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CRIME

A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE

Village trespasser arrested, charged ■ Police urge caution

after a Waltham resident illegally entered a University student’s unlocked room. By SAM MINTZ JUSTICE EDITOR

A 26-year-old man was arrested in the Village on Thursday night after he illegally entered the residence hall and later a student’s unlocked room in Village A. The man, Matthew Razani of Waltham, was charged with trespassing and placed in protective custody because he appeared to be intoxicated, according to Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan in an interview with the Justice. Callahan said that Razani apparently followed someone into the building when the student swiped his or her card and then opened the unlocked door of an occupied room. The occupant of that room sent a text message to a friend in the building, who came to the room. Razani left, and the students called 911 at approximately 11:14 p.m. Campus police responded and apprehended Razani on the fourth floor of Village A. According to Callahan, the students and officers both “discerned an odor of alcoholic beverage emanating from

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HONORING MLK: Herman Hemingway ’53 delivers the keynote address at Monday night's event in the Shapiro Campus Center.

Community celebration focuses on King’s legacy ■ Herman Hemingway ’53, a

fraternity brother of MLK, was the keynote speaker at the poetic and musical event. By ALLYSON CARTTER JUSTICE SENIOR WRITER

Herman Hemingway ’53 delivered the keynote address at the eighth annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial in honor of MLK Day last night at the Carl J. Shapiro Theater. The event was co-sponsored by MLK Scholars and Friends, the Division of Student Affairs and the Office of Communications. Hemingway was the first black man to graduate from Brandeis and was King’s Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity brother. According to Associate Dean of Student Life Jamele Adams, who served as host of the program, Hemingway, originally from Roxbury,

Mass., became an active member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council at age 15. Following his time as an undergraduate at Brandeis, he spent four years in the Air Force and attended law school at Suffolk University. He is now a professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Boston and practices law as a public defender. According to Hemingway, he and King met when the former was an undergraduate at Brandeis and the latter a graduate student at Boston University and ordained minister. Reflecting on his time with King, Hemingway said that “his demeanor was always cloaked with great dignity.” King was “a man of great faith and recognized his need to grow and learn more,” which led to his pledging the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, Hemingway said. When Hemingway was growing up, he said, young white boys were able to

his body.” Campus police arrested Razani for trespassing and transported him to the Waltham Police Department, where he was placed in protective custody due to intoxication. Callahan said that the Assistant District Attorney reviewed the University’s police report to determine if additional charges should be placed. Razani was arraigned in court on Friday, where he was charged with one count of trespassing, according to the City of Waltham's public records. The report filed by campus police said that the man was initially described as a tall black male in his mid-20s, dressed in all black. Dean of Student Life Rick Sawyer sent an email to the student body late Friday afternoon in the wake of the incident warning students to take precautions such as securing outdoor doors to residence halls and locking inner room doors. “Please be concerned about persons who do not look familiar waiting to be let into outside doors,” he wrote. Callahan added that Sawyer’s email should be considered educational rather than alarming and that he and Sawyer wanted to remind students to lock their doors even though many students “are so comfortable on campus that they leave their doors unlocked.”

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loudly proclaim that they wanted to be the president of the United States when they grew up, while “I would say in a slightly softer tone, ‘president of the United States,’” Hemingway said. This was particularly resonant yesterday, he added, on the day of the second inauguration of President Barack Obama. Hemingway impressed upon audience members the debt they owe to King and his “legacy of love, dedication and sacrifice” as well as “those whose rights are still being violated in this country.” When King spoke of equality, Hemingway said, “it did include folks who did not look like himself or identify like himself,” and he implored the audience to keep this in mind as they work to “act and protect and perfect the dream.” The evening featured a number of performances, including an original poem by Amanda Dryer ’13, presi-

■ Water to Gosman and

Linsey was temporarily terminated. Building closures remain possible. By MARissa ditkowsky JUSTICE editorial assistant

On Jan. 17, the City of Waltham Public Works crew officially began repairs on one of the South Street water mains after a leak travelled down the hill between Gosman Sports and Recreation Center and Linsey Sports Center and entered the basement of Linsey, which contains brand new electrical equipment.

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The work was originally set to begin on Jan. 16 at 9 a.m., but was delayed due to the inclement weather. Senior Vice President of Administration Mark Collins sent out emails to update the Brandeis community on the progress of the repairs, as well as which buildings would lack domestic water after the water main was shut down to pursue these repairs. “There is a water line that basically comes down South Street, and then branches off and goes over towards the Charles River area,” said Collins in an interview with the Justice. “There are branches that feed Gosman, feed Linsey, feed Foster

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 A panel of professors and experts discussed today's elections in Israel.

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POLICE LOG

Obama sworn in, sends message of hope

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President Barack Obama was publicly sworn in for his second term yesterday, in front of a crowd of about one million at the U.S. Capitol. The forty-fourth president, who made history by becoming the first African-American to take office, called for more inclusion and for Americans to “seize” the moment together. The President also mentioned issues that he would address in his second term, including climate change, immigration, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer rights and equal pay for women. The day was additionally historic, with the ceremonies coinciding with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Obama himself taking the oath on King’s Bible. A few Brandeis students were among the crowds gathered at the National Mall. Noah Coolidge ’16 in an interview with the Justice said that this was his first time attending a presidential inauguration. “It was a lot like what you see on TV. You see a sea of people. ... You see a lot of pomp and circumstance,” he said. “A lot of energy. A lot of excitement.” He recalled a “sea of flags” and a crowd chanting Obama’s name. It was also the first time for Prof. Chad Williams (AAAS). “It was very festive,” he remarked in an interview with the Justice. “It was very well organized. The atmosphere was great. Everyone was very excited.” Jordan Schwartz ’16, who was seated in front of the Capitol, described a more chaotic scene. In an email to the Justice, he wrote that other attendees attempted to “get a better view” by “fighting to get on top of the row of porta-potties.” “Eventually the crowd took matters into their own hands and began shaking the units back and forth,” he wrote. “It was a great day, but a logistical nightmare,” he later commented. As for the speech, Williams said he thought the President delivered his speech well and that he was able to “present a very nuanced and inclusive vision of American history” while also focusing on the “notion of citizenship.” “I thought it was a good message,” said Coolidge. “I think it’s a message that resonates with me. It’s sort about how we need to come together on these important issues like climate change [and] gay marriage. ... I think the fact that it was Martin Luther King, [Jr.] day, the speech sort of reflected that too.”

Jan. 14—University Police received a call that a student injured her ankle in the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center. She was treated by BEMCo and transported via ambulance to the hospital for further care. Jan. 16—University Police received a report of a 21-yearold female in the Charles River Apartments feeling ill after a workout. She was treated by BEMCo staff and then transported via ambulance to the hospital for further care. Jan. 19—A BEMCo secondary asked University Police dispatch to page their crew regarding an intoxicated female in a room in Rosenthal East. An ambulance was notified to transport the party to the Newton-Wellesley Hospital for further care. Jan. 19—A caller reported a female party vomiting in a bathroom in Rosenthal North. BE-

MCo was notified, and an ambulance transported the party to the Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Jan. 20—A 20-year-old was passed out on the sidewalk near the Joseph M. Linsey Sports Center. The incident was called in by an on-duty Weston Police officer. An ambulance and the Waltham Fire Department were on-scene, and the party was transported by ambulance to the Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Jan. 20—A male, who was a non-student, in the Power Plant Parking Lot was reported to be intoxicated. He was transported via ambulance to the NewtonWellesley Hospital.

Larceny

Jan. 14—A student reported that his headphones were stolen from the lounge on the third floor of Gordon. University Police proceeded to compile a report on the theft. Jan. 15—University Police

compiled a report on a student who stated that her cash was removed from her wallet after it was recovered from the Community Living lost and found.

Disturbance

Jan. 20—A reporting party stated that numerous people outside the lower Foster Mods were yelling and screaming. The individuals in the area were dispersed by University Police without incident. Jan. 20—A party called University Police stating that her friend was intoxicated and being violent toward other individuals. The individual was calm upon the arrival of the police, and she was left in the care of her friend. No further police action was needed.

Miscellaneous

Jan. 17—Waltham Police notified University Police that a Brandeis student called 911 re-

Senate meets briefly

Manning raises money for Sandy victims

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CARLSTADT, N.J.— Eli Manning on Tuesday offered his support, and some cash, to the relief effort for people hit hard by superstorm Sandy. The New York Giants quarterback—guest at a fundraiser sponsored by Dunkin’ Donuts & Baskin-Robbins Community Foundation—donated $25,000 to the cause. The event raised more than $100,000, officials said. Manning spoke with about 180 company franchisees from the region who each paid $200 to attend the brunch at the Il Villaggio. During the fundraiser, which included a silent auction and raffle, dozens of electronic items, small appliances and autographed sports memorabilia were sold as franchise owners showed their commitment to the community. Mitch Baker, who owns 13 Dunkin’ Donuts franchises, used the five stores that hadn’t lost power after the storm as places for residents to get warm and recharge their cellphones and laptops. Gary Haar, who owns franchises in Wyckoff and Franklin Lakes, N.J., said the event was well-deserved and needed. “All I did was lose power,” said Haar, a 10-year franchise owner. “Other people lost everything they had, whether it was their home or their belongings. As an Eli fan and a Giant fan, I thought it was important to support them. It was the right thing to do.”

porting a suspicious person in Village A. The reporting party described the person as a black male in his mid-20s wearing dark clothing. University Police received a second call from a separate student stating that an unknown black male entered Village A. The person was located by University Police on the fourth floor of the building and was placed under arrest for trespassing. He was transported to the Waltham Police Department for booking procedures. Jan. 20—An intoxicated male was seen on security camera stumbling down the sidewalk near the Rose Art Museum. University Police went to check on the male, who was a non-student, and was placed into protective custody and transported to the Waltham Police Department for booking procedures.

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Dashing through the snow University students took advantage of the snowfall and finally unearthed their sleds, bringing them just outside Goldfarb Library. The snow began to precipitate early last Wednesday morning and continued to fall until the late afternoon.

A shorthanded Senate met for an abbreviated meeting Sunday night, the third night of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day extended weekend. There were no clubs requesting recognition or charter, nor were there Senate Money Resolutions presented by any of the nine senators present. Executive Senator Ricky Rosen ’14 spoke about the upcoming elections for the positions of midyear senator and Finance Board member. He reported that the executive board has been discussing some potential changes to the election system, including only having one vote per vacancy, working to clarify different parts of the election procedure and publishing a blurb about each candidate. The item on the agenda with the most immediate impact was Rosen’s and Student Union Vice President Gloria Park’s ’13 announcement of a change to the new attendance policy. Senators will now be expelled from the Senate after only three absences from meetings, and there will also no longer be any distinction between excused and unexcused absences. Senators also received committee assignments for the semester. The Services Committee was the least popular, made up of only two senators, while the Dining Committee, which is the most popular committee, will have nine members. The other committees filled at the meeting were Outreach, Campus Operations Work Group, Diversity, Social Justice, Ways and Means and Club Support. The meeting closed with individual senator reports. Class of 2015 Senator Sneha Walia reported that the student union bulletin board in Usdan is experiencing some maintenance issues. Off-Campus Senator Sunny Aidasani ’14 said that he met with Student Union President Todd Kirkland ’13 to talk about the prospect of special meal plans for students living off-campus. —Sam Mintz

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Panel discusses Israeli elections yield significant changes, though panelists claimed the results can be easily foreseen. By ilana kruger JUSTICE contributing WRITER

On Wednesday night, a panel of experts discussed the upcoming Israeli elections and their possible ramifications. As Prof. Ilan Troen (NEJS) said, the purpose of the debate was “to understand where we have come from, where it is that we might be going and what might happen after the elections.” The event was sponsored by the Crown Center for Middle East Studies and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies. The panel consisted of Prof. Shai Feldman, Judy and Sidney Swartz Director’s Chair of the Crown Center for Middle East Studies; Dr. Hussein Ibish, senior fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine and executive director of the Hala Salaam Maksoud Foundation for Arab American Leadership; and Prof. Yehuda Mirsky (NEJS). Troen, who is the Stoll Family Chair in Israel Studies and director of the Schusterman Center for

Israel Studies, moderated the discussion, which covered issues such as the peace process, the two-state solution, shifts in party coalitions and leadership and Israeli-Palestinian relations. The parliamentary elections, which will take place today, will differ greatly from American elections. As Troen pointed out, there are around 30 political parties in Israel, each representing different interests and viewpoints. “There are religious parties, ultra-religious parties, less ultra-religious parties, parties for the Sephardim [and] parties for the Europeans,” Troen said. The first question posed to the panel was whether or not these elections will be critical or significant and what to expect from the vote. Mirsky said that “every Israeli election is critical because [of] the magnitude of the ongoing challenges Israel faces on a daily basis.” There are questions about who will succeed the leadership in several Ashkenazi groups, following prominent Orthodox leader Rabbi Elyashiv’s death and Sephardic leader Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef’s recent stroke. Feldman discussed the alliance between two Israeli parties, the nationalist Likud party and Yisrael Beytenu, made up mostly of Rus-

sian-Israelis, and the new religiousZionist party of Habayit Hayehudi, and how there is a major contradiction in Israeli society. “If the country has gone up in almost every dimension—science, technology, the economy, the unbelievable things that are happening in Israel—what happened to Israeli politics?” asked Feldman. Dr. Ibish brought what he called “partly an Arab perspective, partly an American perspective that isn’t Jewish” to the panel. “This isn’t going to be a watershed election in the sense that the next government is probably going to continue, on those issues that concern me the most, more or less along the lines of the prime minister,” Ibish said. When asked what advice he would give to President Barack Obama on the situation in Israel, Feldman said he urges the president to remember that “the Middle East remains important.” The discussion concluded with audience questions, which ranged from the issue of mandatory military service to the United States using leverage on Israel. Kristina Cherniahivsky, associate director of the Crown Center, said that the goal of the event was for everyone to gain a better under-

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BRIEF Hill works with Mock, documentary featured at Sundance Film Festival

MANY VIEWPOINTS: Experts Troen, Mirsky, Ibish and Feldman, from left to right, each shared their perspectives on Israeli politics with the audience last Wednesday night.

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standing of the elections and what is happening in Israel. “There has not been a lot of press in the United States about the [upcoming Israeli] elections, so it seemed a good opportunity to take some experts in the field and get a sense from each of them of the possibilities of the elections, and, even more importantly, what can happen after,” said Cherniahivsky in an interview with the Justice. The night, in Cherniahivsky’s opinion, was a success. Cameron Wolfe ’16 and Romée Swaab ’16, agreed. “I thought it was very fascinating. A lot of the insights that were made, some of the suggestions to President Obama,” said Wolfe. Swaab said, “I was expecting a lot more right-wing views, but I was happily surprised that it was so moderate.” As the panelists pointed out, the outcome of the elections is not hard to foresee. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will most likely be reelected, and the final polls indicate that his support might shrink if he leans too far to the right, according to a Jan. 18 BBC News article. Today’s vote will decide the formation of the next Knesset and the future of Israel.

