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STUDENT LIFE

Content of proposals released ■ The seven proposals

submitted to the Brandeis Sustainability Fund comprise a wide range of projects.

By SARA DEJENE JUSTICE EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

The Brandeis Sustainability Fund Board announced the content of its received proposals and will announce its funding decisions for the proposals submitted by Brandeis undergraduates next

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week, according to Chair of the BSF Board and University Sustainability Coordinator Janna Cohen-Rosenthal ’03.

In a phone interview with the Justice, Cohen-Rosenthal explained that the content of the submitted proposals will be reviewed by the BSF board, which is comprised of Brandeis faculty and students, before final decisions on funding are made.

According its website, the BSF “provides grants, advice and support to any undergraduate student for their projects promoting

sustainability.” The BSF first received eight proposals by the preliminary Oct. 13 deadline, and the proposals were then revised by the students who submitted them while working with the BSF board.

Seven proposals were submitted by the deadline for the final version of the proposals, Nov. 12. According to Cohen-Rosenthal, one student decided to withdraw his or her proposal from BSF revision and funding.

The proposals, which are now undergoing review by the board, range from energy conservation

and production to environmental friendliness.

One of the proposals, titled “DeisBikes 2.0,” seeks to expand Brandeis’ current ’DeisBikes program by allowing bikes to be rented out for a semester rather than a day. Another project, “Go Green,” aims to make orientation for midyear students more environmentally friendly by giving out information on USB drives rather than pieces of paper.

A project called “A Greener

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Waltham, Mass.

crime

Student reports assault

■ As a result of the Nov. 9

incident, Public Safety has increased its patrols on South Street and provided more escort vans at night.

By ALANA ABRAMSON JUSTICE EDITOR

CAMPUS SPEAKER

Chomsky discusses personal views on Israel

is in violation of international law, citing the laws passed at the Geneva Conventions in 1949, which prohibited physical demographics of any area changing under military

A female student was assaulted on the evening of Nov. 9 while jogging on South Street in Waltham, Director of Public Safety Edward Callahan wrote in a Nov. 10 campus wide e-mail.

According to the e-mail, which did not identify the student, she was “approached by three young men and knocked to the ground.”

Callahan wrote in the e-mail that “the student called Waltham Police from a friend’s home nearby after the incident. Police searched the area, but did not locate the three men.”

Callahan said that he has not directly spoken with other students who have experienced similar encounters but said he had heard from another student that “there may have been one incident that happened on the weekend of Halloween.” However, Callahan said that the student has not come to see him to report or discuss the encounter, and he does not have the student’s name.

In an interview with the Justice, the student, who said she wished to remain anonymous, confirmed that the assault happened on Nov. 9, that she went to a friend’s house to call the police and that her friend brought her back to campus.

“They sent out squads to look around the area to see if they can try and find the guy that matched the description I had. They weren’t able to find anyone,” she said. She also said she was “seen by a few EMTs” but did not want to go to the hospital.

In an interview with the Justice, Callahan said that the Brandeis Department of Public Safety was informed “midday” on Nov. 10.

“I got a copy of the report from the Waltham Police, and then we … called the victim and talked with her and tried to pinpoint the exact location of the incident,”

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■ Noam Chomsky stated

his belief that Israel favors expanding its territories rather than seeking peace.

By TYLER BELANGA JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

Last Thursday, Noam Chomsky, professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gave a lecture titled, “Israel’s Escalating Policies of Apartheid,” in which he discussed his beliefs about Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians and United States policies that he believes enable Israel’s behavior.

Chomsky’s presentation was the featured event of Israeli Occupation Week, a week co-sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace to promote peaceful resolutions to the IsraeliPalestinian conflict. Other people who spoke on campus this week included Alice Rothchild, a physician and activist who lectured about the prospect of boycott, divestment and sanctions in Israel and Palestine, and Daoud Nassar, a Palestinian farmer who has had much of his land claimed by settlement construction.

Prof. David Gil (Heller) introduced Chomsky, saying, “We are lucky to have Noam speak to us tonight … because of the ideas [he supports] of findings ways of justice for all the people who are living together in the shared homeland.”

Chomsky began his presentation by saying that the Israel-Palestine conflict is one of the easiest problems to solve in international politics because there is a short-term solution in which Israel ceases expansion into Palestinian territories, and the nations are divided at the internationally recognized Green

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POLICY DISCUSSION: Chomsky spoke to students about current and past Israeli policies in Sherman Function Hall last week.

Line, the border demarcation line established in 1948. Chomsky said that although this resolution is supported by international law, it has not been implemented because the United States and Israel, who he claimed are “rejectionist” states,

oppose it.

Chomsky stated that Israel’s rejection of such a resolution is “understandable,” but that it is legitimized with U.S. support.

Chomsky also claimed that Israeli control of the territories

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POLICE LOG

Cigarette company says it never gave free items to children

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BOSTON—Leslie Adamson said the white truck that stopped at the Boston housing project in which she grew up in brought adults and children running, much like a visit from the ice cream man.

But instead of sweets, the truck brought free cigarette samples.

The cigarette giveaways are a central issue in a lawsuit brought against Lorillard Tobacco company by a man who claims his mother was introduced to smoking as a child through the free samples and became so addicted that she was unable to quit and eventually died of lung cancer. Lorillard denies that anyone from the company gave out cigarettes to children.

Willie Evans, the son of Marie Evans, alleges in his lawsuit that Lorillard gave away Newport cigarettes in urban neighborhoods in an effort to hook black children and teenagers on cigarettes. Marie Evans died in 2002 at the age of 54 after smoking for four decades.

Adamson, Marie Evans’ younger sister, was the first witness to testify as the trial opened in Suffolk Superior Court on Friday. She said she first began getting free cigarettes in packs of four when she was about 7 or 8 years old in the Orchard Park housing project.

“It looked like a Frosty truck,’’ Adamson said. “I just remember people clamoring and cigarettes being handed out.’’

Lorillard attorney Walter Cofer acknowledged that the company gave away free cigarette samples —a common practice by tobacco companies from the 1950s through the 1980s—but said Lorillard did not give cigarettes to children at Orchard Park.

Cofer said the company handed out samples at shopping malls and transit stations to adults in an attempt to get them to switch brands but did not give them to children. He called the allegation that Lorillard intentionally gave out free samples to black children “disturbing.’’

“It’s designed to appeal to your emotions and to make you mad, but the evidence will be ... it didn’t happen,’’ Cofer told the jury in opening statements.

Cofer argued that Evans made the decision to start smoking and that she continued to smoke even after she suffered a heart attack in 1985 and her doctors repeatedly urged her to quit. He said Evans knew for decades that smoking could be harmful to her health, citing warning labels that began appearing on cigarette labels in 1966 and her own father’s death from lung cancer in 1970.

“They brought a case asking for money based on Miss Evans’ decisions,’’ Cofer said.

Michael Weisman, the attorney representing Evans’ son, told jurors that Lorillard targeted children because the company knew that most people begin smoking as children.

“Lorillard knew it the first time they handed a cigarette to Marie Evans. Hook ’em when they’re young,’’ Weisman said.

He said Evans received her first free cigarettes at about age 9, and initially gave them to her older sisters or traded them for candy. He said she began smoking at age 13 and relied on the free cigarettes she received when the Lorillard truck came around.

Jurors also heard from Marie Evans herself as Weisman played excerpts from a videotaped deposition she gave to her lawyers in 2002, 3 weeks before she died.

On the tape, Evans said the giveaways had a “large impact’’ on her.

“Because they were available, ... I didn’t worry about finding money to buy them. They seemed to be always available,’’ she said.

Evans said she made about 50 attempts to quit, but always went back to smoking.

“I was addicted. ... I just couldn’t stop,’’ she said.

The trial is expected to last 4 to 5 weeks. Testimony resumes Monday.

CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS A headline in Sports misstated the score of a game.

The men’s basketball brief headline should read that Brandeis lost to UMass Amherst 83 to 60 not 80 to 63.

(Nov. 9, pg. 15) An interview in Arts misstated the name of a movie. The name of the movie should be Paris, je t’aime, not Paris Je t’aime. (Nov. 9, pg. 18) The Justice welcomes submissions for errors that warrant correction or clarification. E-mail editor@ thejustice.org.

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Nov. 10—University Police received a call of a student suffering a diabetic reaction in Cable Hall. The party was conscious but lightheaded at the time of the call. The party was treated on-scene.

Nov. 11—BEMCo received a call from a reporting party who stated that a female in the Usdan Student Center had cut herself and requested BEMCo. Nov. 13—BEMCo and University Police responded to a call of a party in the Charles River Apartments who slipped and sustained a head injury.

The party was conscious and alert with no bleeding and was treated on scene by BEMCo with a signed refusal for further care.

Nov. 13-—University Police received a call from a party who reported that a bathroom door was locked although

voices were heard from inside the bathroom. The door was opened by a Department of Facilities Services employee and an intoxicated party was located inside. A 23-year-old male was transported to the Newton Wellesley Hospital by ambulance.

Larceny

Nov. 9—University Police received a call reporting an unauthorized credit card use from Domenic’s Cafe. A report was compiled by the University Police and the matter is under investigation.

Nov. 12—University Police received a call from a party who reported his backpack stolen from the men’s locker room in the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center. University Police compiled a report on the theft.

Nov. 13—University Police

Drugs

Nov. 8—University Police received a call from Deroy Hall about an odor of marijuana coming from an apartment area. A community development coordinator and the University Police arrived on-scene to handle the matter.

Disturbance

Nov. 13—University Police responded to several calls about a fight in progress in

Ridgewood Quad. Upon arrival, there was a large group inside the quad, but it dispersed.

Units checked the area for parties involved in the fight, but no one was found, and no further action was taken.

Miscellaneous

Nov. 11—University Police received a call about a suspicious male who was was described as being out of place.

University Police checked the area but the party was gone upon arrival.

Nov. 13—University Police received a call about a male party following several female parties inside Ridgewood C. University Police checked the area but did not find the party.

—compiled by Sara Dejene

SENATE LOG Senate charters Students for Tibet

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Free fish aboard the S.S. Louis Louis Students receive free goldfish in Shapiro Campus Center as part of S.S. Louis Louis Week, an annual week organized by student events to foster school spirit and provide students with multiple fun activites.

At the Nov. 14 Student Union Senate meeting, the Senate passed a Senate Money Resolution that allocated $25 to be used for a ’DeisBikes logo enhancement contest. Senator for East Quad Albert Feldman ’13, presented the SMR. Feldman also announced that tickets for Turkey Shuttles to New York City, Logan International Airport and South Station can still be purchased and none of the buses were sold out at the time of the meeting.

The Senate also chartered four new clubs. Included among them was the Bridge Club, represented by Adam Grossack ’14, a world champion bridge player.

The Brandeis Labor Coalition, which promotes fair labor practices was chartered. The coalition said that it will hold a custodian appreciation event in the Shapiro Campus Center next week.

Students for Tibet was chartered after a lengthy discussion about the club. The organization stated it will work to raise awareness about the situation between China and Tibet and attempt to create an atmosphere of constructive dialogue about Tibet.

Senator for Ziv Quad Mark Levi ’12, Senator for the Class of 2014 Mitchell Schwartz and Senator for the Class of 2011 Abraham Berin spoke to support chartering Students for Tibet.

Senator-at-Large Aziz Sohail ‘13 spoke in between.

The Anthropology Club was also chartered and members said it would distinguish itself from the Anthropology Undergraduate Departmental Representatives by organizing field trips and events for sustainable change.

During senator reports, Sohail said he is exploring the possibility of an Islam Awareness Week with the Muslim Student Association and he is interested in Student Union support. Berin said he is working with administrators to improve campus security and transportation.

—Andrew Wingens

ANNOUNCEMENTS Dessert banquet

As part of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, Hillel and the Brandeis Reconstructionist Organization will be cosponsoring a student-led discussion on global hunger around a banquet-style dessert. Today from 8 to 9:30 p.m. in the Castle Commons.

Study Abroad Info Session

Come learn more about studying abroad over the summer for Brandeis credit! You’ll learn about how to choose a program, apply, transfer credit and look for financial aid.

Representatives from Brandeis in the Hague and the CET program in Catania, Italy will also be available to answer your questions.

Tomorrow from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Shapiro Campus Center Multipurpose Room.

Faces of Hunger and homelessness speakers

Phone: (781) 736-4650

received a call reporting an open window and a missing computer in the Foster Mods.

A report was compiled on the theft.

Nov. 14—University Police received a call from a party in the Foster Mods who reported her book bag stolen, which contained her Brandeis ID and cell phone. University Police compiled a report on the theft.

Homeless speakers from the National Coalition for the Homeless come and share their experiences. They explain how

to become involved and help the cause.

Tomorrow from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Schwartz Hall.

AIESEC information session

AIESEC Brandeis will be holding an information sessions for students interested in internships abroad. Tomorrow from 7 to 8 p.m. in Village C House Seminar Room.

Returning to the old new world

The unexpected and rapid fall of the Communist regime in the Soviet Union made it possible for a political emigrant to come back to Russia with a journalistic mission. This talk will describe colorful clashes between the old and new in politics, economics and human behavior on the street.

Thursday from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in Women’s Studies Research Center Lecture Hall.

Discovering the Jewish world

This colloquium provides a critical forum for graduate students and faculty to present and discuss works-in-progress, thereby

fostering an interdisciplinary intellectual community in all areas of Jewish studies.

In each session, participants will discuss a paper presented by a faculty member or graduate student from Brandeis and other institutions. The presenter will begin with a brief overview (5 to 10 minutes) of the work, and the rest of the session will be open to questions and answers. Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. in Lown 315.

Thanksgiving party with the children of Mary’s House

Mary’s House, the Bristol Lodge Family Shelter, will be hosting a Thanksgiving Party as part of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.

There will be Thanksgiving arts and crafts with the children at the shelter. If you have any ideas, material donations or concerns please contact hstoloff@brandeis.edu, BaRuCH’s Tzedek Coordinator. Tomorrow from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Participants will meet in Hillel Lounge.

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Provost accepts block changes ■ Classes will begin on

the hour or half hour, and Friday afternoon classes will decrease in fall 2011.

By HARRY SHIPPS JUSTICE SENIOR WRITER

Provost Marty Krauss announced in a Nov. 10 e-mail to the Brandeis community that she has accepted the recommendations of the Block Scheduling Committee to change the current block schedule and that the changes will be implemented in fall 2011.

According to the block scheduling proposal that was presented at the Nov. 4 faculty meeting and was included in Krauss’ e-mail, changes under the new schedule include replacing Tuesday/ Friday afternoon blocks with Tuesday/ Thursday afternoon blocks, creating two new class blocks on Monday/ Wednesday and Tuesday/Thursday mornings and ensuring that classes start on the hour or half hour. In an interview with the Justice, Krauss said that she approved the proposal in its entirety.

The Block Scheduling Committee was formed in spring 2008, and the committee released its original report in February 2009, according to Krauss’ e-mail. Deliberations among the faculty “revealed substantial differences of opinions” regarding the proposals of the Block Scheduling Committee report, Krauss wrote in her e-mail.

Krauss wrote in the campuswide e-mail that discussions about

the report were tabled during the economic crisis but that since the issue has been revisited, the committee has been working to revise its proposals.

Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Malcolm Watson, chair of the Block Scheduling Committee, and University Registrar Mark Hewitt presented a proposal which was approved by the Faculty Senate at its Nov. 4 meeting, according to the e-mail.

During her interview, Krauss said that “one benefit [of the new block schedule] is that it spreads out the use of classrooms … more effectively across the whole spectrum of the week.” Krauss said that by not holding classes on Thursday afternoons, the University was not using an important portion of the week and was allowing classrooms to sit empty. With the increasing number of students at Brandeis, it is important to utilize classroom space efficiently, said Krauss.

She added that faculty had also expressed the desire for more twicea-week blocks, and the new plan “is responsive to that.”

“There are always challenges in implementing new procedures,” Krauss said, “but I am confident that [Hewitt] and his staff will be anticipating some of those challenges and will be addressing them.”

Talya Kahan ’12 said of changing the start times of classes, “I think that they [the changes] are really good. ... for once, maybe people will get to class on time and be able to leave on time.”

Liz Watson ’12 said, “I think that [the new schedule] makes the classes too compact [by having classes on Wednesday and Thursday instead of having Thursday off.]”

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Religious values and community service

AWARDS

President-elect Frederick Lawrence spoke at the Interfaith “What If? Speak-In!” last night, at which students were able to partake in an interfaith dialogue on how their faith impacts how active they are in community service and volunteering.

PhDs rank highly

ADMINISTRATION

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Court to hear Univ amicus brief ■ While the University filed

the amicus brief on April 26, the Supreme Court decided to hear the case on Nov. 1.

By ANDREW WINGENS JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

The United States Supreme Court has recently chosen to hear the amicus brief filed by Brandeis University, along with the Association of American Universities and approximately 50 additional universities on April 26 that petitioned the Supreme Court to hear the case of Stanford v. Roche, which concerns patent ownership of federally funded research at universities.

According to Senior Vice President and General Counsel Judith Sizer, the case resulted from a situation in 2005 in which Stanford University sued Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. for patent infringement regarding methods of evaluating the efficacy of anti-HIV therapies, which Stanford University post-doctoral fellow Mark Holodniy developed with funding from the federal government. In response, Roche claimed that Stanford did not have full title to the patents because the Stanford faculty inventor had signed a visitor confidentiality agreement while using a Roche lab, which gave Roche ownership of any invention from subsequent research at the lab.

Stanford claimed, however, that the involvement of federal funds provided the University with ownership to the patent because of the Bayh-Dole Act, legislation that gives universities the right

to assume ownership of federally funded research.

The district court ruled in favor of Stanford, but Roche appealed the decision, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit overturned the district court. In response, Stanford petitioned the Supreme Court to hear the case and three amicus briefs, including the one filed by Brandeis. On Nov. 1, the United States Supreme Court decided to grant a writ of certiorari to the case, meaning the court will review it and hear oral arguments.

The law firm Ropes and Gray LLP filed the amicus brief on behalf of Brandeis, the Association of American Universities and many other universities. In an alert sent out Nov. 1, the firm explained that “The proper interpretation of the Bayh-Dole Act is the central question at issue in Stanford v.

Roche.”

Sizer explained that Congress passed the Bayh-Dole Act in 1980 in an attempt to clarify ownership of research conducted at universities and give universities ownership of their research that is funded by the federal government.

Director of the University’s Office of Technology Licensing Irene Abrams explained in an interview with the Justice that if there is clear ownership of a product, investors are more likely to invest in it.

“If university ownership as mentioned under Bayh-Dole is second to inventors or professors assigning to any third party, then it weakens the law and it weakens the ability to commercialize technology,” said Abrams.

Abrams also noted that Brandeis has benefited from the Bayh-Dole Act with patents on products

such as Smart Balance, developed by lipid expert Prof. K. C. Hayes (BIOL) and research scientist Dan Perlman (BIOL). Abrams added that Brandeis receives most of its research funding from the federal government. According to a Nov. 4 BrandeisNOW press release, the University has nearly 300 active patents and 53 active license agreements.

“The Act provides for the disposition of rights in a predictable and reliable way that allows universities and other nonprofit institutions to acquire clear title and license the inventions for development while at the same time reserving important rights for the federal government” said the amicus brief. An amicus brief is a legal brief filed by a “friend” of the court, meaning that the party filing the brief is not a party to the case but it has a significant interest in the outcome of the case.

Abrams said that if the Federal Circuit court decision stands, this case could create a problem for the University. “The concern is that it will put a chill over investment in early stage research which is an issue for Brandeis as a university” she said.

Sizer also warned that the ruling by the Federal Circuit court essentially overturns the BayhDole Act and could threaten the legality of 30 years worth of patents that universities hold as well as the ability to attract investors to university research.

Sizer said that oral arguments will likely be held in March 2011, and she was unsure whether Brandeis and the Association of American Colleges would file another amicus brief in order to support Stanford University’s position.

School of Arts and Sciences Malcolm Watson explained the survey’s findings.

By MARIELLE TEMKIN JUSTICE EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

A study released Sept. 28 by the National Research Council, a nonprofit institution to which many schools around the country belong, ranked Brandeis’ doctorate programs in the life sciences, English literature, American history and mathematics at the top of their lists.

In an interview with the Justice, Malcolm Watson, the dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, said that the study assessed doctorate programs from universities across the country for the 2005 to 2006 academic year by assessing over 5,000 programs and collecting data in two general scores—what Watson referred to as a “reputation” score and then a survey score.

Watson said that the way that programs were rated was not in a numerical list but instead in a “range variation.” He said that no school was “given a score or told that they were number three, for example.”

Watson said, “In general, we had between 72 to 80 percent of our programs in the top half of the programs in the country. You might say the top half isn’t all that great, but considering we’re a small school and we’re up against [the Universities of] Michigan, Stanford and Berkeley. ...

We have a lot of programs that did well.”

Watson also said that he feels that the ratings were not as valid as he would have liked because the NRC did not include data like what jobs the students got once they graduated, if research was published in important journals or the amount of grant money a school was allotted.

“As flawed as [the survey] is, it’s

a good thing for us to look at and figure out where we can improve and where we stand among other schools,” Watson said.

“We are trying to do the best we can at having good graduate education and I think we do. ... We are putting a lot of hope into the graduate students that they will make us proud of them,” he said.

The American history doctoral program at Brandeis was ranked as one of the top in the country. In an interview with the Justice, Prof.

Jane Kamensky, the chair of the History department, said that she was particularly pleased about the ratings because the program is so small. “[It is] surprising for our size to see just how far above our weight we punch, but not surprising to know the work of my colleagues and our students is excellent,” she said.

