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STUDENT UNION

Koplow nominated for University president

UJ removes secretary

■ Stephen Kay was

appointed as the chairman of the Presidential Search Committee following Koplow’s nomination for the position of president.

By NASHRAH RAHMAN JUSTICE EDITOR

University trustee Meyer Koplow ’72 has stepped down from the chairmanship of the Presidential Search Committee to accept a faculty nomination for University president, according to Chair of the Board of Trustees Malcolm Sherman in an e-mail to the Brandeis community last Tuesday.

Sherman appointed Stephen Kay, a

member of the search committee and past chair of the Board of Trustees, as the new chair of the Presidential Search Committee.

According to Sherman’s campuswide e-mail, Koplow said after learning of his nomination, “It is only appropriate that I step down from my position as chairman, and I will not serve the committee in any capacity.”

Koplow did not respond to requests for further comment by press time.

“I understand and respect [Koplow’s] decision to leave the search committee, and want to thank him for the outstanding job he has done to get us to this point in the process,” Sherman wrote in the e-mail.

The Presidential Search Committee was created after

U n i v e r s i t y President Jehuda R e i n h a r z announced his intention to resign in a Sept.

24 campuswide email.

Reinharz will remain in his current position Koplow until a new president has been selected or until June 30, 2011, according to a Sept. 24 University press release.

Koplow will continue to serve as chair of the Board of Trustees’ Budget and Finance Committee and as a member of the Board’s Executive Committee.

Koplow is also a managing part-

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ADMINISTRATION

Reinharz will speak at the 2010 Delhi Sustainable Development conference.

By ALANA ABRAMSON JUSTICE EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

University President Jehuda Reinharz will visit India from Feb. 1 to Feb. 13 as an invited speaker at the 2010 Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, the first major convention on climate change since Copenhagen, according to a University press release sent by Daniel Terris, the vice president for Global Affairs and the director for the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life. Reinharz will be accompanied by Terris and Prof. Harleen Singh (GRALL), according to the press release.

In addition to speaking at the summit, Reinharz will speak in Mumbai about promoting social justice in an era of globalization and visit nongovernmental organ-

izations that are focused on sustainable development and education.

Singh, who is the co-chair of the South Asian Studies program, said that the trip was part of the Brandeis-India initiative, which began two years ago through the Office of Global Affairs as a method of strengthening the partnership between Brandeis and India through businesses, nongovernmental organizations and governmental institutions.

Reinharz wrote in an e-mail to the Justice that the summit’s sponsor, The Energy and Resources Institute in Delhi, and the Asia Society’s Mumbai Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the world about Asia, extended a speaking invitation last September.

Reinharz wrote that Brandeis has always had strong students from India but that no concrete effort has been made to maintain connections between these students and the University.

“This effort to change that reflects the demands being made

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against Diana Aronin ’11 and ordered that she be removed from office.

By HARRY SHIPPS JUSTICE EDITOR

The Student Union Judiciary has ruled in the case of In re Diana Aronin that the former Student Union Secretary was “guilty of such breach of constitutional duty as was specified by the Senate” in Resolution F09-3 regarding her failure to present a referendum to the Brandeis community and has ordered that Aronin be removed from office.

The UJ released its unanimous decision, written by Chief Justice Judah Marans ’11, on Sunday night.

The trial was held Jan. 24.

Aronin was impeached by the Student Union Senate for failing to submit to the student body for a vote a referendum on an amendment proposed by Jonathan Freed ’09 to establish a midyear senator position. Student Union President Andy Hogan ’11 was censured for

his role in the failure.

As per the UJ’s decision, Aronin was removed from office immediately, and the post of Student Union Secretary is currently vacant.

Hogan announced in an e-mail to the student body that a special election will be held to fill the post on Tuesday, Feb. 9.

As published in a previous Justice article, Ryan Fanning ’11, who represented the Student Union, argued at the trial that “the Student Union Senate was forced to impeach Secretary Aronin for deliberate abrogation of her duties under the Constitution.” After hearing the UJ’s decision, Fanning said “I think the Union Judiciary did a good job of ensuring that it was a fair trial and that the opinion was well written and well considered.”

Aronin’s counsel, Deena Glucksman ’11 presented three main arguments to the UJ: She argued that the amendment proposing the creation of the new senatorial position was submitted at an improper time; that the sponsor of the amendment, Jonathan Freed, was not eligible to amend the

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EMPOWERING HAITI

Reinharz to visit climate summit ■ President Jehuda

■ The Union Judiciary ruled

PHOTO COURTESY OF SHAINA GILBERT

Providing Opportunity A student works with a counselor at Empowering Through Education camp, which was founded by Shaina Gilbert ’10 this past summer. The camp in Hinche, Haiti provides classes in math, English and leadership training for young students. See Features, Page 9.

Atlas Sound arrives

Halberstam’s journey

Budget forums

■ Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox brings his side project to Brandeis.

■ David Halberstam spoke about his career in sports broadcasting at Brandeis.

■ University faculty and staff discussed ideas for reducing expenses.

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POLICE LOG

Provost announces formation of Institutional Review Committee

Medical Emergency

In an e-mail to faculty last Thursday, University Provost Marty Krauss announced the formation of the Centers and Institutes Review Committee, which will extend an analysis of the University’s centers and institutes begun by the Curriculum and Academic Restructuring Steering Committee.

The Provost’s Web Site explains that the Committee is charged with offering recommendations about how to “maximize Centers/Institutes’ academic and fiscal contributions to the university’s core missions of teaching, scholarship, and public engagement.”

Additionally, the Committee will report on how Brandeis’ centers and institutes provide opportunities for faculty to become involved and how academic departments and programs can contribute to and benefit from activities of the centers and institutes.

The CARS committee report from last May stated, “Centers have resources that may be more effectively utilized to alleviate costs of core University functions, and should be engaged in exploring additional ways and means for contributing to the University’s core mission.”

The report went on to explain that because the centers are often created and funded by donations with specific and detailed requirements, there are limits as to “ensuring the fullest integration of the centers into the fabric of the University’s core.”

The report recommended that a committee conduct reviews of the centers to make the recommendations outlined in Krauss’ e-mail last week, among other recommendations, including the guarantee that there are procedures for transparency in decision-making and governance.

The members on the Committee are chair Profs.

Susan Birren (BIO), Eric Chasalow (MUS), Steve Dowden (GRALL), Shai Feldman (POL), Connie Horgan (HELLER) and Jane Kamensky (HIST). David Woodward from the Office of Budget and Planning is also a member of the committee.

Krauss, as well as several members of the Committee including Birren, declined to speak about the details of the Committee as the Committee has not met yet.

“The approach to get to recommendations is something that the committee will discuss once we meet,” Birren wrote in an e-mail to the Justice.

Jan. 25—A man complained of a fever in Shapiro Residence Hall.

BEMCo and University Police responded. BEMCo treated the party with a signed refusal for further care.

Jan. 25—University Police received a call that a student had hit his head on a bookcase in the Foster Mods. BEMCo treated the party on-scene, and the party was then transported by ambulance to the Newton-Wellesley Hospital.

Jan. 28—A party requested BEMCo, stating that her friend had been consuming alchohol and hit her head. University Police and BEMCo responded.

BEMCo treated the party onscene with a signed refusal for further care.

Jan. 28—University Police received a report of an 18-year-old female having an allergic reaction in Shapiro Residence Hall.

BEMCo and University Police responded. BEMCo treated the

party on-scene with a signed refusal for further care.

Jan. 29—A party stated that a female had fallen multiples times in the restroom on the second floor of Deroy Hall and was disoriented. University Police and BEMCo responded. University Police transported the party to Golding Health Center for further care.

Jan. 29—A male party fell in Hassenfeld Hall and was alert and breathing. University Police and BEMCo responded. BEMCo treated the party on-scene, and the party was transported by ambulance to the Newton-Wellesley Hospital.

Jan. 31—University Police received a report of an intoxicated 19-year-old female in the Charles River Apartments. The party was transported by ambulance to the Newton-Wellesley Hospital.

ceived a report of a loud party in the upper Foster Mods. University Police responded and reported that the party was clearing out upon arrival.

Harassment Jan. 27—A party requested a stay-away order after receiving harassing phone calls and text messages. University Police compiled a report, and an investigation will follow.

Jan. 28—University Police detectives compiled a report on the e-mail and telephone harassment of four faculty and staff members regarding the debt a student owes to the University.

Jan. 29—University Police received a report of intimidation off campus. University Police compiled a report on the incident, and an investigation will follow.

Vandalism Disturbance Jan. 30—University Police re-

BOSTON—A fierce competition among construction companies for limited public stimulus dollars is producing an unexpected silver lining for Massachusetts in the cloud of the ongoing recession.

Massachusetts already has seen 31 stimulus-funded road and bridge construction projects come in below the state’s original estimate. On average, bids are 22 percent lower than expected.That has resulted in $59.5 million in savings.

State Highway Commissioner Luisa Paiewonsky said the savings is being funneled into additional projects, including a safety upgrade to Route 2 in the western Massachussetts town of Orange. The race to be the lowest bidder comes as the election of Republican Senator-elect Scott Brown has sparked a renewed focus on jobs among Democratic leaders in Washington and Beacon Hill.

CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS An article in Features last week misspelled a student’s surname. The student’s name is Megan Strum, not Megan Stromm (Jan. 26, p. 7)

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Jan. 26—A student reported that her personal information had been deleted from a computer in the Farber Library. University Police will contact the detective’s office.

Jan. 29—University Police received a report from a community development coordinator in Shapiro Residence Hall that people were in possession of Class D drugs. University Police responded but found nothing on arrival.

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An article in Forum last week misrepresented information about the number of scholarships Waltham residents are elgibile to apply for. Waltham residents are eligible to receive other scholarships besides the four reserved specifically for them. (Jan. 26, p. 11)

Miscellaneous

Jan. 31—University Police found a window smashed at a

—Anya Bergman

An article in Sports misspelled a photographer’s surname. The photographer’s name is David SheppardBrick, not David Shephard-Brick. (Jan. 26, p. 13)

party in the Charles River Apartments. A female stated that the residents had registered the party online, but University Police had no such party on record. University Police compiled a report on the vandalism, and the party was dispersed.

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Community Involvement Students explored the the different community service opportunities provided by the Waltham Group at the Waltham Group recruitment night, which took place last Wednesday in the Shapiro Campus Center.

A report was made to the Senate about the search for a new University president.

The Presidential Search Committee has recieved 800 responses to the student survey from Brandeis students. The committee’s goal is at least half of the student population (approximately 1500 responses). Dorm storming and tabling will take place in order to meet that goal. The presidential search was dubbed “one of the most important things happening this year.”

Renovation on Charles River is going to be completed soon and the Senate discussed having a “Brandeis open house event” for sophomores and juniors to tour the new facilities.

The Senate appointed Tamar Ariel as the director of the Office of Student Rights and Advocacy.

As part of the upcoming constitutional review process, the Student Union entered executive session in order to discuss a new government structure for the Student Union.

After the Union returned from executive session, Krav Maga was proposed as a new club. It will provide students with self-defense techniques developed by the Israeli army. The Senate voted to recognize the club and gave them a grant to hire two instructors.

The Game Night Club was chartered. The club provides students with a place to gather and participate in such activities as capture the flag and sock dogeball. The senate agreed to fund the purchase of socks.

Brandeis Contra Dancers was proposed to give students the opportunity to “conquer dances native to New England.” The senate recognized the club and meeting times will be posted on my-Brandeis soon.

The Weightlifting Club changed its name to the Fitness and Weightlifting Club.

Her Campus Brandeis was given a grant to give students an outlet to write opinions concerning health, restaurants, speakers and other issues.

B’note, the Jewish women’s choir, was officially instituted. B’note (literally Hebrew for girls) is unique because it provides women with an opportunity to participate in choir without compromising their adherence to the Jewish law.

—Ryan Kuhel

ANNOUNCEMENTS Waltham Group Blood Drive Students will have the opportunity to give blood that will potentially help save lives. This event is open to the public. For more information e-mail Nate Rosenblum at nbrose1@brandeis.edu. Today from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Sherman Function Hall.

Covering the Middle East in 2010: A Report from the Field Ethan Bronner, the Jerusalem Bureau Chief for The New York Times, will share his experiences and challenges he has encountered while covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Schusterman Center for Israel Studies and the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism are cosponsoring the event. Today from 2 to 3:30 p.m in the International Lounge.

How To Find An Internship The Hiatt Career Center will provide stu-

dents with tips, strategies, and resources for finding a summer or academic internship. For more information e-mail from hiattcenter@brandeis.edu. Today noon to 1 p.m. in the Hiatt Career Center.

Brandeis in The Hague and JBS Inside Criminal Law Information Session Profs. Richard Gaskins (AMST) and Melissa Stimell (LGLS) will present their respective summer Justice Brandeis Semester programs. Gaskins will speak about “Brandeis in The Hague,” a program in which students travel to the Netherlands to explore how international courts deal with contemporary legal issues. Stimell will discuss “JBS Inside Criminal Law,” a program that combines course instruction with supervised internships that will enable students to learn the intricacies of the criminal law process.Wednesday from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Usdan Residence Life Conference Room.

Applying for WOW Internship Funding The Hiatt Career is providing information about the application process for the World of Work Fellowship. This fellow grants students $3,500 to pursue otherwise unpaid summer internships. Thursday from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Hiatt Career Center.

Teach For America—An Insider's Guide to a Successful Final Interview Joe Du Pont, the Director of the Hiatt Career Center, will provide tips for a successful interview process with Teach for America. Du Pont served as the Vice President of Teach For America for five years.

Thursday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m in the Hiatt Career Center.

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ADMINISTRATION

HEALTH CENTER

Forums held to discuss budget

Nurse selected for top health position

■ Brandeis community

members offered proposals on ways the University can alleviate it’s financial woes.

By MIRANDA NEUBAUER JUSTICE SENIOR WRITER

Members of the Brandeis faculty and staff took advantage of open forums with Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Jeff Apfel and Provost Marty Krauss held last Tuesday and Thursday to offer suggestions for ways for the University can increase revenue, reduce expenses and increase the efficiency of University work routines.

Krauss is the chair of the Bold Ideas Group, a committee of faculty and staff investigating academic initiatives that the University could adopt to yield a steady return of at least $2 million. Apfel is chair of the Administrative Resource Review Committee, which is examining University staffing levels and administrative processes.

Apfel said after the meeting that senior administrators would evaluate the ideas in upcoming meetings.

He said he was open to having a similar forum with students.

Faculty and staff offered a range of suggestions from “turning off the lights” to having four-day workweeks at the two open forums.

Some participants used the forum to call attention to longstanding issues, such as the closure of the swimming pool: “Prospective students will wonder what’s going on,” swimming and diving coach Jim Zotz said. “What kind of facility keeps a pool closed for a year and a half? Every elite school we want to compare ourselves to has a pool.”

“We should target buildings really in distress and renovate them to avoid having to throw money at them to keep them in shape,” University archivist Karen Abramson said. She suggested that the University monetize promotional material presenting the University’s history.

She added that the University could also charge for access to University networking—for example, charging a small fee for an iPhone application for alumni.

Director of Global Communica-

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announced six months after the Health Center’s former nursing director and co-administrator retired last August.

NEW IDEAS: Provost Marty Krauss (left) and Chief Operating Officer Jeff Apfel listened to proposals at last week’s meetings. tions Charles Radin suggested that the University restart an effort to establish a shuttle service to the Riverside subway station. “If we could do that, … then you could eliminate [the Boston/Cambridge Shuttle Service] downtown,” he said.

Radin added that “a lot of units on the campus buy supplies separately. … I think that can’t be the most the efficient thing, every department and center ordering separately, even if they use corporate accounts,” Radin said.

Apfel agreed with Radin, stating that “when efficiency work is being done in higher education, probably the number-one area is procurement.” Apfel said centralized procurement could sometimes be hard to implement because different departments prefer different types of supplies.

The University had been exploring the idea of centralized cooperation in this area with Boston consortium institutions, Apfel said.

“We may be going down that road over the course of the year.”

Lisa Andersen of the Schneider Institute for Health Policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management stated that savings could be

possible in landscaping. “There are a lot of contractors doing plantings [and] replacements. … If we shifted to perennials, we might reduce our landscaping budget.”

Chris Roppola ’99, also an LTS staff member, said that it was important to many alumni that there be an alma mater for them to return to in the future. “There’s a lot of debate that we can’t shrink out academic offerings if we have 47 academic programs. … But if we only ever have $150 million, ... then maybe that’s too many,” he said.

Peter de Andrade from Human Resources noted that his department had received four-day workweeks for a period over the summer with a choice of Monday or Friday to take those days off. He suggested that if staff all took off the same day there could be savings from building energy.

Ethan Sewall, an English as a Second Language faculty member suggested the University become a testing center for the Test Of English as a Foreign Language. He said such a setup for the TOEFL or other tests would cost very little money but did pay some income.

Some professors offered sugges-

tions for enhancing the University’s image.

Prof. Mary Baine Campbell (ENG) suggested that the University could serve as a “center for literary and cultural studies,” particularly since many residents of surrounding areas have “a hard time getting into Harvard Square.” The University could take advantage of visiting professors traveling through Brandeis for this purpose and become a “resource for the educated people in the suburbs.”

A French professor suggested greater engagement to benefit the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

“Why don’t we hook up with artists in Haiti, figure out how to raise money and help their work,” the professor proposed.

The professor suggested that the University should take greater initiative to help student groups organizing help for Haiti, with, for example, a Justice Brandeis Semester on the country. Representatives of the Haitian Waltham community could visit English and French classes, the professor added.

— Alana Abramson contributed reporting.

CAMPUS EVENT

Holcombe speaks on Tibetan anti-poverty fund ■ Arthur Holcombe, a former

representative of the U.N. Development Fund, spoke about poverty and NGOs.

By ERIN DONIGER and HARRY SHIPPS JUSTICE STAFF WRITERS

Dr. Arthur Holcombe, president of the Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund, spoke to students and other community members last Friday about poverty alleviation approaches for nongovernmental organizations in the first talk of the Friday Speaker Series at the Heller School of Social Policy and Management. The speaker series is organized by the Master of Arts program in Sustainable International Development.

Before establishing the TPAF, Holcombe worked with the United Nations in several capacities, including a stint as a representative of the United Nations Development Program.

Holcombe said that what he was trying to communicate during his presentation was that “by an approach of our organization working with local government and working with community leaders, we could develop partnerships by which we could address basic needs of particularly poor households.”

During his talk, Holcombe discussed the Millennium Development Goal program, which he described as “an approach to human development worked out with heads of state at the U.N. in New York in the year 2000.”