The documentary Anita, about the testimony of Prof. Anita Hill (Heller), at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s 1991 confirmation hearings for then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, premiered Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The film, directed and produced by F r e i d a Mock, discusses the hearings and the controversy that Hill followed Hill’s allegations that she was sexually harassed by Thomas. Hill, senior advisor to the Provost and professor of social policy, law and women’s studies, had declined previous proposals to make similar features about her life but decided almost three years ago, around the time of the 20th anniversary of the hearings, to work with Mock. The first four showings of Anita, from last Saturday to this coming Saturday, were all sold out, according to the festival’s website. “It was the right time for me because I just realized that, since I work with young people at a university, I realized how their orientation was so visual—visual in the sense of moving pictures,” said Hill in an interview with the Associated Press on Friday. Mock told the AP that she was honored to work with Hill and to help share her story with a new generation. “It offered kind of a great bookend to looak at the story,” said Mock, referring to the 20th anniversary of the hearings. “Her personal story as well as our country’s story, and what’s happened socially and politically from what Anita did in terms of raising that issue about sexual misconduct.” —Tate Herbert

BRIEF Lawrence visits India, meets with both alumni and prospective students for recruitment University President Frederick Lawrence visited India early this month in an attempt to fortify relations abroad through the BrandeisIndia Initiative. Lawrence met with students, alumni and prospective students during this trip, his second trip to India in almost a year. Lawrence went to Delhi and Mumbai and spoke at several conferences during his visit. Lawrence spoke at a conference on justice with Soli Sorabjee, a famous human rights lawyer and free-speech activist, and former member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. He participated in another conference, called “Seeking Social Justice,” with Arjun Appadurai ’70 who is president of the board of Partners for Urban Knowledge, Action and Research. Lawrence spoke at two other receptions with members of the Brandeis community as well, according to a BrandeisNOW press release. Brandeis is working to recruit students from India, and Lawrence met with secondary education officials who are helping to facilitate

this process. According to BrandeisNOW, Brandeis currently has around 60 undergraduate students from India, and more than 200 alumni who live and work in India. According to the BrandeisNOW article, Lawrence also visited Yahel Vilan, who is the deputy chief of mission at the Israeli Embassy in India. This is not the first venture to India for Lawrence or a current Brandeis president. Last February Lawrence visited Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore with similar goals to expand Brandeis’ global connections, and also to help develop an Israel Studies Center at Jindal Global University, located in Delhi, according to a March 2012 Justice article. In 2010, former University President Jehuda Reinharz visited India as well. Lawrence made the trip this January with his wife Dr. Kathy Lawrence, and Harleen Singh, the Helaine and Alvin Allen Assistant Professor of Literature and co-chair of the South Asia Studies Program. —Suzanne Schatz

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: President Lawrence talks with Soli Sorabjee (center) and Prof. Harleen Singh in India last year.

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In early December, Brandeis Dining Services added Registered Dietician Kate Moran to its staff, in the hopes of increasing healthy options in the dining halls and meeting the demands of students with dietary restrictions. Moran confirmed that she has already implemented a number of changes in her short time at Brandeis, including the addition of healthy options such as made-to-order salads in Usdan Boulevard, a whole-wheat pizza option, tofu at the Liquid Lunch station in the Boulevard and whole wheat pancakes. Moran has also worked to post signs in the dining halls with nutritional information, such as the ingredients in each dish and “allergen statements along with icons that indicate whether the item is vegan/vegetarian or conforms to specific healthy criteria,” according to an email from Laura O’Gara, who is the nutritionist at the Brandeis Health Center. “To me dining services is all about customer satisfaction—the student being our customer,” wrote Moran in an email to the Justice. “My goal is to continue to improve our food offerings and services to ultimately please every customer. Brandeis dining services is pleasing many but will continue to strive for greater success.” Looking to the future, Moran added that she has been working with Executive Chef Ryan McDonald to assess dining hall menus and improve healthy options for the spring semester. Moran splits her time between Sherman Dining Hall and Usdan, where her office is located. She has begun to meet with students and parents, said Director of Dining Services Aaron Bennos.

The position grew out of a perceived increase in demand among the student body for a variety of dietary needs, as well as Dining Services’ efforts to “ensure that all the nutritional information was posted at the stations,” said Bennos in an email to the Justice. O’Gara, who is currently in her thirteenth year as Brandeis’ part-time nutritionist, agreed that, at least over the last four years, the number of students with allergies and other dietary concerns has increased. However, O’Gara emphasized that neither her nor Moran’s role is to focus solely on this small, growing population of students. “It’s not about making every single item as healthy as it can possibly be; it’s putting on that nutrition lens ... and being able to scan the entire operation and look for gaps” in availability. O’Gara described her relationship with Moran as a “tag team,” working together to make nutritious options available in the dining halls. “I can’t just make a recommendation in a vacuum. ... If you can’t implement it, then the recommendation is meaningless,” said O’Gara. “I can say it, but I can’t go 100 percent of the way, in terms of having the inside discussion on how to implement it, and [Moran is] now being able to do that.” Moran was hired to fill the post soon after it was created, starting the first week of December. Bennos, an Aramark district dietician, O’Gara and Mark Collins, senior vice president of administration, worked together to interview and select Moran for the position. “It really was a position well needed, so I’m happy to have her,” said Bennos. Moran holds a degree in food and nutrition with a minor in psychology from Framingham State University and is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the Massachusetts Dietetic Association, according to a Dining Services press release.

TUESDAY, january 22, 2013

CELESTIAL SPEAKER

Dietician hired to revamp dining ■ Kate Moran holds a degree

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Jane Luu, a staff member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, speaks at a Physics Department Colloqium on Tuesday. The talk, titled “The New Solar System,” discussed a formation called the Kuiper belt discovered in 1992.

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Waltham one of three ‘hottest’ neighborhoods ■ A local real estate firm

chose Waltham, along with Medford and Somerville, as a hot spot of Greater Boston. By marissa ditkowsky JUSTICE editorial assistant

According to a list released on Jan. 15 by online real estate brokerage Redfin, Waltham is in the top three hottest emerging neighborhoods in the Greater Boston area. The list, which was determined by sales volume value, median sales prices and sale-to-list price ratios among other factors, reveals statistics and rankings for growing communities in the Greater Boston area for 2013. The Warren Group reported that the median home price in Waltham is $378,700, and according to a Jan. 15 article from Boston Real Estate Now, sales have risen 18.8 percent while inventory has declined over 21 percent. Waltham made the list just behind Somerville as number one and Medford as number two. These Cambridge satellite communities have been experiencing growth while university graduates and attendees seek reasonably priced homes and proximity to Boston. “An affordable neighborhood for first-time homebuyers, Waltham is a nice alternative to Lexington or Arlington, which are close by but out of reach price-wise,” said Redfin agent Sandy Rosen in Waltham’s write-up. Some University students were surprised that Waltham was named the third up-and-coming city in the Greater Boston area, but said that they could understand the reasoning behind the ranking and popularity. “It’s exciting that Waltham can be both a college town and have a nice community … It’s a good environment for a variety of people,” said Ryan Jordan ’15 in an interview with the Justice.

“I wouldn’t have thought of it, but now that I think about it, there’s a lot of different stuff happening in Waltham,” he continued. Other students attribute the popularity to other factors outside of the University’s presence in Waltham. “The majority of towns in Boston don’t have the number of businesses and variety of people. … It’s close to Boston and has small businesses,” said Adrianne Wurzl ’14, who resides locally, in an interview with the Justice. University students whose families reside in Waltham commented on the disparity between the areas within the city of Waltham. “Cedarwood … consists mostly of older residents … Warrendale was similar, but around the time I moved there, there seemed to be a general influx of younger families most of which are older now and have kids around my age,” said John Shen ’13 who has lived in Waltham since the age of three in an email to the Justice. “Nowadays, the younger families would seem to be buying houses more in the north by Lake Street and by the Newton border in addition to Warrendale.” According to Shen, his family chose to live in Waltham to be near his father’s job at Bentley University, which was also the school at which his mother was pursuing her master’s degree. “My personal plans involve getting far away from Waltham as soon as I graduate,” said Shen. “I have nothing but fond memories of Brandeis and am extremely thankful to have lived and grown up in Waltham, but it is time for me to get out into the world.” Some students such as Brittany Lerman ’14 see Waltham as a location to solely venture into for food or errands. “I never viewed it as a hot spot,” said Lerman in an interview with the Justice. “But there’s more to Waltham than the area that we’re in, and it is affordable and close to Boston.”

Two Brandeis Press authors win national book awards ■ The Jewish Book Council

selected Anita Shapira and Elana Maryles Sztokman for their work in history and women’s studies. By shani abramowitz JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

Anita Shapira and Elana Maryles Sztokman, two Brandeis University Press authors, have been named winners of the 2012 National Jewish Book Award by the Jewish Book Council. Shapira won the award for her work “tracing the development of the state of Israel from the origins of the Zionist movement to the present,” according to a press release from BrandeisNOW. Shapira is a professor emerita at Tel Aviv University, as well as a senior fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute. She is an Israel Prize laureate in history, and she focuses primarily on various aspects of Zionism and Israeli culture, according to the Israel Democracy Institute’s webite. Shapira’s work on Israel: A History was published as part of the Schusterman Series in Israel Studies, according to BrandeisNow. “This was a major project of the Schusterman Center—to provide a much needed text for students and an enlightened public throughout the world,” Prof. Ilan Troen (NEJS), director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, was quoted as saying in the press release. “For all the discourse about Israel, there has, until Anita Shapira’s book, been no satisfying text that would weave together in an

elegant fashion the political and cultural history of the country as well as place Israeli history within the Arab-Israeli conflict,” Troen continued. Shapira “I am gratified that all the people at Brandeis who believed in me and my work and supported me all along were not disappointed,” said Shapira in an email to Sztokman the Justice. “In Israel, my name is well known, but in the States I was known only to the small circle of scholars in Israel studies, who were familiar with my work,” she said. “So maybe this book and its recognition will bring my work to the attention of a broader circle,” she continued. Sztokman won the Barbara Dobkin Award in the women’s studies category for her book, The Men’s Section: Orthodox Jewish Men in an Egalitarian World. The executive director of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, Sztokman is a writer, researcher, educator, and organizational consultant who has been active in Orthodox Feminism for the past 17 years. Sztokman holds a doctorate in gender and education from Hebrew University, according to the JOFA website.

According to BrandeisNOW, Sztokman’s dissertation while at Hebrew University focused on on the “identity development of adolescent religious girls.” Sztokman then continued her research, supported by a grant from the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, which eventually became the prize-winning book. In an email to the Justice, Sztokman recounted some reflections on winning such a prestigious award. “I’m thrilled and honored to receive the … award. I’m so grateful to the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute for giving me opportunities to pursue my research, and also to Barbara Dobkin for supporting gender research. And of course grateful to the National Jewish Book Council,” she wrote. Sztokman continued, relating the interest and implications of her award-winning book. “I’m also excited that the award for women’s studies is going to a book that is actually about men’s gender identities. I think it marks an important turning point in the work on gender in society.” The Men’s Section focuses on the sociological phenomenon of Orthodox Jewish men who connect themselves to egalitarian or quasi-egalitarian religious enterprises, supporting the reconstruction of both male and female roles without leaving the Orthodox religious world,” according to BrandeisNOW. Sztokman concluded her email by writing: “It’s about working to create a more compassionate society, in which we live not by imposed gender scripts, but guided by courage and conscience.”

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HONORING MLK: Herman Hemingway ’53 delivers the keynote address at Monday night's event in the Shapiro Campus Center.

Community celebration focuses on King’s legacy ■ Herman Hemingway ’53, a

fraternity brother of MLK, was the keynote speaker at the poetic and musical event. By ALLYSON CARTTER JUSTICE SENIOR WRITER

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 The men’s basketball team pulled out two key UAA wins this weekend.

 A panel of professors and experts discussed today's elections in Israel.

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The Department of Student Activities glided into the spring semester on Wednesday with an event called "The Ice Wonderland" as a part of Winter Week 2013. Karen Brier '15 wore conventional skates as she skated on the synthetic ice placed in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium. Outside, students sledded and tossed snowballs.

PIPES: Source of leakage yet to be determined; closings could occur CONTINUED FROM 1 Mods going in another direction … A piece of it could also feed the castle, so they shut off this main that’s coming down South Street to try and isolate where the break is.” Due to the water main’s reach, bathroom facilities and the pool were to be out of commission, and Gosman was to be closed due to the lack of domestic water to the facility from the water main. However, due to the postponement caused by the snow, Gosman was only

closed temporarily that morning and re-opened for recreational use at noon, while Linsey remained closed for the remainder of the day on Jan. 16. “This is an old piece of pipe, and actually, this is a part of the steam system,” said Collins holding a rusted pipe. “While this is a water pipe, this system is used with the big steam lines next to it, so steam is fed in, turns back into water, runs back into the plant, and then recycles again like that.” The City of Waltham Public

Works crew is working to locate the damaged pipe that caused the leak. “You have a main, and then you have a variety of feeds that come off of that main. We will be repairing the pipe,” said Collins. “It’s generally made by identifying where the breach is in the pipe, and cutting that pipe in that spot before and after it, replacing that section of pipes, and then using sleeves to connect the pipes. Although Linsey and Gosman will remain open for use, future

closings could occur if necessary. “Athletics will continue to work with Facilities Services, as they coordinate with the City of Waltham, to make the necessary repairs,” said Director of Athletics Sheryl Sousa ’90 in an email to the Justice. “Athletics will update the community on any future impact to the facilities or programming via the Athletics website and through signs posted in Gosman and Linsey as necessary,” she continued. The source of the leakage was still undetermined as of press time.

dent of MLK and Friends, which linked the program’s theme, “The Duty of a Dream!", with modern-day tragedies, including the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School and the death of Trayvon Martin, further imploring the audience to act upon that duty. Hip-hop team Kaos Kids and step team So Unique presented a dance performance titled “Uniquely Kaotic” set to an audio track of excerpts from King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and Kanye West’s song “Power.” Of the collaboration, Kaos Kids events coordinator Shaquan Perkins ’13 said in an interview that “it just sends that message—we are a diverse campus and we can work together and just … make great things together.” “We … hope to stir inspiration within the audience of what’s possible when determination and community are used to link people,” said manager of So Unique Katherine Chin ’14 in an email to the Justice. Eliana Light ’12, who graduated this past December, delivered an original poetic speech that explored the connection between King and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel—who collaborated with King and participated in several civil rights marches—and the role of Jews in the civil rights movement, tying their narrative in with her own personal experiences of growing up in Memphis, Tenn. Heschel embodies the Jewish concept of tikkun olam, “repairing the world with action,” Light said in an interview. Both King and Heschel, she continued, shared the message of “doing God’s will on Earth,” and the Jewish connection to the movement stems from the concept that “you shall love the stranger because you were strangers in Egypt.” Both men are “symbols of what we stand for when we forget our moral compass,” she said in her performance. Racial Minority Senator and MLK Scholar Amanda Pereira ’15 performed a rendition of King’s “Loving Your Enemies” speech. She chose the piece, she said in an interview, because she wanted audience members to be able to relate the speech’s message to their own lives and also take note that “love is something that transcends time.” Each year, an MLK scholar gives a rendition of a King speech, Adams said in an interview. Pereira is the first women to give the performance. “There’s room for everybody at the table,” said Adams in an interview. “This memorial is a celebration of us, all together; it’s a celebration of our community.”

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VERBATIM | MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

ON THIS DAY…

FUN FACT

In 1901, Edward VII was proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.

The character Rick never actually says, “Play it again, Sam” in the film Casablanca.

MENTAL MIGHT: Although Smith manages his anxiety, it almost ruined his relationship with his future wife.

WRITING FUNNY: Smith’s book is a lighthearted account of his long battle with anxiety. PHOTOS COURTESY OF DANIEL SMITH

CONQUERING CRAZY: Daniel Smith ’99 has had a successful career despite mental illness roadblocks.

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Daniel Smith’s ’99 comic portrayal of his anxiety rocks Times bestseller list By Adam Rabinowitz JUSTICE editor

Few authors would be able to write a New York Times bestselling memoir as a rowdy and uncontrollable ape wreaks havoc on their daily thought processes. For Daniel Smith ’99, and his “monkey mind,” it has become second nature. Smith, author of the critically acclaimed Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety and a contributor for such notable publications as The Atlantic, The New Yorker and New York Times Magazine, has suffered from a lifelong battle with anxiety. It all began in 1993, the moment in which, at 16 years old, he lost his virginity to a middle-aged woman in an upstate New York motel. Smith’s decision to engage in this spur-of-themoment threesome, and the persistent sexual and moral ruminations that ensued, laid the foundation for his “monkey mind,” a mental planet of the apes. From there, his harrowing journey continued as a student in the “epicenter of anxiety” at Brandeis, through his turbulent years as a staff editor at The Atlantic Monthly, and eventually, to a moment in which his ever-growing anxiety extended into the irrational. Faced with an impending libel lawsuit and failed relationship, Smith stood immobilized at the condiments counter of a Roy Rogers restaurant, convinced that a choice between ketchup and barbeque sauce meant life and death. In addition to its critical success, Monkey Mind is groundbreaking, as it is the first memoir to confront the pervasive problem of anxiety in American life. “Although there were many memoirs of depression, there was no book that detailed what it is like to live a life of anxiety,” Smith said. “Everyone talked in metaphorical terms about anxiety, either through the lens of clinical or self-help psychology, but no one tethered it to work, family, love and relationships.”

