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STUDENT LIFE

Dylan concert debated ■ Several student leaders

formed a panel to inform students about details of the proposed concert and listen to their feedback.

By PHIL GALLAGHER JUSTICE EDITOR

Corleone in the movie The Godfather.

“It’s always a good sign when other schools want to hire our faculty, and a disappointment when it actually happens,” wrote Provost Steve Goldstein ’78 in an email to the Justice. “We are sorry to be losing Greg

Students gathered in the Shapiro Campus Center atrium on Monday evening for a forum to discuss the possibility of Bob Dylan coming to perform at SpringFest. The forum was led by a panel of three WBRS board members and three other student leaders: Jesse Manning ’13, the general manager of WBRS; Michael Zonenashvili ’13, the music director of WBRS; Alex Pilger ’13, the business director of WBRS; Rachel Nelson ’13, chair of Student Events; SuWei Chi ’13, director of concerts for Student Events; and Todd Kirkland ’13, the Student Union president.

The panelists presented a Powerpoint presentation to the students detailing their plans for “Folkfest,” a one-day concert dedicated to bringing folk musicians to perform at Brandeis. The day would be headlined by Dylan’s performance, accompanied by other bands. The second day would be SpringFest “as you know it,” explained the panelists, to the yearly performance by contemporary artists on Chapel’s Field.

Folkfest, the panelists explained at the forum, would have two stages, although in a more recent interview with the Justice, Manning said that those planning the event had recently moved from the two-stage proposal to a one-stage proposal for logistical reasons.

The panelists anticipated attendance of about 2,000 students and 4,300 off-campus patrons at such a concert, which would take place on Gordon Field near the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center.

Student attendance at the concert would be free, while off-campus patrons would be charged between $80 and $90 for tickets.

The panelists repeatedly expressed their belief that ticket

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BREWERS BEATEN: The men’s soccer team celebrates its dramatic last-minute victory over Vassar College in the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament on Sunday.

Judges advance after big wins ■ Hosting its first NCAA

Tournament games in 27 years, men’s soccer topped Baruch and Vassar.

By HENRY LOUGHLIN JUSTICE EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

While popular throughout the world, soccer has often been criticized by Americans for its low-scoring nature.

By beating Vassar College 1-0 in the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament last Sunday night, the No. 17 men’s soccer team proved that even a low-scoring game could be exciting.

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team also advanced to the Sweet Sixteen with wins over Union College and Lasell College. See Sports, p. 12 for more coverage of its tournament success.

Midfielder Sam Ocel ’13 headed home the winning goal with 29.4 seconds left to give the Judges a 1-0 victory in a thrilling game with 34 shots, two disallowed goals, two goal line clearances and two shots that hit the crossbar or post.

“I don’t really know what to say about it right now,” said an ecstatic

Ocel. “Best feeling in the world.”

“I’d be hard-pressed to say there’s a team I’ve enjoyed more than this one,” said head coach Mike Coven.

“I’m very happy for them. This team is real special.”

The road to the second round Having received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament—its first in 27 years—the Judges hosted the first and second rounds by virtue of its 16-2-1 regular season mark and rank as No. 17 rank in Division III by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

The Judges reached the second round by virtue of their 2-0 victory over Baruch College last Saturday

night. That match saw Ocel score two early goals and the Judges defense hold firm the rest of the way.

Vassar advanced by defeating Tufts University 1-0 in double overtime. In that game, Vassar senior back Zander Mrlik scored a penalty kick in the 102nd minute after Tufts junior defender Luke Booth fouled Vassar senior Dante Varotsis in the penalty box.

A dramatic victory Given the Judges’ propensity to attack this season, it was no surprise that they outshot the Brewers 6-0 in the first 10 minutes of the game.

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FACULTY

Petsko set to leave University for NY in 2014 ■ Prof. Gregory Petsko

(BCHM) will move his lab to Cornell Medical College to be with his wife.

By TATE HERBERT JUSTICE EDITOR

Prof. Gregory Petsko (BCHM), will be moving his research lab to New York City to join his wife, the dean of Weill Cornell Medical College, in early 2014. His wife, Laurie H. Glimcher, was appointed dean of the medical school in January and has been living in New York since then.

“I don’t have a choice,” said Pets-

ko in an interview with the Justice, explaining that Glimcher’s appointment was expected to be relatively long-term, “I’ve made 70 trips to New York City since January, and that’s not an exaggerated number.”

He went on to jokingly compare his predicament to the famous “offer you can’t refuse,” made by mafia don Vito

The brain behind Siri

Nettler exhibit

Cannabis question

Adam Cheyer ’88 spoke at the COSI High Tech Alumni Leadership Conference about his inspiration for inventing Siri.

 The experiential exhibition explores the identity of the artist, a Holocaust descendant.

 While medical marijuana is now legal in Massachusetts, it may not be so on campus.

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POLICE LOG

Court to deliberate on voting act

Medical Emergency

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court said Friday that it would consider a challenge from several Southern states to the Voting Rights Act, setting up another landmark clash over federal power and the legacy of discrimination.

In the politically sensitive case, to be heard next year, Southern states and others once more seek to lift or revise long-standing requirements that the Justice Department preapprove changes in voting procedures.

The challengers say the federal oversight is onerous and no longer needed.

“Things have changed in the South,” attorney Bert W. Rein declared in a legal brief for Shelby County, Ala. South Carolina and Texas agree, citing in their own legal brief the “significant and unjustified burdens that the law continues to impose” on states covered by the law’s requirements. The state of Alaska has claimed the same in a separate brief, complaining of the law’s “extraordinary burdens.”

The current version of the Voting Rights Act enjoys the strong support of groups such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, as well as many members of Congress, which overwhelmingly reauthorized the law in 2006. Four Alaska Natives and four tribal governments have asked to join the federal government’s defense.

“Despite considerable progress,” Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. wrote on behalf of the Obama administration, “discrimination against minority voters continues to be a serious problem.”

The law covers seven Southern states, Alaska, Arizona, and portions of six states, including California, Florida and North Carolina. Citing what they called “the blight of racial discrimination,” lawmakers in 1965 first imposed the requirement that the Justice Department review and approve any voting “standard, practice or procedure” in the covered states and localities.

This federal authority covers a wide range of state and local activity, spanning some 12,000 political jurisdictions nationwide. Alabama, for instance, needed federal approval for new voting machines. Arizona needed prior approval to close several Motor Vehicle Division offices because they’re used for voter registration.

California needed approval last year for legislative redistricting in several counties, including Merced, Kings and Yuba.

“The Voting Rights Act is an essential part of American democracy,” League of Women Voters President Elisabeth MacNamara declared Friday. “The thought that the Supreme Court might overrule Congress and take away voting rights should send a chill down the spine of every American.”

Jurisdictions may apply to the Justice Department to “bail out” from the pre-clearance requirements, as California’s Merced County did this year. Shelby County in Alabama didn’t seek to bail out, but instead filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the law.

Critics don’t dispute the necessity of having the Justice Department watch out for discriminatory voting practices. They do, however, contend that the 2006 reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act for the next 25 years swept in too many states and localities based on antiquated data. Critics also note that some states are treated differently from others, despite the significant civil rights progress that has been made.

Nov. 7—A staffer at the Mailman House requested an ambulance for the transport of a non-violent section-12 patient.

They were transported to the Newton-Wellesley Hospital, and the on-call community development coordinator was advised.

Nov. 8—A female who fainted in Schwartz Hall requested BEMCo. University Police and BEMCo responded, and she was transported to the health center by police cruiser for further assistance.

Nov. 8—A party in Usen reported that his friend was feeling dizzy and has a history of past heart problems. BEMCo was requested, and an ambulance was notified. The party was transported to the Newton-Wellesley Hospital via ambulance.

Nov. 9—BEMCo reported at police dispatch that they received a call in their office that a student in Ridgewood B was having an asthma attack. An ambulance was notified for transport to the hospital, and the quad di-

rector on call was notified.

Nov. 9—University Police received a call that a female student in Ridgewood C was intoxicated and vomiting. BEMCo was notified, and an ambulance was requested for transport to the hospital. The quad director on call was informed.

Nov. 10—A community advisor requested BEMCo for the guest of a student. The guest was intoxicated, and the host was concerned. University Police and BEMCo responded, and the party was treated on-scene by BEMCo with a signed refusal for further care.

Nov. 10—University Police received a report of an unconscious, possibly intoxicated visitor near Gordon Field. University Police, BEMCo and an ambulance were notified. The party was transported by ambulance to the Newton-Wellesley Hospital.

Nov. 9—The manager of the Provisions on Demand Market reported that a student used a stolen ID card to purchase items at the store. University Police compiled a report, and an investigation is to follow.

Drugs

Disturbance

Nov. 6—The conduct officer

reported four students charged with marijuana possession on Sept. 26 in the Foster Mods.

Nov. 6—The conduct officer reported one student charged with possession of marijuana on Oct. 22 in Ziv Quad.

Nov. 6—The community development coordinator reported one minor in possession on Oct. 1 in East, and two minors in possession on Oct. 6 in East.

Nov. 6—University Police received a report from the conduct officer of five minors in possession on Oct. 9 in North Quad, and four minors in possession on Oct. 19.

Larceny

Nov. 11—There was a report

n An article in News, “Professors discuss issues of race and gender in elections,” misidentified a writer in a byline. The article about the ninth annual Roosevelt Lecture was written by Danielle Gross, not Shani Abramowitz. (Nov. 6, pg. 7) n A cartoon caption in Forum misspelled the name of the artist. The cartoon was drawn by Arielle Shorr, not Arielle Schorr. (Nov. 6, pg. 11) n An article in Arts misstated the class years of several students. Abigail Clarke is ’12, not ’13, David Benger is ’14, not ’13, and Julia Davidovitz is ’15, not ’14. The article also misstated the name of the group that produced the play. The group’s name is Hold Thy Peace, not Hold Thy Piece. (Nov. 6, pg. 20)

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Nov. 11—A party reported a suspicious individual near the Slosberg Recital Hall/Village area.

The party thought the individual was a woman until she got close and realized it was possibly a man wearing a wig who was wearing a blue raincoat and jeans and appeared to be about 30 years old.

The reporting party stated that the individual passed her walking and then turned around after she walked past. University Police officers checked the area, and no one fitting that description was found in the area.

—compiled by Marielle Temkin

Senate approves SMRs

CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

n Top of the Charts in Arts misidentified the date. The top 10s were for the week ending Nov. 4, not Oct. 4. (Nov. 6, pg. 24)

Miscellaneous

SENATE LOG

—McClatchy Newspapers/MCT

n An article in Arts misstated the condition of the Rose Art Museum in 2009. The artwork in the museum was voted to be sold by the Board of Trustees, but none of the artwork was sold and the decision was subsequently reversed. The museum itself was not “closed for sale” as the article originally stated. (Nov. 6, pg. 21)

of a loud party in Rosenthal East with students running up and down stairs and yelling and screaming. There was a registered party for one suite, and parties were dispersed from other suites. The on-duty community advisor was on-scene.

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Behind bars Prof. Melissa Kosinski-Collins (BIOL) participated in last Tuesday’s Jail and Bail fundraiser, where students and professors were “arrested”

by University police officers. To free the “prisoners,” students made donations toward the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.

At its meeting this weekend, the Senate accredited two clubs and passed two senate money resolutions authorizing $6,550 in spending by the Senate.

The Senate first recognized and then chartered Brandeis Beats, a new club that aims to “bridge the gap between Waltham residents and Brandeis students through drum circles, workshops and education,” according to the club’s constitution.

The club also hopes to hold monthly drum circle workshops with students and professionals. According to senators and the club leaders, this is the first percussion-based club on campus.

The Senate then recognized ’DeisBikes, the University’s bicycle sharing program established at first as a Student Union initiative in 2009. ’DeisBikes, which provides daily bike rentals to students for free and monthly rentals for a fee, has received financial support from the Brandeis Sustainability Fund in the past.

Club members said that they requested recognition so that they could hold events on campus and use Union resources for publicity.

As is constitutionally mandated, the Senate approved a $5,800 SMR to provide four buses for the Turkey Shuttle program, which transports students between Brandeis and New York for the Thanksgiving break. Foster Mods Quad Senator Nicholas Polanco ’13 presented the SMR and said he expects to recoup about $4,000 through ticket sales for the shuttle program.

Following the victory of the men’s soccer team in the NCAA Tournament Sunday, Class of 2013 Senator David Fisch submitted an Emergency SMR for $750 to fund a bus that would transport students to the location of the next NCAA game. Fisch said that the money would only be used if the University does not provide transportation through other means such as the Athletics budget. The SMR passed with 13 yes votes and one abstention.

Class of 2013 Senator Sarah Kim also reported that the Student Union will buy rubber wristbands with “Sandy” written on them in white letters to help raise money for relief efforts following Hurricane Sandy’s impact on the East Coast.

—Andrew Wingens

ANNOUNCEMENTS March of Dimes Baby Talk

Sarbattama Sen is a clinician researcher at the Mother Infant Research Institute at Tufts Medical, will be speaking on maternity obesity research.

Today from noon to 1 p.m. in the Luria room in the Hassenfeld Conference Center.

Center, the Biotech, Health & Science Forum will feature an expert panel presentation followed by round table networking sessions for students, alumni and employer guests.

Tomorrow from 6 to 9 p.m. in Sherman Hall in the Hassenfeld Conference Center.

deliver the Prize lecture on “The Continuing Significance of Race in America’s Politics of Inequality.” The Gittler Medallion will be presented to McAdam after the lecture.

Thursday from 3 to 5 p.m. in Rapaporte Treasure Hall.

TransBrandeis Presents

Thank Who? Stuff Your Turkey with Justice

ExCEL Egg Drop

This event will get Brandeis students excited about the experiential learning classes that are being offered next semester. Learning experientially, students will have the opportunity to experiment with different materials to cushion the egg so that once it is dropped off the balcony, it will not crack. This experience will encourage students to enroll in experiential learning classes next semester.

Tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Great Lawn.

TransBrandeis’ annual meeting during Trans* Awareness Week to spread vital information about gender-neutral housing on Brandeis and other campuses worldwide.

CDCs, CAs and Maria Anderson will be on hand to talk about this important topic.

People of all identities are welcome. TransBrandeis members, Triskelion members, friends, allies, and anyone who is interested should attend this meeting!

Tomorrow from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Intercultural Center Room 103.

Biotech, Health & Science Forum

Gittler Prize lecture and presentation

Explore careers in science- and health-related organizations through direct exposure and discussions with current professionals in related fields. Sponsored by the Hiatt Career

The 2012-13 Gittler Prize recipient Doug McAdam, a scholar who has made the study of social movements and other forms of “contentious politics” the focus of his research, will

Every year, millions of Americans come together to feast and give thanks. For many, it’s a cherished time to see loved ones (and notso-loved ones!), to catch each other up on our lives, and feel part of a community: it’s about family.

So what if the Thanksgiving story we were taught in kindergarten isn’t exactly, precisely, 100 percent true. Or 10 percent true. Most stories we learn as children aren’t, so what’s the big deal?

Is there any harm in a national fairytale?

And does it affect our society when a fairytale promotes caricatures of real people? Is it wrong to be thankful for our good fortunes, if they mean worse fortunes for others?

Monday from 6:10 to 7:30 p.m. in the Intercultural Center Lounge.

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Writer examines political link ■ A political writer for The

Jerusalem Post lectured about the effects of the U.S. elections on the Middle East.

By ariel glickman JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

Last Thursday, members of the Brandeis community listened as Gil Hoffman, the chief political correspondent and analyst for The Jerusalem Post, outlined what was at stake in the U.S. elections for United StatesIsrael relations. At the event, titled “Red States, Blue States and the Jewish State,” Hoffman discussed the role President Barack Obama’s reelection would play in Israel and how the link between Israeli and American politics could impact the unstable situation in the Middle East. Though there was originally a full audience, the speaker’s one-hour late arrival, due to him getting lost on his way to the event, resulted in a smaller, more intimate crowd in the Hassenfeld Conference Center.

The discussion aimed to encourage dialogue on how to ease the conflict between the two allied countries. “The tension that there has been over the last four years is very real,” Hoffman said. “They started off—[Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu and Obama—on the wrong foot.”

But, while Hoffman stressed that the leaders have much work to do, he also said the risks are too high for Israel and the United States to avoid cooperation. Faced with the fear of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon and the Palestinian request for statehood, Hoffman said that the two countries must collaborate.

“Obama can indeed regain Israelis’ trust,” Hoffman told students and staff, because policy disagreements do not cause problems among nations, surprises do. Therefore, Hoffman speculated that if communication improves between Netanyahu and Obama, and if both are aware of the other’s incentives and initiatives, the United States-Israeli relationship will improve.

But why do Israelis dislike Obama?

More Israelis believe the president is pro-Palestinian than pro-Israel, said Hoffman, because though three billion dollars in military aid is appreciated, and Israelis are grateful for the deaths of Osama bin Laden and Muammar el-Qaddafi, Israel holds Obama responsible for increased hostility in the Middle East.

“Egypt falling to the Muslim Brotherhood is, to Israelis, … Obama’s fault,” said Hoffman, referring to the

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OBAMA AND ISRAEL: Gil Hoffman speaks about the need for Israel and the United States to collaborate to solve regional conflicts.

Egyptian revolution in 2011. “He was the one who said ‘Now’ when all his advisors told him not to say … when [former President of Egypt Hosni] Mubarak has to leave,” Hoffman added.

Likewise, Hoffman said Israelis also blame Obama for the Syrian uprising, which has become an ongoing civil war between the Ba’ath Party government and its opponents. Hoffman continued, whereas Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush allowed Israel to build settlements on the West Bank in blocks that “everyone believes will be part of Israel forever,” Obama told the Israelis they could not, angering both the Israeli center and left.

But though Netanyahu may not have supported Obama’s reelection, there is proof Netanyahu believed Obama would succeed, said Hoffman: “[H]e didn’t bet on the wrong horse.

The very fact that he [Netanyahu] … set red lines before the election, showed that he was trying to put pressure on the president when he had leverage over him” because after an election, Netanyahu would lose that influence.

Obama’s reelection, Hoffman said, may impact the United States-Israel rapport more so than Israel’s own

national election on Jan. 22. Provided that Netanyahu wins reelection, he and the president will meet in Washington, D.C. at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference in March to resume talks on the peace process.

With the passing of Netanyahu’s father and father-in-law, both of whom convinced Netanyahu not to compromise on peace, Netanyahu is now more willing to negotiate, said Hoffman. And, the world has been taking him more seriously.

During a pre-recorded interview that was aired during the Super Bowl last February, Obama was asked if Israel would attack Iran, emphasizing an issue that Netanyahu has stressed, front and center. “This is the highestrated television show in the history of mankind on the Earth,” said Hoffman.

“You know how much it costs for a 30-second ad in the Super Bowl? Like two million dollars, and we got it for free. That’s when I saw the Israeli approach to preventing the nuclearization of Iran was working.”

Though Hoffman was late, those students who stayed found the discussion informative and beneficial. “I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect.

I’m not incredibly knowledgeable on

the conflict happening in the Middle East right now. … So, coming here, I’m definitely getting a very different view of Israeli culture and politics,” said Joe Babeu ’15.

“I think that for those participants who were here, they really learned a lot about what internal politics is like in Israel and how the dynamic between Netanyahu and Obama was in the last four years and how it will be going forward,” said Alex Thomson ’15, Brandeis Israel Public Affairs Committee copresident.

