint, such as viscosity and pigment.

His works are included at the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of Modern Art, among others. Whitten’s works have often explored political themes; he was involved in the civil rights movement, and created the piece “9.11.01,” which memorialized the September 11 terror attacks and incorporated bone, ash and broken glass.

Commencement will take place at 10:30 a.m. on May 22 in the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center. Larry Kanarek ’76 will also become the new chair of the Board of Trustees on that day.

BRIEF Vandals target AEPi house with swastika graffiti A swastika outlined in condensation was found on a window at an off-campus house where several Brandeis students live, according to an email sent to the student body from Interim President Lisa Lynch on April 2. Students found the graffiti during an unofficial event hosted by a Jewish student group.

“That a swastika, with all the horrors it represents, would be marked anywhere is reprehensible,” Lynch wrote. “[A]nd when our students may have been the target of this symbol of hatred, we are compelled to speak out against injustice.”

The University has notified the Waltham Police Department about the graffiti, according to Lynch’s email, and University Police “will work with them in every way possible to identify the perpetrator(s).” The email further urged anyone with information on the incident to contact the Waltham Police.

In a phone interview with the Justice, Alpha Epsilon Pi International Director of Communication Jon Pierce confirmed that the residents of the house

were members of the Jewish fraternity.

In an emailed statement to the Hillel listserv, Hillel at Brandeis wrote that it was “shocked and disheartened to learn of the anti-semitic [sic] graffiti … and that the joy of Shabbat [sic] for our community was disrupted by such a hate filled act.”

“All members of the Hillel at Brandeis staff are available to help support students as we try to come together and heal from this terrible incident,” the email read. “May this week bring a return to the sense of safety that we hope all students feel as members of the Brandeis and Waltham community.”

In a Facebook statement, the Student Union condemned the drawing of the swastika and urged the student body to “stand up against hate speech in any and every form, whether in paint or window condensation.”

J Street U Brandeis and the Brandeis Israel Public Affairs Committee both issued Facebook statements similarly condemning the incident.

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Singer and songwriter Kevin So performed a musical piece about his experiences as an immigrant during the Student Support Services Program’s “I Am” event.

CAMPUS ACTIVISM

Brandeis Climate Justice hosts divestment rally ■ The rally coincided with a

meeting with Trustees on the subject of divestment.

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As part of their ongoing divestment campaign, Brandeis Climate Justice led a rally on Wednesday to coincide with a meeting between Board of Trustees members and individuals from the University’s environmental interest groups. While walking to his next meeting, one trustee addressed the protesters, who were urging the Board to divest the University’s endowment from fossil fuel corporations.

BCJ member Iona Feldman ’17 opened the protest, which began in the Shapiro Campus Center atrium.

He told the crowd that in a referendum in spring 2013, 79 percent of the student population voted for fossil fuel divestment, yet the Board has made no move to divest the University from its shares in the fossil fuel industry.

Feldman told the crowd that the University holds approximately $90 million in fossil fuel shares, which BCJ leaders later stated was calculated via an approximation that the University had between five to 10 percent of its endowment invested in fossil fuels. Feldman called this investment a “deeply socially unjust” act.

The BCJ members then began to chant “divest, divest, put fossil fuels to rest,” among other chants.

Former BCJ leader Shea Reister ’12 addressed the crowd stating, “It’s

pretty ridiculous that the Brandeis board has stalled this long. There’s a ton of support out there, but we know that they’re not going to do anything unless we keep the pressure up. …

This is how you make change at a school like this. They’re not going to do it on their own.”

Interim President Lisa Lynch has stated numerous times that a final decision on divestment will not be reached until incoming President Ronald Leibowitz assumes office. He will make this decision in cooperation with the Board, according to Lynch.

As president of Middlebury College, Leibowitz worked to increase sustainability and environmental friendliness, but did not divest the school’s endowment from fossil fuels, despite significant community pressure.

BCJ members then led the crowd to the hallway outside the third floor conference room in which the trustees and community members were meeting. Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan and a University Police officer stood by near the conference room.

Standing silently in the hallway, the protesters held up cardboard signs that read slogans like “Don’t Invest in Death,” and one that featured a quote from University namesake Justice Louis D. Brandeis, “There is no such thing as an innocent purchaser of stocks.”

As trustees, administrators and community members exited the meeting, many stopped to shake hands with the students and thank them for their work. As Lynch made her way through the hallway, she told the students, “I don’t have a vote [on divest-

ment].”

Board of Trustees member Ronald Kaiserman ’63 addressed the protesters as he left, sharing his personal views on divestment. “I wish that there was another issue that you could spend your energy on. They [the fossil fuel companies] are not going to respond to any protests,” he said.

He argued that the best way for students to fight fossil fuel companies would be to decrease their own energy consumption by walking and carpooling more. “Consume less, and then you’ll have an impact,” he said, adding that simply selling the stock wouldn’t send the message to fossil fuel companies, as “the stock does not know who owns it.”

He told the group that while the trustees are “unanimously” concerned with climate change, they are currently questioning how best to address it, and he thinks that the negative effects of divestment outweigh the benefits. “How many of you are willing to pay increased tuition for the sake of a moral statement?” he asked the protesters.

The protesters replied that the fossil fuel industry’s harmful impact is “destroying the entire future of everyone at this school” and that similar campaigns against tobacco and apartheid had seen success at peer universities.

The protesters then moved back down to the SCC atrium to debrief on the meeting and discuss the future of the group’s campaign.

Prof. Sabine von Mering (GRALL), who had attended the meeting, told the crowd that the trustees are interested in learning more about divestment as a result of the meeting.

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Dr. Vilna Treiter spoke at the University on Thursday about her book, “The Ethnic Project.” Her lecture focused on the processes by which ethnic groups form and how selecting operates as a function of “saming” and “othering” with different groups.

CAMPUS EVENT

TBTN addresses issues of sexual assault on campus

and supporters shared stories at the annual Take Back the Night march.

By Hannah Wulkan Justice editor

About 200 people walked through campus on Monday night as a part of the annual Take Back the Night rally, a march designed to raise awareness about sexual assault on campus and encourage survivors to share their stories as a means of empowerment.

The march started at Rabb steps, continued through North Quad, Rosenthal Quad and Massell Quad, and concluded outside of Spingold Theater.

At the event, organizers began by explaining that the gathering is meant to empower survivors and help them heal. They then led the group on the march, repeating chants between stops such as “unite the night, take back the night” and “2, 4, 6, 8, no more violence, no more rape.” Though no survivors shared stories themselves, several male and female community members shared their experiences related to sexual assault at stops along the way.

One student said, “About 20 million out of 112 million women — 18 percent — in the United States have been raped in their lifetime. A close friend of mine is one of those millions,

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and I do this for her because a month after she was raped, she still didn’t feel comfortable driving in the car at night with me.”

Participants also read statistics about sexual assault provided by organizers of the event, including the fact that women between the ages of 18 and 24 in college are three times more likely to be sexually assaulted than all other women, and women between those ages who are not in college are four times more likely to be sexually assaulted than all other women.

At each stop along the way, organizers read survivor stories pulled from the official TBTN website. They ranged from detailing experiences of those who were raped as children to detailing the experiences of those who were raped in and after college, and the lasting impact those experiences have had on their lives.

The march concluded in front of Spingold, where Dean of Students Jamele Adams spoke, saying, “Sometimes, there aren’t the words, but tonight, we represent that there are the people. Sometimes, you may feel like you’re alone, but it’s times like this that we let you know that you are not alone. Tonight, we are here for people who thought nobody would be there for them.”

He then led the crowd in a cheer of “Brandeis, take back the night” and shared a poem he wrote called “Take Back the Night.”

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The event ended with a gathering in the Merrick Theater that was closed to the press, in order to allow survivors a private space to share their stories.

The Take Back the Night website states, “Since the 1970s in the United States, TBTN has focused on eliminating sexual and domestic violence in all forms. Thousands of colleges, domestic violence shelters, and rape crisis centers have held events all over the country.”

The Facebook event page read, “We hope that through Take Back the Night, the Brandeis community will step in the direction of creating a caring, supportive community that resists violence and injustice in all forms.”

The event was hosted by Students Talking About Relationships, the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, the Women of Color Alliance, the Brandeis Rape Crisis Center and the Queer Resource Center.

—Editor’s Note: Due to a conflict of interest arising from a recent Community Standards Report and legal case, editors Max Moran, Avi Gold and Abby Patkin did not read or edit this article prior to publication. Given the sensitive nature of the event, the Justice made the one-time offer for speakers at the event to withhold their statements from the record. There were some participants who chose to do so.

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Dining services workers will soon begin their first contract negotiations with Sodexo since the company took over from Aramark as the University’s main food provider in the 2013 to 2014 academic year. Workers hope to negotiate for higher pay and better healthcare and retirement plans but are concerned about beginning negotiations with a completely different company than before.

Sodexo has been criticized for its labor practices in the past. A 2011 report by the human rights organization TransAfrica found that American Sodexo workers earn so little that they qualified for federal anti-poverty programs and were often denied overtime. The report also cited a Human Rights Watch report that claimed Sodexo “launched aggressive campaigns against some of its U.S. employees’ rights to form unions and bargain collectively.” Sodexo has denied these allegations. A May 22, 2014 Boston Globe column accused Sodexo of using the Affordable Care Act as an excuse to cut employee benefits, as well as altering calculations for full and part-time work to similarly cut benefits. Sodexo claimed that it had to change its calculations due to the Affordable Care Act. Brandeis workers have been acting under a contract first negotiated with Aramark for the last five years. It expires on June 30. Sodexo workers are waiting for the company to propose dates for negotiations with UNITE HERE Local 26, the union representing Brandeis dining workers. If the contract expires before a new contract can be agreed upon, workers’ wages and healthcare premiums will freeze at their current levels, but they will gain the rights to picket and strike.

If a new contract is then reached

after the old one expires, workers will be retroactively reimbursed for the raises they should have gotten. Wage raises are dated every July and January.

In an interview with the Justice, the three shop stewards for dining workers at Brandeis — Milagros Santana, Mike Cutler and Lucia Hsiung, who spoke on behalf of the workers to UNITE HERE Local 26 — said that workers hope to at least maintain their current healthcare and retirement plans but expressed concerns about benefits like sick leave and vacations.

“We’re concerned that if they want to start slashing, they may start touching that element of our benefits,” Santana said.

“We need at least another five years of feeling secure at your job.

Knowing that you can pay your bills and be able to take care of your family members,” she said.

“We’re with these kids four years,” Cutler added. “You get to know a lot of the kids, they want to see you earn a fair wage and a fair living. We’ve got a lot of students now backing us. It’s good to have support.” Cutler said that he believes some workers may not stay if the current contract disappears and that long-time workers may not have stayed as long as they did without the contract. Cutler has worked for the University for nine years as a cook, while Santana has been a cashier for 10 and Hsiung has been a cook for 15.

The contract would not impact student workers, but it would affect other part-time and full-time Sodexo workers. Andrew Nguyen ’15, UNITE HERE’s representative in charge of Brandeis, said, “I’ve seen that the workers are willing to fight and stand up for themselves, and they not only deserve respect, but they’re willing to fight for that.”

Nguyen was also a member of the Brandeis Labor Coalition while an undergraduate. “We’re pleased with him,” Cutler said. “He’s here more than we’ve ever seen any other union person here, that’s for sure. And we fed him for four years!”

BRIEF Charges dropped against Brandeis grad student Last Thursday, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan announced that she was dropping the conspiracy charges against Brandeis Computer Science doctoral student Jessie Lowell. The charges date back to January 2015, when 28 protesters affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement blocked parts of Interstate 93.