Anxiety consumed every detail of Smith’s life, figuring prominently in his sexual, professional and even routine decisions. It caused him to wear sweat pads under his armpits and chew his cuticles until they bled. Despite all of this, Monkey Mind reads less like a taxing account of anxiety and more like a stand-up comedy routine. Smith noted that this memoir marked a return to an approach he had not practiced since his shortlived stint as a humor columnist for the Justice. He diverged from the hard-hitting stories about anxiety and psychotherapy, and instead, just “wrote funny.” “Monkey Mind was something I had not done since my time at Brandeis,” he said. “I finally just sat down and reverted back to my humor writing days. While I may have agonized for days, for the first time, I truly enjoyed writing.” Yet, after resigning from the Justice, he channeled his nervous energy as a Brandeis student into one of the most anxiety-inducing professions: acting. Smith’s involvement with the improvisation group False Advertising caused him to emerge as an entirely different person. He explained that acting allowed him the opportunity to engage with the present and, in turn, dissociate from past and future thoughts that continually plagued him. “Anxiety is related to time,” he said. “I always looked forward to something that could be wrong or reflected upon a past mistake. I wasn’t anxious on stage because I immersed myself in the present and displaced time. More importantly, I enjoyed myself.” As Smith reflected on his college experience, he noted that Brandeis allowed him to establish a system of order and expand his scholarly horizons. “Brandeis signaled to me what would be at the core of my anxiety,” he said. “It also allowed me to explore

things that presented order and lent me the opportunity to engage in the intellectual world.” Smith used that opportunity to his advantage, beginning his professional career as a staff editor in the hallowed halls of The Atlantic Monthly. Anxiety didn’t figure prominently into this decision. Smith relished the prospect of working with the mythic giants of literary journalism and, after college, brought the battle to the legendary North End office. “In my college experiences, I discovered that communication was an art form and I wanted to join the priesthood,” he said. “I breathed in the air of literary giants and found that journalism was the safe way to get to writing.” It wasn’t too safe though. After his highly controversial feature on shock therapy for The Atlantic, the prospects of a lawsuit and the intense criticism overwhelmed Smith’s tireless efforts to manage his anxiety. It nearly destroyed his relationship with his future wife and threatened his sanity. Yet, after the latest chapter in a heated battle with anxiety, Smith is winning the war. He boasts a storied literary career including the publication of his first book Muses, Madmen, and Prophets: Hearing Voices and the Borders of Sanity, currently holds the Mary Ellen Donnelly Critchlow Endowed Chair in English at the College of New Rochelle and is already in the process of writing a third book. Monkey Mind taught Smith a valued lesson: He learned that anxiety does not preempt the ability to exhibit self-control and change one’s lifestyle. “If I could provide any advice for those suffering from anxiety, it would be that you can actually exert discipline and change habits,” he said. “It can in fact change how you think to not be a train wreck.” For Smith, that means his next trip to Roy Rogers will hopefully be a smooth one.

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Finding faith in education

PHOTOS COURESY OF EUNITA ODONGO

ENRICHING LIVES: Through her work as a field coordinator for the Diakonia Compassionate Ministry, Odongo has used the Christian faith to create a sense of optimism in impoverished regions of her homeland.

Odongo MA ’13 uses her fellowship to empower Kenyans By Ariel Glickman JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

For almost two years, Eunita Odongo MA ’13 has found support in the United States, enhancing her worldview and enriching her education of social justice and policy. Among over 140 masters in Sustainable International Development students at Brandeis, she represents one of the many distinct cultures prevalent at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management. Hailing from western Kenya, around Kisumu, she is a deaconess of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, working to educate orphans and empower and provide shelter for women. As a field coordinator for Diakonia Compassionate Ministry, a nonprofit faith-based organization, she has instilled hope in and promoted support of the Kenyan community. Working with the 1001 Orphans Program, she has helped identify children in need, counseled them, and paired them with Christian families within the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. Americans who sponsor these children cover their medical expenses, the cost of school supplies and food. “Provision of these basic needs makes these kids feel … loved. There’s somebody caring for them,” Odongo said in an interview with the Justice. The name “1001 Orphans” reflects DCM’s goal to reach 1,000 children “plus

one lost sheep,” according to the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod website. The “lost sheep” refers to the Christian belief that the church’s work is never complete; there is always an additional child who needs nurturing. 1001 Orphans is a component of the larger Project 24, an initiative to build 24 orphan rescue centers across Kenya. The centers will provide a more conducive environment for the education of these children. After winning a scholarship from the Ford Foundation, Odongo enrolled in Brandeis in 2011. She has taken courses in leadership, human rights, gender and planning and implementation that will further her career as a social worker in Kenya. When she returns home in June, she will arrive more knowledgeable about how to organize and execute projects, spread awareness of human rights and increase empowerment. “There’s a lot of expectation from me when I come back … home,” Odongo said. “They [Her employers at Project 24] feel … if I go back home, I will add some value to the project to make some progress in terms of reaching out to people and planning and managing it.” Reverend David Chuchu, the director of Project 24 has expressed just that. He said to her in a phone conversation about two weeks ago that he wants her to finish her education soon and return to Kenya, bring-

ing her new skills and experiences to improve their programs. Odongo also has a vision to establish a women’s empowerment center to educate women on their rights, with regard to education and medical services, mentor and motivate them and provide skills-based trainings. While Odongo is eager to resume her projects in Kenya, she is equally happy to return to her husband and four children whom she has not seen since the summer. “It was really challenging, but I saw it as another opportunity [to] … pursue education.” Though she frequently speaks to her family, the distance is still difficult to manage. “I do call, and sometimes, I hear, oh, this child is sick. Oh, Mom, today we don’t have sugar. Then, you feel like if I would be there, they would be having this. So, sometimes, it’s very stressful and sometimes very lonely,” Odongo said. Yet Odongo acknowledges the benefits of her international education. “I’m very excited to go back home and put into practice the knowledge, the experience and the … skills that I’ve gained here so that I can promote the social justice that I think I came for. … How can I put it into practice so it can have influence and have progress and have a lot of improvement and changes in the people’s life?” To her, education is crucial. It enables her to build upon her own set of ideas, ex-

periences and challenges. Having grown up in an impoverished society, she is motivated to ffect change, turn despair into opportunity and reach a consensus on how to confront obstacles that Kenyan children face. And, pursuing further education is always an option. Though she won’t immediately seek another master’s degree or a Ph.D., the possibility is not off the table. In referencing former South African President Nelson Mandela, Odongo said, “education is the most powerful weapon for changing the world.” Odongo went on to explain how this statement inspires her work. “I’m looking for women empowerment to promote change. Once you educate women, you educate the whole family. … Women normally think holistically. … They think the social welfare of the whole community. That’s why I have a passion of working with women, so that they become a tool for change for other people.”

RESOURCEFUL FOOD: Odongo directs community projects for women such as maintaining a banana plantation.

LEARNING TO TEACH: Odongo’s social justice fellowship will help better Kenyan orphans and women.

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MLK, Hemingway inspire President Barack Obama’s unifying message in his second inaugural address, falling on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, sent this nation a poignant reminder of the accomplishments possible through community activism and harmonious dialogue. Herman Hemingway ’53, Brandeis’ first male black graduate, for example, embodies Dr. King’s legacy and the possibilities at our university. Hemingway spoke here on MLK Day about his connection to King and his personal journey through life. Hemingway also asserted the need to fight for “those whose rights are still being violated in this country.” We hope that students grab hold of this message and take advantage of the diverse opportunities available at Brandeis. Students should reach outside of their comfort zones and attend various club meetings and discussions—learning new and exciting things along the way about the greater Brandeis community. Mr. Hemingway proves that the student body can continue to honor Dr. King’s legacy throughout the years. Students should continue to collaborate and cosponsor events that will bridge boundaries between clubs that rarely interact. In 2008, for example, the Brandeis Orthodox Organization and the Brandeis Black Student Organization teamed up to promote

Promote diverse dialogue intercultural cooperation and friendship in a jam session format. Additionally, Brandeis Black Students Organization, MLK and Friends and the Brandeis Israel Public Affairs Committe are planning a joint pilgrimage to Israel to explore each others historical roots. Similar dialogues between a multitude of culturally diverse groups on campus would enrich each student’s understanding of alternative perspectives and practices. We believe that such experiences are integral to the type of liberal arts education that Brandeis strives to provide. In that vein, the Intercultural Center is a key resource for cultural mingling. Since its opening 20 years ago, the ICC has provided a home for diverse clubs on campus and created expositions of this diversity through shows such as Culture X. This board applauds the ICC’s work and hopes that it continues to be a central part of Brandeis. In light of this day of service, on which we remember Dr. King’s many civil rights achievements, the Brandeis community should take a moment to reflect on its own efforts to promote diversity, respect and intellectual exchange.

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This past week, President Obama announced plans to introduce legislation that includes a ban on assault weapons, limits on high-capacity magazines, expanded background checks for purchases and gun trafficking laws to crack down on the spread of weapons across the country. This represents the broadest push for gun control this generation has seen. What do you think of the proposed gun control legislation?

Justin Lesser ’14

It doesn’t matter that people don’t need assault weapons. I believe that it is a person’s right to use the money they earned in any way they want, and if that’s buying an assault weapon, the government should not be able to tell them that they can’t. The recent shootings are upsetting, but limiting the freedoms of the whole because of a few maniacs seems like a gross overreaction. The best the government should be able to do is limit their availability by installing more rigorous background checks and waiting periods. Justin Lesser ’14 is a Neuroscience major.

Morris Didia ’14 There is no denying that there should be some form of gun control legislation which I believe should extend to who can own a gun and not about what gun a person can own. Banning assault weapons is just the beginning of a future ban on all guns, which most on the left have strongly supported. There is a saying that “if you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns.” The results of such strict legislation can be observed in Chicago and England where the crime rates are extremely high and banning guns will not stop unstable individuals from ignoring laws against murder. Should there be a ban on kitchen knives, baseballs bats and any other implements that can be used in violent encounters? It is unfortunate that these measures have been encouraged from emotion rather than a clear bipartisan discussion.

Improve campus security This past Thursday, a man unaffiliated with Brandeis was arrested after entering the Village A building in an inebriated state. This man gained access to a campus building and intruded a dormitory, highlighting the lack of security and safety measures that are implemented on campus grounds. This board believes that the presence of campus authorities and police should be expanded to service the safety of the Brandeis community. We believe the University could greatly benefit from a better emergency call system, properly manned campus security stations and expanded blue light systems. Students must be well-aware of suspect situations and their surroundings to further ensure a secure campus community. It is important to note that, in an open environment such as Brandeis, instances such as these could arise at any given moment. Members of the community must be conscious of their decision-making and actively strive to ensure their safety— along with Brandeis authorities. Once again, a large aspect of security management rests on the University police. In this light, we commend two similar measures taken this past weekend to address matters of university safety. Brandeis police investigated a suspect individual near the Rose Art Museum through the use of surveillance cameras and employed a crossing guard on South Street to direct traffic, preserving the well-being of students. In order to build upon these efforts, we encourage the effective management of security throughout campus. Particularly, authorities should utilize the information booth at the entrance to campus as a means of directing and overseeing campus visitors. This location on campus, along with the entrances to the Charles

Students must be vigilant River Apartments and the Village, are essential to creating a safe environment and prevent instances of trespassing. Furthermore, this board suggests the implementation of added foot patrols in the resident areas. Yet, we hope that these patrols would serve a role similar to Community Advisors, not directly seeking to incite relations with students, but instead, providing essential security. Even when Brandeis police are not present, students or staff should be able to gain easy access to the necessary authorities in dangerous situations. Therefore, we encourage the addition of a three-digit code, similar to 911, that would easily allow for students to connect in a rapid manner with police. Currently, when a student dials 911 while on campus, they are connected to the Waltham Police, which then relays the message to Brandeis Police. This is an inefficient system that can lead to key communication errors. However, there are other security measures that could be implemented on campus, including additional installments of the blue light system. In light of the aforementioned incident, the blue light system, while sparsely distributed throughout campus, has not been used in recent years. This board has previously alluded to the shortcomings in this system, and following this arrest, it is imperative for University authorities to revive this essential vehicle of security. We hope that the University and students will take these measures into account, and in the future, collaborate to prevent such breaches of security from occurring. It is, in fact, crucial for the sustained well-being of our community.

Morris Didia ’14 is president of the Brandeis Libertarian Conservative Union.

Adrianne Wurzl ’14 The gun control legislation Obama has planned is, in my opinion, a great first step towards combating the recent violence that has spread across the country. Not only does it limit the means of obtaining weapons that could cause more destruction such as in the Sandy Hook Elementary School and Aurora theater shootings, but it also allows those who keep handheld guns for defense, on person and in homes, to maintain their sense of protection. That being said, guns are not the only weapons our government needs to address. Insufficient mental health awareness, improper education and inappropriate media coverage are intangible and devastating weapons Obama needs to combat before the level of violence can decrease. If the plans go into action, education will be needed to allow handheld guns and weapons still on the street to be used properly, safely and in the hands of the ‘right’ people. Adrianne Wurzl ’14 is a Neuroscience and German major and on the Orientation Core Committee and a member of BEMCo.

Jassen Lu ’15 I do believe that such legislation is long overdue. While we cannot eliminate all gun violence, we can have regulations that would at least prevent the most horrific massacres from occurring again. As many politicians noted, it is possible to support the Second Amendment while simultaneously supporting gun control, because the guns meant to be regulated are not those traditionally used for recreational purposes or basic defense. A hunter does not need a military-style machine-gun to shoot a deer, or fend against criminals. However we may interpret the Second Amendment, it does not automatically imply that we have the right to EVERY type of weapon in existence, nor do I think the Framers intended for such an interpretation. Also, even if we manage to implement these measures, we are still a long shot from becoming a dictatorial state, as some critics declare. Jassen Lu ’15 is a Politics major, member of Brandeis Democrats and a staff member of the Justice.