She also said that professors and students here have been trained to not “just think and teach in the subject of their dissertation but [also] think broadly about important historical problems over long periods of time and about the ways that history matters in our lives.”

In reference to the sciences, Watson also said that Brandeis’ size did not hurt the program. “We have good facilities that are not as varied as they would be at a large school, but when you’re smaller, there are advantages. It’s not treated as much as a factory but more of a place where students can work closely with faculty because of the smaller student-faculty ratio,” he said.

About the size of the history program, Kamensky said, “[Brandeis is] a place where no student has fallen through the cracks.” Of the forty years of Ph.D.s in American History, Brandeis has had three graduates who have won Pulitzer Prizes for their work. Kamensky notes, “We can’t take full credit for their genius, but we are a place that allows people to find their own paths, and we really support them on their own paths. We’re very proud of them.”

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CAMPUS ACTIVISM

BSF reveals seven plans

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CONTINUED FROM 1 Residence Hall” is a pilot project that would upgrade student residence halls to conserve more energy by implementing vermiculture, indoor worm composting. Another proposal, titled “Brandeis Micro,” seeks to have one microturbine installed on one parking lot light to generate wind energy.

A third proposal, called “HumanNRG,” aims to update exercise machinery in the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center so that it would generate energy with use. A project that would expand Brandeis’ garden so students can grow during more of the year is called “Oh the Things We’ll Grow!”

“Smart Meters” is a plan to install meters in a few buildings across campus that would measure the energy usage of those buildings, an idea already implemented at Boston College.

The proposals will be reviewed again by the board before the final decisions on funding will be made by next Tuesday at the earliest, according to Cohen-Rosenthal. She explained that funding for a proposal will be determined not only by its environmental benefits but also by its educational opportunities and the ability for its funding to be scaled. Cohen-Rosenthal said that submitters of a proposal are asked to provide the largest and smallest possible amounts of money needed to fund the project. Cohen-Rosenthal said that scaling the funding will increase the chance the proposal will receive funding.

According to Cohen-Rosenthal, the members of the BSF board will review each proposal and judge how well it meets criteria, whether it will receive funding and how much funding it will receive. CohenRosenthal said that it is possible that not all proposals would be funded this semester. She expects that all $50,000 allocated to the BSF for proposals will be distributed this semester, but if not, it would be set aside for another funding cycle.“I’m very happy with the proposals,” said Cohen-Rosenthal, who worked with students submitting the proposals. “[The BSF received] a lot of creative and interesting ideas.”

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DEFENDING ISRAEL: Students read out names of people who died in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Rabb steps.

Students stage responses ■ Two groups of students

held events in response to Israeli Occupation Awareness Week.

By FIONA LOCKYER JUSTICE EDITOR

Members of the Brandeis Zionist Alliance as well as a group of unassociated students staged responses to last week’s Israeli Occupation Awareness Week, which was co-sponsored by Brandeis Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace.

Demonstrations held in response to the Israeli Occupation Awareness Week sponsored by BZA included signs around campus that read “We Support Israel;” Piece of Cake for Peace, at which students handed out pieces of cake with blue and white frosting and a piece of paper with a fact about Israel on the plate; and a bar night at Joe Sent Me in Waltham, where shot glasses reading “Israel Gives Peace a Shot” were given out.

Publicity Coordinator for BZA Tamar Schneck ’12 said in an interview with the Justice that the protest events sponsored by BZA were created to “promote a positive image of Israel” instead of countering the Israeli Occupation Awareness Week events.

Additionally, members of BZA distributed pro-Israel pamphlets at the events held during Israeli Occupation Awareness Week. “[Planners of the Israeli Occupation Awareness Week] brought in a few speakers that we fundamentally disagreed with,”

Schneck said. She further explained that BZA distributed pamphlets at the different speaker events during the week that responded to the speaker’s topics.

A few dozen other students that chose to protest the Israeli Occupation Awareness Week joined together independent of groups such as BZA and the Brandeis Israel Public Affairs Committee.

In an e-mail to the Justice, Julian Olidort ’11 described the group as students “that were disturbed by this past week’s message and felt the need to respond.”

According to Olidort’s e-mail, the events included “a day-long recitation on Rabb steps of the names of Jewish, Christian and Muslim victims of Palestinian terror attacks, signing a petition to bring humanitarian relief to Gilad Schalit [sic] ([an Israeli soldier] who was abducted by Hamas in 2006 and [has been] held ever since, without the right to a visit from international humanitarian aid organizations), putting up “I support Israel” posters, and staging a silent walk-out during the Chomsky talk.”

Concerning the Rabb steps protest, Emily Jager ’11 said in an interview with the Justice that “Standing here and talking about how many Jewish people died” was not an appropriate response because “a lot of Palestinians died, and it doesn’t show the complexity of the situation.”

Co-founder of Jewish Voice for Peace Liza Behrendt ’11 described the protests on Rabb steps in an e-mail to the Justice as “not com[ing] across as a relevant response to ‘Israeli Occupation Awareness Week,’” further explaining that

both “JVP and [Brandeis Students for Justice in Palestine] advocate for policies that bolster Israeli security by promoting peace over expansion.”

Behrendt also wrote, “The whole point of ‘Israeli Occupation Awareness Week’ was to inspire dialogue,” and expressed happiness that “so many members of BZA and BIPAC came out to our events, listened, asked thoughtful questions, and engaged in constructive dialogue.”

During Chomsky’s presentation, approximately 50 students wearing white shirts stood up and left during the middle of the presentation in a silent protest.

According to the e-mail from Olidort, “The initial plan was that we sit through the entire Chomsky speech, thus demonstrating a full respect of freedom of speech,” and leave before the applause at the end of the presentation. But, “after 45 minutes of listening to Professor Chomsky, many in the group felt personally uncomfortable by his remarks and thus felt the need to leave earlier than anticipated.”

President of Brandeis Israel Public Affairs Committee Sarah Geller ’13 stayed through the whole Chomsky presentation to ask questions at the end. “I am happy to see that students are as passionate as I am in supporting Israel’s right to exist as a democratic state, which is the homeland of the Jewish people,” she wrote in an e-mail to the Justice. “Regarding Chomsky, personally, I thought staying and asking challenging questions would be the most productive approach to further meaningful conversation on campus.”

Callahan said. He added that he suggested to the student that she visit the Golding Health Center and asked her if she would be willing to reconstruct a depiction of the people who assaulted her.

The student said that Waltham Police had asked her for a description prior to the Brandeis Police but that she did not feel she would be able to provide an accurate description.

“It happened too fast, and I wasn’t paying attention to the three guys when it happened at the time, so I told Waltham Police that I didn’t want to, and I called back the Brandeis Police today to tell them that I didn’t think that I would be able to ... give them back a description,” she said Sgt. Timothy King, the spokesman for the Waltham Police Department, could not be reached for comment by press time despite repeated attempts to contact him. In an interview with the Justice, Ofc. Jorge Orta of the Waltham Police Department said that Det. John Comeau had been assigned to the case. Comeau could not be reached for comment by press time, and Orta said he did not know enough about the investigation to comment further.

In regard to the communication between Waltham Police and Public Safety, Callahan said that Public Safety is kept up-to-date with safety concerns in the greater Waltham area.

“Whatever usually happens in Waltham, I usually know about within a short span of time,” he said, adding, “I think a day doesn’t go by that I’m [not] in communication with the Waltham police for something.”

In response to the incident, Callahan said that the Waltham Police had increased patrols on South Street in conjunction with University Police. He explained that University Police had always patrolled South Street but that this patrol was intensified in the aftermath of the incident.

Callahan also said that Public Safety had added additional escort vans to transport students around campus between 7 and 11 p.m.

The e-mail to the community also explained, “While we hope this was an isolated incident, we remind members of the Brandeis community to be aware of their surroundings at all times—on and off campus.”

When asked if students had consequently reported feeling unsafe after the incident, Callahan said that he had not heard or students feeling unsafe but that he had received e-mails from some students asking where the exact location of the incident was.

—Nashrah Rahman contributed reporting.

CHOMSKY: Linguist speaks about Israel’s political decisions CONTINUED FROM 1 occupation. According to Chomsky, even after being told by its chief legal adviser that settlement policies in Palestine would directly violate these international laws, Israel openly and knowingly ignored the law, saying, according to Chomsky, “Other countries violate international law, so we can do it, too.” This can continue, said Chomsky, because the U.S. supports such actions.

Chomsky also asserted that Israel emphasizes continued expansion rather than peace. He said that in February 1971, then-president of Egypt Anwar Sadat said that if Israel withdrew from the occupied territories and the Egyptian portion of the Sinai Peninsula, Egyptian forces would not attack, and Jordan offered a similar deal. Chomsky said that Israel was provided with the decision to choose peace at the cost of ceased expansion or continued expansion and continued reliance on U.S. support, and it chose the latter. Chomsky called this decision

the “most fateful decision in Israel’s history,” as he linked it with the war in 1973. According to Chomsky, this point in time marked Israel’s definitive reliance on U.S. support.

Chomsky said that he believes there are currently several options to ensure peace between Israel and Palestine. The first option, he explained, is that Israel could comply with the global consensus and international law and cease their expansion into Palestine, staying behind the aforementioned Green Line. He said that the second option would be an Israel takeover of the entire West Bank, an idea developed

by Palestinians in which Israel absorbs citizens in the West Bank into Israeli society and Palestinians initiate a civil rights struggle, a situation similar to the one in South Africa in the second half of the 20th century, when the rights of nonwhites were curtailed so that domination by the white minority could be maintained. Chomsky called this a “purely academic proposal

[that] Israel would never accept.”

Chomsky linked this second idea with the comparisons made between the situation of the Palestinians and black South Africans. He called these comparisons “inaccurate,” arguing that the situation within Israeli-occupied territories is much worse because the black population in South Africa was needed for labor, whereas Israel has made it clear that it would be happy to see the Palestinians go.

Chomsky then discussed the third option to promote peace, in which Israel takes all of the territory and leaves Palestine “essentially imprisoned.” He said this route is the one the U.S. and Israel are currently taking and emphasized that the only way to avoid this outcome is for the U.S. to use its authority in the international arena to join the opinions of the rest of the world.

As Chomsky was in the midst of talking about this third option, approximately 50 students stood up and left the auditorium, an action

that elicited no visible response from Chomsky (see article above).

In a question and answer session after the presentation, one student, referencing a comment Chomsky had made about Israel not needing to use violence as a defense mechanism, asked how Israel should defend itself. In response, Chomsky said that Israel implements cease fires which it does not comply with rather than confiscating weapons.

Chomsky said that during the 5 years leading up to a renewed cease fire in 2008, an overwhelming majority of the rockets fired were from Israel, and that after 2008, Hamas did not fire a single rocket.

When asked about Chomsky’s presentation, Liza Behrendt ’12, cofounder of Jewish Voice for Peace and one of the planners of Israeli Occupation Week, said, “I’m very proud of everyone in the Brandeis community who came here to hear a perspective that’s not often represented on this campus … and asked respectful, thoughtful

questions.”

“I think Professor Chomsky is a brave man. I don’t know that I agree with him, … but the purpose this week serves … is to create conversation,” said Hyder Kazmi ’12.

Tamari Levkovich ’12 said she thought that Noam Chomsky was “oversimplifying [the IsraelPalestine conflict] and skipping the nuances of the situation.”

Sarah Geller ’13, president of the Brandeis Israel Public Affairs Committee, wrote in an e-mail to the Justice, “While Chomsky presented some valid facts, it was clear to me and many in the audience that he cherry-picked evidence to prove a point. I found his evident bias disappointing and counter-productive for any future dialogue on campus. His use of loaded terms such as ‘ethniccleansing’ and ‘apartheid’ frame the conflict in a false manner. I hope students recognize that his opinion shares one narrative and that it is not the absolute truth regarding the conflict.”

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FAIR TRADE: Students purchase items from workers who are paid a fair wage.

Students in BLC work for fair labor practices for Brandeis workers

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Red Solo cups and crushed take-out containers accumulate in the hallways on the weekend, everywhere from East Quad to Ziv Quad. Precarious stacks of beer cans balance on recycling bins. A strange smell permeates the dormitory hallways, and it’s clear that somebody was sick. It’s Friday night—people are at parties or out in Boston. Everybody is having fun, but what about all of the trash that’s left behind after the takeout has been eaten and the drinks have been drunk? Who are the people that clean up our messes?

This question troubled Julia Korn ’11 during her first year at Brandeis.

“It was a Friday night, and I remember the [vomit] just kind of sat there all weekend. It wasn’t the fact that it was gross that got to me; it was the fact that someone was going to come into work and that was what they were going to find on Monday morning,” Korn says.

“I realized there was a disconnect between the student body and the custodial workers; the students clearly weren’t humanizing the workers,” she says.

Korn’s concern for the custodial staff eventually led her to join the Brandeis Labor Coalition, where she was able to connect with other like-minded students.

Students originally established the BLC in 2004 to tackle the wage disparity among custodial staff, according to club member Rachel Sier ’11.

From its inception in 2004 until 2006, the BLC worked with the administration to end the payment inequality between different groups of custodians at Brandeis. At the time, there were two groups of custodians: approximately 65 Brandeis custodians and 20 contracted laborers from Hurley of America and SJD Inc. custodial service providers for colleges across New England. The staff hired by Hurley of America and SJD Inc. received $3.13 less per hour than the staff hired by Brandeis, according to an Aug. 11, 2005 issue of the Boston Globe. Peter French, former University Executive Vice President, was cooperative in working with the BLC.

In that issue of the Globe, French was quoted saying, “‘We take seriously our responsibility, rooted in the university’s foundational pillar of social justice, to offer competitive and equitable wages.’”

The BLC organized a rally during spring 2005 to garner student support for wage equality on campus and organized a panel of contracted custodial laborers to raise awareness about the payment disparity. Their efforts eventually paid off. In August 2006, the University created 22 new custodial positions and the formerly contracted laborers were put on the University payroll to receive equal wages, as reported in a Sept. 12, 2006 issue of the Justice.

The aims of the BLC have expanded since its creation. “The club’s goal is to raise awareness about labor issues and to actively work to help attain fair labor practices,” according to its constitution. The BLC works on a micro level to achieve fair labor practices for the Brandeis stafft—particularly its facilities workerst—but also seeks to address problematic labor practices on a global scale, such as sweatshop labor.

“What I really think is [the BLC’s] strongest attribute is that it is focused on direct action. … We can take all of these ideas we talk about at Brandeis and put them into action,” Sier explains.

BLC members have diverse interests and bring their own expertise to furthering the club’s aims. Alana Pellerito ’13 and Dara Rosenkrantz ’12 are both Psychology and Hispanic Studies majors who utilize their experience as English as a Second Language tutors for the English Language Learning program in order to better communicate with the Spanishspeaking custodial staff.

The BLC has always had a nonhierarchical structure. “We don’t have a treasurer or a president or anything like that,” Clair Weatherby ’12 says. “BLC is by people, for people,” Sier adds. Responsibilities are shared and members take turns leading the meetings.

“Everyone is an equal member.

Everyone plays an integral role in the club,” Rosenkrantz says.

This structure also means that all members have the ability to determine the club agenda. One of Sier’s favorite things about the BLC

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WORK BREAK: BLC member, Navah Rosenbaum ’11 spent time with workers at the annual Worker Appreciation Café. is that “it’s a very small club, and we are really driven by member interest. If somebody comes in and they are really interested in sweat free labor and fair trade coffee, ... that is really where we derive our campaigns from.” Despite the benefits of its size, “BLC aspires to create a bigger community on campus,” says Sier.

“BLC was the place that allowed me the independence and the support that I needed to run [a project] myself which was great,” Korn says, who created a custodial biography project in fall 2008. BLC members conduct interviews with the custodial staff of North and Massell quads and hang the biographies in the first-year dormitories. New worker biographies will be hung this week.

Korn’s initiative seeks to give the custodial staff a human face.

“I go and interview the custodial workers about their lives, … their favorite desserts, what they do when they’re not working, you know … human questions,” she adds.

The BLC also organizes an annual Worker Appreciation Café to encourage interaction between the students and custodial staff.

The BLC received a grant from the Brandeis Pluralism Alliance to organize the upcoming Worker Appreciation Café, which will be held on Nov. 19 in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium. Weatherby helped organize last year’s event.

“It was just coffee, donuts and pastries … and the custodians and students. It was really cool to see them together sitting and chatting, because on campus that never happens,” she says.

The BLC advocates for fair labor practices around the world, working to bring fair trade products to campus. “It’s about having a close relationship with [Facilities Services] … because it is the institutional way of attacking it,” Sier says.

BLC encouraged students to write-in requests for fair trade products in the questionnaires distributed to students regarding dining services. You can see their efforts in dining halls across campus—there are fair trade coffee options almost everywhere. In the past, they have also worked with Ten Thousand Villages, a founding member of the World Fair Trade Organization, to organize a Fair Trade Fair. At the Fair Trade Fair, students had the opportunity to purchase handmade items from around the world with the knowledge that the artisans were being paid a fair wage for their labor.

The BLC is also focused on bringing sweatshop-free apparel to Brandeis. In 2006 the BLC successfully lobbied the University to endorse the Designated Supplier Program, a standard proposed by the Worker Rights Consortium to ensure that Brandeis apparel was manufactured in safe and fair

working conditions, according to an April 4, 2006 issue of the Justice.

Brandeis is one of 188 American colleges and universities affiliated with the Worker’s Rights Consortium, according to workersrights. org. Now, all apparel with the Brandeis logo is DSP. Additionally, the BLC was pleased to see that the bookstore initiated the sale of Alta Gracia apparel, a line of clothing manufactured at a “living wage” factory in the Dominican Republic. Alta Gracia employees receive enough money to provide their families with adequate food, shelter and education. In summer 2010, BLC worked with the Brandeis bookstore manager to display the items more prominently.

The BLC has experienced many successes, but “communication is difficult. … There is no clearcut way to get through and make change,” Korn says.

Korn hopes the University will consider hiring a custodial supervisor with the abilty to speak Spanish in order to make it easier for the custodial staff to communicate with their supervisors.

You can be an advocate for workers’ rights in your everyday life.

“Be conscious of your purchasest—where they are coming from and how they are made,” Weatherby suggests.

“If you are more passionate [about these issues], you should join the BLC,” Pellerito says.

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BRIGHTER LIGHT: Solar-panel systems are installed on the roofs of houses of Maasai families to improve living conditions by providing solar light, which allows for increased activity in homes during the evening.

Prof. Bob Lange (PHYS) heads a nonprofit to spread science education to underdeveloped communities around the world

By LEAH IGDALSKY JUSTICE Staff WRITER

From the labs and classrooms of Brandeis to the small, rural villages in the Zanzibar region of Tanzania, Prof. Emeritus Bob Lange’s (PHYS) life today looks quite different than during his 43 years teaching physics here. His days were once filled with meetings, lectures and grades. Now, he spends them working outdoors with local people to install more-efficient cooking stoves as well as solar panels for the roofs of their homes.

These days, Lange heads his own nonprofit organization, the International Collaborative for Science, Education and the Environment, or the ICSEE. Lange retired from his position teaching physics full time to focus on the ICSEE, although he is still an adjunct professor at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management.

The ICSEE is run by Lange and a team of Tanzanians and graduate students from the Heller School, all of whom work to spread science education to underdeveloped communities while encouraging “sustainable community development focused on women and children, environmental protection and conservation, and the expansion of educational opportunity for traditionally under-served groups,” according to its website. Lange started the ICSEE in 1992 and remains president of the organization, working out of Cambridge.

His initial goal of the ICSEE was to “raise money for projects in Africa.” The ICSEE has since grown to include more regions of the world to promote science education. Lange has helped other environmental philanthropists fund their work from grants he acquired through the ICSEE as well.

For example, Dr. Dessma Williams, a former Heller School of Social Policy and Management professor who also served as the Grenadian ambassador to the United Nations, runs the ICSEE’s Grenada Education and Development Project. ICSEE funding has helped William’s project, which is “dedicated to partnering with rural communities to use education as a catalyst for individual and communal transformation in Grenada,” according to the website.

Lange decided to focus his current project on bringing more-efficient stoves to communities in Tanzania, and more specifically to the Maasai, a tribe in Kenya and Tanzania.

Lange chose Tanzania after falling in love with the country during his travels there, and he chose the Maasai after spending time in their communities and observing their daily living conditions. He decided it was necessary for Tanzanians to have cleaner stoves after experiencing the dark and smoky daily conditions of the Maasai’s homes.

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THE SCIENCE OF STOVES: Lange teaches Maasai women in Zanzibar how to build and repair stoves.

For the project, “local people contribute as much [money] as they can toward cost of stoves that will cut down on wood-fuel consumption, … carbon emissions … and will get smoke out of the house.”

As a promise of collaboration to improve the villages’ environmental conditions, the purchase of clean stoves earns families a solar panel for their home as a sort of trading system. Lange and his colleagues present those who have bought and installed the stoves with a solar-panel system for their thatched roofs. These solar-energy systems give the people “light and cell phone charging and battery charging,” according to Lange.

Jerilyn Terry, an American graduate student in the Heller School who is pursuing a master’s degree in Sustainable International Development, is working on her practicum assisting with the ICSEE in Monduli, Tanzania.

As a second-year SID student, Terry must complete her second-year project, which entails either “a professional-level practicum working with leading development organization” or an “advanced study … under the mentorship of a senior researcher at Brandeis.” Terry chose to work with Lange and the ICSEE after her time as a student in Lange’s class “Energy and Development” from fall 2009.