Lowell was among 18 protesters to be arrested in Medford, and the group became known as the “Somerville 18.”

Lowell said in an interview with the Justice that she was there as a street medic, providing aid to protesters who had gotten injured while on the highway.

“I wasn’t involved with planning, I wasn’t locked down and I wasn’t on the road, I was there to provide first aid, and advocacy around first aid to people who were there,” she said, according to a Jan. 19, 2015 Justice article.

“Racism is a very important issue, and the way black people are treated in this country is a very important issue, and as a white person, I think I have a moral

responsibility to do something about them,” Lowell was quoted in a March 31 WGBH News article as saying.

Lowell had been charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct, in addition to the conspiracy charges. A jury acquitted Lowell of the first two charges in March, according to the WGBH article. Lowell was represented by National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Committee’s Mark Stern throughout the ordeal. “The prosecution of one medic for observing police, and being available to provide aid … has now involved, on two misdemeanor charges, what I’d image [sic] would be tens of thousands of dollars in public resources,” Stern was quoted in the WGBH article as saying.

Lowell attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for her undergraduate degree, and studied at Tufts University and Northeastern University before attending Brandeis, according to the Justice article.

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tegic thinker whose leadership skills will strengthen our ability to seize opportunities as well as weather challenges in this increasingly complex world.”

Lynch also thanked Perry for his service as chair, writing, “We are fortunate to have had his steady leadership over these past three years, and I am particularly grateful for his support over this past year while I have served as Interim President.”

According to his Board of Trustees profile on the Brandeis website, Kanarek is a retired senior director at McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm for businesses, governments and non-

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developmental psychology, sociology (social movements), molecular and cellular biology, AAAS/ Politics (race and politics), and IBS (finance). In addition, there will be new faculty who will be hired to teach individual courses.” The new Chief Diversity Officer, who will likely be appointed this summer, will be involved in the hiring process for these 17 new faculty members in the University’s endeavor to “increase the number of traditionally underrepresented students, faculty and staff, as well as to ensure a more inclusive campus that supports all its members.”

Investments on campus infrastructure include a renovation of the East Quad residence halls that is estimated to cost over $2 million, according to Lynch’s email.

In addition to refurbishing the structures, this will further the University’s sustainability efforts.

Specifically, the University plans to install new roofs and more modern and efficient window systems

in East, according to Glasser. She wrote that beyond East Quad, the University “will also be replacing parts of the underground steam distribution system, repaving some campus walkways and driveways, and repaving some parking areas as well, including most notably the Tower lot.” Additionally, the University’s “planned building project on the Castle site, which will add critically needed new on-campus housing, also begins next year,” according to Lynch. This project will also require substantial funds to complete.

The investments north of $750,000 into sexual-assault awareness, prevention and support services “includes financial support for training, education and support services, as outlined in reports to the community from the Task Force for Sexual Assault Response, Services and Prevention. The budget also includes additions to staff and cost of investigations,” according to Glasser.

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in enrollment, among other factors.

In her email, Lynch explained that the 17 new faculty members will fill positions within the areas of the “humanities, the sciences, the social sciences, the creative arts and business.” She added that the hiring of 17 new faculty members will go a long way in maintaining and improving the student-tofaculty ratio, “which is fundamental to providing an education that is vibrant, engaging and intellectually challenging.”

Glasser added in her email to the Justice that “while the number of new faculty may seem large, it is actually fairly typical, as some of these hires are replacements for faculty who have retired or left the university.” According to Glasser, “the areas of focus for faculty hiring for the next academic year are classics (Greek language and lit), economics, NEJS (Hebrew Bible), math (algebra and analysis), early American history, musicology,

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governmental organizations, where he worked for 34 years before retiring in 2014. He is currently a private consultant and has spent decades working with the University in various fields and positions. In the 1990s, Kanarek worked with the International Business School, both as a member of the Board of Overseers and in leading the development of the strategic plan for IBS. He also served as the chair of the fundraising campaign to create the Barney Schwalberg Endowed Scholarship in honor of his former Economics professor at Brandeis.

Kanarek graduated summa cum laude from Brandeis with a degree in economics and later attended Harvard Business School.

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investigate misconduct cases — was responsible for both gathering the facts of the case and determining guilt while a separate panel of administrators would decide any sanctions for the guilty party.

Part of John Doe’s case that was upheld as plausible last week argues that the process itself granted him too few rights to adequately defend himself and violated private universities’ requirement to conduct disciplinary hearings in a manner of “basic fairness.”

In the memorandum, Judge Frank Dennis Saylor wrote that the Special Examiner’s Process was “secret and inquisitorial.” He sustained Doe’s complaint as reasonable that the process, in the 2013 to 2014 academic year, did not grant the accused the right to see information about what they are accused of beyond the brief explanation in the CSR. Throughout the process, the only information Doe knew about what he was accused of came from the two sentences-long statement in the CSR, according to Saylor’s memorandum.

Saylor also criticized that the process did not grant respondents the right to counsel, even as the accused was being questioned by the Special Examiner, who was a lawyer. The Special Examiner’s Report in Doe’s case concluded that Doe’s testimony was less credible than J.C.’s because Doe contradicted himself on the specifics of one incident, but the memorandum argues that these misstatements are understandable if one does not know what they are being interrogated about.

In addition, Saylor criticized the 2013 to 2014 Special Examiner’s Process for not granting respondents the right to cross-examine their accuser or the right to read the Special Examiner’s Report finding them guilty before the process is concluded. Doe “was thus forced to defend himself in the sanctions phase of the proceeding, and to prepare his appeal, without access to the very document in which his guilt was determined,” according to Saylor.

The current version of the Rights and Responsibilities handbook does not let the Special Examiner decide guilt in a case; instead, their report makes a recommendation to an Out-

comes Administrator, who decides guilt and sanctions. Moreover, respondents can now choose an advisor to counsel them throughout the process but must still accept or deny responsibility for sexual misconduct based mainly on information written in a CSR. While an administrator meets with both the complainant and respondent before the Special Examiner begins investigating the case, that administrator does not need to tell the respondent anything about their interview with the complainant.

In addition, accused students are now given a copy of the Special Examiner’s Report before the Outcomes Administrator makes a determination of guilt and are given five business days to submit new information or arguments. The complainant and respondent never meet or crossexamine each other throughout the process.

Saylor criticized the Special Examiner’s reasoning in several areas; he called it “absurd” that the Special Examiner disregarded the fact that the students were in a relationship as a factor in “the question of consent,” and wrote that although sexual assault does occur in relationships, “over the course of a long relationship, the parties develop implicit and explicit understandings that affect their behavior, including certain forms of non-verbal consent.” Moreover, he said that the Special Examiner’s decision that J.C.’s increased alcohol use after the relationship ended makes his accusations more credible is potentially fallacious logic because it did not acknowledge any other reasons J.C. may have begun to drink more, such as grief for a late family member.

In an email to the Justice, Interim Vice President for Communications Judy Glasser wrote that “Brandeis University will not comment on the specifics of any case. We are confident that we have policies and procedures in place to promptly and equitably investigate and adjudicate allegations of sexual misconduct affecting the Brandeis community. We are also confident that we acted appropriately in the investigation of the complaint that gave rise to this lawsuit.

Brandeis will continue to vigorously defend itself against the claims made in this case.”

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AMUSING ALUMN: Josh Gondelman ’07 credits his undergraduate experience at Brandeis for influencing his passion for comedy.

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Please Stand Up Josh Gondelman ’07 made his comedic debut on ‘Conan’

By RACHEL LEDERER JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

Josh Gondelman ’07 is many things: a stand-up comic, a writer for “Last Week Tonight” with John Oliver, the co-author of the widely popular @SeinfeldToday Twitter account, a former preschool teacher and a Brandeis alumnus.

His newest comedy album, “Physical Whisper,” debuted at number 4 on the comedy Billboard charts and, on Mar. 23, appeared on the late-night talk show “Conan.” Gondelman spoke with the Justice to discuss how his interest in comedy developed, how it shapes his life today and any advice he might give to those who are interested in pursuing a comedic career.

As a child, comedic television shows and books always interested Gondelman, but it was not until he arrived at Brandeis that he realized comedy was “not just something on television or in movies” and could really be something he could make into his own creation.

He joined the improv theater group TBA, or To Be Announced, at the beginning of his first year, and by the end, his stand-up performances commenced.

Gondelman double-majored in English and Creative Writing and minored in Hispanic Studies. His favorite classes included Topics in Cinema (HISP193b) taught by Prof. James Mandrell (HISP) and screenwriting classes taught by Prof. Marc Weinberg (ENG).

Considering the influence his education had on his comedy, Gondelman said, “I think it’s pretty direct — just a lot of the principles of speaking clearly or writing with clarity and purpose were really helpful to me — those, I think, are kind of foundational to comedy writing, as well.”

He is influenced by a large number of other comedians and authors, as well. “The last novel I read that has the closest to kind of

like a stand-up or comedy rhythm is ‘The Sellout’ by Paul Beatty,” said Gondelman. He also cited David Sedaris, a comedian and author, as a big inspiration during

his college years.

On Mar. 23, Gondelman made his debut on “Conan.” While he insisted that he normally doesn’t get very nervous before

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CENTER STAGE: Gondelman not only performs as a stand-up but also works as a writer for “Last Week Tonight” and runs a popular comedic Twitter account.

performing his shows, he admitted that the larger audience present for “Conan” worried him a bit.

However, he told the story of how the show’s host, Conan O’Brien, helped to put him at ease.

“I was a little nervous, but then backstage, they held up our new album, which is on cassette, and their comedy producer said that [Conan] will hold it up and people will laugh just at the fact that it’s a cassette … and it’ll break the ice.

And it did, … and people laughed and I was like, ‘Cool, it’s almost like I already got a laugh.’ So I felt really good coming out of that.”

Gondelman said that for Conan, he had his routine memorized word for word, but that for dayto-day stand-up, he “just kind of rolls into it,” especially when he is doing two or three shows a night.

Writing for “Last Week Tonight” is a different experience altogether — his job is to write about politics rather than personal experiences, which tend to be the centerpiece of his stand-up comedy.

Though Gondelman calls himself a “politically minded person,” he leaves politics out of his stand-up comedy. “I don’t talk about personal politics or specific current events, just because it’s so fun to get to write about them for a show that’s about to air in a week, but it’s much harder to write a joke that’s about some kind of political event that’s going on that will be worth telling on stage six months from now,” he said.

Gondelman’s brand of comedy also tends to view the world through a generally optimistic lens. “I try not to write cynically in general, even at work,” he said.

“I think I have cynical moments, but I don’t think necessarily they’re my best moments as a person or as a writer. … I feel like everybody’s kind of going to follow the path that’s most natural to them, and it’s an uphill climb for me to decide, ‘I’m gonna be tough, and not take any crap and that’s how I relate to people.’

“Whereas it feels a lot better for me to have a gentler approach to things — and so however successful I am, I don’t think I would be as as successful if I were trying to be contrary with how I genuinely deal with the world.”

Gondelman has experimented with both written and spoken comedy, but he sees the similarities among all his forms of work as being able to get instant feedback from a variety of sources.

When doing stand-up, the feedback is from a live audience; when running a comedic Twitter, it’s from an online live audience; and when working on a team to write material for a show, it’s from the other members of the team.

He embraces the constructive criticism he recieves, calling it part of the job, and says feedback “is helpful for kind of obliterating that ego that wants to cling to stuff that just isn’t working.”

His simple advice for those who are looking to pursue a career in comedy is to “start and make things you like, and find people who you like to work with and collaborate with them, and then put your work in places where people can see and enjoy it.”

He also cited two quotes he has turned into his personal mottos, “work hard and be kind” and “work a job until you can’t afford to be there anymore.”