The program focuses on the achievement of certain priority goals, includ-

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ALLEVIATING POVERTY: Dr. Arthur Holcombe spoke at the Heller School last Friday. ing the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, achievement of universal primary education, promotion of gender equality, reduction of child mortality, improvement of maternal health, combating of HIV/AIDS and

other diseases, assurance of environmental stability and the development of a global partnership for development.

“What I was trying to show was that it was possible to take what was being

highlighted in the millennium goals and relate it back to the community needs in two townships in Shangri-la County in Yunnan province [in China],” said Holcombe.

To achieve some of the goals laid out in the Millennium Development program, TPAF aims to create a sustainable livelihood improvement, support environmental protection and preserve the Tibetan culture in 1,500 poor households.

Holcombe said that TPAF feels that it is important to cooperate with governments and NGOs because cooperation is an important element in achieving “longer-term continuity of the kind of work we are doing and its expansion and replication elsewhere.”

Other planned speakers include Steven Block, associate professor of International Economics at Tufts’ Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and Joanne Dunn, executive director of the North American Indian Center of Boston. Topics of discussion range from rural development and food security to the availability of higher education. Prof. Susan Holcombe (HELLER) told the Justice in an e-mail that the series is “primarily for the Master of Arts students but open to other students and faculty.”

Master of Arts in Sustainable International Development student Isabel Joao (GRAD) made the concluding remarks at the Holcombe event.

Joao wrote in an e-mail to the Justice, “The talk was an echo of what we have been learning and encouraged to do inside the classrooms and certainly add a very pertinent, practical and refreshing insight into our own perspectives as development practitioners.”

By FIONA LOCKYER JUSTICE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Toby Walters, a registered nurse in both New York and Massachusetts, has been chosen as the new co-director of the Health Center six months after the resignation of Kathleen Maloney, the Health Center’s former nursing director and co-administrator.

Dean of Student Life Rick Sawyer, who announced Walters’ selection in a campuswide e-mail last Friday, wrote in the e-mail that Walters will start her new position Feb. 8. “[Walters] has had broad clinical, administrative, and public health experience over her career and has worked with young adults in her previous settings,” wrote Health Center Medical Director Dr. Debra Poaster in an email to the Justice.

Poaster has been filling some of Maloney’s responsibilities, including attending meetings and spending time in the Health Center.

Walters could not be reached for comment by press time.

Walters will “serve as the operations manager in the Health Center and will be the chief liaison between the Health Center and many communities within the University,” wrote Dr. Poaster.

Maloney retired in August after working at the Health Center for 11 years.

The Justice reported Oct. 6 that the University expected to hire a new director in August, but interviews with candidates were postponed due to scheduling difficulties.

Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center, which operates the Health Center, worked with the University to choose Walters, the “only qualified candidate to be interview[ed] by Brandeis,” wrote Chair of the Student Health Advisory Committee Jordan Caruso ’11 in an e-mail to the Justice. “[The members of the Student Health Advisory Committee] thought [Walters] was very qualified and open to student input about the health center,” Caruso wrote in his e-mail.

Other members of the Student Health Advisory Committee who were involved in the selection process were Student Union Treasurer Daniel Acheampong ’11, Brandeis Emergency Medical Corps’ Director of Operations Daniel Litwok ’10, Julia Rabkin ’11 and Alexandra Kriss ’11. “[The Student Health Advisory Committee] were kept in the loop on the search for candidates by [Sawyer]. When Beth Israel found a suitable candidate for interview, [Student Union President Andy Hogan] emailed myself and [Rabkin] and asked if we could meet with [Walters]. After meeting with her, [Hogan] and later [Sawyer] asked me to write up an opinion of what the Committee thought of [Walters] (we were in favor of hiring her),” Caruso wrote in his e-mail.

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After the “necessary” war Asbed Kotchikian, a lecturer at the Global Studies department at Bentley University and an expert in the social, politcal and cultural context in ex-Soviet spaces, spoke about the sociocultural-political landscape of Afghanistan during the event, “Afghanistan After the ‘Necessary’ War,” sponsored by the Center for German and European Studies.

INDIA: Reinharz to speak on sustainability CONTINUED FROM 1 on higher education in a global environment for the University not just to serve students while they are on campus, but to build connections to continue to reach them and their communities over the course of their lives,” Reinharz wrote.

Singh explained that her familiarity with India will enable her to assist Reinharz as a liaison throughout his trip.

“Hopefully, the result of this trip

will be that [Reinharz] will see the network we have in India and be able to tell the Brandeis community the opportunities we have for them and show our alumni that this is a relationship we hope to further in the long term,” she said.

Terris, who said in an interview with the Justice that this will be his third trip to India for the purpose of strengthening the country’s ties with Brandeis, explained that he was assisting Reinharz to help him build on the connections he had

established on prior trips.

“We want to solidify contact with global connections, which will provide more opportunity for our students to study and work in India, and for our faculty to be engaged in research partnership,” he said.

Reinharz wrote that his talk will focus on sustainability and social justice in today’s globalized world.

“I will discuss the critical importance of institutions of higher education in addressing the pressing problems of globalized society,

from the need to conserve the environment of the planet to the need to more effectively combat poverty and promote social justice,” Reinharz wrote in his e-mail.

Singh explained that this trip will also display a commitment to building on the University’s South Asian Studies program, which began three years ago.

“This trip will show that the South Asian Studies program here is doing more and creating a network,” she said.

RULING: UJ rules in favor of Student Union CONTINUED FROM 1 Student Union Constitution because he was not a Brandeis undergraduate at the time; and that Aronin acted appropriately by following Hogan’s directions.

According to the UJ’s decision, the court “disagree[s] with Respondent’s first argument, find the second to be prima facie valid yet ultimately critically uninvolved and fundamentally flawed, and expressly reject the third.”

Aronin said that she still firmly believes that “unless you are a member of the undergraduate student body, you should not be able to amend the constitution because it doesn’t apply to you.” She continued to say that Freed should have begun the amendment process from the beginning of fall 2009 because his status had changed from undergraduate to graduate student and the sponsors on the amendment were no longer valid.

Aronin said that she was not surprised by the UJ’s decision but still felt that she had not “willfully corrupted” the Union Constitution.

She said that the amendment was submitted to her improperly, and she felt like she would have been doing something wrong if she pushed the amendment through.

When asked whether she would take any other action relating to this issue, Aronin said that people were suggesting that she run again but, “at this point, the Student Union and how they have handled this entire situation, I’m really just disappointed in all of them, and it’s not something I

ner at Watchtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, a business law firm in New York.

“I have actively participated in search committee meetings and as a former chair of the Board of Trustees and the investment and budget and finance committees, as well as a current member of the executive committee, I am wellversed in university matters. So it's a seamless transition, and my objective is to move this process along,” Kay wrote in an e-mail to the Justice.

Kay also wrote in his e-mail, “[Koplow] did a very good job of getting [the Presidential Search Committee] to this point and we will continue on that path. The dynamics of this committee have been great due to the mix of talented, committed people who are serving and I expect that to continue.”

When asked if faculty members have nominated other candidates for the presidential post, Sherman wrote in an email to the Justice, “The nominating process is confidential and the committee will not publicly release those details. An exception was made in [Koplow’s] case because of the unique situation.”

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It’s a seamless transition, and my objective is to move this process along.

STEPHEN KAY

In an update on the Presidential Search Web site last night, Kay announced the selection of the search firm Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates, “a minority- and female-owned business specializing in executive-level searches for colleges, universities, independent schools and notfor-profits” to help in the search process.

Storbeck/Pimentel, which is based in Philadelphia and Los Angeles, has conducted presidential searches at Dartmouth College, Wellesley College and Rice University, among others.

“Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates will assist Brandeis in recruiting, interviewing, reference and background checks and overall guidance as we conduct the search,” Kay wrote in the online update.

One of the managing partners, Shelly Weiss Storbeck, and partner Charles Bunting will lead the Storbeck/Pimentel team on the presidential search.

Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates could not be reached by press time.

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DECISION MAKER: Chief Justice Judah Marans ’11 wrote the unanimous decision which was released to the public on Sunday. want to be a part of anymore.” “[Hogan] was not held enough accountable. … I was not trying to hide behind him or put the blame on him; it was just that he did, in fact, take responsibility for it,” she said.

Although the Union Senate censured

Hogan for his role in the failure to submit the referendum, he was not held responsible by the UJ in their decision.

Hogan said in a later interview that the Union needs to move on from the dispute and focus on student con-

cerns. He said “I feel that [Aronin] was a great secretary and did everything we needed her to. While I’m very disappointed at the Judiciary’s decision, I understand that they felt they were doing what was constitutional.”

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A culture of overachievers

Dr. Hilary Levey speaks about a new brand of competitive children

By SARAH GILSON JUSTICE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The bell rings at exactly 8:25 a.m.

You scurry to class, where you do math and English exercises for about three hours. Then you take a 30-minute lunch break, immediately followed by three more hours of class. At exactly 2:50 p.m. your mother picks you up in her minivan (decked out with swiveling chairs and a DVD player) and takes you to activity number one: lacrosse practice. You spend a little over an hour there before your mother pulls up at 4:30 and dashes you off to the next activity: voice lesson. At 6, the lesson ends and your mother arrives. You have exactly 45 minutes of free time before you have to be at your dance class, so you pick up fast food and eat it while doing some of your homework in the car. At 6:45 you hop out of the car and head into dance class, which goes until 9 p.m. You get home by about 9:25, and you start doing about two hours worth of homework before finally passing out somewhere around 11:30. The next morning you wake up at 6:45 a.m. and do it all over again. Feeling tired yet? You are only eleven years old.

On Thursday, Jan. 28, Brandeis University’s Sociology department sponsored a talk by Dr. Hilary Levey. Levey, who earned a Ph.D. from Princeton and was a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy at Harvard University, spoke to members of the Brandeis Community about her dissertation: “Playing to Win: Childhood, Competition, and the Credentials Bottleneck.” The talk—the second one this year in a slew of talks from the department’s colloquia series—was held in Pearlman Lounge at 3 p.m.

Levey opened her talk with an amusing anecdote about the “Levy

family,” an overachieving bunch who hail from Long Island, where the children partake in so many after-school activities they are actually pulled early from class to complete all of their extracurriculars.

Essentially, the bulk of Levey’s work centers around this new subculture of children—and their parents— who focus so intensely on cultivating impressive résumés that their worlds revolve around participating in as many varied after-school activities as possible.

Three main case studies served as the foundation of her research: chess, dance and soccer, arguably three of the most popular after school activities for modern children. She did 172 interviews with parents, elementary school-aged children and teachers and coaches in the course of her research, and she worked with 95 families.

Levey, who is a petite woman with a sunny disposition, introduced her research with the question “Why do so many families end up spending their afternoons and weekends as part of this mad dash? More specifically, why has this mad dash become so competitive?”

An explanation for this competitive culture, Levey rationalized, is “driven by parents’ demand for credentials for their children, which they see as a necessary and often sufficient condition for entry into the upper middle class and the good life that accompanies it.”

Levey broke it down to three primary causes for this competitive culture. She described “busy-ness,” citing parents working outside the home more, children engaging in more activities and family life in general as being busier as contributing factors. Levey also discussed “competitiveness.” Over the years, she noted, there has progressively

been an increase in “competitive spirit” integrated into children’s activities. No longer is the emphasis on “Everyone is a winner”—now it’s all about being the best, getting the largest trophy and standing out.

“Crazy-ness” is a result of children competing at younger ages and helicopter parents—a term used to describe parents who smother their children and pay extremely close attention to their children’s lives.

In an effort to explain this trend and “to explore the ways in which winning has become central to the lives of American children,” Levey came up with the concept of the “competitive habitus.” Levey uses the habitus as an explanation “for the lessons and skills children gain from participating in competitive activities.” She narrowed the habitus down to five learned core lessons that differ from other activities due to their competitive nature: internalizing the importance of winning, bouncing back from a loss to win in the future, learning how to succeed given time limits, learning how to perform in stressful situations and being able to perform under the gaze of others.

Levey noted that for families with children like this, extracurriculars can cost upwards of “five figures a year,” which begs the question: how do parents rationalize their children’s excessive activities? Levey says that three “conventions” exist for parents in their efforts to explain why their children do so many activities. Parents will explain that their children actually really do like the activities, that children are inclined to participate more often because their friends are participating in the activities and that the activity itself will help their child (i.e. dance will keep their child fit and provide an outlet for excess energy).

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ANALYZING CULTURE: Dr. Hilary Levey spoke about competitive culture on Jan 28.

Toward the end of her talk, Levey shifted her focus to girls, because she found that they were the gender that was most commonly a part of this competitive culture. Levey found that more often the daughters of highly successful parents, like lawyers or bankers, tend to want to train their daughters to be more aggressive, with the opportunity to become CEOs and presidents if they so choose.

Sociology major Ali Theodore ’12, who attended Levey’s talk, wrote in an e-mail to the Justice that “I found the speaker to be very interesting.

She spoke about athletics (chess, soccer, and dance) and how parents feel the need to involve their children in as many activities as possible at a young age because of the fear that

they will not develop the competitive skills needed to be successful in life.”

Prof. David Cunningham (SOC) also enjoyed in the lecture and wrote in an e-mail to the Justice, “It would have been difficult to come away from Hilary Levey's presentation without thinking differently about children and competition. I really enjoyed how her sharp, rigorous, and often funny take on the worlds of competitive chess, soccer, and dance opened a new window on the workings of families, social class, gender and status.”

Levey concluded her talk with this statement: “For now it’s clear that these children I have studied are being raised to play to win, and I don’t see that changing in the near future.”

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ATTENTIVE LISTENIERS: Dr. Levey’s lecture was titled “Playing to Win: Childhood, Competition, and the Credentials Bottleneck” and was held in Pearlman Lounge. It was sponsored by the Sociology department.

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Youth empowerment through education

PHOTO COURTESY OF SHAINA GILBERT

CAMP IN A CLASSROOM: This past summer, Shaina Gilbert ’10 founded a camp in Hinche, Haiti called Empowering Through Education. The camp provided students with classes in math, English and leadership training.

PHOTO COURTESY OF SHAINA GILBERT

JUDGES FAN: ETE camp had 43 campers.

PHOTO COURTESY OF SHAINA GILBERT

COUNSELOR AND FRIEND: Gilbert hopes to to continue the camp again this summer despite obstacles created by the recent earthquake in Haiti.

Shaina Gilbert ’10 started a summer camp in Hinche, Haiti

By TESS RASER JUSTICE EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

In Haiti this past summer, Shaina Gilbert ’10 didn’t see images of destruction and suffering.

Instead, as she spent three-and-a-half weeks working at a camp she created called Empowering Through Education in Hinche, Haiti, she saw a vast countryside, a vibrant social life and a strong population of hopeful youth.

The camp, which is geared toward eightto 11year-olds, provides students with classes in math, English and leadership training.

Before last summer, Gilbert, who is Haitian and a Boston native, had not been to Haiti since she was eight years old. However, when Gilbert’s uncle began working on a project geared towards helping Haitian youth in 2008, she was eager to help.

“My uncle [was] in Florida, and they had ... these trailers that they used for schools. They don’t use them anymore, ... [so we had] been trying to get them down to Haiti [to use as schools],” says Gilbert, who is double majoring in Sociology and Health: Science, Society and Policy.

Still, getting the trailers down to Haiti was not as easy as Gilbert and her uncle had anticipated, and in the end, they were unable to do so.

Nevertheless, Gilbert wanted to help Haitian youth, and in December 2008, she had the idea of starting an educational summer camp. She soon started working with her father, who became the camp’s overseeing advisor, on the project.

“My father and I decided to do [the camp] in my mother’s hometown [of Hinche]. A lot of my mom’s family is there, so we had appropriate resources,” says Gilbert.

Gilbert’s uncle, who lives in Hinche, hosted Gilbert, her father and the other American camp counselors over the summer. Gilbert says that her uncle’s familiarity with the community of

Hinche was a big asset as he helped them secure a location for the camp and attract campers.

“It was not too hard in terms of [attracting campers]. [The camp has] ... free food, something to do over the summer and academics. My uncle went out to families he knew to gather interest,” says Gilbert.

Gilbert had a particular interest in bringing in the more vulnerable children from the area to camp. Gilbert and her uncle did informal interviewing to select the 43 children who would attend the camp.

"We created our own curriculum. I was a counselor at a youth leadership conference. I [pulled] my ideas from Brandeis classes, ice breakers [from being a Community Advisor], asking other teachers, asking the Haitian people to see what they were learning in school [and] just pulling together resources we had,” says Gilbert.

After the curriculum was established, Gilbert began recruiting counselors, including Adora Gaul ’10, Carmelle Eloi ’11, JV Souffrant ’13 and Jillian Rexford ’13. All counselors are Transitional Year Program alumni and became a part of the camp through word of mouth.

Soon after, the Brandeis counselors began applying for and receiving grants and scholarships for ETE camp.

“I got the WOW scholarship [through Hiatt Career Center] to start the camp. After that, we got money from Haitian non-profits in Boston.

Then just small things like tabling, dorm storms and my church [brought in money],” says Gilbert.

In addition to that funding, Gaul received the Rapaporte Women’s Scholarship, which enabled ETE camp to work with the mothers of the campers.

“We did a women’s group once a week about women’s health because of that extra grant,”

says Gilbert.

When they arrived in Hinche, the group also had to adjust to living without electricity, running water and regular meals. Unlike most college students on summer vacation, they woke up around 6 a.m.

At the camp, Gilbert noticed the cultural differences between American and Haitian children.

“Before every meal they would pray. The first day [after the students prayed] they all looked at me. I didn’t know why they were looking at me and then at the food. They wouldn’t eat without permission,” says Gilbert.

In addition to the Brandeis counselors, Gilbert’s father taught math with a retired teacher. There were also two assistant counselors who were ages 15 and 16. The assistants, along with a custodian and two cooks, were paid.

This was helpful in creating a few jobs in the area.

The 43 campers all came from different socioeconomic backgrounds.

“Some kids, because of their background ... will be future leaders in the area. And for them to be with kids who are daughters of their servants is amazing,” says Gilbert.

Still, Gilbert tried to make sure that no child was treated differently than another. She made sure all the children knew each other’s names and made all children wear the same T-shirts to camp.

Some counselors felt particularly affected by certain campers.

“I bonded with a kid named Betasidia. She was very timid, couldn’t read or write. She actually worked for her family and was only eight.

So, the fact that she could come was great. In a week of the camp, her confidence was sky-high.

I really connected with her because she opened up with me,” says Rexford.

Souffrant connected with a boy named Lougenski.

