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DINING SERVICES

SOUTH SUDAN IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Meal plan options remain unknown ■ Sodexo and the University

have yet to release meal plan options for the 2014 to 2015 academic year.

By SAMANTHA TOPPER JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

Although Sodexo has released updates regarding summer renovations in the Usdan Student Center, definitive structures for next year’s meal plans have yet to be released. Students will be deciding their housing situations for the next academic year within the next few weeks and, in tandem, they will select a meal plan. Any new updates on meal plans will come from the University, and will likely be announced to the student body soon, according to Jay DeGioia, the regional district manager for Sodexo.

The new meal plan structure that was initially proposed for fall 2014 eliminates meal equivalencies so that students can only use meal swipes at the all-you-can eat dining establishments, Sherman Dining Hall and the soon-to-be renovated Usdan Café, according to a Jan. 28 article in the Justice. Retail locations would only accept points. However, no definitive meal plans have been released to the student body in conjunction with the anticipated change. Housing selection begins on March 9, starting with the process for current first-years.

According to Class of 2017 Senator

and Senate Chair of the Senate Dining Committee David Heaton in an email to the Justice, after several members of the Senate Dining Committee met with Sodexo last Thursday, he and Student Union Vice President Charlotte Franco ’15 reached out to both DeGioia and Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment Andrew Flagel in order to “gauge some sort of timeline for the finalization of next year’s meal plans.” Heaton wrote that he and Franco are also in the process of scheduling another meeting with DeGioia and Flagel in order to discuss where Sodexo and the University are in the process of determining the meal plans.

“As the housing selection process is just around the corner, we adamantly believe that students have the right to know [what] the meal plan options for next year will be,” Heaton wrote.

Despite the proposal to keep meal swipes only at all-you-can-eat locations, Heaton said in an interview with the Justice that the Dining Committee is advocating for Louis’ Deli to accept meal swipes in addition to points. “I think it’s really important that kosher students have a good place to eat on that side of campus,” Heaton said in an interview with the Justice.

DeGioia wrote in an email to the Justice that, though no concrete plans have been made to expand the selection of items that students

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STUDENT ACTIVISM

Group assembles to protest executive pay

■ A group of students rallied

outside of the BernsteinMarcus Administration Center on Feb. 13.

By SARA DEJENE JUSTICE EDITOR

About 15 students convened outside the Bernstein-Marcus Administration Center to protest high tuition costs and the University’s compensation practices on Thursday, Feb. 13.

Amid winter storm conditions, protesters held signs saying “Blatant

Inequality,” “Education minus Capitalism is Equality” and “Where’s the ‘social justice’ in Jehuda’s 4.9 Million,” while shouting chants like “Fair Pay Today” and “Freeze Tuition.”

Last November, an article in the Boston Globe highlighting University President Emeritus Jehuda Reinharz’s salary and benefits sparked concern and outrage over administrative compensation at Brandeis. Reinharz, who served as University president from 1994 to 2011, has received $4.1 million in deferred compensation and $811,000 in untaken sabbatical

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UNDERSTANDING VIOLENCE: Akol Aguek (right) speaks about the ethnic violence in South Sudan to an audience Monday night.

Community aids Bol in return to South Sudan

■ Academic administrator

Kolnyang as a result of the ethnic violence in South Sudan, and that their children—three daughters and a son—were abducted. University faculty and staff have reached out to governmental and media contacts and collectively raised almost $30,000 to fund his search and to support his nieces and nephew.

Mangok Bol MS ’13, one of the Lost Boys, is searching for his nieces and nephew.

By PHIL GALLAGHER JUSTICE EDITOR

The University community has moved swiftly to assist Mangok Bol MS ’13, an academic administrator at the University who arrived in the U.S. in 2001 as one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, as he travels to South Sudan to search for his nieces and nephew who were abducted amid ethnic violence. Bol recently learned that his brother and sister-in-law were among those murdered in their village of

Bol’s background

Bol arrived in Boston as a refugee of a civil war in Sudan that left thousands of children displaced or orphaned. Prof. Ellen Schattschneider (ANTH), explained in an interview with the Justice that the University first hired Bol to administer the graduate programs in Cultural Production and Global Studies. Today,

Bol administers the Mandel Center for the Humanities and the International and Global Studies program.

He also received his Master’s degree in finance from the International Business School in 2013, according to a July 9, 2013 BrandeisNOW article.

David Chanoff Ph.D. ’74, a board member of Sudanese Education Enrichment for Families who has known Bol since 2001, explained in an interview with the Justice that the murders that took place in Bol’s village of Kolmyang stem from longstanding violence between the Dinka and the Nuer ethnic groups, who have raided each other’s cattle for hundreds of years. He explained that the third ethnic group that lives in the area, the Murle, have been known to

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NEWS SENATE LOG

Senate announces roundtable details The Student Union Senate convened on Sunday to discuss ongoing initiatives and upcoming events, such as renovations in dining facilities and changes to the structure of meal plans as well as an upcoming roundtable discussion with Student Union officers and members of the University’s administration.

The senators also approved one Senate Money Resolution for $380 to cover costs for an upcoming “State of Sustainability” town hall hosted by the Senate Sustainability Committee, and passed an amendment to the bylaws of its constitution which will institute an appeals process for the Senate’s policy on absences at its meetings.

The amendment, proposed by North Quad Senator and Ways and Means Committee Chair Brian Hough ’17, allows the Senate to reinstate, by a two-thirds vote, any senator who would be removed by the Senate absence policy. The policy states that a senator who misses more than three senate meetings will be removed from his or her position. If the Senate does not reinstate the senator, he or she may also appeal the case to the Student Judiciary.

A date has been tentatively set for the roundtable discussion with administration, which will be open to the public, for Thursday, March 13 at 5 p.m., Executive Senator Annie Chen ’14 stated at the meeting. The location has yet to be determined, but Chen said that she hopes the event will be used as an open forum to air student concerns about dining and meal plans, tuition increases, transparency and other issues affecting the student body.

“The point of this is to really bring everything that we’ve worked on all year to the administration in one unified platform,” said Student Union Vice President Charlotte Franco ’15.

On the issue of dining, Off-Campus Senator Michael Kosowsky ’14 reported that prices for next year’s meal plans have not yet been confirmed. Although he said that he expects an increase, in line with tuition, room and board increases for the past few years, the structure of the plans is unknown.

“It doesn’t seem like they can get us this information before the residence selection is due,” said Kosowsky at the meeting.

Kosowsky also addressed his concerns with the University’s Black History Month menus in a meeting with Sodexo officials. The menu, which Sodexo says was designed by a black chef in honor of the month, offered such foods as fried chicken and black-eyed peas. “The food selection was incredibly stereotypical, and ... sort of offensive,” said Kosowsky. He said that Student Union representatives encouraged Sodexo to work with culture clubs on campus for such events in the future.

Senator-at-Large Andre Tran ’14 stated that the Senate is looking to making WhoCash compatible with the vending machines.

Franco also said that Currito’s, a restaurant chain specializing in burritos, would be opening a franchise in the Usdan Student Center as part of the renovations taking place there this summer.

Class of 2015 Senator Anna Bessendorf reported for the Sustainability Committee that she was working on connecting individual clubs’ sustainability efforts, among them a reusable bottle giveaway by TapBrandeis.

Bessendorf also said that she spoke with Jay DeGoia, regional district manager of Sodexo for Brandeis, about bringing in a composting contractor next year, and also having Sodexo participate in a “real food calculation,” which aims to quantify how much food at Brandeis is “local, fair, humane, [and] ecologically sound.”

Chen said that, following a meeting with head of procurement services John Storti, she was optimistic about future implementation of an email notification system for items received at the mailroom and that renovations to the mailroom would take place by next academic year.

Tran announced that Zivwoodstock would be held April 25 during the day. Foster Mods Senator Haley Orlofsky ’14 announced that Modfest would be held on the same date, but during the night.

Franco also announced that she, along with a team of other senators, would be forming a committee for the academic calendar, to explore the possibility of adjusting absence policies or days off for religious holidays.

POLICE LOG Medical Emergency

Feb. 10—University Police received a report that a male student had been vomiting in the men’s bathroom in Farber Library. BEMCo responded and transported him to NewtonWellesley Hospital for further treatment.

Feb. 10—University Police received a request for an ambulance transport of a student from the Psychological Counseling Center. Officers assisted in transport, and the Dean’s Office as well as the CDC were notified.

Feb. 12—University Police received a report that the Psychological Counseling Center requested an ambulance transport for a female sexual assault victim. The CDC and Dean’s Office were promptly notified of the incident and officers assisted in the transport of the victim to Newton-Wellesley Hospital for further treatment.

Feb. 14—University Police received a report that a female student in the Carl J. Shapiro Science Center fainted and eventually regained consciousness.

BEMCo responded and, after an

evaluation, the student refused further care.

Feb. 14—University Police received a report of a student in Renfield Hall who suffered pain in his left leg. BEMCo responded, and following treatment, the student refused further care.

Feb. 18—University Police received a request for assistance from the CDC on call in evaluating an intoxicated male student on Cable Hall. The student initially locked himself in a bathroom stall and refused to let officers enter but ultimately volunteered to be transported to NewtonWellesley Hospital for further treatment.

Feb. 18—A nurse in the Golding Health Center called University Police to report a 35-year-old male who experienced chest pains and an elevated blood pressure. Officers responded and transported him to Newton-Wellesley Hospital for further treatment.

Feb. 27—Staff members at Mailman House called University Police to request an ambulance for a psychiatric transport to Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Officers then assisted in the trans-

port of the student.

Mar. 1—University Police received a call from a student in Shapiro Hall who claimed his roommate might have suffered a broken ankle. BEMCo responded, and after treatment, the student refused further care.

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Harassment

Feb. 10—A female student at Stoneman Building called University Police to report ongoing harassment from her exboyfriend. Officers created a nocontact order and compiled a full report of the incident.

Traffic

Miscellaneous

Feb. 18—University Police received a report of a car accident in the Hassenfeld Lot. Officers responded, noted the accident had occurred in adverse winter conditions and later compiled a report of the incident.

Feb. 21—University Police received a report that a car had been hit in the Castle Lot. Officers responded and later compiled a report of the incident.

Feb. 9—Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officials at the Brandeis-Roberts commuter rail station requested assistance from University Police to confront a notable disturbance from two male persons. Officers responded and also assisted the Waltham Police Department in arresting the suspects.

—compiled by Adam Rabinowitz

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RELIGIOUS DISCUSSION

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n A teaser for a Forum article stated the incorrect page. The article was on page 11, not page 12. (Feb. 11, p. 1)

Feb. 19—University Police received a report of possible vandalism to a vehicle in Theater Lot that had been slightly damaged.

Officers responded, and after noting explicit words on the top of the automobile, compiled a report of the incident.

Feb. 12—University Police received a report of a student who had been assaulted in Shapiro Hall. Officers, along with the Dean of Student Life’s office, prepared an investigation and criminal charges had been filed in Waltham City Court.

—Tate Herbert

CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

Vandalism

Professor Adele Reinhartz of the University of Ottowa’s department of classics and religious studies visited Brandeis to give a talk at an event titled “A Jewish Reading of the Gospel of John” on Thursday, Feb. 13.

Over 370 students, including six Brandeis University undergraduates, were arrested outside the White House Sunday as part of a protest against the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. One of the Brandeis students who was arrested, Martin Hamilton ’16, wrote in an email to the Justice that Iona Feldman ’16, Kristina Bergquist ’15, Ben Hirsh ’15, Josh Wertheim ’17 and Ph.D. candidate in History Phil Wight were arrested as well.

Hamilton and Abbie Goldberg ’16 are both active members of Students for a Just and Stable Future, a New Englandbased student network of climate justice activists. In an interview with the Justice, Goldberg said that “the unique thing about it was that it was not put on by any organization—it was completely student-organized.” Goldberg said that at least a dozen Brandeis students went to Washington, D.C. and participated. The protest on Sunday began in Georgetown and made its way to the White House, where some tied themselves to the White House gate with zip ties. U.S. Park Police, waiting with buses and vans, warned the protesters they would be arrested if they blocked the sidewalk in front of the White House, according to the Associated Press.

Environmentalist groups oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry tar sands through the United States, on the grounds that it would pose dangers to the environment. To move forward with construction, the pipeline requires approval from the State Department, which released a report at the end of January that renewed debate, as the Obama administration has not made a decision about construction.

Goldberg said that the group of Brandeis students stayed in D.C. until late Sunday evening, spending nights in a local church with other students attending the rally. Hamilton, who was processed by police and has returned to Waltham, wrote that “I think the fact that nearly 400 young people feel that the situation is desperate enough that we are willing to be arrested to demonstrate our dissent is a hugely powerful message, and I have high hopes that [it] will be heard by President Obama, and by the rest of the country.”

—Andrew Wingens and Rachel Hughes

ANNOUNCEMENTS Global Protests, Local Realities

The symposium will provide a unique opportunity to discuss and analyze the recent popular uprisings in Brazil from a multidisciplinary lens: social, political, economic, environmental, human rights and more. There will be a discussion of the large-scale issues being faced by Brazilians as they prepare to host the FIFA World Cup in June 2014, and elect a new President in October 2014.

Today from 2 to 5 p.m. in the International Lounge in the Usdan Student Center.

Sexism in Service

Discuss gender-based issues in service, how to deal with sexism and how to combat stereotypes associated with service roles. Free dinner will be provided.

Today from 5 to 6 p.m. in Shapiro Campus Center Room 313.

Roman Wisdom

The late Roman Vegetius’ military treatise De Re Militari is largely accepted by histori-

ans as influential for medieval military matters, although there is some debate regarding the extent and scope of its influence.

Vegetius and his treatise as well as current scholarly discussions about their impact on medieval military strategy will be discussed and introduced. Then this question will be explored by examining two topics discussed by Vegetius, namely military logistics and preservation of an army’s health, in an attempt to shed light on specific ways in which medieval military attitudes and operations reflect Vegetian influence.

Wednesday from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Mandel Center for the Humanities Room G03.

Bubble Tea Tasting Night

Come join the Taiwanese Student Association for Boba Tea Tasting Night. The group will be serving a variety of teas in sample size portions including matcha, black tea, juice tea, milk tea and many more.

Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Intercultural Center Swig Lounge.

Poverty Action Coalition Dinner

Poverty Action Coalition presents a dinner event for students and faculty to gather and learn about the fight against modern day slavery. We will feast together on homemade vegetarian foods while hearing speakers, including Women’s Studies Research Center Scholar Mei-Mei Ellerman of the Polaris Project, who will discuss their involvement in the anti-human trafficking movement and how it affects everyone’s lives.

Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Intercultural Center Swig Lounge.

Empowered Consent Workshop

This workshop, facilitated by Sexual Assault Services and Prevention Specialist Sheila McMahon, will explain the feminist construct of empowered, enthusiastic consent and how empowered understandings of consent can combat sexual violence on campus and in the world.

Thursday from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the Mandel Center for the Humanities Room G03.

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Labor coalition

Coalition hopes to set a minimum wage for university employees of $15 per hour.

By Marissa Ditkowsky JUSTICE EDITOR

The University Budget Committee is currently in the process of reviewing the wages of workers at Brandeis in order to assess University policies on paying workers a living wage.

The review comes after members of the Brandeis Fair Pay Coalition and faculty members including Profs. Bernadette Brooten (NEJS) and Gordan Fellman (SOC) initiated a campaign to ensure that all workers at the University are making a living wage, which the group states to be at about $15 per hour in Middlesex County based on calculations by the Crittenton Women’s Union for one individual with no children or dependents.

The committee could not confirm how many full-time, parttime or temporary employees are making less than $15 per hour, stating that the committee is still in the process of obtaining them.

Neither Prof. Carol Osler (IBS), chair of the University Budget Committee, nor Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs Kim Godsoe responded to requests for comment on the specifics of the process that the committee is undergoing by press time.

Osler wrote that the committee was waiting for a report from one member, although she did not specify what information would be in these reports. “[T]he committee meets infrequently and progress is necessarily slow,” Olser wrote in an email to the Justice.

According to Brooten, Provost Steve Goldstein ’78 assigned Osler to look into the issue of campus wage policy. Godsoe is in the process of collecting the information on behalf of the committee on how many temporary, part-time and full-time employees of the University and sub-contracted companies hired by the University are currently making less than $15 per hour.

Although the committee has yet to release information on hourly wages, Andrew Nguyen ’15, who is involved with the Brandeis Fair Pay Coalition, said in an interview with the Justice that the group does suspect that there are employees making less than $15 per hour “because of the nature of why you hire temporary work or parttime work or why you outsource is to pay people less money, so we expect that there would be more people paid under living wage who are part-time who are temporary who are outsourced.” Although Nguyen is a member that has been assisting the club in organizing, he said that the group is currently “non-hierarchal.”

According to Brooten’s report from the Nov. 1 Faculty Senate meeting, Brooten met with Sodexo regional manager Jason LaPrade, Sodexo Resident Manager for Brandeis Jay DeGioia, Vice President of Corporate Communications at Sodexo Nancy Judy, Vice President of Global Labor Relations at Sodexo Tom Mackall and Director of Strategic Procurement John Storti along with Profs. Sue Lanser (ENG) and Jeff Prottas (Heller), on Oct. 18 to discuss several matters, including workers’ wages.

According to the report, newlyhired counter workers earn $12.51 per hour and do not reach the union negotiated-rate of $16.68 per hour until they have worked with

Sodexo for five years.

In an email to the Justice, DeGioia wrote that when Sodexo arrived at Brandeis, “we immediately established a great working relationship with the union and all our employees.

“We offered positions to all employees and honored the present contract in its entirety, and will continue to do so until it expires,” he wrote. DeGioia was unable to respond to requests for comment on the contract’s expiration date or whether or not Sodexo would be willing to comply with a $15 minimum wage policy by press time.

However, the report stated that, as of the Oct. 18 meeting, Sodexo was not willing to bring the lowest paid workers’ hourly rates up to a living wage.

“The main theme of Sodexo’s responses was that it has just negotiated a contract with the workers’ union and will not do anything over and above what that contract requires,” Brooten’s report to the Faculty Senate reads.

Brooten wrote in a Feb. 4 email to the Brandeis Fair Pay Coalition listserv that she hopes to persuade Brandeis to set a $15 minimum for all Brandeis employees, “although we need to remain vigilant.” Brooten wrote that if Brandeis implements a $15 minimum, Sodexo would be an outlier. “On that basis, we can work to get Brandeis to make up the difference for the Sodexo workers,” she wrote.

When asked about the potential financial implications of adopting such a policy at the University, Senior Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer Marianne Cwalina wrote in an email to the Justice that she could not comment until the committee provides data and information “in order to perform a full analysis.”

According to Nguyen, Brooten, Fellman and other professors contacted him and several other students who they knew were interested in workers’ rights over the winter break. The professors told them that they wanted to get a fair pay campaign started on campus “to ensure that every single worker gets paid at least living wage,” he said.

“But right now what’s happening really is that we ... simply don’t have enough data and we don’t have enough knowledge about what the repercussions would be of instituting a living wage,” Nguyen said regarding the logistics of taking on such a campaign.

“For example, if it was instituted and Sodexo had to pay the workers $15 an hour, that might be more incentive for them to hire more student workers that they could be at ... a lesser rate,” Nguyen continued.

The Brandeis Fair Pay Coalition is currently an unrecognized and loose group of students on campus, according to Nguyen. However, Nguyen said the group is leaning toward taking over and reviving the Brandeis Labor Coalition, which Nguyen said has been defunct and has not been active since the last academic year.

“It’s kind of … sad to see at a place like Brandeis, where we’re supposed to be like a social justice organization, that … there’s no significant labor presence on campus,” Nguyen said. “So I think the group is heading towards reviving [the] Brandeis Labor Coalition … and having a labor presence on campus that does work, whether it’s fair pay or ... whatever issues that workers do have on campus, just not limiting ourselves to fair pay.”

The minimum wage is currently eight dollars an hour in the state of Massachusetts.

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DEBATING ISRAEL: Author Max Blumenthal shared his opinions on Israel with gathered students and faculty on Monday evening.

Emotions fly over ‘apartheid’ ■ Students hosting Israel

Apartheid Week invited writer Max Blumenthal to speak to the student body.

By ZachARY Reid JUSTICE SENIOR WRITER

This week, the Brandeis chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine will host Israel Apartheid Week—a week that is designed to highlight the ongoing issues between the Israeli and Palestinian peoples. SJP initiated the series of events last night with a presentation from controversial author and journalist Max Blumenthal.