She described the living conditions she has

observed and the harsh conditions associated with traditional stoves. In an e-mail to the Justice, she wrote, “It is akin to having a campfire in a home with no windows and closed doors.”

The solar panels dramatically change the daily routines of the Maasai families. “I have observed a participating Maasai home during the evening hours before and after solar installation and I was amazed by the increased household activity the solar light enabled,” Terry wrote. Now, instead of the large quantities they once needed for even a dim light inside their homes, Maasai families can work and read in a cleaner, brighter space.

In addition to the improvements in living conditions, Lange and the ICSEE have also focused their efforts in Tanzania on empowering women. Since women are responsible for most of the wood-gathering, cooking and stove maintenance, Lange believes that these “women should make [the stoves].” So, in each of the three villages of Zanzibar where the ICSEE is established, it has taught six women the engineering behind the stoves as well as the proper techniques for fixing stove damage. Maasai women love this role “because they’re being treated with respect and given serious responsibilities,” Lange said, implying that women in Tanzania do not always feel that they are trusted or respected within their communities.

As Lange progressed from teaching physics full-time at Brandeis to running a nonprofit, he says that the transition for him was quite natural. A self-described “typical active leftwing professor-activist,” Lange said he had “always been interested in third-world issues.” Lange explained that he has always been interested not only in physics, but also in science education for youth. In 1986, Lange took a sabbatical to teach at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. He returned to Tanzania in 1988 while still a full-time professor at Brandeis and began working on science education programs in Zanzibar that would later grow into the Zanzibar Science Camp.

These trips convinced Lange that the conventional American classroom was no longer the place for him. “I said ‘I’m through with telling people what to think. I just want to build things for the rest of my life,’” he said.

Lange expressed enthusiasm for his current lifestyle and said he loves the power and independence he is afforded by serving as his own boss. While he called foreign aid “a way of life for privileged people,” he noted that the ICSEE’s expenses come from maintaining projects and paying their native workers.

Lange takes no salary from his work at ICSEE and does not pay other American or European employees, which he contrasted to larger nonprofits, many of which have “Europeans and Americans working in Africa making a fortune.”

Lange and his colleagues built a model of their solar panels from Maasai outside of the Usdan Student Center during this past weekend, part of the German Embassy and the Center for German and European Studies’ Climate Change Campus Week, a celebration of the CGES’ efforts to promote “sustainability in Germany, Europe and the world” through “institutions, innovations and idealism,” according to the center’s website. CGES plans to present the newest developments in this field as well as ways in which globalization can be used for further sustainable economic development and has selected Lange’s work as an example of sustainable economic development.

In making the jump from Brandeis all the way to Tanzania, Terry explained that energy use in any part of the world creates a global impact and warned, “It is important to support and participate in initiatives that decrease dependency on limited energy sources, such as wood and encourage use of renewable energy sources such as the sun.”

She continued, “All communities, whether in the United States or the Maasai in Tanzania, will be affected by climate change and natural resource depletion.” Stretching across the globe, the ICSEE proves the impact individual choices have on the world around us.

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Brian Fromm, Editor in Chief Rebecca Blady, Managing Editor Brian N. Blumenthal, Production Editor Ian Cutler, Rebecca Klein, Nashrah Rahman and Jillian Wagner, Associate Editors Alana Abramson, News Editor Fiona Lockyer, Acting News Editor Tess Raser, Features Editor Hillel Buechler, Forum Editor Josh Asen, Sports Editor Jeffrey Boxer, Acting Sports Editor Bryan Flatt, Arts Editor Wei-Huan Chen, Acting Arts Editor Asher Krell and Robyn Spector, Photography Editors Debra Friedmann, Layout Editor Emily Kraus, Copy Editor Cody Yudkoff, Advertising Editor

Further inform students of crime Last Wednesday, the Brandeis community received an e-mail from Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan saying that a student had been assaulted on South Street the previous night. Although this editorial board was dismayed about the lack of an e-mail following last month’s robberies in the Usen Castle, we commend Public Safety on its communication with the community about this incident and September’s exposure incidents in the Harlan Chapel. However, as not only Brandeis students but as members of the greater Waltham community, we feel that in the future there should be greater communication from Public Safety to students from about crimes that take place in Waltham, even if those crimes do not necessarily involve students.

While most students feel safe within the confines of the Brandeis campus, a heightened awareness of safety risks in Waltham could help prevent crimes like the one that took place last Tuesday night.

More awareness of crimes in Waltham could make students more cautious and alert when off-campus.

Additionally, crimes in Waltham are a major concern to students who live off campus. A large number of students live off campus, and that number is likely to increase as the size of incoming classes enlarges and overcrowding in the dorms becomes more of a problem. It is important that these students, who don’t have

Promote police escorts the constant protections of campus security, be informed of safety risks in their neighborhoods.

Furthermore, we believe there should be more promotion of the Brandeis Police escort service, which runs after 2:30 a.m., when the late-night BranVan is no longer available. This service is designed to aid students who feel unsafe when walking around off campus.

However, on the University’s website, the service is only advertised by a single line at the very bottom of the Escort Service/Van and Shuttle Schedules portion of the website.

Public Safety should work to increase awareness of this service, which could especially aid the safety of students who live off campus. Additionally, an increased promotion of this service could make students feel more comfortable contacting Brandeis Police in the future and foster more trust between the two groups.

This board appreciates the lengths to which Public Safety goes to keep Brandeis students aware of relevant safety concerns.

However, we do feel that Public Safety should keep Brandeis students more informed about crimes that take place outside of campus.

Such awareness is especially important to the growing number of students who live off campus.

Adopt proposals in centers report Last month, the Centers and Institutes Review Committee released its formal recommendations to Provost Marty Krauss.

The committee, which was created in 2009 as a result of the findings of the Curriculum and Academic Restructuring Steering committee, issued several recommendations concerning four facets of the centers and institutes: their purposes, their governance, their establishment and their finances.

The committee’s precise recommendations have the potential to increase the utility of the centers and institutes here.

We approve of the recommendations overall and urge the provost to adopt them.

Concerning the purposes of the centers and institutes, the report emphasizes the potential increased usefulness of the institutions should they be further integrated with academic departments at this university. We agree that, for a number of the 21 centers and institutes here, there appears to currently exist a disconnect between them and other parts of the University. The report notes a “climate of mutual distrust” between some members of the Arts and Sciences faculty and those of centers and institutes.

According to the report, the “culture of mutual suspicion and separation” stems from a lack of cooperation between members of the Arts and Sciences faculty and the members of the centers and institutes as well as from the present lack of oversight of the centers and institutes. The report notes that some faculty have long viewed the lack of transparency negatively, due to the “climate of

Foster increased cooperation resource scarcity” here. Considering the University’s current financial state, this editorial board views the resolution of this issue as increasingly important.

Over the last several years, budgetary issues have affected most sectors of the University to some respect. Although the centers and institutes for the most part raise their own funds, as they are a part of this university, we agree that the University should see to it that their resources are used across the academy in the most prudent manner. To that end, while the prospect of establishing steering committees for each of the centers and institutes to report to the proposed Academic Prioritizing Committee appears to be a large-scale task, this editorial board recognizes the necessary expediency that such a system could provide.

While we have some reservations as to whether the report’s proposed monetary incentives system to encourage faculty and center/institute cooperation will actually be a worthwhile use of money, we commend the committee for proposing various other ideas, such as requiring center and institute directors to have formal faculty positions, in order to increase cooperation between these two aspects of the University.

This report is a useful step to allowing more students and other community members to fully benefit from the presence of the University’s centers and institutes. We appreciate the efforts of the Centers and Institutes Review Committee and advise the provost to adopt its recommendations.

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OP-BOX Quote of the Week “No way. I wouldn’t have been able to concentrate.”

—Academy Award winner Louis Gossett Jr. on why he turned down a love scene with Marilyn Monroe (See Arts, page 19).

Brandeis Talks Back My nightmares of approaching potential employers are the disabled equivalent of the “showing up in front of a crowd naked” dream. Inevitably, I sit in an uncomfortable chair and feel my palms sweat as I explain the situation to my boss. “Look,” I say, telling myself I must be assertive and confident, “I just can’t make it in every day. I have epilepsy, and I’ve got to sleep like a koala or shake like a leaf.

I’m more doped-up than your average teen star. So, do I still have the job?” I feel somewhat ashamed for asking for special treatment, and, of course, the answer from the potential employer is, “No.” In reality, this would lead to a rather sticky legal situation for both parties. The 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act is a tangle of vague language and caveats that for some time has been as much of a hassle for the disabled as a helping hand. Recent discussions on health care reform have complicated the issue further by raising questions of what exactly constitutes a disability and what disability itself entails.

Though the White House has undertaken a relatively robust plan to improve conditions for the disabled, very little in the way of across-the-aisle agreement is present.

But the Brandeis office of Disabilities Services and Support is a dreamlike reprieve from the mire of political disability discourse. For the uninitiated, the process goes roughly like this: A student gathers documentation of his disability from his doctor and presents the evidence to Disabilities Services and Support. A startlingly short time later, a meeting is arranged with Beth Rodgers-Kay, the director of the Disabilities Services and Support department, and arrangements for custom accommodations are agreed upon. This culminates in the production of letters that are then given to professors outlining the necessary accommodations.

Here, a word must be shared about Beth Rodgers-Kay, an individual most worthy of expedited canonization. She is one of those people upon whom any decent person would heap praise. One never feels that he is asking for charity when he shares his specific needs with her, but rather that he is receiving his due rights. For the disabled individual who constantly feels the sting of being a burden, that relief is an unimaginable gift. If there is an exemplar of social justice here, the office she runs is it. Though the department of Disabilities Services and Support lists its most frequent accommodations as extended test time, services of a peer note-taker, access to books on CD and use of adaptive technology, Beth gives letters to professors that are far more complicated on a daily basis, much to the benefit of rather complicated students.

This brings us to another dazzlingly progressive aspect of our Disabilities Services and Support department: One never feels like a freak, but rather another person with strengths and needs just a little off the beaten path. The department serves a large portion of the community—8 percent, as stated on the website—making full participation in academia and student life possible for the student with anything from autism to chronic fatigue disorder to epilepsy and beyond. To offer a personal example, I am given a little mercy on participation grades despite my often-empty seat in the classroom. Beth’s letters communicate that seizures and issues with medication often keep me in bed, which makes for a much more amicable relationship between professors passionate about attendance and me.

The list of individual accommodations goes on for many Brandeisians. The fact is that Disabilities Services and Support is a pillar of the community, as it provides the University a chance to benefit from the full potential of all sorts of individuals with unique talents. For some, disability is a fact of life that must be adjusted to, and for others it is something that comes and passes—injuries, for example, that may require crutches or wheelchairs. But our tradition of social justice is the soul of the department that enriches the community with the full participation of all of us, regardless of those chronic or momentary challenges. The hidden jewel that is the Disabilities Services and Support department should, therefore, be treasured as one of our greatest points of pride.

What do you think about the new block schedule that will be implemented next fall?

Jaclyn Frankel ’11 “Well, I think it’s a good thing, because it gives people more options to take more classes.”

Vivian Shie ’14 “It’s more convenient, because it leaves Friday afternoons free.”

Aidan Horowitz ’12 “I think it’s really frustrating, because I really like the option of not having classes on Friday.”

Natalie Janfaza ’13

“It provides a more even distribution of classes throughout the week.”

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READER COMMENTARY Chomsky event walkout was unfair

To the Editor: Like many of you, I expected some sort of fracas at the Noam Chomsky speech. However, the staged and coordinated walkout by many students seemed rather tepid compared to the histrionics at the Gold-Goldstone event last year.

At first, I considered the walkout as laughably ineffectual: Chomsky didn’t seem to care, and many people who were sitting on the floor were able to take the seats of these impetuous dissidents. Moreover, the joke seemed to be on the protesters, who had waited for over an hour to get seats for an event they would ultimately walk out on.

However, this got me thinking. Many students wanted to see Chomsky speak, yet the Sherman Function Hall reached maximum capacity, disallowing many students from attending the event.

My Facebook wall was besieged by a cavalcade of disgruntled friends bemoaning their inability to hear Chomsky. By walking out, the protesters deprived approximately 50 neutral students of the right to see the speech, and, in my opinion, this was the most egregious effect of the protest.

—Scott Evans ’12

Hosting Chomsky is inappropriate In response to your article “Chomsky to speak during Israeli Occupation Awareness Week” (News, Nov. 9): As an alum and as clergy, I find this event to both appalling and divisive. We need to work toward peace among our own community and those in the Middle East. Additionally, it was problematic to promote this event mere days after we commemorated the 10th anniversary of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination. We need to foster a legacy of dialogue not inbred hate and distrust.

—Rabbi Glenn Ettman ’99

Choose majors based on interest In response to your article “Advertise the advantages of math, science courses of study” (Forum, Nov. 9): This article opposes the fundamentals of a liberal arts education. First of all, I do not believe there is such thing as a “lucrative major” as a college undergraduate. You are propagating a common misconception that certain majors are directly connected to specific careers with high salaries and that others are not. This is simply false. If you are a math or science major and expect your course of study to automatically lead you to a lucrative career, then you have a thing or two to learn about your college education. ­ Your undergraduate education is just that— your education, not training for a job. By fulfilling any major, you learn to think, to write, to argue, to research, to interact with people; to generally become a more informed, reasoned and intelligent person. It is not Brandeis’ purpose to train you for the career you will have in 5, 10, 15 or 20 years! The sciences are wonderful subjects to major in. So are the humanities, arts and social sciences. I am not trying to put down math and science majors, but I want to convey that your one-sided view in this article discredits lots of other amazing fields of study.

The fact that you correlate Art History directly to unemployment and “financial insecurity” is disappointing and misinformed. You state briefly that “humanities majors are still crucial,” but do not explain: why this is, nor to whom or what they are crucial to. Frankly, the steps you choose to take with your major are what make you successful, not the major itself. You ask, “Should American colleges put more emphasis on future salaries when helping their students choose majors?” No, they should not. All students have the power to decide what compels them to learn, and choosing a major is not the time to make students focus on their salaries later in life. We have very few opportunities to dedicate all of our time to whatever topic we choose. No one should try to remove the undergraduate college experience from that short list.

—Jonna Cottrell ’13

Focus on content, not e-mail itself In response to your article “Reinharz’s Pachanga e-mail was inappropriate” (Forum, Nov. 2): While this article highlights some interesting concerns, I think the space would be better served by discussing the actual content of the e-mail, not merely the fact that it was written. I urge the Forum section to take a closer look at the fact that the e-mail discusses this past Pachanga as an anomaly when there was, in fact, a similar situation in fall 2009.

—Joanna Schorr ’10 The writer is a former editor in chief of the Justice.

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Get serious about Kindness Day

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Eitan

Cooper down to business

Brandeis recently held its first­­—and hopefully annual—Kindness Day. It was meant to be a day filled with exciting activities and events geared toward, well, kindness.

But I think there might be some issues with the day that ought to be dealt with in the most serious of manners.

I had been eagerly anticipating this sureto-be-epic day in the University’s history. But because of an incredibly unfortunate, failed attempt at kindness on my part, I am sorry to say that Kindness Day 2010 left me feeling quite bitter about the state of kindness at this university.

It all started around 2 p.m. on Friday, when I headed over to the Provisions on Demand Market to buy a box of delicious cookies. I put a sign on the box of cookies that read, “Free cookies for kindness day!”

I highlighted it in yellow so that people would be sure to see it and then placed the cookies on the steps leading down to the mailroom.

I then waited in the International Lounge. I stared out the windows of the room, hoping— at times praying—that someone would take a cookie from my box.

Not a single person did. I attempted moving the location of the box of cookies several times. First to a variety of different stairs on the staircase, then resting on the banister and, finally, to a chair right at the top of the stairs.

Still, I had no luck. I sadly moped out of the International Lounge an hour later and brought the cookies back to my dormitory, where I put them in front of my room with the same sign.

Fortunately, half of the cookies eventually disappeared.

Nonetheless, I felt quite perturbed. Why do Brandeisians seem to feel more comfortable with taking cookies from someone who lives next door to them than from a box sitting on the stairs? Why can’t we accept the kindness of complete strangers?

I would have expected that there are numerous people at this university who would not hesitate to take cookies from someone they do not know.

Free cookies are free cookies, no matter where they are placed.

Out of all days of the year, one would think that Kindness Day would be the easiest for people to practice and accept random acts of kindness. Sadly, this was not true for me.

One may say that I am putting far too much emphasis on one failed attempt at kindness.

Overall, Kindness Day seemed like a big hit, and I am merely expressing the opinion of a small minority who did not reap its tremendous benefits. But if you ask me, this failed scheme of mine was systematic of deeper problems with Kindness Day. I have devel-

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oped a few competing theories as to why my cookie scheme failed.

It is theoretically possible that people did not take my cookies because they were so absorbed with the events of Kindness Day. Distracted by all of the kindness going on around them, students and faculty just didn’t have a keen eye for cookies on the stairs. Running from one activity to the next, eagerly participating in kindness, my relatively small contribution of a box of cookies was seemingly insignificant when compared with the grand activities of the day.

Alternatively, it is possible that people did notice my cookies and purposely chose to ignore them.

Despite the publication and hype about the day, people simply did not want to accept the kindness of others. This seems unlikely to me, though.

After all, we live in a very warm and accepting community that is filled with kindness lovers. Kindness Day seems all too Brandeisian.

Perhaps my failure is rooted in the fact that the University just wasn’t ready to experience the awesomeness that is Kindness Day. This day definitely took us by storm and probably left most of us without an idea of what to do with ourselves. Overwhelmed with acts of kindness, it is possible that the University experienced a kindness overload that resulted in an ultimate lack of receptivity to kindness.

Or, finally, it is possible that Kindness Day was simply unnecessary. Students at this university already know how to be kind to one another, and the creation of a day built for kindness is an unneeded waste of time and money.

While we may not know how to take each other’s free cookies, we still will always hold the door for one another and practice other similar acts of kindness.

This all being said, Kindness Day 2011 can still be a huge success. But it won’t be without careful planning. I propose the immediate creation of an ad hoc Student Kindness Day Committee and an ad hoc Faculty Kindness Advisory Committee to the Student Kindness Day committee.

These two committees would work closely together, investigating the policies that were involved in creating Kindness Day this year.

They will analyze the successes and the failures of the day.

I am sure the committee will find that I am not the only one who experienced a failed attempt at kindness.

The committees will hopefully produce a lengthy joint report to be distributed to the Brandeis community no later than spring 2011.

It is my hope that no one will ever have to experience failed attempts at kindness at this university.

It’s time to move forward and gear up for Kindness Day 2011.

Nassar demonstrates admirable principles

By Liza Behrendt and Lev Hirschhorn special to the justice

Last Tuesday morning as part of Israeli Occupation Awareness Week, members of the Brandeis community gathered to hear a story of hope and peaceful resistance. Daoud Nassar, a Palestinian farmer from Nahalin, explained his innovative nonviolent response to the occupation of his land.

Over the last 20 years, Jewish settlements have surrounded Nassar’s 100-acre farm, separating him from the nearby town of Nahalin.

More recently, the Israeli separation wall has cut off both the farm and the town from the city of Bethlehem. Although he possesses documentation of land ownership from the previous four administrations (Ottoman, British, Jordanian and Israeli), the Israeli Ministry of the Interior has declared his farm “state land,” indicating its intentions to confiscate the property for further construction of settlements or other Israeli infrastructure. He has spent 12 years in front of

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During the Oslo Peace Process, the West Bank was divided into areas A, B and C. The Palestinian Authority has full administration over area A and partial administration of area B, while area C is under full Israeli control.

Area C comprises 60 to 65 percent of the West Bank, including Nassar’s farm. This means Nassar is not connected to electricity or water grids and is routinely and systematically denied requests for permits to build on his property. The state has routinely set up road blocks to prevent Nassar from reaching his own farm so that it may be considered abandoned and eligible for confiscation under an Ottoman Era land law. In addition to these systematic obstacles, he faces unwarranted actions from nearby Israeli settlers, who recently uprooted 200 olive trees from his farm.

Nassar asks, “How can we respond to these

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difficulties?” Instead of turning to violence or despair, Nassar has brought together an optimistic community of Palestinians, Israelis and internationals. He established the “Tent of Nations” on his property, where he hosts summer camps, coexistence workshops, educational programs for women and sustainable agricultural projects. He invites Israelis from Israel proper and from nearby settlements to join him in peace circles, where they learn to understand each other’s narratives. He consistently strives to focus on positive solutions rather than submitting to a mentality of victimization.

Daoud Nassar is an inspiration to anyone who seeks to find nonviolent solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. He shows us that Jews and Arabs can refuse to be enemies, even under the most difficult circumstances. “With walls,” he said at the event last week. “You will never create peace. You will never create understanding. You only create hatred.”

The writers are members of Jewish Voice for Peace.

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Don’t ban Four Loko; leave the decision to us Rebecca

Blady maelström

“Blackout in a can” sounds like a college kid’s dream, if you ask me. Too bad the manufacturers of Four Loko didn’t think to use that name before their product hit the market. Now, all Phusion Products can do now is anticipate the stream of states, cities and institutions that will attempt to completely eliminate “blackout in a can” within their legal boundaries.

Thus far, the most relevant politicians (at least, to us) to address the real danger of Four Loko have been Boston City Councilors John Connolly and Mark Ciommo. These two have co-sponsored a request for a hearing on Four Loko to “investigate and examine the health risks posed to Boston residents by Four Loko and like caffeinated alcoholic beverages,” according to the order. Yesterday, The Boston Globe quoted Connolly saying, “This is a situation when you know a young person is going to die at some point if we don’t get this out of the marketplace.”