“We told the kids we were going to play soccer, and [Lougenski’s] skills at such a young age were astonishing,” says Souffrant.

Lougenski was not the only student who excelled at soccer. In the evenings, after the sun had gone down and it was not as miserably hot, residents of Hinche would organize mini soccer games called Ti Souri.

The group also enjoyed the local nightlife separate from the kids. They went to outdoor clubs that revealed Haiti’s beauty.

“It was a lot of Spanish and Haitian dance music under the stars,” says Rexford.

On their night excursions, the counselors got to know the locals, whom they called the kindest people in the world.

“Haitians will give you the shirt off their backs,” says Rexford.

Although the earthquakes did not physically affect the countryside that the Brandeis counselors easily came to love, many Port Au Prince refugees have been pouring into the region of Hinche.

Gilbert expresses concern over the large amounts of evacuees in the area but is confident that the camp will continue stronger then ever this coming summer. She and the other counselors, who all hope to return, will be going through trauma training to better prepare themselves for kids who have potentially lost loved ones.

There is also the fear of evacuees still being in Hinche this upcoming summer and potentially using the school that the ETE camp used.

Still, Gilbert is hopeful that things will ultimately work out.

“Even if it’s eight kids in my uncle’s backyard, more than ever [the camp] needs to happen this year,” says Gilbert.

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HANNAH L. KIRSCH, Editor in Chief J OANNA SCHORR, Senior Editor B RIAN FROMM, Deputy Editor ANDREA FINEMAN, Managing Editor ANYA B ERGMAN, REBECCA B LADY, SHANA D. LEBOWITZ and MAX B REITSTEIN MATZA Associate Editors NASHRAH RAHMAN and HARRY SHIPPS, News Editors REBECCA KLEIN, Features Editor HILLEL B UECHLER, Acting Forum Editor J OSH ASEN, Sports Editor SARAH BAYER, Arts Editor ASHER KRELL and ROBYN SPECTOR, Acting Photography Editors B RIAN N. B LUMENTHAL, Layout Editor EMILY KRAUS, Acting Copy Editor B RAD STERN, Advertising Editor

New C3 program unnecessary Next year, the Department of Community Living will introduce Common Cause Communities, a program that allows students with similar interests to live together in the same residence halls. The department has designated separate C3 areas for each class year: a community engagement program for first-years, an alternative spring break for sophomores, a substance awareness program for juniors and a balanced living house for seniors. While this editorial board understands the DCL’s motivation in trying to create original and improved oncampus living situations, we see this initiative as an inefficient use of the University’s resources.

It is likely that instead of attracting groups of students interested in community service or wellness, these communities will instead appeal to students who want to guarantee a spot in campus housing.

While it seems a good idea to secure some spots for seniors in Ridgewood Quad, these seniors will not necessarily create the kind of Balanced Living House the DCL envisions. If the University relocated these programs to the Charles River Apartments, for example, they would then find students genuinely passionate about volunteer service or wellness and not about living in a brand-new apartment.

These new living communities also seem a largely unnecessary addition to campus life. It makes sense for firstyear students with a shared enthusiasm for community service to live together and form a group of friends

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with similar interests. However, there appears to be little reason why sophomores and upperclassmen need to live together in order to plan a spring break trip or learn about healthy lifestyles. Students who are interested in these types of activities can already join appropriate clubs or student organizations.

Student life at Brandeis will not necessarily benefit from increased DCL programming. Instead of allocating time and money to organizing new types of living communities, the University should use these resources to help solve other, bigger problems in the area of campus housing. Recently, the University opted for temporary fixes to ongoing problems in residence life: This year’s midyears live in the Village, and sophomores will have the option to join them there starting next semester. The University’s efforts would be better spent creating permanent solutions to housing problems by renovating the Charles River Apartments, for example.

In theory, C3 areas are a creative part of the DCL’s mission to focus on more than just the physical dormitories on campus. However, there are other, less costly means of achieving a similar purpose. The DCL might restrict these programs to just firstyears, for example. If Brandeis really wants to implement these programs and substantially improve campus life for students, it should wait until the University has sufficient funds to expend on these plans.

Resolve space issues in library While overcrowding due to increased enrollment may be a nuisance for those students who eat in the dining halls or who find themselves in lofted triples in the residence halls, there’s another type of overcrowding affecting our academics.

Goldfarb Library is overflowing with books that have nowhere to go.

Students conducting research in the library aren’t hindered by a library with meager offerings—rather, in a library with thousands of books, we are thwarted by disorganization. A lack of shelf space has resulted in a library where stacks of books lie unshelved, sometimes for months.

Though the library’s catalog may list a book as “on shelf,” such a designation may not be accurate.

Students and professors alike complain of books not being where they should be.

This disorganization isn’t caused by poor management: There’s simply nowhere for the books to go. Frequent visitors to the library are undoubtedly familiar with the stacks of books labeled “doesn’t fit” scattered around the building.

In past years, Brandeis might have had the option to add space to the library, but since major renovations are unlikely in the current economic climate, there aren’t many options for LTS to make space for these books.

This editorial board believes that although an increased number of students on campus may benefit from the

Too many books unshelved many study areas located throughout Goldfarb and Farber, academics should nonetheless be a priority. LTS should consider converting some public study space to shelving space, perhaps by placing shelves in the Green Room.

While those students who frequent the Green Room, the many study areas on Goldfarb 1, and other areas within the library may despair at the notion that these spaces may be converted to book storage, the fact remains that the University provides study space in addition to student dorm rooms throughout classroom buildings, The Usdan Student Center, and the Shapiro Campus Center (although we note that this reinforces the fact that the planned additional increase in students seems like a poor idea). Books, on the other hand, cannot easily be annexed to spaces outside of Goldfarb and the Gerstenzang Science Library.

We recognize that LTS is hardly to blame. Due to economic trouble, the library has had to cut back on employment hours for student workers who help shelve the books. Furthermore, according to LTS there are no current plans to reorganize the library and find shelf space for the overflow books.

We hope that the University keeps these issues in mind and that in the future, when the University’s financial situation has stabilized, they become a priority.

Devaluing my diploma

By JOANNA SCHORR JUSTICE EDITOR

I expected many things of my final semester at Brandeis. I expected to be nervous about law school applications, excited to start the next chapter in my life and simply happy about spending my last semester having fun at the place where I have spent the last 3 1/2 years.

What I didn’t expect to feel, however, was disappointment with the University that I was so thrilled to be accepted to as a high school senior.

Most students feel less than elated about a less-thansatisfactory class or a decision the University has made regarding tuition during their undergraduate careers, but those feelings hardly compare to my own disappointment. When I applied to Brandeis, this University was noted as one of the most up-and-coming universities in the United States. I was hugely proud to be afforded the opportunity to graduate with a degree that would help me get into graduate school or give me a leg up while finding a job. Now when I tell people I go to Brandeis, their only response is, “Oh, the school that wanted to close the Rose Art Museum?”

I understand that we are in troubling economic waters here. I also understand that the University needs to make changes in order to carry on. What I don’t understand is why the quality of education Brandeis students are receiving will take a nosedive in order to compensate for economic issues.

Cutting departmental programs to save money starting over five years from now, as the University plans to do, seems like a fairly extreme measure to me. Perhaps it would seem more appropriate if there were some form of financial figures to back it up. Without such figures, I am hard-pressed to see how possibly cutting the Classical Studies major will save the University from a financially murky future, and although I am not a Philosophy major, I fear that this major will be cut, like Tulane University cut its Philosophy major—I know that as a college applicant I would have been extremely wary about applying to a school lacking such a basic collegiate major. I don’t think I am the only one.

Student enrollment, as anyone trying to get a sandwich for lunch in the Usdan Student Center can attest to, has increased dramatically. I can see how admitting more students will increase financial gain. What I can’t see is how decreasing the student-professor ratio will benefit anyone. Although Brandeis is currently raking in students, what quality of student will be applying after we cut off the main function of the University—academics—at its head? The type of student who, in the past, has applied to Brandeis has valued small class sizes and accessible professors. Those key features of the University certainly tipped the scales in where I chose to apply. Moreover, the overcrowding proved to actually hurt my education during my latest round of finals since study space was so limited on campus that people resorted to studying in the unbelievably distracting Shapiro Campus Center Atrium.

Overcrowding is not limited to the dining halls, classes or study areas. There are too many students trying to sleep in too few beds. While the simple and obvious answer to this problem seems to be either building more dorms or having more students move off campus, the University has opted to crack on deadlines for study abroad applications. A huge factor in my decision to come to Brandeis was the University’s encouragement of students who wanted to study abroad. I did not decide where I wanted to go or if I even wanted to go abroad until days before the October deadline for the Brandeis application that was in place last fall. Studying abroad was easily one of the most fantastic experiences of my life, an experience that, quite frankly, I probably would have missed out on if I had to make that decision in the fall of my sophomore year. The type of students Brandeis should be attracting are those who are inclined to explore the world outside of Waltham, students who looked at our fantastic study abroad opportunities and truly wanted to take advantage to make the most of their education.

For such a young institution, Brandeis has become a leader in academics. With the quality of a Brandeis education deteriorating, I am not sure how much longer we can hold on to that image. Closing the Rose, although a poor publicity move, doesn’t seem so as horrible to me when the quality of my education is at risk. Sell the art if you have to; don’t sell my education down the river.

I believe, with such drastic changes falling out of the sky, that it’s reasonable to worry about the value of my degree post-graduation, a worry I would have scoffed at four years ago.

OP-BOX Quote of the Week “There are a lot of contractors doing plantings [and] replacements. … If we shifted to perennials, we might reduce our landscaping budget.”

—Lisa Andersen of the Schneid er Institute for Health Policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at an open forum on University financial efficiency (See News, page 9).

Brandeis Talks Back What do you think of the Union Judiciary’s decision to remove the secretary from office?

ANDREW MANDEL ’11 “I think that it was a poor decision because Diana Aronin did a great job as secretary, and her impeachment was wrong and unfair.”

JARED GROSSMAN ’13 “It is erroneous.”

SYDNEY APPELBAUM ’13 “If someone doesn’t do what they have to do, then it’s our responsibility to remove them from office.”

TAMAR SCHNECK ‘13 “I think it was an unfair decision and that there should be an appeals system here, because this is a prime example of a decision that should be appealed.”

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Learning to love our machines

Delay major academic changes Regarding your article “Rethink academic restructuring” (Forum, Jan. 26): In addition to the points made in this editorial, it would be wisest to defer making any major changes in academic offerings until the new president of the University is chosen.

Changes at this level should be approved and implemented under the aegis of the leader who will have to work with the consequences of them.

—Meredith Warshaw, MA ’87

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COOPER DOWN TO BUSINESS

Ever since ninth grade, I have owned a fair amount of stock in Apple. It wasn’t until this week—with the long-awaited announcement of the iPad— that I seriously considered selling my shares and cashing in my chips.

The iPad is supposed to be Apple’s newest and biggest deal. Thousands of tech geeks have eagerly awaited the release of this product. After all, the company has a history of revamping the technology market. The iPod revolutionized the way we listen to music, and Macbooks permeate every college campus. But when Apple CEO Steve Jobs, unveiled the big surprise —which looks much like an iPod on steroids—many shareholders (including me) were left with a slight scowl, and a simple one-word question: Huh? You see, the iPad seems—at least at first glance—to be an utterly ridiculous product, truly a waste of money and hype. Critics have pointed out that the product is merely a jumbo iPod, which boasts nothing more than a cool e-book program and a 9.7-inch screen.

But it costs $500 and lacks many features, including a camera, a USB port and the ability to run multiple programs at once. The list goes on and on.

Comedians have also joined the anti-iPad camp. Some have noticed that the typical Bostonian may have a hard time pronouncing the difference between “iPod” and “iPad.” Some have aptly pointed out that Apple could have chosen a less ironic name for the product; a 2005 Mad TV sketch jokingly predicted that Apple would one day release an “iPad” as a feminine hygiene product. And, just for kicks and giggles, everyone should search iPad on YouTube and watch Adolf Hitler’s response to the product. Yes, you read that correctly.

Apparently, someone very clever decided to take a scene from a World War II movie and insert subtitles that depict the evil dictator bemoaning the faulty iPad and the features it lacks.

But regardless of your opinion on the product, the debut comes at a time when Americans are more obsessed than ever with their technology. Love it or hate it, everyone is talking about it. Every major newspaper covered the iPad debut. Our technology addiction is confirmed by a study described in a recent New York Times article. The study found that children between

Univ restructuring plan doesn’t pay In response to your article “Academic programs to face cuts” (News, Jan. 26): Rather than eliminating programs, I think the University needs to think long and hard about either how to maintain these programs while saving money, or about how much money will actually be saved by eliminating them.

A program like Medieval and Renaissance Studies employs professors already firmly employed in the History, Art History, English (Literature), and other departments, and would be very easy to maintain at no extra cost.

What does it actually cost the University to have courses which are already being taught by professors who are already here and firmly entrenched in core departments such as History, Art and Literature?

What does it cost the University to have these courses, in disparate departments, count on someone’s transcript as an established major or minor in “Medieval and Renaissance Studies”?

Just about nothing, I should think. The only way I can imagine that a Medieval and Renaissance Studies program costs the university more than having these professors teach these classes without it counting as a major or minor would be if the costs were in excessive, unnecessary back office administration and bureaucracy.

Whether we have a Medieval and Renaissance Studies program or not, Prof.

Kapelle (HIST) will continue to go on lecturing on medieval history for the History department, and will continue to get paid.

And if he leaves and is not replaced, that would create a very serious gap in the University’s (specifically the History Department’s) offerings—a very serious problem.

Whether we have a “program” in it or not, medieval history, Renaissance art and the like are crucial core subjects that every university ought to be teaching.

So I don’t see where the University thinks it is going to be getting any great savings out of cutting these programs.

—Travis Seifman ’04

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the ages of 8 and 18 “spend more than seven and a half hours a day with … devices, compared with less than six and a half hours five years ago, when the [same] study was last conducted.”

How pathetic. Look at us. Here we are, a possessed generation that is fascinated by nothing more than a larger version of a product we already know. Are we blind? Even a caveman wouldn’t be that impressed. It would be like if he proudly showed us his newest, improved, newer and larger rock that happened to look much like his older and smaller one.

So, I am left with this burning question: Are these really the things that excite us?

The answer to the question may be yes.

And true, this may seem pathetic. We seem to be a lost generation. Less than half a century ago, Americans eagerly watched as men were landing on the moon. And now, in 2010, even when NASA finds water on the moon (that’s right, if you haven’t yet heard, more than two months ago we found that our moon contains H2O), all we seem to care about is our brand new supersized iPod. But maybe we are approaching this from the wrong angle? Maybe, just maybe, the iPad is something worth buying (at least, when the price comes down). After all, experts have said that the innovative applications this product has may help the auto industry, as well as hospitals, musicians and college students. Some have even envisioned the iPad to be somewhat like a TV: Every

house will own three or four, and they will just “lie around” for everyone to use.

I am very tempted to bash our generation and our pointless addiction to seemingly useless technology. It’s a really easy case to make. But after giving the iPad much thought, I’ve concluded that this may not be the right route.

A recent article in the Oxford University Press Blog puts it concisely: “Writing was developed not to transcribe speech but to keep records of inventory. Pencils were developed by cabinet makers to make cut marks on wood, not for writing words or drawing pictures. Computers were invented to crunch numbers, not process words.” In other words, we have no idea where the iPad will take us. Sure, it’s easy to make fun of it and ourselves for being obsessed with it. But people also thought that the iPhone would be a silly, overpriced product. People laughed at the thought of landing men on the moon.

But somehow, our innovations prove to defy logic.

Here’s what Apple taught me this week: Our generation will never be weaned off technology. It is only a matter of time before books are outdated, along with our iPods and computers. So what can we do about it?

Hold onto our stock. Maybe our fascinations are not such a bad thing. Instead of being upset about how blind we are and how terrible it is that all we care about is the digital world, we should embrace our addiction as an exciting development in the human story.

Mom and Dad: Ideal role models for trustee-faculty relationship Rebecca

BLADY MAELSTRÖM

Every so often, certain situations seem to throw me back to the days of my youth. I had decisions to make, and I didn’t want to make them. So to whom did I turn? Mom and Dad, of course. In some cases, only my mother could counsel me on subjects like the cliquey girls in my class and the blatant stupidity of prepubescent boys. Other times, I sought advice from my father on issues such as learning to drive and the most effective ways to exercise.

Naturally, I would never ask my father about how to deal with cliquey girls (he could never understand). Nor would I ask my mother to teach me to drive (it would only raise her heart rate too much for her own good). But all in all, I was set. I had my father to consult for some things, my mother for others. Mixing up their notably distinct roles would only hinder the progress of my development. (And asking my father about how to deal with things like PMS? I was smarter than that.)

Admittedly, the heart-wrenching decisions of

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the good old awkward age don’t exactly parallel any decision a college student needs to make today—let alone any decision an institution needs to make, especially under dire circumstances. But with the formation of the Brandeis 2020 Committee, which aims to develop strategies for cost-efficient restructuring within the College of Arts and Sciences, I suspect that the line between “mom” and “dad”—in this case, trustees and faculty—may start to blur.

According to the results of a survey released Friday by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, the trustee-professor relationship appears fairly healthy but not as easily definable as the mom-dad distinction.

A Jan. 25 news article from Inside Higher Ed explains that both faculty and trustees could likely benefit from more education about the other’s role in university governance: “One board chair said: ‘Faculty and trustees approach the institution with differing perspectives: the faculty tend to look at the present— the students, current programs, their effectiveness. The trustees’ responsibility is to approach the institution with a view toward the long term—the resources, facilities, programs, personnel, students, and alumni—to ensure that the institution moving forward has the ability to deliver its education in increasingly effective ways and with the resources to ensure long-term well being. That difference in per-

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This message should bear strong implications for the University as our Board of Trustees and perpetually growing number of faculty committees proceed to handle this budget crisis. Tension is already brewing.

According to the Jan. 26 issue of the Justice, American Studies Chair Prof. Joyce Antler called it “unprecedented” for a trustee to address faculty directly. Perhaps Antler has a point: If the Board of Trustees’ primary job concerns the University’s long-term security in terms of practical resources necessary to maintain a prestigious academic institution, maybe the establishment of the Brandeis 2020 Committee is nothing but a dangerous imposition upon our faculty. Professors, whose chief concern is simply educating students, should not be burdened with the process of combining resources and restructuring academic departments. This responsibility lies in the hands of the Board.