BIPAC sponsored the event along with the Politics department, Brandeis Democrats, Brandeis Libertarian Conservative Union, the Brandeis Tea Party Nation and Hillel at Brandeis.

While Hoffman may not have changed everyone’s perspectives, he did convince them of the significance of Israel-United States relations. “[T] here is one thing we can be sure of,” Ilana Rosenbaum ’15, BIPAC’s campus engagement coordinator, wrote in an email to the Justice. “The results of the US election are deeply influential to Israeli life and to the US/Israel relationship, especially in this time of extreme turmoil and upheaval in the countries of the Middle East surrounding Israel.”

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IGS hosts discussion on global cities ■ An expert panelist and two

students made presentations about the challenges faced by different worldwide cities.

By allyson cartter JUSTICE senior WRITER

Last Wednesday the International and Global Studies Program hosted an event titled “The New Global Cities: Poverty, Opportunity and Improvised Urban Lives” in which panelists discussed social tensions and disparities in three growing cities.

The event was part of the IGS Conversations series, which was instituted last year. Each conversation centers on a theme and features an expert panelist and two IGS seniors who present on their thesis research or experiences abroad. The speakers at Wednesday’s conversation were Moises Lino e Silva, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University and IGS lecturer who will be teaching two courses next semester at Brandeis; Shinhye Oh ’13; and Tripti Singh ’13.

Lino e Silva will teach “IGS 170A: Rise of Brazil” and “ANTH 129B: Global, Transnational, and Diasporic Communities” next semester.

Prof. Chandler Rosenberger (IGS), chair of the IGS Program, said that the event’s theme of global cities would focus on “the rich, the poor [and] the extremes of this amazing new world

of globalization” in which “three centuries are happening in decades.”

According to Rosenberger, Lino e Silva’s presentation focused on Brazilian urban life, in shantytowns called favelas, and what freedom means when the state is not providing “the resources it’s supposed to.”

Lino e Silva explained that he lived in a favela in Rio de Janeiro for two years as a part of his anthropological research.

A defining feature of Brazilian favelas is their proximity to rich areas of the city, said Line e Silva. Favelas arose in areas with construction and development because poorer laborers squatted near their workplaces, creating favelas.

According to Lino e Silva, there have been changes to police and state treatment of the favelas due to the upcoming 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, both of which will be held in Rio de Janeiro. There is currently a police occupation and “pacification” efforts in the favela in which Lino e Silva worked, in contrast to the only two or three police raids he encountered in his two years living in the favela, he said.

Many favela residents migrated from the poorest region of Brazil in the northeast, said Lino e Silva. This migration, however, is not motivated entirely by money but often by media images of cities and a desire to explore other parts of the world, which speaks to a global impact on local migration,

he continued.

His presentation was followed by Oh’s, who spoke about the nouveau riche, or new rich, class and social disparities in Beijing. The disparities stem in part from political ideals, beginning with the Communist Party’s emphasis on economic equality and followed by the opening up of the economy in the 1980s and ’90s, said Oh. According to Oh, the nouveau riche are characterized by conspicuous spending, urbanization and westernization and the use of purchasing as a form of self-identification and as an extension of oneself. This has changed the physical structure of Beijing with the construction of malls and department stores and the razing of historical and cultural landmarks in pursuit of office buildings and other markers of modernization, she said. This social disparity also contributes to a disparity in power and legal rights, Oh continued.

The migration to cities has led to a “floating” population that travels for work purposes, which sometimes comprise up to one third of urban populations, said Oh. As non-residents, this group does not receive some government services, such as education, and despite its important role in doing services that others do not want to do, is “marginalized and dismissed,” she continued.

Singh then spoke about Chandigarh, India, a city of one million that

was founded in 1952. It is an anomaly among “emerging cities in developing countries” because of its high per capita income and 90 percent development, she said.

Due to an architectural emphasis on features such as parks and government buildings—as Chandigarh is the capital of two states—the growing population of the city has had difficulties in finding areas to convert into living spaces, which has led to an increase in slum development, said Singh.

In contrast to other Indian cities, and to Lino e Silva’s presentation on Rio de Janeiro, these slums exist on the periphery of the city, according to Singh. Similar to Rio de Janeiro, they developed for migrant laborers who contributed to the development of the city, she continued.

While in Chandigarh, Singh worked with Developing Indigenous Resources, a nongovernmental organization that works to improve health, education and income generation in the city’s slums. Singh worked specifically to give women the skills to make paper bags, the demand for which has increased due to a ban on plastic bags in the city, she said. She added that this emphasis on vocational skills and investment in human capital is important in improving the conditions for slum residents.

The series will resume in the spring, wrote Rosenberger in an email to the Justice.

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BRIEF

Marijuana legalization will likely not affect Univ Massachusetts voters approved legalization of medical marijuana in last Tuesday’s election, but that doesn’t mean the drug will be allowed on campus anytime soon— even for those with prescriptions.

Dean of Student Life Rick Sawyer said in an email to the Justice that the topic has not been discussed much among the administration, as Gov. Deval Patrick has indicated that it may be a while before the administrative structure around medical marijuana is established.

“The passing of the medical marijuana initiative will have little immediate impact on colleges and universities in the Commonwealth, except for confusion in the student body,” wrote Sawyer.

The new law allows for patients with a “debilitating medical condition,” such as Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis or cancer, to possess a 60-day supply of marijuana for “personal medical use,” according to the ballot question online.

Brandeis University’s current policies prohibit the “manufacturing, distribution, dispensation, possession, sale, or use of marijuana,” under section 5 of the Rights and Responsibilities Handbook.

There is also a question of federal funding. Since medical marijuana is still illegal under federal law, the University could be in violation of several federal statues including the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act and the Drug-Free Workplace Act, if it were to allow marijuana on campus. Those violations could jeopardize federal funding.

“Regardless of state laws to the contrary, there is no such thing as ‘medical’ marijuana under federal law. Marijuana continues to be a Schedule I substance, meaning that it has no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse,” according to the White House website.

“Federal law trumps state law,” explained Sawyer.

Sawyer said it’s unlikely that the University Health Center would prescribe marijuana. “The sort of conditions that would warrant a marijuana prescription are usually treated by primary care physicians or specialists. I doubt that our medical staff would be in a position to be initiating such scripts,” wrote Sawyer.

The Harvard Crimson reported last week that Harvard officials are still debating the effect of the new law on the university campus.

Stanford University, according to the Stanford Daily, has an “unclear” policy toward medical marijuana because of conflicting federal and state laws. Medical marijuana is legal in California, which was the center of a 2005 Supreme Court battle. In that case, Gonzales v. Raich, the Court ruled that the Commerce Clause gave the federal government the authority to ban marijuana.

With the new law, Massachusetts became the 18th state to legalize cannabis for medicinal purposes. Just over 63 percent of voters approved the decriminalization of medical marijuana, while nearly 37 percent opposed the measure.

The law takes effect Jan. 1, and the Department of Public Health is charged with developing regulations for the program.

—Andrew Wingens

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Groups collaborate in hurricane relief efforts ■ Student Events has raised

$320 so far by accepting donations at campus events such as Louisganza.

By tate herbert JUSTICE editor

In light of the destruction left by Hurricane Sandy along the East Coast two weeks ago, several groups across campus have combined resources in a concerted fundraising and relief effort, led by Director of Student Activities Stephanie Grimes. Thus far, Student Events has taken the lead in fundraising and accepted donations totaling $320.39 at weekend events, according to Student Events Co-president Rachel Nelson ’13.

An initial meeting took place on Saturday between members of Grimes’ staff, representatives from

the Department of Community Living and student leaders of campus clubs such as Waltham Group, Student Events and Students for Environmental Action.

Grimes did not respond to request for comment by press time.

Student Events put its plans into action at final events for the annual Louis Louis week such as the Louisganza dance, where the club took donations in exchange for glow sticks.

However, the bulk of the donations came from spectators at the men’s soccer game at Gordon Field on Saturday, said Nelson. Student Events held a raffle for gift certificates to local eateries and the University bookstore in addition to taking donations for the free pizza and hot chocolate which they provided.

“A lot of the parents, staff and faculty donated to support [S]andy relief which we were extremely appreciative of,” wrote Nelson in an email to the Justice. “It was great to

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see everybody being generous and thinking about others who are in need.”

Looking forward, Nelson said her organization has not discussed specific plans, but will continue to have a donation box out at its events, including Thirsty Thursday at the Stein.

Likewise, SEA plans to take donations at its fall-themed organic food banquet tonight, said SEA Regional Coordinator Andrew Nguyen ’15.

Jamie Kronberger, the community development coordinator for North Quad, also mentioned at the meeting that she had already begun a campaign in North to recycle cans and bottles using the Greenbean Recycling Machine in Usdan Student Center. The proceeds from the quad’s recycling efforts are being collected for the relief efforts.

Other participants in Saturday’s meeting did not respond to requests for comment by press time.

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Petsko, even as we wish him well at Cornell Medical School.”

While the decision has been made, Petsko, the Gyula and Katica Tauber Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacodynamics, said he will continue to research and teach at Brandeis until 2014, when construction on the new research building he will work in in New York will be complete.

The Petsko & Ringe Laboratories are located in 5,000 square feet on the sixth floor of the Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, according to the lab’s website.

Petsko works there with the lab’s other namesake, Prof. Dagmar Ringe (BCHM), the Harold and Bernice Davis Professor in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease.

Ringe did not respond to requests for comment.

The majority of the research in the lab is dedicated to developing cures for Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease and Lou Gherig’s Disease, according to Petsko. This research will continue in New York.

The lab currently has a staff of about 20 students. Petsko estimated that six or seven are graduate students, about 12 are undergraduates and the rest are post-doctoral. He will aim to maintain the size of the lab’s staff until his departure, hiring to make up for the usual turnover as students graduate or move on to other jobs. He anticipates that his new lab will be roughly the same size.

However, one difference will be the loss of undergraduate students to work with and teach. Petsko will teach at the medical school, where only graduate students are enrolled.

“We love having undergrads in the lab. … They do really good work and they’re a delight to have around,” said Petsko, adding that it’s also good training for his graduate and postPetsko doctoral students to supervise the undergraduates.

“I think [Brandeis is] the best place in the world to work in if you’re a scientist who likes teaching. You couldn’t ask for a better environment,” he said, praising the faculty, students and University President Frederick Lawrence.

“There’s a million reasons why it would be wonderful to stay, but there’s one big reason why I can’t.”

Petsko said he hopes that, since he is vacating such a prominent position with a high salary, Brandeis will hire two associate professors of Biochemistry or Chemistry in his stead.

“Bringing in vital, young people to the faculty is something that’s very good to do,” he said.

Dean of Arts and Sciences Susan Birren confirmed this in an email to the Justice, saying that the search is already underway for “a new [Biochemistry] faculty member who will carry out research defined by his or her own interest and expertise, and who will carry on Brandeis’ tradition of excellence in Biochemical research and teaching.”

Goldstein agreed. “[T]he departure of a faculty member—even one as outstanding as Greg—does bring one compensation: the opportunity to hire someone new.”

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In 1956, the U.S. Supreme Court declared Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal.

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Developing artificial intelligence Adam Cheyer ’88 created the idea of Siri 20 years ago

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CREATIVE AMBITION: Cheyer ’88 spoke about developing the prototype for Siri.

“Siri, who created you?”

“Like it says on the box, … I was created by Apple in California,” Siri responds in her sassy, anthropomorphic voice. But few, including Siri, know the true origins of Apple’s popularized, intelligent personal assistant and the story of the man behind her.

Adam Cheyer ’88, who spoke at Brandeis’ COSI High Tech Alumni Leadership Conference on Nov. 2, developed the prototype for Siri almost 20 years ago. The concept came to him before he had ever seen a web browser or knew what a website was. Working at SRI International at the time, an independent nonprofit research institute, Cheyer “had a vision that the world would be composed of software services that in a system would interact to help manage doing things for you,” he said in an interview with the Justice.

The one-day conference, organized by the Brandeis University Alumni Association and the Computer Science department, featured alumni panels as well as addresses from Walt Mossberg ’69, personal technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal; and Mitchell Kertzman ’70, founder of software developer Powersoft and a managing partner at Hummer Winblad, a technology-focused venture capital firm. The conference focused on progress and innovations in the computer science field, and named Cheyer the Brandeis Computer Science Entrepreneur of the Year 2012.

Despite his executive-level success, Cheyer never dreamed of having a personal assistant. “It’s funny because I’ve always felt awkward asking someone to do something for me I could do myself.”

Cheyer admits he has few qualms about asking a computer, however. Influenced

by the vision of Doug Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse, hypertext and networked computers, Cheyer hopes to utilize technology in order to help people work smarter and more efficiently to solve the world’s problems.

He cites this as a major theme in his career thus far.

In 2007, Cheyer signed on as technology director and cofounder of Change. org, the world’s largest online petition platform to date. Today, the website has more than 20 million users and is growing by more than two million per month. While Cheyer stepped down from his positions in 2008 to launch Siri and another start-up he was working on, Genetic Finance, he still serves as an advisor for Change.org today.

Cheyer was hesitant to join Siri, Inc. at first, unlike his SRI colleague and eventual CEO of Siri, Inc. Doug Kittlaus. “I kept waiting for [the venture capitalists] to throw Doug out of the office once he got to the business idea and the business numbers.” But to Cheyer’s surprise, they never did. Once he knew there was business potential, he knew he could build the technology.

In February 2008, Siri, Inc. went public and the first version of voice-activated personal assistant was released in the Apple app store, one of 350,000 free applications. “When we started the company, I walked into an Apple store and on the wall there were all these icons of the big boys, the famous ones: Google, Pandora, Skype. I said, ‘One day we’re going to do this and Siri will be an icon right up there with the other 100 big icons on this app store wall.’” Little did Cheyer know that Siri would one day supercede the wall, appearing on a plasma front door display in every Apple store across the world.

A few weeks after Cheyer, Kittlaus and Tom Gruber launched Siri, Inc. in

2008, they received a call from the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs to discuss incorporating Siri software into Apple products. “If it’s a feature hidden away then we’re not interested,” Cheyer recalls telling Jobs. “We want to change the world.” If Jobs, which he did, saw Siri as an universal and integral component of interaction, “then that’s very exciting for us,” Cheyer remembered thinking.

In its most simple form, Siri was not meant to answer philosophical or promiscuous questions like “Who is God?” or “What are you wearing?,” Cheyer explained. The technology serves as a “knowledge navigator,” allowing people quick and easy access to travel, scheduling, weather and other applications and updates. When the software went public, however, Cheyer and his business colleagues soon realized that the “chatty personality” and “delight nuggets”—the fact that when it’s raining outside Siri will tell you to pack your umbrella—are what make Siri simply irresistible.

While many in America consider Siri female, Cheyer insisted that Siri has no gender. In fact, he noted, the European version of Siri sounds more like a man. “If you ask her if she’s a man or a woman she’ll find ways to deflect that as she deflects … other kinds of advances people might make.” So does anyone really know Siri? “It reveals itself over time,” Cheyer said, if you ask her questions about her favorite color, if she is an Apple employee, if she is human, etc. That said, Siri will always remain largely mysterious; it’s part of her appeal. “It’s the same way books are often better than the movies,” Cheyer notes.

According to Business Insider reporter Dan Frommer, Siri, Inc. was sold to Apple in April 2010 for somewhere between $100 and $200 million. While Siri continued to be an application in

the app store, the technology, fully integrated into the Apple experience, was not publicly revealed until the launch of Apple’s iPhone 4S, a year and a half after Apple bought Siri, Inc. The release took place on Oct. 4, 2011. Jobs died the next day, Cheyer noted. “I have no idea what he thought, but I’d like to think that this was something he cared a lot about and had a lot of interaction with.

I’d like to think that he saw it and said ‘this is good;’ Apple’s in good hands going forward.”

Cheyer left Apple this past June to spend more time with family and “give back,” but he believes Siri is “absolutely just scratching the surface of what is possible.” While his professional relationship with Siri has ended, he noted, “we all have our own relationships with Siri, as do I.” As for what’s next for Cheyer, he is reexamining his “personal mission statements” and reflecting on his career so far. “I am a big believer in ‘do more than you think you can,’ which I learned at Brandeis,” he said. “I learned if you set the stake in the ground and it looked impossible and you do your best, you accomplish often more than if you had set the stake much closer.”

When it came to choosing colleges for Cheyer, Brandeis was his top pick because “the liberal arts education let me … attack human intelligence from all sorts of angles,” he said, citing how a computer science major at Brandeis receives a Bachelor of Arts, unlike at other schools where students receive a Bachelor of Science. While he graduated with highest honors in Computer Science, Cheyer believes that his ability to take a multi-disciplinary course load, “really gave me the breadth and passion to do [artificial intelligence] … It really did shape what I did and how I think about the world.”

Building futures through community Travis encourages education and independence with nonprofit

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His job in Kenya has already transformed into more than a job. “I feel like I’m working toward something that’s really important to me,” said Matthew Travis ’05.

Travis is the volunteer coordinator and acting finance officer in Kenya for the nonprofit organization Flying Kites, which provides education and support for orphaned children in Kenya.

The organization began as an orphanage founded by college graduates who had volunteered in orphanages in Nairobi and became interested in improving the lives of the children they encountered.

“Flying Kites strives to create a better orphanage than the ones that already exist where the orphans could truly be given the opportunity to excel and be anything they want to without being limited by their circumstances.”

One of the best things for Travis about Brandeis was what he called the “diversity in study and community.” The eclectic collection of students he made connections with during his time at Brandeis greatly influenced his decision to go into nonprofit work.

“I had a couple friends who did Teach for America and another who joined the Peace Corps after college.

I knew I wanted to do something like that, but I wasn’t sure how.”

Travis became involved in the organization recently, though he did

similar nonprofit work with Liberia mission in West Africa prior to joining the Flying Kites team a month and half ago. He was “blown away” by how developed Nairobi was compared to Liberia.

His job with Flying Kites involves managing the employees responsible for recruiting American volunteers. His role as finance officer keeps him busy negotiating salaries, as well as haggling for resources such as fuel and food.

Travis’ administrative position does not prevent him from having routine contact with the children.

He was able to remain a presence on the school’s campus. “My wife and I always saw [the children] in the mornings as they headed to school,” he said. Other interactions came in the form of dinners and after school study sessions.

A History and Politics major, a liberal arts background taught Travis how to think, even if he couldn’t always directly apply the knowledge he gained to his work with Flying Kites. “[Politics and History] are two very vague degrees, but I truly believe that I ‘learned how to learn.’”

But the formal education he received at Brandeis ended up being only a small portion of the valuable knowledge he gained.

“Living in halls with my classmates taught me how to deal with people,” Andrew stressed. “The importance of my education, both formal and informal, allowed me to succeed. “

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LASTING INFLUENCE: Matthew Travis ’05 (top center) acts as the finance officer of Flying Kites, a nonprofit that works with orphans, giving them a bright future.

Prior to his work in Africa, social action did not have an obvious place in his life. During his years at Brandeis, he poured his passion for community-building into his involvement as president of Mountain Club. The principles of being part of a supportive, educational community like Mountain Club are similar to the work he does in Kenya.

“With the Mountain Club I got to teach people how to climb and how to belay. I really enjoy being a part of a learning institution where I can share my skills.”