Let’s be realistic for a minute. Death as a result of alcohol poisoning could happen at any given time on any given college campus.

College students don’t need Four Loko to effectively erase from memory every detail of a Saturday night.

When stress hits, students have plenty of easy-access legal substances to grab. Trouble occasionally arrives when the legal substances won’t cut it, and students have to pull a couple of strings to access illegal substances. Regardless, they’ll get them if they want them—at a range of prices. Time has proven that this is just the nature of college life. It therefore makes very little sense to place an explicit ban on Four Loko.

Now, I wasn’t there for Prohibition, and I entered the world somewhat in the middle of the marijuana legalization saga. So it’s pretty interesting to witness the government grapple with the logic behind “banning” a substance.

It seems to me—and you’ll have to take my inexperienced word on this—that instituting a ban on something just places a veil of secrecy over that something without effectively eliminating it. In the larger scheme of banned substances, this veil of secrecy often incurs some legal risks and a lot of undercover financial schemes.

Particularly in a college context, banning things also seems to make that something even more prevalent.

In this microcosm of society, our first identification with “the law” is in our dormitories: Community advisors institute the “rules” on alcohol and drug consumption (based on a combination of state and federal law and normal college campus “exceptions” to the law) with varying degrees of flexibility. As a result, we perceive legal authorities on campus from a distance. Do we really believe that even the most dedicated team of CAs could realistically handle each and every violation of dry-quad standards? The truth is that they can’t, so they don’t. And that makes

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a stressed-out student’s Friday night activities much easier to accomplish.

So Four Loko isn’t going anywhere.

The media, which naturally jumped on the telling phrase “blackout in a can” surrounding the product, will likely only exacerbate its unfortunate appeal. Of course, the carefree stupidity of college students doesn’t overshadow the physiologically harmful effects of Four Loko. And Four Loko has this one great feature going for it, too: it’s cheap. For a mere 3 dollars, consumers recieve the equivalent of an all-inclusive package of six beers, five large cups of coffee and some tacky, artificial,

sugar-loaded flavors.

While a ban would theoretically discourage people from the risks associated with Four Loko, I believe that in reality the problems would remain—especially if Four Loko were rendered illegal on college campuses.

An outright ban seems more like a kneejerk reaction than a productive solution. Connolly and Ciommo mean well for the generally young residents of the city of Boston, but the hearing seems to stem more from paranoia than anything else.

Because of the natural appeal Four Loko has to college students, college administra-

tions should take responsibility for figuring out how to handle all the rage surrounding it.

And this is exactly what Dean of Student Life Rick Sawyer did—send out an informative message to the student body containing the product’s possible risks and advice about safe courses of action.

Every school has a different party scene and social atmosphere; nonetheless, colleges and universities should take the time and effort to educate their students in a friendly, appropriate manner instead of rushing to render this now-popular substance illegal and duly attractive.

Lamenting the fractured condition of Zionism at Brandeis Avi

Snyder Voice of reason

Now that both Israeli Occupation Awareness Week and Israel Peace Week have come to a close, I finally have some time to stop and reflect on the events of the past week. As a Jew and a Zionist, I certainly felt strong emotions every time I encountered a group of student activists on the Rabb steps. Whether they were promoting Diana Bhutto and Noam Chomsky or asking me to sign a petition relating to Gilad Shalit, these activists certainly got an internal rise out of me, even if I couldn’t pinpoint at the time exactly what I was thinking or feeling.

Now that the dust has settled, I can safely say that I do not feel offended that there are those who deny Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish and democratic state, I do not feel relieved that Zionists on campus responded to Israeli Occupation Awareness Week relatively swiftly and respectfully, and I do not feel proud that Brandeis students are actively concerned and engaged with the issues surrounding the conflict.

Rather, I feel defeated. I feel pessimistic. I

feel as if the Zionist dream is dying the death of a thousand cuts.

Let me explain. I am a proud Zionist because I believe that the modern state of Israel presents a remarkable opportunity for the Jewish people to create a model state that can serve as an example of what a just and moral society ought to look like. I want Israel to be a world leader in protecting the rights of the poor and disadvantaged. I want Israel to demonstrate how religion can be a powerful force for good in the world. I want Israel to have an army that is admired not only for its effectiveness but also for its morality.

Most importantly, I want dialogue about Israel to center around these issues. There is terrible poverty in Israel; how can it be solved?

How can Israel ensure that a state with so many competing religious groups protects the rights of all its citizens? The Israeli army faces terrible threats daily, so how can it maintain its effectiveness without sacrificing its concern for human life? These are important questions that merit serious discussion.

Yet this past week showed me that these questions cannot merit the thought and discussion they deserve, at least not on our college campus.

What I saw last week was that dialogue about Israel here at Brandeis seems hopelessly focused on the single issue of the conflict with the Palestinians. Both sides of that conflict con-

tinuously argue with each other, protest each other and talk past each other confident that if they can effectively express their strongly held opinions about the conflict that they will have made a noble “stand” for a just cause.

Those who organized Israeli Occupation Awareness Week seem unable to look past the issues surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and realize that inside the security fence they so vigorously oppose lies a growing and thriving society: one in which the holy sites of all religions are protected by the state; women, minorities and homosexuals are accorded full civil and political rights; and a society with thriving academic and social institutions.

These activists are so animated by their opposition to the occupation that they reduce the state of Israel to nothing but an occupying colonialist force.

One would think that Brandeis’ Zionist activists would know better. One would think that they would see past the conflict with the Palestinians and be able to mount a response to Israeli Occupation Awareness Week that focused on all Israel has accomplished and remains to accomplish as a society.

Instead, Zionist students stood on the Rabb steps reading off the names of victims of Palestinian terrorist attacks. Pro-Israel activism on campus became a grotesque exercise in selfpity and in assigning blame. Zionists allowed the anti-Zionists to set the tone of the debate

and focus dialogue about Israel solely on the never-ending conflict with Palestinians to the exclusion of all other issues.

Rabbi Michael Melchior, an Israeli Rabbi and former Labor Party Knesset member, once quipped that so many people seem obsessively concerned with what the borders of Israel ought to be that they seem unconcerned with what will happen inside those borders.

After last week, I feel as if Israel dialogue on campus focuses exclusively on where borders are to be drawn and who is to blame for the fact that neither Israel nor Palestine has any final borders. No one seems to want to talk about what ought to happen within Israel’s borders.

No one seems concerned about the type of society that Israeli Jews and Arabs will construct within the borders of Israel.

It seems that this seemingly eternal conflict that has consumed dialogue about Israel in the media for decades is also consuming dialogue about Israel here at Brandeis. It seems as if this conflict will prove to be the eternal distraction from realizing the Zionist dream of building a model society in the Land of Israel.

I’m not proposing solutions or suggestions in this article; I am merely lamenting the fact that here at Brandeis, the Zionist dream seems to have disappeared. After a full week of students attacking and defending Israel, I am left wondering why the Jewish people ever longed to create Israel in the first place.

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MSOCCER: Judges win three WSOCCER: Team matches to take the ECACs wins first-ever

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twice in 17 minutes to cut Brandeis’ lead in half. In the 73rd minute, senior defender John Stather was taken down and awarded a free kick. Golden Bears junior defender Corey Howard sent the free kick into the penalty area and found senior midfielder Justin Martins, who beat Taylor Bracken ’11 to put his team on the board. Bracken was subbed out of the match and replaced by Matt Lynch ’11 after having made six saves on the evening.

In the 84th minute, Stather scored his first career goal to make it 4-2.

Judges defender Ethan Berceli ’14 said that despite the late offensive attack from the Golden Bears, the Judges were confident that they would hold on for the win.

“When they scored the second goal, there were 5 minutes left, and we had to focus ourselves again,” he said. “We felt that on the bench too. But even so, at that point, we were pretty sure we were going to win.”

Bracken was named the most outstanding player of the tournament, making 13 saves and allowing just one goal after playing nearly 232 minutes in the tournament. “[Bracken] was great, but realistically he wasn’t tested much in the first two games,” Coven said.

“If he had to make a save, he made it, but Western New England was a good team. They were in the Sweet 16 of the NCAAs last year. They had a couple opportunities that against other keepers would have been goals.”

The road to the championship was equally successful for the Judges. Last Saturday, Brandeis defeated Bridgewater State 3-0.

Midfielder Evan Ersing ’12 set up defender Matt Hohmann ’11 for his first career goal in the 40th minute. Eight minutes after the start of the second half, Feather scored to double the lead. The decisive 3-0 strike came in the 84th minute from Eisenbies off an assist from forward Nick George ’14.

Three days earlier, Brandeis defeated Albertus Magnus College 5-0 victory on Gordon Field. Forward Lee Russo ’13 scored four times and assisted a Keuchkarian strike in the 53rd minute.

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much of the game as the three combined for just two shots. “[Our defensive strategy was to] just come out aggressively and [be] talking and communicating with each other,” defender Alison Maresca ’12 said. “We do a good job of stepping up and having a person supporting in case one of us gets beat.”

The Williams match marked the final career games for Vallone, Pacheco, midfielder Ellie Einhorn ’11 and back Taryn Martiniello ’11.

The class combined for 51 wins, more than any other senior class in

Brandeis history. Vallone this season tied the school’s single-season scoring record with 17 goals, and she finishes her career with 28 goals despite missing most of her sophomore season with an injury.

This year, Einhorn had three goals and three assists for a career-high 9 points. Martinello helped lead a defense that this year gave up two goals just once in the regular season and had 10 shutouts in 21 games.

“I know that the team we’re leaving behind has the potential to go further [in the tournament],” Einhorn told reporters after the game.

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BREAKAWAY: Forward Steve Keuchkarian ’11 dribbles down the right sideline.

Brandeis will graduate eight seniors this spring, a group of athletes that Coven said was key to the strong season.

“It’s a testament to our seniors,” Coven said. “They are a good group who were enthusiastic and led the team well.”

23rd with a time of 23:08.2, while Warwick grabbed 27th with a time of 23:14.0. Selig’s time was good enough to qualify her for Nationals, the second year in a row that she will be the only runner from the women’s team at the meet. “[Selig] has had a great season,” Evans said. “She had a tough race yesterday, but she still qualified for Nationals. Obviously, we’re hoping for a lot more, but she didn’t feel well during the race. … [Warwick] ran a great race. She missed qualifying for Nationals by literally a couple of seconds.”

Two other seniors competed in the meet, their last as cross country runners. Marie Lemay ’11 placed 45th with a time of 23:44.7, and Hannah Lindholm ’11 took 85th with a time of 24:48.0.

The Judges placed three other runners, including Amelia Lundkvist ’14 with a time of 25:03.8, Erin

Bisceglia ’13 with a time of 25:13.2 and Victoria Sanford ’14 with a time of 25:20.9.

“All the girls have made me proud with the way they’ve run this year,” Evans said.

The NCAA Division III Championships at Wartburg College are to be held this Saturday at 11 a.m. for both the men’s and women’s cross country teams.

Speaking of the men’s team’s chances at nationals, Evans said, “We’re going out there to be one of the top 10 or 15 teams in the country. … We’re hoping to be the top New England team. We’re hoping to be the team to beat MIT and Williams.

We’re hoping to be one of the top UAA teams in the country. We’re getting better every week, and I think we’re ready for a really good meet out in Nationals.”

“On the right day, we’re a top10 team … and that’s what we’ll be shooting for,” Norton added.

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men’s cross country runners who placed in the top 25 of last week’s NCAA Regional Championships.

Paul Norton ’11, Marc Boutin ’12 and Chris Brown ’12 led the team at the meet.

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it was a disappointing season, but we could’ve been much better.”

On an individual level, Russo said that he was satisfied with his own performance, particularly during the team’s playoff run.

“I like the positions I was put in; I had a good time. It’s what I expected [of myself] from this season.” ­—Rebecca Klein

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UAA Conference Overall

W L T W L T Pct. New York 4 0 3 11 3 4 .722 WashU 4 1 2 14 1 5 .825 Emory 3 2 2 14 3 2 .789 Rochester 3 2 2 10 3 5 .694 Case 3 4 0 10 6 3 .605 Carnegie 2 4 1 11 4 1 .719 Chicago 2 4 1 8 8 1 .500 JUDGES 1 5 1 12 7 1 .625

UAA Conference

W L T Chicago 6 1 0 Emory 4 1 2 JUDGES 4 3 0 Rochester 3 2 2 WashU 3 2 2 Carnegie 2 5 0 New York 2 5 0 Case 1 6 0

Not including Monday’s games

Not including Monday’s games Overall W L T Pct. 12 4 3 .711 16 1 3 .875 15 5 1 .738 12 5 3 .675 11 8 2 .571 8 8 0 .500 7 10 2 .421 9 8 1 .528

TEAM LEADERS st time that the women’s soccer team won an NCAA Tournament game.

The squad defeated Castleton State College 2-1 on Saturday.

goals scored by the men’s soccer team in its three victories during the ECAC Tournament last week.

rd year in a row that the men’s cross country team has qualified for the NCAA Championships.

goals scored by Lee Russo ’13 last week, including four in the first half of the team’s 5-0 victory over Albertus Magnus College last Wednesday.

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Sailing team wins first meet against tough New England field

■ The sophomore midfielder/ forward scored five goals, including four in a 30-minute span, and added an assist during the team’s three victories this week.

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CLUB SPORTS BRIEFS

Lee Russo ’13

Last Wednesday, Lee Russo ’13 scored four goals in the first half of the men’s soccer team’s game against the Albertus Magnus College Falcons, leading the team to a 5-0 victory.

Russo, who also tallied an assist in the squad’s other goal in the match, added a fifth goal for the week in the championship game during the team’s 4-2 victory over Western New England College, which helped the Judges win the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III New England Tournament.

In total, Russo scored five goals and added an assist for 11 total points on the week. The showing vaulted him to first on the team in both points, with 24, and goals, with 10.

Though he mostly played outside forward this season, Russo found himself playing the center striker position against the Falcons. He said that all four of his goals during the game “were very similar in that they were shot from the same part of the field and went to the same part of the net.” The four goals came within just over 30 minutes of each other.

In discussing how the team played this year, Russo recognized that the Judges had a successful season but said that some of the games that the team lost should have had a different result.

“We’re a team that deserves to be much better than our record shows. … We’re [12-7-1], but I can only think of two or three teams that I think we should have lost to. … I wouldn’t say

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Midfielder/forward Lee Russo ’12 led the team with 24 points this season.

Forward Sofia Vallone ’11 led the team with 38 points this year.

Player Points Lee Russo 24 Luke Teece 20 Joe Eisenbies 18 Alexander Farr 15 Steve Keuchkarian 11

Player Points Sofia Vallone 38 Tiffany Pacheco 26 Mimi Theodore 19 Ellie Einhorn 9 Alanna Torre 9

XC Regionals (men’s)

XC Regionals (women’s)

Paul Norton ’11 led the men with a seventh-place finish at Regionals

Grayce Selig ’11 led the women with a 23rd-place finish at Regionals

Runner Time Paul Norton 26:00.0 Marc Boutin 26:16.3 Chris Brown 26:21.9 Ed Colvin 26:44.0 Dan Anastos 27:02.9

Runner Time Grayce Selig 23:08.2 Kate Warwick 23:14.0 Marie Lemay 23:44.7 Hannah Lindholm 24:48.0 Amelia Lundkvist 25:03.8

UPCOMING GAME OF THE WEEK Men’s basketball against Lasell College The Judges visit the Lasell Lasers tonight at 8 p.m. in the team’s season opener.

The men’s basketball team will travel to Lasell College to take on the Lasers during the Judges’ first regular-season match tonight.

Brandeis opened the season against Lasell last year as well, defeating the Lasers 90-79 on Auerbach Court. Vytas Kriskus ’12 was the high scorer in

the game with 23 points, including five 3-pointers.

The Judges will look to kick off their season on a high note after enjoying one of the most succesful seasons in school history last year. The team advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament before losing to Williams College.

The Brandeis University sailing team excelled in its Nov. 6 competition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, notching both first- and fifth-place finishes at the Professor Noringer Bowl for its first victory in the regatta in more than three years.

The event featured several of the top New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association teams, including Brown University, MIT, Bowdoin College and Middlebury College.

The women’s team emerged victorious in the event, with the A and B teams each posting point totals of 17. The A team, with Andrea Verdeja ’14 as skipper and Davida Judelson ’12 as crew member, won its first race and stayed in the top five for the remaining four matches.

The B team performed equally well, earning two first-place finishes, as well as second- and fourth-place marks. Meghan Breslin ’13 was skipper, and Alison White ’13 served as crew.

“The win means a lot for Brandeis because it shows how much the team accomplished,” team treasurer Joshua Basseches ’12 said.

The Brandeis’ men’s team also had an impressive showing, finishing fifth in a field of 15 teams. The A team, helmed by Jared Dunn ’13 with Forrest Hardy ’13 as crew, hovered within the top 10 for all five of its races. The team notched a first-place finish in the final match to finish with a score of 32 points.

The B team, with Basseches as skipper and John Fonte ’12 as crew, also performed well, amassing a total mark of 28 points.

For the first time this season, both teams cracked the top 10 in their respective events, which Basseches says is “an important stepping stone for the team.”

Though the team is not eligible for the postseason, coach Tom Robinson said that this win was still valuable. “For a young team, it was very important to win this regatta,” Robinson said. “It is certainly a good beginning for success in the future.”

Editor’s note: Davida Judelson ’12 is a photographer for the Justice.

—Adam Rabinowitz

Men’s frisbee team qualifies for UOA National Championships The Brandeis men’s ultimate frisbee team, Tron, has come a long way to get to where it is now. After placing second at the Ivy League Tournament 2 weeks ago, Tron will compete this weekend in the UOA Nationals Tournament in Myrtle Beach, S.C. It will be the first time that the men’s ultimate team will compete on the national level.

The team qualified because of its successful fall season; Tron has amassed a 26-3 record for the season and has placed first on several occasions, including Sectionals in Maine, New England Regionals, and a tournament hosted by Connecticut College.

It was the team’s success at the Ivy League Tournament that qualified it for Nationals. Despite being seeded seventh out of eight teams, Tron beat Yale University, Brown University, Harvard University, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Columbia University before losing to Dartmouth College in the finals by a score of 15-11.

Aaron Louison ’11 says that the team was successful because there was little pressure on them to succeed. “[We were] able to play so well at the Ivy League tournament because we had our backs up against the wall from the beginning,” Louison said. “We were not seeded high, and thus we had nothing to lose. We played as best as we could, because we were not entitled to victory like most of the teams that were there.”

Louis Chai ’12 agreed that the tournament showed that any team has a chance to win any given game.

“What that tournament has showed us is that no team can be unbeaten,” Chai said.

The team believes that its work ethic has been key to its success. “We have endured a time-consuming schedule of practices and tournaments, at which we have pushed ourselves to our potential,” Brian Dahlben ’12 said.

“We have conditioned ourselves physically and mentally over the course of the season so that I believe we can stick with any team,” he continued.

Dahlben also attributes the team’s success to each player’s individual efforts and dedication.

“No one player reserves any special privileges but is merely a piece of the team,” he said.“ Our selfless dedication has facilitated our achievements this season, and each player is motivated by the knowledge that everyone else is pushing himself for the benefit of the team. As Kipling wrote, ‘The strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack,’” Dahlben added.

The squad also attributes this year’s success to the fact that many of the players have now been playing together for several years.

“What makes this team unique compared to previous years is that we have a group of seven seniors who have been playing together since our first year at Brandeis,” Louison said.

“We have extremely high team unity and a great understanding as to everyone’s abilities. We’re more than just a team because our entire squad has been best friends throughout our time in college,” he continued.

Despite being placed low in the tournament bracket for nationals, Louison is confident that the team will exceed expectations again.

“We plan on going to [South] Carolina to prove to the nation that a small liberal arts college has more potential to be national champions than the large mid-Atlantic state schools that we’ll face, he said. We would not be going if we didn’t think we could win.”

—Sam Liang

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The Brandeis sailing team won its first regatta in more than 3 years in a Nov. 6 competition at MIT, p. 15.

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men’s soccer

BATTLE FOR POSSESSION

Judges win ECAC Championship ■ The men’s soccer team

won three games this week as the fourth seed to win the ECAC Tournament.

By julian cardillo JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

JOSHUA LINTON/the Justice

PHYSICAL PLAY: Forward Hilary Andrews ’14 fights Castleton freshman midfielder Kelsey Lenney for the ball in Saturday’s game.

Historic weekend for Brandeis ends in loss

■ The women’s soccer team

won its first-ever NCAA Tournament game before dropping to Williams College.

By MELISSA SIEGEL JUSTICE senior WRITER

Just under 10 minutes into the second half of the Brandeis women’s soccer team’s NCAA second-round match against Williams College, the Judges appeared ready to close the gap after falling behind 2-0 at the half.

They were down just 3-2 in secondhalf shots despite being outshot 14-3 in the first half. But the Judges were called for a handball inside the goal box, setting up a penalty shot for the Ephs.

Williams senior midfielder/forward Sara Wild then hit a shot into the net for her third of four goals in the game, giving the Ephs a threegoal lead.

Williams would score three more goals in the second half to win the game 6-0 and end the Judges’ season.

Brandeis finishes the year with a record of 15-5-1 after defeating Castleton State College 2-1 on Saturday in the first round of the tournament.

“I think they’re a great team,” Brandeis forward Sofia Vallone ’11 said about Williams to reporters. “I think that, hands down, they worked hard, they moved the ball really well.