But like the CARS committee, the Brandeis 2020 Committee will only make recommendations to the Board of Trustees and not actual decisions. The article from Inside Higher Ed states, “The report discourages the placement of faculty members on boards but encourages their inclusion on board committees, especially those dealing with academic issues.” And to be fair, who should know better about academic

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issues than professors? Examining individual departments and programs (or some of them, anyway) at the source could in theory provide helpful information about which programs work and which tend to straggle.

However, since last year’s debacle with CARS and its ineffective recommendations for restructuring academic programs, targeted departments like American Studies remain wary of the Board of Trustees’ goals of resource-sharing collaboration. Now, with every academic program under scrutiny, professors have every right to be overprotective of their departments, considering the University has just placed their life passions in jeopardy.

Is it fair or necessary to force the faculty into such a tense situation? On the surface, it wouldn’t seem unreasonable to seek advice from experts on the inner workings of academia. But at the same time, it seems all too similar to making my father discuss his feelings on the churlish interactions among 12-year-old girls.

I realize it may be a bit much to expect the trustees and the faculty to nurture our University like a prepubescent adolescent; I’m not asking for that. Everyone involved, without a doubt, has the University’s best interests at heart. But as both bodies continue to seek a solution to our depleting budget, they should take care to recognize and respect the inherent differences in their approaches.

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An open letter to President Reinharz

GRIM ACADEMIC CUTS

By ILENE LEFLAND

SPECIAL TO THE JUSTICE

Dear President Reinharz, I am writing as a parent of a Brandeis University first-year and member of the Brandeis Swimming and Diving Team. Having had the opportunity to watch the Judges compete against Trinity College yesterday, I felt compelled to write you to express my thoughts about the team’s tenuous future.

While my son, Aaron, matriculated at Brandeis fully aware that due to the condition of the pool there might not be a swim team after his first year, I must tell you that his first-year experience has been enhanced immeasurably by his participation on the team and that losing that opportunity would leave a large gap in his life on campus next year. As a member of the team, Aaron was immediately welcomed into a close and caring community of student athletes who share his love of competitive swimming. That type of camaraderie cannot be replaced. He learned quickly how to manage his time to accommodate both a demanding academic schedule and a rigorous training routine—a skill that will serve him well throughout his entire life. And although he was not as strong as many of the older swimmers, he committed himself to working hard to improve his performance, in the process learning an invaluable lesson: You can do anything if you try.

In addition to the benefits my son has gained from his participation on the swim team, I have been extraordinarily impressed by the character, spirit and determination of the team as a whole. Despite the obstacles posed by practicing and competing at other area colleges’ pools, this team has risen to the challenge to produce a remarkable 6-1 record so far this season—all with the knowledge that it might be its last. These team members clearly deserve to swim another day!

I wish you could have been at Trinity to witness their performance.

Aside from many personal bests, it was heartwarming to see how well they work together as a unit, encourage each other and share individual losses and victories. During Aaron’s recruiting visit to Brandeis, the team captain told him, “We’re not like the other teams, where everyone sits on the bench listening to their iPhones during the meet. We’re all rooting for each other.” That was certainly true at the Trinity event, where at the end of the meet, even Trinity’s coach pledged her team’s support for the Judges and their future.

While I understand how the current economy is impinging upon the ability to allocate the precious budget dollars needed to make the necessary repairs to the Brandeis pool, I believe that eliminating the swimming and diving program entirely would be shortsighted and foolhardy. As long as using neighboring pools remains an option, it should be pursued. And a more longterm plan for repairing or replacing the Linsey pool should become a priority. What kind of world-class university does not have a swimming pool? When I attended Cornell University, all students were required to take a swimming test. Those who did not pass had to take swimming classes for physical education.

As I watched a recent meet thinking, “This may be the last time I see Aaron swim,” I realized that I could not just sit by without expressing my opposition. I have also offered, and continue to offer, my assistance as a parent and public relations professional to help raise the funds needed to give the Judges a home pool. I would like nothing better than for you to take me up on that offer.

Editor’s note: The writer is the parent of Aaron Lefland ’13, a member of the swim team.

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KELLOGG SOUND AND FURY

The University’s announcement last week that certain academic programs will be phased out in upcoming years has incited fierce emotions and even fiercer words from many. I have no problem admitting that I am one of those who was greatly upset by the announcement, especially because I learned that my two intended majors, Classical Studies and Language and Linguistics, are both likely threatened by the dark shadow of the Grim Reaper’s scythe.

I suppose that I shouldn’t be surprised: Talks of shutting down our Linguistics program have been circulating since 2004 (although a successful restructuring of that program in 2006 quelled rumors for a while), and it was just last spring that the threat to our Classical Studies department—seemingly ever-present for the better part of the last decade—rose to such a level that the loyal students of the Classical Studies department were compelled to stage a protest. Still, despite the

fact that perhaps I should have seen this coming, I’m extremely dismayed. Due to my intended majors, I have been fortunate enough to experience firsthand the irrefutable value of a few of our tiny, even obscure departments here at Brandeis.

However, I’ve also been the recipient of the typical condescending reaction when I inform a stranger of my academic plan: “Oh, really?

That’s nice. But what are you going to do with that?” The intended subtext (or, occasionally, stated objection) implying that what I am planning on devoting my life to is useless.

This skepticism is annoying, to say the least. But there is one upside: It is what drives me and countless others to push ourselves further in our studies, to strive to show the world why our interests are so special and worthy of attention (and research money).

This occasional feeling of ostracism from the “mainstream” academic world is but one more factor that makes our relatively obscure programs here worthy of increased protection. Everybody can agree that there is something inherently glorious about being able to spend time with people who share the same passions as you, who can challenge and push you. I would also venture to say

that this is what makes our smaller departments—the ones likely on the chopping block right now—as mighty as they are small. Certain members of the administration have insinuated that these programs are small because they are weak and that this is why they will be cut. However, the passion present in the professors and students of these departments makes mediocrity nearly impossible.

After all, it takes a certain amount of chutzpah to stay in a field that you know many misunderstand and that requires constant defense but that you simply cannot quit.

Still, as wonderful as finding a cohort of like-minded individuals may be, there is also great value in going outside one’s supposed area of academic interest. After all, every area of academia is valuable and has something to teach, and a hermetic, self-imposed isolation will lead nowhere. Our core requirements more than take care of the need for a broadly based education. However, our classes are most useful when they the inspire conversations which benefit the atmosphere of free intellectual exchange that we enjoy here at Brandeis—an atmosphere that becomes endangered if we continue down a path that will not allow students to fully explore their passions.

This leads us to the issue of potential.

If students with interests tending toward the quirky are not given a sanctioned environment in which to explore their true passions, they will not be able to contribute as much to the intellectual life of the University.

I firmly believe that the long term repercussions from this would be truly harmful for the University, as any school cannot be truly great unless all of its constituent parts— namely, its students—are first pushed to their fullest potential.

Forgive me for these somewhat saccharine and idealistic ruminations. In a sense, I’m already mourning the loss of these awesome, albeit underappreciated, programs. After all, the administration has been threatening to cut programs for years, and as our financial situation has only deteriorated, it was almost inevitable that the day would come when some awful ultimatum would be finally handed down. And indeed, now we know when this date will be: March 23. It is true that decisions like these are ostensibly unpleasant to those who have to make them and that we can’t fairly blame any single individual. Still, it’s hard not to become angry or worry about the future of our University—and frankly, situations such as these make it appear as if we have good reason to fret.

Skyrocketing tution is a threat to higher education

By ELIZABETH STOKER JUSTICE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The classic academic dream seems to hearken back to the days of learning for the sake of learning, enlightening oneself for one’s own betterment, calling upon noble images easily likened to The School of Athens.

Athough romantic notions of classical antiquity and the Renaissance remain, modern students of all disciplines are charged with much more than the task of bettering themselves—namely, thousands of dollars.

As Ron Lieber explained in a September 2009 New York Times article, college tuition has soared recently. State schools have been steadily raising their prices, and private schools continue to raise their costs higher and higher with no end in sight. Yet there are still students lined up to enroll in private, more expensive universities like Brandeis. It isn’t any secret that private universities are businesses; hence, there is a

vested interest in the University’s mere continuation, for administrators and professors would be in a poor position if their university failed financially and was forced to close.

The question, then, is this: In what positions do rising prices put students and universities?

Recent events have made it harder than ever for students in lowerincome homes to go to college.

Schools with money troubles have been reconsidering their scholarship programs, ruling some in need out of a chance. For instance, the $30,000 scholarship fund at Berkeley has been under consideration for a $6,000 cut. Due to the poor economy, loans are harder to receive than they once were, making payment plans a much more difficult affair. Universities with on-campus housing for freshmen rule out the possibility of lowerincome students finding cheaper housing off campus; other nickel-anddime rules like dining plans and exorbitant parking costs compound these

issues. Many universities have seen the number of students applying shrink, another suggestion of changing economic times. Students from more affluent backgrounds will find themselves in different positions, though perhaps not in ultimately superior ones. As schools face harder times due to trouble with endowments and other donations, those parents capable of paying out of pocket are becoming an increasingly central focus. Since funds are tight but necessary, university administrations have been put in the position of responding carefully to parents’ demands, frequently challenging housing issues such as available amenities and roommate problems, admittance into competitive sports teams and unacceptable grades. The Seattle Post Intelligencer quotes Beverly Low, the dean of the firstyear class at Colgate University: “Where before parents would drop their kids off to college and get out of the way, parents now constantly call

her office intervening in a roommate dispute or questioning a professor’s grading system.” This is a familiar economic situation in a capitalist economy. The poor do without, and the wealthy upper and middle classes wield the philosophy of “the customer is always right.” Yet the students in both of these scenarios face extremely difficult prospects: Without college degrees, the poor will find themselves in an incredibly restricted range of jobs; the wealthy will find themselves in the much less hospitable professional world as our future doctors, lawyers, business leaders and potentially anything else.

Solutions are difficult to come up with. In a capitalist system, there must always be poor, and there will be a class of wealthy folks. For some time, members of society have found this system acceptable. But now that education is a commodity, one might find the power of the wealthy over businesses sharper—and possibly more dangerous—than ever.

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MBBALL: Hollins reaches 1,000 CONTINUED FROM 16 Vytas Kriskus ’12.

Forward Christian Yemga ’11 was forced into the starting lineup as Meehan opted to go with a smaller lineup. Magee’s absence was apparent, as Carnegie Mellon outrebounded Brandeis 35-33. Yemga scored only 4 points and grabbed just two rebounds, but his defensive play included several blocks against taller Tartan counterparts, who helped anchor a defense sorely missing its inside presence.

Yemga started 18 games last year,

so he is not new to the role.

“He can definitely be a starter,” Hollins said. He’s a good player, a good passer and one of the best defenders on the team.”

Meehan echoed Hollins’ thoughts on Yemga. “[Magee] is one of our best post players and a great inside defender, but Yemga is a great player and as long as he can stay out of foul trouble he is definitely capable of filling in with some big minutes,” he said.

On Friday evening, the Judges rode their hot 3-point shooting to a 70-52 victory over Case. The Judges hit a

season-high 13 shots from 3-point range while hitting 46.4 percent of their 3-point shots, a season best.

The pace was led by Kriskus, who finished with 20 points, including six 3-pointers. “[Kriskus] is a gym rat,” Hollins said. “He’s just practicing around the clock, and it’s starting to really pay off because he can shoot the lights out.”

Hollins had 13 points and 12 rebounds, while Hughes finished with 13 points, four assists, and two steals. Small added 9 points, The game was highlighted by a

Brandeis streak from 3-point range midway through the first half, when the Judges connected on six consecutive possessions. Kriskus knocked down the first two, then buried a third after Hollins grabbed an offensive rebound and found him on the right elbow. Guard John Weldon ’10 knocked down the next two, while Hughes hit from the left corner to cap an 18-4 run, and the Judges never relinquished the lead.

The men will face the same two teams on the road this week as they travel to Case on Friday before facing the Tartans Sunday.

WBBALL: Chapin too tough to stop CONTINUED FROM 16 fatigue. It comes in plagues.”

Chapin led the Judges with 27 points, 59 for the weekend. Her 1,160 career points moved her into sixth on Brandeis’ all-time scoring list.

Forward Amber Strodthoff ’11 added an additional 14 points and seven rebounds, while guard Morgan Kendrew ’12 notched eight more. Center Kasey Gieschen ’10 contributed six rebounds for the Judges.

Gieschen noted the importance of the team’s overall strategy.

“We talked about our assets versus their weaknesses,” noted Gieschen. “Our team is big and strong, while [Carnegie] is small and quick.”

The Judges’ free throw percentage was also vital to their victory.

The Judges shot 16 for 17 from the line compared with the Tartans’ 50percent accuracy , which notched a meager 6 points.

The game remained fairly close until a 9-point run by the Judges increased the margin to 12 and sealed a win.

Sunday’s victory capitalized on an already successful weekend as Brandeis defeated Case Western Reserve University 71-52 Friday night.

Chapin led Simon’s team once again, as she totaled 32 points and 10 rebounds for her third double-double of the season. Additionally, she stole the ball four times and had three assists.

With her stats Friday night, Chapin became the first player in school history to rank in the top 10 in points (1160), steals (230), assists (230) and rebounds (491).

Strodthoff followed Chapin with 14 points and a team-high seven rebounds while guard Diana Cincotta ’11 had 12 points. The Judges, once again, dominated the free-throw line, shooting 19-24.

Brandeis got off to a slow start as it only hit seven shots from the floor in the first half, five of which came from Chapin. However, the Judges shot 100 percent from the foul line, adding an additional 17 points to their halftime total, giving them a 34-29 lead.

Case came back at the beginning of the second half to score the first 6 points, which the Judges overcame by scoring 6 points in a row.

Simon said she told her team to

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SOARING: Guard Mia DePalo ’11 takes off against Case Western Reserve University in the Judges’ home victory Jan. 29. slow down Case’s offense.

“We kept them off the boards and we really wanted to push the ball,” she said. “I thought we did a good job.”

Still, it was not until Kendrew hit

a 3-pointer to start the Judges on a 12 point streak over 4:13 that Brandeis was able to secure the win.

“We really played within our plays and got a little creative,” Cincotta said. “That allowed us to

open up the floor and get more opportunities.”

The Judges will play both teams on the road next weekend playing Case on Feb. 5 and Carnegie Mellon on Feb. 7.

SWIM: Judges cannot keep up with Boston College CONTINUED FROM 14 but managed many second-, thirdand fourth-place finishes.

Emily Heldman ’12 netted the Judges a win in the 500-freestyle, clocking in at 6:06.41. She also finished third in the 100-yard backstroke and took home a second-place finish in the 400 yard freestyle relay as a member of the team that also included Dana Simms ’11, Holly Spicer ’13 and Lisa Rice ’10.

Simms also earned points for the women’s squad in addition to the relay. She placed third and fourth in the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events

respectively, both times around 20 seconds behind first-place finisher and junior Ashley Driscoll of BC. Spicer also finished third the 100yard backstroke and in the 200-yard breaststroke.

Hollis Viray ’10 was the other to capture a first-place finish, as she took first in the 200-yard breaststroke, clocking in at 2:31.76. Viray missed out on a second individual win by mere milliseconds, getting out-touched by BC sophomore Shannon Landers by 15 milliseconds in the 100-yard breaststroke. She was also a contributor to the squad’s 400yard freestyle relay win that also

included Angela Chui ’12, captain Siobhan Lyons ’10 and Elise Alan ’12.

Lyons also contributed two fourthplace finishes for the Judges, one in the 100-yard butterfly and the other in the 200-yard individual medley.

Chui also lost a close one, getting beat out by 41 milliseconds in the 200-yard backstroke by first-year Alyssa Niebrugge of BC. Both squads will look to rebound from Wednesday’s meet when they travel to Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. on Feb. 16 for the University Athletic Association Championships.

Lyons believes that both squads

have worked hard and are ready to be tested against the other UAA schools.

“We’ve put in a lot of time, a lot of yardage and a lot of mileage,” Lyons said. “At this point, it’s all about finetuning the little things, Despite having no diver on the men’s team, Zotz expects a solid performance by the men.

The men’s challenge will be the lack of a diver on the team,” Zotz said in an e-mail to the Justice.

“Otherwise, we expect the men to perform very well.

Editor’s Note: A. Eli Tukachinsky is a senior illustrator for the Justice.

FENCING: Women go perfect at Invitational CONTINUED FROM 16 strong to be the conference champions, and I think that that confidence really carried through until [Saturday].”

Coach Bill Shipman also emphasized the importance of player mentality, especially against tough opponents UPenn and NYU. “I think we weren’t scared of them,” Shipman said. “I think everyone’s realized that they’re the same level fencers as us, and we just have to execute, and [Brandeis] did a pretty good job of it, especially in foil.”

The men couldn’t seem to find that confidence, posting a 1-4 record for the Invitational.

The Judges dropped their first four matches, starting with a 17-10 loss to No. 6 Penn and an 18-9 defeat at the hands of NYU, with épée Will Bedor ’10 winning all of his matches to help the Judges salvage a 5-4 weapon victory in each.

The men then lost 16-11 decisions to both Haverford and Air Force before finishing strong with a 22-5 defeat of Hunter College.

The high competition at the meet, says Shipman, proved too much for the team to handle, with strong épée squads from many of the opposing teams able to neutralize the Judge’s best weapon.

“They didn’t fence badly,” Shipman said. “Our épée team is strong, but so are a couple other teams. … We did well against them, but 5-4, 4-5, 6-3 was about the best we could pull off. … To win the meets, we needed the dominance in épée, which was hard to come by.”

The foil team continued to struggle with an overall record of 13-32, playing a significant role in the Brandeis losses with just five wins in 36 bouts through the first four matches.

“In foil, we’re just not confident, and not mentally tough and technically good enough at this moment to beat those teams, so we need some improvement there,” said Shipman.

A highlight came for the épée squad, when, against Air Force, it was able to hand three losses to senior Peter French, who is currently ranked fifth in the United States Fencing Association’s senior men’s épée point standings.

This, saber Adam Austin ’11, believes, is a phenomenon he’s seen before.

“You play up one guy, you psych yourself up,” he said. Then you’re ready for that bout.” You win that one, could be the best fencer in the country, and you’re really proud of yourself, and then you kind of take the other bouts easy, because [you] tell yourself, ‘I got my tough bout out of the way.’”

“Yeah, they get jacked up for him I think,” Shipman said. “He’s been one of the best fencers in his age since he was 14 and 15 years old, so they all know who he is. … So they get a bit little jacked up for him, and he probably gets a little impatient, and that’s enough to put them over the top.’”

Last Wednesday, the women’s team bested Wellesley College on the road 18-9, with Messinger and foil Vikki Nunley each going a team-best 3-0 in their bouts.

