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Workers agree on new contract ■ The Dining Workers and
Aramark employees have been negotiating since May. By HILLEL BUECHLER and DANIELLE GROSS JUSTICE EDITOR and CONTRIBUTING writer
Yesterday, unionized Dining Services workers voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new five-year contract after months of negotiations between Aramark and Unite HERE Local 26, according to Dana
■ Nick Rodis transformed
Brandeis sports and served as director of Athletics for 17 years.
Simon, an organizing director with Unite HERE, in an interview with the Justice. While a tentative agreement on the contract was reached early Thursday morning between Unite HERE Local 26, the union that represents the dining workers, and Aramark, the contract was not formally accepted until yesterday’s vote, which took place in the International Lounge. Workers could arrive and place their votes between 2 and 5 p.m. Negotiations began May 26 and
were originally supposed to have been settled by the last day of June, when the contract was set to expire. However, the settlement was halted until recently due to a disagreement over health insurance coverage, said Simon last month. Instead, the workers operated under the old contract until a new one was agreed upon. Simon said in an interview with the Justice that 98.6 percent of the unionized workers voted in favor of the new contract and that it includes “very important protections
… that will mean greater respect for the workers.” Among some of the changes in the contract voted upon were retroactive wage increases, revised health insurance terms and overall policy changes to benefit the University dining workers. At the meeting on Thursday, it was decided that the workers would be entitled to the Unite HERE Trust Fund Food Service Health Plan, which will be effective January 1.
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Nick Rodis, Brandeis’ director of Athletics from 1967 to 1984, died last Friday at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital at the age of 87. “He was the guy who turned Brandeis Athletics around,” men’s soccer coach Mike Coven said. “Prior to him, they were awful. The University didn’t really care much or put any importance on college athletics. He came in, and by the mid-1970s we might have had the best all-around Division III program in the country. … And that’s when people in the University realized the importance of college athletics and the positive rewards that a good athletics department could bring to Brandeis.” Rodis, an inductee to the Brandeis Athletics Hall of Fame in 2000, helped found seven women’s varsity sports during his time at the school. He also was at the helm of the University’s only two NCAA Division III Championships, which were won by the men’s soccer team in 1976 and the men’s cross country squad in 1983. In to-
Dukakis speaks on political climate ■ Former Governor
Dukakis discussed recent developments in politics and government. By JONATHAN EPSTEIN JUSTICE STAFF WRITER
Michael Dukakis, the former Governor of Massachusetts and the 1988 Democratic presidential nominee, spoke in the Carl J. Shapiro Theater Wednesday evening, recounting his past in politics and views on a medley of current issues at an event sponsored by the Brandeis Democrats. He began with a brief speech exhorting students to consider a career in government. “I hope every single one of you here is seriously thinking about a career in public service and a career in politics,” he said, before launching into the story of his path to higher office. He reflected on the sacrifices made by his parents. “Who was I?” he asked. The “son of immigrants. Both of my parents came to this country. Both of them did extraordinarily well,” he continued. According to Dukakis, his father immigrated to America in 1912 without “a nickel in his pockets,” and Dukakis’ uncles worked in the textile mills in Lawrence and Lowell, Mass. Twelve years later, Dukakis’ father graduated from Harvard Medical School, and his mother was the first Greek-American woman to go to college in American history, according to Dukakis. He credited his initial success in Brookline, Mass. town politics to his willingness to go door-to-door, personally meeting and talking with voters and developing personal relations with them. He joked that many of his constituents voted for him because they thought he was Jewish. Dukakis blamed many of the Demo-
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SUCCESS STORY: The former Massachusetts governor reflected on both his parents’ accomplisments and his own achievements. cratic losses in the 2010 congressional election on the candidates’ failure to instill a similar grassroots campaign. Dukakis blamed himself for his loss to George H. W. Bush in 1988. With his voice rising, he said, “I owe you all an apology, for God’s sake.
If I had beaten Bush I, you would have never heard of Bush II, and we wouldn’t be in this mess. So it’s all my fault.” He expressed the same regret in an interview with Katie Couric at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. During a lengthy question-and-
answer session, Dukakis expressed his displeasure with a slew of recent domestic developments. He called the Citizens United ruling by the Supreme Court on corporate free speech an “outrageous decision” and Mitt Romney “a fraud” with a
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Pelosi says Senator Brown’s wisecrack shows he’s “clueless”
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WASHINGTON D.C.—House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that Sen. Scott Brown’s wisecrack about Democratic rival Elizabeth Warren shows he is clueless about women. During a Democratic primary debate Tuesday, Warren was asked about Brown’s decision to pose nude in a magazine during law school. Asked how she paid for college, Warren said she kept her clothes on. “Thank God,” Brown laughed during a radio interview about the comment afterward. He later said he was joking. Nonetheless, Pelosi said Brown should take that comment back. “I thought it spoke volumes about how clueless Sen. Brown is,” the California Democrat said on ABC’s This Week. “It really spoke volumes about, really, disrespect for women he may not even realize.” Democrats hope to oust Brown from the Senate seat once held by Ted Kennedy. The freshman senator has defended his decision to pose for the magazine, saying modeling was his best opportunity to pay for school. “Let them throw stones. I did what I had to do,” Brown added. “But not for having that opportunity, I never would have been able to pay for school.” Brown attended Tufts University and Boston College Law School, both private universities. Warren, a Harvard law professor and consumer advocate, attended the University of Houston and received a law degree from Rutgers University, both of which are public schools. Warren, speaking to reporters Thursday afternoon, tried to take Brown’s remark in stride. “I’ll survive a few jabs from Scott Brown over my appearance,” she said.