We worked hard. Some days we have it, and some days we don’t, and unfortunately, today we didn’t have it.”

Wild’s first goal came just 3 min-

utes, 30 seconds into the game and gave the Ephs an early 1-0 lead. The score came off a pass by sophomore midfielder/forward Catilyn Clark and landed in the bottom left corner of the net.

Wild scored again just over 20 minutes later to give Williams a two-score advantage. Brandeis goalie Francine Kofinas ’13 was drawn off her line by Williams junior forward Brett Eisenhart, who then passed the ball to Wild for the shot into the open net.

“I think we used our width very effectively,” Wild said of her team’s offensive success against Brandeis.

“We got the ball out wide a lot of the time, and with our wide forwards just crossing it in, they worked hard out wide and got the ball in, and I was just there waiting for it. … It wasn’t really much to do once they got it in.”

Wild, the New England Small College Athletic Conference player of the year, scored her fourth and final goal of the game on a free kick just outside the 18-yard line. Wild entered the game second on her team with eight goals and first on the team with nine assists.

Williams added two more goals late in the second half, with both of these coming against Judges rookie goalkeeper Leah Sax ’14. The first of these came in the 80th minute off the foot of sophomore defender Kristine Nakada, who scored her fourth goal of the year. Sophomore forward Bridget Gallagher rounded out the scoring with a goal with 13 seconds left in the game after Sax lost control of the ball in the net.

During the game, the Judges

were outshot 28-10 and had just five shots on goal. It was the fourth time Brandeis was shut out this season.

“We knew they were really quick,” Williams coach Michelyne Pinard said of the Brandeis offense. “We thought their attacking presence, one [versus] one especially, was impressive, so our goal was to deny them the ball, and I think our backs did a wonderful job doing that.”

On Saturday, the Judges defeated Castleton 2-1 for their first-ever NCAA Tournament victory. The Judges fell behind in the 10th minute when Spartans junior forward Hilary Cooke scored on a header off a cross by junior forward Courtney Chadbourne. Brandeis bounced right back, though, tying the game less than 2 minutes later on a goal by rookie midfielder Mary Shimko ’14.

It was Shimko’s second of the season.

Brandeis then scored the gamewinner, courtesy of another rookie, forward Hilary Andrews ’14. Vallone hit a free kick from about 35 yards away that was initially saved by Castleton sophomore goalkeeper Ericka Davis. But Davis was unable to control the ball, and Andrews scored during the ensuing scramble in front of the net to put the Judges ahead for good. Forward Tiffany Pacheco ’11 got the assist on the play, giving her a school-record 29 for her career.

The Spartans had three 10-goal scorers in the regular season: Chadbourne, Cooke and sophomore forward Megan Blongy. But the Judges were able to shut them down for

See WSOCCER, 13 ☛

The men’s soccer team capped off the season by winning the 2010 Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III New England Men’s Soccer Championship in a 4-2 victory over Western New England College in Springfield, Mass. last Sunday. The fourth-seeded Judges, defeated the second-seeded Golden Bears to grab their third ECAC Championship trophy.

“It was nice; the whole tournament, we played well,” coach Mike Coven said. “Last year was probably the worst year for Brandeis soccer. But we bounced back this year [and] had a good record. We really did well; we were right in there. Winning the ECAC Championship was great.”

The Judges struck early as midfielder Kyle Feather ’14 headed in a free kick from midfielder Kyle Gross ’11 for his fourth goal of the season, the most of any rookie.

Just 12 minutes later, in the 23rd minute, midfielder Joe Eisenbies ’13 added his eighth goal of the season to give the Judges a 2-0 lead going into the half.

Coven knew the team still had work to do despite the early lead.

“It scares me a little bit, because we’ve had early leads before, and sometimes it hasn’t worked out well,” he said. “Once we went up by two goals, we were more confident. We defended well as a team and limited the number of opportunities they had.”

The Judges came out strong in the offensive third of the field immediately after the start of the second half. Midfielder Theo Terris ’12 was fouled in the penalty area, and the Judges were awarded a penalty kick. Forward Steve Keuchkarian ’11 converted the penalty in the 49th minute by shooting the ball into the upper right corner of the net for his fourth goal of the season.

Just 7 minutes later, forward Lee Russo ’13 received the ball from Feather and scored Brandeis’ fourth goal of the championship game. Russo took control of Feather’s pass and fired a shot into the back of the net for his team-leading 10th goal of the season.

“Great goal,” Coven said of Russo’s shot. “We’ve been telling him, when you get the ball and you’re isolated to take on the defense.

With his speed and skill, he can beat anyone; today, he blew by his man and slipped it past the keeper off a great pass.”

The Golden Bears, however, did not allow the Judges to record their third straight shutout of the ECAC tournament, as they scored

See MSOCCER, 13 ☛

Cross Country

Men qualify for NCAA Championship Meet ■ Both the men’s cross

country team and women’s runner Grayce Selig ’11 will race at NCAAs this weekend.

By jacob lurie JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

The men’s cross country team qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships last Saturday by placing third out of 49 teams at the NCAA Division III Regional Cross Country Championship at Williams College. This will be the men’s thir straight appearance at the tournament.

The women’s team placed 10th out of 51 competing schools.

“Our goal was always to make it to Nationals,” coach John Evans said. “We consider ourselves one of the premier programs in New England. We’d really like to win it, but our first and foremost goal was always to make it to Nationals. That was, I think, the best Brandeis performance in probably 15 years.”

Paul Norton ’11 led the team with a time of 26 minutes flat, good for seventh place. Norton, who finished third at last season’s Regional Championship and seventh at Nationals, has been hampered by an Achilles tendon injury for most of the season.

“I’m pretty much recovered,” Norton said. “I’m still not training at 100- percent intensity ... at this point, it’s not really my injury; it’s a lack of preparation in terms of

training and racing, which I think showed a little bit yesterday. All these guys have been training hard and racing all fall, and I haven’t been able to do that.”

Marc Boutin ’12 finished the race in 26:16.3, 5.6 seconds ahead of Chris Brown ’12. The duo placed 16th and 24th, respectively. Norton, Boutin, and Brown were all granted All-New England recognition due to their top-35 finishes. “[Norton, Boutin and Brown] all ran great,” Evans said. “[Norton] has obviously had some problems with injury this year, but coming back and being in the thick of things at the front of the race just shows you how tough he is and what a great leader he is. [Boutin] ran another great race. [Boutin] came back to the team and ran exceptionally well, and maybe he can get better at Nationals. And then [Brown] has just been so consistent. To be AllNew England really put us in great position to qualify for Nationals.”

Rounding out the meet for the men’s team were Ed Colvin ’14, who came in 38th with a time of 26:44.0; Dan Anastos ’11, who finished with a time of 27:02.0 and placed 54th; Kerwin Vega ’11, who finished right behind Anastos and came in 55th with a time of 27:02.9; and Devon Holgate ’11, who placed 72nd with a time of 27:20.1.

The women’s team was paced by Grayce Selig ’11 and Kate Warwick ’12, both of whom earned All-New England recognition. Selig placed

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■ Louis Gossett Jr. talk

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The Academy-Award winning actor gave a talk about racism in the entertainment industry, as well as his own personal battles against racism, at the Rapaporte Treasure Hall last Wednesday.

■ ‘Sunday in the Park’ preview 19

The parallels between the massive upcoming production at the Spingold Mainstage and the painting on which the show is based are covered in this preview.

■ ‘The Winter’s Tale’ review

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Hold Thy Peace presented a production of Shakespeare’s classic play at the Carl J. Shapiro Theater this past weekend, a performance filled with talent.

OFF CAMPUS

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■ ‘Fantasia’ at the MFA

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Two Disney filmmakers gave an exclusive interview to justArts about the upcoming re-release of ‘Fantasia’ on DVD and Bluray.

■ Dave Matthews Band concert 21

John Butler Trio opened for Dave Matthews Band while playing for a sold-out crowd in TD Garden last Tuesday.

■ The Publick House

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The many delicious drinks of Brookline’s pub are discussed in this food review, which covers its Belgian Beer Fest event.

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Interview

Catching up with Manginah

by Shelly Shore

Ex-couple Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey are engaged—just not to each other.

You might remember Nick and Jessica’s brief television show, Newlyweds. As reality shows went, it was fairly low-key, but it convinced millions of viewers (my high school self included) that they were the definition of true love. When the couple split in 2005, viewers were devastated and many hoped they’d reconcile. No such luck.

On Nov. 4, Nick announced that he was officially engaged to Vanessa Minnillo, his girlfriend since 2006, putting a definitive end to the rumors that she was just a very long-term rebound fling.

Unlike Nick, though, who has been steady with Vanessa for almost 4 years, Jessica has been going through boyfriends like movie rentals since her split with Nick. As the names kept coming from all sides of the “things-to-befamous-for” spectrum (John Mayer and Tony Romo?), Jessica’s fans began to worry that she’d never find another man to settle down with.

But on Nov. 14, Jessica announced that she, too, was engaged, to boyfriend Eric Johnson.

The two have been dating for 5 to 7 months, depending on whom you ask (the relationship was confirmed in July, but rumors had been swirling since May), which for normal people is very quick to go from strangers to engagers, but hey, this is Hollywood.

As much as we’d all like to be happy for the future Mrs. Johnson, it does seem a little fishy.

Getting engaged barely 2 weeks after your exhusband announces his engagement? When asked last month if Eric was the one, Jessica told People magazine, “I never go to that, because I already went there, so, I’m not going to jinx my own self. He’s the one for me right now! I’m very happy, I’m in a great place, and if right now could last forever, I’d take it.” Those are pretty good words of praise, but they are not necessar-

 JustArts interviewed Manginah’s musical director, Louis Polisson, ’12 regarding the group’s fall show.

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ANOTHER NEWLYWED: Jessica Simpson and exNFL player Eric Johnson got engaged last week. ily the words of a woman hoping for a ring.

Even though the Internet is swirling with rumors that Jess’ engagement was her idea rather than Eric’s, an attempt to not get too behind her ex, Jessica expressed heartfelt wishes for Nick and Vanessa. “I don’t know where all these rumors came from,” she told People. “Our relationship was over a really long time ago, so it would be nice if everybody could move on with us and really just celebrate the love between him and Vanessa.”

Ouch, Jess. Way to twist the knife.

What’s happening in Arts on and off campus

ON CAMPUS EVENTS BUCO coffeehouse

Performances include the Brandeis Swing Troupe, Ba’note, and Jewish Fella Acappela.

BUCO is the Brandeis University Conservative Organization, providing educational, social, social justice and religious opportunities to Brandeis’ conservative Jewish community.

Tonight at 9 p.m. in Cholmondeley’s.

Mixed Monologues

The Mixed Heritage Club presents its annual slam poetry and spoken-word showcase.

Students will express themselves through poetry, spoken word and rap with a central theme of identity within the performances.

The Mixed Heritage Club was created to bring together the various mixed-heritage community members at Brandeis in order to raise awareness of diversity and create a safe space of sharing and comfort within Brandeis and the broader community.

Tomorrow at 9 p.m. in Cholmondeley’s.

HTG presents ‘The White Liars’ and ‘Black Comedy’

This presentation of two one-act plays by Peter Shaffer tells two tales of intrigue and comedy. The White Liars tells the story of a psychic and two clients, one of whom conspires to read the other a false future; but the psychic gets more than she bargained for when she discovers the information she was given is not quite what it seems. Black Comedy is a satirical piece about a starving artist who steals furniture from his neighbor in order to impress his fiancé’s father; events turn chaotic when a blackout interrupts the visit. Michelle Kuchinsky ’12 directs both performances.

Thursday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Carl J. Shapiro Theater. $3 general admission.

‘Sunday in the Park with George’

This Pulitzer Prize-winning musical chronicles the life and work of Georges Suerat and his most famous painting, “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.” The play is being presented at Brandeis as part of the international celebration of music and lyrics writer Stephen Sondheim’s 80th Birthday.

Directed by Director of the Office of the Arts Scott Edmiston.

Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Spingold Mainstage. Tickets range from $18 to $20. Discounts available for members of the Brandeis community.

Music colloquium

John Harbison speaks at this symposium on his compositional works. Harbison is the composer of hundreds of musical compositions in a variety of styles, including orchestral, opera, ballet, choral, chamber, vocal and solo.

He studied music at Harvard University and later Princeton University, going on to win the Pulitzer Prize for his music for 1987’s The Flight into Egypt.

Thursday at 4 p.m. in Slosberg 212.

Brandeis contra dance

This presentation of the contra style of folk dancing will include free lessons and musi-

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ETHNIC EXPERIENCE: Last year’s Mela marks its annual show in the Levin Ballroom this Saturday. cal performances by the Free Raisins, who are a Boston-area contra dance band visiting Brandeis for this special event.

Saturday at 3 p.m. in the Shapiro Campus Center Multipurpose room. Admission is free and open to the public.

sy” and Sibelius’ “Symphony No. 1.” Orchestra directed and conducted by Neil Hampton.

Sunday at 7 p.m. in the Slosberg Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.

Mela 2010: My Life is Desi

Kathy Griffin performs

This annual culture show strives to promote cultural understanding and awareness of the eight countries of South Asia. The show presents these cultures in a combination of dance forms including traditional, modern and fusion. There will also be spoken word presentations, contemporary and classical music and an educational slideshow. The central theme of the show will be traced through the friendship between an immigrant Indian and an American Desi. A South Asian dinner will be given in the Usdan Student Center following the performance.

Saturday at 6 p.m. in the Levin Ballroom. $5 general admission. After-party in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium at 10 p.m.

JustArts showcase

The annual exhibition of staff and faculty artwork through a variety of media outlets including printmaking, sculpture, glass, ceramics and jewelry. The idea of holding this exhibition came from Ingrid Schorr, program administrator for the Office of the Arts, as a way to celebrate the lesser-known artistic sides of various Brandeis employees.

Week-long event begins today at the Spingold Dreitzer Gallery.

Brandeis-Wellesley orchestra

This concert features music performed by the winners of the 2010 Concerto competition.

Comprised of students, faculty, staff and associates of both Brandeis and Wellesley College, the orchestra performs four to five concerts a year, seeking to bring great musical literature before a modern audience. The evening’s performances include Lizst’s “Hungarian Fanta-

OFF CAMPUS EVENTS Double Emmy Award-winning comedian/ actress Kathy Griffin performs at the Hanover Theatre. Griffin is best known for her role in the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan, as well as guest stints on Seinfeld and ER. She recently released a comedy album titled For Your Consideration, for which she received a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album.

Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester, Mass. Tickets range from $39 to $75 general admission, 10 percent discount available to students.

Berklee Signature Series: Jorge Drexler meets Berklee

Oscar-winning singer/songwriter Jorge Drexler performs a selection of music from his native Uruguay at the Berklee College of Music. Dexler has been nominated for seven Grammy awards and became the first native Uruguayan to win an Academy Award.

Saturday at 8:15 p.m. at the Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Ave., Boston. Tickets range $10-15.

‘The Aliens’

This new play, written by Annie Baker and presented by Company One, tells the story of two college dropouts living behind a dumpster in the town of Shirley. There they meditate on music, philosophy, shrooms and Bukowski.

When a teenage employee asks them to relocate, the two men decide they’ve finally found a disciple.

Month-long run begins Monday at Calderwood Rehearsal Hall A, 527 Tremont St., Boston. Tickets range from $35 to $38 for general admission, $15 for students.

JustArts: What has Manginah been up to this year?

Louis Polisson: We’ve been focusing on a few things so far this year. We’ve been working on promoting our CD Notes in the Wall, which we released last April. Two tracks off of Notes in the Wall, “Jerusalem” and “Adam Tzover Zichronot,” were recently selected for BOJAC: the Best of Jewish A Cappella Vol. 2 compilation album.

Notes in the Wall was a huge year-and-a-half-long endeavor for the group, and we’re very proud of the results (you can still get Notes in the Wall for $15 from any member of Manginah)! As always, we’ve been working on arranging and learning new songs. We debuted two new songs, “Ito Lanetzach” and “Ah Ah Ah” at our fall show this past Sunday, Nov. 14. Since teaching our music to our new members at the beginning of the semester, we’ve been working on polishing our repertoire overall in preparation for various coffeehouses, our fall show and a few off-campus gigs coming up this month and next month. Off-campus performances are a lot of fun and allow us to promote Notes in the Wall, in addition to earning Manginah some money. I think it’s fair to say we’ve been pretty busy!

JA: How have the new members been integrating into the group?

LP: Meh. In all seriousness, though, our new members have been integrating into the group wonderfully. I believe that our new members— Gabriella Feingold ’14, Coby Fleischman ’14, Zoey Hart ’13 and Matt Sidell ’14—all fit in perfectly with Manginah. They each have great unique personalities and add much more to the group than just their voices. They probably thought we (the old members) were pretty weird at first, but I think they’ve warmed up to us at this point. Either that, or they secretly still think the old members are weird. Which is a strong possibility.

JA: How do you decide on new songs for the group? What is the process of turning the song from a studio mix to an a capella song?

LP: Manginah has a unique song selection process. Many a cappella groups ask members to pick a few songs they would like to solo on and then select their songs by voting on those options. Manginah encourages its members to find songs that are Jewish and/or Israeli in some way without picking a soloist first. Any member can propose a song to the group after getting it approved by the musical director. The group then votes on whether or not they want to have the song arranged and added to the repertoire.

As for the process of “turning the song into an a cappella song,” Manginah members arrange the majority of our songs. Sometimes an inexperienced arranger might propose a song and work with a more experienced arranger on it, and sometimes members arrange songs by themselves. Arranging can be a challenging but enjoyable and rewarding experience. You have to be able to listen to a piece of music and pick out each part ­­— each instrument, each chord change, each note—and then you have to notate it. It takes talent, knowledge, experience and hard work to create a really good arrangement. And sometimes it takes listening to a song over and over again.

And over again. And over again. And—you get the picture.

JA: How did your fall show go? What do you think was the best or most fun aspect of it?

LP: Our fall show went very well in my opinion, thanks for asking! It’s hard to say what the “best” aspect of the show was, but I always love debuting new songs. As I said above, we sang two new ones: “Ito Lanetzach,” originally performed

by Lihi Attar, and “Ah Ah Ah,” originally performed by Efrat Gosh. Of course, it’s also fun to sing old songs with new soloists. I also enjoy singing “Amen,” our “flagship song,” as one Max Fischlowitz-Roberts ’10 might say, with our alumni at the end of every semester show—it’s always a bittersweet moment, but it’s really cool to sing with alumni.

JA: How do you decide the theme for your shows?

LP: Our fall show always has the same theme: Manginah’s fall show. I think it’s a nice theme.

Our spring show theme is determined after brainstorming and discussion sessions with the group. Members bring ideas for a theme to the group and discuss them. After narrowing it down to a few choices, the group picks a theme. Past Spring Show themes have included “Manginah’s Super Sweet Sixteen,” “The Manginah Monologues,” and others.

JA: What are the plans for the rest of the year?

LP: We’re going to continue to perform on and off campus and continue promoting and selling Notes in the Wall. We also plan on adding more new songs to the repertoire—we already have an arrangement or two in the works for next semester. We’ll be holding auditions at the beginning of next semester, and we’re looking forward to singing at a cappella festivals such as Jewish Fella Acapella’s annual Jewish A Cappella Festival right here at Brandeis! ­—Bryan Flatt

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Academy Award winner speaks about racism ■ Louis Gossett Jr., who won

an Oscar in 1983, spoke about racism in Hollywood at Brandeis last Wednesday.

By Ariel kay JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

Acclaimed actor Louis Gossett Jr. gave a talk about racism in entertainment on Tuesday in the Rapaporte Treasure Hall in a thought-provoking event sponsored by the Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism.

Phyllis Karas, the woman who helped to write his memoir, titled An Actor and a Gentleman, moderated the talk.

Gossett was introduced by Prof. Anita Hill (Heller), who gave a touching introduction. Hill recalled how, when she was growing up, seeing black faces on television was an event unto itself.

Gossett was one of the first actors to break down the racial barrier in entertainment, and Hill thanked him for his outstanding work.

Gossett is most widely known for playing Sgt. Emil Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman, for which he won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award in 1983. He was the first African-American to win that award. An Officer and a Gentleman co-starred Richard Gere and Debra Winger, who was also nominated for Best Actress for her performance. The film centers around Zach Mayo (played by Gere), a young navy officer-in-training who learns about friendship and love while attending the Navy Aviation Officer Candidate School. Gossett played his tough-as-nails training officer.

Gossett recounted several stories from his time on the set of the movie, describing how he trained at a genuine Marine training camp and how he was allowed to appear in front of the rest of the cast only when dressed in his full military uniform, as per director Taylor Hackford’s instructions. He also praised Richard Gere’s work as an actor, saying that Gere should have received an Oscar at this point in his career, though he did not mention for which role.

An Officer and a Gentleman was the work that launched Gossett into the conscience of mainstream America, but, in fact, the actor appeared in his first professional gig 30 years earlier,

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COMBATING RACISM: Academy Award-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. discusses race in film at the Rapaporte Treasure Hall. at age 17, in the Broadway production of Take a Giant Step. Eight years later, he starred in his first feature film, A Raisin in the Sun, in which he played George Murchison opposite Sidney Poitier. Gossett has worked with many of old Hollywood’s most notable figures, including Marilyn Monroe. He told a hilarious story describing an instance in which he and Monroe took a drama class together. One day she called him and asked him to perform a love scene with her from the play Kiss of the Spider Woman. Gossett declined, saying “No way. I wouldn’t have been able to concentrate.” It’s hard to believe anyone could have resisted Marilyn. Gossett himself asserted that “if she had stayed with [ex-husband] Ar-

theater

Previewing ‘Sunday in the Park with George’ ■ The Brandeis Theater

Collective opens its huge production this Thursday.