Just like Shipman and Messinger, Austin stresses the importance of player mindset moving forward.

“Confidence is everything. If you’re not confident that you can win, you’re not going to. It’s just as simple as that.”

Both teams will next compete Feb. 6 and 7 at the Duke Invitational.

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TRACK & FIELD

Teams Judges keep the pace at Boston University cannot solve Boston ■ The men’s and women’s

indoor track and field teams raced well last weekend at the Terrier Classic.

By MAX GOLDSTEIN

JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

■ Both the men’s and

women’s swimming and diving squads fell to Boston College.

By JONATHAN STEINBERG JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

In last Tuesday’s meet against Division I Boston College, the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams could not salvage a win. Despite their best efforts, the women lost by a score of 176-78 while the men fell 168-84.

The men’s squad was only able to take first-place finishes in two of 16 events but also managed to rack up a significant amount of points in second-, third- and fourth-place finishes.

Going into the tough contest against BC, Coach Jim Zotz went into the meet differently than he normally does.

“We approached the BC meet as an opportunity for all of the athletes to pick their own events,” Zotz said in an e-mail to the Justice.

The team’s only wins came in the 200-yard breaststroke and the 400-yard freestyle relay. Marc Eder ’12 placed first in the 200yard breaststroke, clocking in with a time of 2 minutes, 21.44 seconds. He finished 5.61 seconds ahead of teammate Aaron Lefland ’13.

The team of Josh Allgaier ’12, Jesse Hershman ’10, Justin Wellins ’10 and James Liu ’10 took home the 400-yard freestyle relay win with a time of 3:20.06.

Wellins also contributed points to the team in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard butterfly, finishing third and fourth respectively.

Liu took second in the 200-yard butterfly and was defeated by just under 1.50 seconds in the 200-yard butterfly by junior Brett Bromann . Liu’s third-place finish came in the 100-yard backstroke, just 46 milliseconds behind teammate Daniel Danon ’13.

Danon took second in the 100yard freestyle, being outstretched by 11 milliseconds by freshman Sean Heffernan. He also took fourth in the 50-yard freestyle, clocking in with a time of 23.11, just 17 milliseconds behind firstplace finisher senior Timothy Jordan of BC. Lefland added a third-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke as well.

Alex Cemaj ’10 placed second in the 500-yard freestyle in front of Allgaier and Eder.

Bennett placed second in the 400-yard individual medley, with Brandeis taking third, fourth and fifth in the event. The relay team of David Fei ’12, rookie Jared Goldman ’13, Lefland, and A. Eli Tukachinksy ’11 also added a second-place finish for the Judges in the 400-yard freestyle relay.

Despite the results, the squad chose to look at the meet from a better perspective.

“This wasn’t a meet we went in to hoping to boost our record,” Eder said. “We went into it hoping to swim hard and fast, get in some yardage and training and get an idea of how we are doing.”

On the women’s side, the squad was able to take first-place finishes in three of 16 total events

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The men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams had a record day at the Terrier Invitational at Boston University Friday and Saturday. Facing stiff competition, Brandeis’ participants ran well, and many broke or tied their personal bests.

Coach John Evans thought both sqauds performed well at the meet.

“We had a great meet,” Evans said.

“Everyone ran really well.”

Both squads had runners finishing high in almost every event in a very solid outing for both squads. For the men, Brian Foley ’13 ran a personal best of 50.22 seconds in the 400-meter dash, finishing 32nd out of 97 overall.

Fellow rookie Alex Kramer ’13, who just returned from an injury, set a personal record in the 8,000-meter race with a time of 8:32.88. He finished 32nd out of 103 runners.

Devon Holgate ’11 was pleased with Kramer’s performance at the Invitational.

“He ran really well, and considering he just came back, it was definitely impressive,” Holgate said.

But the strongest race for both the men and the women was the 1-mile race. For the men, Holgate, Ben Bray ’11 and Marc Boutin ’12 all broke personal records. Holgate finished with a time of 4:14.07 and ending up 25th overall out of 116 runners. Bray finished with a time of 4:16.63 and finished 32nd, and Boutin finished with a time of 4:21.41, placing 56th.

Holgate acknowledged the difficulty the race presented but highlighted the team’s impressive times.

“The race was a bit rough, but not as rough as some other big meets I’ve raced,” he said. “It’s unusual for

everyone to run so well on the same day, but it was impressive that we all ran really well.”

Chris Brown ’12 tied his personal best in the 1-mile with a 4:19.92 and placed 49th.

The mile was also a strong point on the women’s side. Brandeis had three runners finish in the top 25. “[The 1-mile] was a pretty rough race, a lot of pushing and shoving, but it was a good race,” said Grayce Selig ’11, who ran a 5:01.15 and finished sixth overall out of 96 competitors.

Erin Bisceglia ’12 set a personal record with a time of 5:06.73 and finished in 19th placr.

Julia Alpaio ’10 set a personal record in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:16.97.

The women were also very impressive in the distance medley, finishing second with a time of 12:03.9, and qualified provisionally for the Division III Nationals.

The four-person squad consisted of

Selig, Beth Pisarik ’12, Anifreed Sinjour ’13 and Julia Alpaio ’10.

Selig knew the team had to improve its time to qualify, but noted that they could have ran a faster time.

“We need to knock off a few more seconds to make it,” said Selig. “It was a pretty good race, but we were hoping to run a bit faster,” she added.

However, the women’s team still looked impressive, and they got help from younger members of the squad as well. Sinjour finished 21st with a time of 1:00.43 in the 400-meter dash.

Overall, Selig thought the weekend was successful for both the men’s and women’s squads.

“Everyone’s just knocking off times from their previous times: It was a really successful weekend,” said Selig. “It’s great for our teameveryone’s running really well, and I think everyone will keep running faster.”

Both squads will next compete at the Tufts Invitational Saturday.

Calling the shots David Halberstam’s sports broadcasting career

By MELISSA SIEGEL JUSTICE SENIOR WRITER

Back in the mid 1970s, former St. John’s University basketball and Miami Heat radio broadcaster David Halberstam broadcasted a Brandeis basketball game in Waltham as the play-by-play man for schools in the City University of New York system.

Over 30 years later he returned to Waltham, calling the men’s basketball game Sunday against Carnegie Mellon University for WBRS, the Brandeis radio station. But this time he was sitting beside his son, Manny Halberstam ’10, a member of the WBRS sports staff. The idea first came to the elder Halberstam after the two attended a Brandeis-New York University basketball game in New York City.

“Marv Albert is sort of an icon, particularly in New York,” David Halberstam said about his inspiration for the idea. “His son went to [New York University], Kenny Albert, so Kenny was doing the games for the NYU radio station, and he brought Marv down to do one half of the game and he did the other half. … I thought it would be an interesting idea to have Manny do that.”

That was also the moment when the younger Halberstam, then a firstyear, decided to join the WBRS team.

Like Marv Albert and his son, the two took turns doing the play-by-play.

Manny did the first half while his father provided color commentary, and then the two switched for the second half.

“It was sort of a dream come true in many ways,” David Halberstam said.

“Even though my play-by-play career is behind me, I know that Manny really has no plans now of pursuing it, but nonetheless it was quite something to be able to sit near my son, and he did a very good job.”

After the broadcast David Halberstam met with a group of sports broadcasters from WBRS to talk to them about his experiences and to give them advice for pursuing a career in the industry.

David Halberstam began his career calling games for the City University of New York schools before moving on to St. John’s University, which at the time had one of the best basketball teams in the state of New York. However, they did not have a radio announcer because of financial issues.

So in exchange for getting to call the games, Halberstam had to sell ads for the station, which soon became a major part of his career.

Then in 1992, David Halberstam got what he called his “dream job.” He started calling play-by-play for the National Basketball Association’s Miami

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FATHER AND SON: Manny, left, and David Halberstam pose Jan. 31 after the two called the Brandeis men’s basketball game.

Heat. During his time there he got to call some memorable games, including a 1997 second-round playoff game versus the New York Knicks where a brawl broke out on the floor after Heat forward PJ Brown flipped Knicks point guard Charlie Ward over his head.

Halberstam had another chance to call a classic in a 1998 first-round playoff game versus the Knicks when Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy hung onto the leg of Heat center Alonzo Mourning during another brawl. During that time he also helped the team in sell advertising.

After leaving that job in 1998 he got a job at Westwood One, starting out in sales and advertising and eventually becoming the head of the sports division.

David Halberstam, now principal of Haly Group Inc; a company dedicated to serve as sales representative for various media, has also written a book on the history of New York radio and occasionally writes articles for Web sites such as Yahoo! Sports,

where he recently ranked the top 50 network announcers of all time. His top five are Howard Cosell; John Madden, whom Halberstam said “changed the game;” Brent Musburger, who “invented studio shows;” Al Michaels, “the voice of primetime;” and Dick Enberg, who Halberstam said made people smile in every broadcast.

The professional broadcaster told the WBRS staff about the importance of a liberal arts education, as it allows broadcasters to add interesting and relevant facts during the games. He also discussed the importance of description, or as he put it “painting the word picture” for the audience.

He also recommended focusing on just a few themes or stories for the entire broadcast, and pausing at various moments to increase suspense, increasing one’s vocabulary and talking to the officials beforehand to learn the rules of the game.

While the younger Halberstam does not see himself following in his father’s footsteps, he understands that the lessons learned from broadcasting

can help him in other walks of life as well.

“I’m going to law school. … I really look at this as a skill that can be helpful in any walk of life in the future and anything that I do,” Manny Halberstam said. “It’s the art of describing something, being able to come up with the words really quickly to describe something.”

Adam Rosen ’10, WBRS sports director, said he and the other members of his staff also learned a lot from speaking with David Halberstam.

“I don’t know if it’s ever been done before, to bring in a former professional broadcaster,” Rosen said. “I think it’s a great opportunity for me personally and the entire department just to learn from him. … I found I really enjoyed listening to the broadcast and I took a lot away from it.”

And perhaps the best piece of advice the elder Halberstam gave the students was simple but still effective.

“Do what you enjoy in life. If you do, you’ll find a way to make money out of it.”

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scored 32 points in a victory over Case Western Reserve University and 27 points in the team’s win over Carnegie Mellon University last week.

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3-pointers made by the men’s basketball team in their 70-52 win over Case Western Reserve University Friday.

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-point differential in the women’s swimming and diving meet against Boston College Tuesday.

rebounds, a career high, for men’s basketball forward Terrell Hollins ’10 in the team’s victory over Carnegie Mellon University Sunday.

points scored by women’s basketball guard Jessica Chapin ’10 in the team’s two victories last week.

nd-place finish for the women’s distance medley team at the Terrier Classic at Boston University Friday.

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position now to coninute to win in the UAA and hopefully make the Tournament.”

After this season, the Judges will lose an all-time great in Chapin, but from what Chapin has seen of her teammates, she knows that younger players will be there to take up her role.

“I know [guard Morgan Kendrew] ’12 is going to be there next year to fill my shoes, and [forward Amber Strodthoff] ’11 is going to step up. You know, everybody’s just going to have to step up when I leave, and I know that these girls will. They’re competitiors and they’re great kids.”

—Trevor Cohen

UAA STANDINGS Men’s Basketball UAA Conference WL Washington 6 1 JUDGES 5 2 Emory 5 2 New York 4 3 Rochester 4 3 Chicago 3 4 Case 1 6 Carnegie 0 7

Women’s Basketball W L 16 2 14 3 13 5 13 5 13 5 9 9 9 9 4 14

Overall Pct. .889 .824 .722 .722 .722 .500 .500 .222

UAA Conference WL Washington 6 0 Rochester 5 2 Chicago 5 2 JUDGES 4 3 New York 3 4 Case 2 5 Emory 2 5 Carnegie 1 6

W L 16 2 15 3 13 5 11 6 11 7 11 7 9 9 8 10

Overall Pct. .889 .833 .722 .647 .611 .611 .500 .444

TEAM LEADERS MBball (points)

MBball (minutes)

Guard Kenny Small ’10 leads the team with 14.0 points per game.

Guard Andre Roberson ’10 leads the Judges with 34.2 minutes per game.

Player Kenny Small Vytas Kriskus Terrell Hollins Andre Roberson Tyrone Hughes

Player Andre Roberson Tyrone Hughes Kenny Small Terrell Hollins Rich Magee

PPG 14.0 12.1 11.7 11.3 9.6

MPG 34.2 32.8 29.7 25.3 24.3

WBball (points)

WBball (minutes)

Guard Jessica Chapin ’10 leads the Judges with 16.8 points per game.

Guard Jessica Chapin ’10 leads the team with 32.5 minutes per game.

Player Jessica Chapin Morgan Kendrew Amber Strodthoff Diana Cincotta Kasey Gieschen

Player Jessica Chapin Amber Strodthoff Morgan Kendrew Diana Cincotta Kasey Gieschen

PPG 16.8 10.6 9.0 7.4 6.9

MPG 32.5 28.7 27.8 24.9 21.2

UPCOMING GAME OF THE WEEK Men’s basketball at Case Western Friday night The men’s basketball team will face Case Western Reserve University at 6 p.m.

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team victories for the women’s fencing team at the Eric Sollee Invitational Saturday. The team finished the day 5-0.

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■ The women’s basketball guard

Judging numbers

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Jessica Chapin ’10

In her last season playing Brandeis basketball, guard Jessica Chapin ’10 is giving everything she has to drive the Judges to victory, putting her name down in school history in the process.

Last Friday, Chapin put up 32 points against University Athletic Association opponent Case Western Reserve University, just two shy of a school record.

Chapin, who already ranked on Brandeis’ top 10 career lists in points, steals and assists, grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds for a career total of 488, tied for 10th in school history, becoming the first player ever to ranked in the top 10 in all four categories.

While Chapin is proud of her personal acheivements, she is more concerned with the team’s success.

“I thought I was getting up there [in points], but it was nothing I really knew about or was concerned about,” Chapin said, speaking of her performance Friday.

“I’m just out there to play, and I’m not worried about who scores the points as long as we win.”

With the wins against Case and Carnegie Mellon University, the Judges now have a record of 11-6 (4-3 in UAA play). Despite a tough conference start, the Judges have won their last two UAA games, and Chapin says the team contiunues to be optimistic about this season and making the NCAA Tournament, which they’ve done in each of Chapin’s three years at Brandeis.

“This year, we continue to hope,” she said. “We’re putting ourselves in a good

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Last Friday, the men’s basketball team defeated Case Western Reserve University 70-52. The Spartans will look for revenge when they face the Judges at home Friday night at 8 p.m.

In the loss, forward Vytas Kriskus ’12 led the Judges with 20 points, while forward Terrell Hollins ’10 finished with a team-leading 12 rebounds. For

the Spartans, junior center Eric Duerr, junior guard Reid Anderson and sophomore Tom Summers had double-digit points in the losing effort.

For the season, Anderson leads the Spartans with 16.2 points per game, followed by Summers, who averages 14.4 points per game. Summers leads the team with 10.1 rebounds per game.

TEMRE, Ariz.—Life after quarterback Kurt Warner has begun for the Arizona Cardinals, with Matt Leinart stepping into the giant void at quarterback.

Leinart was on the bench for 2 1/2 seasons while Warner took the team to a level of success long-suffering Cardinals fans had not dared to even imagine: two National Football Conference West championships, consecutive winning seasons, and, of course, a Super Bowl.

In the few chances Leinart got to play, his performaces often were erratic, and fans who once hailed him as a savior for the franchise turned on him.

Through it all, Leinart has stayed the good soldier, praising Warner, saying he would work hard and would be ready when he got his chance.

For now at least, Leinart has that chance. Whether Arizona makes any move to add someonone else remains to be seen.

“We’ve got plenty of time to sort things out,” coach Ken Wisenhunt said after Warner announced his retirement at a news conference Friday. “Matt’s not a rookie. He’s been in this offense for three years. He’s worked every day with a guy that was playing at a high a level as anybody in the game and understands a lot more now about what he has to do to prepare in this offense.”

Leinart has 17 starts in his four NFL seasons, but 16 came in his first two years. Then-coach Dennis Green benched Warner in favor of the rookie Leinart five games into the 2006 season.

When Wisenhunt took over the following season, Leinart remained the starter, although increasingly Warner was used when Arizona went to a no-huddle offense.

When Leinart went down with a broken collerbone five games into the season, Warner took over.

Leinart had one start this season against Tennessee when Warner was out with a concussion. Leinart played without the beneift of practice reps a first-string quarterback normally gets because the decision to hold Warner out came at the last minute.

“What I think back to is the second half in the preseason when [Leinart] threw for 300 yards,” Wisenhunt said.

Of course, that was mostly against Green Bay Packer reserves.

Warner said he knows he is leaving the team with a big hole to fill. He said many people, “some of them in this room,” tried go talk him into returing.

“I think that was one of the hardest parts of the decision knowing an organization, a coaching staff, teammates, how they’ve counted on you, what a big part of the puzzle you are,” he said. “There’s no question that’s the hardest part for me.”

If Leinart is the quarterback, he will inherit the same talented receivers that caught so many passes from Warner, with one possible exception.

Wide receiver Anquan Boldin goes into the final year of his contract and, with his long-held desire for a bigger deal, a trade becomes a greater possibility.

But Arizona has something Leinart never had in his days a s astarted: a sound and improving running game in running backs Beanie Wells and Tim Hightower.

Gilyard’s big plays outshine Tebow in Senior Bowl MOBILE, Ala.—Mardy Gilyard once worked four jobs to stay in school after losing his scholarship.

The former Cincinnati star turned in an awfully strong audition for a much more lucrative career in Saturday's Senior Bowl, racking up 103 yards receiving and catching a 32-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to help the North race to a 31-13 victory over the South.

“All my hard work just kind of came into one game,” an exuberant Gilyard said. “I’m truly blessed. I worked my butt off and I played my butt off. I’ve been through so much in my career.

“This game sums up everything, because I’ve been through all the hard work, all the ups and all the downs, the peaks and the valleys. I’ve been through everything.

I’ve been from the brown sticky stuff at the bottom of the barrel to the cream at the top of the coffee.”

In 2006, an academically ineligible Gilyard lost his scholarship and had to take jobs ranging from cutlery salesman to construction worker to pay his steep out-ofstate tuition bills. He eventually won back his scholarship.

Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, meanwhile, had a shaky outing running a pro-style offense against a sturdy defense.

He fumbled twice and finished 8 of 12 passing for 50 yards in the showcase for senior NFL prospects.

Tebow’s longest completion was 11 yards, and he netted 4 yards on four rushes, but was never turned loose as a power runner as he often was with the Gators. He battled strep throat early but didn't miss any practice time during a week when he was trying to prove to skeptical NFL teams and draft analysts that he could be a starting pro quarterback.