In an interview with the Justice, SJP member Guy Mika ’17 said that the purpose of Israel Apartheid Week is to “bring the Palestinian narrative to campus.”

The Israel Apartheid Week movement is a national organization that has promoted Israel Apartheid Week since 2004, according to the movement’s website. When asked why SJP decided to host a week of their own, Mika said that the group “feels that whenever Palestinians are represented on campus” they are “viewed through the lens of Israel, which inherently dehumanizes them and silences their stories.”

The current iteration of Israel Apartheid Week is the second SJP has hosted on campus, the first occurring in 2012. The group was not able to host a week last year “due to organizational problems,” according to Joey Morris ’14, a member of SJP. He also told the Justice that SJP decided not to have an executive board this semester, and cited the efforts of multiple club members in the organization of this year’s event.

When asked about the use of the term “apartheid,” Mika said that SJP believes it is “an appropriate term to describe what is happening in Israel and Palestine.” He further stated that SJP acknowledges that Palestinians are treated differently in Israel and the alleged occupied territories, classifying the two as reminiscent of “the racism of the United States around the time of the Civil Rights Movement” and “the apartheid of South Africa.”

Jewish student groups on campus have reacted to the term “apartheid” in varying ways. Catie Stewart ’16, president of J Street U Brandeis, told the Justice that she believes apartheid is a very divisive term. When asked what J Street U Brandeis’ official stance on Israel Apartheid Week is, Stewart said that while the group’s members “share the concerns of many members of SJP about the continuation of the occupation,” the group does not believe that “characterizing Israel as an apartheid state is either accurate or productive towards a solution.”

The term apartheid is “entirely false when it comes to describing life in Israel and Israeli policy,” according to Daniel Koas ’15, president of the Brandeis Israel Public Affairs Committee. In an email to the Justice, Koas said that “all citizens of Israel are fully equal under the law” and that Israel is the “exact opposite of the institutional, discriminatory system of actual apartheid that was in effect in South Africa.”

Daniel Mael ’15, co-president of the Students for Accuracy about Israeli and Palestinian Affairs, said in a phone interview with the Justice that Israel Apartheid Week was “intellectually dishonest” and what he called ‘Israel Hate Week’ “hides behind smoke and mirrors when it is plainly Jew hatred.” Mael also stated that there are “productive avenues to explore” in the conversation of furthering human rights of both Palestinians and Israelis but “supporting anti-Semitism is not an acceptable means of solving the issue.”

Israel Apartheid Week was mired in controversy though before it began. Last Monday, SJP member Aya Abdelaziz ’16 created a Facebook event for the week. Within a few hours, according to Morris, the event’s administrators were “bombarded with offensive messages” and “personal attacks against specific group members, which were very Islamophobic and racist.”

Eventually, this led the event’s administrators to limit the commenting ability of guests attending the event.

“I was very offended by what I saw,” Stewart told the Justice. “I’m deeply disappointed in my campus, and we just don’t have productive dialogue around this issue, in part because of SJP and because of people to the right of us [J Street U Brandeis].”

What was interesting about this, according to Mika, was that “all of the worst offenders were not Brandeis students.” Some of these profiles were “ghost people,” according to Morris, who were only Facebook friends with each other.

The Brandeis Israel Apartheid Week began in earnest with a speech

by Blumenthal, a prominent author and journalist who has written extensively about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It will continue with a discussion about the word “apartheid” on Wednesday, a screening of the film Voices Across the Divide on Thursday and a peace vigil for Palestinians in the Yarmouk Camp on Friday.

Blumenthal’s presence on campus has also generated controversy. In his latest book, Blumenthal “used comparisons of Israel to Nazi Germany,” according to Stewart, which were “offensive to many people.”

Thus, at the event yesterday, Blumenthal talked about the conditions for Palestinians and Sudanese refugees on the ground behind Israeli lines. He related the story of a 17-year-old Palestinian living in the Arab-Israeli city of Lod. “When he was in school, the Palestinian youth was told by his principal, ‘Do not go home because your house is being destroyed,’” Blumenthal said.

Blumenthal said that when he was in Israel, he saw “an entire neighborhood reduced to rubble in a core Israeli city” because the Palestinian residents had done construction without a permit. He said that when the residents discovered that he was a reporter, they told him that they wanted protection from the United Nations and that “this is worse than the Gaza strip.”

African immigrants face similar discrimination, Blumenthal said.

According to the Times of Israel, the Blumenthal also discussed former Israel Defence Force spokesperson Miri Regev’s controversial remark

that “the Sudanese are a cancer in our body” during a rally protesting the rising crime rate in Tel Aviv.

Blumenthal said that rally ended up launching a riot, which was, according to Blumenthal, “barely reported” despite “hundreds of right-wing thugs and vandals attacking any African business they could find.” Blumenthal further stated that he called the chapter in which he discussed this riot “the night of broken glass,” referencing the night when members of the Nazi Party rioted in the streets and looted hundreds of Jewish owned businesses and synagogues before World War II. The author said that he did not reference this tragic moment in Jewish history out of reverence for the Jewish people who lived through it, but because, for him, the lesson of the Holocaust “is not never again to Jews, it’s never again to anyone.”

Luky Guigui ’14, who attended the event, brought to Blumenthal’s attention the fact that there were Arab representatives currently in the Israeli parliament and asked the reporter to comment on that. Blumenthal responded by talking about the former nation of Rhodesia. Rhodesia, like South Africa, was governed by a white minority. Blumenthal discussed in particular how Rhodesia had Africans in its government, “but [the white minority] made sure [the black Africans] did not get enough representation to impact the actual policies of the state” instead making them symbolic representatives. The reporter related this to the representatives of Arabs in the Israeli parliament.

Israel Apartheid Week has also drawn national attention to Brandeis, through the responses of certain students to the event. Joshua Nass ’14, chief executive officer and founder of Voices of Conservative Youth, recently attacked the national Israel Apartheid Week movement for featuring him in a trailer advertising the week.

In the trailer for Israel Apartheid Week, Nass was seen to be nodding his head in agreement with a statement about the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement—an endeavor to pressure the Israeli government with nonviolent means—and seemingly giving his support to the movement.

In an interview with the Justice, Nass said that the trailer was “blatantly inaccurate.” In response to this trailer, Nass put out an offer via several news outlets.

His offer stipulated that if the person who published the trailer would debate him at a public forum of his choosing, he would pay $5,000 of his personal money to a mutually agreedupon charity. The national movement would also have to retract the trailer and issue a public apology along with the debate.

On Friday afternoon, when Nass tried to access the trailer, the host website stated that it had been “removed by the user.” By Saturday night, there was a new video uploaded which did not include Nass.

When asked about the video’s removal, Nass told the Justice that “the fact that they did this, silently as if it would go unnoticed, is telling of [the leadership of the national Israel Apartheid movement’s] tactics, and that they themselves don’t have the courage in their convictions to defend their behavior.”

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Safety protocol to change ■ New safety features will

be included on South Street, including motion sensors at the crosswalk.

By ILANA KRUGER JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

After a car struck three students on South Street on Feb. 2, new safety measures are moving forward. Following the accident, Waltham Police presence near the crosswalk was heightened in order to enforce lower speed limits and overall caution, as requested by Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan.

A plan to implement more safety measures was created by Callahan and Waltham city officials following the accident. The enhancements are being paid for by the University.

These improvements include brighter streetlights near the crosswalk, rapid-flash beacons “that have been shown to increase drivers’ attention” and spotlights focused on the crosswalk, Senior Vice President for Communications Ellen de Graffenreid wrote in a Feb. 24 statement. “When the strobe lights are

eventually installed they will be a brighter flashing light similar to police vehicle lights,” Callahan wrote in an email to the Justice.

Another major enhancement is a motion detector system at the South Street crosswalk by the Linsey Complex so that pedestrians would not need to push the button in order to activate the crosswalk. The system is “something we are reviewing from a technological perspective,” Callahan wrote in an email to the Justice. “I am waiting to receive information about the motion system which I imagine would involve some type of passive detection system.”

A motion detector system could pose a problem for Shabbat observant students. “We would appreciate a notification before it is installed so we can inform students who might be concerned about issues of Sabbath observance,” President of Brandeis Orthodox Organization Noam Cohen said in an interview with the Justice.

“Still, Orthodox students will be able to cross at the bridge, so it does not seem to be a problem. Almost anything to make the crosswalk safer is a welcome change.”

One current problem, according to Callahan, is that “the crosswalk but-

tons have been checked and function, but many community member[s] opt not to use them.” Prior to the installation of the motion detector system, more prominent signs will be placed on crosswalk poles instructing pedestrians to “Please Push Button to Activate Lights.” These signs have already been purchased and will be installed shortly, according to Callahan. They will stay up even after the motion detector system is installed, since the existing buttons will stay in place as backup.

“I do not have a timeline for these enhancements as of yet,” Callahan wrote. However, Public Safety and Waltham officials are working as quickly as possible to implement these improvements, weather permitting.

The students were hit by a 42-yearold Bedford, Mass. resident while they were crossing South Street in the crosswalk by Linsey Pool and Gosman Sports and Convocation Center. The students, an 18-yearold female, an 18-year-old male and a 22-year-old female, were taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Two of the students were released from the hospital the next day.

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WORLD VIEWS: Ana Nioradze MS ’15 was one of the students who led this panel.

CULTURAL CONNECTIONS

Students lead panel on Germany’s modern role and image as a power ■ Prof. Chandler Rosenberger

(IGS) moderated the studentled panel, which was part of the Germany in Europe Campus Week series.

By KATHRYN BRODY JUSTICE EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

On Feb. 11, the Center for German and European Studies hosted “Germany in Europe: Bully or Team Player?” an event that was part of the Germany in Europe Campus Week Series. The event consisted of a student-led discussion of how the modern world perceives Germany and its contemporary politics.

Germany has a complicated history because of its participation in aggressive territorial expansion during World War I and World War II, and especially because of the Nazi party’s persecution of Jews, homosexuals and other people they considered undesirable. This event was hosted to see how the student panelists saw Germany, knowing the nation’s dark history.

The panel consisted of several students: Leonie Koch ’16, a student assistant at the Center for German and European Studies who is from Switzerland; Ana Nioradze MS ’15, who is from the country of Georgia; Arina Chithavong ’15, who is also a student assistant at the center and is a German citizen; Milena Hakanpaa ’17 from Finland; Leia Ruseva ’15 from Bulgaria and Berk Sarioz ’14 from Turkey.

The event began with Prof. Chandler Rosenberger (IGS), the moderator of the panel. Rosenberger began the event by discussing recent German history from World War II to the present day. He opened the discussion with asking the panel how they, with their very different perspectives, viewed Germany today.

Koch noted that Germans had a sense of guilt after the Second World War and that her father, a German himself, told her when the World Cup came to Germany in 2006, it was “the first time that Germany could truly wave their flag.” Koch’s personal experience as identifying herself as German means that even today she experiences comments about Nazis.

“That has followed Germany for so long,” Koch said, “I think that that might not go away.”

Nioradze said that she observed that the younger generations of Germans are proud to be German and that World War II was “the problem of their grandfathers.” Nioradze said

that her friends who are German are “proud of their identity,” even the stereotypes such as being punctual.

She went on to state that Germany’s history “shouldn’t affect how now Germany is perceived from other countries.”

Rosenberger then proposed a scenario in which the European Union has to organize a peacekeeping mission. He asked the panelists if they would “feel comfortable with German troops in the lead.” The question hit upon the idea that Germany may be considered a “bully” in the international world because of its past aggressive pursuit of new territory.

Hakanpaa stated in response to Rosenberger’s question that her grandmother told her, in concern to World War II and the atrocities committed during that time, that “it wasn’t Germans, it was Hitler.”

Hakanpaa went on to say that as Germany assisted Finland against Russia and in other troubled times, she would not feel uncomfortable with German troops taking a lead.

Rosenberger then brought the panel’s attention to how the world seemed to have a different view of Berlin versus Germany as a whole because of the “alternative lifestyle [and] the party culture” as well as the art scene.

Nioradze noted that in Georgia, there is an association with Berlin with parades and Cabaret and that “there are a lot of things going on.”

She said that it is popular for young people even from other countries to go to Berlin because of the party culture.

Tamar Forman-Gejrot ’16, a student assistant at the center, having grown up in Berlin, admitted that she would “make a point” about being from Berlin rather than from Germany. She said that she found that people responded positively to Berlin because of how everybody sees Berlin as this center of the bohemian lifestyle.

Chithavong said that Berlin is not only a popular tourist spot because of the current city life but it also holds visitors’ fascination because of the “historical significance” of Berlin from Nazi Germany and the Berlin wall. Berlin, in her opinion, is a mixture for everybody of Germany’s past and present.

In conclusion, Rosenberger asked the panel if they would agree to live in Germany for a period of 10 years, 10 years being a “substantial” amount of time to live there. A majority of the panel said that they would base their opinion on how Germany is not very culturally different from where they’re from as well as their enjoyment of German culture.

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SHARED EXPERIENCE: Two student participants, Dean of Students Jamele Adams and Rabbi Elyse Winick ’86 discussed their trip.

Conference bridges cultures ■ Students and staff gather

to speak about issues of interracial dialogue through Brandeis Bridges.

By HANNAH WULKAN JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

Brandeis Bridges, a multicultural initiative on campus, held its first annual conference on Sunday in order to discuss its mission of bringing together the black and Jewish communities.

The initiative brings the Brandeis Israel Public Affairs Committee, the Brandeis Black Student Organization, and Martin Luther King and Friends Club together to try to cultivate a bridge between these historically unified groups.

Over winter break, Brandeis Bridges sent 10 fellows, five of whom identify as black and five of whom identify as Jewish, to Israel along with Dean of Students Jamele Adams and Brandeis Jewish Chaplain Rabbi Elyse Winick ’86 in order to address the issue of black and Jewish relations on campus.

The group toured the country in order to “cross cultural boundaries together, create an environment in which the participants understand each other better and bond over what brings us together, rather than what separates us,” according to the Brandeis Bridges Facebook page.

At the event, two of the fellows, Amanda Anderson ’16 and Mira Kessler ’16, along with Adams and Winick, discussed the trip and many highlights that allowed them to recognize similarities between cultures,

and how they could connect to one another. “Every single person here is a teacher, and we are all students,” Anderson said during the event. “I believe that it is our job as teachers to educate each other and ask questions, because only when you ask questions can you really seek their true answers and begin to learn about people.”

The sentiment of the necessity of understanding other cultures was consistent throughout the event. Winick spoke about how there was a disconnect between the black and Jewish cultures because the Jewish students on the trip had the shared deep history of Israel, while the black students did not have a single shared background in the same way. Winick said that their tour guide had told them that “[y]ou cannot build a future if you do not know your past.” She said she realized how that was a belief ingrained in the Jewish community but did not always hold true in other cultures.

After the panel, people gathered for a group discussion about the challenges that arise when trying to create a cross-cultural dialogue. The fellows opened the discussion by asking what made audience members feel awkward and what questions audience members had that they did not feel comfortable asking when it came to the issues of race and religion. This question led to an hour-long discussion that spanned topics from self-segregation to personal identity.

One of the main topics broached in the discussion was the appropriate setting and manner in which to talk about race. Many people said they felt that too often at Brandeis these conversations are in very formal settings

and are framed in the context of social justice. While students admitted that can be positive, several people mentioned that it is just as important to get to know people who are different from yourself in an informal setting, such as over a meal at the Usdan Student Center or playing a round of pool in the game room.

“I think people are scared just to have a fun conversation with other people, and it always has to be about social justice,” BBSO president Jhanezia Stevens ’16 said at the event. “Every time I talk to you I don’t need to talk about civil rights.” Several students made similar comments, expressing that people are extremely concerned about being politically correct to the point of becoming overly formal.

Brandeis Bridges looks to the history of blacks and Jews working together toward social justice and hopes to continue this dialogue, as they mention on their website. The group hopes to improve racial and religious relations on campus through similar discussions and programs and said during the panel that they hope to possibly follow the trip to Israel up with a similar trip to Ghana.

The initiative’s purpose is to facilitate this sentiment of cross-cultural understanding spreads across campus, within the black and Jewish communities and hopefully beyond. “To really create a solid foundation and understanding of being a holistic and well rounded individual means understanding the narratives of more than just your race or people who identify the same way as you,” Brandeis Bridges coordinator Amaris Garcia ’16 said in an interview with the Justice.

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BOL: University offers assistance for search CONTINUED FROM 1 abduct children. “The Murle live a little bit farther away and they also have engaged in cattle raiding, but one of their trademarks has been abduction of women and children, ...

So every time there are child abductions, it seems that that is perpetrated by young men from Murle, and that has been going on for a long time,” Chanoff said. Bol is a member of the Dinka ethnic group.

Chanoff explained in an interview with the Justice that many of the Lost Boys, who were resettled in the U.S. from Sudan as displaced or orphaned refugees in 2000 and 2001, had returned to Sudan to visit their families.

Bol, however, had not attempted to do so until this past Christmas vacation.

However, Bol could travel no farther than Nairobi, Kenya, as the ethnic violence intensified near the time of his flight and precluded his arrival in South Sudan. Bol’s current trip to Sudan is, therefore, his first time returning to Sudan since he arrived in the U.S. as a refugee in 2001, according to Chanoff. Prof. Chandler Rosenberger (IGS) estimated that Bol would be absent from the University for three weeks in total.

Bol’s time in South Sudan

While he has been in South Sudan, contact has been sporadic, according to Schattschneider. She mentioned the difficulty in hearing regularly from Bol, although added that he has not yet located his nieces and nephews. “[I]t’s very hard to stay in regular contact because cell phone coverage is very bad. Email is nonexistent.

He has been able to call David Chanoff of SSEF I believe now twice and give him brief updates. And so far, no breakthroughs,” said Schattschneider in an interview with the Justice.

Chanoff said that Bol is heavily involved in the SSEF, an organization dedicated to supporting the South Sudanese community in Massachusetts, as a co-chair and treasurer of the board and is a “leader” of the local South Sudanese community. Chanoff estimated that there are about 300 Sudanese in the Boston area, largely in the cities of Malden and Everett, comprising the original Lost Boys, their spouses and children. All of these

residents have been impacted by the violence in South Sudan, according to Chanoff. “[A]lmost everybody here has suffered losses, and sometimes very dramatic losses,” he said.

Response from the community

University administrators, faculty, staff and students have all mobilized to provide assistance to Bol during his travels. Senior Vice President for Communication Ellen de Graffenreid wrote in an email to the Justice that the University contacted Kevin Cullen at the Boston Globe “to write the story about Mangok’s family’s tragedy.” De Graffenreid wrote that the University also provided “official letters of affiliation” signed by University President Frederick Lawrence for Bol to use for travel. “[T]hese can be important for gaining assistance in Africa. In addition, President Lawrence’s office funded Mangok’s travel expenses, as this is indeed an extraordinary situation,” wrote de Graffenreid.

De Graffenreid wrote in her email that she has also been in contact with the staff of Reps. Katherine Clark, D-MA, and Mike Capuano, D-MA, the latter being the representative for Bol’s home district. “The staffs in these offices reached out to the U.S. State Department officials both in Washington, D.C. and in Africa (South Sudan has been evacuated but there are still U.S. diplomats in adjoining nations), to non-governmental organizations on the ground in South Sudan, and to diplomatic contacts,” she wrote. De Graffenreid also wrote that the office of U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power reached out to Bol and have “been assisting him in making contacts who may be able to assist in locating the abducted children.”

Faculty have also been able to leverage connections to support Bol. Rosenberger said in an interview with the Justice that he reached out to the Reuters correspondent at the United Nations about Bol’s story. “[I] asked him to publicize it at the UN and to share the story among people at the UN, and as far as I know, he did,” said Rosenberger.

Rosenberger also mentioned that Prof. Harleen Singh (GRALL) was able to reach out to contacts at the United Nations on Bol’s behalf. Singh

can currently purchase with meal equivalencies at the deli, Sodexo will soon add more grocery items to the delicatessen’s menu such as meats by the pound, as well as daily sandwich specials and a catering guide. According to Heaton, the Dining Committee is also in the process of trying to add hours to the deli’s schedule on Saturday nights to increase the options for kosher students on campus.

Students have expressed complaints on the Senate Dining Committee Facebook page that the University does not offer pork or shellfish for students who do not follow Jewish dietary laws.

Sodexo plans to meet the demand for these non-kosher items, according to Heaton, who told the Justice that when the Sodexo food truck returns to campus today, it will include pork and shellfish items on its menu. Heaton said that the food truck will now also accept points as payment. If the acceptance of points at the food truck expands the amount of business that the truck receives, Heaton said, the University will consider expanding the hours that the truck is on campus or possibly bring a second truck to campus.