By SUJIN SHIN JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

I first realized that the Brandeis Theater Company was going to perform Sunday in the Park with George when I picked up the State of the Arts magazine published each semester and skimmed through it. “Oh,” I thought, “it’s based on that painting

by Georges Seurat.”

My memory floated back to the middle school art class in which I first heard that name. I flipped to the page in the magazine that focused on Sunday, and I immediately remembered the painting. In the magazine, there was a picture of one of the opening scenes of the show, but something wasn’t quite right. It looked the same, but there was an element missing.

Then I realized that the actors were arranged on stage exactly how the subjects of the painting were placed.

At first, I was amused; it seemed silly. “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” is a lighthearted painting. Pointillism, a meticulous and painstaking style of painting that uses small dots of paint instead of brushstrokes to define a figure, is a style that is not suited for dramatic or ponderous imagery, so its translation into drama seemed contrived to me. I couldn’t see how a story that would be deep and dramatic enough to be called theater proper could be lifted from

just an image.

However, as I read on and continued researching this show, I discovered that the depth of the play is realized through a transcendental “doubled layer” of stories. The narrative encompasses Georges Seurat’s struggles with this painting more than the fictionalization of the lives of the painted characters. In fact, philosophical struggles are the foundation of the story.

The music and lyrics were created by the timeless Stephen Sondheim and the storyline by James Lapine.

As a parallel to the pointillist style of the painting, the sounds that Sondheim put onto paper are “pointillist” as well.

The story is modernist, surreal and thought-provoking—and though it goes into the philosophy of aesthetics and the relationship between an artist and his product, a love story is entangled within as well.

Rob St. Laurence ’11 is playing George, the main character; Robert Orzalli ’11 plays Franz, a jealous and handsome soldier; and Ell Getz ’13, who plays a twin named Celeste, is maintaining a “backstage blog” that details some of her experiences behind the scenes.

Sunday in the Park with George is slated to be a shining moment in Brandeis theater history and will definitely be an experience for all to enjoy. Sunday will play from Nov. 18 to 21 at the Spingold Mainstage. Tickets can be bought at the Shapiro Campus Center box office, at the Spingold Theater box office and online.

thur Miller, she would have won three or four Oscars, and she would still be alive today.”

Gossett himself battled substance abuse, which he recounts in his memoir. He mentioned this period briefly, however, and only in passing during the talk. Most of the conversation focused on his long career and on the foundation he created, the Eracism Foundation. The foundation seems to be doing some impressive work as well as having a totally pun-tastic moniker. According to its website, the foundation “engag[es] youth involved in gang activity with a series of intensive antiviolence camp initiatives and forums designed to promote peace, antiviolence, personal responsibility and

re-entry into positive, productive citizenship.” It also sponsors “after school programs focusing on mentoring and tutorial services to nurture the academic and professional development of children from diverse communities.”

Gossett says that at this point in his life (he is 74) he wants to dedicate himself to “an all-out conscientious offensive against racism.”

The actor has personal as well as moral reasons for taking on this battle.

Growing up in Coney Island, N.Y., Gossett describes having friends of many ethnicities. It was the adults in his life who seemed to be the ones who cared about his skin color. He recalled one episode in which he was not allowed in a swimming pool with the rest of his

friends because it was for whites only.

When he was told he had to leave, the rest of his friends went with him. These demonstrations of support meant a great deal to Gossett, and the actor remarked that many of those same kids from Abraham Lincoln High School are still his close friends today.

When Gossett moved out to Los Angeles in the late 1950s to pursue acting, however, his race became a larger issue. On one of his first days in the city, the studio gave Gossett a car to drive.

On his way back to his hotel, he was stopped on several occasions by different policemen, none of whom could believe a black man could be driving such a nice automobile. Later that day, when Gossett went for a walk around his new neighborhood, police questioned him and then handcuffed him to a tree for 3 hours. These events, as well as the gang violence that Gossett sees spreading through urban centers like his old neighborhood, motivated him to create his foundation as part of his work against bigotry.

Gossett Jr. was an engaging speaker, and I enjoyed listening to his stories, which he narrated in the deep, rich delivery one would expect from a PBS documentary about the Civil War. The one aspect of the talk that I found weak was the question-and-answer section. Several students asked Gossett how they could work toward changing the entertainment community’s representations of black culture, how African-Americans could better their attitudes toward their own people and how to fight racism in various aspects of life. On these important issues, Gossett seemed to struggle with how to respond. He relied on the lame answer, “You have to be the one to change it.”

I expected something more from a man who is the founder of an organization that aims to address these very issues. He also made remarks about wanting to marry three different girls who asked questions. This might have been less awkward if Gossett had not in actuality been married three times already.

However, overall it was a good decision to bring Gossett to campus. He was an eloquent speaker who has had a real impact on integrating American entertainment. His current work in race relations also strongly mirrors the importance placed on social justice at Brandeis.

film

Highlighting ‘Indie’ student talents ■ The second annual

student-run and -produced film festival brought together many creative students.

By taylor baker JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

The second annual student-run film festival Indie Louies, which was held this past weekend by the Brandeis Film Collective, screened numerous independent films and hosted a variety of other activities.

The festival celebrated independent films and filmmakers as well as the community of those who simply love film.

The festival took place predominantly in Cholmondeley’s, save a welcome breakfast in Usdan Café on Saturday morning and the 90-minute filmmaking challenge. Immediately when I walked into Chum’s, I noticed a counter covered in potato chips, drinks and the largest assortment of cheeses I have ever seen in one setting, with a group of people snacking and talking. Hence, the atmosphere of the entire festival was laid-back, unassuming and welcoming.

The focal point of the festival is to showcase independent filmmakers’ works and to bring together filmmakers to “see what they’re doing and … learn from them,” Illona Yuhaev ’11, a member of both Indie Louies and the Brandeis Film Collective, said in an interview with the Justice. And that’s truly what happened. If the director of a film was present, he or she was asked questions and conversed with others who were present about

certain techniques or any symbolism that was employed.

A few standout films were screened courtesy of Tony Sarandrea, a film student from Temple University in Philadelphia. Surprisingly, there were several other submissions from students at Temple and from others outside Brandeis, including a submission from Utah. Sarandrea’s films were under 10 minutes and included very little dialogue; however, each short was beautifully shot and Sarandrea’s personal style was very apparent. Each frame was not clean and definite but gritty, adding tension and an old Hollywood feel to each short.

Another remarkable film, directed

by Hanna Wellish ’12, featured a flurry of images on a constant loop throughout the film with audio of a conversation between an elderly woman, her son and another woman playing over it. The elderly woman was Sarah Wellish, Hanna’s actual great-grandmother; her son was Wellish’s great uncle, who lived with Sarah all of his life, and the other woman is Hannah’s mother. The audio, a taping of an actual conversation, showed Hannah’s great-grandmother’s condition—she could barely remember her wedding and believed that she was a soldier in the army.

Something that showcased how easily groups like Indie Louies and the Brandeis Film Collective can provide resources for anyone interested in filmmaking was the 90-minutes filmmaking challenge. Whoever wished to enter the contest had to come up with a premise for a film and then create it, while following rules such as including keys and a charac-

ter named Dylan Dylan.

The first entry was from Max Price ’11 and Elly Kalfus ’13. The premise of the film was a video game. Price portrayed Dylan Dylan, a video-game character who must save Princess Cleopatra, portrayed by Kalfus, from the walls of the Usen Castle.

Each scene jumped right into the next, which contributed to the hilarity of the overt campiness of the video game premise. The second entry was directed by John Wong ’12, who told a story of a man who encountered and killed a Chinese communist while randomly splicing in scenes of two girls discussing things like their nails breaking.

For this filmmaking challenge, there was a $200 cash prize that was awarded to Price and Kalfus for receiving the most votes out of those present at the screening. Ultimately, this challenge showcased how readily available filmmaking equipment is and how you don’t need several years and tons of CGI effects to create a film. That goes for the other films as well; they didn’t have the most advanced technology but were still able to create films that were poignant or downright entertaining.

Indie Louies was remarkable in that it brought together diverse films, filmmakers and people who appreciate film. Yuhaev explained that “the movie is … aggressive in the way it captures you, … the way it pulls you in.” That could not be truer of the films screened and of the community of people at the festival discussing the very nature of their own films and what they mean.

Editor’s note: Elly Kalfus ’13 is an Arts writer for the Justice.

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‘Winter’s Tale’ brings cheer to Brandeis’ stage

■ Hold Thy Peace’s ‘The

Winter’s Tale’ is a production rife with inspired direction and riveting performances.

By AARON BERKE JUSTICE EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

“There’s a huge amount of the struggle between what is right for oneself and what is morally right that goes on in this play,” comments Stephanie Karol ’12, director of Brandeis’ interpretation of William Shakespeare’s The Winter‘s Tale.

“It’s really interesting to see the ways in which each of the characters take it. The general theme is very compelling.”

Hold Thy Peace, Brandeis’ resident Shakespeare society, puts together a production every semester, and this fall’s effort is The Winter’s Tale, which was presented at the Carl J. Shapiro Theater this past weekend.

Karol’s note about the moral struggles involved in the play hold true, and indeed, those moralistic elements become one of the most interesting aspects in a production filled with riveting performances.

The story of The Winter’s Tale revolves around King Leontes (Nathanel Peleg ’13), ruler of Sicilia, and his wife, Queen Hermione (Gabrielle Geller ’12), whom the king suspects of cheating on him with his best friend, Polixenes (Jonathan Plesser ’12), the king of Bohemia. Leontes’ unrelenting suspicions and frenzied jealousy prompt him to throw Hermione in jail, despite the insistence by his sister Camilla (Caitlin Partridge ’13) and lady-in-waiting Paulina (Nicole Carlson ’14) that she did not cheat on him. The entanglements that follow comprise the intense first act of the show, culminating in the apparent death of Hermione and the abandonment of the couple’s newborn daughter, left on a beach by Antigonus (Phoebe Roberts ’09) at Leontes’ instruction. The 16 year gap between the two acts allows for the introduction of new characters in Act 2, including Perdita (Emma Lieberman ’14), Leontes’ grown-up daughter, and Florizel, the son of Polixenes (Christopher Knight ’14).

The events of the play are in an overtly simple structure made complex by Shakespeare’s intricacies of language and detail. But Shakespeare’s intricacies are no new story, and by and large, The Winter’s Tale really is not one of Shakespeare’s best works. Its premise is drawn-out, particularly in the second half, but this production manages to breathe new life into the play. This is thanks

in no small part to the acting.

Peleg delivers a riveting performance as Leontes, demonstrating a clear understanding of the nuances of Shakespeare’s language. He brings a great amount of frenetic energy to his moments of portraying embittered paranoia toward his queen and then brings his performance down with an equal amount of restrained contempt during his ruminating monologues.

Speaking on the issue of preparing for the role and utilizing Shakespeare’s language, Peleg illuminates his constant process of discovery, “It’s always amazing to find that no matter how much you’ve done this, there’s always something that you miss. Even yesterday I had a realization about something that I was saying, and I figured out what it meant, and it’s just like wait—oh, cool—I can work with that!” he said.

Peleg’s previous study of Shakespeare is evident, and the rest of the cast seems similarly at ease with the material. Geller gives a melancholy performance as Hermione, and during her various proclamations of innocence to her charges, she successfully embodies a desperate sense of virtue. Plesser exudes a kingly authority and genuine charisma as Polixenes. As Camilla, Partridge employs a great sense of confusion and honorability when dealing with Leontes’ extreme demands. Carlson, meanwhile, seems to be relegated as Leontes’ Jiminy Cricket, being the constant voice of reason. Carlson delivers these moments as Paulina with determination and a great comedic flair. Perdita is played by Lieberman with a sincere wonder and naïveté. Knight admirably does what he can with the role of Florizel and he achieves a definite sense of nobility, but the character isn’t very remarkable. A real highlight however is the mischievous thief Autolycus, played with wondrous playfulness by Lenny Sommervell ’12. Her antics help to bring a comedic quality to the otherwise inconsistent second act. There is a bit of jumbled line delivery by all the performers throughout, with not every moment coming across clearly, but in a show filled with monologues and long speeches, those mishaps are easily forgivable.

Overall, the show’s direction is fantastic. The movement and constant changes, with the characters moving in and out on a regular basis, is not so easy to portray fluidly, but Karol’s direction is swift and energized, particularly during the show’s vibrant first act. This is not an easy feat, especially considering this was her first directorial gig, “I had been involved in Hold Thy Peace since the beginning of my freshman year,” Karol

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BROTHER AND SISTER: Leontes (Nathanel Peleg ’13) gives Camilla (Caitlin Partridge ’13) a difficult task in ‘The Winter’s Tale’. said, “I had sort of tried my hand at directing once in high school in a very small project, but I fell in love with this play. It’s been really incredible. Everything came together really well.” Karol’s first major directorial venture is indeed an achievement, showing hallmarks of a director with a much larger range of experience.

Overall, The Winter’s Tale is a play marked with vivid, intriguing direction and inspired, motivated performances. Despite a partially­stale second act, the production makes up for it with a remarkable team of tal-

ents. It is clear that a great amount of time and dedication was spent in preparing for these roles; Peleg notes that his monologue rehearsal time was particularly helpful in preparing him. “We did some alone monologue time, me and Steph, because I have a lot of them. That was amazing; working one on one with your director on monologue time—every actor should have that feeling.”

Karol, meanwhile, comments that, “Probably my favorite point in this whole process was the scene at the beginning between Leontes and Ca-

milla. [Peleg] decided that he wanted to put his hand on her shoulders and do this menacing thing—and the way she reacted to it was unbelievable.

She’s been making this face ever since, and it’s absolutely gorgeous. I couldn’t ask for a better cast. The way they gelled together and took cues off of each other … was unbelievable.”

Karol is absolutely right. The actors did indeed gel together incredibly, as did the production as a whole.

The complete interview with director Stephanie Karol ’12 can be found online at www.thejustice.org.

PHOTOGRAPHY

“No Man’s Land” chronicles the tribulations of Mexican women

■ The photojournalistic

gallery currently running in the Kniznick Gallery had its opening event last Tuesday.

By ALEX DeSILVA JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

Over the past few years, life in Oaxaca has been turned on its head. The citizens of this mostly rural Mexican state, nestled on the southwestern bend of the Pacific coast once led traditional, family-centered lives. Men worked, women ran the household, and that was that. But then the work dried up. As jobs became scarce, the men began to leave for America in search of money to send back to their families. Some began to leave, then more, and more, until finally some towns had as much as 80 percent of their men in the U.S. with the women left to run things.

It was this dramatic scenario that first drew photographer Dana Romanoff to the area back in 2006. Over the next few years, living in three different villages in Oaxaca, Romanoff used photography to tell the story of the women who must face this poverty. After appearing in National Geographic, her work is now on display in the Kniznick Gallery at the Women’s Studies Research Center.

Though the exhibit has been open to view since September, it officially opened last Tuesday, with a reception featuring Romanoff herself as

well as speeches by the center’s director, Prof. Shula Reinharz (SOC), and

by Women’s Studies Research Center scholar Georgia Sassen, who read a poem detailing the generations of immigrants who have come to Massachusetts, beginning with the Lowell Mill girls. Romanoff spoke about her experiences in Oaxaca, how she got to know the local women and saw how they coped with the loss of their husbands, fathers, brothers and sons, all the while making sure things ran smoothly at home. But Romanoff doesn’t just want to document these stories; she also hopes her exhibit will show Americans the other side of the hot-button issue of immigration. She hopes that Americans will understand where many of these immigrants come from and why they partake in the often-dangerous border crossing, leaving their families behind in order to help them out of the poverty that’s become rampant in places like Oaxaca. By doing this, we might see immigrants not just as a faceless mass but as real people going to great lengths to make life better for their families.

The exhibit reveals two sides of life for the women. First is the despair and hopelessness that can overtake those left in Oaxaca. The photo “Maguey” is an excellent example of this.

A view of the village of San Marcos Tlapazola, a tiny cluster of buildings out in the harsh Oaxaca landscape, it has a caption that tells about the maguey plant. Once a cash crop for the farmers, it has since become worth-

PHOTO COURTESY OF DANA ROMANOFF

HARDWORKING: A woman from Oaxaca juggles making money and raising children. less, with most of it being used as firewood. It’s a stark portrayal of just with what these women have been left. With no work available and the mainstay of many farms useless, the women are forced to carry on, trying to survive while waiting for money to be sent for support. “The Last Supper” conveys the pain of departure: It shows a family’s small adobe house as they eat a going-away meal for one

of their sons, who’s only 13 years old and about to join his father in California. Many photos show how families have been torn apart by this poverty, with children not knowing their fathers and wives desperately missing their husbands. One woman had commented, “If he were here, we may only have beans to eat. But at least we’d be together.”

Despite the desolate and often

heartrending image that takes shape, the exhibits balanced by a strength, resilience and even hopefulness that marks these women and runs through just about every picture shown. Sure, the maguey is worthless, but the women still harvest it, just as the men had. In “Firewood,” a woman leads a team of mules to the nearest town, in control and looking straight ahead while nursing her 5-month-old child. These women have been forced into this role, but they fill it knowing that their loved ones are relying on them. The traditional male-dominated society has been replaced by one ruled by women, many of whom are tasting independence for the first time. Estr Cruz Cruz embodies this independence. Refusing to marry, she takes care of her parents, runs the house, a shop, farms, and leads the local women’s group. She appears in many of the photographs and perfectly demonstrates the fortitude that these women have found within themselves.

“No Man’s Land” chronicles a part of the world most Americans have never seen, brings the viewer into both the sadness and strength these women display and finally makes the viewer think, both about where so many of the recent immigrants have come from and what they left behind.

It’s eye-opening, amazing, and, most importantly, it’s open until Dec. 16. That’s almost a month left to see the great pieces of art and learn about the incredible story of Oaxaca. Use the time well.

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An unforgettable live music experience ■ The genre-defying John

Butler Trio joined Dave Matthews Band on stage at TD Garden last Tuesday night.

By BRYAN FLATT JUSTICE EDITOR

I’ve always believed that the true measure of an artist comes from hearing him perform live. So many times, I go to live shows and hear only carbon copies of the album I already purchased being lip-synched by an artist I adore, or, worse yet, find out that the “talent” associated with an artist should be credited with a studio, computer and some expensive equipment. Luckily, John Butler Trio and the Dave Matthews Band not only showed me true artistry but also rekindled inside of me a faith in modern music and the artists that produce it. With a “Billboard Top 20” infused by auto-tune, to hear two bands perform a raw sound that surpasses anything possibly created in the studio is a feat of musical integrity. While I had heard many stories about live “Dave” shows and had a pretty good idea of what to expect from the headliner, John Butler Trio’s 45-minute opening set absolutely blew me away.

The Nov. 9 show began at 7 p.m. on the dot, and though openers tend to play to only the early birds, TD Garden was about two-thirds full by the time Butler and his trio began playing. Briefly introduced by Dave Matthews himself as “good music from the other side of the world,” John Butler ran onstage and yelled out to the two-thirds full audience in his Australian accent “Wassup Boston!”—instantly launching into a bluesy folk-rock electric-acoustic riff. What ensued was 50 straight minutes of head-bopping, knee-slapping, crowd-riling musical bliss. His first song, “Pickapart,” got the show off to an exciting start. With a musical style that cannot be defined by

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FEELING THE MUSIC: John Butler sings while playing one of his many guitars during the 45-minute opening set in TD Garden. one genre, Butler played bluegrass alternative rock riffs on top of Byron Luiters’ blues-funk bass and the jamming drums of Nicky Bomba.

Unlike in most bands, Butler’s two supporting trio members regularly change, but in the show, it was almost impossible to notice. From song to song, riff to riff and note to note the three played cohesively, treating audience members to musical virtuosity beyond levels I have previously heard.

Though I have been listening to the Trio’s albums for years, nothing matches the live experience.

Throughout the eight-song set, Butler switched from electric guitar to acoustic-electric, banjo to acoustic and even picked up drumsticks

for a huge drum trio finale in the midst of “Funky Tonight.” The true highlights of the show came in the middle of the set, though, with the hilariously titled “Mr. Hankey,” a song Butler jokingly admitted was co-written with the classic South Park character of the same name.

After letting out a signature “Hidee Hooo” to conclude, he counted the trio right into “Better Than”—a flawless transition that could only be compared to The Eagles’ “DoolinDalton Instrumental” fast-paced banjo meets a bluesy jam-band John Mayer. The rest of the songs followed the genre-defying artist. A bit of Red Hot Chili Peppers here, some Ramones there, some bluegrass and folk sprinkled in between with

nothing short of upbeat liveliness threaded throughout. I only wish I could see Butler in a more intimate venue where the intricacies of his songs such as “Ocean” could be truly appreciated. Regardless, the entire trio played to the crowd, putting on a fabulous show not soon to be forgotten.

After the expected 45-minute sound checks and crowd chants of “Dave,” the full band walked onstage and jumped right into a rendition of “Proudest Monkey,” quickly followed by the violin-heavy “Satellite.” Dave then took to the mic in a goofy Boston accent saying, “We’re in Boston, baby. … We’ve had a good couple days off here. I’m sick as a dog, but I’ve had a good time any-

way.” The good time was shared by fans as well, with a 3-hour, 21-song monster of a show. Sick? It wasn’t noticeable for a second. Playing everything from classics such as “Ants Marching” and “Gravedigger” to new material like “Shake Me Like a Monkey,” the entire Dave Matthews Band cemented in my mind its right as one of the best live bands in the world. Every song was filled with solo after solo—whether from Stefan Lessard on bass, Boyd Tinsley enthusiastically on violin, the always incredible Carter Beauford on drums or the newest member, saxaphonist Jeff Coffin of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. Dave even joked after a 15:55 minute rendition of “Seek Up:” “Thank you for putting up with us.” It was our pleasure.