“I think I’m definitely open to improving my fundamentals,” Tebow said. “I think I definitely showed that by being here. If you just watched the way I played, you could see there is room for improvement and what I need to work on.”

One of the nation’s top all-purpose threats, Gilyard also set up a third-quarter touchdown with a 43-yard catch down the right sideline and had five receptions.

Both that pass and the touchdown came from Central Michigan’s Dan LeFevour.

Michigan defensive lineman Brandon Graham had two sacks and a forced fumble and was chosen the game's Most Valuable Player. The South committed six turnovers.

“It shows that I’m going to go hard 100 percent of the time all day and whoever gets me is going to love me,” Graham said.

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WORKING WITH DAD David Halberstam called a men’s basketball game with son Manny Halberstam ’10, p. 14.

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Chapin ’10 goes on a hot streak

■ Guard Jessica Chapin ’10

scored 59 points in the women’s basketball two victories last week.

By QUINCY AUGER JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

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TENACIOUS: Terrell Hollins ’10 goes for the ball against a Case Western Reserve University player in the men’s basketball 70-52 home victory over the Spartans Jan. 29.

Hollins ’10 reaches milestone ■ Forward Terrell Hollins ’10

reached the 1,000 point plateau as the men’s basketball team won twice.

By JEFFREY BOXER JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

It was a career day for forward Terrell Hollins ’10 Sunday, who filled out the stat sheet and became the 27th player in Brandeis history to score 1,000 points, leading the men’s basketball team to a 72-59 home victory over Carnegie Mellon University after defeating Case Western Reserve University on Friday. The Judges are now 14-3 (5-2 in University Athletic Association play).

Against Carnegie Mellon, the

Tartans kept the score close for much of the game, but the duo of Hollins and guard Kenny Small ’10 almost singlehandedly kept the Judges ahead the whole way. Hollins’ record bucket went for just two of his 19 points, and he recorded a career-high 16 rebounds, while adding a careerhigh three blocks along with a seasonhigh six assists. He also had three steals, including a crosscourt interception that led to a resounding dunk at the other end. His rebounds, assists, blocks and steals were also game highs.

Coach Brian Meehan believes Hollins has improved as the season has progressed.

“He’s really taken the leadership role on the court as a senior,” Meehan said. “He’s really stepped up and given everything that we asked for,

and the results are showing,” he added.

After the game, Hollins was humble about his accomplishment: “It’s a good feeling, but that’s really not at all my focus. I want bigger and better things for the team this year. I think that we definitely have the potential to be one of the best teams in Brandeis history, and as the senior captain I’m just trying to lead us as far as we can go.”

Hollins also credited the fans for much of the team’s success. “They get us really amped. It’s great coming home to such a great atmosphere, and it really helps us raise our game,” he said.

Small played all 40 minutes and dropped 26 points to lead Brandeis.

He shot 67 percent from the field, including 6 for 7 from 3-point range.

He also had five rebounds and three assists, and was perfect from the freethrow line. “[Small] really stepped up today,” Meehan said. “He has been struggling a bit lately, but he’s definitely more than capable of putting up performances like this, and hopefully this will break him out of his funk.”

Two other Brandeis players also cracked double figures. Guard Andre Roberson ’10 finished with 12 points, three rebounds and three assists, while guard Tyrone Hughes ’12 finished with 10 points and two of the Judges’ six steals.

The Judges prevailed despite playing without starting center Rich Magee ’10, who got hurt in Friday’s game, and with zero points from their second leading scorer and forward

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With 3 minutes, 57 seconds remaining in regulation, women’s basketball guard Jessica Chapin ’10 hit a 3-pointer assisted by fellow guard Lauren Rashford ’10 to ice Sunday afternoon’s victory against Carnegie Mellon University.

Chapin’s shot put the Tartans out of reach and extended their lead to 12, the largest of the game, with just minutes left to play.

The Judges’ victory was their second of the weekend and fourth in the University Athletic Association.

Coach Carol Simon, whose team is 11-6 (4-3 in UAA play), noted the importance of a win for moving Brandeis into fourth in the UAA. “We needed to put ourselves in a position to get into third,” she said.

“We needed to play well, especially after the Emory game.”

Brandeis showed a much greater team effort in Sunday afternoon’s game, as noted by Chapin. “[We] took what was given to [them] and didn’t force plays,” Chapin said. It was much more of a team concept than in the past weeks, and that really showed.”

Guard Carmela Breslin ’10 added to her teammate’s observation.

“Today I think we did a really good job of picking up the energy and the tempo in the second half,” said Breslin. “We were flat and not in the game. … But with 9 or 10 minutes left in the game we really picked it up.”

Breslin was referring to the Judges’ characteristic slow starts.

Against Carnegie Mellon, the Judges outscored the Tartans’ 33-30 before recovering to outpace their opponents 37-28 in the second half.

Simon felt the team needed to focus more on fundamentals.

“We weren’t boxing out at all and were giving them opportunities,” she said. “We need to be a lot more disciplined defensively.”

Assistant coach, Scott Foulis agreed with Simon. noting some breakdowns in discipline.

“Today it was mostly post players … but some guards as well,” he commented. “Along with physical fatigue in the first half we saw some mental

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FENCING

Women’s team continues to succeed, while men struggle ■ The women’s fencing team

went 5-0 in the Ellie Solle Invitational, while the men’s team went 1-4.

By TREVOR COHEN JUSTICE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

At the Brandeis/Massachusetts Institute of Technology fencing invitational last year, the

University of Pennsylvania women’s team handed Brandeis a 20-7 loss en route to a 5-0 sweep of the event.

This was just one trend that the Brandeis women reversed at Saturday’s Eric Sollee Invitational, topping UPenn and four other opponents to go undefeated on the day with a record of 5-0. The Brandeis men finished 1-4 on the day.

The women’s team faced its toughest opponent first on

Saturday, as it was able to defeat eighth-ranked UPenn, 14-13. The saber and épée squads held it close, each with records of 4-5, allowing foil to take the match with a 6-3 win.

Saber Zoe Messinger ’13 and épée Emily Mandel ’12 each went 2-1, while foils Vikki Nunley ’13 and Emily Levy ’12 went 3-0 and 2-1, respectively. Nunley and Levy provided the decisive blows, gaining the team’s 13th and 14th wins to break a 12-12 tie.

The second round saw the women facing rival New York University, against whom the Judges posted a 15-12 victory.

In the afternoon, Brandeis finished strong with decisive wins against Haverford College (18-9), the United States Air Force Academy (19-8) and Hunter College (18-9).

The 5-0 sweep came after a winless performance at the team’s last home event, the Brandeis

Invitational, in December. The team’s strong showing at the Northeast Fencing Conference Meet on Jan. 23, where the team went 6-0 to win the NFC crown, may have made the difference.

“Our confidence level was really high,” Messinger said, who finished the day at 9-2. “At the last Brandeis Invitational, we didn’t do so hot, but [at the NFC Meet] we really pulled it together and we came out

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Brandeis on Ice First-years skate Massell’s frozen pond Photo and design: Robyn Spector/the Justice.

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■ Cheese Club 19 Alexandra Dougherty ’11 and Narre Heon ’11 prepared to debut their cheese club that has already attracted considerable interest.

■ Catching up with Michael Rush 19 The former director of the Rose Art Museum spoke to justArts about the exhibit he guestcurated at the MIT List Visual Arts Center.

21 ■ Atlas Sound Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox brings his side project to Cholmondeley’s on Sunday.

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21 ■ Ghazal The tiny Jamaica Plain restaurant offers a tasty array of traditional Indian dishes in a welcoming and intimate atmosphere.

22 ■ ‘Gatz’ American Repertory Theater’s production of the play surmounted the daunting task of reading The Great Gatsby in its entirety.

22 ■ Nourishing the outside Nearby Johnson Compounding and Wellness Center provides natural beauty products.

23 ■ ‘Edge of Darkness’ Mel Gibson’s return to the big screen found him succeeding in a familiar role within a standard but entertaining thriller plot.

23 ■ Il Capriccio The Italian restaurant offers a convenient alternative to Boston fine dining destinations.

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INTERVIEW

by Shelly Shore

They had a good run. Five years is quite a long time for a Hollywood couple, especially one surrounded with as much scandal and gossip as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. But it looks like the drama finally became too much to handle, and the A-list couple have officially called it quits. … Just kidding.

Rumors abounded this week that Pitt and Jolie, who have had about six trillion “breakups” since getting together in 2005, had officially ended things. On Jan. 24, News of the World reported that the two had “signed papers paving the way for a legal separation with joint custody of their six children.” While reps for the actors declined to comment on the reason for the paperwork (oh, yes, that’ll stop the tabloids from talking), they did release some of the documents’ details: Pitt and Jolie will keep all the money they have earned (trust me, it’s more than most of us can even dream about), and Pitt will have full access to their three biological children—Shiloh and the twins, Knox and Vivienne—as well as three adopted children: Maddox, from Cambodia; Zahara, from Ethiopia; and Pax, from Vietnam.

So this officially released information added to the long-swirling rumors of Brad’s late-night meetings with his ex, Jennifer Aniston, Angelina’s “sordid” lesbian affairs (her latest rumored consort is the lovely, if eccentric, Lady Gaga), Brad’s frustration with Angelina’s “mental issues, mood swings, and relapses into eating disorders,” and Brad’s recent purchase of a $1.1 million dollar home in Los Feliz (a “bachelor pad,” according to People magazine) all seems to add up to one thing: a real-deal breakup.

Except for the part where it isn’t. Hate to break this to everyone who’s still holding a torch for the Aniston-Pitt reunion, but Brad and

Donovan plays the Duchess ■ JustArts spoke with McCaela Donovan (GRAD) by e-mail as she prepared for a role in Brandeis Theater Company’s production of ‘Funnyhouse of a Negro,’ which opens this week on campus.

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CLASHING COUPLE?: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were the subjects of breakup rumors this week.

Angie aren’t going their separate ways just yet.

On Wednesday, a rep for the couple told the NY Daily News that Brad and Angelina did visit a lawyer in LA—but only to protect their assets.

“They aren’t married, so they need to protect their children and property in case there’s a riff in the future,” said a source. “People hear ‘legal papers’ and assume it means a divorce, but it could mean exactly the opposite.”

Sounds like a prenup to me. Could there be wedding bells for Hollywood’s most high-profile couple?

What’s happening in Arts on and off campus

ON CAMPUS EVENTS Cheese Club Meeting The Brandeis University Cheese Club will have its inagural meeting this Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the South Campus Commons. The meeting will be a general interest meeting that will give members information on future events as well as take input on any ideas for the future of the club. For more information see the article on page 19.

Tuesday from 8 to 9 p.m. in the South Campus Commons.

‘Funnyhouse of a Negro’ Funnyhouse of a Negro is a play by Adrienne Kennedy, directed by David Gammons, running at Brandeis from Feb. 4 through 14. The play first debuted in 1964 in New York City and recieved an Obie Award for most distinguished play. It chronicles the last hours in the life of Sarah, a young black woman dealing with issues of race and identity. Tickets are on sale all week and student and faculty discounts are available.

Thursday to Saturday from 8 to 10 p.m. in the Spingold Theater.

IMAGE COURTESY OF KATARZYNA KOZYRA

Northeast Collegiate DanceSport Come cheer on the Brandeis University Ballroom Dance Team as they waltz, tango, foxtrot, viennese and quickstep in the first ever Northeast Collegiate DanceSport challenge. Beginning at 8 a.m., the day will be filled with events from Rhythm and Smooth dance to Standard and Latin. After the funfilled day of competition, the doors reopen at 8:30 p.m. for an elegant evening of dance. Put on your dancing shoes, for this is sure to be a great time.

Saturday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. in Levin Ballroom with 30 minute breaks between events.

Lunar New Year performance The Chinese New Year is the biggest annual celebration in the Chinese culture. This year is the Year of the Tiger, and the Brandeis Chinese Cultural Connection is inviting everyone to come celebrate with them. The Lunar New Year celebrations will include skits, music performances, a guest yo-yo performance and many other enjoyable events.

Along with all the celebratory activities there will also be a complimentary catered dinner. The event is free and open to everyone, so drop in or stay awhile and enjoy celebrating this cultural presentation.

Saturday from 6 to 10 p.m. in the Shapiro Campus Center.

Atlas Sound concert If you liked Deerhunter last year at Springfest, you are sure to have a great time at the Atlas Sound concert this Sunday put on by the Punk, Rock n’ Roll Club. Atlas Sound is the side project of Deerhunter front man Bradford Cox. The sound is that of computer-generated instruments as well as samples from live recordings. Their latest album, Logos, was released in 2009. The concert is free to all students. For more information see article on page 20.

Sunday from 9 p.m. to midnight at Cholmondeley’s.

Where the Children Play meeting

WEIRD WONDERLAND: Katarzyna Kozyra’s 2008 video “Summertale” will be on view at the exhibit “Virtuoso Illusion: Cross-Dressing and the New Media Avant-Garde,” curated by Michael Rush.

Where the Children Play, Brandeis’ arts and literature magazine, is having its weekly meeting. The magazine focuses on poetry and literature written by Brandeis students for children.

Saturday from 8:30 to 9:15 p.m. in the Brandeis Media Coalition Room in the Shapiro Campus Center.

Gallery talk with Prof. Hoseob Yoon Prof. Hoseob Yoon of Kookmin University in Seoul, South Korea is a graphic artist concerned with environmental conservation issues. His devotion to green issues has earned him a residency as Distinguished Visiting Practitioner through the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life. The residency is built around the theme of “The Green Canvas: The Artist as Environemental Activist.” On Monday Prof. Yoon kicks off his residency with a discussion of how his art and environmental activism intersect.

Monday from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Shapiro Campus Center Art Gallery.

‘Putting it Together’ Auditions Tympanium Euphorium’s Spring Project, Putting it Together, is having its auditions this week. The play is a musical revue showcasing the songs of American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim.

Monday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Rosenthal Dance Studio.

OFF CAMPUS EVENTS “Virtuoso Illusion: Cross-Dressing and the New Media Avant-Garde” MIT List Visual Arts Center is presenting a brand new exhibit exploring cross-dressing as a tactic for media artists. It explores cross-dressing as an art form that has been central to the development of the current avant-garde, looking at how experimental

art has been advanced by artists who cross dress as part of their conceptual process. The group exhibition is organized by guest curator Michael Rush, former director of the Rose Art Museum. The opening reception will be preceded by a conversation with artists Michelle Handelman, John Kelly, Kalup Linzy and Ryan Trecartin.

Opening Reception Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m.

General exhibit Friday through April 10. MIT List Visual Arts Center, 20 Ames St., Cambridge.

‘Mystery Team’ From the comic geniuses behind the troupe DERRICK Comedy—famous for the internet comedy sketch “Bro Rape”—comes the film Mystery Team. The movie follows a group of three friends who have been solving childlike detective cases ever since they were young children. Now all grown up and still just as immature, they are given a very adult case of solving a little girl’s parents’ murders. Going about solving crime in their childish ways, hilarity ensues as they meet with drug dealers, robbers and other “shady” characters to try and get to the bottom of the case without being late for dinner.

Tuesday through Thursday at the Brattle Theater, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge, Mass.

‘The Turn of the Screw’ Boston Lyric Opera presents Benjamin Britten’s operatic adaptation of the supernatural thriller novel by Henry James.

Through the BLO’s Opera Annex series, this tale of a governess who fears her two orphaned charges may have been corrupted by evil ghosts receives a dramatic staging in the Park Plaza Castle, a National Historic Landmark that was originally constructed as an armory in 1891.

Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Park Plaza Castle, 130 Columbus Ave., Boston.

JustArts: What brought you to the theater graduate program here at Brandeis?

McCaela Donovan: I was looking for graduate acting programs primarily in and around the Boston area because my husband and I live in Boston and did not want to have to relocate. I got a weird feeling when I stepped on campus that I had been here before and felt like I knew I would be spending a lot of time here. It just felt meant to be. I was also very interested in the Suzuki training, something that makes this particular program very special.

JA: How many years do you have left at Brandeis? What do you plan to do when you graduate?

MD: I am a second year grad actor, and plan to graduate in the spring of 2011. When I graduate I plan to remain in the Boston area, and hope to perform both in musical theatre and theatre with many of the wonderful directors and companies in and around town. I also would like to work as part time or adjunct faculty at a local university, possibly teaching in the movement area of acting, and or musical theatre. I also have another Master’s degree in theatre education and would love to get involved in an arts education program within a theatre company. If there’s anything I’ve learned it is that you can’t plan anything in this business. I’m just grateful to be surrounded by talented creative people who love what they do and let me be a part of it.

JA: Tell me about your role as the Duchess of Hapsburg in Funnyhouse of a Negro. How did you prepare for this role? Is this role similar or different to the types of roles you “usually” play?

MD: We are just beginning the rehearsal process for Funnyhouse ... . This play is hard to prepare for. I’ve been reading and researching the Duchess’ life, as well as the life of Adrienne Kennedy. I know that I will be applying a lot of the vocal work that we study here at Brandeis in order to shape this amazing character. This character is unlike any I’ve ever played. She’s the representation of one part of another human being, and because of this she’s an extreme. So far I see her as impulsive, vicious, childlike, lost, hurt, vengeful. But the beautiful part about theatre is that I can love all of these things about her and throughout the rest of rehearsal process they may change and morph. This process is so reliant upon our director, David Gammons, who is a visual genius and all around creative person. He has set the perfect tone to take risks and create while keeping in mind the sensitive context of the material we are dealing with.

JA: Are you in any non-Brandeis performances this spring that you want to tell us about?

MD: This May I will be playing Yum-Yum in New Repertory Theatre Company’s musical Hot Mikado. Come see it! Hot Mikado is a swing/big band updated version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado. It’s a bright, fun show with a really talented cast from all over the Boston area.

JA: Also, what did you study in undergrad?

And how did you decide to go back and get a second masters degree after you already got the theater education one? Did you work as a teacher before coming to Brandeis to study?

MD: In undergrad I graduated from Ithaca College with my BFA in musical theatre. I lived in Manhattan after graduation, signed with an agent and a manager and worked steadily in NYC, especially in the commercial/television area. I went back to school for my Masters in education at Emerson for many reasons, some being I am very interested in our education system in this country and promoting and maintaining arts programs. I also wanted to work with the amazing faculty there, especially Dr. Robert Colby.

I left there with a degree to teach drama K12th grade. I am back in school currently because I eventually would like to teach at the collegiate/university level, while also continuing to act and perform. I was hired by Emerson to teach their Summerstage program, for two years, which is a program for seniors in high school who are getting ready to audition for college BFA theatre and musical theatre programs. I taught acting, movement, and musical theatre workshop.