“Work at a job … and make time for [comedy or writing or visual arts or dance] if you love to do it, and then when you start getting pulled away from your daytime work to do more creative stuff, then leave, not just when you can afford it,” he suggested.

Gondelman himself worked as a preschool teacher before becoming a full-time comic.

Gondelman explained to the Justice that for him, the most satisfying part of the job is “being able to work in a field where [he’s] constantly encouraged to learn new things and process them and react to them.”

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FLAVORFUL FICTION: Entries in the third annual Edible Book Festival lined tables in the Goldfarb Library.

You can have your cake and read it, too The Goldfarb Library hosted its third annual Edible Book Festival

By ALLISON YEH JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

Last Friday, Goldfarb Library hosted its third annual Edible Book Festival, in which students and faculty from the Brandeis community were invited to combine cooking ingredients with words in order to create their own edible bestsellers.

The International Edible Book Festival, the inspiration for the Brandeis festival, started in 2000.

Libraries around the world use this occasion to commemorate the birthday of Jean Anthelme BrillatSavarin, a founder of the gastronomic essay genre and writer of the witty food book “Physiologie du Gout.”

Brillat-Savarin’s birth date on April Fool’s Day suits the fun nature of the festival, as food and words come together in a creative and yummy manner.

“People have a lot of fun with it.

It gets you thinking about books in different ways,” said Melanie Radik, the coordinator of the festival and academic outreach librarian for the sciences. The row of cakes and other food arrangements on display revealed each creator’s unique twists and creativity on all

genres of books.

One of this year’s winning entries was an elaborate green Mad Hatter cake structure titled “It’s Always Tea Time!” gaining inspiration from Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”

The cake not only included shortbread playing cards but was also filled with egg candies at its center to add an extra flare in both taste and literary humor.

Book title puns also seemed to be a favorite option among bakers.

“The ‘Wonderbread’ Boys” and “The Life of Pie” were two on display. Another winning entry used the book “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” as inspiration, naming the entry itself “The Legend of Sleepy Challah.”

The food art was of a loaf of challah wrapped in a blanket paired with a “zzz” thought bubble.

While there are some common themes of decorating a cake like a book cover or using a pun from the title, Radik reflected on how one of her favorite parts about the contest is that “there’s a really good variety in the types of food people use and the inspiration from the books that are chosen.”

One of the most memorable cakes Radik had seen since start-

ing the festival was based on Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis.” “They shaped it like a giant cockroach and put in really great details, like a chocolate ganache shell so that it crunched when you cut into it, and then the lemon filling oozed out.”

Before the forks hit the books, there were three judges who voted on funniest/punniest, best visual presentation and most creative use of ingredients.

There was also a best-in-show popular vote. One suggestion offered by attendees for next year’s festival was to add taste as a category as well.

While she felt it was an interesting thought, Radik expressed how the need to make it delicious could complicate the creativity.

“Sometimes, the puns result in a really odd flavor combination or ingredients used. If we add flavor as a dimension, I’m not sure how it would go,” she laughed.

To be a part of the global celebration for next year, bakers must register with an online form that is released a few weeks before the festival. All students are welcome to participate.

As for those who want to observe and taste the masterpieces, they only need to show up.

BOOKS AND BREAD: While many of the entries were made from cake bases, some students got creative with breads, pies and tarts.

DELICIOUS WELCOME: The festival featured dozens of edible creations, all on display for visitors to enjoy.

PUNS ON FOOD: Many of the entries in the festival turned their favorite book titles into delicious puns.

WORD OF MOUTH: Students flocked to the Goldfarb Library to taste the literary creations.

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EDITORIALS

Recognize need for funds to meet student demands

On Thursday, March 31, the Brandeis Board of Trustees approved a 3.9 percent increase in comprehensive undergraduate charges for the 2016 to 2017 academic year.

In an email to the student body, Interim President Lisa Lynch said the money will be applied in the coming year to “help ensure [students] have access to enriching college experiences.”

This includes hiring 17 new tenure-track and full-time faculty members, investing two million dollars in sustainability projects and renovations in East Quad, implementing initiatives regarding sexual assault awareness and hiring a chief diversity officer to promote inclusion of underrepresented groups on campus.

As students, this Board is acutely aware of the financial burden this increase will bring for so many.

This method of raising funds will always be unpopular, stressful for students and their families. Ultimately, however, a predictable annual tuition hike of this amount (only .2 percent larger than the tuition increases for the past two academic years) is a practical solution for fulfilling specific community needs. This new revenue is being applied toward causes the student body and community have vocally pushed for, and to provide new services without cutting other crucial ones, the tough pill of tuition raises is one of the only practical solutions.

Many of the pricey changes the Univer-

Acknowledge efficiency sity plans to make are a direct response to student advocacy. Hiring new faculty and staff for the purpose of increasing inclusion and diversity, for example, will help the University meet the demands of Ford Hall 2015. Other projects address recurring student complaints, such as renovations to deteriorating campus housing spaces.

In this instance, the administration has displayed a high level of transparency regarding where student dollars will be applied. The Justice estimates that the 3.9 percent increase to tuition and fees will bring in a sizable 7.22 million dollars of extra revenue that will be funneled into these projects.

These higher charges are certainly upsetting but also should not come as a surprise — the rising cost of obtaining of bachelor’s degree in the United States is higher education’s characteristic flaw. Maintaining tuition rates at Brandeis would not unilaterally solve that pervasive problem but would make the University less competitive with peer institutions who are willing to take on these types of annual tuition increases. More importantly, it would force the University to attend to some communal needs over others due to sheer cost. The increase in tuition and other student fees will allow the University to improve the overall undergraduate experience by offering new and improved campus resources.

Advocate for fair contract negotiations

For the first time in five years, Brandeis workers will soon begin contract negotiations with Sodexo, aiming to gain higher pay and better health coverage. This is the first time contract negotiations have taken place since Sodexo took Aramark’s place at the University. The current contracts are set to expire on June 30.

It is vital for the student body to support dining workers in contract negotiations with Sodexo, as they are hard-working individuals who contribute to the wider campus community, often without recognition or praise. Their dedication to this University is remarkable. We urge Sodexo to, at least, maintain current pay rates and healthcare coverage — a plan well-liked by Sodexo workers — and come to the table ready for a fair and respectful negotiation.

In the next academic year, Sodexo will see a significant rise in students paying for a meal plan, as the University will be mandating all on-campus student purchase a meal plan for the first time. For example, if a student is a senior living in Ridgewood, in the next academic year, that student will be required to be on a meal plan. Moreover, as the University’s undergraduate population has steadily grown, there are now more sources of revenue for the University’s dining provider than ever before, and the University has not indicated that meal plan costs will be cut across the board in the coming years. In the face of these massive revenue increases for Sodexo, it is unjustifiable for the company to reduce pay and benefits for workers at the University. There is simply no excuse for significant cost-cutting on Sodexo’s part, particularly when this kind of shortsighted policy would impact some of the University’s hardest-working members.

In an interview with the Justice, Mike Cutler, a cook for the University for nine years and a speaker for UNITE HERE Local 26, stated: “We’re with these kids four years, you get to know a lot of the kids, they

Appreciate Sodexo workers want to see you earn a fair wage and a fair living. We’ve got a lot of students now backing us. It’s good to have support.” Milagros Santana, a cashier for ten years expressed, “We become like a family. We’re here with them eight hours.” Cutler added, “Probably more than I am home.”

As dining workers hope to improve upon or at least maintain healthcare and retirement plans, some fear that, given Sodexo’s poor reputation, benefits such as vacation and sick days will be slashed. Human Rights Watch stated that the organization “launched aggressive campaigns against some of its U.S. employees’ rights to form unions and bargain collectively.” With the recent rise in minimum wage to $15.05 per hour for full-time University employees alone and the continued advocacy of student groups like Brandeis Labor Coalition, the University clearly has a strong commitment to workers’ rights. Sodexo should show the same good faith for its contracted employees at the University.

If dining workers are not given a fair renewed contract, some may leave the University and Sodexo, and those who remain will gain the rights to strike and picket. A five year contract allows for a level of financial security for workers, and the right to strike should not be underestimated at Brandeis, due to the high probability of vocal community support and the assured anger of poor college kids looking to eat.

Hopefully, contract negotiations between dining employees and Sodexo will begin sooner than later.

Dining employees provide a vital service for the University, and if Sodexo takes a misstep, it will be yet another example of Sodexo’s failure to respect workers’ rights.

This board strongly believes that we must take care of our campus family so we can ensure that its members can provide for their own families.

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Currently moving through the Mississippi legislature, the Mississippi Church Protection Act would allow churches to designate armed security guards within their congregations, and these security guards would be afforded certain protections in potential legal or criminal cases. The bill would also grant Mississippi citizens with weapons permits the right to concealed carry. Last Tuesday, the state senate approved the bill with a vote of 36 to 14 and sent it along to the Mississippi House, according to a March 30 Washington Post article. What do you think of the Church Protection Act, and how do you think it will impact gun violence in Mississippi?

Tamar Lieberman ’19 In the wake of the 2015 shooting in a predominately black church in Charleston, S.C. that killed nine people, and of three fires set on black churches in the South in the same year, it is understandable that Mississippi would create a law hoping to address mass shootings, especially in churches. But the answer is not to create more opportunities for gun violence. Allowing more guns, more concealed carry and more protection for gun users may ironically hurt black people the most. An armed church member searching for any “suspicious-looking” person will use his instantaneous judgment and preconceived stereotypes, which may easily lead to a fatal mistake, all at the expense of groups of people who are targeted most often by gun violence. And disaster will ensue in Mississippi if church members who, after minimal training and no experience as a security guard, volunteer to carry their guns into church, and are thereby automatically granted immunity for their actions. To prevent unnecessary deaths, people who shoot need to fear shooting and to fully face the consequences of deciding to pull the trigger.

Tamar Lieberman ’19 is a member of the Brandeis University Mock Trial Association.

Joseph Castro ’19 There is nothing wrong with the Church Protection Act in itself, everyone who obtains a gun should be able to carry it on their person at all times. This God-given right to bear arms is granted to us by America’s favorite amendment, the Second Amendment. A church, if it feels threatened, has a right to hire a security team to provide safety to churchgoers.

The recent shooting in Charleston, S.C., showed that the church is not a violence-free sanctuary and that the church needs to be able to protect itself by any means possible, including force. Sadly, the Church Protection Act will be abused, and this will lead to even more gun deaths in the state of Mississippi. Mississippi currently has the second-highest rate of gun deaths in the nation, and if this law passes, it will most likely skyrocket to number one in the nation.

Joseph Castro ’19 is a veteran of the United States Navy.

Catherine Rosch ’16 I fundamentally oppose this legislation in Mississippi because I do not believe that it will make the people of Mississippi safer. Gun-related legislation is among the most contentious in the United States, as it ties into an ongoing Constitutional debate about the Second Amendment and how and if guns should be regulated. Even with a strict interpretation of the Second Amendment, nowhere is there a guaranteed right to bear arms for any purpose other than to maintain a “well-regulated militia” and protect the United States. I hardly see how bringing a concealed gun into a church protects the United States. Additionally, I am very concerned that this legislation will increase, rather than decrease, gun violence. While it is unfortunate that any place of worship needs armed security guards, I understand that some religious groups, especially those that are more likely to face harassment and violence, believe that they do need this extra protection. However, I do not believe that the general public should be able to bring concealed weapons into houses of worship, and I hope this legislation includes an opt-out clause for groups that do not want the danger of guns on their premises.

Catherine Rosch ’16 is the president of Brandeis Democrats, and she majors in history and politics. She is also an associate editor and columnist for the Justice.