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Oct. 3—A female in the Bernstein-Marcus Administration Center who felt faint and dizzy, requested medical assistance. An ambulance transported the party to the NewtonWellesley Hospital. Oct. 3—A doctor in the Mailman House called University Police to request an ambulance for a student to be transported to the Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Oct. 4—A student in Renfield Hall fell and injured his knee. University Police and BEMCo responded; the party was treated on-scene with a signed refusal for further care. Oct. 5—University Police received a complaint of a female feeling ill in Ziv l 128. The BEMCo staff member on-scene requested an ambulance, and the party was transported to the NewtonWellesley Hospital. Oct. 5—A party notified
University Police that a male student was down on the sidewalk near the Epstein building. BEMCo was notified, but the male student was playing a prank. No further action was taken. Oct. 6—A reporting party states that a worker in the Goldfarb Library vomited after giving blood. BEMCo and an ambulance were notified, but the vomiting party refused care upon the arrival of the ambulance. Oct. 8—University Police received a report of a student feeling ill on the Great Lawn. BEMCo treated the party on-scene with a signed refusal for further care. Oct. 8—A student who was feeling queasy in the Shapiro Campus Center rerequested BEMCo. BEMCo requested an ambulance to transport the stu-
dent to the Newton-Wellesley Hospital.
Miscellaneous
Oct. 6—A student in the Foster Mods reported that a man was standing by a car in the Foster Residence Lot. University Police checked the area, but the suspicious party was gone upon their arrival. University Police reported that everything appeared to be in order in the area.
Larceny
Oct. 7—A party in the Shapiro Residence Hall left his wallet in his room around 3 a.m., and the wallet, along with $300 in cash, was gone when he returned the next morning. The room was not secured; University Police compiled a report on the theft. —compiled by Marielle Temkin
Park announces chairs of Senate committees
FLORENCE, Ky.—Manufacturing technology graduates are in high demand in northern Kentucky. Gateway Community and Technical College opened its Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Florence just over a year ago, but it is still not meeting demand from area companies, according to The Kentucky Enquirer. The school has about 115 manufacturing technology graduates a year, but officials acknowledge that manufacturers need 300 or more. Gateway President Ed Hughes says the school is “moving as fast as we can.’’ Tool maker Mazak, which is having trouble finding enough trained workers, is looking at options to expand locally and around the world. Mike Vogt, vice president for human resources, said the lack of enough graduates has led to “a little bit of the frustration out there in the manufacturing community.’’ “Gateway has come to manufacturers and said, ‘Tell us what we need to do,’’’ Vogt said. “But you have to go recruit. You have to market yourself. It’s a good facility. The problem is that we need to see it full.’’ Hughes said the center is working to get to full capacity. Gateway Board Chairman Rick Jordan, a vice president at LSI Graphic Solutions Plus, said finding students to enter the programs is the problem. “Gateway has the facility,’’ Jordan said. “We’ve got the courses and all that. What we have is a pipeline issue.’’ Hughes said one problem is the perception of manufacturing as a contracting industry with grimy work. “We need to get parents and kids in here so they can see all the high-tech equipment,” he said. “Then they’ll start to think, ‘I could be interested in this.’ That’s why we built it.” The difficulty in training enough manufacturing workers is common throughout the country, and community colleges are at the forefront of the solution.
CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS
n The Brandeis Talks Back feature in Forum included a picture of Hannah Simms ’14 accompanying a quotation from Clair Weatherby ’12. The photo should have been of Weatherby. (Oct. 4, pg. 6) n An article in Arts misspelled the name of Indian henna and an Indian type of music. Indian henna is spelled mehndi, not mandhi, and the type of music is sangeet, not sungeep. (Oct. 4, pg. 16) The Justice welcomes submissions for errors that warrant correction or clarification. Email editor@ thejustice.org.
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BOSTON—Massachusetts lawmakers are embarking on what they’re calling a “listening tour” this coming week to seek out ideas to help jump start job growth in the state. While Massachusetts’ unemployment rate stands at 7.4 percent, well below the national rate of 9.1 percent, state leaders say that’s still too high. Lawmakers said the goal of the series of public hearings is to solicit testimony from businesses, hiring agencies and workers throughout the commonwealth to learn about what political leaders can do to increase job creation and help Massachusetts maintain its competitive edge. The Legislature’s Jobs Creation Commission is co-chaired by Sen. Karen Spilka, an Ashland Democrat, and Rep. Joseph Wagner, a Democrat from Chicopee. The first hearing is scheduled for Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Holyoke Transportation Center.
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Northern Kentucky manufacturers looking for more graduates
n An article in News about the Occupy Wall Street protests misspelled the given name of a student that attended one of the protests. She is Hanna Wellish ’12, not Hannah Wellish. (Oct. 4, pg. 3)
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Exploring Archeology
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Prof. Andrew J. Koh (CLAS) speaks at the third annual Brandeis Archeology Symposium, which was sponsored by the Anthropology Department. It featured presentations of field work, research and laboratory analysis approaches from graduate students and faculty.