Usdan will also undergo renovations this summer. DeGioia wrote in an email to the Justice that Usdan Café “will be completely redesigned as a second all-you-care-to-eat resident dining hall” similar to Sherman, with a Mongolian grill station, a pizza and pasta station, an American-style grill, a deli, a vegan station, a salad bar,

desserts, ice cream and a station that alternates between offering international food and comfort food. DeGioia also wrote that the plans include an area for both the MyZone and Simple Servings offerings, which will provide allergen-free food, similar to those in Sherman. A new carousel design for collecting dishes will be implemented in Usdan Café in the hopes of reducing paper waste and eliminating the need for any trays, DeGioia wrote.

The renovation plans will eliminate the current option for students to take food out of Usdan Café, DeGioia wrote. However, Sodexo will continue to move ahead with plans to reintroduce reusable to-go containers in a system similar to the one used during previous years, according to DeGioia.

Changes will also occur in Usdan Boulevard, DeGioia wrote, offering students more take-out options. According to DeGoia, the pizza station will receive a hearth, and will begin to offer pasta, casseroles and weekly international specials.

The Grill will remain in Usdan Boulevard, as will the Coca-Cola machines and an expanded grab-and-go section, but students visiting Usdan Boulevard will experience one significant addition, the national brand Curritos, DeGioia wrote.

According to Heaton, the realization that renovations to Usdan Café will eliminate an offering of Mexican food catalyzed the decision to bring a national brand with a Mexican menu to campus.

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declined to comment to requests for contact for this article. De Graffenreid wrote that Prof. Ramie Targoff (ENG), the Jehuda Reinharz director of the Mandel Center for the Humanities, has also been highly supportive of Bol in his journey. Targoff was unable to comment on her involvement by press time.

An online fundraiser to support Bol has raised $29,389 from 455 faculty, staff, students and friends as of press time. Donations on the site ranged from five dollars to an anonymous $1,500 gift over 17 days of fundraising.

The fundraiser’s organizer, Hannah Kahl of Oakland, Calif., wrote in an email to the Justice that she met Bol at the University of New Hampshire, where they were both students, and that he approached her to set up the fundraiser. “He knew he would be very busy and away from [I]nternet while traveling,” she wrote.

Sudan teach-in

Schattschneider organized and moderated a teach-in on Monday evening in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium to explore the origins and future of the current conflict in South Sudan. The teach-in featured a panel of both Sudanese individuals and University scholars. Dawn Schrepel, a political adviser at the United States Mission to the United Nations, joined the teach-in via live video.

De Graffenreid spoke briefly on behalf of Lawrence, who is currently traveling, saying that this event helps “show Mangok Bol that he is not alone.” Schattschneider also arranged for Bol to call in to the teachin, where he received applause from the gathered attendees and thanked the Brandeis community for their support.

Chanoff, one of the panelists, emphasized to the audience the importance of community, saying “the Brandeis community has been a leader in the country in welcoming and integrating the South Sudanese Lost Boy refugees. ... It is our business to support the Sudanese who are here and so that they can help support the Sudanese that are there [in South Sudan]. We are connected with them.”

At this time, Bol is in South Sudan and is following leads to search for his abducted nieces and nephews.

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to DeGioia, who wrote that students would be able to sit at the sushi bar and watch their food prepared freshly in front of their eyes.

DeGioia wrote in an email to the Justice that, provided current testing goes well, Sodexo will launch a webbased ordering system at Louis’ Deli that will allow students to order from their smart phones, computers or a kiosk located at the delicatessen.

Renovations at The Stein have come to a standstill as Brandeis awaits permits from the city of Waltham, according to DeGioia. Brandeis cannot commence construction at The Stein until the city issues the permits necessary for construction.

Since the University cannot estimate when that will occur, the opening date for The Stein remains undeterminable, according to Heaton. DeGioia wrote in an email to the Justice that “the school is working diligently to acquire” these permits, and the location underwent preparations so that construction can begin as soon as the University receives approval.

“Since there is a delay in opening, we have been looking for other options for an on campus weekend late night social experience,” DeGioia wrote to the Justice. To fill this gap, the University will offer an alternative location for students of age to purchase alcohol on campus, according to Heaton.

DeGioia told the Justice that starting on Thursday, March 6, Usdan will serve beer and wine from 7 p.m. until 1 a.m. on Thursdays and Fridays in Usdan Boulevard, and Saturdays in Usdan Café.

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PURSUING PROGRESS: A Brandeis student rallies in the snow on Feb. 13 with other participants against the University's executive compensation policies.

RALLY: Students hold protest against policies CONTINUED FROM 1 payments as of Jan. 2, according to a Jan. 23 BrandeisNOW press release.

Reinharz, who earned about $300,000 annually in 2012 and 2013, will hold the title of president emeritus through June and earn $160,000 for that position. After June, he will serve as a half-time professor and make $180,000 a year.

In response to student concern, the University also announced that the Board of Trustees unanimously agreed to release information about senior administrative compensation and accept feedback about executive compensation in the future.

“We were motivated to organize the protest because after the ‘budget transparency’ was released by the administration, we felt as though not enough was being done in terms of speaking out against the executive pay,” wrote Aaren Weiner ’16, one of the organizers of the protest, in an email to the Justice. “It is one thing for students to complain but it is another for them to feel empowered and act upon those feelings.”

Elaine Mancini ’16, another protest organizer, wrote in an email to the Justice that “there were grievences [sic] against the feeling that Reinharz and [University President Frederick] Lawrence are essentially ‘stealing our money,’ and of the injustice regarding what the lowest paid worker on campus receives versus executive pay.

“There were many cries for Brandeis to provide the lowest paid worker with a real living wage,” wrote Mancini. “And of course there were comments on Reinharz’s long awaited text on donkeys.”

According to Weiner, she and Mancini met with Dean of Students Jamele Adams before the protest to discuss the nature of it The Rights and Responsibilities Handbook states that anyone who plans to organize a protest or demonstration must notify the “Senior Student Affairs Officer or designee,” who “may instruct

organizers regarding the guidelines for such activity.” “[Adams] gave us the administration’s full support, showed us where the protest was to happen specifically, and let us know that we could talk to him if we needed anything,” Weiner wrote.

According to both Mancini and Weiner, the response to the protest has been mostly positive, particularly from other students.

“We received encouragement from most passersby who verbally responded. A few students came over and said that they would like to attend if another protest was organized in the future,” wrote Mancini. “I only recall one person with a negative reaction, but their comment didn’t seem very well thought out, and therefore I won’t bother trying to repeat it.”

According to Weiner, the administration has not been in contact with the group of students who organized the protest since it occurred.

In an email the Justice, Senior Vice President for Communications Ellen de Graffenreid wrote that the administration and Student Union are planning a forum “where concerns can be heard.” The Student Union Senate announced a tentative date of March 13 at 5 p.m. at a location that has yet to be determined.

“I can tell you that the administration supports students’ right to protest. The culture of Brandeis University encourages debate, discussion and a frank exchange of conflicting views,” wrote de Graffenreid in her email. “Student protests have been an important part of the University’s commitment to free speech and expression since Brandeis’ founding.”

According to Weiner, more demonstrations will be held in the future, though “nothing specific has been planned as of yet.”

—Rachel Hughes contributed reporting

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A comedian with heart Paul Gale ’12 became an internet sensation with his Valentine video

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SMALL SCREEN SUCCESS : Paul Gale ’12 uses YouTube to share brief videos that humorously approach events and themes of his everyday life.

CONSTANT COMEDY: As a student, Gale was a member of the improv group Crowd Control and sketch comedy group Boris’ Kitchen.

VIRAL SENSATION: The comedic video “The Truth About Being Single” on Gale’s YouTube channel has reached over 1.5 million views in less than one month.

If you are a Brandeis student, then you have probably laughed along with your peers at the “Sh*t Brandeis Students Don’t Say” video on YouTube, or perhaps you’ve seen the video of a Brandeis student interviewing admitted students under the mask of a horsehead. But who is the man beneath the horsehead, and how does he manage to continually catch us off guard with his satirical wit and absurdity?

His name is Paul Gale ’12, a recent YouTube comedy success story whose roots as a comedian date back to his antics as an undergraduate at Brandeis.

Gale is a growing sensation ever since he took his comedy to the Internet and used his sardonic humor to not only entertain the Brandeis community but also to connect them with one another.

During his time at Brandeis, Gale, a Film, Television, and Interactive Media major, was a member of the comedy troupe Boris’ Kitchen, a member of the improvisation group Crowd Control, a writer for the now-defunct Blowfish satire newspaper, and a coordinator for a monthly comedy showcase at Cholmondeley’s. It was during this time that Gale also began to direct and star in his own YouTube videos, on his channel’s webseries “anxiety [the show].”

He also took part in Brandeis Basement, which he formed under the parent organization Campus Basement, a venue for college students to broadcast humor related to their individual schools.

Since graduating, Gale interned at the New York Television Festival and took classes at Upright Citizens Brigade improvisional theatre.

Gale’s work aims to faces the hardships of life head on and examines them with the sarcastic approach of humor. His work deals with existential themes of loneliness and our quest to add meaning to our existence. He also examines how technology plays a role in our experiences, specifically in romantic relationships.

Recently, Gale’s comedy channel has gained popularity because of a video titled “The Truth About Being Single,” posted just in time for Valentine’s Day. The video, he said, was inspired by his experience as a single man living in New York City and the “self-inflicted misery” that ironically unites singles holding out on love for obscure reasons.

“It’s an incredibly busy city,” Gale said, “but everyone seems to be sort of isolated … with all this technology we’re the most connected we’ve ever been and you can talk to anyone at any time … and still not feel fulfilled.”

The video, which is only about a minute and a half long, took an estimated 450 hours to make and reached over 1,500,000 views in just two weeks.

Though the praise hailed by the video exceeded Gale’s expectations, it did not occur overnight.

Gale spent many weeks marketing the video and communicating with different journalists. Eventually, College Humor posted the video, and later Funny or Die released it on their website for Valentine’s Day. When asked about his creative process, Gale said that he collaborates with a team of comedians, including friends and fellow Brandeis grads, Adam Lapetina ’12 and Hanna Wellish ’12, as well as a “comedy tutor” of sorts from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City, where Gale studied post-Brandeis.

Gale is more humbled than elevated by his recent success. “The fact that I could have this idea on my couch about this video and get maybe 10 people and execute it and it could be seen by a million people … it’s not to say ‘look at this amazing piece of art that I made’, but it’s to say, ‘isn’t it so crazy how our infrastructure allows this to happen,’” he said.

The theme of unification prevails throughout Gale’s works. In his popular video “Sh*t Brandeis Students Don’t Say” Gale unites Brandeis students through their common experience. Gale attributes the success of these videos to the fact that students can easily see themselves in them. “Brandeis University, like any small community, loves to talk about and make fun of itself.”

In regards to the videos’ inspiration, Gale said, “We wanted to make people think a little bit and in terms of our experiences as writers, to have more fun with it” and add a twist by taking the opposite angle on a typical experience. The success of the videos encouraged Gale to pursue comedy as a career, “to do something that resonated as well as that [did] affected my confidence in creating work that resonated with people,” he said.

In regard to his increased fan base, Gale said that “success in some ways is very limiting” because there are more people to answer to. He has not compromised his own creativity for the sake of the outcome, however.

“There are some people who do things that purely make them laugh…I guess the way I process comedy is not only to make people laugh. It has to have accessibility,” Gale said.

Gale also said it is a struggle to “churn out content [that often] because you can’t do anything crazy in terms of feasibility.”

If he did not have to follow the strict model of YouTube posting-frequency, he believes he could do more with his videos.

Gale says that he would love to someday write for a television series, which are now more commonly using Internet as their vehicle of publication. “I would love to do something experimenting with a new format on the Internet”. For those aspiring to be comedians, Gale said, “Be ambitious about your projects … and be deliberate and proud of your work and don’t be afraid to say things that will piss people off.”

EARLY ACHIEVEMENT: Gale (top right) was one of the main collaborators of this popular “Sh*t Brandeis Students Don’t Say” video of 2012.

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Taking one for the team

SUPREME SACRIFICE: Bob Tenczar ’87 (left) visits former baseball teammate Bob Boutin ’87 (right) after his life-saving transplant.

PHOTO COURTESY OF BOB TENCZAR

Tenczar ’87 donates kidney to former teammate Boutin ’87

By Rose gittell JUSTICE contributing WRITER

When Bob Tenczar ’87 learns of the suffering of a fellow human being, his first response is to search for any way possible that he can help. He proved this by a sacrifice he made for a friend he hadn’t seen for 15 years.

This past year, Tenczar donated one of his kidneys to his former friend and teammate Bob Boutin ’87 in an act that he viewed not as a personal sacrifice, but as an opportunity to put his faith and values to the test. The surgery took place on Nov. 26, 2013 at Massechusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Tenczar and Boutin were both members of the Brandeis baseball team, Boutin as a

recruit and Tenczar as a walk-on. As firstyear students, they lived together in East Quad on the same floor and then again in Rosenthal Quad, which used to be primarily housing for juniors with a small group of soccer and baseball players. Tenczar recalls Boutin’s incredible skill as a player and a captain of two years, leading Brandeis’ baseball team during the late 80s, some of the most competitive years Brandeis baseball has had. During his time at Brandeis, Boutin was a two-time Academic All-American and was eventually inducted into the Joseph M. Linsey Brandeis Athletics Hall of Fame.

Boutin recalls Tenczar’s intelligence and spirit of generosity. A gifted student, Tenczar was a willing tutor for his fellow teammates and classmates. “He had

a great personality, and was generous to a fault, and great to be around. There wasn’t a single person who didn’t like Bob Tenczar,” Boutin said.

The two shared similar familial backgrounds. Tenczar’s mother is from the same place that Boutin grew up—Salt River, Mass. In addition, they both were raised in Christian households and attended the local Waltham church together during their time at Brandeis. Tenczar and Boutin agree that the friendships they formed during their time as college students are unique in strength and endurance. “It’s your first time away from home, it presents a real time to mature and to go through all that with other people creates incredibly strong bonds,” Tenczar said.

Those bonds were strengthened by a crisis Tenczar faced during his junior year of college. The sudden aneurysm of his mother, and her miraculous survival, had a lasting effect on Tenczar. “It was at that time that I was shocked into the role of God in my life, and the role of prayer. In that situation, I was completely helpless. There was nothing I could do. She survived, and it was a blessing and a miracle,” Tenczar said.

This experience not only brought Tenczar closer to his friends at Brandeis who supported him but also changed the way he would live the rest of his life.

“Over time, the influence of religion has encouraged me to be culturally active, and encouraged me in doing things for other people. I’m involved in a non-profit, and the administration of our church. It does drive me in any given situation to consider what my values are, and consider what the right thing to do is,” Tenczar said.

After graduating, Tenczar joined the military, which took him to the West Coast and eventually led him to settle down near Seattle, where he currently resides.

This created distance between Tenczar and many of his former teammates, and they fell out of touch as many of them got married, started families and became consumed with their careers. “I have the kind of personality where I get really focused on what I’m doing, and due to that we unfor-

tunately fell out of touch,” Tenczar said.

Then, two years ago, the Bobs reconnected through LinkedIn and began exchanging emails. Tenczar learned of Boutin’s illness not through Boutin, however, but through mutual friend and former teammate Peter Kaslauskas ’87. Kaslauskas is the fundraiser organizer for the annual golf tournament held by alumni to raise money for the baseball program.

Before Tenczar realized that he could become an organ donor for Boutin, he used prayer as a way to support his friend, including Boutin in his family’s nightly prayers as well as his church’s prayers.

“When I first learned of [Boutin’s] illness, I was shocked and immediately felt compassion toward him and his family and what they must be going through,” Tenczar said.

Once Tenczar realized Boutin could accept a kidney donation, he immediately began researching the topic to find any way he could help. “I realized at some point there was a potential I could be a donor.

I thought about it, prayed on it and asked my wife, who had sensed that I was already thinking about this. A large part of this was I had to do what I thought was the right thing to do, and that was certainly guided by my religious views,” Tenczar said.

For an old friend, Tenczar did not see the operation as a sacrifice. “I viewed it as an opportunity to do something really meaningful that doesn’t come around very often—the ability to really help somebody.

I wanted to help him as much as he could.

That was certainly motivation and helped me to assess the risk-benefit equation,” said Tenczar.

The surgery not only changed the longterm health trajectory of Boutin but the life and perspective of Tenczar. “I really feel like I’ve been blessed by this experience.

I’ve talked to other organ donors, and they all feel a similar way.

“It was an amazing opportunity for me to put my faith and values to the test. I feel so good now, so it doesn’t feel like a sacrifice.

My attitude toward life has changed, I reminded myself of my priorities and what’s important,” Tenczar said.

PHOTO COURTESY OF BOB TENCZAR

TEAM PLAYER: A college-aged Bob Tenczar winds up for a pitch in his Brandeis varisty baseball uniform.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ROBERT D. FARBER UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT

BASEBALL BACKSTORY: Tenczar (third row, second from left) and Boutin (third row, second from right) were sophomore students on the varsity baseball team in 1985.

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Support South Sudanese alumnus Mangok Bol, the program administrator for the Mandel Center for the Humanities and the International and Global Studies program, has come a long way since growing up in South Sudan during its civil war.

However, Bol’s latest challenge has been locating his four nieces and nephews, who were abducted from their village in South Sudan after both of their parents were murdered.

Since then, there has been an outpouring of support from the Brandeis community, including nearly $30,000 that has been raised to help Bol travel to Africa to find the children and then resettle them with family.

After arriving in the U.S. through a refugee program for Sudan’s Lost Boys, Bol found Brandeis where he later worked as an administrator and also enrolled in the International Business School. We commend the University and our community for supporting Bol in his actions to find his nieces and nephews.

In addition, multiple members of the Brandeis community have assisted Bol by reaching out to their own contacts, resulting in an immense amount of support both here at home and on the ground in Africa. University President Frederick Lawrence’s office even paid for Bol’s travel expenses. While it can be easy to sit behind a computer and donate money, our community has gone a step further, helping by

Aid in search for lost family reaching out to State Department officials and contacting local non-governmental organizations.

Prof. Ellen Schattschneider (ANTH) also organized an event that took place yesterday to discuss the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan. Bol’s journey is just one of many similar situations, and events like this serve to educate the community on important issues, empowering more people to make a difference in the world. From its very inception, Brandeis has built itself around values of social justice and events like this are reminders of our commitment to morality.

Bol’s story represents one of the integral aspects of the University community—we are compassionate and supportive. We must continue to uphold our values of social justice and responsibility, as well as continuing to support Bol and his family.

After seeing the support he has already received, Bol will always have a place in the community and we intend to welcome his nieces and nephews with the same spirit.

With tragedy, we often see the true spirit of people, and Bol’s commitment to his family is truly something to be admired. This board applauds our community’s support for Bol and looks forward to continuing support in the future.

Increase University minimum wage In recent weeks, students, faculty and staff have assembled to promote fair pay among University employees.

The group, called the Brandeis Fair Pay Coalition, aims to implement its larger mission by way of a specific goal—to raise the minimum wage payable to University employees to $15 per hour.

This board commends the efforts of the coalition, recognizing that paying University employees a wage substantial enough for them to live on is essential.

This initiative should be integrated into the University’s annual cash expenditures. The living wage itself is calculated by the independent Crittenton Women’s Union, which allows the coalition to determine an objective figure for which to strive.

Recently, the University Budget Committee sanctioned an investigation to look into the entire issue of fair pay across the Brandeis community, including part-time, temporary and fulltime employees, as well as those employed by sub-contracted companies, such as Sodexo.

The investigation was assigned by Provost Steve Goldstein ’78 and headed

by Chair of the University Budget Committee Prof. Carol Osler (IBS).

We are pleased that the University has recognized the need for the issuing of fair wages to its employees and has instituted a timely and necessary exercise of self-examination. As the investigation progresses, we compel the University to proceed with aggressiveness and transparency to ensure the most comprehensive investigation. If the University finds that there are employees who are not earning the requisite $15 per hour, we expect the issue will

Raise pay for Sodexo workers be addressed and the affected employees will begin to be compensated—at the very least—at a basic living wage standard.

The issue of fair pay on campus extends to non-Brandeis employees as well, such as Sodexo workers. After initiating the fair pay campaign along with Gordon Fellman (SOC), Bernadette Brooten (NEJS) met with representatives from Sodexo and reported at the Nov. 1 faculty meeting that newlyhired counter workers who are not students are earning $12.51, far below the $15 living wage.