Rachel Gifeisman ’19 Many hoped the Charleston, S.C., shooting would create discourse about racism in America. Instead, a bill decreasing gun control was passed. Not only is the policy likely to increase gun violence by increasing the number of people out with concealed weapons, it also draws problematic distinctions between churches and other institutions. There is no reason that churches should be valued above schools, supermarkets or any other public space that wouldn’t seem to violate the establishment clause, and even now, the bill seems to dangerously approach territory where the Mississippi legislature is valuing Christianity above other religions. Conservatives are quick to jump on the bill when the noun is “church,” but what happens when a mosque puts it into action? More problematically, it’s unlikely that the bill would actually protect anyone. It only raises the amount of paranoia in a church, making someone more likely to pull out their gun when it’s not necessary. In areas with more hate crimes, it’s more likely that the gun will be pointed at a member of a minority group.

Rachel Gifeisman ’19 is a member of the Brandeis Academic Debate and Speech Society.

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Condemn Martin Shkreli’s price increase of AIDS medication By nia lyn JUSTICE staff WRITER

One would assume that the path to success at a pharmaceutical company would include a degree in a field of science — preferably chemistry. If you are Martin Shkreli, however, all you need is money and a pompous attitude.

Martin Shkreli is the founder and CEO of the budding company Turing Pharmaceuticals.

He is also notable for raising the price of a potentially beneficial HIV/AIDS medication from $13.50 per tablet to $750 per tablet.

This may sound ridiculous, but Shkreli knows exactly what he is doing. Shkreli has a bachelor’s degree from Baruch College and experience working on Wall Street, so he knows how to make and manipulate money.

However, when human health is at stake, he is in over his head. By wrongfully increasing the price of a beneficial HIV/AIDS drug, Shkreli has demonstrated his greed and value of money over human life.

The drug surrounding this controversy, Daraprim, is one that was patented in 1953 and marketed as an anti-protozoan medication.

When paired with another antibacterial drug, a sulfonamide, the combination can be used to treat infections common in HIV/AIDS patients. Daraprim is a nearly 70-year-old drug, and because of this, it was not of much interest to large pharmaceutical companies, allowing Shkreli acquire the rights to this drug for 55 million dollars, a relatively low price.

According to a Sept. 22, 2015 Huffington Post article, only 2,000 people use Daraprim each year, because only individuals who are ailed

by HIV/AIDS, cancer or other conditions that may compromise their immune system are the ones who can suffer from toxoplasmosis, this drug’s main focus. Toxoplasmosis is a disease resulting from the introduction of a parasite through undercooked food or infected animals, and it leads to several flu-like symptoms. If millions of people across the U.S. suffered from the effects of toxoplasmosis, a price increase would be beneficial for the company because it would generate a significant revenue that could go toward improving the drug — but this is not the case. Since so few people rely on the drug, making it unaffordable is not only hurting the few that need this medication, but it is also hurting the company, because if those that rely on the drug cannot afford it, the price hike is worthless.

When asked about the price hike, according to a Sept. 22, 2015 Daily Mail article, Shkreli callously replied, “If there’s a company that was selling an Aston Martin at the price of a bicycle and we buy that company and we charge Toyota prices, I don’t think that should be a crime. We’re simply charging the right price that the markets missed.” Yes, because making a life-saving medication unaffordable is simply fixing the error that the markets missed.

According to the same Daily Mail article, Shkreli claims that “this is a disease where there hasn’t been one pharmaceutical company focused on it for 70 years. We’re now a company that is dedicated to the treatment and cure of toxoplasmosis. And with these new profits we can spend all of that upside on these patients who sorely need a new drug.” Shkreli makes an excellent point here; the drug is nearly 70 years old, so the science involved is outdated. With that in mind, why is a new pharmaceutical company suddenly taking interest with the claims of using the revenue to improve the product? Despite the drug’s age, it is still the most effective toxoplasmosis treatment available, and while a cure would be fantastic, patients should not have to suffer while potentially better treatment is still being researched due to the inability to afford the best available treatment Considering Shkreli’s past at a hedge fund, the truth is clear. Hedge funds basically make any investments they deem necessary in order to generate maximum profit, so this could be just another business venture: buy a relatively inexpensive patent and then sell the drug at an extreme markup to maximize profit.

This is not Shkreli’s first time buying and reselling drugs for an inflated price. At his last company, Retrophin, he bought and resold a drug to treat a rare form of kidney disease for a 2000 percent increase — going from $1.50 a tablet to $30 a tablet. These buying-and-selling tactics may work well on paper, but when the health of individuals is at stake, profit should not a motivating force.

In an apparent — albeit feeble — attempt to increase affordability, Turing Pharmaceuticals has created copayment assistance programs for individuals with private insurance, as well as donation programs to help those who are deemed eligible, according to a Sept.

22, 2015 Huffington Post article. However, even with these special programs or insurance miti-

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gating the cost for users, someone still ends up paying more because of one man’s greed.

When Shkreli was brought to a congressional hearing on Feb. 4, he was less than willing to cooperate. The goal of the hearing was to determine why Shkreli raised the drug price so incredibly high and to try to understand his bizarre reasoning.

Every question he was asked resulted in him invoking his Fifth Amendment protection from self-incrimination, accompanied by a smug smirk. His refusal to answer any questions resulted in his eventual dismissal from the hearing. In this way, he has made it painfully obvious that he just does not care about

what he has done. If he felt that he was justified in raising the price of the drug and that there are solid reasons for doing so, he would have been ready to give those reasons at the hearing. Instead, he acted like a coward and hid behind the Fifth Amendment for every question but the one asking how to pronounce his name. He knows what he did was immoral, and that is exactly why he cannot give any reasoning for his actions; there is none. He has this insatiable greed accompanied by a wealth that he tries to flaunt at every chance possible.

It is just sad that individuals with possibly life-threatening illnesses have to live in pain because of one immature person.

Question the legitimacy of Donald Trump’s professed conservatism Mark

Gimelstein Give me liberty

As the Republican primaries have raged on, Sean Davis, co-founder of the conservative publication The Federalist, has raised a provocative yet legitimate question: “If Trump were running to destroy the GOP/conservatism and pave a path to the White House for Hillary, what would he be doing differently?”

In the eyes of many conservatives, including myself, the answer is obvious — absolutely nothing. However, to take it even a step further, there is now overwhelming evidence to suggest that Trump is not, in actuality, running as a protest, anti-establishment candidate, as is depicted by the media. In reality, Trump is running as nothing more than a con man trying to perpetuate liberalism, elect his longtime friend Hillary Clinton and, most importantly, destroy the modern conservative movement.

The first, most glaring characteristic that defines the Trump candidacy is how painfully — almost purposefully — caricatured it is. For years, liberals have painted conservative Republicans as wealthy hypocrites who were also arrogant, rambling, hateful, crazy, nonsensical and contradictory idiots. A quick glance at “Real Time with Bill Maher” or “The Daily Show” with either Jon Stewart or Trevor Noah suggests that that image is alive and well.

So when Trump — a proud serial adulterer who brags about creating his wealth by buying politicians, uses eminent domain to push old ladies out of their homes for his casinos, rambles on about building a wall and making Mexico pay for it and eggs his supporters to “knock the hell” out of pro-

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testors with the promise to pay their legal fees — wants to represent American conservatives on the national stage, we have a major problem.

However, things truly become problematic when Trump actually opens his mouth to talk about anything related to policy. Most of his positions sound ridiculous — they are incomprehensibly awful takes that ostensibly make Trump look and sound like a conservative yet actually just make a mockery of decades-long conservative thought.

Let’s look at three issues that are central to modern-day conservatism. For one, conservatives believe in a stronger foreign policy in which America plays a key role in the world. What does the born-again conservative Trump say on this topic? He flirts with the idea of using nuclear weapons against Europe, according to an April 1 Washington Times article. This seemingly resembles the conservative tendency to be strong on foreign policy, but in actuality, Trump’s idea is laugh-inducing, and makes him — and, by extension, conservatives — look absurd and idiotic.

Many conservatives also believe in securing the border and stopping illegal immigration.

How does Trump show his “support” for such measures? As mentioned before, he centralizes his focus on building a wall and then having Mexico pay for it through remittance and visa fee blackmail, essentially risking potential economic conflicts between Mexico and the United States.

Finally, conservatives have long defended the pro-life cause and have sought to create and enforce laws against acts such as partial-birth abortion. So what does the one time “very prochoice” Donald Trump say when asked by MSNBC’s Chris Matthews at a town hall on March 30 whether abortion should be punished?

“People in certain parts of the Republican Party, and conservative Republicans, would say that ‘yes, they should be punished,’” Trump replied, before continuing to say that he himself believed that “there has to be some form of punishment” for abortion as well. Matthews then followed up — “for the women?” — and Trump quickly re-

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Trump’s “advocacy” of conservative issues reveals a striking pattern. Specifically, Trump takes an issue that is known to be close to the heart of the conservative movement, and he either uses the language that conservatives typically use on these issues — for example, “we are a country of laws” and people “have to come into our country legally” — or acts as the conservative standard bearer who speaks for the movement, as he did with the abortion question. From there, Trump demonstrates his “true conservative bona fides” to the American public at large and starts adding his incredibly brainless and damaging ideas that few, if any, actual conservatives have ever backed or supported to create his toxic ideological brew.

The tactic is clever and conniving, and it has already deeply hurt the conservative cause.

On the issue of border security, for example, a March 31 article in The Federalist reports that a Pew Research poll found that “in September of 2015, 46 percent of those polled said they favored building a fence along America’s southern border with Mexico. But in its latest poll, Pew found that support had fallen significantly, with only 38 percent favoring a border fence. When the question was reframed to ask about a border wall as opposed to a border fence, only 34 percent said they would favor building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.”

Since Trump’s ascendency onto the national political stage, conservative policy positions — to which Trumpism is parasitically linked — have become drastically more unpopular. Indeed, there is little doubt that other conservative issues upon which Trump has wreaked havoc with his outrageous remarks will face a similar fate. The end results are an inevitable Republican loss in the general election if Trump is the GOP nominee and an inevitable end to the viability of conservatism, which would be irrevocably polluted by the scourge that is Donald Trump. When looking at who Trump actually is, this makes sense. Trump is no conservative — not even close.

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Looking even beyond his lengthy, extensive embrace of liberal Democratic politicians like Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi and his past ideological support for very liberal stances on abortion, healthcare, taxes and other matters, Trump has regularly exposed himself as a fraud on the campaign trail.

When Trump is not busy desperately keeping up the conservative charade, he brags about there being “two Donald Trumps” before quickly reversing himself to save face. In town halls, he tells people that he believes the government’s three main roles are “security for our nation.

I would also say health care, I would also say education.” In reactionary temper tantrums toward people like Governor Scott Walker (R-WI), who recently chose to endorse Ted Cruz, Trump angrily tried to character-assassinate Walker, slamming him and his tenure as governor for not raising taxes and claiming that “Wisconsin’s not doing well” — usually a criticism made by more liberal politicians.

Ask yourself: Is this the behavior of a once-liberal who changed his mind to become a conservative or a con artist? Can a man who tosses around Freudian slips about his love for government-run healthcare and government-run education and his hatred of tax cuts, who parrots false liberal talking points against conservative leaders like Governor Walker and who sabotages conservatism at every corner really be viewed as a conservative? Or is he who many anti-Trump conservatives always thought he was — someone who has a vested interest both personally and ideologically in helping his longtime friend, the unlikeable Hillary Clinton, win this November?