Student Union Treasurer Dan Lee ’12 reported to the Union Senate on the recent Finance Board fall marathon allocations. According to Lee, F-Board allocated 50.3 percent of requested funds on average. “I thought that was pretty good,” he said. According to Lee, the Senate is allocated a combined $22,500 for the fall and spring semesters. “Another important thing with clubs, one of the biggest problems now is that … it’s easy for clubs to be created. I feel like you guys just gave an OK for … Global Medical Brigades. I don’t know, there was like a rumor where someone cried so you guys gave them an OK because of that. … I just heard that around campus,” said Lee. “It’s insulting to suggest that the reason we allowed a club to go through is because a girl was crying. That’s completely untrue,” said Senator for the Class of 2012 Missy Skolnik. Student Union President Herbie Rosen ’12 also reported to the Senate. Rosen said he will be going this Friday with students from Students for Environmental Action and senators to visit the Sid Wainer & Son produce company and investigate sustainable, or “real” food at Brandeis. Executive Senator Shekeyla Caldwell ’14 initially proposed a Senate Money Resolution for refreshments at Senate meetings, totaling up to $100 for the semester. Caldwell retracted the SMR before it was presented. Union Vice President Gloria Park ’13 also announced the chairs of senate committees. Senator at Large Evyn Rabinowitz ’12 will chair the diversity committee, Skolnik the services committee, Village Quad Senator Ben Beutel ’12 the social justice committee, Rosby KomeMensah ’14 the ways and means committee, Caldwell the club support committee and Boris Osipov ’13 the outreach committee. Eighteen senators were present at the meeting.
ANNOUNCEMENTS Teach for China information session
Learn more about the only long-term service initiative to pair future leaders from both nations. Teach For China is an innovative nonprofit organization working to address educational inequality in China by enlisting the most promising future leaders in the effort. Teach For China recruits, trains and supports top graduates from China and the United States to work side-by-side as full-time teachers in China’s most under-resourced schools. Today from noon to 1 p.m. in the Hiatt Career Center.
Study Abroad information session
Navigating the off-campus study process and finding the best study program for you can be challenging, but fear not! The Office of Study Abroad is here to help. Each of the Study Abroad Information Sessions is designed to give you an overview of the offcampus study process at Brandeis including: tips for researching programs and destinations, the application process, getting credit for your work off campus, financial aid and resources and services our office provides.
Attending a general information session is mandatory for students wishing to study off campus for the semester or academic year. After you have attended an information session, we welcome you to set up an appointment with a member of the study abroad staff. Today from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge.
Career forum workshop
Make the most of your opportunity to meet company representatives at the Biotech, Healthcare and Science Forum, which is happening on Oct. 18. Learn how to research agencies in advance, participate in the information round tables and develop questions and responses that set you apart—essential preparation for this great career event. Tomorrow from noon to 1 p.m. in the Hiatt Career Center.
Proposal writing workshop
Whether you’re applying for the Sorensen Fellowship or any other opportunity, this workshop is for you. The workshop will offer specific suggestions about how to best present your ideas and how to write a compelling
proposal. It’s particularly valuable for those who have submitted a preliminary application for the Sorensen Fellowship, but all are welcome. For more information, students can visit the 2012 Sorensen Fellowship application materials at www.brandeis.edu/ethics. This event is sponsored by the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life. Tomorrow from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. in the Reading Room of the Mandel Center for the Humanities 303.
Graduate school Thursday
Considering graduate school? Meet with Hiatt’s pre-law and graduate school advisor for 15-minute drop-in appointments and connect with admissions reps from various graduate schools & programs each week. Thursday from 2 to 4:30 p.m. in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium.
Roosevelt Fellows in Massell Quad
Roosevelt Fellows will come to Massell Quad to lead a presentation about academics for first-year students. Thursday from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in the Shapiro Residence Hall Lounge.
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The University has begun to search in earnest for a new director of the Rose Art Museum following a settlement of the Rose lawsuit this summer, Director of the Office of the Arts Scott Edmiston announced at the faculty meeting last Thursday. The Rose has not had an official director since 2009, when the University did not renew former Director Michael Rush’s contract. Since Rush’s exit, Director of Operations Roy Dawes has filled the role. Edmiston, who is also the chair of the search committee, explained at the faculty meeting that former Provost Marty Krauss asked him to chair the committee for a new director in 2010 but that the committee’s “hands were tied” until final decisions were made regarding sales of the artwork. In January 2009, in the midst of the University’s financial crisis, then-University President Jehuda Reinharz and the Board
of Trustees voted to close the museum and sell all artwork. This decision induced a controversial reaction that ultimately resulted in a lawsuit filed by Meryl Rose, Jonathan Lee, Lois Foster and Gerald Fineberg, all members of the Rose Board of Overseers. University President Frederick Lawrence and the plaintiffs settled the lawsuit this summer with the stipulations that the museum will remain open to the public; be professionally staffed and committed to “collecting, preserving, studying and exhibiting fine art;” hire a director with expertise in modern and contemporary art; and that the University will have no plans or intent to sell of any of the artwork, according to the settlement agreement. “Happily, President Lawrence brought that chapter to a close last summer, and we began our search,” Edmiston said at the meeting. The goal of the search is to “restore the arts to a place of confidence with the University’s identity,” said Edmiston. “I see the search as being not just another staff hire. I believe it is a symbolic step forward … [in] reclaiming our place as a beacon for art and culture,” he told the faculty. According to BrandeisNOW, the committee is composed of 13 members, including two stu-
dents, Meryl Feinstein ’12 and Rebecca Ulm ’11; a graduate student in Studio Art; three staff members; Vice President for Planning and Institutional Research Daniel Feldman; Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Michaele Whelan; Amy Silberstein of the Office of Development and Alumni Relations; three faculty members: Prof. Jonathan Unglaub (FA); Prof. Susan Lichtman (FA); John Lisman (BIOL); and Robin Feuer Miller, the Edytha Macy Gross Professor of Humanities. Stephen J. Reiner ’61, a member of the board of trustees and chairman of the board of overseers, and Lois Foster, a member of the Rose Board of Overseers, are also serving on the committee, as is Jock Reynolds, an artist and the Henry J. Heinz II Director of the Yale University Art Gallery. The committee also has an advisory board consisting of alumni prominent in the arts world, including Gary Tinterow ’76, curator of 19th-century, modern and contemporary art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Kim Rorschach ’78, director of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University; and Adam Weinberg ’77, director of the Whitney Museum of American Art. —Andrew Wingens contributed reporting.