In addition to Mountain Club, Travis was actively involved in

the Kayaking Club and as an EMT for Brandeis Emergency Medical Corps.

The program is still a work in progress. “The volunteer program has been revised within the past 6 months,” Travis explained. One the major areas of the program he wants to strengthen is “bringing in people who are able to specialize, take their training and directly apply their knowledge.”

Flying Kites is unique because it stresses making Kenyans selfsufficient, giving them the tools to provide a nurturing and healthy environment for the orphans.

“One of my goals at Flying Kites is to put those sort of crucial functions in the hands of Kenyans so they are not reliant on American volunteers,” he said.

The nature of his work provided him perspective on his own life. He realized that his relationships with loved ones really matter above all other things.

“I’ve gained ... the ability to focus on my relationships with friends and family and to worry less about ‘first world problems,’” Travis explained.

Travis is currently in the United States, but has plans to return to Kenya on Dec. 16. Although he is eager to throw himself back into his work, he admits that one of the most challenging aspects of his works is being away from his family and friends.

“It is always very hard to travel away from one’s community,” Travis said.

Going forward, Travis is specifically looking to recruit “college graduates who are willing to take sabbaticals from their careers who also have a lot of work experience to pull from,” beyond their education.

Travis’s experience of removing himself from his natural environment realigned his values, giving him a worldly perspective he would not otherwise have.

“Many people find relief in the simplicity of life, which can sometimes be a little condescending.

When I made the transition, it gave me the opportunity to decide [what] was valuable.”

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Support our teams Throughout the years, Brandeis has established itself in the higher education sphere with its intensive research qualities, a strong focus on a well-rounded liberal arts education and the small community atmosphere.

As of late however, the University has most significantly made a name for itself with the performances of our athletic teams, particularly last weekend.

This board congratulates both the men’s and women’s soccer teams on not only making their respective NCAA tournaments, but making it to the Sweet Sixteen, otherwise known as the third round in which the remaining 16 teams compete for the championship title.

In addition, we commend the volleyball team on its valiant effort in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III New England Tournament, making it to the championship game.

This board is delighted to see the increase in student body support for our athletic teams.

The two men’s soccer games at home this past weekend had a combined attendance of 1,000 people. While Coven’s Corner—a group of extremely vocal students that has garnered regional attention—is present at most games, the additional support from other members of the community only further united the spirited environment.

Not only does student involvement reflect well on the University, but it also helps to motivate the athletes.

“Our fans give us a little adrenaline rush,” men’s soccer coach Michael Coven told reporters after last Saturday’s game.

“What they’ve done this year and the way that they’ve come out and supported us, it’s great for the school. It shows that

Student groups brought spirit Brandeis has school spirit. People come out to the games now, not just to see these guys play, but because it’s fun and the atmosphere is fun.”

We are also glad that the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and Student Events actively tried to increase student involvement.

The SAAC, a student-athlete group committed to improving awareness of Brandeis athletics, publicized the games and purchased pizzas for last Saturday’s game, while Student Events handed out coffee and hot chocolate. Waiving the standard NCAA fee for all Brandeis students bearing a student ID was also an effective way to welcome students to the event.

This board asks the administration to continue to support the Athletics Department and, by extension, help increase student-body support for the athletic teams.This is the first time ever that both the men’s and women’s soccer teams qualified for the NCAA Tournament in the same year.

It is a tremendous honor to see our athletic teams succeed. Both the men’s and women’s soccer teams will be on the road next weekend, with the men playing in Amherst, Mass., and the women in Ithaca, N.Y.We encourage the student body to make every effort to continue to support the teams and, if possible, attend those games.

With the fall sports winding down, we hope that this school spirit will carry over to winter sports such as men’s and women’s basketball, both of which kick off their season this weekend. Show your Judges pride.

Continue Sandy relief Two weeks ago, Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast.

Many Brandeis students’ families have been affected in some way by this natural disaster.

According to Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment Andrew Flagel, 27 percent of Brandeis’ student body is from either New York or New Jersey, the states hit hardest by the hurricane.

This board appreciates the efforts of the University, faculty and students in response to the storm.

We recognize the community’s continued work to support the student body both fiscally and psychologically in light of the hurricane.

That being said, the efforts could have been initiated sooner and more comprehensively.

In response to the hurricane, Student Events raised $320 in relief efforts through solicited donations at events like SCRAM JAM and the men’s soccer game this past weekend.

To bolster these efforts, we encourage the student body to purchase bracelets bearing the name “Sandy,” which will be sold by the Student Union in coming weeks with all proceeds going toward the hurricane relief efforts.

We also appreciate that Students For a Just and Stable Future held a candlelit march supporting the victims and relat-

Expand fundraising efforts ing the issue of fossil fuels to the hurricane.

However, these relief efforts should have started sooner. The immediate shock following the storm could have been harnessed and transformed into an organized and involved effort to raise funds.

In the event of past natural disasters from which the student body was removed, the community sprung into action, collaborating and spearheading efforts to bring aid to the region.

Given the proximity of this storm, we would have liked to have seen similar significant efforts from more organizations on campus, to fully maximize potential donations.

Thankfully, the damage to campus was not substantial. However, this does not mean damage was not done to the Brandeis community.

As the University has been incredibly responsive to past tangential disasters, there should be an equivalent response to the storm directly affecting a portion of the student body.

We hope as we move forward into the weeks following the aftermath of the storm, the community will continue its work by expanding the purview of its efforts to best aid the victims of the storm.

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The Electoral College was created as a buffer between the populous and the executive branch of government, while attempting to give a share of power to the smaller states. However, in last week’s election, President Barack Obama scored 332 electoral votes, to Mitt Romney’s 206, yet the president scored only 51 percent of the popular vote to Romney’s 48 percent. Do you think the Electoral College is an effective means of electing our president? Is there another method?

Daniel Marks ’14 Although the Electoral College is a major element of the American political system, its results do not accurately represent the view of the entire country and can reduce voter turnout. Eligible voters may stay home on election day because they believe their votes won’t count when a state tends to sway toward the other political party. Furthermore, if a state is worth an insignificant amount of Electoral College votes, there isn’t an incentive to vote. If the popular vote decided the election, a vote in Alaska would count just as much as one in every other state. This may result in many more active voters and an election in which the candidates would campaign in a greater variety of states, instead of just Ohio and Florida.

Daniel Marks ’14 is an undergraduate departmental representative for the Politics Department and the Ziv Quad senator in the Student Union.

Clifton Masdea ’15 While I understand that the Electoral College was intended to give all states a voice in determining who the next president will be, I do think more needs to be done to guarantee that all voters’ voices are heard.

The winner-take-all notion of the electoral votes per state not only narrows the campaigns to major swing states such as Ohio and Florida, but it also does not take into account voter suppression laws that unfairly target people of color, students and low-income individuals. It also does not leave room for third-party candidates whom many voters would vote for if the Electoral College were not biased toward the two-party system. While I am not against the Electoral College system itself, I do think more needs to be done to make sure that no voter feels marginalized.

Clifton Masdea ’15 is a member of Students for a Democratic Society.

Ryan LaRochelle While some of the constitutional architects may have intended for the Electoral College to protect the interests of small states, contemporary political science research demonstrates that this is not the case. The Electoral College creates a system that encourages candidates to focus the bulk of their attention—advertising money, campaign visits and speeches—on competitive battleground states, regardless of size. Citizens in states that are deemed electorally non-competitive receive far less information about the candidates and their policy plans. I would propose that the states adopt a proportional plan whereby each state’s electoral votes are allocated according to the popular vote in the state.

However, every state would have to adopt this system for it to be effective. I believe that this system would better reflect the diversity of views among the American electorate and encourage citizens to vote for third party and independent candidates who may be more closely aligned with their individual political views.

Ryan Larochelle is a Ph.D. student in Politics.

Fred Berger ’15 The Electoral College is an effective means of electing our president, even though it has undemocratic elements embedded within it. Firstly, the Electoral College allocates the amount of electoral votes a state receives on the basis of the number of people within a state. Therefore, more populous states receive more electoral votes. Secondly, in every election there are “battleground states,” like Ohio and Florida, that aren’t either firmly Democrat or Republican that can almost declare the outcome of an election. These states receive a disproportionate amount of campaign resources, whether through advertisements or the candidate visiting the state multiple times. While this increases voter turnout and civic engagement in the battleground states, voters in the non-battleground states can be drawn to feel isolated. In seeking to rectify the Electoral College, creating a system that increases voter involvement, voter turnout and makes all votes equally important is what we need to and should adopt.

Fred Berger ’15 is the public relations director of the Brandeis’ College Democrats and the Live music coordinator for WBRS.

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READER COMMENTARY Macbeth review “confounds” In responce to your article, “Macbeth Confounds,” (Nov. 6): We study at a competitive college full of talented, passionate and intelligent individuals.

To defend this review because it is, in your opinion, no worse than the others you have read (I would argue that it is, but that’s another point) is an insult to the community. Brandeis is a liberal arts college that emphasizes preparing its students to excel in written communication.

This is why every student is required to take a university writing seminar and two writing intensive courses.

To be fair, it’s easy enough to blow off these courses and pass without really improving as a writer, but the goal is to ensure that every student can make his or her thoughts clear in the written medium. This review—and many other reviews published in the Brandeis newspapers—does not do that.

It is difficult to write a review of a play.

To write a truly effective review requires an individual who has an intimate understanding of the creative process, but can distance him- or herself from it. It requires both art and logic, both style and precision.

It requires an ability to perceive the finest nuances of a play and examine them within the context of the whole piece. There are workshops and programs dedicated solely to the development of theater critics.

And it is often a thankless job—both positive and negative reviews draw criticism.

It is not fair to expect brilliant theater reviews from students at Brandeis who are still learning how to approach such reviews. That being said, we can and should expect more than this.

I will admit that I believe this article would not have drawn so much criticism had it been a positive, but equally poorlywritten review. Still, such a bias does not cancel the validity of these comments. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and theater reviews are, by their nature, a forum for personal opinions. Reviews are subjective.

If this reviewer did not find certain aspects of this production effective, it is her duty to include those aspects in a clear, well-reasoned manner. This review contains criticism (and occasional praise), but it is clear about neither.

Here I will state my bias: I was an actor in this production. I have been acting for a long time and have received both positive and negative reviews, and I can say, honestly, that if a review is well-written, I will find it engaging no matter what it says about me, my fellow actors or the production as a whole.

Not all reviews can be positive, nor should they be. But they should be written in a way that encourages dialogue, not confusion. This review left me, in the author’s own words, “perplexed, puzzled, and confused.”

—Caitlin Partridge ’12

David Benger ’14 was the director of Hold Thy Peace’s Macbeth and is the president of Brandeis Players.

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There is a fundamental problem with this year’s Volunteer Vacation, which encouraged students to go to help with literacy efforts in Philadelphia. According to program coordinators Libby Jones ’13 and Sadye Sagov ’13, Volunteer Vacations, a program under the Waltham Group umbrella, “provide[s] a unique opportunity for students to spend a full week volunteering together and exploring a new part of America through its social justice issues and organization.” This is an admirable goal, given that the programs chosen are appropriate. However, I don’t think this plan is appropriate. This program is near and dear to me because I am a Philadelphian, who did attend Philadelphia public schools for a brief period of time, and I still have young family members in school there.

This year’s volunteer vacation in Philadelphia is comprised of a few parts. Students, over the course of five to six days, will both tutor school children, record audio of children’s books to help with the learning process and volunteer at a book fair.

The latter two parts of this program are ideas that I wholeheartedly agree with and support. I do, however, think that the tutoring aspect does more harm than good. The fact that these students will enter into literacy programs, interact with students and then leave after a week is alarming to me, because I fear the volunteers will only be contributing to a widespread problem of instability in the Philadelphia education system.

A sobering article in the September 2012 issue of Philadelphia Magazine pointed out that between January and May of 2012, 18,043 people were shot in Philadelphia, resulting in an average of one shooting every six hours. Philadelphia schoolchildren are constantly surrounded by concerns of poverty, safety and even their own mortality. Many of the students will have already dealt with human loss by the time they learn to read. In theory, schools in some ways are viewed as beacons of stability, where learning provides safety and a reprieve from these concerns. Every day students return to the same teachers, classrooms and classmates. Any stability in a world that is constantly in flux is a welcome change.

However, the education system in Philadelphia is not constant despite the dire need for that very stability. Teachers in inner city schools generally have a high turn-over rate—meaning that teachers do not typically stay in the same school for many years. A teacher who made a connection with a group of students may not be there the next year for students to return to and talk with, and although this happens everywhere, it is very frequent in Philadelphia. According to a contribution by Nicole Gillespie, director for teaching fellowships at Knowles Science Teaching Foundation to the Philadelphia Inquirer website philly.com, “A recent survey of American teachers reveals that morale is at its lowest

in 20 years. Research has shown that teachers tend to leave schools for reasons that have long plagued Philadelphia schools: because the working conditions make teaching unsustainable, because their autonomy and professionalism have been eroded.” Because of a multitude of problems within the Philadelphia school system, students are consistently unable to cultivate a long-term relationship with their teachers. Additional education programs have cropped up all over the city in response to help to alleviate this problem.

Literacy programs such as Spells Writing Lab and Philadelphia Reads, where Volunteer Vacations will take place, as well as other outlets in the city such as Tree House Books and Mighty Writers are undeniably powerful supplements for the Philadelphia education system.

These programs serve as some of the few constants for students, where dedicated volunteers return regularly to work with children. If a group of students from an out-of-state college came to these programs to help with the tutoring efforts, imagine how that might affect the balance of the learning process. Imagine for a moment that one of these Brandeis volunteers forms a relationship with a student in the program, and they feel like they’ve made a real connection. At the end of the vacation, the volunteer leaves—another

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instance of “teacher turn-over.” The last thing these kids need is a person who comes in and out of their lives.

It threatens the relationship that the literacy programs have worked so hard to build with students and the community. A Volunteer Vacation program should help to benefit a community without doing harm. I fear that the tutoring aspect of this Volunteer Vacation will not be accomplishing that goal. I hope that more time is dedicated to parts of their stay in Philadelphia that provide long-term help to the projects, such as recording books for more efficient teaching and learning.

If students are truly interested in helping raise literacy rates through tutoring, they should take what they learn from their experience in Philadelphia and volunteer somewhere closer to home where they can be a consistent influence. The program coordinators have indicated that, “The organizations will train us on site as well as give presentations about their missions and strategies for support and change.” I hope that this experience inspires students, gives them ideas for how to help literacy efforts in the future and exposes them to how wonderful a city Philadelphia can be with the long-term help of people like them.

Support for gay rights movement evident in election

Arts review lacks coherent point In responce to your article, “Macbeth Confounds,” (Nov. 6): I used to be the editor in chief of a high school newspaper, for a school of 360 students. In this high school newspaper, we would have at least three editors read an article before we printed it. Often, there were more than three drafts, but an article could not go into the paper unless it was read and looked at by at least three pairs of eyes. And this was in high school. The Justice is supposed to be the newspaper of record for an elite university. Their review of “Macbeth Confounds” is an embarrassment to the reputation of the paper.

I don’t mind a reviewer who did not like the production.

But this review is incoherent, nonsensical and makes me question if anybody at all looked at it between the first draft and printing. To be honest, I don’t even know if she liked the show or not.

Of course, I am not objective here, but I would not be nearly as upset if she disliked every aspect of the production and picked it apart in a coherent and logical manner.

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By NOAH M. hORWITZ JUSTICE Staff WRITER

Among the many events that occurred on Nov. 6, perhaps one of the most important was a victory for gay rights. After a long-fought struggle over the constitutional right to marry, public opinion was finally delivered on the side of gays and lesbians pursuing equality. This represents a liberalization of American views on homosexuality and a decline in the influence of radical anti-gay organizations.

Voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington state all approved referendums repealing laws against same-sex marriage, while voters in Minnesota rejected a proposed same-sex marriage ban for the state’s constitution. Gays and lesbians’ political rights have been limited with regard to marriage, civil unions or other rights by 33 consecutive measures. However, the unbroken tradition of discrimination at the ballot box abruptly came to an end last Tuesday night.

It is without doubt that the people of this nation have come a long way on this issue of basic civil rights for homosexuals. Just thirty years ago, homosexuality was seen as a taboo issue, with many in government positions still equating being gay with being a pedophile.

In the late 1980s, the Republican candidate for mayor in my hometown of Houston, said that in order to stop the spread of AIDS they needed to “shoot the queers” (it is worth saying that he lost). When the Pew Research Center began tracking public support of same-sex marriage

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in the 1990s, public support stood at less than 25 percent. The 2004 presidential election, the first election in which same-sex marriage was a large issue, saw both the Republican and Democratic candidates take strong, hateful stands against gays and lesbians.

The shift to an accepting tone from the populous is significant for two main reasons. First, it eliminates the key criticism of same-sex marriage opponents, a lack of public support; and second, it represents a transition to a more open, accepting and less vitriol-filled society.

The Knights of Columbus, an extreme political organization loosely affiliated with the Catholic Church, and many political organizations affiliated with the Mormon Church have underwritten large portions of these campaigns against same-sex marriage. Additionally, extremist evangelical groups, such as the American Family Association, Focus on the Family and the National Organization for Marriage, have also championed these measures.

The above-named conservative evangelical political organizations, make an issue out of any organization or cause that may legitimize or condone homosexuality. These conservative groups are officially listed as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The decline of the influence of these hate groups, with regards to voters’ opinions, is an important step in this country.

While many of the ads that opposed same-sex marriage in referendums often painted the picture of being opposed to the label of marriage, these groups actually supported much larger,

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more radical platforms, including denying civil unions and domestic partnerships, prohibiting gay and lesbian couples from adopting children and prohibiting any reference to homosexuality in education.

For example, the National Organization for Marriage, one of the biggest opponents of gay marriage legislation in many states, was also the biggest opponent of civil union legislation in Rhode Island in 2011. In fact, sometimes these extreme measures are also supported and approved by voters. In 2008, Arkansas voters prohibited same-sex couples from adopting children. In 2005, Texas voters prohibited any union “identical or similar to marriage” to be given to gays or lesbians. A shift away from these extreme positions is an enormous transition toward a more just and equitable nation.

Whenever there has been a movement that seeks to enfranchise a part of the populations, or extend rights to one segment of the populous enjoyed by another segment, the movement has been successful in its goals. Whether it has been abolitionism, women’s rights, or the civil rights movement, equality and justice always move forward. The message sent by the voters of Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington state last Tuesday is one ready for the completion and validation of the current movement for gay rights.

A society in which voters are more open to a more diverse segment of the population and one in which hate groups provide no sway or influence on social issues would be a more just and better society indeed.

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Benefits of marijuana recognized by voters

By MICHAEL ABRAMS JUSTICE stAFF WRITER

This past election day voters in Massachusetts did a lot more than reelect President Obama and send Elizabeth Warren to the Senate; they legalized medicinal marijuana. With 63 percent in favor and 37 percent against, the ballot initiative was passed.

This change will prove to be beneficial to the people of Massachusetts, and emblematic of a larger shift in public perception of marijuana.

Potential benefits of medical marijuana include helping patients cope with posttraumatic stress disorder, preventing breast cancer from metastasizing and potentially shrinking brain tumors, as numerous universities, research institutes and hospital studies suggest.