As of now, there is no smoking gun that Trump is consciously conspiring with Democrats against the GOP and the conservative movement. But as more stories are produced about Trump and his destructive campaign, it becomes harder, at least in my eyes, to view Donald Trump as anything other than a cancer purposefully planted to destroy the GOP and the conservative movement as we know it.

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Criticize Trump’s concept of the American Dream Ben

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Despite what the op-ed pages of the New York Times might have one believe, there really is no unified theory of Trump — an overriding explanation for his entrance into public life last summer and, ever since, his utter domination of the Republican presidential race.

One of the most common “theories of Trump” is that he says what others think but are too afraid to say, such as racist and sexist slurs that scapegoat Americans’ economic anxieties. But even if what he says is factually — and morally — baseless, that almost does not matter; like Stephen Colbert’s “truthiness,” the only narrative that matters to Trump and his supporters is the one that confirms pre-existing tropes about women and minorities. However, the particular theory of Trump’s rise matters little when compared to the one thing with which all Americans have to reckon: Trump’s candidacy poses a fundamental threat to the American Dream as we know it.

Trump claims that “the American Dream is dead,” a common refrain from his stump speeches, and in a March 30 Quinnipiac poll, according to Politico, “in [a] ... sample where Trump’s name was included, as in ‘Trump says that the American dream is dead,’ 68 percent of Trump voters said they agreed with him, a difference of 23 points from Trump voters who were not prompted.” This means that the image of Trump himself helps prompt this belief that the American Dream is dead.

According to Trump, immigrants killed it; Mexicans killed it; women killed it; liberals killed it. Hillary Clinton killed it; that Kenyan socialist in the White House killed it.

Trump uses these scapegoats as the killers of the American Dream and presents himself — a terrible if flamboyant businessman — as the embodiment and thus savior of the Dream.

But let’s be clear about Trump’s version of the American Dream: Its icon is a failed businessman, its ideology is bigotry and its appeal is a falsified sense that life is a zero-sum game.

Oddly enough, people have acknowledged for quite some time the fact that Trump has a pretty awful business record. In May 2011, when Trump was much more jokingly consid-

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ering a run for the presidency, Rolling Stone put together an online slideshow titled “The Many Business Failures of Donald Trump,” a list which included gotrump.com, Trump Magazine, Trump Mortgage, Trump Shuttle, Trump: The Game — yes, this was an actual board game — and, of course, Trump University, the subject of multiple lawsuits.

Haven’t heard of those? There is a reason for that. Trump’s appeal is that he can “fix it” by virtue of his deal-making acumen and negotiating prowess, but clearly, that is not the case.

But even if Trump were a successful businessman — after all, he did not lose all of his dad’s inheritance — this still begs the question of what tactics he uses when in business.

The story of Atlantic City resident Vera Coking, for instance, ought shine some light in that area.

As reported in an Aug. 19, 2015 article in the Guardian, Vera Coking lived in Atlantic City for over 30 years before Donald Trump built Trump Plaza in the 90s and needed extra space for a limo parking lot. Although Trump

bought land nearby, some property owners, like Ms. Coking, refused to sell, so Trump used eminent domain to evict her. The business, like many of Trump’s other ventures, ended up failing miserably.

The Coking story fits into Trump’s troubling pattern of using the power of money and the backing of the law to uproot anyone and everyone who gets in the way of his interests. For Trump to win means that someone else loses. Trump’s business ventures demonstrate his belief that life is a zero-sum game, wherein one person has to lose in order for another to win; Trump’s campaign for the presidency relies on the same zero-sum appeal. Donald Trump — sexist pig, racist bigot, failed businessman — is trying to repackage the American Dream in the only way that has worked for him, but it will not work for Americans.

Take Trump’s adversarial stance against immigrants, for example. As economics professor Art Carden notes in his Aug. 28, 2015 Forbes article, “illegal immigrants actually raise wages for documented/native work-

ers” because “we get more productive when we have more trading partners, and the arrival of undocumented workers with limited English skills frees up low-skill American workers who can then specialize in tasks that require better English.” Trump’s nativism is not only factually baseless but also economically counterproductive.

It is easy to write off Trump’s campaign, as many “theories of Trump” have done, as simply the latest example of what has been a long time coming for the Republican Party.

Maybe that is even correct. But by so blatantly peddling the narrative that life is a race-baiting, zero-sum game, Trump’s campaign dismisses and denies the real American Dream: the inclusive, accommodating, powerful-if-imperfect message found at the foot of the Statue of Liberty — the belief that there is something in America for everyone, if we only recognize our interdependence on each other.

The American Dream is not dead, but if Trump has his way, I am not sure any of us will want the American Dream any more.

Reject Islamophobic reactions to Islamic State terrorist attacks Kat

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It is a bold move to preach pacifism in the face of the Islamic State — I get it. Even President Obama called for “hunting down terrorists who threaten our country” in a September 2014 speech addressed to the nation.

But when putting a stop to an extremist terrorist group turns into widespread fear mongering, Islamophobia and violence, one has to wonder whether vehement retaliation against the Islamic State is actually putting Americans in more danger.

In fact, the media has twisted the Islamic State narrative so as to inspire a war against all Muslims, a war that is causing bloodshed right here at home. If our goal is to make America safe, we must first overcome the threat we pose to one another. This means making peace.

On Dec. 15 of last year, an Iraq veteran robbed convenience store owner Inerjit Singh at gunpoint in Grand Rapids, Mich.

The American-hero-turned-enraged-gunman forced his weapon into Singh’s mouth and pulled the trigger.

Thankfully, the bullet ejected through his cheek, sparing him his life. According to a Feb. 16 New York Times article, the gunman yelled, “I killed guys like you in Iraq, so I never think about it when I shoot them anymore.” Little did he know that Mr. Singh was not Muslim but Sikh.

That same month, in yet another incidence of violence on Dec. 11, 2015, a California resident set fire to a Mosque in Coachella Valley after burglarizing it. No one was hurt — thank Allah — and authorities detained the suspect, who was later charged with a hate crime, according to a March 1 Los Angeles Times article. A similar incident occurred in

Meriden, Conn. There, a neighbor of the Baitul Aman Mosque fired several rounds from a high-powered rifle at the building early in the morning of Nov. 14 of last year, according to Connecticut U.S. Attorney Deirdre Daly.

Hate crimes targeting the Muslim community are becoming more and more common.

According to Professor Brian Levin of California State University San Bernardino, attacks against Muslims have tripled in the past two years. In the wake of recent Islamic State attacks, Americans have retaliated against the Muslim community at large, committing hate crimes ranging from vandalizing storefronts to harassment to shooting suspect Muslims for no reason.

It is the media that has created this situation; their slandering has painted a denigrating image of Muslims. Late-night talk show hosts often use the term “Muslim terrorists” and cable news channels fabricate a stereotype that equates being Muslim with hating the West.

For example, Bill Maher’s show “Real Time with Bill Maher” has repeatedly espoused negative stereotypes of Muslims. Maher said in a Nov. 17, 2015 interview with Stephen Colbert that “terrorists share ideas with lots of mainstream people who follow the Islamic religion.” This episode has been viewed almost two million times on YouTube.

Fox News has also contributed to this slander. Segments dealing with Middle Eastern strife are especially divisive for the Muslim community. During an Oct. 15, 2010 “Fox and Friends” interview, for example, Islamic relations aficionado Brian Klimeade falsely proclaimed, “All terrorists are Muslims.”

More recently, television sensation Bill O’Reilley stated, “Most of the terror violence in the world comes out of Muslim precincts” in a Jan. 13 airing of “The O’Reilley Factor.”

But these stereotypes are unfounded. Of 1.6 billion Muslims, only a fraction of a percent commit crimes of terror around the world, according to a Dec. 7, 2015 study by the Pew Research Center.

Comparatively, non-Muslim Americans have committed over 94 percent of terror-

ist attacks from 1980 to 2005 here, according to a 2002 to 2005 terrorism report by the FBI. And what about the attacks in Europe that have been the recent obsession of news channels? Only two percent have been carried out

by Muslim fundamentalists in the past five years, according to a Dec. 9, 2015 Huffington post article.

Granted, the Islamic State commits brutal attacks: beheadings of journalist with samurai swords, public executions and plane explosions — to name a few. But this does not mean that all — or even most — Muslims are terrorists or support ISIS. It also does not mean that Muslims predominantly carry out terrorist attacks. The media is responsible for this story — that all Muslims are inclined towards fundamentalism and, as a result, there exist “Muslim terrorists.”

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Today, our fear of terrorism has caused more violence, death and marginalization than actual terrorism.

This narrative has done a gross injustice to the Muslim community, and it has taken root in our social milieu: at the family dinner table, dominating political discourse, even encouraging demagogic small talk. Some family friends I visit bring up “the Muslims.”

Friends frequent the Islamic State headlines, constantly wary of Muslim fundamentalism.

One of my good friends shared with me her vivid fear of an Islamic State member bursting into her classroom and shooting her, point blank.

It is no wonder that attacks against innocent Muslim-Americans have spiked. We are constantly told that Muslims hate the West and are prone to terrorism, and we are scared.

This partially explains the success of religiously bigoted political figures like — but not limited to — Donald Trump. When they demand halting immigration of Syrian refugees just because they are Muslim — refugees who are fleeing ISIS — they exacerbate this hysteria. This same hysteria is at play when nonMuslims marginalize the Muslim community.

The trend of fear has been good for news ratings, but it has had detrimental effects. A 2014 study published in the Economic Journal says it all. It found that assimilation declined among the Muslim-American community in the wake of anti-Muslim sentiment after 9/11 and further noted the radicalizing effects this can have. This trend not only threatens Muslim-Americans’ First Amendment right to practice their religion in safety but also further endangers every American.

As U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) explains, “they [the Islamic State] want the West to marginalize Muslims and isolate them, making them more susceptible to being radicalized.”

When we attack the Muslim community, we help the Islamic State achieve its goals by adding credence to the idea that the West is anti-Muslim and broadly justifies acts of terror against the region. Such attacks even encourage more radicalization among MuslimAmericans, who feel threatened themselves.

The only way to effectively combat terrorism is to fight terrorists. It is important that while we stand in solidarity with Ankara, France, Brussels, Cote d’Ivoire and other sufferers of Islamic State attacks, we also identify who the enemy actually is: the Islamic State, not Muslims. Otherwise, we will continue such heinous violence against one another and possibly inspire even more radicalization.

Former President Franklin Roosevelt famously said, “There is nothing to fear but fear itself.” He understood the power that fear has over us. Today, our fear of terrorism has caused more violence, death and marginalization than actual terrorism. By not acknowledging the fear we have of the Islamic State, one form of extremism has inspired another.

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CONTINUED FROM 16 Extra innings rolled in, and the Judges had no response, failing to score until the 11th. Healy doubled to bring in O’Connor and scored himself on the very next play. The Judges needed just one more inning of steady pitching to seal the game but could not stave off the Vikings.

With O’Connor on the mound, junior left fielder Mike Davis smacked a juicy one out of the park to reel in the tying run.

With that, the Vikings handed the Judges their first tie in exactly one decade, an 8-8 draw against Bentley College in 2006.

Once again, the Judges hit well with 15 hits but left 10 on the bases and ruined their chances of a win.

Judges 9, Bridgewater 7 The Judges’ sole win of the week came in a back-and-forth scoring bonanza against the Bears. Bridgewater came out strong, scoring two in the first, only to have their lead

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BALL TO GLOVE: Pitcher Melissa Soleimani ’17 cranks her arm back for a strike against Wellesley College at home this past Wednesday.

SOFTBALL: Women suffer harsh losses on home turf CONTINUED FROM 16 ning to take the lead. Apfel was able to keep the road team off the board for the rest of the game as she finished for the complete game. She gave up three earned runs and five hits on the day.