CIO candidates down to 10 ■ The search committee
expects to have a list of three or four candidates in the coming weeks. By ANDREW WINGENS JUSTICE EDITOR
The search committee for the next vice provost for Library and Technology Services and chief information officer has narrowed the field of candidates to a group of 10 individuals, said co-chair of the committee Prof. Ann Koloski-Ostrow (CLAS) at the faculty meeting last Thursday. The 10 “semi-finalists” are a “good mix of people with very strong library experience and with some very strong [Information Technologies] experience and some with both,” said Koloski-Ostrow. The committee will hold a series of interviews this week, and they expect three or four candi-
dates to emerge from the group of 10 for the next round of consideration. “What they have in common … are ... strong leadership skills, a sense of creativity and vision,” said Koloski-Ostrow at the faculty meeting. “Our committee felt strongly that the candidates should have had, in the course of their careers, some exposure to higher education.” The search firm Isaacson, Miller, will perform subsequent background checks on the finalists, and the candidates will be invited back in early November for another round of interviews. The committee will then recommend candidates and arrange interviews with Provost Steve Goldstein ’78 and other senior leaders. A final choice is expected between the middle and end of December. Whoever is hired “will find here at Brandeis a very strong staff with tremendous expertise,
and we think that is going to be a great selling point for the candidates that we will be interviewing,” said Koloski-Ostrow. Perry Hanson, who announced his resignation last fall, currently serves as the vice provost for Library and Technology Services and chief information officer and will do so until a successor is announced. Following Hanson’s announcement, the Library and Technology Services Advisory Committee was asked “to examine succession planning and issues related to future LTS leadership,” according to a Feb. 10 campuswide email from University President Frederick Lawrence. The report concluded that “Library and Technology Services should remain a merged organization [and] the LTS leader should report to the Provost.” The report also suggested that a “national search” be conducted for the next CIO.
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ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION: Larry Gibson encouraged a transition to clean energy.
Gibson cites risks of mountaintop removal ■ Larry Gibson has been
fighting to end mountaintop removal on his land in West Virginia for over 20 years. By ERICA COOPERBERG JUSTICE STAFF WRITER
Last Tuesday, Board President of the Keeper of the Mountains Foundation Larry Gibson lectured in the Polaris Lounge, discussing the Appalachian area’s destruction through mountaintop removal and encouraging people to get involved to help end it and transition to clean energy. The event was primarily hosted by Students for Environmental Action and the Environmental Health and Social Justice Justice Brandeis Semester, with the additional interest and support of other clubs. Mountaintop removal, a type of mining involving removing the upper layers of a mountain to gain easier access to coal, is a widely used method in the Appalachian Mountains. Gibson, who was raised in West Virginia on Kayford Mountain and still lives on the same land, has been fighting a battle to end it for over 20 years. Gibson recalled when the coal-extraction process first began near his home and how easily he thought it could be halted: “I figure I’ll tell people [to spread the word and stop it], and in six months we’ll get this fixed. … It’s been the longest six months of my life.” He claimed that the mining industry has destroyed 544 mountain ranges in Appalachia thus far. Gibson described the encroachment on his 50 acres of land—he is currently “enveloped [by] more than 7,500 acres of destruction of what was previously a forested mountain range,” according to mountainjustice.org. However he expressed more fervent concern about the lasting health effects of the process. “I wasn’t used to this air when I got up here,” Gibson said, referring to the Massachusetts air being cleaner than that of his hometown. “You have a better chance living 10 years more here than [in West Virginia] because of the pollution.” He also noted the clear streams he observed while traveling across Massachusetts, explaining that the last time he’d seen such clear waters back home was when he was a boy, about 50 years ago. Gibson also noted the environ-
mental impacts and referenced facts from mountainjustice.org, including that, even after the reclamation of mountains affected by mountaintop removal, “full reforestation [back to their original, natural states] actually takes hundreds of years.” He also explained that in Appalachia, the health risks are simply glossed over. “Down there, what’s mine-waste material up here is hazardous-waste material.” Despite the positive encouragement he received from the 18,000 people who have visited his home over the years to see the destruction first-hand, Gibson said that his views are not always received favorably. “Just before I began this trip up here [to the Northeast], I had 11 of my cabins broken into and everything destroyed,” he said. “Aren’t we supposed to be a civilized nation? Why are we still destroying our people? … Why are we still using … coal?” he asked. He suggested trying to use more environmentally-friendly forms of energy, such as wind-powered energy. “If you don’t like a windmill, you can turn it down. If you don’t like what they do to a mountain, you can’t put it back,” he said. Liza Ansher ’13, who attended the lecture, said that Gibson’s talk was eye-opening. “I never really knew the environmental problems of mountaintop [removal],” she said in an interview with the Justice. She added that the event was a “good introduction” to the issue, since as a student in the Environmental Health and Social Justice JBS, she will travel to Kentucky where she and her class will see the effects of mountaintop removal firsthand. Prof. Laura Goldin (AMST), who is the chair of Environmental Studies and teaches the Environmental Health and Social Justice JBS, said in an interview with the Justice that she thought Gibson’s talk was a “great preview” for the upcoming Kentucky trip, during which she and her students intend to take him up on his challenge to take environmental action. She said that, for example, the group will be doing “some water testing to look at the effect on the water supply from mountain top removal.” Gibson concluded on a note of encouragement, urging students and faculty to make their voices heard. “Stop talking; start acting, or the ones behind you won’t have a chance. … If it can happen to me, it can happen to y’all.”