Medicinal marijuana is also an excellent supplemental drug. One University of California study argued that cannabis is extremely effective at controlling pain brought on by HIV when added to a patient’s current painkiller regimen.

As for who is allowed to receive medical marijuana, the text of the initiative defines those with a “debilitating medical condition,” including AIDS, Parkinson’s disease, cancer and ALS, as eligible.

Moreover, the initiative dictates that 35 marijuana dispensaries can be established throughout the state to provide this great medication.

The law is set to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2013 and over the next several months the Massachusetts state legislature will set up regulations for the new industry.

Massachusetts will also reap economic benefits from medicinal marijuana in the form of taxation, licensing fees and other costs associated with growing, processing, retailing, buying and consuming marijuana.

From taxes on paraphernalia sales to grower licensing, the potential for revenue is immense. Considering the dire economic straits confronting the nation, the new medical marijuana industry will be a boon for Massachusetts and all its citizens—even those opposed to the law.

Moreover, the terminally ill can also benefit from medical marijuana. I believe this is especially fitting, considering the failure of question number two on the Massachusetts ballot.

That measure would have given terminally ill patients the right to request lethal doses of medication from their doctor, so they could commit suicide and end their suffering. Although terminally ill patients cannot completely end their suffering, those that qualify can now acquire medicinal marijuana to help cope with their pain.

There does exist one significant issue with the legalization of medicinal marijuana: it is still illegal on the federal level. In fact, the Drug Enforcement Agency has raided many medical marijuana dispensaries around the country.

This means federal agents can raid any of

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the potential 35 dispensaries in Massachusetts.

However, President Obama has not made efforts to arrest users of medical marijuana, stating in April 2012 that he has directed the Justice Department to, “use your prosecutorial discretion and properly prioritize your resources to go after things that are really doing folks damage,” continuing to say that, “as a consequence, there haven’t been prosecutions of users of marijuana for medical purposes.”

Nevertheless, he can rescind this order at any time. Ultimately, anyone involved in the Massachusetts medical marijuana industry can be subjected to police and legal action.

However, I think there will be tremendous pressure on the national government not to enforce the law.

So far, twenty states and Washington, D.C. have legalized or effectively decriminalized medical marijuana and now two states have legalized recreational marijuana.

It is becoming evident that fewer people are

in favor of the national prohibition on cannabis.

This support for medicinal marijuana is evidenced by the votes for those measures.

Politicians will feel pressured to oppose enforcing, or even abolish, the national law by the clear constituent support.

Supporting legalizing marijuana, or just lax enforcement, will also be a great way for politicians to win support and votes from their constituents—a chief desire of our elected officials.

Another reason the federal law will not be effectively enforced is because the DEA simply does not have the resources to prevent or stop every use of cannabis around the country. The fact that dispensaries are still operating in California, Rhode Island and Michigan, among other states, shows that the DEA cannot shut them all down.

Moreover, in 2009, Deputy US Attorney General David Ogden sent a memo to all United States Attorneys that suggests that if

medicinal marijuana users are following a regimen consistent with state laws it would most likely be “an inefficient use of limited federal resources” and thus they should not be prosecuted.

Ultimately, I think this all means the DEA will continue prioritizing prosecution of recreational marijuana. Obama’s and Ogden’s logic illustrate why federal agents who want to maximize their resources to fight the most crime and better society would do well not to target medical marijuana.

For a long time in this country marijuana was a taboo, yet last Tuesday proves that it has become much more socially accepted.

This is a great victory for both patients and freedom.

Additionally, the government should recognize this shift in the public will and take a much softer stance on enforcing marijuana laws or eliminate them entirely so resources can be utilized to confront the myriad other issues facing our nation today.

History calls for reassessment of Thanksgiving

By Jonathan Hayim Dar special to the justice

Wherever I go, I am an oppressor. I had three homes, all of them stolen. My paternal grandparents are Moroccan, and on my mother’s side they are from Eastern Europe—Poland. My grandfather’s family home was sold by the village council in his absence, and he received much less than his share was worth.

As much as Mohammed V of Morocco was fond of his Jewish subjects, second-class citizenship is not something that you choose, and my grandparents immigrated to Israel in 1949.

They live today in Baka, Jerusalem, in the same house my father was born in. It had belonged to a Palestinian family just a few years before.

My mother’s parents survived the Holocaust. There was nothing for them to return to, so they made a new life at the opposite end of the earth in Sydney, Australia.

That’s where I was born, in a town now called Paddington, on the lands of the Cadigal people of the Eora nation.

Through the town now runs Oxford Street, following one of the tribe’s major tracks.

Now, as a Ph.D. candidate at Brandeis, I live in Somerville, Mass., in the territory of the Massachusett people: my third theft.

The fact that human history is one of conquest and defeat is not news to me. As a Jew, it is the story of my nation, and its narrative and myth. We conquered and were defeated.

We returned and were exiled. We were destroyed and rebuilt and, in the process, we destroyed.

But I also know that what has been is not what ought to have been, but often quite the opposite: practice compassion “for you were strangers in the land of Egypt” (Exodus 23:9).

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Native peoples, real actual native peoples, throughout the colonized world are largely invisible.

A week from Thursday, American families and friends will come together to eat.

On the menu will be turkey and pumpkin, in honor of a meal that refugee invaders from England and native Massachusetts never shared. Rather, history tells us the main dish at the time was deer, and pumpkin wasn’t in season. Most revelers won’t give a second thought to the Thanksgiving story, unless perhaps there are young children at the table—childhood is when we hear all of the best fiction.

Fictional, native people are everywhere.

They’re in our movies, on our products, in music videos, on sports jerseys, in textbooks, at Halloween parties, standing wooden outside cigar shops and, most of all, in our minds.

Native peoples, real actual native peoples, throughout the colonized world are largely invisible.

This is partly because native populations are small, so that most non-natives have no native acquaintances. It is partly due to stereotypes and prejudices that drown out realities. It is partly due to systematic campaigns of delegitimization and official erasure, waged by governments in order to dispossess native peoples of their properties and rights; and the collective desire of the colonizing worldview to leave its injustices firmly in the historical past.

In the past year, the Navajo nation sued Urban Outfitters for trying to profit from their cultural heritage, which is trademarked. A casino development in Taunton, Mass., was nixed because the United States decided that the state was extracting too big of a cut from the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe.

Feathered headdresses became a hipster trend, at once erasing the identities of hundreds of separate native peoples whilst simultaneously blaspheming the sacred importance of such regalia to the nations of the Great Plains.

And native communities continued to rank lower than non-native communities in key health, education and wealth indicators.

The invisibility of native peoples matters: it matters when a native community tries to get necessary services to tackle issues unique to a history of oppression.

It matters when a community tries to have its very existence recognized, its culture respected and a space to practice its beliefs. It matters when your particular unique humanity is not treated seriously, obscured by a mess of caricatures. And that’s saying nothing of restitution, of justice.

Which is why, this Thanksgiving, we should all stop and think: who are we thanking and what are we thankful for?

Are we seriously saying ‘Thank you’ to the Massachusett for aiding the Plymouth settlers, who would then go on to dispossess them?

Or is ours just the naïve thanks of a child, oblivious to the sacrifices involved? And if we are not naïve, how should we show our deep gratitude, how should we honor those that came before us, whose victories and losses are now our blessings? By casting them in our fairytales?

Perhaps we will return the favors, pay forward the debts and actually give our thanks, not just express them. Perhaps we can start by giving up the imaginary, seeking out the real and perhaps finding power in knowledge.

Perhaps we can learn what we can do.

Jonathan Hayim Dar is a Ph.D. candidate in Physics.

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Memorable weekend Despite falling in the ECAC final to Western New England University, the volleyball team downed Albertus Magnus College and Salve Regina University during the weekend, p. 12.

SWIMMING AND DIVING

Team shows strength in meet improve in their third meet of the season against local squad Bentley University.

By ADAM RABINOWITZ JUSTICE EDITOR

The men’s and women’s swimming and diving squads continued to make waves with several standout individual performances last weekend.

The men fell 149-103 at home to Bentley University last Sunday, while the women lost by a score of 135-106. The men also lost at Division-I Providence College by a margin of 118-70, and the women lost 142-58.

David Lazarovich ’16, who was a two-race winner in last Sunday’s meet against Bentley, said that the focus for the squad now is to build upon endurance and prepare for the University Athletic Association meet, where the team will see some of its toughest competition.

“Coach [Kotch] is mainly driving us to get ready for UAAs,” he said. “He wanted us to get a feel to endure, and more importantly, get up and try your best each and every race.”

Brian Luk ’16 led the way for the Judges in sprints on Sunday, se-

curing first-place finishes against the Falcons in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races. He won the 50-yard race in a time of 22.79 seconds and earned first in the 100-yard race in 49.08 seconds.

Max Fabian ’15 won the 1,000yard race in a time of 10:10.28 seconds. He also earned another winning finish in the 200-yard individual medley, completing the race in 2:08.75.

Lazarovich rounded out the men’s field with two individual victories in the breaststroke events.

He won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:08.48, while also securing the 200yard breaststroke in 2:27.78.

The women, though, also accrued strong finishes against their local rivals. Theresa Gaffney ’16 headlined the field with a win in the 1,000-yard event with a finish in 11:37.90.

The Judges had traveled to Providence, R.I. the previous day with an entirely different strategy. The squads faced a team that routinely faces Division-I competition but also competed in an unconventional 25-meter pool.

Lazarovich stated that the atmosphere did not pose a problem for the Judges.

“As long as you’re swimming fast, then it will be fine,” he said.

“The focus is on getting fast times and ultimately points–that focus is

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Fabian had no problems with the change in scenery.

He won another two races for the Judges, adding on to what has been a formidable start to the season. He notched first-place in the 800-yard freestyle race with a time of 8:48.70, but encountered an imposing field in the 400-yard race. He edged out Providence sophomore Justin Tse by one-tenth of a second, finishing in 4:20.23.

Luk also contributed to the Judges’ success with a win in the 100-yard freestyle event, finishing in 55.10. Holly Spicer ’13 earned Brandeis’ third victory in the 100yard breaststroke, completing the race in 1:17.71.

The Judges encounter a threeweek break before traveling to face Wesleyan University on Dec. 1. The Judges’ next home match will be on Jan. 26, 2013 against Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Lazarovich said the squads will use this crucial rest period to get faster and work more cohesively as a team.

“Right now, we are going to be focusing on increased endurance and getting off the wall faster,” he said. “We haven’t quite reached that peak, but we will get there before January and the next half of the season.”

However, Vassar almost took the lead in the 20th minute. Mrlik— whose aerial presence caused the Judges problems on set pieces—sent a header on net that looked destined for the right corner. However, Judges defender Matt Brondoli ’14 headed the ball off the line.

“I think we’ve come a long way,” said Brondoli of his center back partnership with fellow defender Joe Eisenbies ’13. “At the beginning of the season, we both didn’t really know what we were doing. The partnership that we have has helped a lot.”

The Brewers looked as if they had taken the lead with two minutes, 48 seconds left in the first half. Freshman defender Nick Hess took a long throw from the left flank. Mrlik— whose head was the focal point of Vassar’s attack—flicked on the ball, which was headed in past Judges’ goalkeeper Blake Minchoff ’13 by junior midfielder Juliano Pereria.

However, the linesman’s flag negated the effort.

Three minutes into the second half, Feather had a goal disallowed for offside after finishing a rebound of a shot from forward Lee Russo ’13 that hit the post.

Feather then made contributions on both offense and defense. First, he headed a shot off of underside of the bar in the 62nd minute, which looked as if it might have crossed the line. However, the officials ruled that, despite the nature of the deflection, the ball had not crossed the line.

Then, with five minutes, 10 seconds left, he made a key defensive play. After Vassar cleared a Brandeis corner kick, the Brewers went on a fast break and won a corner of their own. From the service, Mrlik got his head to the ball and sent his goal-bound effort that looked as if it was going into the net with Minchoff beaten. However, Feather headed the ball off of the line and away from the goal, resulting in a raucous applause from the crowd.

The telling play was nothing short of dramatic. With seconds left in regulation, the Judges launched one final attack to try to win the game in regulation. Right back Robbie

Lynch ’15 sent a ball down the right flank to Russo. Dribbling past his defender, Russo crossed the ball into the middle, where Ocel sent a diving header past Grimme, sending the crowd into bedlam.

The two players were tied with 12 goals and eight assists before the game. They now each lead in unique statistical categories, as Ocel has 13 goals and Russo has nine assists.

"Out of the corner of my eye I saw [Ocel], and he was unmarked for whatever reason,” said Russo.

“I tried to put it in his area and he made a really nice finish.”

The first round Hosting its first NCAA game since 1985, the Judges came flying out of the gates, as Ocel scored in the 5th minute to give the Judges the lead.

The game’s second goal came in the 13th minute. Russo sent a leftfooted curling shot towards the top right-hand corner from the left.

Though the shot was headed in, Ocel slammed the ball into the net to double the Judges’ advantage.

From there, the squad rode defensive solidity and the stellar goalkeeping of Minchoff—who saved efforts from senior midfielder Akil George and freshman forward Oren Koslowski—en route to the 2-0 victory.

The next step Brandeis will play No. 9 Williams College on Saturday in the Sweet Sixteen at Amherst College. If they win, they will face either No. 19 Swarthmore College or No. 2 Amherst on Sunday.

Regardless of the team’s result next weekend, Coven took a moment to thank his team’s fans, particularly “Coven’s Corner,” a fan section established this year by Jesse Link ’13 and Dylan Britton ’13.

"We've been all over the country; [University Athletic Association] schools, New England schools. Nobody has better fans than we do," Coven said. "Our fans give us a little adrenaline rush. Our fans are great.

What they've done this year and the way that they've come out and supported us, it's great for the school.

“It shows that Brandeis has school spirit.”

Cross country completes season The Judges ran their final race of the season last Saturday at the New England Division III Regional Championships at Westfield State University with 367 other Division-III runners from the New England area. The men finished in 13th place and the women finished in 16th place out of 50 teams to conclude their seasons.

Brandeis squared off against nationally ranked competitors, including No. 5 Tufts University as well as No. 31 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Judges also raced in a field with runners from No. 8 Middlebury College, No. 14 Bowdoin College, and No. 17 Williams College.

Molly Paris ’16, who ran the six-kilometer course in 25 minutes, 50 seconds, was impressed with the team’s results and believed it was a fitting way to end the season.

“I was really proud of myself and my team,” said Paris. “I was excited to run a whole minuteand-a-half faster than my last race.

“It was a great last meet.”

Paris also stood out in a young field for the Judges. Maggie Hensel ’16 finished in 23:59 and Kelsey Whitaker ’16 ended her

meet with a time of 24:24, while Rachel Keller ’16 rounded out the trio in 26:21.

Classmates Amelia Lundkvist ’14 and Ali Kirsch ’14 finished in 22:36 and 22:52, good for 41st and 55th places, respectively. Erin Bisceglia ’12 MA ’13 finished her cross country career at Brandeis on a high note, completing the race in 25:19.

Ed Colvin ’14 led the way for the men by finishing the eightkilometer race in 26 minutes and one second, good for 50th out of 351 runners. A duo of classmates, Mik Kern ’13 and Alex Kramer ’13, completed the race in 26:16 and 26:27 for 62nd-and 72nd-place, respectively.

Jarret Harrigan ’15 crossed the finish line in 26:35, while Greg Bray ’15 finished in 27:03. Michael Rosenbach ’15 followed at 27:23. Taylor Dundas ’14 crossed the finish line for the Judges in 28:14 to round out the men.

Members from both squads will resume action on the indoor track and field squads on Dec. 1 when they travel to Northeastern University for the Jay Carisella Invitational.

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INTRAMURAL SPORTS

jUDGES BY THE NUMBERS Men’s Soccer FINAL UAA STANDINGS

TEAM STATS Goals

Not including this weekend’s games UAA Conference Overall

W L D W L D Pct. JUDGES 4 2 1 18 2 1 .881 Carnegie 4 2 1 13 4 1 .750 WashU 4 2 1 10 5 2 .647 Emory 4 2 1 11 7 2 .600 Rochester 3 1 3 10 4 4 .667 Chicago 2 3 2 8 4 5 .618 NYU 2 3 1 12 7 2 .619 Case 0 7 0 3 14 1 . 194

Sam Ocel ’13 leads the team this season with 13 goals.

Player Goals Sam Ocel 13 Lee Russo 12 Tyler Savonen 6 Kyle Feather 6

Assists Lee Russo ’13 leads the squad with nine assists this season.

Player Lee Russo Sam Ocel Kyle Feather Tyler Savonen

UPCOMING GAMES Saturday vs. Williams College at Amherst. If the Judges win, they will play Swarthmore or Amherst.

Assists 9 8 7 5

WOMen’s Soccer FINAL UAA STANDINGS

TEAM STATS

Not including this weekend’s games

Goals

UAA Conference Overall

W L D W L D Pct. WashU* 6 0 1 18 1 1 .925 Carnegie 4 1 2 11 1 4 .833 Emory 3 1 3 13 1 6 .800 Chicago 4 3 0 12 6 0 .667 JUDGES 2 3 2 15 4 2 .762 NYU 2 4 1 10 7 1 .583 Case 2 4 1 8 6 4 .556 Rochester 0 7 0 3 13 1 .206

Dara Spital ’15 leads the team this season with 12 goals.

Player Goals Dara Spital 12 Sapir Edalati 7 Holly Szafran 5 Haley Schachter 3

Assists

Dara Spital ’15 leads the team this season with five assists.

Player Dara Spital Sapir Edalati Alec Spivack Alyssa Fenenbock

UPCOMING GAMES: Saturday vs. Cortland State at Ithaca. If the Judges win, they will face Ithaca or Misericordia.

Assists 5 4 3 3

VOLLEYBALL FINAL UAA STANDINGS

TEAM STATS Kills

Not including this weekend’s games UAA Conference Overall

W L W L Pct. Emory 8 1 0 33 6 0 .846 WashU 8 2 0 31 4 0 .886 Chicago 8 2 0 29 11 0 .737 Case 5 5 0 24 11 0 .686 Carnegie 3 6 0 15 17 0 .469 Rochester 3 7 0 22 12 0 .647 NYU 1 6 0 20 14 0 .588 JUDGES 1 8 0 21 14 0 .600

EDITOR’S NOTE: The volleyball squad concluded its season with a 3-1 loss in the ECAC title game to Albertus Magnus.

Liz Hood ’15 led the team in kills this year with 464.

Player Kills Liz Hood 464 Si-Si Hensley 252 Lauren Berens 225 Becca Fischer 190

Digs Elsie Bernaiche ’15 led the team in digs this year with 601.

Player Digs Elsie Bernaiche 601 Si-Si Hensley 348 Yael Einhorn 267 Susan Sun 253

cross cOuntry Results from Saturday’s New England DIII Regional Championship.

TOP FINISHERS (Men’s)

TOP FINISHERS (Women’s)

RUNNER TIME Ed Colvin 26:01.17 Mik Kern 26:16.10 Alex Kramer 26:27.86 Jarret Harrigan 26:35.70

RUNNER TIME Amelia Lundkvist 22:36.91 Ali Kirsch 22:52.82 Maggie Hensel 23:59.77 Kelsey Whitaker 24:24.92

EDITOR’S NOTE: The men’s and women’s teams finished their seasons by placing 13th and 16th, respectively, at the New England Division III Regional Championship.