From opener to the encore conclusion of “Rapunzel,” Dave Matthews Band did not disappoint.

Though there were no “Dave” rarities such as the reinvigorated “Christmas Song” played at the previous and following shows, there was no doubt that every song felt like an original. Giving each musician ample time to feel out his solos and the making the show a constant improvisation, the Dave Matthews Band is a musical legend live that truly lives up to the hype.

I really cannot think of a better pairing than the Dave Matthews Band and John Butler Trio. The 4 hours of musical harmony I, along with a packed TD Garden, was treated to on Tuesday night far outshone most, if not all, concerts I have ever been to. Long forgotten were the studios and producers—the night was truly all about the music. As Dave said halfway through his set regarding John Butler Trio, “It is a great honor to share the stage with such good music.” Just the same, it was as great an honor to listen to.

Though this was both my first John Butler Trio and my first Dave Matthews Band show, I can assure you it certainly won’t be my last.

FILM

The classic film ‘Fantasia’ revisited at the MFA

■ JustArts conducted an

exclusive interview with two Disney masterminds about the re-release of ‘Fantasia.’

By EMILY SALLOWAY JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

Seventy years ago, Walt Disney and his team of animators (nicknamed Disney’s Nine Old Men) released what they called “a concert feature.” The film, initially poorly received, later went on to gain status as a classic. On Nov. 30, after 7 months of in-depth restoration using the film’s original negatives, Disney’s Fantasia will be re-released on DVD and Blu-ray.

“These animated movies age really well,” said Don Hahn, director of the live action host segments of Fantasia 2000, in an exclusive interview with justArts. Hahn directed the live-action host segments of Fantasia 2000 and was also the executive producer of Disney classics The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast. “It’s a 70-year- old movie, and it looks like it was made yesterday because the actors don’t age, the hairstyles don’t age.”

Walt Disney Animation Studio is one of the greatest success stories in the film industry. It is responsible for the invention of many animation techniques considered standard today and has a reputation as a hit movie-producing factory. JustArts asked what Disney’s secret was.

“Well, first, the important thing to point out is Disney is just people. It’s just us, and so we do what you might do,” said Hahn. “[We ask ourselves,] ‘What kind of stories did I like growing up?’ [and] ‘What kind of stories would make cool movies?’ and we make movies for ourselves and for our families in hope that the audi-

ence likes them, too.”

But with such achievements as the first animated film nomination for an Academy Award (Beauty and the Beast) and the highest-grossing traditionally animated film of all time (The Lion King), there has to be some formula the company uses to churn out masterpiece after masterpiece.

Hahn explained, “You want to make something with a strong narrative, strong story. I guess you could say story’s everything. … If you’re going to sit down and pay your money for an hour and a half, you want to be able to go, ‘I am really interested in these characters enough to watch them for that long,’ and some movies may not sustain that.

I’m not sure you can do a feature on Rumplestiltskin or something like that because you go, ‘Okay, well, he spins gold,’ or whatever he does and I’m not sure that’s enough of a story.

So you have to kind of judge: ‘Is this something that’s going to sustain our interests?’ and hopefully if you’re lucky, it [will] be timeless.”

Fantasia and its sequel, Fantasia 2000, have certainly proven to be just that. The characters are memorable, and most of the music had endured decades, if not centuries, before being used in the film. Over a 10-year span, a team of hundreds of people carefully crafted each musical sequence in Fantasia 2000. “With ‘Pomp and Circumstance,’ the piece of music was chosen first and they were trying to figure a story for it,” said Dave Bossert, visual effects supervisor of Fantasia 2000, “but with ‘Carnival of the Animals’, the concept was there [first].”

“I think ‘Firebird’ was more about them trying to find a concept that fit the music,” Hahn added. “I mean, the original Fantasia was the same way.

They got a notebook full of every classical piece of music that could possi-

bly be used for Fantasia, a big threering binder, and they just sat there with a ton of these big vinyl albums and listened to track after track and wondered, ‘Well, what could we do with this? What would this do visually? Would it be abstract? Would it be narrative?’ and spent months and months working on that. So that was pretty much what we did on Fantasia 2000. … A lot of sequences never made it to the screen.”

The 2-disc DVD set features both Fantasia movies along with new audio commentary from Disney historian Brian Sibley, a virtual tour of the recently created Disney Family Museum in San Francisco and a 10-minute documentary about the artwork and ideas for the original unfinished sequel to Fantasia, Musicana.

The four-disc Blu-ray edition offers all of the special features on the DVD plus additional commentaries, an in-depth look at the recently discovered Shultheis Notebook, which explains the secrets of the making of Fantasia and the long-awaited public release of Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney’s collaborative short, Destino. “[Destino is] a great story,” said Bossert, who is credited as an associate producer for the film. “It’s these two great artists that came together, and they started collaborating on a project. It was just the circumstances of the day and finances … [that] prevented it from being finished, and 50plus years later, … it’s the first time it’s being put out publicly. [It’s being released now] really because of Fantasia 2000. One of the interstitials that Don directed with Bette Midler talks about the Disney that never was, and we pulled some images out of the Dalí artwork and that really was when the seed was planted with Roy [Disney, Walt Disney’s nephew]

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MAGIC MOUSE: A classic scene from ‘Fantasia,’ named “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” to decide like, “Let’s finish this,” Bossert said. “It was really more of a testament to these two great artists … sort of the encapsulation of a piece of history.”

Destino was screened last Monday at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

After the film ended, Bossert told the audience: “Dalí is quoted as saying, ‘If you understand this, then you don’t.’” The 7-minute short follows the Greek personification of time, Chronos, through a world inspired

by Dalí’s artwork as he falls in love with a mortal woman. Along with the film, the Blu-ray edition of Fantasia comes with a full-length documentary about the friendship and correspondence between Dalí and Disney, who allegedly met at a party thrown by Jack Warner of Warner Bros. fame.

With friendships like these, everything about Walt Disney’s life and ca-

reer seems like something the rest of us can only dream of, but according to Hahn, the only way to make it happen is to stop dreaming. “I would tell people not to wait for the big break, that this is the big break. Life is the big break,” Hahn said. “The fact that you’re alive and have all these tools at your fingertips in this day is a huge break. And to be able to grab some of those tools and start animating now, making films now, is really where it’s at. There are so many brilliant people out there that 30 years ago wouldn’t have had a chance. But now you can actually make and distribute your own movie.”

“Some of the funniest little films I’ve seen have been popping up on YouTube,” Bossert said. “So you got way more opportunities than we ever did, that’s for sure.”

“Yeah,” Hahn agreed, smiling. “So knock ’em dead.”

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Raw eats are served with style at Haru ■ Located at 55 Huntington

Ave. in downtown Boston, the high-end Japanese restaurant serves authentic and expensive dishes such as sashimi and chicken teriyaki.

By WEI-HUAN CHEN JUSTICE EDITOR

Haru Sushi, a classy and high profile Japanese restaurant located at the bottom of the Prudential Center in downtown Boston, serves the best sushi and Japanese seafood in town, but it can be expensive, too. The “Sushi and Sashimi for Two” plate, an excellent choice for any couple, has a lofty price of $58, which might scare away those who don’t realize that it’s actually a great deal. Knowing that a full meal with tip will cost at least $30, frugal college students need to know what Haru offers that makes it worth the splurge.

The bottom line is that although the food here is worth it, save Haru Sushi for a special occasion. The elegant atmosphere, succulent food and quick service guarantee diners a memorable birthday or anniversary experience.

College students rarely eat here, and the ones who do are well-dressed and always in celebration. Businessmen and other uptown types frequent the place, marking the restaurant with relaxed chatter. Bamboo decorations, shoji sliding doors, fancy bathroom towels—Haru Sushi really is a great place to be. Plus, it’s easy to forget about the wallet when the food and surroundings here are so pristine.

But let’s get to the important question—is that “Sushi and Sashimi for Two” plate really worth the $58?

The plate’s description is as follows: Four pieces of tuna, two pieces of super white tuna, four pieces of salmon (not surprisingly, the salmon is smooth, buttery and delicious), two pieces of shrimp, two pieces of yellowtail, two pieces of eel, one California roll, one tuna avocado caviar roll (this one sounds enticing, but Haru actually offers many better rolls than this) and one crunchy spicy salmon roll.

The plate is definitely worth it. Of course, when the individual pieces are ordered separately, the total costs much more, but it’s the overall package that seals the deal. The slices of sashimi are expertly cut and taste very fresh. As previously mentioned, the salmon is absolutely perfect—whether plain or with rice, ginger, radish, soy sauce or wasabi.

The tangy, yet juicy shrimp surprised me—for once, I preferred it to the uncooked fish slices.

Haru’s California roll is extremely simple and altogether unremarkable, but the combination of rice, seaweed, avocado, cucumber and imitation crabmeat can be filling if one feels the portions for the plate are not enough (the plate had an adequate amount of food for me). The

crunchy spicy salmon roll served as a delicious contrast to the other sushi rolls—its fried exterior and combination of sriracha and other sauces was addicting.

One of my dining partners does not eat raw seafood, so she ordered the chicken teriyaki from the hot entrée menu. I would argue that the best that Haru Sushi has to offer is its selection of sushi rolls and sashimi plates, but the cooked dish was impressive.

Perfectly steamed broccoli and snow peas and a rather unique teriyaki sauce complemented the tender chicken. Unlike other types of teriyaki sauce, this had a complex mix of sweet, salty and savory flavors that had a natural, homemade tinge to it.

It may be a small detail, but my favorite part of Haru Sushi is its ginger. Never have I had ginger so sweet and subtle. Many people dislike the ingredient for its punchiness, but the ginger here has a deeper, throatier taste to it than normal sliced ginger found at Japanese restaurants.

While it has a complex taste, the ginger doesn’t assault the senses like it usually does. Eat it with any sushi or seafood and a dab of soy sauce for a delectable bite of Japanese food that packs more flavors than I can suitably describe with words.

We ended our meal with fried cheesecake with strawberry, which received top marks from everyone.

Although Japanese restaurants aren’t usually known for dessert, don’t forget to request the dessert menu after eating at Haru Sushi. If it’s a special someone’s birthday, the cheesecake can be a great and scrumptious surprise.

Even if there is no occasion, the food at Haru is always excellent.

Bring some friends, a large appetite and a larger wallet and delve into one of the top choices in Boston for Japanese cuisine.

Haru Sushi is located at 55 Huntington Ave. in Boston and can be reached at (617) 536-0770. It is open from 11:30 a.m. to midnight from Tuesday to Saturday and from 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Sundays and Mondays.

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JAPANESE DELIGHT: A popular item at Haru Sushi is the simple and perfectly flavored salmon skin roll with cucumber.

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FRIED TREAT: The Super Dynamite roll boasts tempura-style tuna and freshwater eel.

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FANCY FEAST: The “Sushi and Sashimi for Two” plate is ideal for hungry couples.

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Intimate drinking atmosphere at Publick House Douglas MOORE

INNERMOST BREW

When I was abroad in Dublin, I took a trip to Amsterdam and had the craziest three days of my life.

The main thing I will always remember about Amsterdam, though, was finding Café Belgique, a Belgian bar in the center of city. The café was a small, dark room with only two tables and a six-person, all-wooden bar that was lit by candlelight. The drink menu boasted about eight taps and a large bottle list with multiple trappist ales— beers created by reclusive Belgian monks that are considered by many

to be among the best beers in the world. Of the countless cozy and gorgeous Irish pubs I went to on the Emerald Isle, none could compare to Café Belgique. I thought I would never see a bar like that again.

Last week, however, I made my first trip to the Publick House, a beer bar in Brookline, Mass. I attended the pre-party for Belgian Beer Fest there, where several featured festival beers were on tap.

Upon entering the bar, I entered a large, dark room that smelled of oak and reminded me of wineries in the countryside. The walls were covered in posters and signs from both Belgian and American breweries. I took a seat at a wooden bar, lit by candles, and enjoyed tastes of some of the 30 taps the Publick House has to offer.

I first tried Alagash Bourbon Black. This was a bourbon barrel age stout that poured black with a small head. The beer smelled of

a mix of chocolate and whiskey, which gave the beer a sweet flavor, but the bitter stout portion of the drink was lacking. Mouthfeel was medium with a lot of carbonation on the tongue. This beer was nearly 10 percent alcohol; usually, aging a beer in bourbon makes it very alcoholic, but it still went down extremely smooth. For a wellbalanced drink that was smooth but lacked flavor, I give this beer an 8 out of 10.

Next, I enjoyed Alagash Lawrence, a Belgian sour ale. This beer poured yellow with a slight coppery tint. It smelled very wild and sour.

Upon drinking, I got a pucker in my mouth with a sour citrus taste that offered nothing to balance the tartness. Mouthfeel was somewhere in the middle. Overall, this beer was okay, but it was nothing special. I give it 7 out of 10.

While drinking the Lawrence, I enjoyed a plate of moule frites—a

Belgian specialty of mussels, fries and garlic bread. The mussels were cooked in a mix of fish broth, ale and garlic butter and were wonderfully spiced. The fries, on the other hand, were nothing special, but they still paired well with the broth and butter mix. For 16 dollars, I got a lot of mussels, and while the price was high, it definitely was worth it.

I also drank a houblon chouffe, a Belgian IPA. This beer poured yellow with a large foamy head. The smell was of bitter, piney hops, and the taste had a massive bitter kick that blended fantastically with the citrus malt background of the drink. Mouthfeel was creamy and thick. The hops gave this one a great flavor—quite delicious. I give this beer a 9 out of 10.

Finally, I finished with Wachusett Larry, a beer made specifically for the Publick House. While you can find this other places (it’s in bottles at Gordon’s Fine Wines and

Liquors in Waltham), getting this on tap is the only way to do it justice. There are so many hops in this one that they actually die out in a short time producing a weakened bitterness lacking any herbal qualities. The hops are fresh, herbal and shine through in bitterness. It’s all contained in a heavy carbonated, amber hued pint glass. This one is amazing for fans of bitter beer. No matter what is on tap at Publick House, this one will be available, and I highly recommend it. I give this beer a 9 out of 10.

In conclusion, the Publick House is an amazing and cozy bar. It boasts great food and even better beer. I highly recommend it to even the most modest of craft beer drinkers, as its selection of Belgian Beers cannot be beat.

The Publick House is located at 1648 Beacon St. in Brookline, Mass., steps from the Washington Square stop of the Green Line C Train.

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TRIVIA TIME 1. Who wrote the novels Northanger Abbey and Emma?

2. What is the equivalent of the Roman numeral DXVI? 3. What is the colored part of the eye called?

4. What kind of food is fusilli?

5. How many acres are in one square mile?

6. Which U.S. president created the Purple Heart medal?

7. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?

8. What did American patriot Paul Revere do for a living?

9. What is alloy steel mostly made of?

10. What is the largest country in South America in land size?

CHARTS Top 10s for the week ending Nov. 14 BOX OFFICE

1. Megamind 2. Unstoppable 3. Due Date 4. Skyline 5. Morning Glory 6. For Colored Girls 7. Red 8. Paranormal Activity 2 9. Saw 3D 10. Jackass 3D

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ABSTRACT PAINTING: Created last Fall in Prof. Bob Moody’s (THA) class “The Artist Behind his Work,” Debra Friedmann ’13 painted a replica of Picasso’s famous “Violin and Grapes” in acrylics. The painting, only partially shown here, has a strong color contrast to which the viewer’s eye is drawn.

ANSWERS 1. Jane Austen 2. 516 3. Iris 4. A type of pasta 5. 640 6. George Washington 7. 13th Amendment 8. He was a silversmith 9. Iron and carbon 10. Brazil

CROSSWORD SHOWTIMES 11/19–11/23

The Town Fri-Sun:1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 Mon-Tues: 2:00, 5:00, 7:50 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest Fri-Sun: 1:30, 4:45, 8:10 Mon-Tues: 2:40, 7:30 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Fri-Sun: 1:20, 4:35, 8:00 Mon-Tues: 2:50, 7:40 Morning Glory Fri-Sun: 1:40, 4:05, 6:50, 9:25 Mon-Tues: 2:20, 5:10, 8:10 The Social Network Fri-Sun: 1:10, 3:55, 6:40, 9:20 Mon-Tues: 2:10, 5:00, 8:00 Due Date Fri-Sun: 1:50, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 Mon-Tues: 2:30, 5:10, 8:20

The Embassy is located at 18 Pine Street in Waltham

ACROSS 1. Curved line 4. Sheltered 8. Use as an example 12. “Phooey!”

13. Folder’s locale 14. Hebrew month 15. Workers’ jargon 17. West Side Story gang 18. Loading site 19. Friars Club event 20. Shocking weapon 22. False god 24. Responsibility 25. Accelerator 29. Inseparable 30. Suggest as a theory 31. Bat stat 32. Company’s promotional souvenir, often 34. Versifier 35. Smacks 36. Profundity 37. Wild 40. High point 41. Racetrack shape 42. Curbside octagon 46. Krupa or Simmons 47. Woody’s son 48. One of the brass (Abbr.)

49. Fit of peevishness 50. Beer ingredient 51. Trivia whiz Jennings DOWN 1. Tummy muscles 2. “Go team!”

3. Chinese entree 4. Following 5. Storyteller 6. Building wing 7. “A mouse!”

8. Wheedle 9. Thought 10. Body artworks, for short 11. Once, old-style 16. Slapstick arsenal 19. Engrossed 20. Snatched 21. Actress Hathaway

1. Francis and the Lights – “For Days” 2. Janelle Monáe – “Tightrope” 3. Mountain Man – “White Heron” 4. Arcade Fire – “Sprawl II” 5. Cloud Nothings – “Can’t Stay Awake” 6. Hey Marseilles – “To Travels & Trunks” 7. Small Black – “Camouflage” 8. Fake Problems – “ADT” 9. Gold Panda – “Vanilla Minus” 10. Jaill – “How’s The Grave”

COLLEGE RADIO

1. Belle & Sebastian – Write About Love 2. Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest 3. Eskmo – Eskmo 4. Tom Zé – Estuando a Bossa: Nordeste Plaza 5. Tu Fawning – Hearts on Hold 6. Marnie Stern – Marnie Stern 7. Junior Wells & the Aces – Live in Boston 1966 8. Mavis Staples – You Are Not Alone 9. Sharon Van Etten – Epic 10. No Age – Everything in Between

BILLBOARD

1. Taylor Swift – Speak Now 2. Jason Aldean – My Kinda Party 3. Sugarland – The Incredible Machine 4. Mariah Carrey – Merry Christmas II You 5. Lil Wayne – I Am Not A Human Being 6. Kings of Leon – Come Around Sundown 7. Eminem – Recovery 8. Neil Diamond – Dreams 9. Brad Paisley – Hits Alive 10. Elton John / Leon Russel – The Union

22. Foundation 23. A — apple 25. Capricorn 26. Gridiron ploy 27. Help a hood 28. Rock (Suff.)

30. Dr. McGraw 33. Home in the Alps 34. Carrots’ mates 36. Station 37. Clouds (up) 38. Squared 39. Hindu princess 40. Survey 42. Muppet eagle 43. La-la lead-in 44. “Gosh!”

45. — compos mentis

Album information provided by Billboard Magazine. Box office information provided

by Yahoo! Movies. Radio charts provided

by CMJ.

STAFF PLAYLIST

“Campus Trek”

By CLAIRE GOHOREL Justice staff writer

Solution to last week’s crossword.

King Crossword Copyright 2010 King Features Synd, Inc.

STRANGE BUT TRUE  It was journalist, entrepreneur and philanthropist Esther Dyson, who made the following sage observation: “The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect.”  In China, the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau, which issues license plates, has recently stopped allowing the number 4 to appear on the tags. Evidently, the number sounds like the word for “death” and is therefore considered to be unlucky.  Here’s a startling statistic: If your family is average, you throw out about $600 in unspoiled food every year.

 Have you ever wondered what is the largest irrigated crop in the United States? It’s neither soybeans nor wheat nor corn; it’s grass, mostly in lawns, parks and golf courses.  In Turkey, a traditional Muslim wedding lasts anywhere from 4 to 7 days. During that time, the bride’s family and the groom’s family participate in separate celebrations, and the bride and groom are not allowed to see each other until the official ceremony that takes place at the end.

Thought for the Day: “The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.”

—Oscar Wilde

This playlist starts off with two songs written and performed by my brother.

This music helps motivate me for the trek from my room to Mandel Quad on these windy November days.

THE LIST 1. “Guns in the Ground” – Half Rational Animal 2. “Walk in the Park” – Beach House (oddlogic remix) 3. “French Navy” – Camera Obscura 4. “Remember the Mountain Bed” – Billy Bragg & Wilco 5. “Genius of Love” – Tom Tom Club 6. “Worried Shoes” – Kathy McCarty 7. “Some are Lakes” – Land of Talk 8. “Broken Harp” – PJ Harvey 9. “Change Order” – Jaydiohead 10. “Apples in the Trees” – Mirah

BASKETBALL PREVIEW SPECIAL

November 16, 2010

Taking their talents to South Street

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Men’s Teams Carnegie Mellon University 2009-2010 record: 5-20 (1-13 vs. UAA) UAA preseason ranking: No. 8 What to watch for: Carnegie Mellon will return eight players from last season, including senior center Matt Pettit, who led his team with 7.6 rebounds per game and was second in the UAA with 2.9 offensive rebounds per game. Senior forward Shane Rife also returns as the team’s leading blocker from last season, racking up 22 blocks on the campaign.