JA: Were you in any commercials or TV shows that our readers might recognize you from?

MD: I was on the soap opera Guiding Light, I did an in house commercial for Hewlett Packard and I did all the physical movements for all the girl animation in the videogame Bully for Rockstar Video Games.

—Andrea Fineman

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Cheese Club promises to be a very gouda time ■ A newly created club devoted to

cheese, founded by Alexandra Dougherty ’11 and Narre Heon ’11, has provoked a great deal of interest among students.

By WEI-HUAN CHEN JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

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ATLAS SHRUGS: Bradford Cox of the band Deerhunter will bring Atlas Sound, his side project, to Cholmondeley’s for a concert sponsored by Punk, Rock n’ Roll Club.

Atlas Sound brings quality music ■ Punk, Rock n’ Roll Club brings

Springfest musician Bradford Cox back for a Cholmondeley’s concert with his side project, Atlas Sound.

By BEN SERBY JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

This Sunday, Atlas Sound will play a show at Cholmondeley’s sponsored by Punk, Rock ’n Roll Club. Brandeis students who have not heard of Atlas Sound may at least be familiar with Deerhunter, the Atlanta-based shoegaze/ ambient pop quintet that played at last year’s Springfest. Atlas Sound is the solo project of Bradford Cox, Deerhunter’s talented frontman.

Cox has released two different albums under this alias, each of them quite different in scope and sound. The 2008 release, Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel, is the product of intense self-examination. Before recording, Cox went through hundreds of cassette recordings he made as a child, in search of inspiration. The lyrics are highly introspective and autobiographical, often reflecting the solitude and longing of an ill child (Cox suffers from Marfan syndrome).

For example, on one track, Cox sings: “Quarantined and kept so far away / I’m waiting to be changed.” If the message seems unfiltered, that’s because the lyrics on Let the Blind Lead were written in a stream-of-consciousness style that Cox improvised while recording, in the interest of delivering his experiences with

the utmost accuracy.

Musically, the debut record has a consistent aesthetic that rarely travels outside dreamy, trance-like lethargy. Echoes, shimmering ambient chords, breathy whispers, endlessly repeating phrases, lackadaisical song structures and reverberant fuzz produce a definite somnolent quality. The overall sense that emerges in this strange and fascinating piece of music is appropriate to the isolation of the bedroom, especially for a late-afternoon nap. This seems very much in keeping with Cox’s recovery of his experiences as a sequestered, hospitalized youth.

Logos, released last year, displays a different side of Cox’s songwriting and musical talents. The record—which, to my mind, marks an improvement from Let the Blind Lead—is upbeat and varied, with less of a focus on personal experience. Perhaps nowhere is the contrast more evident than on “Walkabout,” a sunny, relentlessly catchy pop tune that features vocals from Noah Lennox (a.k.a. Panda Bear). With its sing-along quality and straightforward verse-chorus structure, “Walkabout” is an unforgettable listen that would be unimaginable in the context of Let the Blind Lead.

That earlier, more somber album drags in comparison, although its frankness might make it more successful on its own terms. Either way, regardless of how one feels about ranking the two albums, the almost pop-radio sensibility that partially suffuses Logos is a welcome development.

Besides “Walkabout,” the new record shines at various different moments. “Shelia” is a

brief, melodious marriage proposal set to a continuous vamp on the same three descending chords. Although the (danceable) song seems to invite a joyful response, a certain underlying darkness lingers. When Cox sings, “You’ll be my wife / you’ll share my life,” we are uncertain as to whether this is a sinister command or an innocent request. The ending—“We’ll die alone together,” repeated many times—is, in its morbidity, reminiscent of the many deceptively vibrant songs that fill Deerhunter’s 2008 Microcastle album. The next track on Logos is “Quick Canal,” a fantastic eight-minute collaboration with Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab. The song feels like a vivid psychedelic journey through the expanses of outer space as Sadier’s beautiful voice gently soars over undulating organ and a steady drum-and-bass beats. The sound expands steadily and gradually, finally giving way to brilliant bursts of shimmering electric guitar feedback that seem to propel the music ever more rapidly without the beat even picking up.

If “Quick Canal” is a far cry from the other songs on Logos—not to mention the entirety of Let the Blind Lead—it only goes to show the diversity of Cox’s musical ideas, as well as his consistent success in executing them. In addition to the two albums discussed in this article, Cox maintains an Atlas Sound blog where he has posted dozens of songs. Unsurprisingly, this profusion of varied material might leave you scratching your head as to what to expect come Sunday night. Fortunately, no matter what Cox plays, we can rest assured that it will be interesting.

It was only one week ago when Alexandra Dougherty ’11 and Narre Heon ’11 decided to found Brandeis University’s first club dedicated to cheese. Their reason?

“Because we really like eating cheese, and everyone loves cheese,” said Heon.

When the duo began the process of getting the club chartered by the Student Union, they were surprised at how easy it was to rally outside support. In fact, it took only one round of obtaining signatures in the Usdan Student Center to reach the required 135 signatures and 15 permanent members required for University recognition.

“We just went around asking people if they liked cheese, and the response was extremely positive,” said Dougherty.

“We actually didn’t realize how easy [starting a club] was at Brandeis. But then again, we haven’t gone to the F-Board yet,” said Heon.

The co-presidents, or the Big Cheeses, as Dougherty and Heon call themselves, plan on making a club that’s not just about eating cheese. They spoke of exploring the science and history of cheese as well as possibly supporting dairy farmers. At their meetings, they plan on not just serving cheese but also offering various complementary dishes such as crackers and fruit.

The first official meeting of the Brandeis University Cheese Club will be today at 8 p.m. in the South Campus Commons. The goal of the meeting will be to see how many students are interested and to give the leaders an idea of what to expect. Learning what people want from the club will provide a good starting point for the newly formed club.

“We’re looking for suggestions, because we want to cater to people’s tastes,” the duo said. They mentioned wanting to promote vegan and kosher cheese.

For the past week, Dougherty and Heon have been busy getting the word out on campus.

“The last week has been a lot of brainstorming and planning,” said Heon. “We also had to hang up fliers and rip off tape in the cold.”

Even within the short period of time, the response for the Brandeis University Cheese Club has been very enthusiastic.

The Facebook group for the club, for example, already has 350 members, and over 100 students have replied as attending the first meeting on Tuesday.

Heon recalls overhearing students talking about looking forward to the Cheese Club while she was flyering for their first event. “I heard them say they were excited for the Cheese Club, and I told them that I was too!” Heon said.

So how did the two founders develop their passion for cheese? Dougherty explains that they have always enjoyed getting cheese at Trader Joe’s and Hannaford and having wine-and-cheese gatherings with their friends.

“I really like plain goat cheese with honey and pine nuts,” said Dougherty.

“However, my favorite type of cheese would have to be Manchego.”

“I usually like to eat the cheese plain first, to really taste it, then have it with other things,” said Heon. “My favorites include smoked Gouda, or in fact any type of Gouda, and French cheeses like baked Brie.”

Dougherty is double-majoring in Environmental Studies and International and Global Studies, and Heon is double-majoring in Philosophy and Health: Science, Society, and Policy.

“Starting the club doesn’t feel like work,” Dougherty said. “We just want people to be happy, because cheese is supposed to make you happy.”

“We have a lot on our plates,” Heon said.

“But we always have room for cheese.”

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Il Capriccio merits splurge

Ghazal is worth the trek out to Jamaica Plain

■ The local restaurant makes the

perfect destination for any special occasion. With the chefs’ mastery of savory Italian dishes, Il Capriccio provides a convenient alternative to Boston’s fine dining options.

■ The Boston restaurant serves

tasty, traditional Indian dishes in a cozy, elegant dining room.

By ELIZABETH STOKER JUSTICE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

By WEI SUM LI JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

Sadly, the act of fine dining and the average college budget do not coexist well. While many of the University’s nearby eating establishments are frequented by both locals and Brandeis students, most Brandeis students will never try two of Waltham’s best-known restaurants, La Campania and Il Capriccio.

Both locations are ranked highly, not just in Waltham, but among some of the best fine dining restaurants in Boston. Given a special occasion, most students would immediately head for Boston and forgo the relatively familiar streets of Waltham under the assumption that nothing in Waltham could rival the city’s offerings.

Perhaps, however, the gourmet experience does not require a long, bumpy ride on the Crystal Shuttle. With Valentine’s Day looming right around the corner, consider how a short trip to Main Street might be significantly more romantic than freezing at the bus stop.

Il Capriccio (888 Main St.) is located next to Gordon’s Wines and Liquors at the heart of Waltham’s Main Street. Unrelated to their popular neighbor, chef/owner Rich Barron and co-owner Jeannie Rogers boast an impressively selected wine and spirit list for the perfect accompaniment with any of their flavorful dishes. The menu is at its base French and Northern Italian, but is also inherently New England-influenced and built upon a commitment to using local ingredients.

For my own special occasion, I began the night with a glass of 2008 Cantine Ascheri Gavi di Gavi, known as “Cristina Ascheri” ($7). The crisp, dry white wine had a light golden color and a clean, simple taste. While lovely on its own, the elegant flavor only improved when accompanying our delicious meal. In particular, the aromatic bouquet blended perfectly with our first course, homemade pappardelle pasta with braised rabbit ragu ($14).

The braised rabbit was a special of the night and we ordered a half portion of it to replace our initial appetizer choice (roast lobsterstuffed shrimp, wrapped in prosciutto with a smoky malt scotch sauce, $14). While many may object to the consumption of adorable fuzzy animals, the soft tender meat braised with carrots, tomatoes and green onions and tossed with homemade pasta melted in my mouth. The distinctive chew of truly fresh pasta contrasted with the velvet-textured meat.

For our second course, my dining companion chose the much-lauded Long Island duckling, sweet potato lasagna, balsamic and dried cherries ($28). Many online reviews of Il Capriccio have mentioned appreciation for “the duck,” and the mystery reviewers did not exaggerate the flavorful, generous portions of both duck breast and leg. The balsamic-based sauce balanced the hearty flavor of the meat.

While certainly creative, the sweet potato lasagna was far from a highlight.

My own dish, seared sea scallops, potato leek tart, cippoline and a sauce of Moscato D’Asti ($29) beautifully showcased Il Capriccio’s mastery of wine. The Moscato D’Asti sauce was sweet but never overpowered the perfectly cooked scallops. Again, the main dish and sauce largely outshone the side dish as the potato leek tart was flavorful, but uninspiring. Overall, however, the tart played a role as a textural balance to the soft sea scallops. Flavors blended beautifully in each dish.

The service was as expected from a fine dining establishment, and our waiter provided an excellent wine recommendation.

The food at Il Capriccio truly exemplifies fine dining. The simple ingredients and artfully constructed dishes are beautiful to both the sight and palate. The prices are on par with many of Boston’s finest restaurants, but consider the fact that you won’t pay for tolls or outrageous city parking fees.

The next time you have a special occasion—a parental visit, a 21st birthday, a parental visit for your 21st birthday—consider staying close to home. The experience is certainly worth that once-in-a-lifetime splurge. Whether it’s Valentine’s Day, an anniversary or any other excuse, save your pennies and explore the other side of Waltham’s dining scene at Il Capriccio.

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FOOD WITH A FLOURISH: In the photo above, Pastor Avelan, a sous chef at Il Capriccio, serves up a specially made vegetarian dish for a customer. The Italian food offered at Il Capriccio maintains a specifically New England flair, incorporating locally grown ingredients into its flavorful meals.

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ON THE BACK BURNER: Above, a dish of lobster risotto with baby spinach waits to be served to a customer. Below, various foods simmer as they wait to be added to one of Il Capriccio’s delicious dishes.

On its Web site, the restaurant Ghazal explains that “Ghazal may be understood as both the pain and loss of separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain, but traditionally deals with one subject: love, and, in our case, our love of our cuisine.” I have to admit, that little bit of linguistic flourish is no empty advertising. Ghazal promises unique and flavorful food made with plenty of careful consideration, and they definitely deliver.

Ghazal is located in Jamaica Plain, a trendy neighborhood near downtown Boston. It’s a part of a long strip of chic restaurants along Centre Street, where the options for cuisine—be it classic American, Asian fusion or entirely vegan—are endless. Still, your best bet for an awesome evening is, without a doubt, going for Indian food at Ghazal. Make sure you’re looking for number 711, or you might just miss it—the restaurant, like so many quaint New England establishments, is narrow, deep and relatively plain on the outside. The inside, however, is very elegantly decorated with exotic wood-panelled walls, pleasantly low lighting and polished hardwood floors. If you decide to spend your Valentine’s Day evening here, count on getting a cozy table for two with a little candlelight to go along with it. Ghazal’s menu is extensive, though it includes all of the favorite Indian standbys. As a vegetarian, I was quite impressed by the offering of nonmeat selections, from appetizers and soups to entrées.

For those who enjoy their meat, the menu is divided into subsections based on the type—chicken, lamb, beef—and is very easy to navigate.

For starters, my dining parter (that is to say, my dad visiting from Dallas) ordered the cheese pakora and vegetable samosas. The cheese pakora is delicious and absolutely not to be missed. It consists of delicately fried fritters of spiced homemade cheese, with a thin layer of garlicky potato nestled in the center. If you’re interested in a bit of kick or hint of fruit, try drizzling on one of the three sauces placed on the table; I recommend the sweet plum chutney.

The vegetable samosas come two to an order and are similar to the fare at other Indian restaurants, with flaky pastry, fragrantly spiced peas and potatoes.

Always an Indian staple, a number of varieties of naan bread are available at Ghazal, though we chose plain and did not regret it. A single order comes with one round of naan sliced in two, so if you’re enjoying a large group, consider multiple orders. The naan itself was crisp along the edges and warm and chewy on the inside, with a pleasantly light flavor.

Though the selection is wide and tempting, I chose the malai kofta for my entree. It consists of tender dumplings of cheese and mixed vegetables in a curry sauce, mild, medium or hot as per your taste. I ordered mine mild, and it was pleasantly flavorful without much bite; therefore, expect to have your tastes met precisely. The dumplings arrive quite submerged in sauce, which is the perfect consistency to drizzle over any leftover rice and enjoy in its own right. While the dumplings are quite hearty, they’re tender enough to enjoy in a couple of easy bites and are savory and complex in taste, with hints of garlic and basil. On a cold night, malai kofta— a sort of exotic, vegetarian chicken ’n’ dumplings—might be just the ticket.

An established omnivore, my dad ordered the chicken biryani. At Ghazal, there is enough to go around, so don’t order counting on particularly small portions. The biryani is fragrant and full of complementary vegetables, a mixture of sauteed bell peppers, peas and onions. It comes accompanied by a side of raita, a cool Indian cucumber and yogurt sauce with a hint of mint to cool down the spicier variations of the dish.

A number of awesome-sounding desserts are available, from pastry balls in a honey sauce to exotic Indian ice cream, but I chose the rice pudding and enjoyed it immensely. After a spicy meal, the soft rice in sweetened milk with raisins and sliced cashews is just the thing to cool down the palette.

Ghazal is a great experience, from the atmosphere to the awesome service to the excellent food and reasonable prices. Whether you’re entertaining out-of-towners, enjoying a night on the town or going out for your Valentine’s celebration, it’s the perfect answer to the omnipresent question “What’s good around here?”

It’s a bit of a hike to Jamaica Plain, but Ghazal is well worth the trip.

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Gibson’s return goes according to formula ■ The new movie ‘Edge of

Darkness’ contained clichés but was well-acted and kept an entertaining pace.

By BRYAN FLATT JUSTICE EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Casting Mel Gibson in the lead role of a movie is a dicey move in Hollywood these days. The fact that he has not headlined a film in almost eight years, combined with his very public drunken tirade of racial, antiSemitic and gender slurs, led to great uncertainty regarding whether Mel Gibson would ever make an acting comeback. Edge of Darkness, released Friday, marked Mel’s return to the big screen and the big question on everyone’s mind was twofold: 1) Does he still have the acting chops to handle the heavy roles, and 2) Can viewers forgive him for his wrongdoings? The answer to the first one is very much yes, while the second question will not be determined until the box office numbers start to roll in. But I digress. The film is not about Mel Gibson’s personal life nor is it even about Mel Gibson—in short, it is a story about a father in his search for revenge against a corrupt and greedy corporation.

Edge of Darkness, directed by Martin Campbell—director of arguably the best two modern Bond movies, GoldenEye (1995) and Casino Royale (2006)—is a remake of a sixepisode 1985 BBC miniseries also directed by Campbell. The story starts off with a fairly basic plotline. Detective Thomas Craven, a war veteran and Boston police officer, is meeting with his daughter Emma (Bojana Novakovic), with whom he has fallen out of touch. As he is standing beside her, a mysterious man shows up, yells, “Craven” and murders his daughter. Everyone seems to think that Detective Craven

himself was the intended target and his daughter was the victim of a wrong place, wrong time scenario.

Faced with the grief of watching his daughter die right in front of him along with the suspicion that he was in fact the intended target, the straightlaced detective has to throw aside some of his morals to investigate the story behind a seemingly random murder. As more and more becomes clear about his daughter’s life and Northmoor, the company she worked for, what he finds reaches much farther than he ever could have imagined into lies, deceit and scandal.

What must be cleared up almost immediately is that unlike what the trailers portray, Edge of Darkness is not an action movie and should not be compared to the 2008 thriller Taken, starring Liam Neeson. Action truthfully only makes up about 10 percent of the film, with the other 90 percent entirely driven by characters and drama. What results is much better than the alternative.

Edge of Darkness is a well-acted, well-paced drama with interesting characters well worth developing.

While Mel Gibson has played the role of an angry man (parent, soldier, detective) in many movies, it is a role that he clearly reprises for a reason—he is good at it. He plays the role with apparent ease, and it is very easy to forget that it is Mel Gibson we are watching instead of Thomas Craven, a forsaken father looking for revenge. The only times I found myself thinking of Mel Gibson the person was during the many scenes in which his character, Craven, refuses and clearly detests alcoholic beverages—something I found to be a little ironic and hopefully true to the real Gibson now.

Though the film relies heavily on the personal and emotional growth of Gibson’s character, there are a slew of excellent supporting characters who help develop the interesting but unfortunately predictable plot-

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PATERNAL PURSUIT: ‘Edge of Darkness’ follows Thomas Craven’s (Mel Gibson) search for justice after his daughter’s murder. line. Danny Huston is perfectly cast as the slimy boss of Northmoor, Jack Bennett, whose lack of morals makes him an excellent antagonist to the play-by-the-rules Craven. Ray Winstone’s mysterious Jedburgh throws a much-needed element of surprise into a story that has been seen many times before. As the most interesting character in the film, nobody really ever knows who Jedburgh is working for, a mystery that extends to almost the very last scene. With his smooth British accent and his love for scotch and cigars as well as some

great one-liners (“everything is illegal in Massachusetts”), I likened him to a quasi-Bond character who plays off of both Craven and Bennett.