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NUMBER ONE: The Defending Champions lived up to their name with a vital win in the Intramural Flag Football finals.

IM football squads turn out in impressive finales ■ Students braved the cold

temperatures to partake in the intramural flag football finals.

After an exciting series of games this past fall to determine the final two teams in the tournament, the Intramural Football Championships were played out on Gordon Field Tuesday night.

The women kicked off the first championship of the night. In that game, No Punt Intended took on Remember the Karpoff in the final. In a game dominated by high-powered offense and great sportsmanship, Ingrid Schulte ’13 of No Punt Intended shined in her team’s most challenging test and, with the help of Amanda Winn ’13, led her team to victory with a 45-7 win over Remember the Karpoff.

The Defending Champs and The Big Bang Theory faced off under the lights in the Men’s Flag Football Championship.

In their regular fashion that saw them advance to the final, The Defending Champs came roaring out of the opening huddle with quarterback Dylan Britton ’13 throwing a 42 yard strike to Mike Swerdloff ’13 on

the first play from scrimmage for the first touchdown of the game, signaling that the team had no plans of relinquishing its title.

The Defending Champs did not take its foot off of the gas pedal and kept on the attack. They scored two more unanswered touchdowns as Britton connected with the wide receiving tandem of Stefan Weiss ’13 and Chris Ferro ’13 on 16-yard and 22yard scores, respectively, to extend the team’s lead.

The Big Bang Theory got their first score with less than one minute left in the first half when quarterback Bobby Luna ’13 scampered into the end zone for a 15-yard score, restoring some parity and giving the game a bit of an edge when it looked like The Defending Champs had all but put away the victory.

The second half opened as Matt Peabody ’13 of The Defending Champs sent a kick far off onto the opposite side of the field.

A defensive battle then ensued between The Defending Champs teammates Nick Cortese ’13 and Dan Gad ’14, as well as Big Bang Theory linebacker Warren Hazel ’13.

The play of the game came with just under two minutes left. With The Big Bang Theory driving down the field,

Luna threw a long bomb towards one of his receivers. Unfortunately for him, free safety David Swiedler ’13, of The Defending Champs intercepted his pass to seal the game and cement the 27-7 victory.

The Defending Champs lived up to their name’s reputation, securing their third straight championship in men’s intramural football action.

Brandeis super fan and Intramural veteran Pat Seaward ’13 reveled in the action of the intramural championships and appreciated both the intense nature of the game and the clean, competitive spirit in which it was played.

“There was truly magic in the air tonight,” said Seaward, who, despite not actually playing on The Defending Champs, was an avid observer of the decisive match.

“You could definitely feel the love and respect for the game on the field by the defending and now current champions. It was a joy to watch.”

Intramural athletes, after completing the current volleyball season, can next look forward to competing in the 3 v. 3 basketball tournament this Sunday and Monday nights.

— Courtesy of Intramural Sports Henry Loughlin contributed reporing.

Boston celtics player profile Rondo continues his run to Celtics history after bypassing Bob Cousy for Boston’s assists mark Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo, in a game last Friday night against the Washington Wizards, soared to the status of an elite class of Hall-of-Fame point guards when he earned 10 or more assists in his 29th consecutive game.

Just one day later, against the Milwaukee Bucks, Rondo cemented his place in the lore of National Basketball Association history. He registered 10 more assists to extend his streak to 30 games, passing point guard John Stockton’s streak of 29 games with the same mark.

Rondo needs seven more games of 10 or more assists to bypass Stockton’s most acclaimed mark, and then, 17 more to climb all the way to point guard Magic Johnson’s momentous 47-game run.

In fact, Rondo is the first Celtic to

even have such a streak of 10 games.

He earned a mark that only three players—point guard Bob Cousy, small forward John Havlicek and small forward Larry Bird—have achieved.

This streak is not an aberration, either. With 10 assists on Saturday night, Rondo ended a streak of 27 straight games with 11 or more assists, an unparalleled statistic.

He has also penetrated some of the league’s best defenses, including recording 16 assists against the Denver Nuggets, 17 against the Philadelphia 76ers, 14 and 15 against the Miami Heat in two games, as well as 20 against the Atlanta Hawks.

Rondo’s only difficulty throughout this streak arose in last Saturday’s game.

He notched his 10th assist with

two minutes left in the game to keep his streak alive.

There is no reason for his streak to end.

As long as he has the talents of small forward Paul Pierce, power forward Kevin Garnett, newly acquired guard Jason Terry, as well as power forward Brandon Bass, Rondo’s assists total should only continue to increase.

He is a man on a mission.

Rondo, since his first season at the point in 2008, has matured from occasional contributor to perennial All-Star.

He recorded 8.2 assists per game in his first full season in the starting lineup in 2006-07. His breakout moment came during the 2009 playoffs. He averaged 16.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and 9.8 assists in the East-

ern Conference Finals against the Orlando Magic, and after recording three triple-doubles in that year’s playoffs, his superstar status was all but assured.

Ever since then, Rondo has been one of the strongest statistical point guards in the league.

Rondo averaged career highs in 2010 with 13.7 points per game, 9.8 assists per game and 2.3 steals per game.

He also set the franchise record for steals with 168, bypassing Celtics forward Rick Fox, while also shattering Cousy’s record for most assists in a single season.

He has made the past three AllStar games, and after a memorable postseason run in 2012 in which he became the all-time Celtics leader for postseason assists, Rondo has

affirmed his place in Celtics legend.

In light of his offensive acumen, Rondo also exhibits a tenacious defensive intensity that he exhibits in each game.

He has led the NBA in steals— both in total and per game—over the last three seasons, helping lead to the acclimations of All-Defensive First Team honors in 2010 and 2011, as well as All-Defensive Second Team honors in 2009 and 2012.

Rondo has etched a rather peculiar path to the Celtics record books, but regardless, he has matched the feats of legends such as Cousy and Havlicek.

With another guaranteed three years in Boston, Rondo looks to continue to take the league by storm.

— Ben Freudman

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Women victorious in opening rounds ■ The women’s soccer team

traveled to Amherst this weekend and emerged with victories against Union and Lasell to advance to the NCAA tournament third round.

By AVI GOLD JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

It was a tale of two games for the women’s soccer squad.

The Judges displayed two entirely different strategies in their first two games of the NCAA Division III Tournament. However, after a whirlwind weekend, the Judges are headed to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in the program’s history. After the Judges secured a tense 2-1 overtime victory over No. 22 Union College in the first round, the women cruised to a 3-0 shutout over Lasell College in the second round of the tournament.

The pair of games, both played on Hitchcock Field in Amherst, Mass., pushed the Judges’ season record to 15-4-2.

The Judges, after securing an upset victory against Union on Saturday, squared off once more against local rival Lasell. The Judges last played Lasell to a 3-1 win at home at Gordon Field on Oct. 23. Lasell, much like Brandeis, upset a nationally ranked opponent by defeating host Amherst College 3-1.

The Judges knew they could not underestimate Lasell, though, even after a home victory earlier in the season.

“Yes, we have seen Lasell and we came out on top, however they knocked out nationally ranked Amherst, who is a very skilled team, so we are not taking them lightly,” said Zoe Siegel ’13 before the clash with the Lasers. “We will do as we always do, show up to the field ready to play and put every ounce of effort into tomorrow's match.”

The Judges showed up to play Sunday and wasted little time in establishing an offensive rhythm over Lasell. After struggling to find consistency in the first 10 minutes, forward Dara Spital ’15 sent a cross in the 13th minute deep into the Lasell box to forward Sapir Edalati ’15. Edalati, who slipped behind the Lasell defense, beat senior goalkeeper Ashley Parrelli and chipped the ball into the

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WITH ARMS WIDE OPEN: Coach Denise Dallamora waits to greet Sara Isaacson ’16 (No. 20) after she recorded the overtime goal in Saturday’s 2-1 NCAA first round victory over Union. bottom-left corner, giving the Judges the early 1-0 lead.

Edalati, whose goal proved to be the game winner, was not only proud of her own goal but admired the play of her teammates as well.

“Brandeis women’s soccer has worked so hard for this and this is the first time we have ever made it this far in the NCAA Tournament,” she said. “Scoring the game-winning goal felt unbelievable. It was a team effort and we are all so proud of each other.”

Spital, who at times single handedly dominated possession of the ball, nearly doubled the Judges’ lead in the 29th minute, but Parrelli saved her shot. The Judges dominated for the remainder of the half, taking an additional three shots.

The Judges’ continued their strong play in the second half as midfielder Sara Isaacson ’16 made a run down the right side and fed a cross to midfielder Madeline Stein ’14. Stein received the ball and settled before blasting a low shot into the right corner to give the Judges a 2-0 lead in the 49th minute.

The Judges continued to push forward with a corner kick in the 60th minute. They converted the corner as defender Haley Schachter ’16 headed in her second goal of the tournament to hand the Judges a 3-0 lead—and the victory.

The Judges, though, began their NCAA run with an upset victory over Union. Brandeis jumped out to an early lead in the third minute following a deflection by Union se-

nior goalie Kayla Marti. Her deflection, however, bounced right back to Schachter who converted the rebound to give Brandeis an early 1-0 advantage.

Union, however, found a response 20 minutes later as senior forward Jennifer Mansfield converted a cross and put it past Judges’ goalkeeper Francine Kofinas ’13 to even the score at 1-1.

From there, Union controlled possession of the ball for the rest of the half, but could not convert on any of their opportunities.

The Judges came close to winning in regulation, but a diving Marti saved a strike from Spital in the 88th minute.

The Judges needed just two minutes of the overtime period to pull

off the upset. Isaacson collected a bouncing ball near the top of the box and fired a shot that beat Marti from nearly 20 yards away. The goal sent the entire team into euphoria, but no one was more ecstatic than Isaacson.

“We were so pumped up for game there was no way we were going home losing,” she said.

“I'm not exactly the big goal scorer on the team, so it was nice to save my goal for a huge game like this!”

With the two sectional victories, the Judges will advance to the Sweet Sixteen to take on the State Univerity of New York College at Cortland this Saturday.

“We all believe in this team and we all have high expectations in this tournament,” said Siegel. “No one wants this game to be our last.”

VOLLEYBALL

Squad falls in ECAC final after home victories ■ The volleyball team won its

first two games of the weekend before falling to Western New England University.

By JOSH ASEN JUSTICE SENIOR WRITER

Despite playing the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III New England Volleyball Championship game at home last Saturday afternoon, the top-seeded Judges failed to end the season on a winning note.

No. 2 Western New England University defeated the Judges 3-1 by scores of 25-16, 17-25, 25-17 and 25-21.

Before losing to WNE, the Judges also defeated No. 5 Salve Regina University 3-0 on Saturday morning and No. 8 Albertus Magnus College 3-0 on Friday night.

WNE, 25-7, recorded 22 block assists and a 0.138 hitting percentage for their first ECAC Championship win, while the Judges, finishing the

season at 21-14, ended the game with six block assists and a 0.56 hitting percentage.

“They’re a great team,” said coach Michelle Kim about WNE. “They put up a big block. We didn’t have the best hitting day, and unfortunately, when you play a good team like this, when your game isn’t on and you don’t have that ‘A’ game, chances are that you’re going to probably lose that game unless you just rely on their errors, so that was kind of hard.”

Outside hitter Liz Hood ’15, a University Athletic Association Honorable Selection as well as an American Volleyball Coaches Association All-New England Honorable Mention, played alongside libero Elsie Bernaiche ’15 for a team-high 13 kills. Outside hitter Si-Si Hensley ’14 also contributed 11 kills. Despite recording 41 kills, the Judges committed 33 errors in the match.

Middle blocker Lauren Berens ’13, who played her last match for the Judges in the loss to WNE, thought the squad battled rigorously.

“As my last game, I’m a little disappointed that we lost obviously, but I think that we did fight really hard, and I can’t really be mad about how anyone played,” she said.

In the first set, the Judges committed 12 errors and led for only one point. The Judges trailed 14-12 in the set within reach for a comeback, until WNE won five consecutive points to put the set out of reach for the home squad.

The Judges rebounded in the second set to win the first three points, and never trailed for the remainder of the set. The squad had 12 kills compared to six errors.

Despite leading WNE 12-11 midway through the third set, the Golden Bears won four straight points, forcing Kim to call a timeout.

After the stoppage in play, WNE captured the next two points, and although the Judges came back to within three points, WNE won six out of the last seven points in the set.

The final set of the match was yet another close battle, but the Golden

Bears again won four consecutive points to increase their lead to 1410. The Judges eventually went on a three-point winning streak to make it 15-13, but WNE never allowed for the Judges to take the lead.

Before the loss to WNE, the Judges defeated Salve Regina in the semifinal match 25-17, 25-23 and 2520.

The Judges committed 37 kills and 11 errors in the win. Hood once again led the squad with 10 kills, while middle blocker Carly GutnerDavis ’15 had three of the eight block assists recorded by the Judges.

In the squad’s first match, the Judges blanked Albertus Magnus, the lowest seed in the tournament, by scores of 25-9, 25-13 and 25-12.

The Judges recorded 48 kills, 16 of which were from Hood. Berens finished second on the squad with six kills.

With the season now over, the Judges will graduate Berens, middle blocker Becca Fischer ’13, and defensive specialist and outside hitter Susan Sun ’13.

Despite those losses, the squad will return 11 of their members, only two of whom will be seniors next fall.

Although the Judges did not capture the ECAC title, they won more than 20 games and advanced to the championship match for the first time since 2007. For those reasons, as well as the team’s improvement from a 9-21 record last season, both Kim and Berens thought this season was a success.

“I’m extremely proud of this team,” said Kim. “We set a lot of goals coming into the season, and we accomplished many of them. I’m extremely proud of this team for working hard during the season and getting to where we got this season.”

“I think we worked on a lot of different throughout the tournament, and you could see them come together by the end,” Berens said.

Given the progress the squad showed this year, along with the return of key members, the Judges may continue to progress next season.

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Students flocked to the Rose Art Museum for an evening of fun last Thursday evening.

The student production by Tympanium Euphorium did not meet expectations.

The exhibit explores themes of identity during the Holocaust.

Namaskar, the student group for Hindus, Jains and Sikhs, celebrated Diwali, the festival of lights, in Ridgewood Commons.

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The new movie with Daniel Craig continues the excitement of the James Bond series.

■ ‘Lincoln’ Review

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Spielberg’s movie captures the quiet determination of the 16th president.

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by Erica Cooperberg

It’s the breakup we have simultaneously had been expecting but also never thought would actually happen: J. Biebs and Selena are no longer an item. After nearly two years of gracing probably every cover of Tiger Beat, the duo has officially called it quits.

Ultimately, sources say that distance finally got the best of the two uber-famous, ultra-rich teen stars. “Because of their crazy schedules, it was getting harder and harder to maintain a relationship,” a source told E! News. Sure, for a regular 20- and 18-year-old that excuse may be a cop-out, but in the case of Gomez and Bieber, a busy schedule isn’t just the varsity soccer team or being president of the high school National Honor Society. After quickly becoming a beloved Disney darling as star of Disney’s Wizards of Waverly Place in 2007, Gomez has since appeared in feature films, released hit singles with her band Selena Gomez & The Scene and owns her own fashion line. And Bieber isn’t one to twiddle his thumbs either—the Canadianborn pop singer burst onto the music scene in 2009 and has been a baby-faced, Usher-mentored staple in pop culture ever since.

To be honest, it’s hard to remember a time when these two weren’t together. They officially stepped out as a couple in February 2011, but the pair has long been showering each other with PDA and innocently sweet surprises. Case in point: on New Year’s Eve in 2009, when the Biebs serenaded his soon-to-be girlfriend with “One Less Lonely Girl” onstage at a concert.

And that was only the beginning. Think back to May 2011 when the pair took a mature-beyondtheir-years romantic trip to Hawaii and were snapped smooching all over the Pacific. Or in September of the same year when Bieber rented out literally the entire Staples Center in Los Angeles to screen Titanic… for a regular date night. And, of course, there’s the video proof of the pair’s friendly chemistry in the form of their “Call Me Maybe” parody on Youtube.

Seiden shares experiences in improv comedy  Seiden ’13 encouraged firstyears interested in improv comedy to observe practice sessions of their favorite groups on campus.

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TEEN LOVE: Selena Gomez breaks up with Bieber.

And yet, their relationship wasn’t always perfect. Bieber’s fans—notorious for their young age, high-pitched shrieks and severely intense crushes on the singer—made for a strained relationship between him and Gomez, and often took to the Internet to jealously criticize the Disney mogul. And then there’s the ever-present paparazzi who, in May, irked Bieber to such an extreme that he was accused of battery by a photog who claimed the “Boyfriend” singer roughed him up so badly that he was left in need of medical attention ( … are we talking about the same Bieber here, dude?).

Seeing the next US Weekly with the infamous jagged slash through a picture of the once adorably-attached couple is going to be a shocker, but it makes sense: Bieber and Gomez are a young couple who, like most young couples, split. Let’s be honest, if they’re actually anything like the rest of us, they’ll be gracing magazine covers with a new special someone in no time.

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

ON-CAMPUS EVENTS

Mary Ann Caws: Looking After Surrealism

Mary Ann Caws is an internationally respected scholar of surrealism. Her publications include writings on surrealist and modernist art and literature and translations of writers and poets such as André Breton, René Char, Stéphane Mallarmé and Tristan Tzara. Sponsored by the Departments of Fine Arts, French Language and Literature, Comparative Literature and Philosophy.

Today at 5 p.m. in the Rose Art Museum.

Music at Mandel: Lydian String Quartet

Put the day on pause with the Lydian String Quartet and a preview performance of Mozart String Quartet in D minor, K. 421 and Harold Meltzer’s Aqua. Lunch will be served after the concert. Sponsored by the Mandel Center for Humanities.

Tomorrow from noon until 1:30 p.m. Mandel Center for Humanities Atrium.

Film Screening: ‘Acting Together on the World Stage’ This film highlights courageous and creative artists and peacebuilders working in conflict regions, describes exemplary peacebuilding performances and offers tools for the creative transformation of violence. The performances in the film illustrate that theatrical works and ritual are effective resources for nonviolent resistance to injustice, for the rehumanization of former enemies and for acknowledgement, remembering and healing in the aftermath of mass violence. The screening will be followed by a question-and-answer session with program director Cynthia Cohen.

Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. in Pearlman Hall Lounge.

Pepero & Make Your Own Kimbap Day Korean Student Association is hosting Pepero Day. Pepero Day is an observance in South Korea similar to Valentine’s Day. It is named after the Korean snack Pepero and held on November 11, since “11” resembles four sticks of Pepero.Come and be part of this cultural experience!

Thursday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Intercultural Center multipurpose room.

South East Asia Club: Asian Dessert Night Ever wonder what a South East Asian dessert looks like and tastes like? Find out at the South East Asia Club’s Asian Dessert Night on Thursday, Nov. 15 from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. at the Intercultural Center! The SEAC brings you different delicious Asian desserts that will satisfy your sweet cravings.

Thursday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Intercultural Center Lounge.

Etty Hillesum Diaries and Letters Etty Hillesum (1914-1943) was a Jewish woman from the Netherlands who kept a diary during the years 1941-1943 where she recorded her impressions of the Nazi occupation in the Netherlands and of her own experience serving on the Jewish Council. She was eventually deported

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CULTURE ON STAGE: The annual MELA show will be held this Saturday night in Levin Ballroom. to Auschwitz and killed. Her diaries were published twenty years ago under the title An Interrupted Life and have made her widely known.