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The Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry commemorated the 70th anniversary of Babi Yar in a symposium last Wednesday. Babi Yar is a ravine in Kiev, Ukraine, where the largest mass murder of Soviet Jews during World War II took place from Sept. 29 to 30, 1941. In addition to commemorating the 70th anniversary of the massacre, Prof. ChaeRan Freeze (NEJS) said that the symposium was organized to bring together scholars and “begin a conversation” about the event; she also hoped to “honor [the victims’] memory and existence and how they suffered.” The symposium was co-sponsored by the Sarnat Canter for the Study of Anti-Jewishness, the BrandeisGenesis Institute for Russian Jewry, the Center for German and European Studies and the Brandeis Russian Club. It was held in the International Lounge in the Usdan Student Center. The event began with an introduction by Freeze in which she read an excerpt from a poem by Olga Anstei, who was a young Jewish woman in Kiev at the time. She “escaped the carnage but remained haunted” by the mass murder at Babi Yar. In the poem, Anstei refers to Babi Yar as a “most terrible place of terrible places.” Babi Yar became a symbol, Freeze said, of “the reawakening of Jewish identities and collective mourning” for the Jews and of “rejection of anti-Semitism and protest against Soviet repression” for the Soviet intelligentsia. The goal of the symposium was to “explore Babi Yar through different lenses,” continued Freeze. Speakers at the event included Freeze; Dr. Karel C. Berkhoff, senior researcher at the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies; Gennady Estraikh, associate professor of Yiddish Studies at New York University; Alice Nakhimovsky, professor of Russian and Jewish Studies at Colgate University; and Olga Litvak, who holds the Leffell Chair in Modern Jewish History at Clark University. Berkhoff discussed the event in greater historical depth. In June 1941, he said, one quarter of Kiev residents were Jews; it was the first large city where the Nazis killed all Jews, he continued. Word of other mass killings in the surrounding area had reached Kiev, Berkhoff continued. “We will probably never know which sentiment prevailed among the Jews, but I think mortal fear is a good candidate,” he said. On the massacre itself, Berkhoff
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OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE: Estraikh discussed the difficulty of dealing with the lack of resistance from victims of the massacre. said that the Jews would have had little doubt that they were about to be killed. “The Germans demanded [the Jews’] documents and burned them before their own eyes,” he explained. “The shooting began at 10 in the morning and lasted until 5 or 6 p.m.,” he said, and continued again the following morning. According to Berkhoff, killings at the site continued until late October. When asked if Babi Yar is taught in schools, Berkhoff said that it is represented in Ukrainian textbooks as a tragedy, a word choice that he does not think is fitting because it does not imply human actions. Estraikh then said that many of his students, who were mostly Jewish and mostly had American education, had never heard of Babi Yar. “On this side of the Atlantic,” he said that Babi Yar is discussed mainly in academic settings. Due primarily to censorship in the Soviet Union, “before 1961, Babi Yar simply couldn’t enter the domain of public knowledge,” Estraikh explained. He continued, discussing how it was an “ideologi-
cally difficult issue for the Jews,” because of the lack of resistance. Unlike most mass murders during the Holocaust, young men were not separated from women, children and elders, he explained. The concept that there were strong, young men who did not try to resist is difficult to comprehend, because there is a Jewish history of resisting oppressors, he said. In an interview with the Justice, Freeze said that the symposium “really opened up [her] eyes to the very diverse and multilayered expression of Babi Yar as symbol, Babi Yar as event, Babi Yar as history [and] Babi Yar as memory.” She explained that the idea of the symposium came to her after she received an email last spring from the granddaughter of a Soviet artist, Felix Lembersky, who created a series of paintings on Babi Yar. Soon after, the Rose Art Museum displayed three of Lembersky’s pieces, two of which were from the Babi Yar series. Sylvia Fuks Fried, the executive director of the Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry,
reflected on the event during an interview with the Justice. “It’s always exciting to see students there who are engaged,” she said, also acknowledging the great questions the students asked during the symposium. Fried also discussed how the opportunity to sit down with the presenters after the symposium “raised issues and questions that we hadn’t even thought about” regarding Babi Yar. The lectures were interspersed with student performances, including poems “1 (Untitled)” by Ilya Ehrenburg, read by David Benger ’14 and Daniel Shpolyansky ’14, and “Babi Yar” by Yevgeni Yevtushenko, read by Karina Gaft ’14 and Nera Lerner ’12. The symposium was also a step in the research for Freeze’s upcoming book about Babi Yar, which will be published by the Brandeis University Press, and brought up many things that Freeze hopes to include in the book. “We are at the beginning, not the end, of Babi Yar research,” she said.