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Doping scandal should not overshadow charity By Jennie bromberg JUSTICE Staff WRITER

As I entered the seventh grade, bar and bat mitzvahs busied my every weekend with the services followed by parties to celebrate the day a Jew becomes an adult. At the end of most celebrations, a party favor, such as a T-shirt or water bottle with the name and date of the bar or bat mitzvah on it, was handed out. But, for my bat mitzvah, I wanted to do something different, to stand out against the crowd and give people something that meant more than just a memory of the night. As people left my bat mitzvah party, they were each handed a yellow Livestrong bracelet. At this point, nearing the end of October in 2004, the bracelets had picked up momentum as becoming a symbol though which people could proudly show that said I care and I am showing that I care. Costing only one dollar, anyone and everyone could afford a wristband. The Livestrong wristbands were first introduced to the world in May of 2004 and the money went to support the Lance Armstrong Foundation, now the Livestrong Foundation. Today, there are many more products that can be bought through the foundation, such as apparel and accessories, with 100 percent of the proceeds after expenses going to the Livestrong Foundation, which raises money for cancer support and research. Since the foundation first launched, over 470 million dollars have been raised, according to Livestrong’s website. The money from the foundation goes to many different programs and studies, such as the Community Impact Project, which works to reach out to communities on a more local level, and Fertile Hope, which provides resources and information for those going through treatment where there is a risk of infertility. Needless to say, the yellow wristbands became the staple and symbol for what would be one of the leading monetary contributors to cancer support and research. But, the man who created the foundation, the man who provided hope and showed people around the world that anything can be done with his Olympic medal and seven Tour de France wins to prove it, has a new obstacle— one that he essentially created for himself. Lance Armstrong, in an interview with Oprah, confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs and blood doping during the time during which he won his seven Tour de France titles and an Olympic medal for cycling after overcoming his 1996 diagnosis of testicular cancer, which had spread to his lungs, lymph nodes, abdomen and brain. There had been past allegations that Arm-

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strong had been doping, but they were never publicly proven to be true, and all of the drug tests and screenings he went through never publicly showed any fault. According to CNN, the latest investigation showed that Armstrong covered a test screen that showed the use of corticosteroids by lying along with his teammates and paying for officials to keep quiet. Last Thursday, the Olympic Committee stripped him of the bronze medal he won in Sydney in 2000, and in October he was stripped of his Tour de France titles by the International Cycling Union. But, in addition to the consequences already put in place, should the reputation he holds through his charity efforts with the Livestrong Foundation be tarnished? CNN has cited that some of Armstrong’s biggest critics have crossed out the “v” in Livestrong, making it become “Lie strong.” This is excessive, especially since Armstrong did step down as chairman and is no longer officially associated with the Livestrong Foun-

dation, according to ABC News. While what Armstrong did with his athletic career should not be condoned, the work he put into raising money and awareness for cancer research and support should not be put down. Although the athletic and charity aspects of his life did overlap in some ways, they are different in what they do and how they are handled. It is simply not fair to let one aspect overshadow the other. Yes, Armstrong cheated his way to all of the titles that were stripped of him, but the money his foundation raised, and continues to raise, is real. Unless it is ever proven that Armstrong had abused the foundation he created and cheated that system, his efforts with the Livestrong Foundation should be supported. I think it is fair to say that the Livestrong wristbands went out of fashion a few years back before the doping allegations reached their peak, and the lack of yellow bands on the wrists of people around the world is not a statement to show discontent with Armstrong. But,

when people did wear them, they wore them predominantly to show that they wanted to help support cancer research and programs, rather than in support of the cycling efforts of Armstrong. As much as Armstrong lied and cheated, the cancer he had was genuine. Overcoming the cancer was real. Helping others overcome cancer was, and continues to be real. This is true despite how terrible everything he did was. Though the efforts of his foundation do not compensate for his wrongdoings in any way, shape or form, punishing the efforts and success of the Livestrong Foundation because Armstrong is not the man he promised the world to be cheats all of the patients and survivors who benefit from the foundation. With the whole situation still unfolding, it is too soon to tell what the overall affect on the Livestrong Foundation will be. Hopefully people don’t let Armstrong get in the way of benefiting a great cause.

Personal rights of psychiatric patients should not be ignored Leah

Smith In a word

In the past several years, the United States has seen a long string of mass-murder shootings. In 2007, Seung-Hui Cho murdered 32 people and wounded 17 in the massacre at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In 2009, we saw the deadly shootings at the U.S. military installation at Fort Hood, where a single gunman killed 13 people and wounded 29 others. In 2011, Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot along with at least 17 others outside a constituents meeting. In 2012, a man shot and killed 12 people and wounded 38 others at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises. We also saw the murder of six people and the wounding of three at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. Finally, this string of massacres has culminated in the most recent tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where Adam Lanza murdered his mother, 20 children and six adult staff members. The shootings at Columbine High School broke our country, but this long string of simi-

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lar massacres in recent memory is unsettlingly desensitizing. The cycle is always the same. The news of the tragedy breaks; we mourn and watch the candlelight vigils and funerals on TV; we say kind words to each other. For a time, there will be stirrings in Congress and in our state legislatures about tightening gun control laws and closing the gaps in our broken mental health system. Then after a while, the conversation dies down because there is only so much regulative legislation that can be passed before the real issue that no one wants to address is drawn— the banning of all firearms altogether. Everyone but the survivors of the massacre and the friends and families of the victims settle back comfortably into their daily routines. Once we have almost forgotten, then the cycle begins again. In the wake of the Newtown shootings, we are currently embroiled in the discussion about gun control and the mental health system, specifically how we can tighten gun laws to prevent those deemed dangerous from obtaining a firearm. According to a Jan. 15 New York Times article, New York State legislators have passed a gun bill that requires therapists to report any client they find “likely to engage in” violent behavior to the authorities. Once this report is made, any weapons the client owns would be confiscated, and the report would appear in federal background checks on the client to prevent them from obtaining new weapons.

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The new bill widens the net of people who cannot obtain guns, so it seems like a step in the right direction for preventing future massacres through gun control. But with its implications for the privacy and integrity of mental health patients, this bill and others like it are actually a great step back. Where therapists once had the very specific requirements of involuntary hospitalizations and direct threats of violence for reporting clients to the authorities, they must now work with the requirement to report any person who “is likely to engage in conduct that would result in serious harm to self or others,” which is a larger category of people and also considerably more vague. Links have indeed been made between mental illness and violent behavior. However, therapists are trained to diagnose those illnesses, not predict behaviors that might result from them. And since every patient manifests mental illness a little bit differently, it would be quite impossible to create some kind of reliable diagnostic scale of behavior that would make the requirements for reporting clients more scientific and specific. Thus, this new bill is asking therapists to make a personal judgment call about the “likely” behavior of their clients which, no matter how knowledgeable and experienced the therapist is, may or may not prove to be true. The vagueness of this new reporting requirement and the fact that it rests almost entirely upon a judgment call does not mean that I think we should be allowing actually violent

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individuals to have guns. I do believe however, that in reporting anyone to the authorities on such flimsy grounds, we are violating that person’s constitutional right to privacy. Once these reports of likely violent behavior are sent to the federal authorities, they will follow the person around for the rest of their life, not just in their attempts to buy guns, but also in their attempts to find work, travel to certain parts of the world, adopt children or access certain privileged research data. For those who are actually ill and in need of treatment, a federal record of the illness means further, damaging stigma. For those who never actually do engage in violent behavior, or who are able to make a recovery, a federal record of “likely” violent behavior is an unreasonable barrier to freedom and the pursuit of happiness. Either way, the fear of these kinds of restrictions on one’s freedom could prevent people in both categories from seeking the psychiatric care they might really need. The situation is dire and we need to find a way to prevent more of these kinds of massmurder shootings from happening, but stigmatizing and violating the privacy of psychiatric patients is not the way to do it. If we value the right to bear arms so much that we are willing to sacrifice the privacy and integrity of the nation’s ill in order to keep that right, then perhaps we also value the right to bear arms more than the lives of those that have been lost and will continue to be lost in these massacres.

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Varied backgrounds present unique opportunity By Amanda Dryer, Ra Imhotep, Alex Thomson, D’Andre Young and Ryan Yuffe special to the justice

The American narrative is composed of stories of struggle, triumph and coexistence. The promise of happiness and freedom is literally written into the fiber of our country, but it is a promise systematically kept out of the reach of the country’s minority populations. Between two of America’s most culturally conspicuous minority groups, blacks and Jews, there has been a tumultuous discourse that follows both groups in pursuit of these promises through a shared history of oppression, disparities in the allotment of privilege, rise in sociopolitical awareness and access to the American power infrastructure. And it is these themes in our history that have led the two groups from zenith to nadir to hiatus over the last six decades. If we posit Brandeis, like all colleges and universities, as a microcosm of society, we can follow these trends in the social interactions between black and Jews on campus. A mass influx of Jews to the North following WWII was met by a mass exodus of blacks from the South—the Great Migration. It was in the North that the first substantial contact between black and Jews was made. Until this point there was little to go on in terms of black and Jewish relations. Out of this northern context grew the first strands of tensions between the two. While both groups faced discrimination, Jews, who typically were seen as white, were in a more privileged position. As Civil Rights picked up during the mid-50s there was massive Jewish interest in the fight against injustice in the South. The majority of whites involved in the movement were Jewish as well as its funders. This is the atmosphere that Brandeis University was created in, the ‘zenith of the coalition’ both groups drawing on their oppressive histories working together for the greater good. Our University’s history offers a unique approach in addressing the need for greater diversity on college campuses. The institution was founded in response to quotas place on Jewish applicants at elite institutions. Since its inception, Brandeis has been dedicated to promoting the virtues of equality and social justice in hon-

or of our namesake Louis Brandeis. But there came a time when more radical identity politics were necessary for the true advancement of the black race and this created an awkward space for white involvement. At Brandeis, the 60s witnessed what was happening at universities throughout the nation when black students voiced their needs and demands in radical ways. Black students forced Brandeis to take more aggressive steps to bridge the gap between diverse communities and different peoples. While there are currently no major tensions flaring, black and Jewish relations, on- and off-campus, are embarrassingly stagnate. We are two sub-cultures that have drifted so far from our beginnings—our world changing marches, our paradigm shifting clashes of opinion. We have become so content in this distance that there is no room for mutual growth. This is dangerous in a society so drenched in hierarchy that silence implies consent. With this in mind, the leaders of Brandeis Black Student Organization, MLK and Friends and the Brandeis Israel Public Affairs Committee, have joined together, despite their different interests, to challenge our communities to candid discussion, hoping to change the way black and Jewish students at Brandeis interact with one another. In an effort to ‘lay the wood’ for these fires, these groups have joined to create a joint pilgrimage to Israel with a delegation of five black and five Jewish students. The aim of this trip is to use education and cultural immersion to bridge the gap of cultural differences and create an environment in which the participants understand each other better, and bond over what brings us together, rather than what separates us. Called Brandeis Bridges, the intercultural pilgrimage will be the first step in enhancing and developing student leaders of various backgrounds knowledge and appreciation for all the Brandeis has to offer —exposing non-Jewish students to the importance of Israel in the lives of Jews around the world, as well as exposing students of Jewish descent to a culture that often goes overlooked on campus with a second pilgrimage to a site of equal importance for people of African descent. Additionally, the trip will expose

students to the holiness and history that Judaism, Christianity and Islam holds in Israel. Most importantly, Brandeis Bridges will serve as a vision of unity for current and future Brandeis students to reach out to the strange and unfamiliar. Many say that Brandeis is the microcosm of the greater American Jewish community, a center of thought that produces innovative and forward looking ideas during

any given generation. We would like to go further; to see Brandeis become the microcosm of intercultural dialogue on college campuses across the United States. We hope to change the way peoples of different backgrounds, cultures and religions interact with one another. The only way to achieve this is through our common voice and action. Bringing together the

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Black and Jewish communities at Brandeis will serve as the first step.

Amanda Dryer is president of MLK and Friends, Ra Imhotep is president of Brandeis Black Student Organization Alex Thomson and Ryan Yuffe are the co-presidents of Brandeis Israel Public Affairs Committee and D’Andre Young is treasurer of Brandeis Black Student Organization.

Obama must not concede to Congress in debt ceiling debate Noah M.

Horwitz Civil Affairs

We have heard it before. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann summed up the Republicans’ position on the debt ceiling in 2011, when she famously stated that Congress would not give President Barak Obama “a blank check for spending,” her term for raising the debt ceiling. Now once again, our nation stands perilously close to reaching the debt ceiling, the statutory limit on how much debt the United States government may hold at any one time. By taking the debt ceiling hostage, House Republicans threaten to cause the United States to default on its debt. Such a scenario is frightening, having the ability to send global financial markets into unmitigated disaster. Obama is in the right to demand Congress raise the debt ceiling without preconditions. The debt ceiling was created in 1917, not—as many put it—to serve as a roadblock to further spending, but to ease the job of the Treasury

Secretary in issuing bonds to service the nation’s deficit. The debt ceiling, always a tool of bonds and not of spending caps, has been raised countless times, including 76 such instances just since the 1960s. Why now, then, is the Congress so recalcitrant upon using this tool of brinkmanship as leverage for its extreme goals? Enter the Tea Party. In 2010, when House Republicans were voted back into power, many were catapulted by extreme zealots from the Tea Party, who had often never held political office before and detested the moderate Republican establishment. In 2011, and now again in 2013, they see the debt ceiling as a tool for a partisan fight—like the fiscal cliff—and not as the dangerous nuclear button it is. The 2011 debt ceiling crisis saw Republicans demand (and receive) massive spending cuts in exchange for their willingness to not put the United States into default and plunge the global economy into a cataclysm. In the end, the political brinkmanship caused Standard & Poor’s to downgrade the United States’ credit rating. A refusal to raise the debt ceiling would mean the United States might not be able to pay its bills. Raising the debt ceiling does not, as Michele

Bachmann might suggest, give the President a blank check to continue spending unfettered. All debt which would be borrowed against the new debt ceiling, or any other, would have to be separately approved by Congress. The only reason the current debt ceiling, set at $16.4 billion dollars, will be reached soon is because of spending bills and appropriations passed by Congress and signed by Obama.

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The debt ceiling is not a game; it is a bill for past payments. If Congress is truly serious about curbing spending, then playing with the idea of an American default is not the way to go about it. Instead, they should offer actual solutions to our finances by proposing leaner budgets. President Obama decided to play into the hands of the House Republicans in 2011, and negotiated with them over a debt ceiling raise. The deal that was reached brought

heavy condemnation, both from the right and the left. This time around, Obama has made clear his position: the House Republicans have blackmailed the administration with the debt ceiling, and he will not negotiate with them. Obama has repeated himself many times, insisting that no preconditions be attached to a vote to raise the debt ceiling. Such a position is not only understood, it is needed. Whether it has been President George Bush and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, President Bill Clinton and Speaker Newt Gingrich or President Ronald Reagan and Speaker Tip O’Neil, divided governments have raised the debt ceiling dozens of times without preconditions. It is a dangerous precedent to set that it is okay for a small group of legislators to demand their side be addressed by attaching it inseparably to sensitive legislation. It is my belief that House Speaker John Boehner will eventually lead a sensible minority of his party to increase the debt ceiling without preconditions, as Conservative business leaders, such as the Koch brothers, have been pressing for. If this is not the case, Obama has a number of other options. A little-known law states that the Secretary of the Treasury maintains unlimited authority to mint

platinum coins. While the law was obviously meant for collectors’ bullion coins, most legal experts agree it could be used as a lifesaver in the debt ceiling fight. Under this scenario, the Treasury could mint one or two Trillion dollar coins (yes, that’s with a ‘T’), walk them to the Federal Reserve, and deposit them, thus artificially raising the maximum borrowing costs. The Federal Reserve could then remove some bonds from circulation, therefore undoing any inflationary damage to the economy. While the current Treasury administration has expressed doubts about this plan, there is a brand new Treasury Secretary about to take office, who has expressed no such doubts. Other than these unfounded concerns about the inflationary effects of the coins, and that such a tactic has never been attempted before, there are few drawbacks to such an option. The debt ceiling is not a game; it is a bill for past payments. A deal with the recalcitrant House majority, like 2011, surrenders to the idea that it is okay—it is tolerable—to play a dangerously high-stakes game of chicken with the debt ceiling. Obama is right to not negotiate over it. I just hope he keeps his word.

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Fabian ’15 won individual events in the Judges’ meet Saturday against Trinity. By BEN FREUDMAN JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

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UNDER PRESSURE: Guard Hannah Cain ’15 swings the ball wide while attempting to go past an Endicott player on Dec. 6.

WBBALL: Slow start to halves prove problematic for women of the night, Brandeis stormed out to a strong start Friday night, as they went on a 14-4 run and were leading for a majority of the first half against the Maroons, up by as many as seven points. The Judges were up 32-28 with two minutes left in the half, making it seem that they would take a lead into the break. However, Chicago went on a five point scoring run, taking the lead with eight seconds left to play in the half. The lack of time before the halfway buzzer ultimately proved crucial as a turning point both in the short-term and long-term, as Chicago took a one point advantage into the break. Despite the fact that the deficit was only at one, it would become clear that losing the lead certainly took the wind out of the Judges’ sails, especially after they started the half in such dominating fashion. Forward Erika Higginbottom ’13

Dean ’14 who had 11 rebounds, just one short of a career high for the guard. No other player in the game had more than four assists aside from Dean, who was also five of 11 from the field. Chicago had three players scoring in double digits. For the Maroons, freshman guard Paige Womack led all scoring 16 points, scoring 3 for 5 from three-point range. Members of the women’s basketball team could not be reached for comment by press time. Despite the demoralizing setbacks, the Judges cannot afford to slouch for long. The Judges will be back on the road in UAA games next weekend as the squad will travel to Emory University this Friday at 6 p.m. and then to the University of Rochester this Sunday at 2 p.m. It was certainly a tough weekend for the team, but with only one more UAA trip before the squad returns home, there’s a good chance that the team could rack up some valuable wins.