These Sodexo employees will not reach the union-negotiated rate of $16.68 until they have been a contracted employee with Sodexo for five years.

In an email to the Brandeis Fair Pay Coalition, Brooten wrote that she hopes that the University’s implementation of a $15 per hour minimum wage would make the lower pay practices of Sodexo an outlier figure.

We urge Sodexo to follow the University’s example and start taking the steps to make sure that all of their workers are being paid a living wage of at least $15 per hour. With the help of Brooten, Fellman and the entire Fair Pay Coalition, the University should actively engage in talks with Sodexo to encourage them to follow the University’s lead.

The University might not have administrative authority over the wages and contracts that Sodexo and other sub-contracted companies sign with their employees, as the contract is confidential and therefore unable to verify, the administration should nonetheless advocate on behalf of all those who work on our campus.

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ombudsman Maura Jane Farrelly Dear Readers: The editors of the Justice have decided not to follow the lead of the Washington Post, and I think their decision is a good one. This Friday (Feb. 28) marks the oneyear anniversary of Patrick Pexton’s last column as the Post’s ombudsman—and the end of a 43-year-old tradition at the paper.

Although the Post has continued to field questions from its readers through one of its blogs, the practice of having a regular column devoted to readers’ concerns and written by an independent critic has not been continued.

In contrast, the editors of the Justice have decided to revive the tradition of an ombudsman at their newspaper, and they have asked for my help.

An ombudsman is essentially a readers’ advocate. Because the term is a little cumbersome, some papers (such as the New York Times) use the term “public editor” instead. An ombudsman receives complaints from her newspaper’s readers about the accuracy, fairness or tastefulness of the paper’s coverage. She investigates how and why the coverage came to be and reports back to the readers in a column, outlining the nature of the initial complaint and recommending appropriate remedies.

Sometimes an ombudsman finds herself schooling her colleagues—that is, the reporters and editorial staff who are responsible for the coverage. Other times she finds herself schooling the readers, who aren’t always familiar with the tactical factors that influence coverage and are responsible for the decisions that readers perceive as sloppy or partisan in nature.

The Washington Post’s first ombudsman, Richard Harwood, convinced his colleagues to stop using the name “Cassius Clay” when writing about the boxer Muhammed Ali, who consciously rejected his given name, because he saw it as a relic of

slavery. When Harwood was appointed in 1970, he exhorted reporters to recognize that the word “hippie” was pejorative and should not be used except when it was part of a quote.

He suggested that the young reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein be taken off the “Watergate” beat, because they were too inexperienced to handle the story (Harwood later wrote that he was glad that the Post’s executive editor, Ben Bradlee, had not adopted that recommendation).

He also got the Post to publish a front-page apology to President Nixon’s Attorney General John Mitchell, because Harwood’s investigation concluded that the paper had misquoted Mitchell in an earlier story.

Newspapers have ombudsmen primarily for two reasons: They want to monitor and improve their coverage, and they want to educate their readers about the factors that shape the craft of journalism.

This raises the natural question of what the Washington Post’s priorities are, now that it has softened its commitment to the ombudsman tradition.

But it also points to a positive development in the priorities of the current editorial staff of the Justice. The students who create that paper each week recognize that they don’t always get it right, and they want to improve. To do that, they have asked for my help—and I, in turn, am asking for yours.

I have agreed to write a semi-regular ombudsman column for the paper, provided that the Justice’s readers ask me to investigate decisions that are made by the reporters and editorial staff.

If you write to me about the paper’s coverage, in other words, I will launch an investigation and write a column. If you don’t, I won’t. It’s that simple.

I will not be serving as the paper’s adviser; I will be serving as your advocate. The editors at the Justice will be free to take my advice or not.

The paper has always been an independent publication, and I will not review any articles before they are printed.

I will, however, continue to field informal questions from students about the stories they are working on, as I and my colleagues in the Journalism Program have always done, not just for reporters at the Justice, but for people who write for all of the University’s publications. We are, after all, teachers first.

I look forward to this partnership between and among myself, the readers of the Justice, and the dedicated students who volunteer their time and their talent to produce this paper.

Yours, Maura Jane Farrelly Associate Professor of American Studies farrelly@brandeis.edu

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READER COMMENTARY Address facts in Italian department In response to your article, “Italian major reduced to IIM” (Feb. 11): We were very pleased to see that your reporter underlined the difficulties the Italian Studies and Italian language program have had to deal with during the last few years. As your reporter mentions, the Italian program has faced some real hardships in the past years due principally to reduced support following the financial crisis, including the non-replacement of its only tenured professor.

However, we do have to express our dismay at the lack of balance in the article, which did not represent the Italian Studies and the Italian language programs’ great successes despite these financial challenges. Quite differently from what your article states, there has been no decline of student interest in the program.

In fact, in many ways the program has never been so strong. One has only to walk through the halls of Shiffman Humanities Center on any day of the week to understand how successful the classes of Profs. Paola Servino and Silvia Monteleone-Wasson (ROMS) are.

Servino’s courses such as “Introduction to Italian Literature” and “Italian Jewish Culture,” for example, attract many students, now perhaps even more than in the past. The success of the Italian Studies program can also be judged by the turnout for an event Professor Servino organized last year as part of the JustBooks class she taught. A talk given by Alexander Stille, a journalist from New York whom Servino invited to speak on the relationship of the Italian mafia and justice, packed the auditorium in the Mandel Center for the Humanities, which is something we have rarely seen.

As heartening as it was to see brought to light the troubles the Italian Studies and the Italian language program have had to endure recently, we can’t help but think that the article missed an opportunity to tell an even more interesting story: how Professors Servino and Monteleone-Wasson have risen above these challenges and created a vibrant and dynamic program. Forgetting to bring this part of the story to light does them and the students in the program a disservice.

—Profs. Michael Randall (ROMS), Professor of French and Comparative Literature, and chair of the Department of Romance Studies, and Ramie Targoff (ENG), Jehuda Reinharz director for the Mandel Center for the Humanities, and co-chair of Italian Studies.

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Promote respectful dialogue on Israel

By YAAKOV MALOMET and COOPER BOYAR SPecial to the Justice

Over the past week the conversation on campus surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has increased in prominence and intensity. This added focus is due to Brandeis Students for Justice in Palestine’s announcement of Israel Apartheid Week. Israel Apartheid Week is an annual campaign in cities and on college campuses around the world to advance the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. Israel Apartheid Week and the BDS movement seek to financially and culturally isolate Israel, according to Israel Apartheid Week’s website, as a means of protest against “the nature of Israel as an apartheid system [state].” Although we at J Street U strongly disagree with Israel Apartheid Week’s message and intended goals, we also take issue with the harsh responses levelled against it, and believe that the Brandeis community must be willing to productively engage with voices that challenge different views of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict.

On the Facebook event detailing the schedule of Brandeis Israel Apartheid Week, there was an outpouring of vitriolic and hate-filled language, mostly, though not exclusively, attacking SJP students.

Many of these comments were deeply offensive to Israelis, Palestinians, Jews and Muslims alike. SJP was forced to remove several posts and users, as well as insist on safe space guidelines for discussion.

While many who posted were not Brandeis students themselves, these comments represent the most ineffective and irrelevant form of conversation surrounding the conflict. Many of the commenters sought only to vilify those with whom they disagree politically, and to distract and deflect from the serious and complicated reality in which Israelis and Palestinians live.

This prompts an essential question, one that we, as J Street U, seek to bring to the forefront of our campus activism: How can we work for the resolution of this intense conflict, that has continued for decades and negatively affects the daily lives of millions of people, if we are unable to have a constructive conversation about the issues at hand? Are we incapable of engaging and listening to people with whom we disagree? Do we believe that our opinions will be discredited if we allow them to be challenged?

Israel Apartheid Week argues that Israel’s treatment of Palestinians and other minorities qualifies it as an apartheid state. Although Israel continues to militarily occupy the West Bank, we believe that the use of the term “apartheid” to describe the State of Israel is inaccurate and inflammatory. Apartheid, as practiced in South Africa, was an inherently

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unjust system of institutionalized racial discrimination. In contrast, Israel, as described by Peter Beinart, “is a flawed but vibrant democracy being corrupted by a brutal, undemocratic occupation on land it conquered in 1967.”

Israel’s presence in the West Bank is occupation, not apartheid. However, while we at J Street U firmly disagree with Israel Apartheid Week’s opinions on the conflict, we also believe that we should discuss and be challenged by the positions of those who do, as long as they are presented in a constructive and respectful manner.

At the same time, we disagree with those who delegitimize Palestinian identity and national aspirations. We strongly take issue with those who deny or defend the reality of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. This occupation infringes upon the human and civil rights of Palestinians, and is antithetical to the democratic reality in Israel proper. It is also unreasonable to claim that all Palestinians seek the destruction of Israel, rather than simply the formation of an official national homeland and control of their own destiny.

But there are legitimate and important concerns around using the term apartheid—and we must engage with those voices, too, in productive and civil discussion, and be willing to be challenged by their ideas. We refuse to accept the illusion that strong opinions are incompatible with respectful discourse, and that such discourse implies weakness.

There is no shortage of strong opinions when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Outrage against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank is warranted, as is outrage against the

denial of Israel’s right to exist.

It is natural to respond to inflammatory statements with harsh reactions. However, if we truly want to create a better reality for Israelis and Palestinians, we must engage with the issues constructively, with the goal of reaching a just and mutually agreed upon resolution.

J Street U believes that the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the most viable and fair option that preserves the right of the Jewish and Palestinian peoples to self-determination. This view is shared by President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry, and the majority of the international community.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are supportive of a two-state resolution, along with 63 percent of Israelis and 53 percent of Palestinians, according to the Palestinian Center for Policy and Research.

While we may disagree with others on the characterization of the conflict and preferred outcomes, we also strongly believe that it is important to engage with different opinions. However, this does not preclude us from insisting on respectful and positive dialogue.

We insist that any conversation regarding this tense and difficult conflict remain constructive and inclusive. The values of our dialogue must reflect the compromises and desire for equality that we wish to see in the resolution of this conflict.

—Yaakov Malomet ’17 and Cooper Boyar ’17 are the education coordinators of J Street U Brandeis.

Consider the ethical issues with Texas gay marriage victory Kahlil

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In 380 B.C., Plato outlined what he saw as the ideal form of societal rule in The Republic. His work suggests that a society with one philosopher king who always knows right from wrong is the most ideal, while a society with one tyrant is the least ideal and all the varying forms of democracy reside somewhere in between.

Seeing as there is no such thing as a philosopher king (though many would have us believe otherwise), we must strive toward democracy, despite its flaws. Taking power away from the people and into a central regime borders on the scariest of all societies, and we must take every precaution to avoid doing so.

Last Wednesday, Texas’ same-sex marriage ban was deemed unconstitutional by Orlando Garcia, a Texan U.S. federal judge. I rejoiced.

Many people near to my heart fight passionately every day for such legal action. However, in discussing the issue several days later with a good friend, something was brought up that made me uneasy.

A University of Texas poll in 2013 found only 37 percent of Texans support same-sex marriage. While it seemed like a victory for

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those of us who believe in the legalization of same-sex marriage, one judge, albeit a Texan, overruled the opinions of the majority of Texans. This borders on despotism and threatens democracy.

This ruling assumes that a value held by one particular culture can be held as objectively superior to that of another culture; in other words, the values of liberal America can trump those of conservative America. This isn’t to say that I don’t believe in judicial review, because rulings must be made that won’t be ideal for everyone.

But it is not just for the beliefs of a majority to be suppressed by those of a minority (or just one man in this instance). Imagine how egregious it would be if it were the opposite way— if the Massachusetts government were overly conservative and overruled our legalization of same-sex marriage.

We would be outraged and protest such a tyranny. But this ruling is no different.

Some will say that same-sex marriage is different because we, the liberals, have the “right” or “good” decision in mind while the other side has the “bad” or “wrong” decision.

Such a statement is presumptuous, arrogant and impossible to prove. What is the better or worse position? Maybe a philosopher king would know, but how could we?

If a majority of people in Massachusetts support same-sex marriage, we all agree that it is only right for us to be able to legalize it.

But if a majority of people in Texas don’t support it, how can we say they have to abide

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by what we believe?

It is taboo in many religions, like Hinduism, to slaughter cattle. But how would we, as Americans, react if told we could no longer slaughter cattle? Even if we agreed that slaughtering cattle en mass is wrong, we would still not react well to having another culture’s values superimposed over our own. So who are we to superimpose our culture onto Texas’ culture?

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This ruling assumes that a value held by one particular culture can be held as objectively superior to that of another culture.

Some will say that same-sex marriage is different because legalizing it is about granting freedom, whereas a ban on it represents oppression. But liberals demanding same-sex marriage on the premise of liberty is hypocritical. Neither mainstream conservatives nor liberals prioritize freedom or liberty. Mainstream liberals, for instance, restrict freedoms surrounding economics, guns and even free speech in the instance of “hate speech,” while

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mainstream conservatives restrict freedoms surrounding same-sex marriage and abortion.

Neither side can claim to endorse policies that wholeheartedly support liberty.

Additionally, the heart of social change, in my opinion, is not in policy. Although the 13th amendment was issued in 1865 banning slavery, neither racism or even legal inequality were gone 40 years later, or even now. Late 19th century educator, reformer and former slave Booker T. Washington urged the black population to accept discrimination for the time being and to cultivate the respect of whites through education, craft and hard work.

He believed that a strictly policy-based approach was contrived at best and would not result in any real change in people (even if the change happened legally). People change people. And people change legislature. But legislature does not change people. In other words, I don’t believe that Texas will legalize same-sex marriage unless the social movement comes from within Texas.

While this sounds frustrating to accept, patience is the only way. Any other course of action, such as assuming our beliefs are superior and pushing them on other people, risks a tyrannical society whose values are determined by the side with the most power, rather than by the inhabitants of that society.

While this instance of overruling Texas would happen to benefit us this time around— what if it didn’t?

I’d rather embrace a flawed democracy than risk a tyrant.

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Choose World Cup hosts with higher labor standards Catherine

Rosch Cynical Idealist

As soon as Spain scored the winning goal of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, I started to get excited for 2014. Brazil, home of one of the world’s most talented soccer squads, would be the host country. For the first time in FIFA’s history of 110 years, back-to-back World Cups will have been hosted by non-European countries. As a soccer fan and a supporter of the Brazilian team, I was thrilled.

FIFA has a habit of giving tournaments to the highest bidder, and the fact that two developing countries got the hosting opportunity instead of Europe or the United States blew me away. And who wouldn’t want to see soccer’s most prestigious tournament played in the country that produced Ronaldo, Luis Fabiano, Robinho and Pele?

However, as June approaches, my excitement over Brazil hosting has considerably subsided. The World Cup is supposed to serve as a celebration of the world’s favorite sport and, especially for a country like Brazil, an opportunity for development and economic growth.

The latter is most certainly not happening.

The Brazilian World Cup is plagued by corruption, unsafe working conditions and skyrocketing costs. As of February 2014, the Brazilian government has spent nearly 15 billion dollars on the World Cup, as much as Germany and South Africa, the last two hosts, combined.

Part of it could be due to Brazil’s economic status, but South Africa is also a developing country and did not have these cost problems.

There is currently no evidence that the current spending, which is already more than double projected costs, will actually positively impact tourism or international investment beyond the World Cup, unlike predictions made before Germany and South Africa hosted their respective World Cups.

It is also unlikely that Brazilian teams will even use some of the new stadiums, which are in more remote locations that do not have elite teams. Due to these rising costs and the fear that some stadiums won’t be finished in time, the government has been especially lax when it comes to safety standards. As of Feb. 8, three workers died building the controversial Arenada Amazonia.

Since 2013, Brazilians have been protesting and rioting about many of the government’s plans for the World Cup, especially plans about infrastructure and transportation costs. The current infrastructure projects mainly focus on hotels, which would only benefit tourists, and would raise the cost of bus and train fares for normal Brazilians. At least 10 billion dollars have been spent on these infrastructure changes, but very little of that money is benefiting Brazilians.

While Brazil is an emerging economic power, an estimated 11.5 million citizens live in favelas, urban shanty towns characterized by drugs, gang violence, police brutality and poverty. Citing safety concerns, the Brazilian

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government has authorized police raids in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo to relocate nearly 15,000 families. There is little rhyme or reason over which neighborhoods get to remain in place and which stay: some favelas are offering themselves as cheap housing for tourists, while others face deadly riots and brutalities.

The government claims that there is a policy of gentrification in place, but in reality, given that there is no sort of payment system for favela families, this gentrification is just another name for forced eviction.

Unfortunately, Brazil is not the only World Cup host to be less than ideal when it comes to government policy and work practice. Russia and Qatar were controversially selected to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, respectively. Russia has a pretty weak human rights record, as demonstrated by the jailing of Pussy Riot, continual abuse of the country’s Muslim minority and the anti-gay propaganda law that

effectively criminalized being openly gay. Qatar is not much better. The 2022 World Cup is nearly a decade away, but there have already been reports of laborers, many of whom were illegally brought over from Southeast Asia and the Philippines, being underpaid or not paid at all.

As a soccer fan, I want to celebrate the best teams in the world playing each other. As someone who identifies as a progressive, I am more than troubled. It is wrong that countries with abusive labor practices or egregious human rights violations are rewarded by the international community and get to host these extravaganzas.

Obviously, as an American, it is easy to decry the actions of Brazil and wonder why the government hasn’t been better about safety and corruption. The United States and Western Europe can afford certain protections that a country like Brazil simply cannot. It is also

easy to forget that the World Cup is giving Brazil a major chance to prove itself as an international player. But this doesn’t mean American soccer fans should idly sit by and not be critical about the running of their favorite sport.

Sports fans must become more aware of the situation in many of these host countries.

While it is hard to control a group like FIFA, and raising awareness is not going to solve every single problem Brazil, Russia and Qatar are facing, it might put pressure on domestic and international lawmakers to change policy.

A country like Brazil that wants to be a major world player may be more open to reforms if it is clear Americans are paying attention.

It is fine to cheer yourself hoarse for your favorite team, but if fans are ignorant or choose not to acknowledge the problematic elements of a host country, it is unlikely that FIFA or host countries will have any incentive to improve how World Cups are hosted.

Saving South Sudan requires strong government, not soldiers

By Jessica Goldstein Justice Contributing Writer

The phrase “Free at Last” reverberated through the streets of Juba, South Sudan, on July 9, 2011. After years of fighting, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement had finally won independence for the South Sudanese people, creating the world’s newest country.

Ululating women filled the streets and fireworks erupted in the midnight air. The people had desired to be free of the oppressive and disinterested Sudanese government which they lived under for so many years. Now, at last, this new era provided the hope for autonomy and coexistence.

But, as the celebrations died down, reality began to set in. The SPLM was now entrusted with building a country. However, it now seems unable to act as a government. Using military rhetoric invoking the cause of freedom was no longer relevant, as now the country had earned the freedom to mold their very own democracy. Caring for the development of a new country was too difficult for those who appeared to think only of war.

The leaders of the SPLM want to remain in power by all means, but they are just soldiers masquerading as political leaders. Some experts believed that what would happen in South Sudan was inevitable, as a result of of poor planning and conflicting interests within the government. But no one was prepared for South Sudan spiraling into violent and unfor-

giving conflict last December, creating yet another era of war in the new country.

According to the Enough Project, a project to end genocide and crimes against humanity, the conflict in South Sudan began in December 2013 when former vice president, Riek Machar, was accused of an attempted coup d’état by President Salva Kiir. Before independence in 2011, Kiir preferred good relations with Sudan in order to ensure oil wealth; an important pipeline runs from South Sudan into Sudan, and the younger country relies on the older for export and processing of the oil. Other party leaders, including Machar, disagreed; they saw independence as a good opportunity to advocate for regime change in Sudan, by supporting rebels in the North. Additionally, Machar and Kiir disagreed on who should be the candidate in the ruling party in the 2015 election. These divisions and the fear of losing power influenced Kiir to depose Machar and the majority of his cabinet last July, leading to the attempted coup d’état which sparked the current war.

The conflict has reignited long-standing ethnic tensions between the Nuer and Dinka ethnic groups. In 1991, a splinter rebel faction of the SPLM known as the “White Army” launched a terrible attack on the city of Bor and the surrounding region, leading to the deaths of thousands of Dinkas. It precipitated violent reprisal against Nuer communities which were in turn, equally deady. Machar led the attack on Bor, and the White Army, though having reorganized since the signing of the Compre-

hensive Peace Agreement in 2005, continues to fight at his side in the current civil war.