New-York-based actress Susan Stein will present her one-woman drama, Etty, a play based on the diaries of Etty Hillesum.

Thursday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Rapaporte Treasure Hall.

‘Rumors’

In this door-slamming farce by Neil Simon, six couples endure a madcap dinner party with a missing hostess, a suicidal host and gossip for the entree. Produced by the undergraduate club, Hillel Theater Group.

Thursday through Sunday at 8 p.m. in the Carl J. Shapiro Theater. Tickets are $3.

A king of infinite space -- Hamlet in a nutshell This innovative encounter with Shakespeare’s melancholy Dane incorporates verse, dance, martial arts, sound and song. The actor-creators boldly reimagine the timeless tragedy from the inside out, devising an original theatrical experience that offers new perspectives on what it meant to be, or not. Created by Marya Lowry, artist Kate Kohler Amory and the MFA student actors.

Shows are Thursday at 8 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets cost $3 for students and $5 for the general public. Merrick Theater in the Spingold Theater Center.

Non-Reality

A side project of Brandeis Theater Ensemble, ‘Non-Reality’ is a new play written by Emma Lieberman ’14 and directed by Amanda Stern ’15. If you like Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Star Trek, Mean Girls or FanFic, check out the play.

Friday and Saturday at 8:30 p.m. and Satur-

day and Sunday at 3 p.m. Schwartz Auditorium.

MELA Show

MELA is an annual performance promoting understanding and awareness of South Asian culture. This year’s theme is Kahaani which means “story.” The event will feature cultural dance and spoken-word performances from countries that are part of South Asia.

Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. in Levin Ballroom.

Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door.

Kaleidoscope Chamber Ensemble

The Brandeis Concert Season presents a concert featuring guests Robert Ward on guitar and Joel Wolfe on cello. They will be playing Harald Genzmer’s Sonata in F# minor for flute & oboe; Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Eclogues for flute, english horn, guitar, op. 206; Johannes Brahms’ Trio for piano, clarinet and violoncello, Op. 114.

Sunday at 3 p.m. in the rehearsal hall at Slosberg Music Center. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $5 for students.

OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS Kyle Abraham/Abraham In Motion

Bessie Award–winner Kyle Abraham and his seven-member company, Abraham.In.Motion, dance with a highly engaging, larger-than-life style that combines influences ranging from hip-hop to ballet. The Radio Show revolves around the closure of the urban Pittsburgh history and the heartbeat of a neighborhood. The musical score mixes together recordings of classic soul and hip-hop with contemporary classical compositions by Ryoji Ikeda and Alva Noto.

Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, 100 Northern Avenue. Tickets are $40.

JustArts spoke with Josh Seiden ’13, a seasoned member of campus improv group Bad Grammer, about his time performing improv at Brandeis, his advice for first-year students interested in improv and his goals for the Bad Grammer troupe.

JustArts: What got you originally involved in improv comedy on campus?

Josh Seiden: I think the thing that got me first involved with improv comedy is that when I first got here, my friend David Fisch ’13 said we should both try out for improv comedy. I didn’t really know any of the improv groups, so first I tried out for Boris’ Kitchen which I thought was an improv group and I ultimately didn’t get in, and David said, “Well, there are other things you can try out for.” So I was like, “Okay, well I’ll try out for some other things,” and I tried out for Bad Grammer kind of arbitrarily because I thought it was Brandeis’ only improv group. Turns out it wasn’t; there are three other very good improv groups, but that’s how I got involved. I liked comedy in high school and wanted to get involved in college. It was sort of the luck of the draw that I got involved with Bad Grammer.

JA: What kind of experience has being a part of Bad Grammer been for you?

JS: I would say it’s probably the best thing I do at Brandeis. I’ve met all of my best friends there.

Every single time I talk about Brandeis University, Bad Grammer is the first thing I bring up.

I can honestly say, not to sound cliché because I hate talking like this, but I’ve never been in something where I’ve felt closer to the people and felt more like a family and I’ve never cared about a group more than I care about the improv group. It’s been a really incredible thing; it’s meant a tremendous amount to me.

JA: What plans does Bad Grammer have for this coming year?

JS: Oh God, what plans don’t we have? Well, we have a show today, we have a senior end-ofsemester show at the end of the semester, which we have yet to plan, but stay tuned. It’ll be on deck. We’re going to have an alumni show at the end of the year, and we’re going to have a special mystery show next semester.

JA: What kind of advice would you give to a first-year student who is interested in getting involved with improvisational comedy on campus?

JS: The first thing I would say is definitely try out. I mean, almost none of us had improv experience when we tried out for our improv group.

You sort of learn on the fly. The second thing is everyone who does improv at this school is extremely nice and extremely friendly and they love when people have questions and love when people get involved, so find the group that you like best and send them an email. I’m sure they have open practices. I’m sure they’ll let you practice and give you some good advice. So don’t be afraid to ask and follow any of your goals that you want to acheive.

JA: Do you plan to pursue improv comedy in any fashion after graduating?

JS: I think I might, in some form, but not in a career. There’s no improv comedy track, but I hope next year, wherever I end up, I can take improv classes and hopefully join an improv team.

JA: Lastly, what is your favorite character to play in sketches?

JS: I don’t really have any characters that I like that much. One character that I like a lot was Silent Jim, but I think you should put in the article that there’s a bunch of other characters that I do not play but I love as characters. One is named Congo. It’s a gorilla. It’s played by Tom Phan [’14]. Ryan Fanning ’12, who graduated two years ago, had a bunch of characters I loved. Scat Man and Coach. There were a lot of good characters. There’s one character I like by Josh Liversidge [’15]. He’s in Bad Grammer currently. One good thing in improv is that you’re not bound by the characters. You can reinvent them all the time and that’s something I’ve always loved doing.

JA: How do you hope Bad Grammer can grow and develop in the next couple of years?

JS: We’re already very good friends, but I hope we can stay very good friends and become even closer. I hope everyone embraces their inner craziness and lets it fly a little bit more. And I think that by spending more time together, we’ll get closer and closer and more cohesive as a group.

JA: And do you have any thoughts on how you’ll be involved as an alumnus?

JS: We have our alumni show so I hope to come back to that. And everyone in Bad Grammer, even though they’re alums, they still talk to each other all the time and see how each other is doing.

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SCRAM is more than art rentals and Rose tours ■ As part of an effort to

attract more students to the Rose Art Museum, SCRAM plans arts-related events for the Brandeis community.

By zoe messinger Special to the justice

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ARTFUL OBSERVANCE: Brandeis students observe artwork in the Rose while attending the Student Committee for the Rose Art Museum’s annual party.

Annual SCRAM JAM party celebrates arts ■ The SCRAM JAM party

was a popular event and was co-hosted by Student Events for the first time this year.

By ADELINA SIMPSON JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

The Rose Art Museum promised some of college students’ favorite pastimes this past Thursday: art and alcohol. The Student Committee for the Rose Art Museum, along with Student Events, hosted its annual dance, SCRAM JAM, in the Museum’s Foster Wing, where Dor Guez’s highly publicized “Sabir” video has been projected since September.

Guez’s exhibit, except for his “Two Palestinian Riders” photograph, was closed for the night, but Brandeis’ DJ Sensation (Johnny Wilson ’13) put on a show. Welldressed students celebrated the event as part of Student Events’ Louis Louis Brandeis Spirit Week.

But dancing aside, it was hard to pry most students away from the Lee Gallery, where there was a beer garden for those 21 and older. The Gallery projected Bruce Conner’s three-screen video installation “EVE RAY FOREVER” (1956/2006),

which looks a little like the display on a slot machine, projected on a wall. Each of the screens loop black and white unsynchronized images, and never the same image twice.

As if this wasn’t enough of a spectacle, there was also a “graffiti wall” where students pretended to graffiti over photos of themselves on a smart screen. After posing for a photo, they could draw mustaches, wigs and the like on their faces, and could then print the image to take home.

The photo booth offered another chance to remember the event. It was placed in the Reading Nook, linking the invisible path between Lee Gallery and the Foster Wing, which is located down the staircase.

The placement of the photo booth between the two stations seemed like a faint attempt at linking together the event. There was hardly any traffic between the beer garden and the dance because most people hung around drinking.

Last year’s SCRAM JAM had the same beer garden, but it was featured as a cocktail hour from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The dancing portion of the event started at 10 p.m. in the Lee Gallery; the Foster Wing was not used last year. The Lee Gallery is more intimate and less sterile-

feeling than Foster. Lee had food and a black-and-white photo booth that offered “Andy Warhol-esque wigs and sunglasses” according to the SCRAM Facebook page.

There wasn’t a “graffiti wall” in Lee last year, and in general, the event felt less commercialized than it did on Thursday. Last year, Students Events wasn’t involved. In fact, this year marked the first time that Student Events partnered with SCRAM for the dance.

Since the event was during spirit week, it’s no wonder that Student Events got involved. SCRAM JAM gained more attention and more money from the connection. But aesthetics clash when you partner SCRAM with Student Events, and what resulted in this case was a less intimate, less Rose-worthy affair.

Most students said they thought the night was a success, but most of them also hadn’t attended SCRAM JAM last year, so they didn’t have anything to compare it with. For some, this was their first time in the Rose.

SCRAM JAM is probably the best effort all year to get Brandeisians inside the museum. But attracting visitors doesn’t need to sacrifice the character of the Rose. Where are the Warhol wigs hiding?

This is the first installment of a weekly column written by SCRAM members about various topics and events at the Rose, including artwork reviews.

Some people on campus know us as “those kids who throw that giant rager at the Rose every year.” Well, we are, but the SCRAM students do a lot more than just that.

We are SCRAM, the Student Committee for the Rose Art Museum. We are a volunteer group of undergraduates who work with the Rose staff to bring museum-related events to the Brandeis community. Funded by the generous contributions of the late managing director at Prospect Venture Partners, Alex Barkas ’68 and his wife, Lynda Wijcik, the club’s mission is to strengthen the relationship between the Rose and Brandeis students.

To do this, we organize events to introduce and familiarize undergraduates to the Rose who may otherwise be unfamiliar with it. We are most well known for SCRAM JAM, a mixer held after-hours in the galleries with music, free food and drinks and other fun activities. SCRAM works with museum staff to spread the word about the museum’s cutting-edge exhibitions and unrivalled collection of mod-

ern and contemporary art in New England. This is done through artist’s lectures, gallery talks by Brandeis professors and studentled tours. In the past two years, we have brought yoga sessions, a spring concert by Dan Deacon of Animal Collective and film screenings to the Rose community and the student body.

We are also responsible for helping the museum distribute the Student Loan Collection, which happened just last week.

This collection, begun in 1956 by Charna Stone Cowan and later expanded by Boston gallery owner Mildred Lee, is a compilation of over 500 pieces by the likes of Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Man Ray that Brandeis students can rent for their own rooms for a small fee. By doing this, the Rose hopes to establish a deeper connection with the Brandeis community.

We want visitors to feel the same way we do when we walk into the Rose: excited, happy and inspired. This semester there are three exhibitions on view—”Dor Guez: 100 Steps to the Mediterranean,” a solo exhibition of photography and video installations

by Palestinian-Christian artist Dor Guez; “Art at the Origin: The Early Sixties,” an exhibition exploring the museum’s formative period by displaying paintings, sculptures and prints created from 1961-1966; and “Bruce Conner: EVE RAY FOREVER” (1965/2006), a stroboscopic film triptych created for artist Bruce Conner’s 1965 exhibition at the Rose. With all of these activities, we give undergraduates the opportunity to come to the Rose and experience art firsthand. We love visitors at the Rose—have fun and learn something with us!

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BONDING OVER ART: Two Brandeis students chat and laugh while viewing art.

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‘Bat Boy’ does not perfect its landing ■ Though some actors gave

impressive performances, most cast members struggled to entertain.

By ALIZA VIGDERMAN and jASON kASMAN

JUSTICE STAFF WRITER and CONTRIBUTING WRITER

A frosty Thursday. A night for staying inside, drinking hot chocolate, and ... going to see Bat Boy: The Musical?

Bat Boy was performed by Tympanium Euphorium in the Carl J. Shapiro Theater from Nov. 8 to 11.

The musical is based on a tabloid story from the real-life defunct newspaper Weekly World News, famous for its outlandish headlines. The story was adapted into a musical by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming, with music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe. The Bat Boy himself is just that—half-bat, half-boy, a shock to the small town where he is mysteriously found by teen spelunkers.

Soon, Batboy is taken in by a dys-

functional family and struggles to fit in with the human race. When done right, this eccentric musical could probably be a cult classic in the way of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Unfortunately, this musical was not done right. Although some aspects, such as lighting, were positive, in general, the show seemed unrehearsed, unprofessional and almost thrown together.

Personally, we believe that to successfully perform a musical as implausible as Bat Boy, the acting must be as over-the-top as the plot. The acting however, generally lacked energy and memorable, unique characters, although the energy level did improve considerably in the second act. Some actors, however, did wow the audience, including Jason Dick ’14, as Rev. Billy Hightower and Pan, and Caley Chase ’16 as Mrs. Taylor.

These parts, although relatively small, were great bits of comic relief and made for enjoyable scenes.

Equally memorable was Zev Kupfer ’15 as Batboy. He was successful in bringing the warmth necessary to humanize such an offbeat, enigmatic character.

While Bat Boy’s makeup and costume were certainly inventive, the costumes, designed by Nikki Isaacs ’14 and Hannah Anderson ’14, were not cohesive and reflected contradicting time periods. The ranchhands dressed simply in plaid shirts, jeans, cowboy hats and Timberland shoes did not read 1950s, but early 1990s. Another disappointing costume moment was during the musical number “Children, Children,” when the dancers in the chorus wore different, child-like animal masks to represent woodland creatures.

The masks were sad, paper-mache replacements for creative choreography that could have conveyed this animal status.

The dancing, choreographed by Taylor Lombard ’13 and Tara Loeber ’14, could have benefitted from more complexity and creativity. “Another Dead Cow,” a country-style song, did not attempt to go beyond stereotypical “square dance” moves such as the do-si-do. The moves were not performed well; the actors appeared hesitant and uncertain while dancing, and were often not in sync. Additionally, many of the actors were

not great vocalists, creating many uncomfortable solos.

Notably strong, however, was a duet, “Three-Bedroom House” that took place before Shelley runs away with Batboy. Shelley Parker (Sarah Hines ’15) and Meredith Parker (Eliza Dumais ’14) harmonized well together throughout the piece. Another strong vocal performance was performed by Chase in the song “Mrs. Taylor’s Lullaby,” in which she comforts her daughter, who has been bitten by Batboy, and forces the Sheriff to kill Batboy or risk being fired. Chase expertly combined comedy, drama and vocals in this brief performance. In full-ensemble numbers, however, the cast was notably stronger, not surprising considering the lack of strong soloists.

Additionally, the sound quality was poor. The actors were often impossible to hear, even with microphones, which were often not functioning properly. The music involved a live orchestra of five, and covered many different musical genres, from rap to rock. Although the orchestra played very well, it often drowned out the actors singing,

eradicating lyrics with important plot points.

The unimpressive set, designed

by Jess Rassp ’13 appeared to represent the small mountain town with a simple mountain-shaped setpiece in the background. Besides a cage to hold Batboy, and metal bars representing the town’s slaughterhouse, chairs and tables were the only set pieces used, and not in any creative forms. In constrast, the lighting, designed by Robbie Steinberg ’13, was one of the strongest aspects of the show, adding necessary drama and highlighitng the disparity between Batboy and the townspeople. One scene cleverly used green lighting and shadows to convey the surreal nature of a bat and a woman mating.

The plethora of technical errors distracted from the musical at large.

Extra rehearsal time on stage and a full technical rehearsal would have greatly benefitted the musical, which was ripe with potential. All in all, Batboy: The Musical missed many opportunities for creativity and innovation and was an unflattering representation of Brandeis theater.

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ANIMAL MAN: Jason Dick ’14 stars as Reverend Billy Hightower and Pan.

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QUICK BITE: Zev Kupfer ’15 as Bat Boy, a half-boy, half-bat hybrid, bites Danny Steinberg ’15 during the performance.

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SILVER BULLET: ‘Bat Boy’ features a few strong voices, but doesn’t come together.

EXHIBITION

Artist portrays story in nature-themed exhibit ■ As a combination of

nature and family history, Lydia Kann Nettler’s exhibit is stunning and thoughtful.

By rachel hughes JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

As Brandeis’ Women’s Studies Research Center rings in its tenth year in 2012, its arts center, the Kniznick Gallery, has been very actively providing our campus with dynamic exhibitions that tap into some of our deepest emotional and intellectual nerves. Its most recent exhibit is a very experiential installation by artist Lydia Kann Nettler, called “Embedded Legacies.” Kniznick Gallery Curator and Director of the WSRC’s Art Program Michele L’Heureux curated the exhibit, which has been open for viewing since Oct. 1 and will run through Dec. 18.

Nettler works as a therapist, writes

fiction and has exhibited at many art shows and projects in New England.

“Embedded Legacies” is a very personal exhibit and is a self-exploration of the artist’s family history and dynamics. She seeks to answer questions that are on all of our minds— how has my family been affected by its cultural history? How have my parents’ legacies and experiences influenced me? What is my cultural and familial identity, and what does it mean to me?

For Nettler, these questions are focused on her mother’s experiences as a Jew and a foreigner in France during World War II and how this translates into an identity for the artist. In an introduction to the installation, Nettler shares: “As the child of a survivor of the War and of a mother who succumbed to disabling mental illness, is the artist telling this story as one of pride or shame as the legacy of the second generation? The creation of this installation offers one possible response to that question.”

Walking into the installation is very much like literally walking into a forest. The white walls are covered with black charcoal drawings of trees and vegetation, from floor to ceiling.

There are paper flaps in the walls that can be peeled back to reveal images of concentration camps during the Holocaust, and of people: loved ones, prisoners. Between the walls of the wide, hall-like gallery, there are many ‘trees’—tall, thick, short, skinny, standing upright, fallen about the path, clustered, standing alone, with branches or without. The trees are white cylindrical forms crafted out of papier-mâché, and their bark and grain is detailed with the same black charcoal strokes. There is not a single color in the installation, and the black and white charcoal-swept forest initially feels stark and stoic, and even a touch cold.

But when I approached the trees, I noticed that amongst the papiermâché, there were words embedded in the sculptures—hand-written,

typed in stuffy academic fonts, typed in loose, friendly fonts, carefully scrapped from newspapers. The words are not all singular or phrasal; some are pieces of prose or narrative.

They are almost swimming among the bark, as some are right-side-up and some are upside-down and sideways, some overlap and cover parts of each other. The installation is telling a story, but not one that is read from cover to cover with its thoughts organized into pristine typeset. The viewer is, rather, walking through a forest of two generations of thoughts and experience, all jumbled and frank and illusive in the way that stories gathered from family members collect in one’s mind. I felt really touched by this concept, and seeing the detail with which Nettler tells her family’s story made me think about my own.

Having a few moments to speak with L’Heureux about the installation made the forest much clearer to me.

“Relationships, history, memory,” she says, “this exhibit does it all at

once. Lots of visitors connect to the Holocaust sites, to the forest, or to the mother-daughter relationship.”