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BRIEF Goldstein appoints Hill as senior adviser to the provost Provost Steve Goldstein ’78 announced on Oct. 4 that Prof. Anita Hill (Heller) joined his staff as the senior adviser to the provost, according to a BrandeisNOW press release. “Professor Hill will play a central role in the strategic planning process. Our work there has just begun, so the timing is perfect,” wrote Goldstein in an email to the Justice. Hill will help coordinate academic initiatives, work with the Office of Communications to “showcase” Brandeis’ academic programs and faculty achievements, and assist Goldstein in developing partnerships with local and national institutions “to advance the university’s mission,” wrote Goldstein. Hill, who began her duties this week, has been a member of the faculty since 1999, and will continue teaching and researching at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management on a half-time basis, according to the press release. Goldstein wrote, “Professor Hill is well-respected as a teacher, a scholar, and a valued member of the community here and at large.” Since arriving at Brandeis in 1999, she has served on many committees that have dealt with important university issues and high-level appointments,” Goldstein continued to write. When asked what he, specifically will be looking forward to in regard to Hill’s appointment, Goldstein said that he is excited to work with Hill. “I look forward to her unique viewpoint and experiences. She brings perspective and skill as a lawyer, teacher, author, and intellect to the issues we face at Brandeis,” he wrote. “I am thrilled to have this opportunity to work with the provost on these priorities,” Hill said in the BrandeisNOW press release. “There is a lot of excitement at Brandeis now and the timing seems perfect.” —Shani Abramowitz
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Invisible Children presents film and speaker ■ The organization aims
to end terrorism in Uganda conducted by the guerilla Lord’s Resistance Army, which has been at war with the Ugandan government. By sam mintz JUSTICE contributing WRITER
Representatives from the organization Invisible Children, which uses documentary film and other forms of outreach to combat violence and the use of child soldiers in central Africa, brought their latest documentary, “Tony,” and a speaker from Uganda to a full auditorium in the Mandel Center for the Humanities building last night. The official sponsors of the event were the International Club and the
Brandeis African Students Organization, while the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity also unofficially sponsored the visit. Invisible Children is a movement and organization whose goal is to end the terrorism by the guerilla Lord’s Resistance Army and its leader Joseph Kony, according to the organization’s website. The LRA has been waging war on the government of Uganda for 23 years and also operates in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. “Invisible Children is an excellent organization that’s working for a cause that isn’t well known by a lot of people,” said Phi Psi philanthropy Co-chair Adam Krebs ’14 in an interview with the Justice. “Some parts [of the documentary] are hard to watch, but it’s a really interesting film.” “Tony” is a short documentary
that follows the developing friendship of Invisible Children Co-founder Laren Poole and a Ugandan boy named Tony. It also highlights some of the atrocities carried out by Kony and the LRA, including rape, murder and the enlistment of child soldiers. The end of the documentary describes some of the ways that people can contribute to Invisible Children, such as donations, fundraising and documentary screenings. Appearing with several energetic volunteers from Invisible Children, whom the organization calls “roadies,” was a young woman from Northern Uganda named Grace. She spoke about her experiences with the violence in Africa. “Growing up was hard for me. I and my family lived in a lot of fear every night and every day,” said Grace. Her cousin was abducted at the age of 12 and has been missing ever
since, she said. “As much as I have a bright future before me, it isn’t the same case with the brothers and sisters and people of the different communities in Africa. Families are living in a lot of fear. I encourage you to stand with us tonight, that peace may prevail in central Africa,” she added. “In high schools, in colleges, [members of the Invisible Children organization] show their film, which showcases the work that they’re doing. They sell T-shirts, they sell copies of the documentaries they have, and they raise pledges,” said Phi Psi philanthropy Co-chair Ben Sargent ’13. “Without the support of universities and philanthropic organizations like Phi Psi, they really can’t do what they need to do.” Though Phi Psi was one of the organizations responsible for the event, the university “denied” the
fraternity’s request to officially have its name attached to the event because “it was too short notice,” said Phi Psi’s Krebs. In an email to the Justice, Dean of Student Life Rick Sawyer wrote that he was unable to answer the request in time due to his absence from campus and that he worked with Student Union President Herbie Rosen ’12 to find a “reasonable” way to present the program. “I do not see this as precedent setting. I see it more as a courtesy on my part to students who expressed intent on raising awareness about a very compelling global issue,” wrote Sawyer. According to representatives of the fraternity, charity work makes up a large portion of their presence on campus. “Phi Psi was created under the ideas of philanthropy and the great joy of serving others,” said Krebs.
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Under the new terms, the weekly insurance premiums of each worker will go down over the course of their contract life. According to Simon, the new health plan is “very important and appropriate for a group of workers who are serving food to students.” Another major innovation of the new agreement concerns the use of temporary workers who are not under contract. Under the new contract, Aramark will only hire such workers to fill a given shift if every contracted worker has already turned down working the shift, according to Simon. “The company did the right thing. They agreed to close that loophole,” said Simon, concerning Aramark’s former ability to more easily hire temporary workers. Furthermore, Simon stated that the new contract includes “very important and creative language protecting the rights of immigrants” that will allow immigrant workers to take time off in order to deal with aspects of the immigration process. Director of Dining Services Aaron Bennos, an Aramark repre-
sentative, could not be reached for comment by press time. A document obtained by the Justice that was printed by Unite HERE Local 26 outlines other policy changes in the newly approved contract. These changes include clauses with several stipulations: If an employee’s shift is cancelled without five days notice, the employee will still be paid in full for his or her baseline salary; supervisors will no longer be able to perform the work of union employees, except for training during short-term absences; and Dining Services workers will be able to make greater use of seniority when it comes to scheduling and bidding for jobs. According to Simon, “Everybody involved was very proud of the fact that there was an outpouring of support from the students.” In an interview with the Justice, Mily Santana, a Dining Services worker in the Usdan Café, echoed Simon’s sentiment. “We had the support of the students. Many of them came up to me and said, ‘We support your union.’” —Eitan Cooper contributed reporting.
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Strategic plan University President Frederick Lawrence spoke at the faculty meeting on Thursday and discussed his strategic plan, the Board of Trustees and information about the upcoming reopening and 50th anniversary of the Rose Art Museum later this month.
DUKAKIS: Gov criticizes Republican candidates CONTINUED FROM 1 poor economic record in Massachusetts. Dukakis decried the failure of Congress to raise the minimum wage and the decline of union membership in the private sector to 7 percent, and he called for for the elimination of the tax reduction on dividends and capital gains. On foreign policy, Dukakis advocated a doctrine, which, while far from isolationist, called for significantly curbing American interven-
tionism. He stated that the notion that America had to be the “world’s policeman” was antiquated after the Cold War and that defense spending should be sharply curtailed. The most recent war in Iraq “may be the dumbest thing we ever did with one exception—that was overthrowing the democratically elected government of Iran in 1953,” he stated. Dukakis also expressed his vehement opposition to the death penalty on moral as well as practical grounds and his discomfort with Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Kitty Dukakis, Governor Dukakis’s wife, accompanied him to the event. She praised Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren’s credentials and personality. Kitty Dukakis would have been the first Jewish first lady if Governor Dukakis had been elected President. Dukakis credited his successful marriage to their rule of having a 6 p.m. family dinner and no politics on Sunday.