The violence since December 2013, has killed an estimated 10,000 South Sudanese and displaced more than 800,000 others. It is fought primarily between government forces aligned with Kiir and rebel groups loosely aligned with Machar.

Numerous war crimes have been reported in South Sudan, including murder, pillaging, destruction of civilian property and the direct targeting of civilians. Though a cease-fire was signed on Jan. 23, both parties continued to fight, thereby dissolving any plan for peace.

The U.N. reported that South Sudan is a Level 3 humanitarian emergency, equal to Syria, the Central African Republic and the Philippines.

What we see today in South Sudan is the product of a careless government providing very little stability to the country. After seizing power, the SPLM outsourced actual development to humanitarian organizations, and have shown no interest in solving the very pressing problems that their country faces.

This contrasts with the development other African leaders have taken on after ending violent conflicts. President Paul Kagame of Rwanda managed to pull his country out of genocide 20 years ago, and create a Rwanda that is seen as a success story by the international community. He transformed from a leader in the military to a leader in government.

The key difference between Rwanda and South Sudan is the transition from military

to government leadership. Without a central focus on governance, how can we expect the disorganized Sudanese people to develop a new country? However, arguing that the MacharKiir conflict alone caused the civil war would be unfair. Their constant disagreements over how the government should function pulled the pin out of the grenade. Years of ethnic tension caused the rest.

In order to solve the problems in South Sudan, the government and the rebels must end hostilities. After that, with the help of the international community, the leadership and the people of South Sudan need to find strategic solutions to the problems within the SPLM that are impeding adequate governance.

In a recent trip to South Sudan, John Prendergast of the Enough Project and South Sudan analyst Ted Dagne were told by a pastor in an internally displaced persons camp: “Peace must come soon. If not, the divisions will become devastating to all of us.” In the aftermath of this violence, everyone remains a victim: Not just the civilians, but the men wielding the guns. They are victims to a government that simply does not care for the development of society.

The future for the once hopeful country now appears hazy, as it hard to overcome these fissures in society. Members of a “united” South Sudan were able to once again kill their own— the people of South Sudan. Achieving peace in South Sudan is the first step in the development of a democracy that works.

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No. 1 position over Phelps and sophomore Daniel Cooper.

The next two doubles tandems, though, cruised to victory. Siegel and Cherkin defeated their opponents by an 8-3 margin while Granoff and Secular rounded out the day with a dominating 8-1 win.

Carley Cooke ’15 started off the action for the women at the No. 1 position with a first-set win, but eventually dropped the match 2-1.

That defeat seemed to set the tone for the rest of the Judges.

Allyson Bernstein ’14, Simone Vandroff ’15 and Roberta Bergstein ’14 proceeded to fall in straight sets to the Bulldogs.

Emily Eska ’15, though, saved the day at the No. 5 position and reversed the tide of defeats against rookie Briana Leonard.

Eska persisted past a 7-5 loss in her first set to then win the match by margins of 6-1 and 119, respectively.

The women, however, continued to struggle the rest of the way, failing to muster a victorious set in doubles competition.

Bergstein and Sarita Biswas ’16 came the closest, pulling to within a 7-6 margin, but ultimately could not get the job done in an eventual 8-6 loss.

Both tennis squads will next travel to an invitational hosted

by Middlebury College on Saturday.

—Adam Rabinowitz

BRIEF Softball continues strong start to season with weekend sweep The women’s softball team started the 2014 season in strong fashion, reeling off 25 runs in a sweep of a doubleheader over Newbury College on Feb. 23.

The Judges built on that offensive momentum on Sunday, pouring in 21 runs in a doubleheader sweep of Southern Vermont College.

Brandeis wasted no time in getting on the scoreboard during the nightcap. In the bottom of the first inning, utility infielder Madison Gagnon ’16 started off a two-run rally with a single up the middle. Second baseman Liana Moss ’17 then continued to impress in just her third collegiate game, smacking a double off the wall to bring Gagnon home and hand the Judges a 1-0 lead. Catcher Cori Coleman ’15 added another run with an RBI single.

In her collegiate debut as the starter, pitcher Emma Krulick ’17 held Southern Vermont scoreless for two innings and allowed just three runs over five innings of work. While she coughed up a solo home run to Southern Vermont sophomore captain and second baseman Rachel Robtoy in the top of the third inning, the Judges added a few insurance runs in the bottom half with heads-up baserunning. Center fielder Amanda Genovese ’15 singled, stole second and then scored on an unearned error by freshman third baseman Mallory Celeste. Third baseman Anya Kamber ’15 and Moss also scored on passed balls to lend the Judges a 5-1 lead.

While Krulik unraveled in the fifth inning, surrendering two runs on a double down the right field line, Coleman and

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BRIEF Tennis squads produce varied results against road opponents After a 5-4 win at Chapman University on Feb. 20 and a 7-2 victory at Occidental College on Feb. 21, the men’s tennis team looked to translate its West Coast success to the East Coast in a road match against Vassar College on Saturday.

The Judges reeled off their second consecutive 7-2 win, relying on a 3-0 sweep in doubles competition and four strong singles performances.

The women meanwhile failed to rebound from two straight defeats in California, dropping a 6-1 decision to Bryant University on Saturday.

While Michael Arguello ’17 dropped the No. 1 match in straight sets for the men, Brian Granoff ’17 rebounded from a 6-4 loss in the first set to secure a victory over Vassar freshman Nick Litsky by taking the final two sets, 7-5, 6-2.

Danny Lubarsky ’16, after earning a 6-3 win in his first set over sophomore Christian Phelps, dropped the next two sets by 6-3 margins in a loss at the No. 3 position.

From there, the Judges did not miss a beat. Alec Siegel ’15, Michael Secular ’15 and Jeff Cherkin ’17 each won their next three matches to give Brandeis a 4-2 lead.

It proved to be much of the same story in the doubles competition. Arguello and Lubarsky earned a tight 9-8 win—including a 5-0 tiebreaker—at the

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right fielder Madison Sullivan ’16 took care of business.

The duo added RBI singles in the bottom half of the fifth to provide a 7-3 lead that Southern Vermont failed to erase.

Meanwhile in the first portion of the doubleheader, the Judges turned in a nine-run first inning.

Genovese started the rally on an innocuous bunt single.

After she crossed home following a Kamber ground-out to first base, the hit parade began.

Moss started off the nine-hit streak with one crack of the bat, launching a solo home run to increase the lead to 2-0. Coleman and Sullivan turned in backto-back RBI triples, and from there, the Judges offered up five more runs.

Two innings later, Brandeis’ bats awoke once more. After second baseman Leah McWilliams ’14 and Genovese contributed back-to-back bunt singles, the offensive outburst resumed.

Right fielder Danielle Novotny ’16 smoked an RBI double down the left field line and Moss added to her impressive stat-line with a two-run triple. Brandeis then held a 14-0 lead and later secured the shutout.

Starting pitcher Nikki Cote ’15 and rookie Melissa Soleimani ’17 combined for five innings of shutout ball.

The Judges, now with a 4-0 record, look to continue to build on their success in a week-long road trip to Florida. The squad begins action with a doubleheader on Sunday versus Penn State Erie, The Behrend College and Salve Regina University.

—Adam Rabinowitz

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ALL CLEAR: Grady Ward '16 outpaces a New York University competitor during the UAA Championships at home over the weekend.

TRACK: Judges host key meet against UAA rivals CONTINUED FROM 16 place competitor, Emory University sophomore Maxwell Hoberman, the top seed headed into the finals.

Sidique, one of the team’s three captains, recorded his first career UAA victory in the triple jump and added that upon entering the event, he knew he had the ability to take the crown.

“I was extremely confident I had [a winning effort] in me; I just hadn’t jumped that far yet,” he said Sidique was not alone in his achievement of triple jump success.

Brian Louis ’16 accompanied his teammate on the podium, taking third with a leap of 12.67 meters.

Adam Berger ’15 placed fifth with 12.58 meters, good for two points.

In addition to his victory, Sidique had a busy day. He ran the first leg of the Judges’ seventh-place 4x400 meter relay and took ninth in both the 400-meter dash, running te distance in 52.17 seconds, and the long jump, covering 6.34 meters.

“I wasn’t too happy about my long jump,” he commented. “I didn’t make the finals and I felt like I could have done more. My coach [assistant coach Marlee Berg] was amazing. She told me ‘shake it off, use it as motivation for tomorrow.’”

Though Sidique was the only Brandeis competitor to emerge victorious in his event, there were plenty of other standouts as well on both the men’s and women’s side—particularly

in the distance events.

The women’s one-mile run, similarly to the triple jump, saw three Judges place in the top seven. Kelsey Whitaker ’16 outraced Amelia Lundkvist ’14 in the final 200 meters for second place, clocking five minutes, 4.51 seconds, while Lundkvist took third in 5:05.18. Sanford then placed in seventh, running 5:12.21.

New York University senior Emily Cousens, who just missed breaking the five-minute-barrier, won the event in 5:00.09.

Furthermore, the quartet of Whitaker, Lundkvist, Sanford and Kristi Pisarik ’15 finished second in in the women’s distance medley relay, running the course in 12:16.36, and the 4x400 meter relay, finishing at 4:16.12.

The men’s distance medley relay took fifth, as the foursome of Matt Doran ’17, Trevor Tuplin ’16, Matthew Becker ’16 and Grady Ward ’16 timed in at 10:33.76.

On the women’s side, Maddie Dolins ’17 was the sole competitor in the 3000-meter run, running the 15-lap race in 10:18.38.

The men’s team picked up points in the sprints from a familiar source.

Although Vincent Asante ’14 was unable to defend his 55-meter dash title, he still managed to finish fifth in the finals, timing in at 6.68 seconds.

Mark Franklin ’17 finished off a fine rookie season with a leap of 1.80 meters, good for sixth in the high jump.

Sidique was pleased with the efforts

turned in by his teammates.

“I’m really proud of my teammates, they did a great job,” he said. “60 percent of us [set personal records]. The energy level was really high and it was good for all of us.”

For some, this meet represents the end of the season.

However, a few Brandeis competitors—including Sanford, Whitaker, Lundkvist and Sidique—will run at the Tufts University Last Chance Qualifier later this week. The four will attempt to potentially punch their ticket to the upcoming NCAA Championships next weekend hosted by Nebraska Wesleyan University.

“Thursday, Amelia, Kelsey and I are going to run individually to try to qualify for NCAAs,” Sanford said.

“We all have run 5:03, but it will take us running at least 5:01 to secure a spot. [Whether we run] on Saturday will depend on how Thursday goes. If it goes well, we may do the [distance medley relay]. If not, we may focus on individual events.”

“I’m going to try to see if I can qualify for nationals,” Sidique said.

“I made it to ECACs in the long jump, so I’m going to do that on Thursday,” he continued.

“I’m also doing the Last Chance Qualifier at Tufts on Saturday, where I’ll try the triple jump.”

Regardless of future results, the teams certainly put on a fine performance for all of the spectators in attendance over the weekend.

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THE JUSTICE WINNING LINEUP: Coach Bill Shipman (from left to right) poses with Len Grazian ’17, Noah Berman ’15, Ethan Levy ’15 and Julian Cardillo ’14 after his squads defeated Duke University on Feb. 8 at the Duke Invitational.

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A framework for success The men’s foil team reflects on a season full of accomplishments

By Adam rabinowitz JUSTICE Editor

On Feb. 8, Card Gym at Duke University in Durham, N.C. transformed into a maze of mats that featured several of the top NCAA Division I fencing squads, including the No. 10 Duke Blue Devils, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Johns Hopkins University and the United States Air Force Academy.

Five Brandeis University men’s foilists—captain Julian Cardillo ’14, Ethan Levy ’15, Noah Berman ’15, Toby Gray ’16 and Len Grazian ’17— entered the maze on a mission.

“The goal since the start of the season had been to go toe-to-toe with some of the best Division I squads in the country: Sacred Heart University, Yale University, Duke University and the University of North Carolina,” said Cardillo.

Card Gym presented an opportunity to achieve that goal, and on that February day, the foilists—along with the rest of the Brandeis fencing squads—seized it.

Cardillo, Berman and Levy went a combined 8-1, and for the first time since 2006, the Judges left Durham with a 15-12 win against the host Blue Devils and a 17-10 victory against the UNC Tar Heels.

“Everyone clicked together at Duke … you don’t have to rely on just one squad, but you can trust everyone—the epeeists and saberists included—to excel,” Levy said.

“At the end of the day, the five of us are hard-nosed competitors who don’t like to lose.”

Since an initial 32-8 showing from the foilists at the New England Fall Collegiate Championships on Nov. 2, that has proven to be the case.

It was at Duke, though, where something happened—where Cardillo’s vision became a reality.

“It blew me away” he said. “We took it to a whole new level at Duke and it is my belief that this is the best team since I’ve been here.”

Three years earlier, as Cardillo strode onto the fencing mats at Gosman Sports and Convocation Center, he joined a team comprised largely of upperclassmen.

He then witnessed a transformation that began in fall 2011 with two new foil recruits. Berman, a former soccer player-turned-fencer, arrived from the local clubs at Stanford University and Levy, after turning to the sport in ninth grade, entered Brandeis with just four years of fencing experience.

There were two spots to fill, though, in creating this ideal squad.

Enter Gray, a walk-on to the team in 2012 who, as Levy said, “has grown so much and emerged as a real threat in meets.”

And enter Grazian, the promising rookie out of the Chicago fencing

clubs who won his first seven collegiate matches and took down Michele Caporizzi, the Italian national world champion, in December.

Berman noted that the foil squad represents an ideal mix of “elder statesmen” and rising stars.

“This team is really young and that is good for prosperity,” he explained.

“But having elder statesmen is helpful,” he continued, “especially to pass down knowledge of the sport, a critical mental edge and what to expect from each tournament.”

Also, for the first time in three years, depth no longer proved to be an issue. Grazian and Gray now had the ability to step in and secure major victories along with—and sometimes in place of—the three starters.

By Jan. 25, at the second Northeast Conference Meet, the five foilists— along with the rest of the Brandeis fencers—were ready to hit the ground running against top foes.

That they did.

The squad compiled a 33-9 record at that meet and the foundation had been set: not only for wins over Duke and UNC, but also, a second consecutive first-place finish at the New England Collegiate Championships and a bronze medal at the United States Collegiate Squad Championships.

“This all comes down to the fact that we have really good depth,” added Cardillo. “We have the experience to know what it takes to compete at that level.”

Their success also comes down to coach Bill Shipman’s 30-plus years of experience at the helm of the Brandeis fencing squads.

“He is so knowledgeable about the sport which is helpful for the younger fencers,” Gray added. “Most importantly, he knows when and when not to step in.”

The foil squad now approaches the NCAA Regional Championships at Wellesley College on Sunday in a landmark position.

Even in a division that, in featuring half of the U.S. National Team, is reputed to be the toughest in the tournament, Cardillo and Berman are both well-positioned to secure bids to the National Tournament later this month. Levy, Gray and Grazian, with their recent successes, are also prepared to use that momentum to make a statement.

However, there is a caveat ahead.

For Cardillo, this is the end of the maze of collegiate fencing.

Even as he prepares to graduate and the Judges lose their senior captain, the foilists are ready to build on the transformation that he started.

“Everyone on foil has improved year after year,” said Grazian. “As long as we continue to push each other, [Cardillo’s] legacy will be intact and we can keep this trend going.”

Consider this the foil squad’s next mission to accomplish.

EN GARDE: Noah Berman ’15 takes on a competitor from Yale University during the Brandeis Invitational on Dec. 8.

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CHAMPIONSHIP FORM: The foilists pose with bronze medals they earned at the U.S. Squad Championships on Feb. 23.

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ATHLETE PROFILE

jUDGES BY THE NUMBERS Men’s BASKETBALL UAA STANDINGS

TEAM STATS

Points Per Game

Not including Monday’s games

Gabe Moton ’14 leads scorers with 15.7 points per game.

Player PPG Gabe Moton 15.7 Ben Bartoldus 13.6 Derek Retos 11.4 Alex Stoyle 8.9

UAA Conference

W L W WashU 14 0 23 Emory 9 5 17 Chicago 8 6 15 NYU 6 8 16 Case 6 8 14 JUDGES 5 9 11 Carnegie 4 10 11 Rochester 4 10 10

Overall L Pct. 2 .920 8 .680 10 .600 9 .640 11 .560 12 .520 Rebounds Per Game 14 .440 Gabe Moton ’14 leads the team 15 .400 with 5.6 rebounds per game.

Player RPG Gabe Moton 5.6 EDITOR’S NOTE: Alex Stoyle 4.1 The men’s basketball team Youri Dascy 3.9 completed their season with a 92Ben Bartoldus 3.8 53 victory over NYU on Sunday.

WOMen’s basketball UAA STANDINGS

TEAM STATS

Not including Monday’s games UAA Conference

W L W WashU 13 1 23 NYU 9 5 20 Chicago 9 5 15 JUDGES 7 7 13 Rochester 6 8 12 Emory 5 9 16 Case 4 10 10 Carnegie 3 11 12

Points Per Game

Overall L Pct. 2 .920 5 .800 10 .600 11 .520 13 .480 9 .640 15 .400 13 .480

EDITOR’S NOTE: The team will travel to Emmanuel College for the first round of the ECAC Tournament tomorrow.

Kasey Dean ’14 leads the team with 9.9 points per game.

Player PPG Kasey Dean 9.9 Nicolina Vitale 9.8 Maria Jackson 8.6 Niki Laskaris 8.6

Rebounds Per Game Nicolina Vitale ’14 leads with 5.4 rebounds per game.

Player RPG Nicolina Vitale 5.4 Paris Hodges 4.7 Maria Jackson 4.7 Angela Miller 4.5

FENCING Results from New England Collegiate Championships in Holyhoke, Mass.

TOP PERFORMERS (Men’s)

TOP PERFORMERS (Women’s)

SABER Adam Mandel

RECORD 10-0

SABER Nina Sayles

ÉPÉE Ari Feingersch

RECORD 8-2

ÉPÉE RECORD Gwendolyn Mowell 11-2

FOIL Noah Berman

RECORD 9-1

FOIL Caroline Mattos

RECORD 10-3

RECORD 10-0

UPCOMING MEETS: Sunday at NCAA Regional Championships at Wellesley College Mar. 20 at NCAA Championships at Ohio State University

TRACK AND FIELD Results from the UAA Championships hosted by Brandeis University.

TOP FINISHERS (Men’s)

Triple Jump RUNNER DISTANCE Mohamed Sidique 14.18m Brian Louis 13.29m Adam Berger 13.01m 55-Meter Dash RUNNER TIME Vincent Asante 6.68

TOP FINISHERS (Women’s)

1-Mile Run RUNNER TIME Kelsey Whitaker 5:04.51 Amelia Lundkvist 5:05.18 Victoria Sanford 5:12.21 800-Meter Run RUNNER TIME Kristi Pisarik 2:25.80

UPCOMING MEETS:

Friday at the ECAC Championships at Northeastern University Saturday at the Tufts Last Chance at Tufts University March 14 at the NCAA Championships at Nebraska Wesleyan

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ROUNDING THE BEND: Victoria Sanford ’14 leads a group of UAA competitiors during the team’s home meet last weekend.

Sanford closes winter season on a high note ■ Victoria Sanford ’14 has stood out on the raceway, securing personal bests in cross-country and track.

By HENRY LOUGHLIN Justice SENIOR WRITER

Women’s cross-country and track and field standout Victoria Sanford ’14 once enjoyed spending her time on a soccer pitch.

“I actually started running track in high school just as a way to stay in shape during the [soccer] offseason,” she said at the start of her running career.

“I had no idea when I started running that I would eventually make it my main sport.”

After discovering her talent on the track, though, she ditched her cleats and shin guards for spikes and shoes.

“For a while I tried to balance both running and soccer, but eventually realized that I needed to pick one [of the two],” she explained. “I picked running.”

The decision has paid off immensely. Sanford, an All-University Athletic Association honoree in cross-country, has impressed in both cross-country and track,

recording personal bests of 22 minutes, 11 seconds for six kilometers in cross-country and 5:03.41 for the one-mile run in track.

As a native of Lagrangeville, New York, Sanford was drawn to Brandeis because her soccer coaches attended the school.

“They loved it,” she said of her coaches’ time at Brandeis.

“They got me interested and then after visiting the campus and meeting [former head coach] John [Evans], I knew this was where I wanted to be.”