One can certainly feel the pushes and embraces of the artist’s “challenging, rich relationship with her mother.”

L’Heureux says that visitors feel “lured in, seduced by the work.” Personally, the curator shares, “I like art that seduces you by just the way it looks, then shows you many more layers.” Nettler’s installation accomplishes this expertly.

L’Heureux affirms that this installation is one of regeneration and rebirth. Beyond the artist’s factual historical exploration of her mother’s tumultuous life, the words crafted into the trees detail the way that Nettler has filled in the holes of familial memory.

Despite the wordy nature of the installation, I do believe that there is one sentiment that is most valuable within the exhibit, which is Nettler’s primary demand of viewers: “Don’t turn your eyes away! React!”

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Diwali festival lights up Ridgewood ■ As part of the holiday Diwali, a group of students led a cultural festival of Indian activities.

By EMILY WISHINGRAD JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

Namaskar’s well-attended Diwali event was a fantastic combination of fun and cultural enrichment.

On Friday evening, Namaskar, the Brandeis student association for Hindus, Jains and Sikhs, invited the Brandeis community to celebrate Diwali in Ridgewood Commons.

The event started off as small but throughout the evening students filed in until Ridgewood Commons was packed.

Hindus, Jains and Sikhs all celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights.

These religions are mostly found in India, which explains the Indian food and Indian-themed activities at the event. Diwali is a five-day holiday celebrating, as Praneetha Vissapragada ’13, a coleader of Namaskar explained, the “victory of good over evil,” although it has slightly different meanings for Hindus, Jains and Sikhs and is celebrated in different ways all over India. Diwali is typically celebrated by lighting candles and fireworks, symbolizing the victory of good (light) over evil (darkness). Sharada Sanduga ’14, the other coleader of Namaskar explains, fire-works were off-limits at this event due to Waltham regulations, but, “We did, however, light candles,” she says.

Lights and red and gold cloth decorated Ridgewood’s stairwells, and a beautiful shrine sat in the corner of Ridgewood commons, surrounded by candles and pictures of the Hindu gods. Hosts and guests alike looked beautiful, dressed in elaborately embellished saris of every color and design.

Yes, the Diwali festival had delicious free food, but it had so much more to offer. At the beginning of the event, members of Namaskar explained the meaning of Diwali and the leaders of the group performed a puja, the holding of a tray with offerings and candles before the shrine.

The members of Namaskar were intensely focused, and the audience, recognizing the importance of the ceremony, sat in perfect silence.

There were different stations set up and the guests were free to roam around as they pleased, participating in various cultural activities. At the stations, students could get henna tattoos, make rice art (designs on paper made with colored rice), paint candleholders and eat masala paneer, a spicy tomato sauce with cheese cubes, by the spoonful.

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SPARKLING CULTURE: Event attendees create colorful images of artwork, consisting of bright construction paper with glue designs and coated in various colors of rice.

I must admit that I am in no regard an artist, but I bravely ventured to the candleholder painting station first. My candleholder was not even close to being beautiful but neither as it turned out, was anyone else’s.

The watercolors barely showed up on the clay holders but everyone went on painting with enthusiasm nevertheless—insistent on having a painted candleholder for the following candle-lighting ceremony.

About ten minutes into the event, as the room filled with the sweet and spicy scents of Indian food, a long line started forming for dinner. To my, and everybody else’s utter de-

light, the food was delicious. Indian food is hard to find around campus and it was evident that many students were hungry for Indian cuisine.

For dinner, there was rice; naan, a type of flat bread similar to pita; masala paneer; daal, a lentil dish with mango juice, in place of the traditional Indian mango and yogurt smoothie, mango lassi. But the mango juice did the job—it cooled the mouth from all the spices. For dessert, we ate gulab jamun, a traditional Indian dessert that resembles donut holes, although the sweet, oily, mushy balls, fried in rose wa-

ter tasted much better than donuts.

After dessert, I ventured to the rice-art table, hoping that I could redeem myself after the failure of the candleholder. At the rice making station sat plates of rice, dyed in red, yellow, pink and purple. The object of the game was to decorate the construction paper with glue designs and then pour rice on top.

After covering your designs in rice, you shake off the excess rice and beautiful rice-covered designs are revealed.

I copied the designs of my henna tattoo onto the plate with glue and sprinkled rice on top. To my delight,

my rice-art was passable.

The event ended on a spiritual note. At nine o’clock we went outside, lit the candles in our handpainted candleholders and put them in a circle. Sanduga told the crowd that Diwali is like an Indian Hannukkah; it is about coming together to celebrate the miracle of light.

We all stood outside in the cold, looking at the circle of lights and at each other, enjoying each other’s presence for a few minutes before we left—going our separate ways with Indian food-filled stomachs, henna tattoos and the spirit of togetherness in our hearts.

FOLKFEST: Forum discusses Bob Dylan concert CONTINUED FROM 1 sales to off-campus patrons would be able to cover most, if not all, of the cost of the event. To support this idea, they referenced the recent sale of tickets to a Bob Dylan concert at TD Garden in Boston on Nov. 18, which sold 14,000 tickets—each costing $100—within a day’s time.

The panelists also acknowledged the potential benefits and drawbacks of Dylan’s concert oncampus.

Kirkland explained these benefits to the audience, which included a stronger image for the University and a demonstration that the University can handle large, high-profile events. Drawbacks, presented

by Nelson, included questions about University staffing capabilities, the public relations risk to the University, the financial risk of failing to bring in revenue equal to the cost of the concert and the security risk of off-campus individuals attending the concert. The presentation also included a ballot of other musicians who could be brought to perform at Folkfest in addition to Bob Dylan for which students could vote; Nelson, in an email to the Justice, wrote that the panel had since received 93 ballots.

Students then had the opportunity

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PANELISTS PRESENTING: The six student leaders delivered a PowerPoint presentation to the students attending the forum. to ask questions directly to the panelists to express theirconcerns or support for the idea.

One student asked whether the cost of bringing Dylan to campus was fiscally responsible, to which

Manning responded that he believed the concert is related to the University’s ideals of social justice and that “[f]olk music is the music of the people. Bob Dylan is the voice of the people.”

In an interview with the Justice, Manning declined to give a specific cost for Bob Dylan’s performance, although Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment Andrew Flagel suggested a cost of $300,000

in an interview with the Justice last week.

400 students had responded on Facebook that they would attend the forum, although closer to 100 or so actually showed up. Associate Deans of Student Life Jamele Adams and Maggie Balch, Director of Student Activities Stephanie Grimes and Concert Program Manager Shawna Kelley were present at the event, although none of them spoke.

In an email to the Justice, Nelson explained that “because of the weather and other events going on around campus,” there was a lower turnout than expected among students and staff.

Nonetheless, Nelson expressed that “[i]t was great to see so many people there either in support or opposed to the idea.”

Similarly, Manning said that he thought that the forum went “really well” and described responses that he has received since the event as “really encouraging.” For now, Nelson wrote, “we will just wait for more information.”

At the forum, students were encouraged to express either their support or their opposition to the proposal by contacting the panelists directly, either through email or with a Facebook message.

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OFF CAMPUS FILM review

Bond continues his reign in action movies ■ Starring in his third Bond

installment, Daniel Craig once again puts out an action-packed release.

By Yehuda harel JUSTICE contributing WRITER

In 2006, Casino Royale introduced Daniel Craig as the new James Bond in a story that accurately reflected the novel of the same name.

The film tells how James Bond got his two zeros and expresses the movement from an independent James Bond to an operative who serves MI6. By Skyfall, Bond is already aging. He enters the world of cyberterrorism, and his role has been reduced from an intelligent operative to a killer-on-call. He has become the blunt instrument thrown into difficult situations, as described in Ian Flemings’ stories.

While he fights on a moving train, his

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STEALTH ACTING: Daniel Craig stars as British spy James Bond, along with Judy Dench and Javier Bardem.

ear piece serves as a reminder that he is subject to orders from his superiors.

This movie tempers basic human relations and care with loyalty to an agency and mission. As opposed to recent Bond films, M (Judi Dench), has to face her struggle between her maternal love for Bond and her duty to complete the job as cleanly as possible. For once, M appears like a person who harbors personal concerns, in addition to being the one who commands Bond. This in turn allows Daniel Craig to reflect Bond’s respect and trust in her judgment. Craig was able to balance the ruthless and direct nature of Bond with a sense of allegiance, not only to MI6, but to M herself.

Sam Mendes, the director, tells a sharp story while paying homage to the rich history of 007. He understands that there have been 22 films, countless novels and even an attempt at a television series. Mendes makes sure to cover all the bases of a Bond film from the Aston Martin to the women.

The filmmakers traveled to exotic locations, from Istanbul to Shanghai and Macau, to stage the chase scenes and fighting sequences. Roger Deakins, the cinematographer, remembered for The Shawshank Redemption and No Country for Old Men, filmed these cities to exhibit their range of colors.

Deakins appeals to the natural color of each city. He captures the glow of neon lights in Shanghai while seeking the earthy browns in a misty English countryside. This provides the viewer with enhanced spectacle and immersion in these distinct environments.

Javier Bardem plays the villain, Silva, who uses a disturbing form of humor to hide his haunted past.

His nature may remind the viewer of the Joker from The Dark Knight because his humor involves playing games with real weapons. His hatred for authority and loyalty, in addition to his playfulness, makes him the prefect antagonist for Bond. Yet, the villain is not the most innovative part of this film.

What sets Skyfall apart from previous Bond films is the return to the UK. At least half the film takes place in England, and the story is anchored there. The public court examines MI6 under a lens to question the existence of the organization. M, the director of MI6, faces a possible trial to account for the dangers caused by the leak of vital information. M is targeted in a terrorist attack, bringing Bond back home, because the conflict appears to rest in MI6. The climax is felt in a greater magnitude in Skyfall because rather than being in Jamaica or the Swiss Alps, the action happens on the streets of London and the Scottish Highlands.

Skyfall captures those who wait in the shadows. The pockets of dark space not only hide the desires of the villains but also hide the very villains themselves. Bond knows how to walk and hide in this type of space with experience and confidence. It is where the earpiece is out of range and the computers lack hands and eyes to grasp.

“Sometimes the old-fashioned way is the best,” a character remarks, suggesting that one has to keep the knife ready in case the gun fails.

Nothing can replace a proper confrontation between opposing forces, and Skyfall pays tribute to the timeless pleasure of being there for the action.

FILM review

‘Lincoln’ evokes a powerful message about leadership ■ Based on the presidency of

Abraham Lincoln, the selftitled movie is one of Stephen Spielberg’s most successful film releases in recent years.

By jess linde JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

My dearly departed grandpa was an unshakable admirer of Abraham Lincoln. To him, Lincoln was the best American president and possibly the best American to have ever lived.

And while I was often skeptical of my grandpa’s undying adoration, seeing him gush about Lincoln is something that I miss a lot. The film Lincoln, directed by Steven Spielberg, gives me some solace knowing that my grandpa would be as happy with it as I am.

Welcome to 1865: America is in its fourth year of the Civil War, and Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) has just been reelected President of the United States. The country is desperate for peace, and both sides struggle to deal with the war’s climbing death toll. Although the president is under constant pressure to make a deal with the Confederacy, his mind is also occupied with passing the Thirteenth Amendment of the Bill of Rights to abolish slavery. To do so, Lincoln

needs at least 20 Democratic votes, something that Secretary of State William Seward (David Strathairn) and the rest of the presidential cabinet are worried about. So while Abe also must be a husband, a father and a friend, he must also be a president, and, well, Abraham Lincoln.

Before watching the film, I was surprised to learn that Lincoln had a rather high, squeaky voice, and I was worried that it wouldn’t work well on screen. But I was completely wrong.

Day-Lewis is stunning as the 16th president; his body language, facial expressions and speech all bring the man to life.

As the movie began, there were three girls behind me chatting loudly,but as soon as Lincoln spoke the whole theater went silent. He is commanding and legendary but also human and fragile. The magnificent script by Tony Kushner never gets too melodramatic; it is written with amazing authenticity and emotion.

With Lincoln, Spielberg is in top form. He paces everything incredibly well, and the gorgeous cinematography shows off the perfect production design. There are moments when the story drags on a little, but the performances and direction keep an amazing tension; I got nervous about what was going to happen, even though I already knew most of the history.

The supporting cast, including Jared Harris as Ulysses S. Grant, Jackie Earle Haley as Alexander Stephens and Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln are also incredible. Tommy Lee Jones in particular deserves an Oscar for his portrayal of abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens. The film is so well researched (Spielberg, Kushner and the actors and crew did research for two years before even beginning production) and put together; I enjoyed every minute of it.

I admit, Lincoln made me cry. Just a little, but it did. Partly because it reminded me of my grandpa, but mostly because it’s just so moving. It reminded me that no matter how fed up I get with American politics or the state of the country, good can be achieved when the right leader brings the right people together. Lincoln is a film about an extraordinary man who, in the end, was just a man who managed to be extraordinary. He loved to tell stories and to be with his friends, and more than anything he believed in human dignity and the power of the American ideal. Although he compromised, he never quit fighting for the equality that he knew America could achieve. So go see Lincoln, and remember how good we’ve got it because of one man and his determination to achieve equality in the American state.

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PRESIDENTIAL FIGURE: Daniel Day-Lewis stars as President Abraham Lincoln in the highly acclaimed film on his life.

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Top 10s for the week ending November 11 BOX OFFICE

Quote of the week “The passing of the medical marijuana initiative will have little immediate impact on colleges and universities in the Commonwealth, except for confusion in the student body,” --Dean of Student Life Rick Sawyer

1. Wreck-It Ralph 2. Flight 3. Argo 4. The Man With the Iron Fists 5. Taken 2 6. Cloud Atlas 7. Hotel Transylvania 8. Paranormal Activity 4 9. Here Comes the Boom 10. Silent Hill: Revelation

What do you think about the legalization of medicinal marijuana in Massachusetts?

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LATE NIGHT SKIES: Justice Photographer Jon Edelstein ’13 captured this photograph of an electric night sky during a summer storm in his hometown outside of Philadelphia last July.

Rebecca Ottinger ’15 “I think that medical marijuana should be legalized and is good to be legalized, but needs to be used in caution.”

Ryan Molloy ’16 “Along with the increased recreational use that will come from it, I think there are people who have diseases and it can [be used to] cope with the pain.”

Malika Imhotep ’15 “I think the one thing I can’t stop thinking ... is whether or not as a CA do I have to start asking people for their medical cards or prescriptions if I were to stumble upon something.”

ACROSS 1 Forest youngster 5 John Wesley’s relig.

9 Nueve menos dos 14 Canyon comeback 15 __-deucy 16 “Come on in” 17 Pre-calc course 18 Little vehicle 20 Fable writer 22 Western Australia’s capital 23 Little time 26 Salinger’s “With Love and Squalor” girl 30 Armoire feature 31 Beauty pageant accessories 33 Therapists’ org.

36 Was nosy 39 Friendship bracelet components 40 Little role 43 Molecular particles 44 Remote button with two vertical bars 45 Weight unit 46 City thoroughfare 48 “It’s been real, dahling” 50 Grandstand feature 51 Little break 56 Valuable holding 58 Guiding principle 60 Little type 65 Summer camp setting 66 Bamboo muncher 67 Manipulative sort 68 MGM symbol 69 __-craftsy 70 Silents star Naldi 71 Mine finds DOWN 1 Greek salad cheese 2 Real estate units 3 Rustling sound 4 Rotten to the core 5 Rock’s Fleetwood __ 6 Earth Day prefix 7 Arizona State’s city 8 High-strung 9 Religious offshoot 10 Where there are plenty of fish 11 List-shortening abbr.

12 Steeped beverage 13 Flub the shot, say 19 Weapons 21 Ask for a hand on one knee 24 __ Bora: Afghan region 25 Monica Lewinsky scandal figure Linda 27 Refuse to, quaintly 28 Rx managed care giant 29 German industrial city

CROSSWORD

Nonfiction 1. Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot — Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard 2. No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden — Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer 3. Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever ­— Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard 4. Bruce — Peter Ames Carlin 5. Rod ­— Rod Stewart

iTUNES

1. PSY — “Gangnam Style” 2. Rihanna — “Diamonds” 3. Bruno Mars — “Locked Out of Heaven” 4. Ke$ha — “Die Young” 5. Adele — “Skyfall”

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32 Side by side 33 “... and __ of thousands!”

34 Singer LaBelle or LuPone 35 Luigi’s love 37 Clean air org.

38 Tie during a tennis game 41 Green gems 42 “That is so not happening!”

47 Recipe amt.

49 Verdi opera with Desdemona 52 Encore presentation 53 Formal “Who’s there?” response 54 Illuminated studio sign 55 Black variety of 12-Down 57 Do in, as a vampire 59 Bills with Hamilton on them 60 Mud bath venue 61 Scratch or scuff, say 62 Picnic invader 63 Butterfly catcher 64 __-la-la

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“Editing Audibles”

By HENRY LOUGHLIN

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

Karina Ayala Casanova ’15 “I do think that legalizing marijuana in Massachusetts will definitely make an impact on Brandeis’ campus, simply because I feel like more students will have a doctor’s note stating that they do need it for medical reasons.”

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Fiction 1. The Racketeer — John Grisham 2. The Sins of the Mother — Danielle Steel 3. The Casual Vacancy — J.K. Rowling 4. The Panther — Nelson DeMille 5. Gone Girl — Gillian Flynn

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As I spend more time in the Justice office editing articles, I have found it necessary to entertain myself with music. Regardless of genre, I find songs with a steady, consistent tempo to be helpful in maintaining focus.

THE LIST 1. “Thrift Shop”—Macklemore 2. “Black Betty”—Ram Jam 3. “The A Team”—Ed Sheeran 4. “Stairway to Heaven”—Led Zeppelin 5. “Mrs. Robinson”—Simon and Garfunkel 6. “The Edge of Glory”—Lady Gaga 7. “Fire (Yes, Yes Y’all)”—Joe Budden 8. “Goin’ In (Skrillex Remix)” — Birdy Nam Nam 9. “Language”—Porter Robinson 10. “Flying Spaghetti Monster”— Doctor P

BASKETBALL PREVIEW SPECIAL

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

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Changing of the guards

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THE MEN

Squad looks to win with its experience ■ The men’s basketball team,

after two years of transition, look to prevail with a core of key players, including transfer point guard Gabe Moton ’14.

By JACOB MOSKOWITZ JUSTICE sTAFF WRITER

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AIRBORNE: Guard Ben Bartoldus ’14 leaps in front of an Emory defender last season.

Two seasons ago, the men’s basketball team featured a lineup of 10 first-years and anticipated a transition phase. Yet, the youthful team surprised in 2010-11, sporting a 19-9 record and an Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament championship.

The Judges expected to take their talents to the next level last season, but the team experienced a sophomore slump en route to a 13-12 mark.

Expectations are high again this season.

The team lost starting forward Vytas Kriskus ’12, the team’s leading scorer, and point guard Tyrone Hughes ’12, their leading assist man and floor general.

However, those former first-years—now a group of eight juniors—represent the new core.

“For the first two years, you spend a lot of time learning and understanding the game and the way coach [Brian Meehan] does things,” said forward Alex Stoyle ’14. “Now that most of us have been together for two seasons, I think everyone has a much better grasp on what we’re trying to do, how our offense and defense works.”