Lehtonen was the only member of the squad to collect two hits for the game, as Sullivan, DeLaurentis and catcher Danielle Novotny ’16 each added a base hit. The team left five runners on base during the contest.

Wellesley 7, Judges 1 In the first game, the squad also struggled to put together an offensive attack. Lehtonen contributed

the only run on the day when she hit a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh. She went 2-4 for the game, while Shore also added two base hits.

While Soleimani went to the distance for a complete game, she struggled, allowing seven earned runs and 14 hits. She also walked three batters while giving up a home run.

After the difficult week, the Judges dropped to 11-10 on the season. The team performed well in the University Athletic Association Tournament, in which they cruised to a second place finish. They have gone 3-3 in non-conference play since returning from UAA conference competition.

Coming up for the team is a doubleheader against Babson College on

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Monday. The Judges had a difficult time against Babson last year, splitting their regular season matchups.

The Judges allowed nine runs in each game and scored 11 totals runs between the two outings.

The Judges game today on the road against Framingham State University was recently postponed due to the weather condition. Last season, the Judges handily beat Framingham in two straight games. The games have not yet been rescheduled.

The Judges have recently slowed down, losing three of their last four.

The Judges will look to improve upon their past performance against Babson in order to keep themselves above a five-hundred record.

chopped down by the Judges with three runs in the second.

The Judges gave up their lead the next inning, allowing two men to score before tying it up again in the bottom of the third with a passed-ball run. The Judges battled to score five in the final three innings while allowing only three more Bears to cross home plate.

The Judges racked up 13 hits in the game and left eight stranded.

Trenk, O’Connor and infielder Jay Schaff ’17 each contributed two hits to bring in a total of five runs.

Pitcher Sean O’Neill ’18 spoke positively after the games, saying, “Despite our losing record, I'd say our season has been fairly successful to date. The injury bug has hit our team pretty hard, and we have a small roster this year, but everyone is working hard and pulling for each other to have success.”

With the three games, the Judges improved to 8-10-1 and will face off today against Worcester State University at 3 p.m.

TRACK: Judges pick up strong individual races at road meet CONTINUED FROM 16 ish, while Michael Kroker ’18 took 19th in 24.64 seconds.

Kroker placed 16th out of 42 competitors in the 100-meter dash in 11.92 seconds, one-tenth of second out of a top-15 finish.

Jeremy Wilson ’17 was 10th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 53.82 seconds while Beckwith ran to a time of 54.40 seconds, good for 13th place.

Quinton Hoey ’17 earned third place in the 1500-meter run in 4:05.26, less than a second off the top spot. Grady Ward ’16 took a top-10 finish for the Judges, running to a 4:08.52 ninth-place finish.

Henry McDonald ’18 and Trevor Tuplin ’18 placed back-to-back in

the 400-meter hurdles, running to times of 1:00.70 and 1:01.90, respectively. McDonald earned seventh place while Tuplin raced to an eighth-place finish.

Evan Scott ’19 took the top spot in the high jump with a distance of 1.88 meters, .05 meters higher than the second-place finish. Mark Franklin ’18 was fifth in the event, jumping to a solid distance of 1.73 meters on the day.

Kevin Trotman ’17 took eighth place in the discus throw, totaling 35.96 meters. Scott Grote ’19 totaled a distance of 35.89 meters, good for ninth-place.

The Judges return to action to this Saturday when they travel to Amherst College to compete in the Amherst Spring Fling.

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jUDGES BY THE NUMBERS baseball TEAM STATS

UAA STANDINGS

Runs Batted In

Not including Monday’s games.

UAA Conference

W L WashU 6 2 Emory 5 3 Case 5 3 Rochester 4 4 JUDGES 2 6 NYU 2 6 Chicago 0 0

W 16 23 14 10 8 9 6

Overall L Pct. 11 .593 7 .767 9 .609 8 .556 10 .444 13 .409 8 .429

UPCOMING GAMES: Today at Worcester Thursday vs. Eastern Connecticut Saturday at Tufts (DH) *DH=Double Header

Greg Heineman ’16 leads the team with 17 RBIs. Player RBI Greg Heineman 17 Ryan Healy 12 Connor Doyle 11 Rob Trenk 10

Strikeouts Sam Miller ’16 leads all pitchers with 21 strikeouts.

Player Ks Sam Miller 21 Ryan Pocock 14 Bradley Bousque 13 Sean O’Neill 12

SOFTBALL UAA STANDINGS

TEAM STATS

Not including Monday’s games.

Runs Batted In

UAA Conference

W L Emory 10 0 WashU 6 4 JUDGES 6 4 NYU 4 6 Case 2 8 Rochester 2 8 Chicago 0 0

W 31 23 11 10 14 7 11

Overall L Pct. 1 .969 7 .767 10 .524 12 .455 16 .467 13 .350 4 .733

UPCOMING GAMES: Today at Framingham State (DH) Apr. 11 vs. Babson (DH) Apr. 14 at Lesley (DH) *DH = Double Header

Madison Sullivan ’16 leads the squad with 20 RBIs. Player RBI Madison Sullivan 20 Madison Hunter 15 Keri Lehtonen 13 Marissa DeLaurentis 9

Strikeouts Sadie-Rose Apfel ’18 leads all pitchers with 28 strikeouts.

Player Ks Sadie-Rose Apfel 28 Melissa Soleimani 26 Sarah Petrides 3

track & Field Results from the Tufts Snowflake Classic last Saturday.

TOP PERFORMERS (Men’s)

TOP PERFORMERS (Women’s)

1500-Meter Run

1500-Meter Run

RUNNER TIME Quinton Hoey 4:05.26 Grady Ward 4:08.42 Russell Santos 4:20.65

RUNNER TIME Tove Freeman 1:00.86 Ramani Dayon 1:04.11 Ajia Salmon 1:05.79

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POWERFUL STRIKE: Keren Khromchenko ’19 smacks a beautiful backhand stroke against Amherst College on Saturday at home.

Tennis squads showcase strong on-court strokes

■ Olivia Leavitt ’16 took the No. 1 court with a double bagel to help the Judges to a win over Sarah Lawrence.

By AVI GOLD

UPCOMING MEETS:

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Saturday at the Amherst College Spring Fling Apr. 15 at the Connecticut College Silfen Invitational Apr. 16 at the Connecticut College Silfen Invitational

TENNIS Updated season results.

TOP PERFORMERS (Men’s)

TOP PERFORMERS (Women’s)

MEN’S SINGLES Brian Granoff

RECORD 9-3

WOMEN’S SINGLES Sophia He

RECORD 5-4

MEN’S DOUBLES Arguello/Cherkin

RECORD 4-2

WOMEN’S DOUBLES Cohen/Leavitt

RECORD 4-5

UPCOMING MEETS: Men, Saturday vs. Vassar Men, Saturday vs. Boston College Women, Friday vs. Wheaton (Mass.)

The men and women’s team continued their strong play over the weekend, going a combined 5-1 over six matches. The No. 32 men’s team picked up wins over Babson College, Wheaton College and No. 22 Bates College. The 31stranked women’s squad hosted the Nor’Easter Bowl and went 2-1, defeating Sarah Lawrence College and Christopher Newport University but narrowly falling to No. 6 Amherst College.

Women’s squad The Judges sit at 4-6 after the weekend, capping the Nor’Easter Bowl with a win over Sarah Lawrence. The Judges took two of three doubles courts, with the duo of Charlotte Aaron ’18 and Sophia He ’19 as well as Emily Eska ’16 and Maya Vasser ’16 taking wins on the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles courts. Aaron and He took a 9-7 decision while Eska and Vasser won earned an 8-0

decision on court No. 3.

In singles play, the Judges swept away the Saints. Olivia Leavitt ’19 took the No. 1 court with a double bagel, 6-0, 6-0. Keren Khromchenko ’19 won on the No. 2 court, 6-1, 6-0, while Vasser took the No. 5 court by a 6-3, 6-0 final.

Earlier in the weekend, the Judges fell to No. 6 Amherst 8-1 as the Judges got only a win from Khromechenko on the No. 3 singles court.

In singles play, Khromechenko battled to a win on the No. 3 court.

She grabbed the first set 6-4. She then fell 6-1 in the second set but took a 10-7 decision to win in the decisive third set.

In the opening game of the Nor’Easter Bowl, the Judges rolled over Christopher Newport by a 7-2 final. The Judges swept doubles play, as Cohen and Leavitt led the way with an 8-4 decision on the No. 1 court.

In singles play, Cohen fell in a marathon 6-4, 2-6, 12-10 match on the No. 1 court, but the Judges took four of the remaining five matches to earn the win.

The Judges will return to action this Friday, when they host Wheaton (Mass.) College before welcoming Bates College on Sunday.

Men’s squad The Judges continued their hot streak with wins over Wheaton, Babson and Bates, giving the team six wins in a row.

The team now sits comfortably at 7-3 on the year.

The Judges edged their way to a 5-4 victory over Bates on Sunday, clinching the victory on the strength of a win by Jackson Kogan ’19 on the No. 6 singles court. Kogan needed three sets to claim the win, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. On Thursday, the Judges swept away Wheaton in a 9-0 victory. The duo of Eric Goldberg ’19 and Michael Arguello ’17 won 8-3 on the No. 1 doubles court to lead the way for the hosts. Danny Lubarsky ’16 and Brian Granoff ’17 took an 8-0 win on the No. 2 doubles court.

Jeff Cherkin ’17 was tested on the No. 4 singles court, eventually taking a 6-1, 7-6 (4) victory. Tyler Ng ’18 won 6-2, 7-6 (3) victory on the No. 3 singles court.

A day earlier, the Judges defeated Babson 6-3, taking two of three doubles courts and four of six singles courts. Granoff worked his way to a 6-3, 1-6, 10-8 marathon win on the No. 2 singles court.

The men will resume action this Saturday when they welcome Vassar College and Boston College.

pro sports BRIEF Chicago Cubs look to erase years of drought and capitalize on optimistic regular season predictions Every Chicago Cubs fan’s favorite word is “hope.” Every offseason brings hope that new top players will join the team. Every spring training brings hope for a great start to the season.

And every April brings hope that the Cubs can put together a World Series winning team.

That sentiment is no less true this season, but this year Cubs fans have some confidence to back up their hope.

The Cubs are a team notoriously known for being cursed. In 1969, a black cat crossed home plate during a late-season series between the New York Mets and the Cubs. After the game, the Cubs collapsed and lost first place in the division to the Mets.

Last postseason the Cubs faced off against the Mets once more, yet the Mets swept the Cubs in a heartwrenching playoff series. The Cubs, with a

prolific offense and highly-regarded pitching staff, seemed to be the favorites going into the matchup. Fans were distraught after the loss and linked the loss to the cursed 1969 game.

Most infamous of all is the 2003 playoff series against the Florida Marlins, in which innocent fan Steve Bartman robbed outfielder Moises Alou of an out, leading to a historic collapse.

The Cubs come into the 2016 season as the favorites to win the Major League Baseball World Series. According to VegasInsider.com, the Cubs hold 9-to-2 odds of winning the 2016 World Series — the top odds given in Major League Baseball.

And for good reason — this is one of the best offensive teams in Cubs’ history. Nearly every player in the Cubs lineup is a threat — from first baseman Anthony Rizzo to shortstop Ad-

dison Russell. Put that together with a solid pitching staff headlined by 2015 Cy Young award winner Jake Arrieta, a formidable bullpen anchored by closer Hector Rondon and one of the best managers in the league in Joe Maddon, and you have a recipe for success.

But there is something more to this year’s Cubs team. The Cubs have had great hitting teams before — note the 2008 division-winning team with Alfonso Soriano — and great pitching teams before, as well — note the 2003 playoff squad with Kerry Wood and Mark Prior — but this year, there is something different: there is a trust in the system.