Sanford, who attributes her development as a runner to an ability to increase mileage, acknowledges that she most particularly enjoys the simple nature of the sport.

“I love how very straightforward running is,” she said. “The more effort and training you put in, the more results you get out of it. The results are tangible and there’s no feeling quite like the one after running a [personal record].”

During this indoor track season, Sanford has parlayed that increase in mileage to the most formidable distance event of all: the mile. In fact, she has focused largely on this event throughout her winter season, competing in the mile four times. That effort and persistence resulted in her aforementioned

personal best at the Tufts University Stampede on Feb. 1.

Sanford also has illustrated her diverse skill set this year, competing in both the 800-meter run and the 3000-meter run.

Yet, while she has shone in all three seasons, Sanford’s biggest achievement to date arguably came this past fall during the cross-country season.

After earning All-UAA honors, Sanford helped guide Brandeis to its first NCAA Division III Championship appearance since 2001, where the Judges—one of five UAA teams to qualify—finished 22nd in the national meet.

Sanford spoke fondly of achieving a goal that had been a longterm target for the team since she and fellow standout Amelia Lundkvist ’14 joined in fall 2010.

“Going to Nationals meant so much to us,” she said.

“We had it as [as a priority] since our freshman year, so it was amazing to finally achieve that goal. We all worked so hard over the summer and throughout the season and it was so satisfying to see our hard work pay off.”

With the rest of the indoor season and a full outdoor season still to come, Sanford looks to continue to shine in her senior year.

PRO SPORTS BRIEF Boston Bruins return to NHL games with a pair of losses before gaining a win over the New York Rangers The Boston Bruins returned with a bit of rust from the three-week National Hockey League Olympic break, taking only three of a possible six points from the Buffalo Sabres, Washington Capitals and New York Rangers. While Boston suffered a 5-4 loss in overtime to the Sabres on Feb. 26 and a 4-2 defeat to the Capitals on Saturday, the Bruins salvaged the week with a 6-3 win over the Rangers on Sunday afternoon.

In their first game back from the break, the Bruins stuggled to play a fundamentally sound hockey game.

The Sabres, after several key mistakes made by the Bruins, walked away with two points and a 5-4 overtime victory.

Just one minute, 16 seconds into the game, the Bruins were served a bench penalty for having too many

men on the ice, a penalty that is generally seen as a lapse in mental judgement. As time expired at the end of the second period, defensman Kevin Miller and Sabres left wing Marcus Foligno were assesed matching unsportsmanlike conduct penalties.

The Bruins, while at even strength, still failed to outmuscle the Sabres.

After Buffalo jumped out to a 1-0 lead within three minutes of the game’s opening whistle, the Bruins responded with a goal from center Chris Kelly at the 10:47 mark of the period to tie the game at 1-1.

Two Buffalo goals, though, in just three minutes soon led the Bruins to a costly 3-1 deficit.

Midway through the second period, the tide turned. Defensmen Zdeno Chara blasted a power-play goal and left-wing Brad Marchand followed

with his 20th goal of the year with 2:54 remaining in the middle period to even the game at 3-3.

Although Boston added another power-play goal halfway through the third period, this time from center Milan Lucic, the road team could not pull away from the host Sabres. Buffalo added a goal with just 53 seconds remaining in the game to knot the score at 4-4 and send the game to an overtime period.

In the extra period, right wing Loui Eriksson turned the puck over in the Bruins’ defensive zone and allowed the Sabres to put home the gamewinning goal just 22 seconds into the extra period.

On Saturday, the Bruins fell behind the visiting Capitals and failed to catch up en route to a 4-2 loss.

Capitals winger Alexander Ovech-

kin scored two power-play goals to give the Capitals a lead they would not relinquish, scoring at the 18:39 mark of the first period and the 2:24 mark of the second. However, Boston managed to pull within a goal late in the second period.

Down 3-0 and on a two-minute power play, center Patrice Bergeron took a pass from defensmen Dougie Hamilton and wristed it past Capitals goalie Braden Holtby to pull within two at the 10:54 mark of the second period.

Seven minutes later, center Gregory Campbell added his fourth goal of the season to cut the lead to 3-2. That was the closest the Bruins would come.

Washington added a goal at 10:53 in the third period to ice the game.

The Bruins returned to their winning ways, though, in Sunday’s 6-3 thrashing of the Rangers.

Boston responded to an early Rangrers goal with a score of their own from right wing Jarome Iginla, also adding goals from Hamilton and center Carl Soderberg in the middle period to grab a 3-1 lead over the visitors.

The Rangers cut the lead to 3-2, but at the end of the day, Campbell singlehandedly put the game away.

The center added a shorthanded goal at 9:06 into the third period and an even-strength goal four minutes later that gave the Bruins a 5-2 lead.

The two teams traded goals over the remaining five minutes, resulting in the 6-3 final.

The Bruins host the Florida Panthers tonight before taking on the Capitals in a rematch of Saturday’s game on Thursday.

—Avi Gold

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FINISHING STRONG

Squads take on UAA opponents ■ The teams earned six top-

10 finishes and a win in the men’s triple jump as hosts of the UAA Championships.

By henry loughlin JUSTICE Senior WRITER

Members of the Judges recorded some impressive performances this weekend at the University Athletic Association Indoor Track and Field Championships—a landmark meet that this year was located at their home track.

Both the men’s and women’s squads recorded numerous top-10 fin-

Waltham, Mass.

ishes in a multitude of events held on Friday and Saturday, highlighted by a win from Mohamed Sidique ’15 in the men’s triple jump.

“The meet overall for the team went really well,” said Victoria Sanford ’14, who came in seventh in the women’s mile run and anchored the women’s distance medley relay to a second-place result. “There were a lot of great performances. We really came together this year as a team which was great.”

Seeded fourth in the triple jump with a jump of 12.67 meters, Sidique defied the odds by winning the event with a jump of 14.18 meters. The effort was well beyond that of the second-

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women’s basketball

Team drops defensive battle against Violets ■ The squad clinched a

winning season with a road victory over Emory University on Feb. 23.

By Dan rozel JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

The women’s basketball team dropped a tough loss on Sunday to New York University 68-50 at the Red Auerbach Arena on Senior Day in the final game of the regular season. The loss came following a ceremony that honored the team’s five seniors for their services to the team.

At the pregame ceremony, each of the honorees’ highlights of their time on the team were read out to the Senior Day crowd. Nicolina Vitale ’14, Kasey Dean ’14, Julia Scanlon ’14, Janelle Rodriguez ’14 and Angela Miller ’14 all accepted their honors and proceeded to have strong games for the Judges. Unfortunately, the hosts ended up falling to their University Athletic Association rivals to cap their winning season off with a fourth-place finish in the division and an overall record of 13-12 and a UAA record of 7-7.

To begin the game, NYU went on an early 11-2 run, and after a brief timeout, the Judges responded with a 7-2 run of their own to cut the deficit down to 13-9. However, this was the closest the Judges would get. For the rest of the game the Violets maintained their lead with timely offensive runs.

NYU eventually took a 31-17 halftime lead behind an impressive 11-point performance from NYU freshman guard Kaitlyn Read. NYU was impressive from behind the arc, shooting 10-for-27 and outscoring the Judges from three-point range by 27 points. Brandeis had very little opportunity to close that gap, attempting only seven three-pointers of their own during the half.

Niki Laskaris ’16 and Scanlon contributed eight straight points with under 10 minutes left in the second half to cut the lead down to 38-27. However, the Violets maintained their grip on the game, never allowing the Judges to pull within nine points over the remainder of the contest.

Laskaris and Paris Hodges ’17 shared the team lead with 10 points, but it was not enough to keep the Judges in the game. Another key

difference besides the advantage in three-pointers was NYU’s edge in free throw shooting.

The Violets went 12-for-14 from the line while the Judges could only muster up 11 free throws on 22 chances from the line.

Brandeis finished its regular season in a stretch of difficult games against UAA opponents, playing to mixed luck on a road trip in late February. Brandeis dropped the opener of the trip 74-51 to the University of Rochester on Feb. 21, but responded two days later with a win over Emory by a 75-72 final.

At Rochester, not one member of the Judges could record double-digit point totals. However, Hodges finished with a team-high nine points and added a pair of steals in 20 minutes. Miller added an effective 17 minutes off the bench, recording five rebounds, an assist and six points to pace the way for the Judges.

While Rochester cruised to victory, the Judges survived a nail biter in their win over Emory on Feb. 23.

Although the team entered the half down 48-30, Brandeis dominated the second half. The Judges outscored the host Eagles 37-32 in the second half to secure the 75-72 win, clinching the team’s winning record on the season.

The Judges put three players in double figures. Forward Maria Jackson ’17 led the charge, collecting 15 points and seven rebounds to go along with a steal and an assist. Vitale, who contributed 14 points and eight rebounds and guard Samantha Mancinelli ‘16, who gathered 13 points and five rebounds, joined her in the double-digit scoring column.

While Sunday’s loss to NYU put a damper on the overall mood of the day, the seniors still performed admirably in what was potentially their last career home game. Vitale put up eight points and nine rebounds to the scoring for the seniors. Scanlon and Miller contributed seven and six points respectively while Dean and Rodriguez had good games on both sides of the ball, balancing their points, rebounds and assists. Rodriguez ended up leading the team with three assists.

The women next travel to Emmanuel College tomorrow night for a first round matchup of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Tournament as the eighth seed.

The team could not be reached for comment at press time.

GRACE KWON/the Justice

BURST OF SPEED: Derek Retos ’14 drives into the lane past an NYU defender during the team’s 92-56 victory over the Violets.

Seniors pace Judges in rout of visiting NYU in last game ■ The 39-point victory

was the largest margin of victory over the Violets in school history.

By jacob moskowitz JUSTICE senior WRITER

On Senior Day, the regular-season finale for the men’s basketball team held this past Sunday, the Judges cruised to a 92-53 romping over the visiting New York University Violets at the Red Auerbach Arena. With Sunday’s win, the Judges secured a plus .500 record for the season, improving to 13-12 and 5-9 in University Athletic Association play.

Following a pregame ceremony that honored the seniors on the team, the all-senior starting lineup began the game with a bang on an 11-2 run.

The experienced lineup led by margins of 13-6 and 19-8. Guard Ben Bartoldus ’14 knocked down a three-pointer with 10:23 to go in the first half, lending the Judges a 25-14 lead. At that point, they were already five for eight from downtown.

Bartoldus pointed to the nature of the day itself as a motivator to do well.

“The magic of Senior Day, the atmosphere, the great crowd we all knew we needed to step up and not disappoint,” he said.

A pair of layups and a small NYU run would push the Judges’ lead to 10 points at 29-19 with just under seven minutes remaining in the half. However, the team could not cruise to an

easy finish to the opening half.

After a Violets offensive rebound and a foul by Samuel Dowden ’17 with 5:44 left in the half, Brandeis coach Brian Meehan began a heated argument with a referee. The coach received a technical foul for yelling at the referee, and as he continued the argument, he was assessed a second technical foul.

The two technical fouls forced Meehan to be ejected from the game, and as he left the court, he received an ovation from the fans.

Bartoldus pointed to the core group of seniors that led the way following their coach’s ejection.

“We were able to knock down big shots early and everybody was getting touches,” he said.

“Ultimately what fueled our fire was knowing that it was the last time the six of us would ever play together.”

Even without their coach, the Judges’ offensive power could not be curbed, ending the half on an 18-11 run. The team entered halftime leading 47-30, knocking down nine out of 13 from downtown. They shot 60.7 percent from the field and only turned the ball over three times in one of their best offensive halves all year.

The second half proved no different for either side.

Brandeis continued its staunch defensive effort, forcing six NYU turnovers and totaling 16 for the game. The Judges turned the ball over just four more times in the second half.

Brandeis also kept up its offensive intensity, totaling 45 more points in the second half.

Guard Derek Retos ’14 and forward

Alex Stoyle ’14 tied for team-high honors with 23 points apiece. Retos knocked down seven threes and now has 231 for his career, trouncing the previous school record.

Bartoldus added 21 while guard Gabe Moton ’14 scored nine points and grabbed nine boards. The senior class scored 87 of the 92 Brandeis points, including the first 68.

Over February break, the Judges ran into Emory University and the University of Rochester, losing two close games away from home.

On Feb. 23, Emory prevailed over Brandeis, 85-80.

The game was tight throughout, as both teams made runs to try to take control. Brandeis was down 81-79 with less than a minute left and had the ball to attempt a game-tying basket. However, Moton could not knock down a pair of free throws after being fouled.

Emory knocked down both of their ensuing free throws, extending their lead to 83-80.

On a last-ditch attempt, guard Robinson Vilmont ’17 missed a good look at a three-point shot. Brandeis was then forced to foul the Eagles and Emory made both free throws to secure the victory.

The Judges led 71-67 with just under four minutes to go against Rochester on Friday. From there, the Yellowjackets would go on a 10-2 run to close the game and take a 77-73 victory.

Retos added four more threes off the bench, leading the team with 16 points.

On Senior Day, however, the Judges managed to close out their season in high-scoring style.

JustArts Volume LXVI, Number 20

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

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Trio Da Kali

Waltham, Mass.

Musical group from Mali spends week in residence on campus, P.22e

Brandeis Cares - Students host artistic fundraiser for AIDS » 19

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‘Play On!’ MFA student creates one-woman musical with Shakespearean influences» 19

APAHM Opening ceremony kicks off heritage month » 22

Rose Art Museum Five new spring exhibits open on campus » 22

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

ON-CAMPUS EVENTS “Work, Now and Then”

This exhibit showcases diverse works from Prof. Bob Moody’s (THA) long artistic and academic career. Pieces range from large scale scenic paintings to theatrical productions around the country, drawings and watercolors from Moody’s travels, as well as multiple life drawings made for classes taught at Brandeis.

Moody is a scenic artist and has extensive scene painting and teaching experience, including work for repertory theaters, television, opera, professional scenic studios and colleges and universities around the country. He was a scenic artist crewmember at St. Louis Municipal Opera for 24 summer seasons: the latter 11 seasons as master scenic artist chargeman.

In addition, he was chargeman scenic artist at ABC Television in Chicago for five years, and was also on the faculty of Goodman School of Drama in Chicago for five years.

Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. in the Dreitzer Gallery of the Spingold Theater Center.

Catherine Cho ’15 and Do Dang ’15 Students organize celebration of heritage month MORGAN BRILL/the Justice

This week, justArts spoke with Do Dang ’15 and Catherine Cho ’15, the president and vice president of Brandeis Asian American Student Association, respectively, about the group’s ongoing celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

‘Cyrano de Bergerac’

A dashing officer of the guard and romantic poet, Cyrano de Bergerac falls in love with his cousin Roxane without her knowing. His one fault in his life, he feels, is his large nose and although it may have been a forming influence in his rapier-sharp wit, he believes that Roxane will reject him.

He resorts to writing letters to her on behalf of one of his cadets, Christian, who is also in love with Roxane but just doesn’t know how to tell her. She falls for the poetic charm of the letters but believes that they were written by Christian. Cyrano de Bergerac is produced by student-run theater group Hold Thy Peace.

Thursday and Friday from 8 to 11 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Shapiro Campus Center Theater. This event is free and open to the public. Donations are collected at the door.

JustArts: Would you tell us a bit about APAHM and what it means to BAASA to be celebrating it and sharing it with the Brandeis community?

Catherine Cho: APAHM stands for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and basically, it was recognized by the United States as a national celebratory month in May of 1992 officially.

It’s usually celebrated in May, but BAASA celebrates it in March every year because we have final exams and stuff like that. It’s one of the biggest events that we do for BAASA each year, and I think it’s important because it embodies everything our club stands for.

Throughout the beginning of the year and throughout the whole year in general, it’s hard to remember through the little events we do what our club stands for, and showcasing our heritage and our background—so I think APAHM is really the one month where we show everything to Brandeis in general.

Do Dang: Every year, we choose a specific theme to celebrate for APAHM, and this year it was identity. Last year it was “Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling,” which relates more to stereotypes in general, like, we don’t want to be seen as stereotypes, it’s our identity, you can’t really define us—just examining how we define ourselves.

CC: We, collectively as an E-Board, get to think about what we want to show for that month of APAHM. This year … we all really wanted to focus on identity and what it means to be Asian-American.

So our theme this year was called “Bridging the Gap”— it’s about how there is this Asian heritage that we all have, that’s part of who we are, but we are also American.

So bridging the gap between those two cultures was what we focused on this year.

DD: Usually it’s a conflict for many Asian-Americans growing up. Like, for me, growing up—I grew up in a Vietnamese household—my parents were very busy. As I entered first grade, I was transferred to an English-speaking class and I lost my Vietnamese tongue after that; I can’t speak Vietnamese anymore. I can’t speak it well; I can understand it. It’s trying to reconcile that disconnect after so many years.

JA: Hip-hop dancer Yuri Tag was a big hit at the opening ceremony. Can you tell us about BAASA’s decision to bring her to campus?

DD: At first, we wanted to bring Mike Song, but due to some miscommunication, he was booked by some other school. Yuri Tag was another one that we wanted to get in touch with, but we couldn’t, so this was fortunate for us that we could get her.

She fit the bill—she has some of the same background as Mike Song, which is the Kaba Modern on [MTV’s show] America’s Best Dance Crew. In the description for APAHM we state that [her career] helped turn the tides for AsianAmericans to identify as [something] other than being doctors or lawyers. It helped people recognize our own identity, that we’re not just these stereotypes.

CC: I was also really happy that we got her because she was a pioneer for that kind of thing, and also she was a pioneer for Asian-Americans within the dance community— like hip-hop dancing—and also for breaking into media, like showing on TV. In her early interviews for Kaba Modern, for America’s Best Dance Crew, she was saying how her parents didn’t initially support her dancing because it’s not really like, what a stereotypical Asian parent would want their children to do. So I really think it is—as cliché and cheesy as it is—inspirational. … A lot of Asian-Americans look up to her for that.

—Rachel Hughes For the complete interview, visit www.thejustice.org/arts/.

The Clothesline Project

The last event of Sexual Violence Awareness Week will be held in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium. The Clothesline Project was started in Cape Cod in 1990, and it is an interactive art display that addresses gendered violence. The Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance will provide crafts materials for participants to create artwork that will then hang up on a clothesline for display.

Friday from noon to 3 p.m. in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium.

AYALA

The Southeast Asia Club presents AYALA, a variety show featuring a collaboration of performers from other colleges, as well as some from our own clubs and organizations. Performances include (but are not limited to) speakers, dances and music. AYALA is a part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. in Levin Ballroom. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The performance will be free to Brandeis students with ID and $5 for off-campus guests. There will be a suggested donation of $7. This year, the money raised will go to Filipino communities affected

by Typhoon Haiyan.

A Tribute to Irving Fine

Aaron Copland praised the “elegance, style and finish” of music by Irving Fine (1914- 1962), the founder of the Brandeis Music department. Lydian Prof. Daniel Stepner (MUS) and Sally Pinkas Ph.D ’xx perform two sonatas for violin and piano, by Fine and by his late Brandeis faculty colleague Harold Shapero.

Sunday from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in Slosberg Music Center. The event is free and open to the public.

OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS Drawn to Daily Life

17th-century Holland comes to life in this superb selection of drawings and

watercolors. This exhibit features some 50 lively drawings and watercolors by leading 17th-century Dutch artists from the superb Maida and George Abrams Collection that bring to life the faces, figures, pleasures, pastimes and labors of Dutch people. Works by Rembrandt, Hendrick Avercamp, Abraham Bloemaert, Jacques De Gheyn II, Jan van Goyen, Adriaen and Isaack van Ostade, along with a host of others, bring the century to life and highlight the prominence of drawing during the era.

March 8 through July 6 at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in the the Frances Vrachos Gallery. Admission ranges from $10 to $25, and is free with a Brandeis ID.

Andris Nelsons: Strauss’ ‘Salome’

Boston Symphony Orchestra music director designate Andris Nelsons leads a stellar cast in this special, one-nightonly concert performance of Salome, Richard Strauss’ 1905 leap into modernism. The libretto is a nearly exact German translation of Oscar Wilde’s lurid amplification of the well-known Biblical story of Herodias’ young daughter Salome, who dances for King Herod and in return demands the head of John the Baptist. The opera’s highly innovative music matches the psychological ambiguity and intensity of the plot.

Thursday at 8 p.m. at Boston Symphony Hall. Tickets range from $37 to $126.