BRIEF Patriots downed by Ravens in AFC title match At the end of the first half of last Sunday’s AFC Championship game, the Patriots led 13-7 and prepared to add yet another chapter to the Belichick-Brady dynasty. After 24 minutes of play, the Ravens rolled off 21 unanswered points en route to a 28-13 victory and a dismaying end to the Patriots’ 2012 season. The Super Bowl, set to take place on Sunday, Feb. 3, will feature the battle of the brothers— Ravens head coach John Harbaugh and San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh. The Super Bowl will also mark the culmination of Ray Lewis’ “last ride,” a journey that has buoyed the Ravens’ road to success—against Indianapolis, through Denver, New England and now to New Orleans. Meanwhile, the Patriots suffered their first-ever home loss in an AFC title game and have not won in the Super Bowl since 2004. New England head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady will face a barrage of questions this offseason, staring

at the potential end of an illustrious partnership. Given the team’s potent offense, it might have been a stretch for such a thought to even cross the Patriots’ mind at the start of the game. Brady guided a 13-play drive at the start of the game, resulting in a 31-yard field goal by Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski to jump out to a 3-0 lead. Baltimore and New England’s defenses hunkered down, failing to yield a score throughout the remainder of the first quarter. Ravens running back Ray Rice countered with Baltimore’s first score, rushing into the end zone for a 7-3 lead at the outset of the second quarter. Brady wasn’t fazed, leading a 79-yard march down the field to set up a 24-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Wes Welker. Gostkowski launched another short-range field goal from 25 yards to set the halftime lead at 13-7. It should have been a straightforward finish to the game from there, with the Patriots running out winners. Brady boasted a 67-0

Luk and Fabian shine as teams show strength ■ Brian Luk ’16 and Max

led scoring with eight points at the half, and shot four for four during the first half of the game. Brandeis forced 11 turnovers while only giving up seven and outscoring Chicago on turnovers by a 10-3 margin. The second half told a very different tale, as the Judges failed to keep the momentum that they had established in the beginning of the game going. Chicago opened the half with an 18-6 run. The Judges only made three out of their first 18 shots of the second half, allowing Chicago to run away with the game. Chicago began to tear apart the Judges’ defense, scoring multiple times in the paint as well as from three-point range. In a game which the Judges had controlled quite handily at first, Chicago took in the lead by as much as 16 points, and finished the game ahead by twelve. Brandeis’ leading scorer was Higginbottom, who put up 14 points, including two late game threepointers. Also notable was guard Kasey

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record for his squad when leading after halftime. Given that history was on Brady and the Patriots’ side, it seemed that a resounding Patriots win was on the cards. Yet, the Ravens marched out of the tunnel to begin the second half with a renewed sense of purpose and fervor. It may have been for Lewis, a shot at postseason glory, or their first Super Bowl since 2000; regardless, Baltimore never looked back. Quarterback Joe Flacco led an across-the-field drive to open the third quarter, resulting in a five-yard touchdown pass to tight end Dennis Pitta after six minutes. He also launched two short touchdown passes from the red zone into the outstretched arms of wide receiver Anquan Boldin, resulting in an insurmountable 28-13 lead. For now, though, the spotlight will shift to New Orleans as Lewis and his resilient Ravens take on the startling success story of sophomore 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and company. — Adam Rabinowitz

Though the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams have experienced their growing pains, the squads took a step in the right direction last weekend in their meet at Trinity College. “As a team, we rallied together,” said David Lazarovich ’16, who placed second in the 200-yard breaststroke. “We saw some of our most impressive times of the season. As we get closer to the University Athletic Association championships, we’re having more intense practices, which showed on Saturday.” Following an impressive victory in the men’s 100-yard freestyle, Brian Luk ’16 completed a sweep of the three freestyle sprints. Luk wrapped up his first 50 yards in 23.8 seconds, leaving all but one competitor in the dust. He finished in 49.24 seconds, also standing as the only competitor who completed the race in less than 50 seconds. His first victory of the triplet came in the 200-yard freestyle. Luk, who earned 38 of the Judges’ 107 points, first swam the 200-yard freestyle, handily winning by five seconds. Luk completed the race in one minute and 50 seconds. Despite impressive performances in the early going, Luk finished on an even stronger note in the later stages of the meet. Eight events later, he won the 50-yard freestyle in 22.6 seconds. As opposed to the aforementioned 200-yard freestyle, this race was more of a challenge for Luk, who was neck-and-neck with Trinity College senior John Feminella 13. Luk, the freshman, defeated the senior in the end by one-quarter of a second. Finally, in one leg of the 200-yard freestyle relay, Luk displayed his most impressive performance, bolting across the pool and back in an electrifying 21.83 seconds.

While Luk had noteworthy performances, he was not the only Judge who had a field day. Teammate Max Fabian ’15 chalked up two victories, including a formidable showing in the 1000-yard freestyle at an overpowering 10 minutes, 10 seconds. In addition to his dominant margin of victory, Fabian’s consistency was impressive—after opening his first 50 yards in 28.11 seconds, he didn’t slow down. Fabian’s other 50-yard splits never eclipsed 32 seconds. Even though he was well ahead of his competition, he never held back, finishing his last 100 yards in 59 seconds even. Despite having to battle a bit more in the 500-yard freestyle, Fabian easily won in five minutes and eight seconds, 15 seconds faster than his nearest competitors. After pulling ahead in the beginning, he never looked back, increasing his lead throughout the race. Fabian also swam the 200-yard medley relay and the 400-yard individual medley, placing in third in both events. On the women’s side, Lauren Cruz ’16 pulled through for a victory in the 500-yard freestyle. She finished the distance in five minutes and 36 seconds, 10 seconds better than the rest of the field. Despite Cruz notching the only first-place finish, the females also notched a few notable results for the Judges. Holly Spicer ’13 finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke. She kept close to her other competitors throughout the race, but came up just short of a victory, finishing in a minute and 11 seconds. Additionally, she finished second to Trinity College junior Joanna Wycech in the 200-yard breaststroke. After falling behind to Wycech, Spicer roared back and almost caught Wycech but fell seven hundredths of a second short, finishing the race in two minutes and 35 seconds. The Judges look to continue their individual success on Jan. 26 when they host Worcester Polytechnic Institute, their second-to-last home meet of the season. The squads continue to prepare for the University Athletic Association Conference Championships at the University of Chicago on Feb. 13.

TRACK: Teams perform well in meet featuring high-quality opponents CONTINUED FROM 16 ’16 placed 13th in five minutes, 45.08 seconds. Molly Paris ’16 rounded out the Judges’ effort in the event, running six minutes, 0.89 seconds for 15th place. In the Bill Squires open mile, the men’s elite division of the mile competition, Alex Kramer ’13 and Mik Kern ’13 both ran well, placing fifth and seventh, respectively, with efforts of four minutes, 13.68 seconds and four minutes, 18.65 seconds. The open division of the mile featured Greg Bray ’15 and Grady Ward ’16, who took 10th and 11th in four minutes, 30.96 and four minutes, 32.99 seconds. Additionally, Jarret Harrigan ’15 represented the distance squad, placing 13th in the 3000-meter run, timing in at nine minutes, 13.87 seconds. Kris Stinehart ’14 and Gilman competed in the shot put, placing 10th and 14th with throws of 11.26 meters and 7.54 meters, respectively. The 60-meter dash featured a first-

place finish from Vincent Asante ’14 on the men’s side, who went the distance in 7.02 seconds. Asante later took second place in the 200-meter dash, running 23.02 seconds, where he was joined by Josh Hacunda ’16 who finished in eighth place at 23.87 seconds. Galen Karlan-Mason ’16 finished in 24th place at 25.03 seconds, while Mackalani Mack ’16 rounded out the Judges’ efforts with a finish in 26.74 seconds. Following the 200, Hacunda, Josh Hoffman-Senn ’13 and Odze competed in the 400-meter dash, taking fifth [53.42 seconds], eighth [54.32 seconds] and 13th [57.55 seconds], respectively. And while members of the squad haven’t reached their peak performance levels yet, Gilman is optimistic about things moving forward. “Everyone is very dedicated and committed to getting better,” he said, “so I can only see us getting stronger from here.” The two squads will compete next on Friday at the Boston University Terrier Classic, slated for 4 p.m.

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ATHLETE OF THE MONTH

jUDGES BY THE NUMBERS Men’s BASKETBALL UAA STANDINGS

TEAM STATS

Points Per Game

Not including Monday’s games UAA Conference Overall W L D W L D Pct. Rochester 5 0 0 16 0 0 1.000 JUDGES 5 0 0 14 2 0 .875 Emory 3 2 0 11 4 0 .733 WashU 2 3 0 12 4 0 .750 NYU 2 3 0 12 4 0 .750 Chicago 2 3 0 8 8 0 .500 Case 1 4 0 8 8 0 .500 Carnegie 0 5 0 3 13 0 .188

UPCOMING GAMES Friday at Emory Sunday, Jan. 27 at Rochester Friday, Feb. 1 vs. Emory

Gabe Moton ’14 leads the team with 15.2 points per game. Player PPG Gabe Moton 15.2 Derek Retos 11.1 Ben Bartoldus 9.5 Youri Dascy 8.8

Rebonds Per Game Gabe Moton ’14 leads the team with 6.4 rebounds per game. Player RPG Gabe Moton 6.4 Alex Stoyle 5.2 Youri Dascy 3.7 Wouter van der Eng 3.3

WOMen’s basketball UAA STANDINGS

TEAM STATS

Not including Monday’s games

Points Per Game Kasey Dean ’14 leads the team with 9.1 points per game. Player PPG Kasey Dean 9.1 Hannah Cain 8.4 Erika Higginbottom 5.9 Mikaela Garvin 5.0

UAA Conference Overall W L D W L D Pct. Emory 4 1 0 14 2 0 .875 WashU 4 1 0 14 2 0 .875 Rochester 4 1 0 12 4 0 .750 Carnegie 2 3 0 10 6 0 .625 Case 2 3 0 10 6 0 .625 Chicago 2 3 0 5 10 0 .333 Rebounds Per Game NYU 1 4 0 8 8 0 .500 Erika Higginbottom ’13 leads JUDGES 1 4 0 7 9 0 .438 with 5.2 rebounds per game. Player RPG UPCOMING GAMES Hannah Cain 5.2 Friday at Emory Erika Higginbottom 5.1 Sunday, Jan. 27 at Rochester Samantha Anderson 3.9 Friday, Feb. 1 vs. Emory Kasey Dean 3.5

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RETAINING REBOUNDS: Ishmael Kalilou ’15 has shown his all-around skills on the hardwood for the Judges this season.

SWIMMING AND DIVING Results from Saturday’s meet against Trinity College.

TOP FINISHERS (Men’s)

TOP FINISHERS (Women’s)

500-YARD FREE Max Fabian Ariel Baron

50-YARD FREE Fallon Bushee Eden Shoshan

TIME 27.39 28.27

200-YARD FLY Gabby Drillich Theresa Gaffney

TIME 2:34.52 2:45.39

200-YARD FREE Brian Luk Ariel Baron

TIME 5:08.06 5:24.50 TIME 1:50.60 1:59.29

UPCOMING MEET: The men’s and women’s teams will next compete on Saturday at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Kalilou makes the most of his time on the court ■ Forward Ishmael Kalilou ’15 has made a significant impact this season for the Judges in different parts of the game. By AVI GOLD JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

TRACK AND FIELD Results from Sunday’s Greater Boston Track Club Invitational.

NOTABLE FINISHES (Men’s)

NOTABLE FINISHES (Women’s)

1-MILE RUN Alex Kramer Mik Kern

1-MILE RUN Victoria Sanford Amelia Lundkvist

400-METER DASH Josh Hacunda

TIME 4:13.74 4:18.65 TIME 53.42

400-METER DASH Casey McGown

TIME 5:13.69 5:15.86 TIME 1:02.24

UPCOMING MEET: The men’s and women’s track and field teams will next compete at the Boston University Terrier Classic on Friday.

Though men’s basketball forward Ishmael Kalilou ’15 is on a hot streak, he would be the first to brush it off as insignificant. Kalilou (who mainly comes off the bench for the Judges) just had back-to-back games in which he played more than 10 minutes, scored more than 10 points and recorded both an assist and a rebound. However, Kalilou won’t let this uptick in scoring change his approach, saying that he looks to make the most of his scoring chances. “It all depends on the matchups,” he said. “The past couple games my focus has been there, but it really comes down to the matchups and taking the most of opportunities.” His accomplishments are impres-

sive, considering that Kalilou also plays alongside forwards Alex Stoyle ’14 and Connor Arnold ’14. Stoyle, the team’s starting forward, averages nearly nine points per game in just over 23 minutes on the court. Simply put, Stoyle is on the court for nearly half of every game, which makes Kalilou’s output in the past two games that much more notable. In that time, Kalilou has put up numbers comparable to a starter in roughly half of the minutes played. On top of that, Kalilou splits his time coming off the bench with players like Arnold, making for a formidable feat. Kalilou began the year averaging a respectable 13 minutes over the first four games, but could only contribute five points per game during that span. After his early season success, Kalilou’s performance dipped over the next eight games to only six minutes and two points per game, before erupting for a career high 16 points in a win over Carnegie Mellon University last weekend. He followed that up with a 10-point effort against Case

Western Reserve University. As a sophomore, Kalilou appreciates the opportunity to play behind Stoyle. According to Kalilou, Stoyle has taught him the importance of the little things. “I’ve learned from watching him,” he said, “especially his focus and attention to little things. “I have no problem playing behind him.” Most significantly, Kalilou has no problem serving the role of the scoring specialist. He spent most of his freshman year getting a feel for the college game, and now that he understands his role on the team, he’s happy to do his part to contribute to the Judges’ winning ways. Kalilou wants to contribute in whatever way possible, especially as the squad surges to a 14-2 start to the season and a 5-0 record in the University Athletic Association. “I want us to keep winning,” he said, “and do whatever I can do to do my part.” Back-to-back double digit scoring efforts isn’t a bad way to help out.

BOSTON BRUINS BEAT Bruins start off shortened season in style with resounding victory over rival New York Rangers When the National Hockey League lockout ended on Sunday, Jan. 6, many Boston Bruins fans exulted. Following Saturday’s 3-1 win over the rival New York Rangers, they were likely over the moon. Left wings Milan Lucic and Daniel Paille and defenseman Johnny Boychuk scored in the first, second and third periods, respectively, as Boston ran out to a comfortable win against a team it had lost to three out of four times last year. “We knew that [New York goalkeeper] Henrik Lundqvist is a great goalie,” said center Patrice Bergeron, who assisted on Boychuk’s goal. “So, we knew that we had to distract him in order to get the puck by him. I think we did that pretty well.” “I liked our effort tonight,” said head coach Claude Julien. “Again, I

couldn’t be happier because I like the effort that we gave tonight. The guys seemed to be pretty focused; I thought we had some real good plays and good decisions.” Given that these fans had waited three-and-a-half months more than expected for hockey, the crowd was fired up. The men on the ice were raring to go, too, apparent after such a volatile start. Bergeron fired the first warning shot just a minute, 40 seconds into the game, but the effort was comfortably saved by Lundqvist. With five minutes, 46 seconds to go in the first, the deadlock was broken. Krejci fired an angled drive from the right side near the blue line, which Lundqvist could not hold. The Bs made the rebound count, though, as Lucic buried the second attempt, sending the TD Garden into raptures.

