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Justice
Volume LXVI, Number 1
www.thejustice.org
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
BRANDEIS BEGINNINGS
Waltham, Mass.
STUDENT LIFE
Greek life postpones recruiting ■ A new GAC policy will
allow for early recruitment depite postpoining recruitment week. By LYDIA EMMANOUILIDOU JUSTICE CONTRIBUTING WRITER
nounced. Only July 31, Sawyer personally announced his departure in an email to a small group of selected colleagues and associates from his time at Brandeis. “I am resigning because I no longer see myself aligned with the Univer-
Greek organizations have decided to postpone their official recruitment events—otherwise known as “rush”— until the second week of September this semester in order to meet and collectively design policies aimed at ensuring safety at all future rush events, according to Greek Awareness Council president Avi Feldan ’14. The decision to postpone rush was made in April at the traditional Greek-wide end-of-semester meeting intended for Greek organization officials to set dates and rules for the upcoming semester. Every organization was represented at that meeting, and the decision to postpone rush was made “as a group,” according to Feldan. But while potential changes are still being discussed, a recent change in GAC policy will allow Greek members to recruit students before the first official day of recruitment events. The decision to postpone rush was made about two months following the alleged sexual assault of a Brandeis student, which reportedly occurred at the offcampus Zeta Beta Tau fraternity house during the spring 2013 semester. When the Justice reached out to Greek leaders to find out if they were planning to hold any special events in response to the alleged assault, Feldan sent an email to the Justice on behalf of the Greek community and disclosed the plan to postpone rush. “We take the safety and security of all the students at our rush events extremely seriously. We actually pushed rush back a week next semester so we would have time to discuss that very issue. I feel, as do the presidents of the individual organizations, that Greek-wide measures are more effective and reliable than relying on each organization to set its own policies,” wrote Feldan. Feldan said he “could not” comment on whether the decision to postpone rush was made as a direct response to the alleged assault. According to Feldan, rush
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The Class of 2017 banner was presented at Brandeis Beginnings on Sunday. Vice President for Students and Enrollment Andrew Flagel addressed the first-years at the event with all four class banners on display in front of him.
DINING SERVICES
Sodexo takes over dining services ■ Aramark was replaced by
Sodexo this summer after an extensive decision process. By TATE HERBERT JUSTICE EDITOR
On July 1, Sodexo officially replaced Aramark as the University’s dining services provider. The change came almost six months after University administration announced that it would be sending requests for proposal to
dining service providers, including Aramark, Sodexo and Chartwells. “This was a long process; this was a painful process for a lot of people,” said Senior Vice President for Administration Mark Collins in an interview with the Justice. He added, “I think there’s a level of excitement about the change.” He commended Aramark’s staff members for their work over almost two decades at the University. “There are a lot of good people on that team, and they’ve worked hard over the past 15 years,” he said.
Collins did not attribute the switch to any concrete factors, but said instead that “at the end of the day, it was decided by the Brandeis team that it was time for a change.” “We are excited the University has selected us as their strategic partner for Dining services,” wrote Jay DeGioia, the University’s new resident district manager, in an email to the Justice. According to DeGioia, he and his staff were notified of Brandeis’ selection of Sodexo on June 14. “There will be some great enhance-
ments to the program this fall semester with a lot of exciting things proposed,” wrote DeGioia. “I will share these as soon as they are finalized. We have also made suggestions on meal plans and will also share those and the time frame for rollout.” According to Collins, meal plans would remain essentially unchanged for the next academic year, pending feedback from students. However, one plan, the all-points plan, has been eliminated.
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ADMINISTRATION
Adams set to oversee Student Life ■ Jamele Adams will take
By TATE HERBERT
over as Dean of Students to replace Rick Sawyer, who left after 32 years of working at Brandeis University.
JUSTICE EDITOR
After 32 years at Brandeis, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Student Life Rick Sawyer resigned this summer. His last day at Brandeis was July 31. Senior Vice President for Students
and Enrollment Andrew Flagel announced to his division two days later that Jamele Adams, formerly an associate dean of student life, would assume the role of dean of students. Plans to replace the vice president position that Sawyer occupied, or the associate dean position that Adams previously occupied, have not been an-
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Admissions options
Dean of Students reflects on his new position.
The men’s soccer team looks to keep winning this season.
New test-flexible options will be available for Fall 2014 applicants.
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EDITORIAL FEATURES
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