‘The Donkey Show’

Tony Award-winner Diane Paulus’ celebrated smash hit The Donkey Show brings you the ultimate disco experience—a crazy circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, of roller skaters and hustle queens inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Come party on the dance floor to all the ’70s disco hits you know by heart as the show unfolds around you. After the show, the party continues into the night so you can live out your own fantasy of disco fever.

Opens on Saturday and runs through July 19 at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge. Tickets range from $10 to $45.

Pop Culture n

ww Hello Brandeis! The Hollywood romance radar was going crazy this week with engagements galore, as well as two more very unfortunate celebrity splits.

Last Monday, People Magazine confirmed rumors that Pretty Little Liars’ Troian Bellisario is engaged to Suits’ Patrick J. Adams.

Bellisario, 28, plays perfectionist high-schooler Spencer Hastings on the popular ABC Family show based on the book series of the same name.

Adams, 32, stars as Mike Ross, a college dropout pretending to be a Harvard Law School graduate.

The couple met when they both starred in the 2009 play Equivocation.

Reportedly, Adams proposed back in January. However, Bellisario managed to hide her ring until recently, flashing the sparkler during Paris Fashion Week.

In other Hollywood engagements news, a representative for Girls’ Allison Williams confirmed on Wednesday that the 25-year-old became engaged to her boyfriend, Ricky Van Veen, the co-founder of CollegeHumor. Besides starring on the hit HBO series, Williams is also a 2010 Yale University graduate and the daughter of NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams.

You may have seen this last engagement report coming from a mile away, but on Thursday, People magazine confirmed that actress Mila Kunis is indeed engaged to Ashton Kutcher, whose divorce from Demi Moore was finalized last November.

Kunis, 30, was photographed wearing a big diamond ring while shopping with her mother on Thursday. Kunis and Kutcher, 36, previously starred together on That ’70s Show as on-screen couple Jackie and Kelso.

Now, they have made the on-screen romance a reality.

It wasn’t all happy engagement news out of Hollywood this week, though.

Apparently those blurred lines got in the way of singer Robin Thicke’s mar-

By Mara Sassoon

CREATIVE COMMONS

SOLO ACT: Popular musician Robin Thicke recently separated from his wife of nine years. riage. The couple released a statement last Monday confirming that they have separated after being married for nine years.

In fact, Thicke and his wife, Paula Patton, were high school sweethearts.

Media outlets continue to report on the “Blurred Lines” singer’s attempts to win his wife back.

At his concert in Virginia on Thursday, Thicke supposedly dedicated his performance of his song “Lost Without U” to Patton. Since the news surfaced, many have attributed the separation to Thicke’s recent antics tied to his radio hit “Blurred Lines” (including his raunchy MTV Video Music Awards performance with Miley Cyrus).

Musical power-couple John Mayer and Katy Perry have also called it quits. On Wednesday, numerous media outlets speculated that Perry, 29, called the relationship off. Just this Valentine’s Day, photographers snapped the couple cozying up to each other.

Mayer, 36, and Perry began dating back in the summer of 2012; however, the two have had a rather rocky, onagain-off-again relationship, splitting up twice before getting back together this last time.

So, perhaps that means there’s still hope for reconciliation. Here’s to hoping that next week brings better news for Hollywood’s heartthrobs!

ARTS COVER PHOTOS: JENNY CHENG, SHAYNA HERTZ and MORGAN BRILL/the Justice and courtesy of Charlene von Heyl and Petzel New York.

DESIGN: JOSH HOROWITZ and LILAH ZOHAR/the Justice.

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One-woman show takes on Shakespeare

By JESSIE MILLER justice editor

We’ve all read Shakespeare, though I spent most of my high school literature class lost in the Shakespearean language. However, Shakespeare does offer universal themes that are open to interpretation. In a departure from the Master of Fine Arts’ traditional productions, Laura Jo Trexler MFA ’14 presented her own original one-woman musical romp, Play On!, that reimagines Shakespearean heroines. The performance, which was staged in Spingold Theater Center’s Merrick Theater this past weekend, consisted of eight vignettes—each focusing on a different woman—as well as a concluding song. What’s interesting about Play On! is that it wasn’t a formal performance, but actually a performance-style workshop for Trexler. Following the show, Trexler also welcomed feedback and suggestions during a talkback.

The musical opened with a song called “I Shouldn’t Look at You,” which was based on Romeo and Juliet. For all the characters, Trexler combined the traditional Shakespearean text with inspired songs that she wrote herself in order to create a more accessible and modern story. In the case of Juliet, Trexler acted out the idealized character of a young girl in love, and even compared this song to a Taylor Swift-style pop song. The delicate love song was a perfect way to slowly introduce the audience to Trexler’s innovative musical, and each following set further displayed her talent and range as a performer.

Other characters included Olivia and Viola from Twelfth Night, Gertrude from Hamlet,

Rosalind from As You Like It and Lady Macbeth. Trexler explained in the talkback that she chose the women based on the characters with whom she personally felt a connection. My favorite song was in the character of Adrianna from Comedy of Errors, as she sang “Master of My State” with a dramatic country-style flair— something you would never connect with Shakespeare. After finding out her husband cheated on her, Adrianna drinks away the pain, but the alcohol actually serves to empower her over the course of the song. Trexler also broke through the fourth wall when she sat down right next to an audience member, asking if he had a tissue. For me, this song achieved the strongest character development, and, even though I’ve never seen Comedy of Errors, I completely understood the character because her reaction was so relatable.

The most shocking song was Lady Macbeth’s “Leave all the Rest to Me” that offered a chilling end to the sequence. The song was completely different than all the preceding songs and Trexler delivered her monologue seated with a spotlight only on her face. Her voice was almost demonic and to me, it seemed like the monologue represented Lady Macbeth’s racing thoughts.

In the talkback, Trexler explained that she drew inspiration for this piece from Samuel Beckett’s short monologue “Not I” that only shows a close up of the actor’s mouth as the monologue is delivered.

The last song, also titled “Play On!,” emphasized the importance and meaning of music in all aspects of life. It also included references to famous Shakespeare lines like “all the world is a stage” and “he loves me,

he loves me not.” At one point, Trexler repeated “I’ll whisper music to your weary spirit” as the audience clapped along. To me, these words connect the original stories of the eight heroines with Trexler’s original music, as if she is giving life to the Shakespearean characters.

Trexler’s interactions with the piano are also very interesting; one moment she is playing a somber song and the next she is climbing on top of it while portraying the alluring Olivia of Twelfth Night.

During the talkback, Trexler discussed her relationship with the piano, explaining that co-director Prof. Mary Lowry (THA) helped her find balance in using the piano during the show. For example, Lowry took away the piano part of Juliet’s song because the meaning was so simple and didn’t require it because Juliet was like a young, innocent girl in love.

Though Trexler does make the musical accessible to anyone, it does help to have background knowledge of the original Shakespearean plays because you see how truly innovative Trexler’s creative process was. The idea for the musical began with her writing one song for a production of Hamlet and evolved into an impressive display of Shakespeare’s female characters.

And the creative process still continues—during the talkback, one audience member suggested changing around the transition between the last scene and the final song. Trexler decided right then to use that idea for the next performance. I left the tiny theater completely surprised at the workshop performance I had just seen and a new appreciation for Shakespeare, whose work seems endlessly adaptable.

SHAYNA HERTZ/the Justice

FEELING INSPIRED: Laura Jo Trexler’s MFA ’14 original production Play On! takes inspiration from several Shakespearean heroines.

variety show

Students perform diverse artistic acts for a cause

By Carly chernomorets justice contributing writer

When the lights came up on the fifth annual Brandeis Cares fundraiser on March 1 in the Carl J. Shapiro Theater of the Shapiro Campus Center, the show kicked off with a hilarious medley from William Finn’s song cycle “Make Me a Song.” Performed

by Jason Dick ’14, Chris D’Agostino ’17, Marlee Rosenthal ’14 and Caley Chase ’16. The two numbers gave a

lighthearted tone to the opening of the show and excited the audience.

The four students brightened the almost bare stage with quirky, twitchy choreography accompanying spoton harmonies in their song. Their number was a great way to open an evening of music and fun. Brandeis Cares is a collection of musical acts produced by Tympanium Euphorium and raised money for Broadway Cares, a nonprofit collaboration of Broadway performances that raise

money for AIDS research.

The show featured 12 student acts that drew from various musical productions and musical composers. In addition to the onstage performers, student instrumentalists were featured as well in the form of a house band. Their accompaniment was perfect every time, and guitarist Emily Eng ’14 even handwrote all of the drum and bass sheet music for her fellow instrumentalists. Brandeis Cares coordinator Bethany Adam ’15

GRACE KWON/the Justice

COME TOGETHER: On Saturday, students performed a variety of musical acts to raise money for AIDS research at Brandeis Cares.

introduced the show’s mission after the first segment. Then, she turned the microphone over to the evening’s two emcees, Samantha Gordon ’14 and Senior Vice President of Students and Enrollment Andrew Flagel. The two bantered throughout the evening, introducing the different acts and occasionally mispronouncing performers’ names.

The first portion of the show featured theatrical acts from different musicals. Briana Schiff ’14 and Justy Kosek ’14 delivered a very funny rendition of “Romeo and Juliet” from Reefer Madness. With lyrics such as “‘I can’t wait to read the ending!’ ‘I can’t either, but I bet Romeo marries his Juliet,’” this tongue-in-cheek duet left the audience chuckling. The duo utilized props, melodramatic acting and nerdy costuming to bring their song to life.

A few acts later, graduate student Sara Schoch MFA ’14 shocked the audience with her skilled belting and incredible range when she brilliantly delivered the song “I’m a Star” by Scott Alan. Schoch’s performance proved that her song’s title truly carried weight in her own life.

“A Step Too Far,” performed by Dick, Rosenthal and Rachel Benjamin ’14 and originally from the musical Aida was one of the best acts of the evening. Rosenthal stole the show in every song in which she performed. The combination of her beautiful voice and adept acting skills caused her to be a standout star of the evening.

The second portion of the evening was the announcement of the silent auction winners. The audience had

walked by a table on their way into the theater that held prizes such as Brandeis swag bags, Chipotle gift cards and tickets to the New England Aquarium. The announcements of the winners came to an abrupt stop when Flagel began calling an auction to raise the bid for two Blue Man Group tickets.

The tickets were going to sell for $70 in the silent auction, but Flagel and Adam said they believed that they could be sold for more.

Although the exhaustive length of the bidding war left the audience restless, its effect made the wait worthwhile: the live auction more than doubled the selling price of the tickets, raising even more money for the cause.

The show closed with a catchy and angst-ridden Spring Awakening medley performed by an ensemble.

The medley featured the ladies of the group in the song “Mama Who Bore Me,” and the men in “Bitch of Living.” Charlie Madison ’15, Eli Siegel ’14, Dick and Ray Trott ’16 embodied teen angst and sexual frustration in their number, standing on chairs and performing angry choreography.

The group came together in the end to perform “Totally F*cked,” which served as their closing number and a great way to close out the show.

Brandeis Cares featured many superbly talented student performers, as well as a masterful orchestral pit.

This event served as a fun night out that brought talented people from all different disciplines at Brandeis together to create a joyful and meaningful performance in support of an extremely important cause.

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‘The Matter That Surrounds Us’

By Emily wishingrad justice editor

The Matter That Surrounds Us, staged in the Lower Gerald S. and Sandra Fineberg Gallery, pairs German artist Wols’ artwork from the late 1940s and early 1950s and Charline Von Heyl’s current work and is curated by curator-at-large for the Rose Art Museum, Katy Siegel.

The exhibit description notes that as a child, Von Heyl was influenced by Wols’ painting, “Blue Phantom.” Wols and Von Heyl,both abstract artists,work with delicate, fine lines in order to create an enormous amount of detail and complexity within their pieces.

However, their artwork also makes use of larger and more generalized images.

The two artists’ styles are different enough that it is easy to tell who created which pieces. In general, Wols’ pieces are smaller and were staged clustered together while Von Heyl’s pieces were larger and spread out around the gallery.

Wols’ works used fleshy tones while Von Heyl’s works were vibrant and colorful.

Von Heyl’s “Skull” juxtaposes el-

SHADES OF AZURE: Charline Von Heyl saw Wols’ “Blue Phantom” (above) as a child, an piece that influecned her work as an adult.

ements of neatness with messiness as it depicts a smooth skull shape filled in with what looks like an explosion of purple and red. Next to the piece, a quote from Von Heyl is mounted, reading, “As an artist you peel away and peel away what you don’t need and sometimes at the end you’re surprised at what you need.”

Wols’ “La Grande Tete,” or “Big Head” looks like a deformed and melting visage. The piece was drawn with hundreds of thin lines, creating intricate details. At the same time, however, the piece looks cartoon-like, with accented features, even in its wealth of detail.

Another piece by Wols’—“Nu Gris” or “Gray Nude”—depicts the outline of a female torso represented abstractly by a single, slightly warped curve. In keeping with his technique of combining the largescale with the intricate, Wols uses many thin lines to create a generalized and abstract shape.

In a very unconventional way, this exhibit presents as a thesis— comparing these two artists and their works side-by-side, exhibiting what ties them together as well as what differentiates their work.

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‘Collection in Focus’

By Emily wishingrad justice ediitor

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BUILDING BLOCKS: Thomas Scheibitz’s “Nebenwerte” shows how cubism is sill alive and influencing the art of today.

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CLOSE QUARTERS: This installation by Mika Rottenberg mimics the interior of a bedroom, cluttered with candy wrappers, cigarettes and moving mechanisms such as a fountain.

Collection in Focus: The Threshold of Recognition in the Mildred S. Lee Gallery and curated by Prof. Nancy Scott (FA), is composed of just three paintings: “Nebenwerte” (2013) by Thomas Scheibitz, “Le Siphon” (1913) by Juan Gris and Fernand Léger’s “La Femme Bleue” (1929).

“Nebenwerte” has an imposing presence, taking up the space of an entire wall. The piece is comprised of big, blocky, geometric shapes that resemble graffiti. In a description mounted on the wall to accompany the work, Scott writes about the puns in its title “The title ‘Nebenwerte’ conveys … ambiguity: the German compound word conjoins neben (near, adjoining, peripheral) with werte (worth or value), yielding a range of possible translations, among these secondary value, or peripheral assets. For Scheibitz ‘the work controls the title and not the other way around,’ and thus, we can read this enigmatic title as a reflection of the puzzles his painting presents.” “Nebenwerte” is an extremely puzzling piece but the somewhat am-

biguous title reveals that Scheibitz welcomes many interpretations.

To the right are the two smaller works, “La Femme Bleue” and “Le Siphon.” “La Femme Bleue” depicts a curvaceous woman surrounded by similarly curved, abstract blobs that mirror the woman’s form. “Le Siphon,” then, is a cubist representation of water and metal imagery.

Scott describes the piece as an “analytic dissection of objects in a café [that] centers on the new gadgetry of the popular soda siphon, a bottle used to carbonate beverages.” The modernistic representation of a gadget that is itself a symbol of modernity is very fitting.

In the exhibit, Scott creates a tension between very different artists, creating an interesting arrangement of works that span diverse time periods. The pieces deal with bold, geometric and highly abstract structures, using simple shapes to represent the complex, conventions of cubism.

Collection in Focus: The Threshold of Recognition portrays a historical look at cubist works and how the form has retained its presence in modern-day art.

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‘Mall of America’ By rachel liff justice Staff writer

A deep bass shakes the walls outside of the “Mall of America” video screening room. From the inside, the sounds and sights of Josephine Meckseper’s 12 minute 52 second long piece are even more intimidating.

The video consists of shots of the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. and shots of the film Fighter Pilot. Meckseper’s method of filming takes these seemingly normal scenes and makes them

off-putting. She focuses in on sale signs—anything that reads “USA” or “America”—and aspects of the mall that depict its sheer enormity, such as the Ferris wheel in the amusement park section. She uses slow-motion capture, making each action in the film seem more deliberate and sinister.

The music is also dissonant and hard on the ear. Throughout the video, she uses two main colors to filter the shots: red and blue.

The violent red shots with stark black and white highlights instill a sense of fear while the blue shots

create a cold and alienating atmosphere. This forced the viewer to look upon shoppers, storekeepers and companies with disdain and fear.

The only exception to the use of reds and blues is when Meckseper films part of Fighter Pilot, a film about the American Air Force.

She films the piece as it plays on a television in the mall, connecting the battlefield to American consumerism. Meckseper cleverly highlights elements of Fighter Pilot with use of drastic colors, such as a bright red explosion.

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SHOPPING SPREE: Josephine Meckseper’s film “Mall of America” comments on the dangers of American consumerism by portraying footage of an American shopping mall juxtaposed with war imagery.

New exhibits engender diverse viewer experiences ‘Bowls Balls Souls Holes’

By Emily Wishingrad justice editor

German artist Mika Rottenberg’s Bowls Balls Souls Holes is an outof-the-box museum experience. The exhibition feels more like a piece of performance art than a traditional art exhibit as one walks through the interactive and puzzling space.

Staged in the Lois Foster Gallery, Bowls Balls Souls Holes is set up in a very stark atmosphere—the gallery’s walls are white and very bare. On opposite walls are two air conditioner units each topped with small potted plants. As you approach the air conditioners, a hissing sound greets you, created by perfectly timed water droplets falling from the air conditioner and hitting a heated pot below.

The water drop patterns of the two installation pieces are timed at slightly different intervals, creating an echo effect that is hypnotizing. The air conditioners are programmed to drip at a constant, steady pace—allowing for no breaks in the sound. The piece is fittingly called “Tsss.”

On the right side of the exhibit is the only conventional wall hanging, “Squeeze,” a photograph of a woman in a pristine, form fitting dress holding and cringing away from what looks like a cube of food and metal candle-holders squished together. I could not help but imitate the woman’s disgusted expression I looked at the grotesque cube.

“Bowls Balls Souls Holes,” one

of Rottenberg’s video installations, highlights her captivation with the female body in all of its voluptuousness as well as her interest in the industrial process. The film juxtaposes scenes of obese women with images of the process of rubbermaking. It shows industrialization as a compartmentalized process—workers in different sectors have no idea what is happening in the other departments. The film is extremely fragmented and choppy, reflecting the nature of the process. The end of the film portrays the finished product: the cube of food and metal shown in “Squeeze.”

On the left side of the exhibit is an entrance into a small bedroom that looks as though it has been shrunk with a door and ceiling that are slightly shorter than average height.

Visitors are welcome to crouch inside and examine the interior. The floor is littered with candy wrappers and a bowl of used cigarettes and empty Splenda packets sit atop a table next to a small cot. The room is accented with moving parts—a fountain with a rotating ball, the flutter of yarn hanging out of the air conditioner and a mechanism that creates a knitting motion using pieces of wool.

Rottenberg’s exhibit is unlike anything I have seen—the artist takes everyday and at times, gruesome materials, and she re-appropriates them as art, creating images that sicken, frighten and make viewer think.

“Mall of America” creates a dissonant distaste for American consumerism. In the information brochure from the exhibit, Meckseper said she filmed most of the piece in 2007, right before the recession.

She captures what is arguably the American center for every-day capitalism at a vulnerable yet profitable time.

Through her use of simple yet drastic changes in how we use our senses to observe shopping culture, Meckseper’s unsettling video forces audiences to reflect on their own consumerist culture.

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BUILDING BRIDGES: The Master Builder features bridges made out of Erector Sets, metal modeling and construction kits, popular among children in the early 20th century.

‘The Master Builder’ By matthew manning justice contributing writer

The Rose Art Museum’s “Please do not touch” policy will be very hard to obey with the arrival of Chris Burden’s The Master Builder exhibition. Walking into the Rose this semester means avoiding the immediate temptation to touch, to lift or even to sit on Burden’s small-scale model bridges. The bridges are constructed out of classic Erector Sets, metal modeling and construction kits that had great popularity among American boys in the first half of the 20th century.

Burden’s early work in the 1970s was much different from today. In the beginning of his career, Burden focused on performance-based shock art, much of which was considered dangerous or harmful. “Shoot” (1971) featured the young artist being shot in the arm with a .22 rifle. Another noted piece, “Trans-fixed” (1974) involved Burden lying face-up on the roof a Volkswagen Beetle with nails driven through his hands to simulate crucifixion. After the trials of his early performances, it is not entirely surprising that Burden turned his focus to architectural work by the 1980s.

The Master Builder consists of seven miniature bridges, spaced evenly throughout the well-lit, babyblue-walled gallery. The bridges are intricately built, with hundreds of metal rods, screws and girders coming together to convey an image of great strength and sturdiness. The first, “¼ Ton Bridge” (1997), can support 500 pounds with no trouble. His largest, “21 Foot Truss Bridge” (2003), is four feet tall and surely can manage a heavier load than that. “Tower of London Bridge” (2003), one of several inspired by real-world structures, features a series of small-scale pulleys that would be used to simulate the drawbridge.