After the Rangers had a few opportunities in the initial stages, Lucic fired a warning shot that Lundqvist easily pushed aside. Paille then had an effort from close range that the goalie did well to smother. Before long, after a shot from the blue line, Paille increased the lead to 2-0. With 11:20 left in the second, the home team was two goals to the finish line. However, any complacency starting to creep into the Bruins’ minds was quickly unsettled with seven minutes, 10 seconds left in the period. Center Brad Richards fired a quality shot that caromed off of the top corner of Tuukka Rask’s net. While the fans were enthralled by the back-and-forth nature of the contest, they became even more excited, as they were treated to two brawls in

quick succession. The Bruins’ first five-minute fighting penalty of the season went to left wing Shawn Thornton, who engaged in a brawl with New York center Mike Rupp. After just 10 seconds, play stopped again when defenseman Gregory Campbell began to fight Rangers defenseman Stu Bickel. Just four minutes into the third period, the Rangers—who boasted a twoman advantage at the time—had a glorious opportunity to tie it up. Left wing Rick Nash, who had been relatively quiet up to that point, found himself mano-a-mano with Rask. However, the custodian denied the New York attacker the opportunity to keep the advantage. Richards went close twice in quick succession; however, Rask stood tall and the Bruins killed the power play. Krejci then appeared to have dou-

bled the Bs’ advantage, as he poked a cross from defenseman Zdeno Chára towards the net with Lundqvist sprawled on the ice. Yet it was not to be, as Lundqvist showed his quality in making a world-class save. The crowd didn’t have to wait long, though, for the next goal. Boychuk fired in a long-range effort with 11:47 left in the game to give the home team a two-goal advantage. With five minutes, 34 seconds left, the two sets of players began to get at each other’s throats. Though Lucic was sent to the box for a 10-minute misconduct penalty with four minutes left, the penalty didn’t have any consequential impact, as the Bruins finished 3-1 winners in a game which they controlled start to finish. — Henry Loughlin

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OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT The Boston Bruins started the delayed NHL season firing on all cylinders in a dominating win over the New York Rangers, p. 15.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

DRIVING THROUGH TRAFFIC

Midwest teams defeat Judges in UAA action ■ WashU and UChicago were

too much for the women’s basketball team, who lost their fourth straight game. By jonah price JUSTICE staff writer

It was a rough airplane ride home for the women’s basketball team after a difficult swing through the Midwest. Over the long weekend, the Judges lost to University Athletic Association foes the University of Chicago and No. 7 Washington University in St. Louis. The Judges were defeated 60-28 on Sunday in Missouri, and lost 73-61 on Friday in Chicago. The aforementioned losses were an extension of their road woes; Brandeis has only won one game on the road so far this season, a 71-53 win at Daniel Webster College on Dec. 1. The setbacks put the team at a 7-9 overall record and 1-4 mark in the conference, where they sit in last place out of eight teams. On Sunday, in its game against the Bears, Brandeis had its lowest scoring game in 15 years against WashU since a defensive battle in 1998 against New York University. Hannah Cain ’15 led the scoring efforts for the Judges with seven points and only shot ten percent

from two-point range. This performance added to a poor 16 percent mark for the Judges. While the Judges kept up with WashU in turnovers forced, [23 to 22] and second-chance points, WashU had a huge edge in bench points, leading by a 29-16 margin in terms of points off of the bench. Despite Brandeis’ lack of bench points, guard Niki Laskaris ’16 notched one third of the Judges’ bench points with five, while only hitting one three point shot throughout the night. Though the night was low-scoring, the Judges did hold WashU to its fourth-lowest point total of the season, keeping the Bears under 40 percent shooting—a feat only half of WashU’s opponents were able to accomplish. WashU sophomore forward Melissa Gilkey was the only player on either side to score in double digits with 16 points on the night. Junior forward Lucy Montgomery had nine points off the bench. All three of her buckets were scored from three-point range. Though Sunday’s perforamnce was definitely not what the Judges would have wanted, they can be buoyed by their strong performance in the weekend’s first game. After allowing the first four points

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Strong performances shown at invitational ■ The Judges competed well

at the Greater Boston Track Club Invitational in running, jumping and throwing events. By HENRY LOUGHLIN JUSTICE EDITOR

Despite having only one week of training under their belts since winter break, the men’s and women’s track and field teams had yet another weekend to remember. Following a solid showing at the Dartmouth Relays on Sunday, Jan. 13, the squads turned in several strong performances at the Greater Boston Track Club Invitational this past Sunday. Hosted by Harvard University, the meet allowed for the sprinters, jumpers and throwers to compete for the first time since the Reggie Poyau Memorial Invitational on Friday, Dec. 7. “We're coming along well,” said Jonathan Gilman ’15. “I think we performed well given where we are in the season.” “Everyone did really well,” added Casey McGown ’13. “This was our first week back, so in a few weeks we should be where we need to be.” Melissa Darling ’16 finished third in the 60-meter hurdles, timing in at

9.97 seconds, and seventh in the long jump, going 4.33 meters. Brandon Odze ’16 took fourth in the 60-meter hurdles, covering the distance in 12 seconds. In the men’s long jump, Hanson Yang ’16 and Brian Louis ’16 went 5.48 and 5.27 meters to place ninth and 11th, respectively. Louis and Yang then flip-flopped the finishing order in the triple jump, as Louis took fourth and Yang took seventh place with jumps of 12.91 meters and 11.79 meters, respectively. The senior women put together a pair of second place finishes. In the women’s triple jump, Kim Farrington ’13 placed second with a distance of 10.92 meters. The women’s 400-meter dash featured a runner-up finish from McGown, who covered the distance in one minute, 2.24 seconds. Both the women’s and men’s mile featured a host of Brandeis competitors, including the top two finishers on the women’s side. Victoria Sanford ’14 and Amelia Lundkvist ’14 took first and second, respectively, in five minutes, 13.69 seconds and five minutes, 15.86 seconds. Kelsey Whitaker ’16 took sixth in five minutes, 24.85 seconds. Maggie Hensel

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CHARGING BY THE COMPETITION: Guard Derek Retos ’14 dribbles past a Clark University player during the team’s game on Nov. 27.

Men extend win streak to seven with triumphs ■ Victories over UChicago and No. 13 WashU could prove vital for the men’s squad down the stretch. By JACOB MOSKOWITZ JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

Last season, the No. 19 men’s basketball team struggled to a 3-4 road record in University Athletic Association play. After a sweep in the Midwest against the University of Chicago and Washington University in St. Louis last weekend, the Judges have made a complete 180. The Judges overcame halftime deficits in both UAA games last weekend to improve their record to 14-2 and 5-0 in the conference. The squad defeated the University of Chicago, 59-55, before traveling to St. Louis and beating No. 13 Washington University, 67-62, earning a 3-0 road record in UAA play. This is just the second time Brandeis has ever completed a sweep of its Midwest trip. Brandeis started out slowly in both games, but by the second half, managed to raise its quality of play. “We have the tendency to come out slowly and we take a while to get into the flow of the game,” said forward Alex Stoyle ’14. “We have been grinding and battling and just finding a way to win which is a big step in becoming a great team.” On Sunday, Brandeis came out of the gate slowly. The Judges found themselves down 25-21 at halftime after struggling from the field at 23.3 percent. WashU out-rebounded the Judges 25-17, which proved to be

among the Judges’ top concerns entering the game. WashU led Division III with a 13.3 rebound differential entering Sunday’s game. The second half was a completely different story for Brandeis. The Judges got hot from the field as they knocked down 53.6 percent of their shots, including eight-for-15 from beyond the three point arc. Guard Ben Bartoldus ’14 and forward Alex Schmidt ’14 led the balanced rebounding effort with five apiece in the half, leading the Judges to a 24-14 rebounding advantage. The second half was a much closer battle, as the lead changed hands many times. With two minutes, 30 seconds left the game was tied 57-57. The Judges missed two three pointers, but each time, Schmidt claimed the offensive rebound. The third attempt finally connected, as guard Gabriel Moton ’14 knocked down a three ball. They then hit seven-for-eight from the free throw line down the stretch to secure the victory. Moton and guard Derek Retos ’14 combined for 37 of the Judges’ 46 points in the second half. After missing his three attempts in the first half, Retos went six-for-nine from three point land en route to 23 second half points. Moton had 14 points on fourfor-six shooting from the field. shooting from the field. Bartoldus noted that Washington University’s defense dictated the flow of Brandeis’ offense and allowed them to find Retos and Moton open often. “It was just how the game flowed,” said Bartoldus. “The defense was giving them opportunities and they stepped up and knocked down huge shots.” Overall, Retos led the way with 23

points. Moton finished with 17 points, four rebounds and four assists. Bartoldus led the way with six rebounds. On Friday, the Judges started slowly and entered halftime down by a 3424 margin. The second half proved to be an entirely different game for the Judges. They started the half on a 12-3 run, sparked by Moton’s seven quick points. His bucket with 14 minutes, 39 seconds left in the game brought the Judges within a 37-36 margin. Guard Jay Freeman ’13 then entered the game and fueled the Judges with two quick baskets. However, Chicago led 42-41 with 12 minutes, 16 seconds to go. Eight minutes later, the game was tied at 48. The game went backand-forth, but Stoyle made two free throws to give the Judges a six-point lead, 56-50, with two minutes, seventeen seconds left. Fourteen seconds later, Chicago freshman guard Royce Muskeyvalley drained a three pointer to cut the Judges’ lead to three. The next possession won the game for Brandeis. They let the shot clock wind down and managed to grab an offensive rebound. Stoyle knocked in a three-pointer as the shot clock expired to give the Judges a 59-53 lead with 51 seconds left in the game. A late Chicago jumper proved to be too late, resulting in a 59-55 final score. Moton led the way with 14 points, eight rebounds, and five assists. Center Wouter Van der Eng ’13 tied a career high with eight rebounds. Stoyle scored twelve points and Retos added 11 off the bench. The Judges continue their road trip next weekend when they play at Emory University on Friday at 7 p.m. and at the University of Rochester on Sunday.

JustArts Volume LXV, Number 16

Your weekly guide to arts, movies, music and everything cultural at Brandeis and beyond

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Waltham, Mass.

Statues revealed: justArts explores the notable statues on campus that benchmark its artistic heritage

In this issue: Editors’ picks for winter T.V.

Tune in: Editors comment on the shows that have you talking this winter. P. 20

Spring at the Rose: Spring renewal:

Three new curated exhibits come to the Rose Art Museum this semester. P. 19

Movie Zero Dark Thirty P. 23 Dropkick Murphys New Album P. 23 Pop culture: Vogue controversy P. 18 This week’s PHOTO CONTEST: “Shades”

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INTERVIEW

What’s happening in Arts on and off campus this week

ON-CAMPUS EVENTS

Opening Reception: “OFF-KILTER”

Karen Moss looks to the roots of our society’s problems using pop culture imagery, imaginative drawing and text; using materials from camouflage fabric to tulle and techniques from ink drawing to collage. Thursday from 5 to 7:30 p.m. in the Womens’ Studies Research Center. On view through March 22.

BC3 Lunar New Year Show

This showcase of music and dance acts prominently features student talent from Brandeis. The performances range from hip hop dance, singing, a cappella, fashion show and traditional dance. Friday at 6 p.m. in Levin Ballroom.

Genkin Philharmonic: Icons of Rock

Ahmed Abdel Kouddous ’13

Senior and theater star reflects on his influences and inspiration PHOTO COURTESY OF Ahmed Abdel Kouddous

JustArts sat down with Ahmed Abdel Kouddous ’13 to talk about his most recent acting endeavor and his future in theater. The full interview is available at thejustice.org. JustArts: This Winter, you’ll be in In The Heart of America by Naomi Wallace put on by the Brandeis Theater Company. What can you tell us about the play and Janet Morrison’s (THA) production? Ahmed Abdel Kouddous: Well, In The Heart of America is a play about identity, a play about guilt. It is a play in which the past and the present and the future are all entangled. For me at least, it’s a very spiritual kind of experience because in one scene you’re in the present the next you’re in the future and after that you’re in the past. There’s absolutely no props at all. Janet Morrison is a wonderful professor. I’ve known her for a long time. She’s amazing. She will make the Earth rotate the opposite direction to make it work for you. JA: To what can we look forward in ITHA? What enticed you to act in this particular play? AAK: I guess an audience could look forward to seeing a side of war that you wouldn’t otherwise see in the news. The beauty of this production is that the audience will find themselves in a completely different world, one that is psychological, and one that I hope will allow the audience to feel the burden of guilt that each character carries. JA: Seeing that your major is Politics, and only minor in Theater Arts, how did you become so interested in acting? AAK: I’ve been acting and doing theater since I was a kid, but I’ve only really pursued it [since] my senior year of high school. My grandmother was a pretty big actress in the Middle East. My grandfather was a playwright, a screenwriter and a novelist, so I’ve always been surrounded by it. It’s something I really enjoy doing. JA: Who is your role model in the theater industry? Why? AAK: John Malkovich because he’s crazy. [Laughs and pauses] I don’t really have a role model but I’d say my grandmother. She was an actress in Egypt. She was the one who always pushed me to pursue it, even if it was just for a small part of my life. I guess she wants me to taste a little bit of what she tasted in her life. JA: Recently you starred in a stripped-down, small cast production of The Glass Menagerie. How was working with director Paula Plum in such an intimate performance different from your other experiences in the field? AKA: Paula Plum identifies herself as an actress. So we got heavy technical acting notes, which I loved. She really focuses on your body and the way you speak, and what you’re thinking and the history of your character and what they were like in the ’20s. She was full of energy, energy, energy. Every single rehearsal was an explosion. She’s absolutely incredible. TGM is a classical American play while ITHA isn’t at all. It’s surreal. Acting in it is a bit confusing because you’re not working with a physical environment. Everything is mental, emotional and spiritual. Janet Morrison is really good at allowing you to understand the spirit, the emotion, all that, of the play. And it’s very, very sad. JA: When you graduate this spring do you see yourself working in the theater industry in the future? AAK: Well, I’m going to prospectively attend the National Theater Institute in Connecticut. It’s an acting conservatory. And then I hope to work, throughout my life, with film or theater production. Maybe acting, maybe producing. But I do like making money, so I’ll have to give and take when it comes to acting. You have to know how to make connections. Business is business. JA: Do you have any reflections about the past four years about Brandeis both academically and artistically? AKA: I’m very happy to have pursued both politics and theater. Ideally I’d just be doing theater. But I do have an interest in politics that I can’t just ignore. And unfortunately, you can’t devote 100 percent of your brain to both of them. You have to give priority to one of them over the other. Maybe I could find a way in the future to mix both politics and theater. Coming from Egypt, that’s very easy to do. But I definitely do see myself working with production. You’ll never get thousands of people in a theater. But where do hundreds of thousands of people gather at once? A football game. And there’s a certain beauty to that as well I hope that maybe one day, theater can be like that. Actors and producers and directors tend to forget about their audience. The audience is the most important thing. You’re trying to tell a story. —Eli Kaminsky

The Genkin Philharmonic is a critically acclaimed, genre-bending freight train, equal parts shredding rock band and virtuosic chamber ensemble. The group fuses and reimagines musical styles including rock, jazz and classical. Icons of Rock features outrageous, incendiary arrangements of pieces by Radiohead, Jimi Hendrix, King Crimson, Frank Zappa and Sergei Prokofiev. Friday, Jan. 25 at 8 p.m. in Slosberg Music Center.

Genkin Philharmonic: New Music

Premieres of new music written for the Genkin Philharmonic by Brandeis Masters of Fine Arts in Music Composition and Theory composers Travis Alford, Victoria Cheah, David Dominique, Emily Koh, Frank S. Li, James Praznik, Rebecca Sacks, Kyo Shimizu and Tina Tallon. Saturday at 8 p.m. in Slosberg Music Center.

Hooked on Tap Dance performance featuring tap groups from Brown University and Boston University’s BU on TAP, and

our very own Tap Ensemble. Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Carl J. Shapiro Campus Center Theater. Doors open at 7:45 p.m. Tickets are free.

Winter Concert: DJ A-Trak

DJ A-Trak, one half of the world-famous electronic duo Duck Sauce, will rock Brandeis’ Student Events’ annual winter concert. Previous years have featured dance giants such as Mike Posner, Super Mash Bros. and AraabMuzik, and this year will continue the fabulous tradition. Saturday at 9 p.m. in Levin Ballroom. Tickets available through Brandeis Tickets for $10.

WBRS presents Titus Andronicus WBRS brings the punk/indie rock band to Cholmondeley’s for a fun night of rocking out. Enjoy an intimate concert scene in Brandeis’ beloved coffeehouse. Saturday at 10 p.m. in Cholmondeley’s. Admission is free.