Provost Steve Goldstein ’78 raised a concern at the faculty meeting last Thursday that Brandeis’ website and online resources such as LATTE are not in compliance with federal standards from the U.S. Department of Education. According to an open letter to college and university presidents posted on the Department’s website, required use of e-readers or online assignments that cannot be accessed through text-to-speech applications is considered discrimination against blind or visually impaired students. The letter, dated June 29, 2010, invoked the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation act of 1973, stating that “[i]t is unacceptable for universities to use emerging technology without insisting that this technology be accessible to all students.” Goldstein appointed Dean of Academic Services Kim Godsoe to form a committee alongside the Library and Technology Services faculty advisory group to make sure that Brandeis is meeting the Department of Education’s standards. “At Brandeis, it is important that we conduct a thorough review to ensure that all of our sites are accessible,” wrote Godsoe in
an email to the Justice. The committee plans to assess Brandeis’ “websites and [its] instructional sites (like LATTE)” and work to implement programs that would make them accessible to all, regardless of disability. Brandeis’ website must be updated in order to be able to be read with text-to-speech technology, said Goldstein in his address at the faculty meeting. LATTE, and all course material posted on it, would need to become similarly accessible to visually impaired users in order to meet federal standards. The Brandeis website was last updated in 2007, when its layout was redesigned by Chan Miller Design of New York City and LTS, according to a posting on the website. According to the Department of Education’s letter, schools that used the Amazon Kindle or other e-readers as a part of their classroom program were cited for violation of the ADA. In subsequent settlements with the U.S. Department of Justice, the colleges that received citations agreed to “provide reasonable accommodation or modification” for disabled students, said the letter. —Tate Herbert
RODIS: Univ athletic director leaves a lasting legacy CONTINUED FROM 1 tal, 29 varsity teams qualified for the NCAA Championships during Rodis’ reign. As director of athletics, Rodis hired four current varsity head coaches: Coven, Denise Dallamora for women’s soccer, Pete Varney for baseball and Bill Shipman for men’s and women’s fencing. Rodis also hired women’s basketball coach Carol Simon as an assistant coach; Jim Zotz, who is now the assistant director of
Athletics, as the coach of the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams; and Brandeis Athletics Hall of Famers Bob Brannum for basketball and Tom O’Connell for baseball. “He was a very straightforward guy. ... He was old school and there were no politics, no gray area. He told you what he thought, but he was very loyal to Brandeis,” said Shipman, in an interview with the Justice. After leaving Brandeis, Rodis helped fundraise for the construction of the Gosman Sports and Convoca-
tion Center under then-President Evelyn Handler. In 2010, Rodis was awarded the James Lynah Distinguished Service Award by the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference, which is given to ECAC athletic administrators who have been successful and made significant contributions to collegiate athletics. Before coming to Brandeis, Rodis was an All-American in baseball and football at Harvard University, where he was centerfielder and lineman.
After graduating in 1949, Rodis was a football, baseball and basketball coach at the American International College and the University of Connecticut in the 1950s and 1960s. From 1962 to 1967, Rodis served as a special assistant for athletic programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the State Department under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Additionally, Rodis was president of several prestigious organizations, including the American Council
for International Sports, the United States Collegiate Sports Council, the New England Intercollegiate Athletic Association and the Greater Boston Conference. Rodis is enshrined in the Nashua High School Hall of Fame, the National Association of Director of Athletics Hall of Fame and the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association Hall of Fame, in addition to the Brandeis Athletics Hall of Fame. —Jeffrey Boxer contributed reporting.
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VERBATIM | WALT DISNEY You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world, but it requires people to make the dream a reality.
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Amanda Pereira ’15 advocated a policy change in Rhode Island By jessie miller JUSTICE CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Hundreds of people, including both supporters and dissidents, crowded a Rhode Island College field house, eagerly awaiting a decision that could change the lives of thousands of illegal immigrants. People paraded signs declaring their views, asking for change or voicing their disapproval. Their boisterous chants and protests echoed across the room as final testimonials were spoken from the podium. After years of anticipation and tension, a vote would finally decide the verdict. On Sept. 26, the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education approved a policy change allowing illegal immigrants access to in-state tuition if they have attended high school within the state for at least three years. This change came after years of controversy and lobbying, including the involvement of Amanda Pereira ’15, an immigrant herself who worked the past few years to advocate for the important policy change. Pereira first became involved in this fight for equality through an organization called Young Voices,
which teaches students how to advocate for important policies that affect our youth. “Because immigration is such a personal issue to me, and the issue was coming up in the legislature, the co-director of the organization put me into contact with some people who would let me testify in court,” Pereira said. “And when I was 16, I started testifying at the statehouse.” Since then, Pereira’s involvement in the cause has only grown. She continued to testify in front of the Rhode Island Board of Education and argue why she believes in-state tuition for illegal immigrants is necessary. “Usually the main points that I cover when I testify are that it is about opportunity, not about their immigration status,” she said. She argues that many immigrants, like herself, came to the U.S. at a young age and know nothing else. “For myself, I can barely read and write Portuguese. My education is American,” she said. Pereira and her family moved from Brazil to the U.S. when she was only six years old. They wanted to achieve better social standing and have more opportunities and a better life.