Maddon emphasized the importance of trust among players and coaches alike. “I really trust my players,” Maddon said. “They have to trust me, but I have to trust them, meaning that when

you talk about pressure and expectations it’s spread out among the whole group. It’s not just one guy. We have so many good players here.”

The Cubs’ players are not just playing for themselves. They are not just playing to hit as many home runs as they can or to strike out as many people as they can. They are playing for each other.

Hanging on top of the Lakeview Baseball Club building just outside Wrigley Field is a sign that reads “Eamus Catuli AC,” followed by a series of numbers. Eamus Catuli translates loosely from Latin to mean “Let’s go Cubs,” while AC stands for “Anno Catuli,” meaning “in the years of the Cubs.” The numbers correspond to the number of years since the Chicago Cubs have won the division, league and World Series, respectively. This

season, that sign will read 107 at the end — meaning it has been 107 years since the Cubs last won the World Series in the 1908 season.

That is a large number, and it comes with a lot of pressure, but the Cubs know that if they trust in their system and take games day-by-day, they will be fine.

“If you want it to be, it could get too much, but I feel like our group doesn’t let it,” Rizzo said. “Right now, we’re really hungry. We’re a hungry team.

Anyone in this clubhouse thinking about the World Series right now [is] in the wrong spot. We have to think about tomorrow and dominating April. And keeping it small steps.”

The Cubs will win if they do just that. Here’s to hoping they can.

— Elan Kane

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OVERHEAD SLAM The men’s tennis team swept Wheaton College and handily beat Babson College in a strong week of play, p. 15.

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SOFTBALL

DOWN THE PIPE

Judges split close games in long road trip battle ■ Infielder Keri Lehtonen ’19

drove in the first run of the day against Worcester to help the Judges take a win.

By NOAH HESSDORF JUSTICE EDITOR

The softball team went 1-3 on the week, falling in both games of a doubleheader against Wellesley College on Wednesday and splitting games on the road against Worcester State University on Friday.

Worcester St. 6, Judges 4 In the second game of the doubleheader, the squad was forced to fight back from a 3-1 deficit in the fourth inning. Outfielder Marissa DeLaurentis ’19 singled in two runners to tie up the game. First baseman Jordan Buscetto ’16 then followed that up with a sacrifice fly to give the team the lead. Second baseman Madison Gagnon ’16 was the other member of the team to drive in a run for the game.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, Worcester came back by putting two runs across the board. Pitcher Sadie-Rose Apfel ’18 gave up all six earned runs on the day, as well as eleven total hits. The Judges were unable to rebound in the sixth inning and fell to Worcester as Apfel

fell to a record of 3-3.

Judges 6, Worcester St. 2 In the opening game of the doubleheader, the team was able to come out with an easy victory. Catcher Keri Lehtonen ’19 drove in the first run of the day off a sacrifice fly that plated infielder Alison Hecht ’17 in the second inning. In the third, infielder Madison Sullivan ’16 hit a two-run homer that also scored outfielder Leah Shapiro ’17 to extend the lead to 3-0. The team was then able to add a run in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings to pad its lead.

Lehtonen ended up with two RBIs on the day after going 2-3. Shortstop Liana Moss ’17 also went 2-3 for the game, in addition to a run scored.

Right fielder Amanda Shore ’18 and infielder Marysa Massoia ’19 also each scored a run. Pitcher Madison Soleimani ’17 picked up the victory as she improved her record of 6-6.

Wellesley 3, Judges 1 The second part of the home doubleheader lacked offense for the most of the start. Apfel was constantly faced with runners in scoring positions but was able to continue her shutout for the first four innings. The Judges scored first when DeLaurentis drove in Gagnon in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Wellesley then rebounded for three runs in the top of the fifth in-

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TUCK AND THROW: Pitcher Anthony Nomakeo ’17 threw with full force against Rhode Island College at home on Thursday.

Men hold up despite stranding baserunners ■ Infielder Jay Schaff ’17

batted in two runners to propel the Brandeis offense to a win against Bridgewater.

By JERRY MILLER Justice EDITOR

The baseball team went even across the board over the past week, going 1-1-1 in a three-day span starting Tuesday afternoon. The schedule included a tough game against Rhode Island College and two others versus Salem State University and Bridgewater State University.

RIC 11, Judges 4 The Judges started off the game hot, scoring one run in the bottom of the first to take the lead.

With pitcher Luke Zeccola ’18 on the mound, the Judges looked to subdue the RIC offense but were only able to stave off runs in the first two innings. In the top of the third, the RIC offense broke the game open, scoring three runs and knocking Zeccola out of the game.

Pitcher Anthony Nomakeo ’17 came in to try and save the game but did not have much success. Over the course of 4.1 innings, Nomakeo allowed eight runs, seven of which were earned.

Zeccola redeemed his subpar performance with a two-run shot in the sixth, scoring in outfielder Ryan Healy ’16.

Infielder Rob Trenk ’16 doubled in the same inning but was stranded on base at the end of the inning.

In the end the teams four total runs were not enough to dethrone RIC, losing 11-4 in nine innings.

Despite outhitting the RIC offense 13 hits to 12, the Judges were unable to bring in the runs needed, stranding an unacceptable eight runners on the basepaths.

Center fielder Liam O’Connor ’16 and Healy finished a healthy combined 6-9 with three of the four runs scored but were unable to garner much support from the rest of the team’s players.

After the game, infielder Ben Bavly ’19 commented on the stranded runners, saying, “It’s both positive and negative. It's obviously good

that we're seeing the ball well and getting hits, especially for extra bases. But not having the right approach and executing in certain situations, like getting a bunt down, are things that have hurt us despite some good individual at-bats.”

Judges 8, Salem St. 8 The Judges battled in an exhausting tie game between the Vikings. The first four innings of play showed no budge on either side, with each team keeping the other at bay and allowing no runs to score.

Pitcher Liam Coughlin ’17 started the game and went until the seventh inning, keeping Brandeis well within sight of a win.

The Judges went up in the middle of the game, scoring three runs in the fifth and tacking on another three in the top of the sixth.

Yet the Vikings slowly crawled back, adding one in both the bottom of the sixth and seventh. The Vikings offense capitalized on Coughlin’s exit, tearing up the Brandeis pitching for four runs in the eighth and tying the game at six a piece.

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Teams narrowly miss top-five finish ■ Tove Freeman ’16 earned

fifth place in the 400-meter dash with a commendable time of 1:00.86.

By AVI GOLD JUSTICE EDITOR

The men and women’s track team traveled to Tufts University for the Tufts Snowflake Classic, running their way to a sixth-place finish on the women’s side and a ninth-place finish on the men’s side of the track.

The men finished with 30.5 points to finish ninth out of 16 teams. The women garnered 36 points to take sixth place out of 15 teams.

Women’s squad (36 points, sixth place) The squad’s 4x400-meter-relay quartet of Tove Freeman ’16, Ramini Dayon ’19, Maya Sands Bliss ’18 and Haliana Burhans ’18 picked up 10 points in a win in the event, totaling a combined 4:17.64, a solid five seconds faster than the quartet from Keene State College.

Burhans had a strong day for the squad, taking fifth place in the 100-meter dash. Her time of 13.57 seconds was .22 seconds out of fourth place and just over a second-and-a-half out of the top spot.

Burhans took sixth in the 200-meter dash in 27.17 seconds, a mere seven hundredths of a second out of fifth place.

Kelsey Whitaker ’16 continued her strong runs in the 1,500-meter run, taking third place in the event.

Whitaker ran to a time of 4:43.61, a shade over two seconds off the top spot. Kyra Shreeve ’18 took eighth place in the event in 4:56.94, while Maggie Hensel ’16 was 13th, stopping the timer at the 5:02.50 mark.

Meaghan Barry ’18 ran to a 5:25.22 finish in the race, good for 30th out of 54 competitors while Christine Minor ’19 completed the race in 5:33.23 for a 34th-place finish.

Julia Bryson ’19 was fourth in the 3,000-meter run, running to a 10:46.38 finish — a full four seconds faster than the fifth-place runner.

Ashley Klein ’18 earned a seventh-place finish in the javelin throw, totaling a distance of 30.21 meters, two meters short of a topfive finish.

Freeman earned fifth place in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:00.86, just over a second off the top spot and less than half a second out of second place.

Men’s squad (30.5 points, ninth place) The men’s squad excelled in the short-distance events, getting a sixth-place finish from Adam Beckwith ’16 in the 200-meter dash.

Beckwith ran to a 23.92 finish in the race, half a second out of the top-five competitors in the race.

Adam Berger ’16 was 13th in the race, running to a 24.21-second fin-

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BET’s ‘The Wiz’ easily impresses

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OZ ENCOUNTERS: From left to right, the Lion (Tawanna Johnson ’16), Tin Man (Makalani Mack ’16), Dorothy (Xaviera Sargeant ’16) and Scarecrow (Kristen Ward-Chalk ’16) meet up with Wiz (Kariyana Colloway ’19) for the first time.

By linda maleh justice Staff writer

Brandeis Ensemble Theater’s production of “The Wiz” rocked the Shapiro Campus Center Theater this weekend with a lively performance full of dancing, singing and a whole lot of energy.

“The Wiz” is a play that reimagines the classic “The Wizard of Oz” in an urban African American context. It was directed by Naya Stevens ’16 and D’Andre Young ’16 and featured an entirely black cast.

There were a few particular components of this production that shone beyond the rest, one of which was the choreography.

The production contained many complex dance scenes, choreographed by Bronte Velez ’16.

The nimbleness and flexibility of the dancers were astonishing and took over the stage whenever put to use.

The first major dance number was composed of four dancers who personified the twister that carried Dorothy (Xaviera Sargeant ’16) away to Oz. The dancers were completely

captivating as they moved around a disoriented Dorothy, representing both chaos and beauty. Some of the other dances included the crows tormenting the Scarecrow, the poppies drugging the Lion and the entourage at the Emerald City welcoming Dorothy and her crew.

While the singing was perfectly fine, it was the dancing that really stole the show.

Matching the choreography in its spectacularity were the costumes.

Executive Costume Designer AnaSofia Meneses ’16 and her army of six costumers wowed the audience with their designs, each more beautiful and colorful than the last.

The Cowardly Lion (Tawanna Johnson ’16) wore an orange cat suit with a headdress and fur vest as a mane and a tail coming out the back. Glinda the Good Witch of the North (Nyah Macklin ’16) wore a costume that made her look like an angel, with a white dress, a crown and a sort of white veil that hung down her back. The munchkins were perhaps the most colorful, from their feet to the tops of their different-colored afros. Evillene

the Wicked Witch of the West (Alex Campbell ’16) wore a gorgeous corseted, fitted black and red outfit that matched her character.

There were some issues with the tech, however beautiful some of it was. The sound, designed by Samantha Levine ’18 and Emma Cyr ’19, had repeated problems throughout the performance. The music was often too loud for the actors’ voices to be heard above it.

The microphones often cut out and made loud screeching noises. This was sad because while the play was extremely enjoyable, it was made less so by the fact that it was often hard to hear what was being said on stage.

This was not helped by a lot of the actors mumbling their lines and not enunciating. It was also hard to hear actors, because they repeatedly had their backs turned to the audience and were blocking other actors on stage.

The set, designed by Sivan Ertel ’18 and Harry Furer ’17, much of which consisted of painted panels hanging from the ceiling to show the background, was beautiful

and often color-coded to match the setting. The panels for Munchkin Land depicted colorful houses by the sea, with a strip of the yellow brick road woven between them.