Opening Reception: Dimensions 2 Enjoy new paintings, drawings and prints by undergraduates in the studio art program. Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 5 p.m. in Dreitzer Gallery, in Spingold Theater Center.

OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS

Huntington Theater Company: Our Town

Obie Award-winning visionary director David Cromer brings his groundbreaking and critically acclaimed new version of the beloved, Pulitzer Prizewinning Our Town to the Huntington. Showing through Sunday, Jan. 27. Tickets start at $25. Playing at South End, Calderwood Pavillion at the Boston Center for the Arts.

Museum of Fine Arts: Mario Testino’s “In Your Face” Get an inside look at some of today’s most elusive and exclusive subjects

Pop Culture Pushing the envelope. In the entertainment world, it can be attributed to an outfit, like the unforgettable green Versace get-up J Lo wore to the Grammy’s in 2000 (seriously, Google it right now, I know you’ll recognize it). When celebs (D-list or not) push the envelope, they’re looking for attention—and they want to make people talk. But when Vogue Magazine pushed the envelope this month for a photo spread, did they cross the line from attention-seeking to offensive? Vogue’s February issue includes a spread entitled “Storm Troupers,” in which models were photographed alongside rescue workers in areas hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. Vogue Senior Editor Corey Seymour said that the piece is intended to “shine attention on the people who helped bring the city through the hurricane.” Vogue subtitled the piece, “Celebrating Hurricane Sandy’s First Responders.” However, the focus of the spread is unclear. What are these images? Allow me to paint you a picture: An unapologetic model standing confidently upon machinery inside the turbine deck at Con Ed’s East River Generating Station, raised about three feet above the eight Con Ed employees, clad in their uniform. Another? Two stick-thin models in the middle of a group of 29 doctors and nurses from the neonatal intensivecare unit at Bellevue Hospital—along with 10 of the babies. The piece doesn’t just provide pictures; each photo is accompanied by a blurb giving context to the picture and explaining how the individuals were involved with Sandy relief efforts. Most include a quote from a first responder, adding to the piece’s legitimacy, but then the final sentence of each informative, heartfelt paragraph discusses the models’ pictures and what they’re wearing.

through the lens of renowned celebrity photographer and Vogue and Vanity Fair contributor Mario Testino. The exhibit represents his brilliant thirtyyear career. Tickets range from free with a college ID to $25. Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. On view through Sunday, Feb. 3.

Institute of Contemporary Art: “This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s” An ambitious presentation that represents the diversity and complexity of art produced during the 1980s—from the Pictures generation to neo-expressionism, from the rise of photography to the emergence of abject art—offering a historical overview while situating our contemporary moment within the history of art of the recent past. On view in the West Gallery of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston through March 3. Memberships start at $65.

Broadway in Boston: “Sister Act: The Musical” The national tour of Sister Act is shaking its groove thing all the way to Boston. The musical comedy is based on the popular 1992 movie starring Whoopi Goldberg. Showing at the Boston Opera House from Tuesday, Jan. 22 through Sunday, Feb. 3. Tickets range from $25 to $170.

Paint Things: beyond the stretcher “PAINT THINGS” navigates the re-

cent direction of contemporary artists to expand painting beyond the stretcher into sculptural forms. DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA. Opens Sunday, Jan. 27. Admission ranges from free to $14.

Marilyn Manson Concert Manson will stop in Boston as part of his North American tour, which runs through the end of February. Saturday at 6 pm. House of Blues, Boston, MA. Tickets start at $45.

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STRIKE A POSE: Photographer Annie Leibovitz has become known for her controversial work. The piece’s photographer, Annie Leibovitz, is known for pushing the envelope, like with one risqué shot back in 2008 involving Miley Cyrus, a sheet and a lot of bare skin, but not everyone appreciates her artistic flair. Some are arguing the shoot was downright “ridiculous,” like New York Magazine’s Charlotte Cowles, while others, like online reader kimfrac, say “this is hitting below the belt when people are still suffering.” It’s true; over two months since Sandy hit the East Coast, and thousands are still living without a home or without power.

TIME Magazine’s Terri Pous explained the issue clearly: “The piece was intended to celebrate real-life heroes, but are the models’ presence supposed to suggest that Oscar de la Renta’s spring collection is equally heroic?” Still, some claim the fashion magazine has earned the right to publish whatever they want; Vogue asserts it has helped raise $1.7 million in relief funds. And, as online reader AndresV reminded others, “It’s … fashion journalism.” Pop culture-ites, what do you think?

ARTS COVER PHOTOS: Brianna Mussman/the Justice, DESIGN: Robyn Spector

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Spring meets three new exhibits Rose to continue bringing variety to campus art scene FREDRIK NILSEN/Wahlead Beshty and Regen Projects, Los Angeles

By JESSIE MILLER

CRACKED GLASS: The collaboration between Bedford and Beshty uses abstract pieces to represent post-war culture in the twenty-first century.

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Whether it is the pop art of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, a modern Kiki Smith canvas sheet or a visiting photography exhibit from Dor Guez, the Rose Art Museum has distinguished itself as a premier emblem of what a modern museum should be. Following a successful fall semester, this spring offers the introduction of three new exhibitions, all of which will premiere at the Opening Reception on Feb. 13 at 5 p.m.

Walead Beshty: “Parallel Exhibitions of Post-War Non-Figurative Art from the Collection” and “Untitled” In collaboration with Rose Director Chris Bedford, artist Walead Beshty will have two exhibits on display in the Sandra Fineberg Gallery: “On the Matter of Abstraction (figs. A & B): Parallel Exhibitions of Post-War Non-Figurative Art from the Collection” and “Untitled,” both of which consist of new acquisitions of abstract art and pieces from the Rose’s collection.

Beshty has also brought part of his own work to campus in the form of a mirrored glass floor that appears to crack as visitors walk over it—a unique take on what it means to break from traditional exhibit styles. Beshty is known for his work with photograms, a type of photography where instead of using a camera, objects are placed directly on light-sensitive photographic pa-

per and then exposed to light. The artist accidentally stumbled upon this technique when undeveloped film in his suitcase went through an airport x-ray machine. Beyond the obvious physical effect, Beshty believes the film represents the social and political atmosphere in a post9/11 world with heightened airport security measures–the photos and world were completely altered.

He has also worked with sculptures: a previous exhibit featured FedEx boxes with a panel of cracked glass on top. Inspired by his interest in shipping companies, Beshty put a piece of glass into the box then shipped it to the exhibition site. Upon arrival, the glass is displayed as a representation of the trials of traveling through space and time like the exposure process of film.

Sam Jury: “Coerced Nature”

PHOTO COURTESY OF Sam Jury

IN HER ELEMENT: In her collection of photography and videos on exhibit, Jury provides viewers with a psychological artistic journey through time, identity and motion.

According to the Cornell Daily Sun, Sam Jury’s work is “psychological, observational and investigative. She is both allusive and innovative.” These five adjectives do seem to capture the essence of Jury’s photography and videos, yet they also seem to embody a mystical quality that is impossible to describe. The blurred, eerie landscapes and mysterious figured in the foreground create an uneasy feeling, as if suspended in a single moment, knowing little about the past or future. Born in the United Kingdom, Jury is truly an international artist with past exhibits across the United States, Germany, England, Ireland, Spain, Bulgaria and China. In 2002, she set up an art school in the United Arab Emirates in conjunction with London’s Royal Academy. This experience in the Middle

East heightened Jury’s interest in photography but, due to the tense environment of the region, led her to stage shoots for her photographs, instead of waiting to find something naturally. After returning to England, Jury started her work with video. Her video work consists of choreographed scenes that emphasize the ambiguity of time, identity and motion and the upcoming exhibit will feature several of her works. The Rose catalogue describes the upcoming exhibit as a representation of “suspended trauma, in particular the fraught relationship between human beings and our environment.” The exhibit will be in the Lee Gallery and around campus— some of the videos will be projected on sculptural forms, walls and windows.

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HOOK, LINE AND SINKER: Ruscha’s multi--medium exhibit draws inspiration from the realms of commercialism and pop art.

Ed Ruscha: “Standard” Originating at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Ed Ruscha’s exhibit titled “Standard” will be shown in the Foster Gallery. It features various art mediums including film, paintings and print work. As a young artist, many artists in the pop art movement, including Jasper Johns, whose work also hangs in the Rose, influenced Ruscha. Like other famous pop art, his art is heavily rooted in commercialism

as seen in the presence of everyday objects in his work, like a gas station or billboard. The dominance of Hollywood in society also influenced his work, resulting in his adaption of the iconic Paramount Pictures’ “Mountains” logo, among others. On a larger scale, several of Ruscha’s first commissioned works were large murals at museums and libraries: At the Miami-Dade Public Library, he painted a series of 50 mu-

rals on the rotunda based on a Hamlet quote, “Words without thoughts never to heaven go.” Perhaps more famously, Ruscha also produced prints of paintings that displayed words, often comical, yet making an allusive statement about society, that ranged from words across a sunset horizon to a set of seven works each with a rhyming word. Additionally, he created “liquid work” paintings that ap-

peared as if a liquid was spilled onto the canvas. Later, he used another technique called trompe l’oeil that looked like ribbons of curling paper manipulated into words. In the 1960s, Ruscha produced a surrealism-inspired series that depicted everyday objects in absurd positions, as if hovering over the ground or somehow transformed. In the ’70s, Ruscha experimented with alternative materials and used everything

from red wine to grass stains to axle grease to blackberry juice on stainabsorbent materials. As the legacy of his art shows, his work spans many different forms and styles; the original exhibition curated at the Los Angeles Museum featured over 300 pieces of exclusively his work, but the Rose will feature a selection of these, complemented by their own pieces from various other artists.

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ART REVIEW

Sculptures around campus

Prominent statues tell story of the past By RACHEL HUGHES justice EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

When living with a body of students as artistically inclined as Brandeisians, who seem to always be turning out new works of art, one becomes used to the rapid change and development of the artistic community. When we’re always expecting new art, it is easy to overlook the art that we pass by while walking on campus every day. Although Brandeis’ campus isn’t the most architecturally or aesthetically unified, the distinctive sculptures nestled between buildings and higher-traffic walking areas all help tell the institution’s story. One of the most recognizable and iconic artistic landmarks on campus is the Louis D. Brandeis statue, which honors the University’s namesake and was dedicated in 1956 by the honorable Earl Warren, chief justice of the United States. Sculptor Robert Berks created the gallant figure of Brandeis mid-step, his cloak cascading in a wind, arms and legs ready to keep treading. Mounted on a small hill in between the Shapiro Campus Center and Sherman Function Hall, it is probably the most frequently admired statue on campus as it looks over a main walking path, almost as if it is watching over the school. The statue of Brandeis is used to anchor the University’s branding, appearing on its website and in mailing materials—therefore,

it has been used on the websites of many school clubs to identify them as belonging to the institution. Students dress up the majestic statue on a regular basis for various holidays and campus events, adorning it with everything from colored tape to flyers to bandanas. In a way, it is our artistic mascot. As one walks toward upper campus, the variety of permanent artwork moves from a broad representation of the University to works that represent historical benchmarks in the University’s growth. Another popular sculpture that is, like the Louis D. Brandeis rendering, an almost interactive work, lies in front of the Goldfarb Library. This sculpture portrays an adolescent reclining on a rock, and is situated so that the young person is looking over toward the library. As its nameplate reads, this playful piece serves to recognize the generous contributions and abiding commitment to the University of Leonard L. Farber, whose generosity helped establish the University’s Farber library, which is named for him. As one walks from the library toward Schwartz Hall, the Psychology building, one passes a tall, elegant, pillar-like sculpture. The medium-gray, softly curved figure has an ambiguity to it, and could resemble the general form of a woman’s silhouette, or even of a flower stretching into bloom. This sculpture speaks to the way that art

at Brandeis is flexible and, to each viewer, represents a different ideal in culture and time. The sculpture stands in honor of Lucille and Samuel Lemberg, for whom the Lemberg Children’s Center is named. It was donated by the sculptor Maurice B. Hexter in 1970. Heading back in the direction of lower campus, on a walking path to the Shapiro Campus Center, one will pass a sculpture in between the Shapiro Science Complex and the Bernstein Marcus Administration Building that is quite unique from the other art fixtures at Brandeis. Secluded among a cluster of trees, looking out to South Street and the entrance of the University, sits asculpture of two women cheerfully spinning around with two children within the form of a ring. Called “Family at Play,” this sculpture echoes the voice of femininity and strength that is central to the progressive culture of Brandeisians. It was created out of bronze by Chaim Gross in 1963, and was a gift of Antje and Leonard L. Farber to the University. While there is much dynamic art moving around the University throughout each school year, it is important to acknowledge the works that are constant throughout each student and faculty member’s time at Brandeis. Sometimes, a walk around campus can be just as refreshing as a visit to an exhibit.

Photos by BRIANA MUSSMAN/the Justice

WHAT’S THAT?: While walking around campus, you can spot many different sculptures, many of whose relevance is unknown to the Brandeis community. However, these works add to the culture and beauty of the campus.

OFF CAMPUS television REVIEW

THE JUSTICE | TUESDAY, january 22, 2013

Editors talk television

Between running to class, balancing extracurricular activities and maintaining some sort of social life, college students barely have spare time—let alone time to watch hours of television. In honor of the new year, with so many television series back from hiatus and even some new shows celebrating their winter premiers, four Justice editors have compiled their favorite TV shows (or at least those that are worth watching). Consider this your four-step guide to televised bliss. What do you think? Check it out and tune in!

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‘Girls’ displays real life ‘Mindy’ sasses up Dr. drama

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STRIKE A POSE: Mindy Kaling, star of her self-titled television show, ‘The Mindy Project,’ plays a down-to-earth character with a great comedic edge.

Since last fall, Mindy Kaling’s show The Mindy Project has fully captured my attention with its subject matter, witty writing and superb acting. On the show, Mindy plays an Ob/Gyn working with two other male doctors, creating a great dynamic for each episode because Mindy is the complete opposite of the two male doctors. The supporting cast surrounding Mindy is dynamic, adding a lot of depth to the show that some TV shows lack. The two receptionists are complete opposites, and the male nurse Morgan (Ike Barinholtz) could probably have an entire show based solely off of him—he is completely nuts and 100 percent amusing. What I find most appealing about The Mindy Project is that it seems very honest. While some aspects of the show (Mindy crashing her ex’s wedding and giving a drunken toast to the couple) are probably somewhat embellished for comedy’s sake, I find myself believing that these incidents are based off of ones that Mindy experienced in her own life. In the same vein as HBO’s Girls, the more realistic (a.k.a. not perfect) characters add to the honesty and allure of the show. As much as I love HBO’s huge hit Sex and the City, the lives of those four women were often too neatly packaged. In The Mindy Project, the characters have dilemmas that us “normal” people have. While some critics of the show complain that the problems Mindy faces are too relationship-focused for such a strong female character, I find it’s the opposite: Mindy is a strong female character and she isn’t afraid to go out and find exactly what she wants from a relationship. Luckily for us, her journey in her personal and professional life makes for great television. —Marielle Temkin

HBO’s new series Girls certainly made waves at the Golden Globes, but not all viewers are convinced of its merit. The show, which follows a group of twenty-something post-college white elite living in a stereotypical hipster neighborhood in Brooklyn, can sometimes hit a bit too close to home. The graphic, rather awkward sex scenes and the fallible, irrational characters are both easy to criticize. Yet it is the rawness of the show that, if you can bear to watch it, makes it so relatable. After all, real life includes making poor decisions and learning from them. The girls struggle in their romantic relationships, but the true beauty of their characters is found in their interactions with each other. Each female character represents a different personality that resonates with the audience: Shoshana represents a certain naïveté; Marnie comes to terms with her own loneliness, dealing with rejection for the first time in her life; Jessa is that free

THREE’S COMPANY: The relatable frontwomen of HBO’s ‘Girls’add a gritty, honest edge to the cliched twenty-something-in-the-city plot.