Taking a 25-year-old, six-hour miniseries and turning it into a successful two-hour film could not have been easy for director Campbell, but with very good performances and pacing he has done it. Mel Gibson makes a successful transition back into acting in a role that is familiar to him and is supported by a great cast and a very intriguing story. The only noticeable flaw of the film is

that the plotline has been rehashed many times and is quite predictable.

There is never an “aha” moment and the “bad guy” becomes very obvious from the trailer alone. Also, for the squeamish: Although the violence is rare, it is fairly graphic. In an age of technology it is nice to see a straightedge thriller drama once in a while.

Predictability aside, Edge of Darkness is very well-done and a welcome comeback for actor Mel Gibson, who from now on, will hopefully only be seen on the big screen instead of TMZ.

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‘Gatz’ is a great retelling of classic ■ The six-hour production of

the play at Cambridge’s American Repertory Theater elicited a standing ovation.

By JOYCE WANG JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

The Great Gatsby is one of those books on everyone’s assigned reading list in high school. It may also be one of the few they actually read. There is something about it—Fitzgerald’s beautifully crafted prose probably has a lot to do with this—that remains appealing. Beyond the glamorized lives of its protagonists, it’s the tragedy of the story and the way it mourns the lost American dream that ensures its place in the canon. When I heard that a sixhour production titled Gatz was being produced by Elevator Repair Service at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, and that it basically consisted of the entire book being read out loud, I was a little wary of the time commitment but mostly eager to experience the book again in a new way.

Instead of taking place on a lavish movie set with period costumes and crystalline lights, Gatz begins in the grungy basement of an anonymous ’90s-era office. An employee finds an old copy of The Great Gatsby in a Rolodex, and when his computer persists in failing to turn on, he begins to read the book aloud, gradually becoming more and more absorbed with its world, as do his co-workers. Eventually, they morph into the characters of The Great Gatsby, and although they enact much of the dialogue, every other word is narrated by Nick (Scott Shepherd), including every “he said” and “she said.” True, at times, the production feels like an audiobook, especially during some of the more introspective passages. But that’s not a bad thing, considering Shepherd’s amazing performance, a real tour de force. There’s not just the physical feat of reading what must amount to over four hours of prose (all of which he memorized), but the way he manages to really become Nick, the eternal recipient of confessions of other people’s lives. The particular, untraceable cadence of his voice brings you back to another age, and although you can guess at his patrician past, you can also see his slowly mounting distaste for the lives of his wealthy friends, and the disillusionment is as painful for the audience as it is for him.

Nick is the best part of the production, but nearly all of the actors also

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SHOP TALK: In the play ‘Gatz,’ a worker named Nick (Scott Shepherd) reads F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ to his colleagues, including Lucille (Kate Scelsa). stand up quite well. Gary Wilmes is excellent as the boorish Tom Buchanan, and he even manages to instill a faint sympathy (or is it contempt?) in the audience’s heart by the second half.

His mistress, Myrtle Wilson (Laurena Allan), is also well cast, and she brings the necessary vitality to her character, a kind of vivaciousness verging on hysteria. I found her husband, George (Frank Boyd), less convincing, mostly because I found the actor’s appearance off-putting. He looked much too young for the role, and the odd presence of facial hair coupled with his hangdog attitude seemed to intimate a sense of mere shabbiness, not the downtrodden, lifeless ghost of a man he was supposed to have been. Sibyl Kempson, who plays Jordan Baker, brings a sense of humor to her role that I had forgotten existed in the book, but I preferred her when she was less dramatic. Victoria Vazquez tries very hard to be Daisy Buchanan, and she comes very close, but frankly, given

Fitzgerald’s abstract representation of Daisy as the ultimate idealization of Gatsby’s American dream, no actress could actually live up to the text. And finally, we have Gatsby himself (Jim Fletcher), who in appearance was not quite what I expected but who eventually won me over while maintaining an enigmatic distance.

Hearing the entire text of The Great Gatsby does make you notice certain things, especially specific descriptions or words Fitzgerald repeats. And there is certainly a kind of awkwardness when one tries to visualize literary phrases such as, “There was a pause.”

However, the company forges mercilessly ahead, gleefully acknowledging the limitations of the theatrical medium and even attempting in a “meta” kind of way to gamely perform metaphorical language as if it were a game of charades. Mostly, this works.

Sometimes a phrase meant to be wry in Fitzgerald’s text devolves into slapstick with the appropriate level of au-

dience laughter, but I suppose this was necessary in a six-hour production. I appreciated this winking at the audience, but the production was really at its best when it very much imitated a traditional play.

The second half ratchets up the drama, plot and dialogue, and there is an extended scene in a dimly lit hotel room, after everyone has figured everything out, when the production achieves its ultimate goal—a state of suspended anticipation. I forgot it was set in an office, and I forgot that these people weren’t really Nick, Daisy, Tom and Gatsby. And even though I knew what was going to happen, the visceral dread was just as affecting.

The very end of the novel took a much more circuitous route than I remembered, but when Nick Carraway started talking about the green light, and the orgastic future, and running faster and stretching our arms further, I realized it was about to end, and I was disappointed.

As a rule, I generally don’t believe in standing ovations. I think they’re overdone and that standing after every performance you see simply dilutes the import of whatever a standing ovation should mean. But after Gatz, remarkably, it was the first thing I wanted to do. I wasn’t alone.

The entirety of that small theater’s audience stood up behind me in seconds—not reluctantly, not in that peer pressure-influenced kind of way where the audience timidly steps up after looking around—we stood up immediately because it was that remarkable.

Gatz is playing at the Loeb Drama Center in Harvard Square, 64 Brattle St., until Feb. 7. Part 1 (Chapters 1-5) is 3 hours, 20 minutes long, which includes a 10-minute break. Part 2 (Chapters 6-9) is 2 hours, 40 minutes long, which includes a 10-minute break. If you choose to see both parts in one day, there is a hourlong dinner break between Parts 1 and 2.

BEAUTY

Natural cosmetics give beauty routine a boost ■ Johnson Compounding

and Wellness Center offers a convenient source for beauty products that have been made without chemicals.

By AMY MELSER JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

When people think about being healthy, the first thing that comes to mind is usually diet. Whatever you put into your body can be reflected on the outside of your body. However, the skin and hair absorb lotions and conditioners, so why not make them as healthy as possible? Right around the corner from Brandeis is a pharmacy called Johnson Compounding and Wellness Center, located at 577 Main St., where you can find an array of natural and organic health and beauty products. I wanted to put a couple to the test to see if they work as well as the products mass produced by pharmaceutical companies that you can buy at the typical Walgreens or CVS and if I noticed an improvement in my complexion or hair.

The first product I tried was Nature’s Gate Hemp Moisturizing Lotion for dry, dehydrated skin. With the cold weather not letting up, my hands especially have been really

dry. This paraben- and colorant-free lotion surprised me with a subtle but pleasant cinnamon scent. Hemp seed oil is high in essential fatty acids to help keep the skin hydrated. While the lotion was light and absorbed quickly, I had to keep reapplying in order for my hands to stay supple throughout the harsh days of winter.

However, when applied to my legs and arms, the shea butter, milk thistle and kukui nut oil left my skin soft and smelling faintly delicious. For $9.50, I think this 18 oz. bottle was a little disappointing, but fun to try compared to the typical Nivea or Cetaphil. Also, it is worth noting that the lotion was produced without animal testing and with no animal byproducts.

The next product I tried was the Grime Bar, which is an all-natural, hard-milled bar of soap. It reminded me of the “soap on a rope” my brother used to use back in the ’90s.

It definitely has a rugged, manly feel to it, but the scent is very unisex, and I didn’t come out of the shower reeking of Axe. The Grime Bar claims it is the “ultimate soap for easing irritated skin,” and it’s supposed to take away “grime, grease, and grit.” Since I spend most of my time in the classroom as opposed to underneath a car or at a campsite, I wasn’t sure if I could accurately judge how well the Grime Bar worked. So, I smudged eyeliner on my hand and then

washed my hands with the Grime Bar. It came off quite easily, and I contemplated using it to remove eye makeup (but I’ll stick with Clinique for that). The bar of soap is $4.50, and I think it’s a good buy because it will probably last a long time. Coming from a girl who loves liquid body wash, I felt surprisingly fresh and clean after using this bar soap. Moreover, it was nondrying and nonirritating, just as it claims. It also comes with a resealable bag, so in case I ever do go camping, I can tote my Grime Bar with me.

A lot of people have gluten allergies, and especially in health food stores and pharmacies like Johnson’s, you’ll find products that are gluten-free. Never would I ever expect conditioner to claim that it’s gluten-free on the packaging, but Theraneem Organix did. This conditioner is made with “neem,” an ingredient “respected by Ayurvedic practioners for its ability to support healthy skin and scalps.”

The scent of lemon and peppermint reminded me of an Aveda conditioner I used to use and it worked in a similar way. The peppermint awakened my scalp and tingled.

After leaving it on for 3 minutes—the bottle said to leave it on for 3 to 5 minutes, but I’m not the most patient of people—combing through my wet locks was not as easy as I would have liked. Perhaps it was because I didn’t

use the conditioner in conjunction with the prescribed partner shampoo, or perhaps I should have waited longer for it to work its magic. Nevertheless, once all the knots were out of my hair, I was left with less frizz than usual (which can make or break a girl’s day). The scent had a spa-like essence which put me in a temporary trance and provoked me to do some deep breathing in the shower. This conditioner did not work as well as others I’ve tried from the drug store or salon, and for $11.95, you’re buying it because it smells delicious and because you support cruelty-free and vegan movements.

Overall, my trip to Johnson Compounding and Wellness Center opened my eyes to many new products and brands I hadn’t heard of before. Many students get into ruts using the same products every day just trying to cover the bases of cleaning themselves to look presentable for class. Yet it can be fun to try things, especially if you don’t see improvement in your hair or skin from your current products. Conversely, if you are happy with the results of your products, by no means should you change!

In case you cannot get to Johnson’s and you find yourself at Target or Walgreens, you can still find many products that support “greener” movements. EOS lip balm is an upgraded Chapstick. It comes in a

“smooth sphere that glides on lips,” and it is a “95% organic, 100% natural lip balm that’s petrolatum & paraben free.” It actually lasts longer than most lip balms I’ve tried and the “sweet mint” flavor is quite refreshing. My lips always feel plumped up even though the product doesn’t claim any plumping qualities. However, if your lips are moist and treated well, I think they automatically look more kissable.

Similarly, Burt’s Bees recently came out with a new line for acne problems. The “Natural Acne Solutions targeted spot treatment” contains salicylic acid like most acne products you’ll find on the market.

However, the concentration is only 0.75 percent, compared to 2 percent like a Neutrogena spot treatment.

Therefore, it is a lot less drying. It is also recyclable and not tested on animals.

If you’re going to use organic products, these are wonderful contributions to sustainability and cruelty-free movements, but until more individuals show a demand for these products they will continue to be a bit pricier than the ones you find in the drugstore. Additionally, the immediate results are comparable to products you’d find in the drugstore, but you know you’re doing something not only for your body, but for the Earth, which may in fact make you feel more attractive and healthy.

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THE JUSTICE

TOP of the

ARTS ON VIEW

TRIVIA TIME 1. What is a group of dragons called?

2. What was Norm’s last name in the sitcom series Cheers?

3. An eisteddfod—a festival of music, literature and performing arts—is held in which country?

4. What kind of plant does the flavoring saffron come from?

5. Who was known as “The Iron Chancellor”?

6. Who directed the movie The Lost Weekend?

7. What kind of creature does the Australian bandicoot most resemble?

8. Lapland is a region of what country?

9. Where is the retina located?

10. The Catskill Mountains are located in which U.S. state?

CHARTS Top 10s for the week ending Feb. 2 BOX OFFICE 1. Avatar 2. Edge of Darkness 3. When in Rome 4. Tooth Fairy 5. The Book of Eli 6. Legion 7. The Lovely Bones 8. Sherlock Holmes 9. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel 10. It’s Complicated

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FINA AMARILIO/the Justice

FAMILY BAND: The band Zanois plays a concert at Cholmondeley’s on Friday. Justice McDaniel ’12, right, plays guitar, while his brother, Zane, plays keyboard and their father plays drums. The band’s fourth member is Zane’s friend Kyle, who plays bass.

1. A weyr 2. Peterson 3. Wales 4. Crocus flower 5. Otto von Bismarck, Germany 6. Billy Wilder 7. A large rat 8. Finland 9. The eye 10. New York ANSWERS

CROSSWORD

SHOWTIMES 2/5 - 2/11 Edge of Darkness Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:50, 6:50, 9:30 Mon-Thurs 2:10, 4:50, 7:50 Dear John Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:00, 7:00, 9:35 Mon-Thurs 2:20, 5:00, 8:00 The Young Victoria Fri-Sun 3:40, 6:40 Mon-Thurs 2:40, 5:10 The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus Fri-Sun 12:40, 9:20 Mon-Thurs 7:30 Avatar Fri-Sun 12:50, 4:20, 7:00 Mon-Thurs 2:50, 7:00 Invictus Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:25 Mon-Thurs 2:00, 4:50, 7:40 Precious Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 9:40 Mon-Thurs 2:30, 5:00, 8:10

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ACROSS 1. Annie Lennox’s, “No More ‘I Love —’” 5. Shade provider 8. Grate 12. Ordinate counterpart 14. “Do — others ...”

15. Labyrinth beast 16. Ollie’s pal 17. Little, in Paris 18. Unisex top 20. PC peripheral 23. Folder contents 24. Angered 25. Stately dances 28. — Miserables 29. Pugilist 30. Discoverer’s cry 32. Mosque tower 34. Culture medium 35. — and crafts 36. SALT subject 37. Elk 40. Crucial 41. Mideast airline 42. Member of the clergy 47. Skin opening 48. Eternally 49. Prepared to drive 50. Reuben bread 51. Impale DOWN 1. Sweet potato 2. Kyoto cummerbund 3. Sailors’ org.

4. Evaluated by eyeing 5. Jacob’s brother 6. Baton Rouge sch.

7. Strict disciplinarian 8. Potential frat member 9. Con 10. Celeb 11. Bridge, in Brest 13. Particular 19. Speak sloppily 20. Wire measure 21. Utah city 22. Lucy’s partner

1. Vampire Weekend – “White Sky” 2. Yeasayer – “Ambling Alp” 3. Massive Attack – “Splitting the Atom” 4. Eels – “The Beginning” 5. Screaming Females – “I Do” 6. Vampire Weekend – “Horchata” 7. The Bynars – “Party All Night” 8. RJD2 – “Let There Be Horns” 9. Yukon Blonde – “Blood Cops” 10. Charlotte Gainsbourg – “IRM”

COLLEGE RADIO 1. Animal Collective – Fall Be Kind (EP) 2. Tom Waits – Glitter and Doom Live 3. Tegan & Sara – Sainthood 4. Devendra Banhart – What Will We Be 5. Real Estate – Real Estate 6. Flaming Lips – Embryonic 7. King Khan & BBQ Show – Invisible Girl 8. BlakRoc – BlakRoc 9. Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures 10. Compilation – Daptone Gold

BILLBOARD

23. Repairs 25. Bergen’s dummy Snerd 26. Takeout request 27. Phony 29. Homer’s imp son 31. Sphere 33. Caught redhanded 34. Bottomless pits 36. Estate recipient 37. Sobbed 38. Lotion additive 39. Rid of rind 40. Patella site 43. Wall climber 44. Youngster 45. Historic time 46. CSA soldier 44. Plumbing problem 45. La-la preceder

1. Various Artists – Hope For Haiti Now 2. Susan Boyle – I Dreamed A Dream 3. Lady Gaga – The Fame 4. Spoon – Transference 5. Various Artists – 2010 Grammy Nominees 6. Vampire Weekend – Contra 7. Alicia Keys – The Element of Freedom 8. Ke$ha – Animal 9. Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D. 10. Taylor Swift – Fearless Album information provided by Billboard Magazine. Box office information provided by Yahoo! Movies. Radio charts provided by CMJ.

STAFF PLAYLIST

“Round One”

By SARAH BAYER

Solution to last issue’s crossword.

46. “The Raven” writer 47. Submachine gun 49. Greek X

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STRANGE BUT TRUE ■ It was American writer Cullen Hightower who made the following sage observation: “Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it.”

■ If you were asked to name the northernmost of the United States, I’m sure you’d have no trouble naming Alaska. And you probably also know that Alaska is the westernmost state of the union. You might be surprised, however, to learn that Alaska is also the easternmost state. Yep. The Aleutian Island chain crosses the International Dateline, placing a few of the islands in the Far East.

■ Thanks to the fact that their eyes are placed on the sides of their heads, rabbits can see behind themselves without turning their heads.

■ In the town of Arcadia, Calif., there is a law on the books that grants peacocks the legal right of way when

crossing any street or driveway.

■ Those who study such things claim that there are 293 different ways to make change for a dollar.

■ In 2002, a research firm conducted a poll on Americans’ beliefs about the existence of alien life in the universe. It seems that a whopping 68 percent of us feel that the U.S. government knows about alien life but refuses to publicize that knowledge.

■ The Russian Space Agency has a full-fledged space tourism program—and a popular one, at that. Despite the $20 million price tag, all the available trips were fully booked by (wealthy) civilians in 2009.

Thought for the Day: “I look to the future because that’s where I’m going to spend the rest of my life.”

—George Burns

JUSTICE EDITOR

To kick off our new Staff Playlist column, I didn’t really go for any sort of theme.

Instead I just sifted through some old favorites and threw in a couple of newer songs I’ve been listening to lately. My top pick from this list is probably “Fire on the Mountain,” by Asa, a Nigerian-French singer whose songs are both political and catchy.

Check this space weekly for playlists developed by staffers from all sections of the Justice!

THE LIST 1. The Magnetic Fields – “Absolutely Cuckoo” 2. Benjy Davis Project – “Mississippi” 3. Miss Muffin – “Bways and Gyals” 4. The White Stripes – “You’re Pretty Good Looking (For A Girl)” 5. Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto – “Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)” 6. Asa – “Fire on the Mountain” 7. Neil Young – “Heart of Gold” 8. The Zombies – “Tell Her No” 9. The Cat Empire – “Sunny Moon” 10. Procol Harum – “Quite Rightly So”