The scene where Dorothy finds the Scarecrow (Kristen Ward-Chalk ’16) had panels that depicted a wheat field. The panels at the Emerald City were colored green with green lighting, done by lighting designers Micaela Kiley ’16 and Zak Kolar ’18.

Likewise, the panels at the castle of the Wicked Witch of the West were colored red, with red lighting to match. While beautiful, there was a lot of awkwardness in moving them on and off the stage. There were times when the audience was left in darkness for an extended period of time while they were being moved.

This disrupted the flow of the play and was disconcerting.

Adding to the play’s mission to spotlight typically underrepresented communities, the majority of the cast was composed of women who delivered stunning performances. It will be hard to forget Campbell’s terrifying and seductive portrayal of Evillene or

Johnson’s sassy and heartwarming portrayal of the Cowardly Lion.

While Kariyana Colloway ’19 was unimpressive as Aunty Em, she dominated the stage with her big personality as The Wiz. Unfortunately, Xaviera Sargeant ’16 was underwhelming as Dorothy.

Her singing was pitchy, and her performance was rather bland.

It is lucky she had Ward-Chalk’s Scarecrow, Makalani Na’im Mack‘s ’16 Tin Man and Johnson’s Lion to back her up, all of whom were spectacular. Remi Matthews ’19 as Lord High Underling with his whip also dazzled.

Despite some of the sound, blocking and run-crew issues, as well as the difficulty in being able to interpret what actors said, the production was overall a hit. It was never dull and always full of spectacle to impress audiences.

Young said in his director’s note, “[‘The Wiz’ is] a gateway for over thirty black students to take action through art, singing and choreograph their own visions and stories of the black experience.”

This was certainly accomplished.

OIL UP: Dorothy (Xaviera Sargeant ’16) brings the Tin Man (Makalani Mack ’16) to life with the oil can.

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SLIPPER SECRETS: Glinda (Nyah Macklin ’16, second from L) tells Dorothy (Xaviera Sargeant ’16, far L) that she can go home using magic.

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SITTING IN SILENCE: (Left to right) Sarah Duffet ’17, LaQuasia Cherry ’17, Sarah Waldron ’16 and Yaznil Baez ’16 open the performance by projecting a video about catcalling on a sheet of paper.

Piece explores womanhood and violence

By Lizzie Grossman justice Editor

In a sparsely packed Harlan Chapel on Friday, four female students — Sarah Duffet ’17, LaQuasia Cherry ’17, Sarah Waldron ’16 and Yaznil Baez ’16 — walk onto the stage. They are wearing all black, and their mouths are covered with strips of duct tape. Then, the audience hears the voice of a woman coming from a recording in the chapel, and the room goes silent.

“Survival: a performance” was performed in the Harlan Chapel on Friday through Sunday. The piece focused on women and their experiences with sexual violence.

It was made up of four vignettes, each written by one of the four performers.

The first vignette, starting with the recording, was written by Baez, and it focused on catcalling. In the recording, a woman talked about her experience with catcalling, with men on the street constantly calling her names such as “baby.” Many other women in the recording chimed in and all started talking at once about similar experiences, yelling out other names men had called them.

While the recording played, the four actors simply sat on the stage with the tape over their mouths, staring into the audience while everyone in the chapel listened to the recording.

When the recording finished, the actors pulled the tape off and angrily started talking about catcalling.

They then walked through the audience, each holding a card on which they had written about a personal experience in which they had been catcalled. They passed the cards around to members of the audience for them to read aloud.

Interestingly, all of the members who they passed the card to were males — they admitted after the show that they had done that purposely because they wanted to hear male voices retelling the stories.

Duffet’s vignette was memorable.

It is about a relationship between a mother (Duffet) and daughter (Waldron), both of whom are sexual assault survivors. The daughter has just come out as homosexual, a fact that the mother is not happy about.

What made this scene extremely impressive was the use of props. At the beginning of the scene, Duffet walks in, dumps out a bag of laundry and begins folding laundry on a table in the chapel. The mother and daughter then proceed to have a fight.

However, for the whole duration of the scene, the daughter is fighting not with her mother but directly with an anxious version of herself. Duffet simply stands in the background folding laundry, which represented the mentality of a mother figure, serving as a simple backdrop to the scene.

The most powerful vignette by far was Waldron’s. Waldron sat in a tub filled with shallow water while Cherry, Baez and Duffet,

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SEEING DOUBLE: Sarah Waldron ’16 (left) wrestles with her anxious self (Yaznil Baez ’16, right) while fighting with her mother (Sarah Duffet ’17, back) in the play’s third sequence. Each sequence was written by one of the performers.

representing voices in her head, recounted to her stories about her experiences with men. As they were telling these stories, they dipped their hands in paint and rubbed it on Waldron’s body. Waldron repeatedly attempted to wash this paint of with the water in the tub, but whenever she did, the other actresses continued to rub paint on her while telling her the stories. It was unclear exactly what the paint was supposed to represent, which made the scene extremely captivating, since it kept me guessing throughout the entire scene as to what message it was trying to convey. In a talkback after the show, the cast said that the paint represented the memories of past experiences — the voices kept painting the memories of these unpleasant experiences into Waldron’s mind, and no matter how hard she tried to “wash them off,” the voices kept bringing them back.

“Survival” was a unique, powerful and captivating play. The chapel setting lent to the originality of the show, providing a very different backdrop from many other theater shows. The voices, from the actresses and the recordings, echoed against the walls of the chapel, making each message even more impactful. The use of props as metaphors was a creative way of telling the individual stories. The play, although short in length and composed of a small cast, did a good job engaging the Brandeis community in such an important topic.

Theater

Play reflects on themes of childhood By audrey fein

justice contributing writer

A Grateful Dead poster and a slew of polaroids decorate the wall.

Sounds like an average student’s dorm room, right? Wrong. The backdrop of Brandeis Players’ production of “This Is Our Youth,” written by Kenneth Lonergan in 1996, is an Upper West Side New York City apartment inhabited by Dennis (Matt Hoisch ’19) and frequented by his friend Warren (Rodrigo Alfaro Garcia Granados ’18) in the early 1980s.

“This Is Our Youth” opened Thursday and ran through Sunday in the Merrick Theater of Spingold Theater Center. The set, designed

by Sara Kenney ’18, was an artful representation of what a 22-year-old college dropout’s apartment might

look like. Empty soda cans decorated the worn-out couch and chair, with a mattress set up on the floor as a bed.

Aside from a mini-fridge and a record player, the room was sparse and decorated very little, a reflection of Dennis’ character.

All of the action takes place in Dennis’ apartment over the course of two days. The play opens with Dennis sitting in his apartment smoking a joint when his friend Warren buzzes.

Dennis pretends to be too cool to care but eventually lets him upstairs.

Warren explains that his father kicked him out because he is always smoking weed. Warren steals $15,000 from his father, who is “arguably the most dangerous lingerie manufacturer in the world,” which sets the whole plot into motion.

Jessica (Mira Kessler ’16) is a

Fashion Institute of Technology student with long legs and a killer attitude.

Warren and Jessica awkwardly flirt for a good portion of Act One until they debate about plans for the future and personality development. They talk about their parents and growing up, a major theme of the play. The two smoke weed before Warren asks her to spend the night with him at the Plaza Hotel.

The next day, when Dennis finds out Warren spent a thousand dollars for the night, he is furious and insists on selling Warren’s collection of childhood toys for a profit. Warren agrees — a metaphorical nod to surrendering the feelings of youth to make way for the future.

Dennis’ character is the epitome of a young adult of the ’80s “Me Generation.” He relates every line

back to his own life, brushing off Warren’s comments like they mean nothing to him. Dennis is both aggressive and cunning. Dennis’ best line occurs at the climax of the play, when Warren declares that Dennis is “his personal hero” and Dennis responds in shock. He cannot fathom the idea — even though Dennis has it all figured out on the outside, it is clear that he is just as lost as the rest of the characters.

Director Tres Fimmano ’18 did a fantastic job building the personas of each individual character through movement. The way that Granados fidgets with the objects strewn about on the coffee table at center stage sets the mood for the way his character reacts when Kessler enters the scene.

Hoisch’s manic pacing is in tune with the inner workings of his character’s

mind. Kessler’s habits like biting her nails and playing with her hair align perfectly with her tendency to secondguess herself.

The costumes, designed by Remony Perlman ’19, are minimalistic but fit with the time period and personalities of the characters seamlessly. It is clear that Warren bases his style loosely on Dennis’ relaxed look. Jessica sports mini skirts with dynamic tops and accessories that add punch.

The most striking part of “This Is Our Youth” is the play’s timelessness.

The adolescent themes of coming of age, worrying about the future and self-consciousness are not unique to the time period the play is set in. It is not hard to imagine Dennis, Warren or Jessica as one of our own peers on a tightrope dance between adolescence and adulthood.

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Brandeis TALKS

INTERVIEW

What class are you most excited to register for?

Clayre Benzadon ’17

Sarah Hulit ’18 “I’d say Physiology because I haven’t taken an 8 am class yet, and I’m super excited to do it three times a week.”

ABBY GRINBERG/the Justice

This week, justArts spoke with Clayre Benzadon ’17, who has been organizing a series of poetry coffeehouses in Cholmondeley’s coffeehouse. justArts: How did interested in poetry?

Rachel Dobkin ’17 “I’m excited to take Physiology because it’s my favorite science and will be the culmination of all my sciences here so far.”

Akila Elie ’17 “Intro to Christianity because I feel like there’s a lot to know about Christianity especially here at a Jewish institution. I think learning both sides of the spectrum is pretty awesome.”

Chila Harber ’19

“I’m most excited to take Anthropology of Gender, because it will be my first anthropology class, and I think it’ll be a really exciting class to explore.”

—Compiled and photographed by Abby Grinberg/the Justice.

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Clayre Benzadon: I started seriously writing when I took a creative writing class in high school, and it was a very difficult class. I don’t know if I enjoyed it, but I did so much work in the class that I felt like I had to continue this kind of hard work. Then I realized that there were workshops at this school, and I [was] a midyear, so I started late in the [year], and I saw they had these classes, and I was super scared — I wasn’t sure if I wanted to take [one]. Then I took it, and I fell in love.

JA: Were you the one who started organizing these events?

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CB: It was actually an [alumnus], Rohan [Narayanan ’15] — he graduated two years ago, and he started the open-mic culture on campus. I don’t know how I found out about it — I guess through a couple of friends; I got invited through social media — Facebook is a great tool for poets, especially nowadays. I just started going to the events, and signing up, and I started talking more to Rohan about how he started and how he planned to keep this up. The responsibility kind of just came down from Rohan.

JA: What’s it been like being the organizer?

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CB: It’s been really hard. We had Nellie [Spener ’17] last semester, and she’s abroad now. We never had clear instructions on what to do, and we had the BPA [Brandeis Pluralism Alliance], thankfully; they’ve been really helpful with funding and publicizing events. But really, it was all just kind of us in the front of everything, so trying to [promote on] social media, inviting as many people as we could, organizing Chum’s space, which is really hard because they’re not very good with organization.

Mostly, I think the hardest part is social media — trying to really get people to go. Our last event, unfortunately, it rained out, and we were really excited because we were expecting a huge turnout. We had everything prepared; during break I set up everything — we had to fill out these papers, and all these different organization things involved, and it’s just like a whole process.

JA: What do you hope that the attendees of these coffeehouse events get out of them?

CB: I really just want to bring a whole diverse group of the campus [together], that would be an ideal thing. Just getting everyone to know about these events and know that they have the safe space to express themselves freely. And it’s not limited to poetry — that’s the other thing I’d like people to know, there’s music and dance. I would love to see that in our future performances.

-—Lizzie Grossman