spirit we are all somewhat envious and skeptical of; and Hannah demonstrates what it means to struggle with reaching adulthood, being cut off from her parents and losing her jobs. Writer-director Lena Dunham, who also plays Hannah, describes a double-standard in society’s expectations for girls. They pursue men who treat them badly, balance their personal finances poorly and act unprofessionally at work. The behaviors are bad, but the characters are not. The writing encapsulates what has traditionally defined Jewish humor—a low self-worth and high self-confidence. Despite their flaws, Dunham hopes that ultimately the audience is rooting for them. With the new winter premier, and ratings as high as ever, it seems we all have the faith in Dunham’s characters that she hoped for. —Robyn Spector

Perry resurrects himself in ‘Go On’ As a Friends lover, I started watching Go On hoping Matthew Perry would continue his role as a witty and hysterical character. In his new role as Ryan King, a big time sports reporter, he attempts to cope with the loss of his wife, Janey. In doing so, he joins a therapy group containing anything but ordinary characters, all of whom are dealing with some sort of a loss, ranging from the death of a cat to the death of a child. The group, which is lead by Lauren (Laura Benanti), who has no formal training, somehow manages to encourage the members to lean on each other, creating a family-like bond and support system. They help one another move on through weekly gettogethers and supporting each another in and out of their meetings, including birthday celebrations and family events. While he has struggled to transition to new roles after finding success with Friends, Matthew Perry makes the leap brilliantly into this comedic, yet realistic series in which he once again immerses himself in a television pseudo-family. In Perry’s past role, he was one of the six gifted actors who equally contributed, but in Go On he establishes himself as the

clear star. Initially skeptical of joining this group of misfits, Ryan soon finds he’s more like them than he thought and ends up establishing himself as their new leader. They seem to idolize him, not only because he is a famous sportscaster but also for his phenomenal sense of humor. With his “too good” attitude Ryan ridicules the group members for their strange characteristics, yet also pokes plenty of fun at himself along the way, and joins in their antics. Although Perry excels at his role, the show’s plot, while often humorous, can seem uncreative at times. All of the plot’s most basic elements have been seen before, such as a lonely, successful man searching to find love, and a seemingly strange group of people who happen to get along. Overall, Go On is a simple yet immensely satisfying show. With the seemingly depressing theme for a show, the writers do a great job of deciding what about the subject of loss is funny and what is just sad. It may not have won any Golden Globes, and I’m not sure it should, but I still find the time to keep up with the episodes. —Rachel Burkhoff

First family isn’t all it’s cracked up to be NBC’s new comedy this season has been compared to The West Wing and Modern Family, two masterful shows in their respective genres. But 1600 Penn, a sitcom based on a fictional first family and their life in the White House, doesn’t live up to the promotional hype. The show has funny moments but it largely disappoints due to predictable and caricatured characters. 1600 Penn follows President Dale Gilchrist (Bill Pullman), his second wife Emily (Jenna Elfman) and his five children from his first marriage. Josh Gad, the Book of Mormon star, plays Gilchrist’s young adult son, Skip, who

has moved back in with his parents after seven unsuccessful years of college. He is a sweet-hearted idiotic buffoon who acts like a kid in a candy shop while running around the White House. Becca (Martha MacIsaac) is a goodie two-shoes, and an impressive and intelligent daughter. However, in a moment of weakness, she makes one of the first poor decisions in her life and doesn’t use a condom, leading to an embarrassing pregnancy plastered all over the media. The show has moments of true humor, like when son Josh Gad mouths off at a racist old senator at a public reception–-or when he inadvertent-

ly lets slip details of his sister’s pregnancy to the media. But as much as Gad brings the humor, his character’s flaw is that he is too lucky to believe (he secures an international trade treaty by giving a pep talk to a room full of Latin American ambassadors). Aside from Gad, wit is hard to find in the first three episodes of the simplistic comedy that defines 1600 Penn. In all, it’s a decent new show for NBC, which is facing some significant losses in its sitcom repertoire. The good news is that the characters have the potential to grow and improve. —Andrew Wingens

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movie review

Controversial movie covers historical saga By Jessie miller justice editor

As I sat in my elementary school classroom 12 years ago, two planes crashed into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center complex. New York City. Where I spent Thanksgiving, where my dad often worked and the emblem of everything American. Since then, the government has tracked down and killed many people responsible for the attacks, but most prominently spent an entire decade looking for the Al-Qaeda leader in charge— Osama bin Laden. Zero Dark Thirty, directed by Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker), chronicles the CIA’s lengthy search for bin Laden and the obstacles it faced. In 2003, young CIA operative Maya (Jessica Chastain) is reassigned to the U.S. embassy in Pakistan where she joins Dan (Jason Clarke) in numerous visits to black sites, where Al-Qaeda suspects are brutally interrogated. Many of the opening scenes of the movie display these graphic, detailed torture scenes–Bigelow does not shy away from the brutality of the alleged torture that occurred throughout the bin Laden manhunt. Naturally, the scenes received mixed responses about the legitimacy of including something that controversial; some even called for the blacklisting of Zero Dark Thirty from the Academy Awards. But, let the record show, I was not surprised or shocked by the torture scenes—it was expected. We know

that past and current administrations allegedly turned a blind eye to torture interrogations. It was all in the name of American security, and it is not this movie’s job to judge such acts as right or wrong. As a whole, the 157-minute film left me in awe of the stellar acting, intense plot and masterful directorial vision. I was never bored, never checked my watch and never even questioned the length of the movie. The plot was fast-paced enough to keep viewers entertained, yet the drama and suspense added the substance that typical action movies lack. Though many critics may argue against the film’s historical accuracy, I believe that Zero Dark Thirty is an outstanding portrayal of real events that changed the politics and culture of the United States. We know the real story, but Bigelow’s adaption brings a realistic insight into this historical event. To avoid any spoilers, I can’t go into detail about my favorite, standout scenes, but there are some shockers–moments that caught me completely off guard. There are also emotional appeals, leading to the turning point where Maya’s search for bin Laden becomes more of a personal vendetta. In that same vein, Chastain explodes on the screen in her role. As a rising star, Chastain completely blew me away in her complex portrayal of a woman often in dangerous situations, following her own intuition despite the adversity she faces. Even when no one else

believes the leads Chastain has on tracking bin Laden, she sticks to her guns and doesn’t give up—nonstop for ten whole years. As for the supporting cast, Clarke’s ruggedly handsome appearance mixed with badass, nononsense attitude make a great counter to Chastain’s tough, yet feminine demeanor. His interactions with Ammar (Reda Kateb), the prisoner, are especially compelling and the two characters build an interesting cat-and-mouse dynamic. Despite the brutality, the scenes are incredibly believable and I really enjoyed watching Clarke’s more psychological interrogations of Ammar, like teasing out information in return for food or cigarettes. By the time bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan is stormed by special forces, the movie spirals rapidly through the raid of the building. They encounter over a dozen people in the massive house as they painstakingly search through every room for the target. This introspective into the life of bin Laden was surprisingly touching and gave a sense of humanity to one of the most hunted men in American history. I strongly recommend Zero Dark Thirty, not only as a highly entertaining movie, but also as something every American should be aware of. The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 and the subsequent capture of bin Laden are an integral part of American culture and I believe this movie does both events justice.

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RAW POWER: Lead singer Al Barr is recognized for his energetic and raunchy vocals.

Album review

Dropkicks stay true to Irish pub sound By Eli kaminsky

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“The boys are back and they’re looking for trouble,” boom the Dropkick Murphys, a raunchy Irish-punk septet from the Boston area on the aptly titled opening track, “The Boys are Back” of their newest album, Signed and Sealed in Blood. And that song is a phenomenal “sum-upper” of the new release, which hit the shelves on Jan. 8. The Dropkicks, bassist and lead vocalist Ken Casey, lead vocalist Al Barr, guitarists James Lynch and Tim Brennan, bagpiper Josh “Scruffy” Wallace, mandolin player Jeff DaRosa and drummer Matt Kelley, strive to sound triumphant and excited on the album, not focusing on any complex concepts or lyrical motifs. Most of the album, vocally, sounds more like bar chants recorded in local Bostonian bars than anything else. The album rip-roars through 12 tracks over the course of 40 minutes, barely stopping to rest. The Dropkicks have gained recognition as one of the loudest and most aggressive bands in the current rock world, yelling and almost chanting about loving Boston and their Irish and Celtic heritage on every single song. Signed and Sealed in Blood certainly retains that same classic Dropkick Murphys sound, containing both straight punk jams like “Don’t Tear Us Apart” as well as inherently Irish bar-singalongs like “The Boys are Back,” “The Season’s Upon Us” and “Jimmy Collins’ Wake,” many of which pull from classic Irish melodies. Because of this strategy, some of the Dropkicks’ songs, especially on Signed and Sealed in Blood compared to previous albums, become somewhat repetitive aurally. The second track, “Prisoner’s Song” greatly resembles a slightly more Irish-bar version of the Dropkicks’ biggest hit, “Shipping Up to Boston.” Unlike the band’s last record, the conceptually rigid 2011 release Going Out in Style, which chronicled the life of a working class Irishman, Signed and Sealed in Blood pushes to be unstoppably catchy, fun and exciting

from beginning to end. However, the issue with the recent trend regarding alternative rock bands supposedly “returning to their punk roots” (case in point: Green Day) seems to be a lack of focus. These groups, the Dropkick Murphys included, try so hard to sound like they are having a blast, simply cranking out quick punk singles instead of focusing on writing truly great music. Thus, fulfilling this trend, Signed and Sealed in Blood has very few standout tracks the likes of the Dropkicks’ earlier massive hits “Shipping Up to Boston,” “The State of Massachusetts,” “Tessie,” and “Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya,” making the album slightly less accessible. The strongest and probably most poetic track on the record is without a doubt “Rose Tattoo.” The song features Mumford & Sons’ Winston Marshall on banjo and is a classic Dropkicks ballad about Irish pride in the gruff, working class life. One of the slowest on the entire album, “Rose Tattoo” is the catchiest and most poetic track, and the most unlike the rest of Signed and Sealed in Blood. Thus, “Tattoo” sticks out above the other songs on the album, but still fails to reach the bar of some of the Dropkick Murphys’ classics. As formerly mentioned, Signed and Sealed in Blood is mostly composed of fist-pumping bar anthems delivered with a choir of chanting and yelling whereas nothing about “Rose Tattoo” even remotely fits such a description. The Dropkick Murphys aren’t known by any means as an “album band,” one that demands that albums are listened to in their entirety based on depth of overall composition and thematic continuity. On the contrary, the Dropkicks are rather known to blast through speakers like a bunch of friends loudly reminiscing and celebrating together, delivering albums with lots of fun tunes but only one or two truly mind-blowing power-singles. Signed and Sealed In Blood certainly follows this path and shows that the Dropkick Murphys have by no means lost their touch and only brings hope to all fans of these Irish boys from good ol’ Bean Town.

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POWER PLAYER: Chastain, pictured at the Golden Globes, expertly portrayed the CIA operative who found bin Laden.

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CLASSIC CELTS: Dropkicks stand out in the punk scene due to Irish folk influences.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2013 | THE JUSTICE

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“Every Israeli election is critical because [of] the magnitude of the ongoing challenges Israel faces on a daily basis.”

1. Zero Dark Thirty 2. A Haunted House 3. Gangster Squad 4. Django Unchained 5. Les Miserables 6. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 7. Lincoln 8. Parental Guidance 9. Texas Chainsaw 3D 10. Silver Linings Playbook

—Prof. Yehuda Mirsky of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, at a panel discussing today’s Israeli elections. (News, 3).

What excites you about being back on campus?

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JAMIE GARUTI ’15 “I’m excited to be back on campus because I get to see my friends and I’m really excited to go back to gymnastics club.”

STREETS PAVED WITH SNOW: During a rare snow storm at her home in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Maddy Brown ’14 took this picture of her street with an old-school film camera from the view of her mailbox.

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SARAH SICHEL ’15 “I’m excited to get back into the groove and get started with second semester.”

RYAN JORDAN ’15 “I am most excited to be doing some plays since I haven’t done that before.”

GABBY ZILKHA ’16

“I am most excited about the clubs at Brandeis. I really missed doing improv and playing frisbee.”

ACROSS 1 The grand concert one has 47 strings 5 Teen hangout 9 __ poll 14 French possessive 15 Chills and fever 16 “The Voice” judge Green 17 Holdup device? 18 Party person 19 Communications device 20 Question cads in their cups? 23 Response to “Are you serious?” 24 Gardner of old films 25 Wow 28 Burden beasts of burden? 32 Western landscape feature 36 Vessel designation 37 Weigh station visitors 38 New Testament book 39 Variable-yield investment option 42 Passed-down tales 43 CBS newswoman O’Donnell 45 Summer baby 46 Termini 47 Stumble over plumbing gunk? 51 Brahms’s A? 52 View from Marseille 53 To-do 58 Proper sort ... or a cry upon solving each of this puzzle’s theme answers? 62 Canceled a reservation, maybe 64 Waikiki’s whereabouts 65 Yankee great, familiarly, with “The” 66 Window box bloom 67 “Exodus” novelist 68 US Open stadium 69 Post with carvings 70 Passé demo item 71 Scholarship factor DOWN 1 “Satisfied now?” 2 “__ friend unbosoms freely ...”: Penn 3 Innkeeper’s offerings 4 Longstocking of kiddie lit 5 Hawaiian for “very strong” 6 All atwitter 7 Thick with vegetation 8 Super-harmful 9 Serious argument components 10 Colorful duck 11 North Pacific sockeye 12 Woodcutter Baba 13 Seek favor with 21 Feasts on 22 Garden outcast 26 Strange and then some 27 Pluralizers 29 Society honoree

iTUNES

1. Taylor Swift — “I Knew You Were Trouble” 2. The Lumineers — “Ho Hey” 3. Justin Timberlake feat. Jay Z — “Suit & Tie” 4. Bruno Mars — “Locked Out Of Heaven” 5. Swedish House Mafia — “Don’t You Worry Child”

BILLBOARD

1. Chris Tomlin — Burning Lights 2. Hollywood Undead — Notes From The Underground 3. Soundtrack — Les Miserables: Highlights from the Original Motion Picture 4. Taylor Swift — Red 5. Soundtrack — Pitch Perfect 6. Bruno Mars — Unorthodox Jukebox 7. Black Veil Brides — Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones 8. The Lumineers — The Lumineers 9. Dropkick Murphys — Signed and Sealed In Blood 10. One Direction — Take Me Home

30 Waggish 31 Ubangi tributary 32 Minister’s quarters 33 Culprit in some food recalls 34 Severe 35 “Without delay!” 40 “The Matrix” hero 41 Spot for one in disfavor 44 Rebus puzzle staple 48 Outlaw Kelly 49 Shriek 50 Brillo alternative 54 “You’ve got to be kidding” 55 Grace 56 Nourishment for un bebé 57 Put in a request 59 Department of northern France 60 Lipinski with a gold medal 61 Beat 62 Well-put 63 Confucian path

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STAFF’S TOP TEN

“The C-Sides” By CELINE HACOBIAN Justice editor

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

HIRVELT MEGIE ’15 “I’m excited to be back because I can see all my friends and we get to hang out.” —Compiled by and photos by Olivia Pobiel and Rachel Burkhoff/the Justice

Fiction 1. A Memory of Light — Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson 2. Gone Girl — Gillian Flynn 3. Tenth of December — George Saunders 4. Kinsey and Me — Sue Grafton 5. Collateral Damage — Stuart Woods Nonfiction 1. Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot — Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard 2. My Share of the Task — Stanley McChrystal 3. No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden — Mark Owen with Kevin Maure 4. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power — Jon Meacham 5. The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies? — Jared Diamond

Solution to last issue’s sudoku

It often happens that I listen to popular artists, but wish they would release their lesser known songs as singles or perform them more often. Here is a list of the songs I would pick for them. THE LIST 1. “Somewhere in Brooklyn”—Bruno Mars 2. “Life is Wonderful”—Jason Mraz 3. “How”—Maroon 5 4. “Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop”—Landon Pigg 5. “Why Am I the One”—fun. 6. “Tired of Being Sorry”—Ringside 7. “Koop Island Blues”—Koop ft. Ane Brun 8. “The Way”—Fastball 9. “Love is a Losing Game”—Amy Winehouse 10. “Bella Luna”—Jason Mraz