The exhibit presents ideas of contradiction. The bridges, so compact yet so strong, have surprising capabilities.

Something once a children’s toy now becomes stark, serious, and powerful.

While remaining serious, the bridges are unable to abandon their inherent qualities of boyish playfulness.

Burden’s exhibit allows visitors to contemplate the careful relationship between work and play, delicacy and strength through a new and innovative medium.

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PRESERVING AN ART: Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté (center) sang to a Slosberg Music Center audience this past Saturday with accompaniments from Fodé Lassana Diabaté on the 22-key balafon (not pictured) and Mamadou Kouyaté (right) on the bass ngoni. On the left, a translator joins the French-speaking group.

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Trio da Kali highlights musical traditions

By ALIZA GANS justice Staff writer

During the last bleak week of February, Brandeis welcomed a fresh new voice. The Aga Khan Music Initiative and MusicUnitesUS, which brought “Silk and Bamboo: Music From China,” last November, presented a more effusive group from Africa this semester, Trio da Kali.

During the course of a week, the three musicians from the Malian griot tradition performed in over a dozen classes, and offered workshops and performances during their week-long residency, concluding their visit with a final concert Saturday night in the Slosberg Music Hall.

On Thursday in Prof. Judith Eissenberg’s (MUS) “Intro to World Music” class, Trio da Kali performers Fodé Lassana Diabaé (balafon), Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté (singer) and Mamadou Kouyaté (bass ngoni) graciously performed for and answered questions from curious Brandeisians. The musicians are descendants of a long celebrated line of griots—Mali’s lineage of traveling storytellers and musicians who preserve the oral traditions of their ancestors.

The trio’s name in Mandinka, “Da” (“mouth”) and “Kali” (“swear”), proclaims the role of the performers to keep the rich history of Mali alive through music and song. The eager students whispered about the peculiar instruments set up on stage: the balafon, a 22-key marimba-like rosewood instrument with gourd resonators, and a bass ngoni, an ancestor of the banjo with a cow skin head, resembling the shape of a cricket bat.

The chatter stopped when Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté entered in a bold green and blue patterned dress and interrupted with her penetrating voice, singing “Soliyooooooo!”

After Hawa Kassé Mady’s soulrattling solo, Slosberg was steeped in silence until finally Eissenberg asked the class, “What did that feel like?” Students responded by saying that the piece was very personal and passionate.Lucy Durán, who also led the discussion, is an ethnomusicologist and project adviser for the Agra Khan Music Initiative in Mali, and has worked with Malian musicians for 26 years. Durán described the song as “Soliyo,” an improvised cry to summon horses from the pastures so pre-colonial kings of the Mali Empire would not have to walk on foot.

It is considered the “calling card of Mande griots,” she explained, and now honors the “ancient tradition of praising and honoring.”

Jared Redmond, Ph.D. candidate in Music Composition and Theory and teaching assistant for Eissenberg’s class, described the crucial role of da Kali’s residency in bringing the study of world music to life.

“Reading and media only go so far to describe the artistic tradition,” he said, “When you hear the griots’ voices … it forces you to feel immediately.” This immediacy is essential in an “Introduction to Music” class, he said, where a direct encounter with the society you are studying “makes you take it seriously.”

Students were encouraged to return to Slosberg Music Hall on Saturday for an evening concert where the auditorium felt less serious as it did during class on Thursday and instead more celebratory. Durán delivered a preconcert lecture in which

she elaborated on the trio’s focus on “Mande music that has been eclipsed by contemporary music … [including] many beautiful old songs from the ’50s and ’60s that griots aren’t interested in today.” During the concert I was reimmersed in the music and even more blown away by the talent and versatility of the griots.

Fodé Lassana’s rhythmic and melodic adroitness on the balafon was breathtaking. His mallets would swiftly move up and down the rosewood keys as fluidly as water over a bed of river rocks. Kouyaté picked at his ngoni, which had the resonance of a Les Paul bass, like a Malian Bootsy Col-

lins. And as during the “World Music” class several days before, there was never a dull moment when Hawa Kassé Mady offered her song. Her voice was a constant source of surprise: subtle and sweet at one moment, then a powerhouse of volume and vibrato in the next.

She proclaimed the history of her culture, which often took a more contemporary turn. For example, “Ladilikan” (‘words of advice’) is based on the gospel song recorded by Mahalia Jackson, “I’m going to live the life I sing about in my song,” to whom Hawa Kassé Mady bears a striking resemblance, both physical and vocal.

The performers were convivial, and I would even say loveable. Audience members were lured out of their seats to dance and hand Hawa Kassé Mady dollar bills, in keeping with the ancient griot tradition.

At one point, a woman shimmied her way to the stage with the trio and showered Hawa with singles. In addition to patrons’ cash, Trio Da Kali also received a warm standing ovation.

The audience left the concert smiling—the mark of a great performance.

Like the horses of the Mandinka kings, my soul had been called so as I returned to my dorm, my spirit did not touch the ground.

World music program expands through residency

By NATE SHAFFER justice Staff writer

Last week Trio da Kali, a group of traditional musicians from Mali, visited Brandeis for a weeklong residency as part of MusicUnitesUS. They visited Anthropology, International and Global Studies and Music classes, but also gave two performances. As factors like urban living, political upheaval, globalization and a lack of institutional support for music have been diluting the traditional music of Mali, Trio da Kali is focused on spreading and preserving the custom.

Prof. Judith Eissenberg (MUS) founded MusicUnitesUS shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

In the wake of those attacks, she sought to address the ensuing xenophobia by creating cultural

connections at Brandeis through non-Western music. A large part of that effort has taken the shape of hosting traditional musical groups from the Muslim world at Brandeis for performances and academic lectures.

“On a really basic level, when you meet someone in person, you have a much stronger connection [than if you just learn about them in an academic setting]. When you meet them through music, you listen more deeply for what they really have to say,” she said in an interview with the Justice.

The nonprofit has an active partnership with the Aga Khan Music Initiative, a group that supports musicians coming from different world music traditions, especially in the Muslim world.

Rather than Westernizing or diluting the styles of the musicians,

the AKMI tries to promote these musicians and equip them to deal with the challenges of the world music stage.

Interestingly enough, the trio’s music shares roots with some of the most uniquely American musical genres: jazz and blues. Many of their pieces paid homage to important figures in their culture, including warriors and leaders.

This comes from a very strong griot tradition; the musicians were not just performers but important mediators between cultural groups—and often advisers to royalty. As these pieces involved a lot of improvisation, the music felt organic and the performers were relaxed. It was a pleasure to watch these joyful musicians and it is such a gift that we have these opportunities to experience the gifts of other cultures’ art.

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Student groups celebrate APAHM with performances

By Rachel hughes justice editor

Walking into Levin Ballroom on Saturday night, the familiar venue was taken over by a giant, illuminated backdrop hung on its stage— the lights outlined a map showing American and Asian continents.

A bridge connected the two continents, upon which an acronym was superimposed in large sweeping letters: APAHM. Standing for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the acronym marks a month-long celebration of Asian culture, which is commemorated at the University in March

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SHOW OF HANDS: One of the displays of Asian culture at the opening ceremony for APAHM was the flawlessly-executed thousand-hand bodhisattva, a Chinese dance.

by the Brandeis Asian-American Student Association. To kick off the next few weeks of programming, BAASA, the umbrella-organization for the Asian culture clubs on campus, hosted an opening ceremony Saturday night.

“Our theme this year focuses on this idea of Identity. Our opening ceremony, Bridging the Gap, attempts to address the issue of the duality of being Asian-American— having Asian roots, but being American at the same time,” BAASA’s executive board wrote in the evening’s program. The two-and-a-half-hour long ceremony certainly communicated the idea of identity—from speakers to slam poets, from dances to films, issues that make identity a difficult concept to understand were brought into the open.

The night began with opening remarks from Do Dang ’15 and Catherine Cho ’15, the president and vice president, respectively, of BAASA, who were followed by BAASA’s Events Coordinator Tifani Ng ’16, who recited a personal anecdote.

Though the event was hosted by BAASA, it was also co-sponsored

by the Brandeis Pluralism Alliance, the Korean Student Association, Project Plus One and the Taiwanese Student Association, and the distinct experiences that each of these groups’ members bring to the table were melded together wonderfully.

The audience had just settled into the formal venue, complete with round tables set with cups and sparkling cider in lieu of the normal rows of chairs, when the acts started to rile them from their seats. After BAASA’s introductions, the slew of artistic acts began. Bharatanatyam and Bhangra showcased two kinds of Indian dance: the first spiritual and feminine and the second very high-energy.

The night’s keynote speaker, Baruch College student Dan Tran, spoke about the Asian-American Identity Development Model, and his more formal speech was complemented by three very outspoken original slam poetry pieces by popular YouTube personality Yevin Roh. Roh’s poetry, especially “Dear Young Asian Dudes,” and “10 Things I Want to Say to an Asian Woman” drove the audience to snap, holler,

cheer and laugh as he addressed racism and stereotypes.

A vocal performance from Leila Pascual ’15 on behalf of the medical charity Project Plus One, which assists a clinic in East Timor, followed Roh. A breathtakingly beautiful and precise performance of the thousand-hand bodhisattva, a Chinese dance, spotlighted Buddhist art, and led into an endearing skit by the TSA called “Brand-Ice,” which parodied the new animated film Frozen.

By far, the hit performance of the night was delivered by hip-hop dancer Yuri Tag, whose appearance on MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew launched her into the limelight. As a trailblazer for young Asian-Americans who seek to pursue a career outside of those stereotypically considered “Asian,” Tag’s presence at the ceremony elicited screeches of joy from the audience.

For an event that aims to break down boundaries and make people feel comfortable in their own skin, no matter how their heritage differs from that of those sitting next to them, APAHM’s opening ceremony certainly succeeded.

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Film review

Short film nominees exhibit diversity

By Matthew cambria justice contributing writer

Brighton’s Coolidge Corner Theater is running the five Oscar-nominated live action shorts until March 6. The feature includes the five nominated films as well as clips of actors and directors speaking on filmmaking and the short film genre. Overall, the varying topics covered by the shorts and interviews made the feature a worthy watch both for its own merits and the insight it provided into the Academy’s preferences. On Sunday night, “Helium” won for best short film, but all the short film nominees are worth a watch.

“Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?”

Directed by Selma Vihunen

In “Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?” Sini attempts to get her husband and children to a wedding on time. The film opens with a scene of tranquility which is shattered by the ringing of an alarm clock. Already late for the wedding, everything else seems to go wrong.

The film consists of equal parts physical comedy and irony as the family is followed from home to

church. The jokes are funny, and “Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?” fits in a good amount of humor without feeling repetitive.

Besides the series of gags, however, almost nothing happens.

The film has little depth and feels more like a YouTube video than anything else. But despite its simplicity, I enjoyed its portrayal of the comedy hidden underneath the rush of the modern world.

“The Voorman Problem” Directed by Mark Gill In “The Voorman Problem,” a psychiatrist is asked to examine a prisoner, Mr. Voorman, who claims to be a bored God. Williams is, of course, doubtful of Voorman’s claims and is surprised to find that they may be true. The Voorman Problem poses an existential question, making full use of brevity to ensure that no clear answers are given.

The technical aspects of the film do not stand out as much as its plot.

Tom Hollander plays the confident and unsettling Voorman well and Martin Freeman accurately captures Williams’ relatable skepticism. Gill uses Voorman and Williams’ opposing temperaments to achieve a balance between darkness and comedy that strengthens the plot without upstaging it.

“The Voorman Problem’s” brevity and simplicity comprise much of its intrigue. Gill does not try to give a full answer to the hypothetical question he asks.

He instead states the real possibility of the question’s premise and leaves the audience to fully explore its consequences.

Directed by Esteban Crespo “Aquel No Era Yo” tells of three aid workers going to a war-torn African country. They arrive at a village and expect to be admitted by the child soldiers guarding the gate, but things go wrong when the adult leaders of the village return before the aid workers can get inside the village.

In the midst of the mission’s collapse I simultaneously abhorred and sympathized with the child soldiers.

As the title suggests, the film focuses on this contrast, and, to that end, it was well done.

But other elements of “Aquel No Era Yo” make its story unbelievable and ineffective. Babou Cham, playing the general of the village, is unconvincing, particularly in the delivery of his lines.

As the film progressed, “Aquel No Era Yo” started to feel more like a bad reenactment of an actual event than a fictional story. But the difficulty in portraying such an incomprehensible tragedy is understandable and Crespo’s attempt to give life to what is often only read of is admirable despite its flaws.

“Helium” Directed by Anders Walter

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STANDING TALL: The Oscar statue has become an icon of the annual Academy Awards, as it is given to recipients of the award.

“Avant Que De Tout” / “Just Before Losing Everything” Directed by Xavier Legrand “Avant Que De Tout Perdre” begins without revealing the motivations of its characters. Gradually, the situation comes into focus; a woman named Miriam is fleeing from her abusive husband with her two children, Gaëlle and Julien. “Avant Que De Tout Perdre” is an upsetting film, but Miriam’s portrait is not of weakness; it is rather of power and the courage needed to change.

“Aquel No Era Yo” / “That Wasn’t Me”

The obscurity of the film’s beginning creates a tense atmosphere that lingers to the end. Coupled with this sense of desperation is a technical realism. There is no music to guide the audience’s emotions and many of Xavier Legrand’s shots seem to come from the perspective of a bystander or principle character, rather than a cameraman.

Léa Drucker’s performance as Mir-

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iam captures an impossible array of emotions simultaneously.

More than just her facial expressions worked in the role; so too did her shaky hands, nervous walk, and quick, yet decisive speech. I felt sad and sorry for Miriam and her children, but, at the same time, I felt that her courage overcame the desperation brought on by her situation.

In “Helium,” a dying boy, Alfred, is bored by the idea of heaven. A hospital janitor named Enzo invents the fictional land of Helium to brighten the boy’s final days. The premise could have become overly sentimental, but Helium largely avoids this and instead tells a warm story of belief’s potential for benign goodness.

Driving the film is Casper Crump’s portrayal of Enzo. Crump’s appearance fits the kind, gentle character he portrays and he shows genuine concern for Alfred. His facial expressions carry Enzo’s emotions well and Anders Walter focuses on them in most of Enzo’s visits to Alfred.

“Helium” is not entirely without cliché scenes, but they do help move the plot and, given the film’s premise, would have been hard to avoid.

Despite the undeniably sad plot, “Helium” does not feel like a sad film.

The soundtrack, Walter’s direction and the actor’s performances all have a sense of hopeful warmth. Indeed, it is this contrast between action and emotion that underlies “Helium’s” assertion of the comfort to be found in belief.

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Quote of the week

Top 10s for the week ending March 2

“[T]he Brandeis community has been a leader in the country in welcoming and integrating the South Sudanese Lost Boy refugees ... It is our business to support the Sudanese who are here and so that they can help support the Sudanese that are there [in South Sudan].

We are connected with them.”

BOX OFFICE

1. Non-Stop 2. Son of God 3. The LEGO Movie 4. The Monuments Men 5. Three Days To Kill 6. RoboCop (2014) 7. Pompeii 8. Frozen (2013) 9. About Last Night 10. Ride Along

—David Chatoff Ph.D. ’74 (News, p. 1)

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What was your favorite moment during the Academy Awards?

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HIGH RISE TO HEAVEN: Justice photographer Leslie Kamel ’16 took this photo when she visited the Milan Cathedral. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Mary and is still the fifth largest cathedral in the world.

the justice wants to see your original artwork!

Ameline Limorin ’16 & Sisana Farley ’15 “When Ellen took that selfie!”

Micah Lehmann ’15 “Who watched the Oscars? I went to see the Lego Movie.”

Arielle Gordon ’16 “When Liza Minelli molested Lupita Nyong’o’s face.”

Joey Rosen ’14 “When Ellen actually handed out pizza in the middle of the show.”

Submit your photography or a photo of your original drawings, sculptures, paintings or works in other mediums to photos@thejustice.org to be featured in the next issue!

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Nonfiction

1. Duty—Robert M. Gates 2. Things That Matter—Charles Krauthammer 3. David and Goliath—Malcolm Gladwell 4. Killing Jesus—Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard 5. The Sixth Extinction—Elizabeth Kolbert

iTUNES

1. Pharrell Williams—“Happy” (from Despicable Me 2) 2. John Legend—“All of Me” 3. Katy Perry feat. Juicy J—“Dark Horse” 4. Idina Menzel—“Let It Go” 5. Bastille—“Pompeii”

ACROSS 1 Snack in a shell 5 Walked the floor 10 “Survivor” host Probst 14 Attending a Lakers home game, briefly 15 Indian coin 16 __-friendly 17 “A revolution is not a dinner party” leader 19 Mama’s guy, to baby 20 Bird Down Under 21 Philosopher __- tzu 22 Month named for an emperor 24 Word in “The Shining” with two mirror-image letters 26 Get the whole family together 28 It’s “M’m! M’m! Good!”

33 Out of control 35 Granny Smith, e.g.

36 Sch. founded by Jefferson 37 Strips (of), as property 40 Made bubbly 42 Big diamond 43 Spring Zodiac sign 45 “__ the night ...”

46 Actress born Norma Jeane Mortenson 50 Sunday dinner entrée 51 Leaking slowly 54 Football field shape 57 Last year’s jrs.

58 Icky stuff 59 Educator with an elite list 60 Artist born 8/6/1928 who painted 17-, 28and 46-Across 64 “Whip It” rockers 65 Youngest of Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” 66 Road curve 67 Hand measurement 68 Skater Kerrigan 69 Hunch, say

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1. Eric Church—The Outsiders 2. Soundtrack—Frozen 3. Various Artists—NOW 49 4. Beyoncé—Beyoncé 5. Bruno Mars—Unorthodox Jukebox 6. Imagine Dragons—Night Visions 7. Lorde—Pure Heroine 8. Toni Braxton and Babyface— Love, Marriage & Divorce 9. Katy Perry—PRISM 10. Miley Cyrus—Bangerz

26 Sales staff member 27 Texas border city 29 Sinks 30 Was more important than 31 Eye part containing the iris 32 Goalie equipment 33 Sandler of “Spanglish 34 Isinglass 38 Place to get a perm DOWN 39 “Give it another shot” 1 Hourglass or stopwatch 41 Encyclopedia range 2 Make __ for oneself 44 CPR expert 3 Sun blocker 47 Like some decals 4 Feed bag morsel 48 Ibsen’s country 5 Stereo system signal booster 49 Alabama-born activist Parks 6 “Car Talk” topic 52 Dismal turnout for a party 7 PC brain 53 Israel’s Meir 8 Twilight, to a bard 9 General for whom a Paris airport is named 54 Bookie’s offering 55 Answering machine alert 10 Bench warmers?

56 Eruption output, perhaps 11 Jacob’s twin 57 Together, after “in” 12 T-men and G-men 61 Second Amendment org.

13 Toga party setting 62 Clamor 18 Skid row area 63 Sac fly result 23 Racing family name 25 Leaf-gathering tool

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STAFF’S Top Ten

Cover Songs Solution to last issue’s crossword Crossword Copyright 2013 MCT Campus, Inc.

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.

Allie Hackel ’16 “When John Travolta effed up Idina Menzel’s name.”

—Compiled by Lilah Zohar and photograhed by Morgan Brill/the Justice

Fiction 1. Private L.A.—James Patterson and Mark Sullivan 2. The Goldfinch—Donna Tartt 3. Killer— Jonathan Kellerman 4. The Invention of Wings— Sue Monk Kidd 5. Still Life with Bread Crumbs— Anna Quindlen

Solution to last issue’s sudoku

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By Catherine Rosch justice STAFF WRITER

As someone who is a huge music fan, nothing makes me happier than when an artist I love covers a hit song. A ton of great performers have released covers lately, and sadly I only have space for ten of them.

1. Bruce Springsteen— “Royals” 2. Johnny Cash— “Hurt” 3. Bastille—“We Can’t Stop” 4. Birdy—“The District Sleeps Alone Tonight” 5. The Civil Wars—“You Are My Sunshine” 6. Arctic Monkeys—“Come On, We’re Going Home” 7. Sam Tsui—“Let It Go/Let Her Go” 8. Jeff Buckley—“Hallelujah” 9. Rise Against—“Ghost of Tom Joad” 10. Andre 3000 and Beyoncé— “Back to Black”