Key statistic: The Tartans led the UAA with 11.8 offensive rebounds per game.

Case Western Reserve University 2009-2010 record: 14-11 (6-8 vs. UAA) UAA preseason ranking: No. 2 What to watch for: Coming off its first winning season in more than 10 years, Case will return four starters and seven of its eight top scorers. Senior center Eric Duerr led the UAA in blocked shots and blocks per game, while junior forward Tom Summers was second in the UAA with 10.2 rebounds per game, earning him second-team all-UAA honors.

Key statistic: The Spartans finished first in the conference with 38.0 rebounds per game.

Emory University 2009-2010 record: 15-10 (7-7 vs. UAA) UAA preseason ranking: No. 5 What to watch for: Coming off its first winning season since 2004, Emory will be led by junior guard Austin Claunch, who led the UAA in minutes per game and free- throw percentage and was 10th in the nation with 6.0 assists per game.

Key statistic: The Eagles led the UAA with 76.2 points per game.

New York University 2009-2010 record: 17-10 (7-7 vs. UAA) UAA preseason ranking: No. 3 What to watch for: NYU will look to its backcourt in senior co-captain D.J. Galvan, senior Derek Becker and sophomore Kyle Stockmal. Becker, who replaced an injured Galvan in the first 10 games, started 24 of 27 games and finished third overall in the UAA with 50 steals.

Key statistic: The team’s defense held its opponents to a UAA-best .406 field goal percentage.

University of Chicago

2009-2010 record: 13-12 (7-7 vs. UAA) UAA preseason ranking: No. 6 What to watch for: Chicago will return just three starters from last year’s squad and will turn to junior forwards Tom Williams and Steve Stefanou, both UAA honorable mentions. Williams led the team with eight rebounds per game, while Stefanou averaged a team-leading 12.4 points per game.

Key statistic: The Maroons led the UAA with a .312 defensive 3-point field goal percentage.

University of Rochester 2009-2010 record: 15-10 (6-8 vs. UAA) UAA preseason ranking: No. 7 What to watch for: Rochester returns nine players from last year, including all five starters. New head coach Luke Flockerzi will look to junior forward Nate Noose and UAA Rookie of the Year and sophomore Jon Dibatolomeo to lead the squad. Novosel shot a team-high .597 field goal percentage, while Dibatolomeo led the UAA with 2.2 steals per game.

Key statistic: The Yellowjackets were second in the league in steals per game and blocked shots per game.

Washington University in St. Louis 2009-2010 record: 24-3 (13-1 vs. UAA) UAA preseason ranking: No. 1 What to watch for: After earning its fourth consecutive trip to the NCAA Championship and winning its 10th national championship, WashU will return 15 members from last year’s team. The only starter returning for the Bears is senior forward Spencer Gay, who led the UAA with a .610 field goal percentage and the Bears with 5.8 rebounds per game.

Key statistic: The Bears led the conference in points per game, field goal percentage, blocked shots per game and assists per game.

—Jonathan Steinberg

READY FOR A THE MEN

Judges will depend on youth to replace last year’s senior class ■ The men’s basketball team added 12 new players to this season’s roster and hopes to return to the NCAA Tournament.

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By ADAM RABINOWITZ JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

The men’s basketball team ended its 2009 to 2010 season with a disheartening loss in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division III Tournament to No. 2 Williams College. The team finished with a 22-9 overall record and 9-5 mark in the University Athletic Association.

Guards Andre Roberson ’10, Kenny Small ’10 and John Weldon ’10, as well as forward Terrell Hollins ’10 and center Rich Magee ’10, finished as the most successful class in school history with 83 wins and four NCAA Tournament appearances.

This season, though, the Judges are essentially a brand-new team, as the squad only returns four players: forwards Vytas Kriskus ’12 and Christian Yemga ’11, guard Tyrone Hughes ’12 and center Wouter van der Eng ’13. Kriskus, Yemga and Hughes were named captains of the team.

“It will be up to [Yemga], [Kriskus] and [Hughes] to lead the way and assimilate the new guys on the court,” coach Brian Meehan said. “It is a significant change from the high school to college environment, but our three experienced captains can help in easing that transition.”

Kriskus led the team with 64 3-point conversions and was third on the team with 12.8 points per game. Yemga finished third with 3.3 rebounds per game, while Hughes was second with 32.3 minutes per game.

However, the Judges will look to 12 new players, 10 of whom are first-years, to replace the production from the senior class last season, during which Small averaged a team-best 14.3 points per game. Hollins finished last season with 13.7 points per game and a team-leading 10.4 rebounds per game while Roberson led the Judges in both assists and steals.

Because of the lack of experience on the team this season, Meehan pointed out that defense needs to be a focal point for the team over the course of the season.

“The holes on defense will leave us a little exposed, and thus it should remain as a top priority for the team,” Meehan said.

Kriskus also believes that defense is a key to the team’s success.

“Defense is absolutely the most important thing,” he said. “I think we have a team with more than enough offensive capabilities, so it will come down to whether we are able to stop other teams.”

Meehan noted that the new group of players is talented.

“We have signs of becoming very good and simply have to balance the display of talent and personal growth on the court,” he said.

Kriskus and Hughes set the tone in the squad’s preseason opener Nov. 4, which was an 83-60 loss to Division I University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Kriskus scored 16 points and grabbed five rebounds, while Hughes recorded 11 points and six rebounds in the loss.

Guard Ben Bartoldus ’14 was the only rookie to start in the game.

Centers Youri Dascy ’14 and Alex Schmidt ’14 and guards Derek Ratos ’14 and Ruben Kanya ’14 each logged more than 16 minutes in their first collegiate action. Dascy finished the game with 11 points, while Schmidt scored 6 points and grabbed four rebounds. Retos scored 5 points while Kanya had two assists.

Because of the infusion of youth, the team is poised to be very competitive for the next 4 years. However, Meehan

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LAYUP: Guard Tyrone Hughes ’12 drives in a matchup against Case Western Reserve University. concedes it “may take some time for the freshmen to mature on the court, but the faster they do, the more consistent and successful the team will end up being.”

Despite receiving 55 points for the nationally ranked top 25 poll by D3hoops.com, the Judges slipped out of the preseason poll. Washington University in St. Louis was the only University Athletic Association school to be selected to the poll.

In that same poll, Williams College is

ranked No. 8, while Middlebury College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, two other local schools, are ranked No. 9 and No. 15, respectively.

Overall, Meehan acknowledged that there will “be some sort of a learning curve at first, but we will certainly improve over the course of the season.”

The team’s first game of the season is tonight at Lasell College at 7 p.m.

The team will then host the Brandeis Invitational Friday and Saturday.

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Team sets sights on qualifying ■ The women’s basketball team will look to make the NCAA Tournament this season after failing to qualify last year.

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Women’s Teams Carnegie Mellon University 2009-2010 record: 9-16 (2-12 vs. UAA) UAA preseason ranking: No. 6 What to watch for: Carnegie Mellon will look to improve on its UAA record by turning to junior forward Jacki Cortese and sophomore guard Brit Phillips. Phillips led the UAA with 2.9 steals per game and was third in the league in both minutes per game and assists per game. Cortese will look to return from an injury that sidelined her in all but eight games.

Key statistic: The Tartans were third in the UAA with 9.3 steals per game.

Case Western Reserve University 2009-2010 record: 13-12 (4-10 vs. UAA) UAA preseason ranking: No. 7 What to watch for: Case will look to improve on a disappointing 2009-2010 campaign by turning to junior forward Erin Hollinger.

Hollinger, who made the All-UAA first team, led the UAA with 2.0 blocked shots per game and was second in the league with 14.4 points per game. She led her team in scoring, field goals made and blocked shots.

Key statistic: The Spartans led the league with 12.0 steals per game.

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Last season, the women’s basketball team featured six members of the firstyear class, none of whom made a major impact in her rookie season. All six averaged fewer than 2 points per game, and the only member of the class who averaged more than two rebounds per game was forward Shannon Ingram ’13, who left the basketball team after the season. But coach Carol Simon thinks the sophomore class is ready to have a larger impact in its second year.

“They obviously know the system a lot better [this year], so they are used to what we run,” Simon said. “You can tell their heads aren’t spinning like they were when they were freshmen. They’re definitely adding more depth to the team right now.”

One member of that class looking to make an impact is guard Shakara Scott ’13. Scott appeared in half of the team’s games last year and averaged 0.5 rebounds and 0.6 points per game during that span. But she thinks she has improved her game on the court.

“I feel a lot more comfortable,” Scott said. “I know the plays. I can’t use that excuse that I don’t know the plays anymore. … I totally got to get my head mentally into it; that’s been my problem since last year. I just can’t seem to wrap my head around [forgetting about] a mistake 5 seconds ago and thinking about the new play.”

Scott admitted that she needs to improve at moving on after struggling at a recent practice.

“I was really, really frustrated. I lost the ball a couple of times [at practice], and it got to me. I kind of stopped playing.”

Scott was not the only one to struggle at that practice. Simon was so disappointed by her team’s performance that she made them do unplanned wind sprints several times during the session.

“We were undisciplined; we didn’t execute. This was a thinking practice, and we didn’t think,” Simon said of her team’s performance at practice that day.

“They weren’t doing certain things that we’ve learned from day one,” she said.

Seven members of the Class of 2014 were doing these sprints alongside their teammates. Five of these newcomers are guards; the team lost three guards to graduation last season. The new guards are Kasey Dean ’14, Kayla Murkison ’14, Rebecca Raffler ’14, Janelle Rodriguez ’14 and Julia Scanlon ’14. Joining them are forwards/centers Jackie Morrissey ’14 and Nicolina Vitale ’14.

The rookies will join a squad looking to rebound after missing out on the NCAA Division III Tournament for the first time in four seasons. Simon said that the team’s struggles early last season prevented them from making their fifth straight tournament appearance.

“At the end of the season [last year], quite honestly, we were playing our best ball,” Simon said. “I think at the beginning of the year, we just started slowly. We didn’t get as quick as we did the year before, but at the end we were playing some really, really good basketball, and I truly believe that if we were chosen to make the tournament, we would have done some damage last year at the end.”

The Judges finished last season with a 16-8 record but ended the year on a 7-2 run, including three straight wins over conference opponents. The Judges also swept University of Rochester last year, who made the Final Four of the NCAA tournament.

Brandeis lost its leading scorer last season and one of the most prolific female basketball players in Judges history in guard Jessica Chapin ’10.

Chapin finished her career as the only

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Emory University 2009-2010 record: 10-15 (3-11 vs. UAA) UAA preseason ranking: No. 8 What to watch for: The Eagles will field a team with 10 freshman players and only return two starters from last season. Senior guard Courtney Von Stein and junior guard Melissa Koike will provide the most experience for the team.

Key statistic: The Eagles were second in the UAA with 9.9 steals per game.

New York University

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DRIVING: Forward Amber Strodthoff ’11 dribbles into the paint against University of Rochester.

2009-2010 record: 16-12 (5-9 vs. UAA) UAA preseason ranking: No. 5 What to watch for: After missing the NCAA Tournament and losing three key senior starts, NYU will turn to senior senior Chrissy Kilmurray to lead the team. She was second in the UAA with 1.8 blocked shots per game and third in the conference with 7.9 rebounds per game, earning herself an All-UAA honorable mention.

Key statistic: The Violets were second in the UAA with 64.7 points per game and a .701 free-throw percentage.

University of Chicago 2009-2010 record: 19-7 (11-3 vs. UAA) UAA preseason ranking: No. 3 What to watch for: Chicago exited early from the NCAA Touranment and will look to junior guard Meghan Herrick, who was named to the All-UAA second team last year, to make it further this season.

Key statistic: The Maroons led the UAA with 45.4 rebounds per game.

University of Rochester

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2009-2010 record: 23-8 (9-5 vs. UAA) UAA preseason ranking: No. 2 What to Watch for: Rochester surprised the nation by making it to the Final Four last year before losing to Amherst College.

The team will turn to senior guard Melissa Alwardt to repeat this coming season.

Alwardt, named to the All-UAA first team and recipient of a State Farm All-America Team honorable mention, led the UAA in free-throw percentage, 3-pointers per game and defensive rebounds per game.

Key statistic: The Yellowjackets were second in the UAA with 43.4 rebounds per game and 14.3 offensive rebounds per game.

IN THE POST: Forward/center Brighid Courtney ’12 holds the ball against Tufts University.

Brandeis women’s basketball player to finish in the top 10 in career points, rebounds, assists and steals. Her 1,280 points are good for sixth all-time, while her 521 rebounds rank eighth in the team’s history. Also, her 262 steals are the sixth most in program history, while her 243 steals rank third. However, the team does return both its second and third leading scorers, guard Morgan Kendrew ’12 and forward Amber Strodthoff ’11. Kendrew started all but four of the team’s games last season and averaged 10.1 points per game. She is the only returning starter who averaged more than 10 points per contest.

Strodthoff led the team with an average of 7.4 rebounds per game and also contributed 8.3 points per game while appearing in 19 of the team’s 24

games, starting 18 of them.

Strodthoff realizes that as one of the seniors, she has to set an example for the younger players. “[I’m] just trying to lead through my experience and lead through example and just be vocal to the younger kids,” Strodthoff said. “One good thing about our team this year is that I think a lot of different people will step up, so we’ll have a pretty balanced offense in that sense.”

The women’s basketball team opened up its season last night at home against Worchester Polytechnic Institute, but the game finished too late for this edition. It next plays Babson College tomorrow at 7 p.m. before hosting the Brandeis Invitational starting Friday at 5:30 p.m.

Washington University in St. Louis 2009-2010 record: 29-2 (13-1 vs. UAA) UAA preseason ranking: No. 1 What to watch for: WashU will look to continue its momentum from last year’s playoff and take home another NCAA Championship. The Bears will look to junior guard and All-UAA first team member Alex Hoover. Hoover led the league with 3.8 assists per game and led her team in assists and minutes played.

Key statistic: The Bears led the UAA in points per game, field goal percentage, blocked shots per game and assists per game.

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Stepping up on the court

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Kriskus pursues a greater goal

By IAN CUTLER JUSTICE EDITOR

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AIRBORNE: Forward Vytas Kriskus ’12 looks for the open man gainst Case Western Reserve University.

Pick a late night in early September, 2 months before the basketball season begins, and head to the court at Red Auerbach Arena. Odds are, you’ll find forward Vytas Kriskus ’12 alone in the midst of a shooting drill, running along the baseline from one corner to the other, sinking jump shots and gathering the ball to do it again. Until he makes 100.

“That’s something I do regularly,” Kriskus said. “I know a lot of people do [this drill] with a rebounder, but I like to do it myself. The goal is to really get myself going, to start sweating and try to get tired, really, because during a basketball game, you get tired running and it gets harder to make shots. … I just shoot it until I make 100.”

Kriskus, a native of Kvedarna, Lithuania, has worked daily on his game to prepare for tonight’s season opener at Lasell College and get an edge in his potential professional career after he graduates in 2012.

“The thing with me, I’m hoping to play professional after Brandeis somewhere in Europe, so I just try to get that extra work in to put me ahead of other people hopefully,” Kriskus said. “We [the men’s basketball team] all try to get in our own personal workouts everyday, and I know guys mix it up, lifting one day and shooting the next day but I try to shoot and lift everyday.”

Coming off the bench last season, Kriskus was third on the team in scoring behind graduated guard Kenny Small ’10 and forward Terrell Hollins ’10. He led the Judges in 3-point shooting and free-throw percentage, dropping 64 3-pointers and converting on 87 percent of his free throws.

This season, Kriskus expects to start, and was named a co-captain with forward Christian Yemga ’11 and guard Tyrone Hughes ’12, three of the four players returning from last season’s roster. Coach Brian Meehan described Kriskus as a “great kid” who will lead by example.

“We think his value as a captain is not so much what he’s going to do verbally but it’s really setting an example of hard work,” Meehan said.

“I mean, he takes his workouts very seriously, and his conditioning is off the charts, and then he’s still out there taking extra shots and working on his game. What you want is for other guys to see him and say, ‘Well, no wonder why he’s a good player, look at what he’s doing.’ You can’t fail when you put that much effort into it.”

Kriskus played for his country’s Under-16 national team until he came to the United States in his second year of high school. He finished school at the Holderness School in Plymouth, N.H. after being recruited to an elite Lithuanian basketball camp run by agent and recruiter Stepas Kairys. Kairys then connected him with Holderness.

In high school, Kriskus was named a

McDonald’s All-American nominee and was recruited by Division-I colleges like Davidson College in North Carolina and by most Ivy League schools, including Harvard University and Yale University. Ultimately, Kriskus said Brandeis was the most aggressive in recruiting him, and he did not want to wait and “gamble” with the hopes of getting a Division I scholarship.

Kriskus admitted he was over-confident when he first arrived at Brandeis because of his success in high school but said that from the start of his time here, the coaching staff and veteran leadership at the time taught him the right way to approach basketball at the collegiate level.

“I think that a lot of guys think that if you go to a Division III school after being a good player in high school, that you’re going to come in and just be an all-star,” Kriskus said. “[But] Coach Meehan, that first practice, you go in and he says, ‘All those things you learned in high school, forget it. That’s not the way basketball is played,’ and that’s true. The defense is different, the game is faster, so it was hard for me, but I had [forward] Steve DeLuca ’08, an All-American, and [guard] Kevin Olson ’09, a great player, and they helped me a lot. It was hard playing against them, but it was also a good thing to get me playing against good experienced players my freshman year.”

Kriskus has improved throughout his 2 years at Brandeis. In his first season, he scored in double figures five times, but he managed to do so in 17 of 29 games last season. He also scored 20 or more points in five games last season, including a career-high 29 points in the team’s opening game of the NCAA Tournament against St. Lawrence University on March 5.

This season, Kriskus thinks that the team has a chance to make another deep run in the NCAA Tournament after reaching the Elite Eight in two of the last three seasons but admitted that with only three upperclassmen, the team is in a transition year.

“I definitely think it’s a building year, but from what I’ve seen [of the team so far], I don’t think it’ll take the whole season to build,” Kriskus said.

As for his professional aspirations, Kriskus plans to again play for his country and try out for his national team in time for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. He said that staying in touch with Kairys and having friends who currently play professionally in Europe will help him after he graduates in 2 years.

Kriskus knows that his game still needs work, though, specifically noting his quickness and defense as weaknesses, but he said partially jokingly, that his friends from home have given him the confidence he’ll need to make it professionally.

“I think I can play,” Kriskus said. “As I said, I have friends who play in Europe, and in the summer, I go home, and we play, and I kick their butts. So I hope I’m good enough.”

Schedules for this season’s games Men’s games

Women’s games

Nov. 16 Lasell 8:00 p.m.

Nov. 19 Newbury 6:00 p.m.

Nov. 20 Colby or Curry TBA

Nov. 23 UMass Dartmouth 5:30 p.m.

Nov. 30 Clark (Mass.)

8:00 p.m.

Dec. 2 Framingham St. 6:00 p.m.

Dec. 4 Babson 3:00 p.m.

Dec. 5 Salem State or Tufts TBA at Babson

Jan. 6 at Emerson 5:00 p.m.

Jan. 8 New York 3:00 p.m.

Jan. 11 at Bates 6:00 p.m.

Jan. 14 at Carnegie Mellon 8:00 p.m.

Jan. 16 at Case

12:00 p.m.

Jan. 21 Chicago 8:00 p.m.

Jan. 23 WashU 11:30 a.m.

Jan. 28 Emory 8:00 p.m.

Jan. 30 Rochester (N.Y.)

12:00 p.m.

Feb. 4 at Emory 8:00 p.m.

Feb. 6 at Rochester (N.Y.) 12:00 p.m.

Feb. 8 at Amherst 7:00 p.m.

Feb. 11 Carnegie Mellon 8:00 p.m.

Feb. 13 Case

12:00 p.m.

Feb. 18 at Chicago 9:00 p.m.

Feb. 20 at WashU 1:00 p.m.

Feb. 26 at New York 4:00 p.m.

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Nov. 17 Babson 7:00 p.m.

Nov. 20 Connecticut College 5:30 p.m.

Nov. 21 RIC or Springfield TBA

Nov. 23 Wellesley 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 28 at Tufts 2:00 p.m.

Nov. 30 Emmanuel (Mass.)

6:00 p.m.

Dec. 4 Roger Williams 1:00 p.m.

Dec. 6 at Eastern Nazarene 7:00 p.m.

Dec. 31 Husson 1:00 p.m.

Jan. 4 at Lasell 7:00 p.m.

Jan. 8 New York 1:00 p.m.

Jan. 14 at Carnegie Mellon 6:00 p.m.

Jan. 16 at Case 2:00 p.m.

Jan. 21 Chicago 6:00 p.m.

Jan. 23 WashU 1:30 p.m.

Jan. 28 Emory 6:00 p.m.

Jan. 30 Rochester (N.Y.) 2:00 p.m.

Feb. 4 at Emory 6:00 p.m.

Feb. 6 at Rochester (N.Y.) 2:00 p.m.

Feb. 11 Carnegie Mellon 6:00 p.m.

Feb. 13 Case 2:00 p.m.

Feb. 18 at Chicago 7:00 p.m.

Feb. 20 at WashU 3:00 p.m.

Feb. 26 at New York 2:00 p.m.

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