The biggest addition to the team this season is guard Gabe Moton ’14. Moton played two seasons as a reserve point guard for Boston College, a Division I program, before transferring to Brandeis this summer.

He started at point guard for the Judges in the team’s first exhibition game and will fill the void that Hughes left behind.

“Gabe has been adjusting well to learning a new system and he fits in well with the rest of the guys,” said Meehan.

“He gives us another experienced guard which is obviously very helpful. As he gets more and more comfortable, I expect him to be able to do many things.”

Meehan plans to feature a 13-man squad, 11 of whom are upperclassmen. The combination of versatility, depth and experience will make the team intriguing to watch “Our rotation is up in the air as [guard] Jay

Freeman ’13 and [forward] Alex Schmidt ’14, who both started in our first scrimmage, are now injured,” said Meehan. “It has been a very competitive preseason and in all honesty even with the two aforementioned injuries we are still juggling 13 guys and trying to give them all looks.”

“Depth is going to be important, as will versatility,” he continued. “Versatility always goes in favor of the upperclassmen, as they are much more comfortable within the system. The young guys are still learning so they tend to be a bit less versatile.”

Moton and Freeman provide the Judges with a quick starting backcourt that gets in the lane and finish at the rim.

Schmidt, guard Ben Bartoldus ’14 and center Youri Dascy ’14 should round out the starting lineup.

Bartoldus and Dascy both averaged a career high 10.7 points per game last season.

Freeman averaged 6.8 points in 16.6 minutes off the bench, while Moton scored 2.9 points per game in 15.8 minutes off the bench with the Eagles.

Schmidt averaged just 1.6 points per game last season but comes into this year with more experience. He will provide the team with a defensive presence inside the paint to complement Dascy.

The starting lineup for the Judges is versatile, but the depth of the bench will be the deciding factor this year. Guard Derek Retos ’14 scored 10.2 points per game last year, shooting at 46.4 percent from behind the three-point arc.

Guard Ruben Kanya ’14 played off the bench during his freshman year but lost playing time last season.

If he can build upon the performance from his freshman year, Kanya could contribute valuable minutes off the bench. Stoyle was injured at the outset of last season and played just 15 total games. As a big man off the bench, he should be a more steady scoring option and rebounder.

Athletes often use the first two years of their careers as an opportunity to learn the ins and outs of the system. Junior year is where it all comes together.

The Judges have the potential to compete for the University Athletic Association title and possibly make the NCAA Tournament.

However, it remains to be seen whether this potential results in success for the 201213 squad.

After two years, the squad is more ready than ever to make a run to the national championship.

JOSHUA LINTON/Justice File Photo

TO THE RIM: Forward Alex Schmidt ’14 looks for the easy basket.

YOUR GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION: Men’s Basketball Brandeis University

Case Western Reserve University

University of Chicago

Washington University in St. Louis

2011-12 campaign, head coach Brian Meehan will have a tough road ahead after losing guard Tyrone Hughes ’12 and forward Vytas Kriskus ’12 to graduation. He will look forward to featuring his newest recruit, guard Gabe Moton ’14, a Division-I recruit from Boston College, to lead the Judges’ offense in place of Hughes.

Key statistic: The Judges ranked second in the UAA by making 41.3 percent of their three-point shots.

campaign, the Spartans return four of their starters, including two All-University Athletic Association selections, and nine letterwinners. After featuring an all-freshmen starting lineup last season, and with a year of experience, coach Sean McDonnell should have high expectations for this squad’s potential.

Key statistic: The Spartans led the UAA with 116 blocked shots last season.

guard Matt Johnson and all-UAA honorable mention forward Tom Williams, went 14-11 last season but now face big holes both in the back and front court. The squad only features one senior, in forward Matt MacKenzie, so the squad will ultimately rely on their youth to carry them to success this season.

Key statistic: The Maroons finished second in the UAA with an imposing 213 three-pointers.

16 letterwinners and three starters from last year’s team, which posted a 20-7 overall record, and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Bears also captured their 11th UAA title last season. Under coach Mark Edwards, the squad returns senior all-UAA forward Chris Klimek and shooting guard Tim Cooney.

Key statistic: The Bears were second in the UAA with an average of 17.3 assists per game.

New York University

Emory University

University of Rochester

Carnegie Mellon University

more than a decade, head coach Joe Nesci will look to rebuild on a solid effort en route to the NCAA tournament. Senior guard Kyle Stockmal, after receiving second-team All-UAA honors, will return with senior forward Carl Yaffe to anchor the defense for the Violets.

Key statistic: The Violets recorded the most efficient field-goal percentage by scoring 50.1 percent of their shots.

paign for the Eagles, the squad will look to build on that performance en route to a UAA victory.

Leading the charge will be All-UAA forward Jake Davis, who scored in double figures in all 25 UAA games. The men’s squad was slotted as the No. 4 team in the D3.com poll.

Key statistic: The Eagles were first in the league in scoring offense last season with 84.1 points per game.

last year, the YellowJackets will return allUAA guard John DiBartolomeo, who averaged 19.4 points per game last season and caused havoc last year in the UAA. Senior forward Nate Vernon, averaging 12 points per game will also return along with an influx of six freshmen.

Key statistic: The YellowJackets scored 78 percent of their free throws to lead the UAA.

University men’s basketball team returns 11 letterwinners but also welcomes two new freshmen under head coach Tony Wingen. Junior shooting guard Rashaun Riley and junior guard Asad Meghani headline this balanced squad Key statistic: The Tartans were second in the UAA last season with 107 blocked shots.

2011-12 record: 13-12 (7-7 vs. UAA) What to watch for: After a lackluster finish to the

2011-12 record: 21-6 (9-5 vs. UAA) What to watch for: After the squad’s best season in

2011-12 record: 10-15 (2-12 vs. UAA) What to watch for: After a disappointing 2011-12

2011-12 record: 19-6 (8-6 vs. UAA) What to watch for: After an impressive 2011-12 cam-

2011-12 record: 14-11 (7-7 vs. UAA) What to watch for: UChicago, led by All-UAA senior

2011-12 record: 17-8 (8-6 vs. UAA) What to watch for: After improving to a 17-8 mark

2011-12 record: 20-7 (11-3 vs. UAA) What to watch for: Washington University returns

2011-12 record: 9-16 (4-10 vs. UAA) What to watch for: The 2012-13 Carnegie Mellon

—Adam Rabinowitz

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CK IN BUSINESS YOUR GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION: Women’s Basketball Brandeis University

2011-12 record: 9-16 (2-12 vs. UAA) What to watch for: Coach Carol Simon returns for her 26th

season as the squad faces an imposing rebuilding job after graduating senior shooting guards Morgan Kendrew and Dianna Cincotta. She looks to rebound from a dismaying 2011-12 campaign with a squad led by guard Hannah Cain ’15 and forward Kasey Dean ’14.

Key statistic: The Judges were third in the UAA with 1004 offensive rebounds.

Case Western Reserve University

2011-12 record: 15-10 (8-6 vs. UAA) What to watch for: Coming off their fourth winning season

in five years under coach Jennifer Reimer, the Spartans look poised to compete for the UAA title this season. Case notched its highest win total in ten seasons and look to return three starters, including two All-UAA selections. The Spartans will have to replace three-time All-UAA senior forward Erin Hollinger who led the UAA with 16.8 points per game and 46 blocked shots. Two-time all-UAA senior guards Evy Iacono and Erica Iafelice will look to fill the void in Hollinger’s place.

Key statistic: The Spartans ranked third in the UAA with 99 blocked shots.

University of Chicago

2011-12 record: 27-1 (14-0 vs. UAA) What to watch for: The Maroons, after earning another un-

defeated season in the UAA, will look to reestablish their dominance within the conference. However, they will have to manage without their two All-American guards, graduated Taylor Simpson and Morgan Herrick. The squad, however, returns two of its senior guards, Jenna Lillemoe and Maggie Ely, and also boasts a dynamic and youthful squad that will look to contend for the UAA title once more.

Key statistic: The Maroons dominated many offensive categories for the UAA last season, including scoring margin, field goal percentage, rebounding margin and assists total.

Emory University

20111-12 record: 18-7 (9-6 vs. UAA) What to watch for: After a successful season with a young

team, 13-year coach Christy Thomaskutty will have a more experienced team to lead this year as the Eagles try to climb the ranks of the UAA. The team return Honorable Mention All-America, First-Team All America and D3hoops.com Honorable Mention Hannah Lilly, who led the team with 19 points per game and a formidable seven rebounds per game.

Key statistic: Last season, the Eagles topped the UAA with 11.9 steals per game, 2.2 more than the next team.

New York University

2011-12 record: 10-15 (2-12 vs. UAA) What to watch for: After a disappointing season against a

tough UAA field, the Violets are without head coach Stefano Trompeo. The squad suffered huge losses in graduating five seniors, including Second-Team All-UAA guard Bianca Storts as well as senior guards and co-captains Tana Bertino and Cara Bonito. Senior center Makenzie Hirz and junior forward Alexis Doherty will look to fill the void for NYU. Key statistic: The Violets ranked third in UAA competition with 110 three-point field goals.

University of Rochester

2011-12 record: 19-6 (8-6 vs. UAA) What to watch for: The YellowJackets are coming off their

third straight NCAA Division III playoff appearance and will look to use a strong frontcourt to make it three in a row. The squad only boasts two seniors—forward Amy Woods and guard Kristyn Wright—in a lineup that should feature prominently in Rochester’s future plans.

Key statistic: The YellowJackets led the UAA in free-throw percentage after making 75.5 percent of its shots.

Washington University in St. Louis

2011-12 record: 21-6 (10-4 vs. UAA) What to watch for: The Bears, after a successful second-place

finish in the UAA, were ranked ninth in the D3Hoops.com preseason Top-25 poll. Led by senior forward Kristin Anda, an All-UAA honorable mention, the squad returns four starters in an attempt to advance to their 24th consecutive NCAA berth.

Key statistic: The Bears were second in the UAA with 107 blocked shots, averaging an imposing mark of four blocks per game.

Carnegie Mellon University

2011-12 record: 9-16 (3-11 vs. UAA) What to watch for: The Tartans will look to rebound from

a disappointing season as they return four of their five starters, including D3Hoops.com All-Great Lakes Regional Honoree senior forward Emily Peel, who averaged 15.4 points per game and 9.1 rebounds. The squad also returns junior forward Jacquie Shaw to anchor the frontcourt.

Key statistic: The Tartans led the league in blocked shots last season with an impressive 110 blocks, averaging out at 4.4 blocks per game.

—Adam Rabinowitz

THE WOMEN

Youth strive to lead the Judges ■ The women’s basketball

team will look to rebuild after graduating its two top offensive players.

By BEN FREUDMAN JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

The women’s basketball team will enter the 2012-13 season with an entirely new outlook. Guards Morgan Kendrew ’12 and Dianna Cincotta ’11, MA ’12, the offensive leaders for the Judges in 2012, have graduated, and the squad will look to wipe the slate clean after a disappointing 9-16 campaign last year.

The chief concern this year for the women’s basketball team will be to excel during a transition season.

Coach Carol Simon, returning to the helm of the Judges for her 26th season, seeks to finish the rebuilding project for a squad, which, just four years ago, was ranked No. 11 in the USA Today Division III poll and made its run to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.

The Judges soared to a 7-4 start last season, and as winter recess and University Athletic Association competition approached, they looked to make a statement in conference play.

However, the Judges lost 12 of their last 14 game and appeared sluggish offensively and defensively. They conceded 63.7 points per game in that span, while shooting 24 percent from behind the three-point arc. The squad also only scored 52.8 points per game, a four-point decrease from the 2011-12 season.

Yet, Simon said that defense will be more central to the team’s success than the offense for the Judges this season.

“We must focus on defense as one of our main priorities if we want to win this season,” she noted.

Simon has used this formula for success in past years. In 2008-2009, when Simon and All-American Jessica Chapin ’10 led Brandeis to the NCAA Division III Tournament, the team held opponents to 54.0 points per game in their wins.

JOSHUA LINTON/Justice File Photo

GROUP HUDDLE: The 2011-12 squad regroups before the start to its season last November.

Two years ago, Brandeis allowed just 56.2 points per game. Last season, that number swelled to 58.9 points per game. The ability to defend and limit offensive options for opposing teams will figure prominently into the Judges’ success this season.

Simon noted that the team, especially with an infusion of first-years, need to emerge as a cohesive unit.

“We need to maintain a strong discipline,” she said. “Our record is obviously something we are looking to improve on, but we should be more focused on being consistent and having a disciplined team.”

However, in light of the returns of guard Hannah Cain ’15 and forwards Samantha Anderson ’13 and Erika Higginbottom ’13, mentoring the new class will be crucial to the team’s success. Cain, after earning 6.4 points per game in her first collegiate season, look to lead an offense that graduated Kendrew and Cincotta.

After recording 5.8 rebounds per game last season, Anderson will seek to dominate the boards for the Judges. Higginbottom, following a season in which she started 21 games and earned four rebounds per game, will look to assist Anderson in the paint this season.

The Judges will also face the imposing challenge of University Athletic Association opponents. The squad went 2-12 record in conference play last season, and in the past two seasons, won six out of 28 games.

The Judges open the 2012-13 campaign with a four-game homestand.

The squad will look to capitalize in the Judges Classic this Saturday against Mitchell College followed by games against Babson College and Emmanuel College.

However, finishing the season on a high note will be just as important.

The squad will face UAA opponents in its last 14 games.

Simon noted that to succeed this season, the team must practice hard and strive to improve in each game.

“Our goal is to get better every day,” she said. “We are focused on the process and by doing this the outcomes should be positive.”

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HOOP VISION: Forward Nicolina Vitale ’14 puts up a layup in a loss to WashU on Feb. 17.

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International aspirations

The Judges headed to Europe for a preseason stint in Croatia.

By JEFFREY BOXER JUSTICE EDITOR

In 1999, men’s basketball coach Brian Meehan took his Salem State University team to the Final Four after a preseason swing through Spain. He took the Judges to Italy eight years later, and they went to the Elite Eight. For Meehan, international tours have led to some of the most successful of his 16 seasons as a coach. He is hoping to duplicate that success this season, after bringing the Judges on a 12day trip to Croatia this past August.

“We’ve found these trips to be very helpful in springboarding our season,” Meehan said. “Typically speaking, we’ve had excellent years following these trips.”

The Judges won two of their three games in Croatia. The squad lost to KK Sabok in the final match, a contest that forward Alex Stoyle ’14 said was pretty heated, especially toward the end of the game.

“The last game was really competitive,” he said. “We were getting in some tussles with the other team.

It was pretty intense. Both teams wanted to win, and we were excited to represent our country. We were [there] from the U.S. and those teams had never played against a team from the U.S., so it was great.”

For Meehan, the important aspect of the trip was centered not on the results, but around the atmosphere that the team faced overseas.

“We played in adversity, playing

in Croatia,” he said. “You’re not going to get any calls over there. You learn to stop looking for excuses and start looking for answers, how do we solve this problem? We had to learn how to adapt.”

The trip also allowed the team to bond, getting to know each other in an unfamiliar environment lacking the distractions of Waltham.

“Even though they’ve been together for a couple of years, it’s amazing hearing the conversations that they’re having on the buses and such, learning about each other’s families,” Meehan said. “They really start to understand each other a bit more, and I really think that’s a big part of the success that we’ve had following these trips.”

Meehan brought 11 players with

him on the trip, including two seniors, eight juniors and one sophomore. National Collegiate Athletic Association rules prohibit players from going on such a trip before having played with the team, meaning that first-year players, two walk-ons and guard Gabriel Moton ’14, a transfer from Boston College, were unable to travel. Center Wouter van der Eng ’13 stayed behind to train for his job as a community advisor.

Despite missing the trip, the players who stayed stateside haven’t missed a beat. “[Moton] is right where he should be,” forward Ishmael Kalilou ’15 said. “The freshman struggle from time-to-time, but they are doing a good job of learning.”

“Basketball-wise, I wouldn’t say they’re behind at all,” Stoyle added.

Meehan’s Salem State squad appeared in the 2000 NCAA Final Four, where the Vikings eventually finished in third. The Judges’ 2007 swing through Italy might have moved past the Elite Eight had star forward Steve Deluca ’08, MA ’09 not gotten injured.

Will this year’s team find similar success? It’s too early to tell, and the coach said that nothing can be taken for granted. But Meehan is confident that the team is ready for the new season.

“I think we’ve found the leaders that we need, and I think this team can make the NCAA Tournament,” he said. “Once we’re there, anything can happen.”

PHOTO COURTESY OF ADAM LEVIN

EUROTRIP: The men’s basketball team won two of three games in Croatia this summer, only losing the final match to KK Sabok, as part of a road trip to foster chemistry and prepare for another rigorous season.

Schedules for this season’s games Men’s games

Nov. 17 at Rhode Island College 1:00 p.m.

Nov. 20 UMass Dartmouth 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 24 Tufts

7:00 p.m.

Nov. 25 Salem State or Babson TBA Nov. 27 Clark 5:30 p.m.

Dec. 1 at Becker 3:00 p.m.

Dec. 4 at Lasell 8:00 p.m.

Dec. 5 MCLA 7:00 p.m.

Dec. 8 at Amherst 3:00 p.m.

Dec. 11 at Framingham State

8:00 p.m.

Dec. 29 at Bates 2:00 p.m.

Jan. 5 NYU

3:00 p.m.

Jan. 11 Carnegie Mellon 8:00 p.m.

Jan. 13 Case 12:00 p.m.

Jan. 18 at Chicago 9:00 p.m.

Jan. 20 at WashU 1:00 p.m.

Jan. 25 at Emory

8:00 p.m.

Jan. 27 at Rochester 12:00 p.m.

Feb. 1 Emory 8:00 p.m.

Feb. 3 Rochester 12:00 p.m.

Feb. 8 at Carnegie Mellon 8:00 p.m.

Feb. 10 at Case

12:00 p.m.

Feb. 15 Chicago 8:00 p.m.

Feb. 17 WashU 11:00 a.m.

Feb. 23 at NYU 3:00 p.m.

Women’s games Nov. 17 Mitchell 2:00 p.m.

Nov. 18 Springfield or Trinity TBA

Nov. 20 Babson

5:30 p.m.

Nov. 25 at Tufts 2:00 p.m.

Nov. 27 Emmanuel 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 1 at Daniel Webster 1:00 p.m.

Dec. 3 at UMass Dartmouth 6:00 p.m.

Dec. 6 Endicott

7:00 p.m.

Dec. 8 Roger Williams 1:00 p.m.

Dec. 11 Simmons 7:00 p.m.

Dec. 31 Husson 1:00 p.m.

Jan. 5 NYU

1:00 p.m.

Jan. 11 Carnegie Mellon 6:00 p.m.

Jan. 13 Case 2:00 p.m.

Jan. 18 at Chicago 7:00 p.m.

Jan. 20 at WashU 3:00 p.m.

Jan. 25 at Emory 6:00 p.m.

Jan. 27 at Rochester 2:00 p.m.

Feb. 1 Emory 6:00 p.m.

Feb. 3 Rochester 2:00 p.m.

Feb. 8 at Carnegie Mellon 6:00 p.m.

Feb. 10 at Case 2:00 p.m.

Feb. 15 Chicago 6:00 p.m.

Feb. 17 WashU 1:00 p.m.

Feb. 23 NYU

1:00 p.m.