“[My parents] knew there was an economic crisis in Brazil, and my father had lost his job, so they knew that in the place we were, their kids were not going to get the opportunities they wanted us to,” she said. While her family first arrived on a visitor’s visa, they exceeded the 11-month time period and held the status of undocumented immigrants for the next two years. Though they eventually became legal through a lengthy process and fight, her family has been waiting since 2001 to attain permanent residency. As a legal and documented immigrant with a Social Security number, Pereira believes that her testifying is important to the cause because she is able to act as “one of the voices for people who can’t speak up,” because they are undocumented and have to hide. Though she is young and may not be a legal expert on the matter, she believes her firsthand experience with immigration has been instrumental in helping her testify on why the policy is needed. “[The] situation could have easily been me,” she said, stressing the emotional pull of the case for her. After years of fighting, the vote, which took place Sept. 26 by the
Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education, made Rhode Island the 12th state to allow illegal immigrants access to in-state tuition. While the crucial change proved a tremendous victory and drastically decreased in-state tuition for illegal immigrants from $25,912 to $9,824 per year, Pereira adds that there is still more to be done. Though the vote was a unanimous one, the policy change has not yet been voted on by the Rhode Island legislature. Therefore, any succeeding members of the Board of Governors not in favor of the policy holds the power to reverse the ruling. “We will continue lobbying for the legislation until it passes,” Pereira said. She therefore plans to continue lobbying with a group called Coalition of Advocates for Student Opportunities, which acts as a support group for undocumented students. The group gathers speakers to testify at hearings, organizes lobbying and gets the greater Boston community involved. And in an effort to spread the change which began in Rhode Island, Pereira joined the Student Immigration Movement, an organization working to pass a similar
tuition policy change in Massachusetts. In the meantime, Pereira is working to advocate the much-needed Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act, a national legislative proposal started in 2001 that could grant residency to students of “good moral character” who graduate from high school and then attend college or enlist in the military. While there is currently no club on campus that deals with student immigration issues, Pereira hopes to bring the work she is passionate about to campus and possibly start a club that would educate and involve Brandeis students. She is also considering a major in International and Global Studies to help her pursue immigration law, a possible career choice for her. “[Policy reform] is so important because no matter what side of the debate one stands on, it’s important to realize that the issue of immigration is not going away, especially as the world population continues to grow,” she said. “Both sides can also agree that the immigration system in place right now is not working and needs some serious reworking and change,” she said.
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David Salter ’88 edits some of today’s most popular films By rebecca klein JUSTICE editor
Growing up as a teenager in Newton, Mass., David Ian Salter’s A.C.E. ’88 movie habits were what he describes as “obsessive.” On Friday, when the school bell rang and class was over, the film editor says he would head over to the local movie theater and watch that week’s new releases. On Saturday, he would head over to the repertory houses and watch older films, exploring the genre of French New Wave that had invaded American cinema. On his way home, he would stop at the video store so that his Sunday could also be spent in front of the television screen, immersing himself in plotlines and characters. “Living in the Boston area in youth propelled [my] interest in film. … At the time, it had the highest number of movie releases per capita,” says Salter. “Cambridge was the place to be in the time before home videos to really see movies.” For the past 20 years, Salter has worked behind the scenes of some of the most successful and innovative movies of late. He has had the chance to work with some of his cinematic role models, like documentarian Errol Morris, and hobnob with some of his other, non-film related role models, such as Steve Jobs. He is currently working as a film editor at Blue Sky Studios, where he is putting together the upcoming Ice Age 4. Salter says he has been interested in film for as long as he can remember. At Brandeis, before there was a film program, Salter studied English and American Literature. He started a foreign film club called Subtitles before attending the University of Calfornia School of Cinema-Television, now known as the School of Cinematic Arts. Upon graduating from USC, Salter worked as an assistant film editor on the television show, Harts of the West. He then spent a season and a half at the television show NYPD Blue. Just as Salter was about to be promoted to a full editor for the show, a friend from film school presented him with another, more enticing job offer: the second editor on the film A Bug’s Life, breaking Salter into the world of film and expanding his skills to animation. “I was very excited to get in on the ground floor of computer animation and learn how that was done,” Salter said. “At the same time, I really liked San Francisco and really disliked Los Angeles [where I was living], so it was a great opportunity to get out of Los Angeles for a while.” Salter worked on A Bug’s Life for three years and says of the process that “it turns
out that editing computer animated film is much more labor than any other kind of film production that I’m aware of.” From there, he jumped immediately into another job: the lead editor of Toy Story 2. When Salter took the job, Toy Story 2 was in some trouble and required an overhaul. He says the film took nine to 10 months of almost constant work. They ended up finishing the film in about a third of the time it would normally take to make an animated film, Salter says. “The hours were unbelievably long. I literally slept at work frequently, I had a foldout futon in my office,” Salter says. Since that time, Salter has worked as the lead editor on Finding Nemo and a director on the Shrek Christmas Special. He has worked as a director at Dreamworks Studio, cut trailers for videogames including Grand Theft Auto, worked on projects with documentarian Errol Morris and co-directed and edited an animated project in Israel. Salter says that last project “never went anywhere,” but the time was well spent. “At least I met my wife there,” he adds. Salter says that his favorite part of editing film, particularly animated film, is the amount of creative input the editor has. “The films are written in three stages: the original script stage, the storyboard stage and the editing stage, so there’s a tremendous amount of involvement,” he says. “It’s different from live action; you’re actually editing it before the story is being created. The story is being created in the editing. For me, it’s an opportunity to continue my film education,” he explains. He also says he hopes his biggest professional accomplishments are yet to come. He has several professional plans for the future including starting a company with his wife to connect Israeli animation talent with American video game companies. Most of all, Salter wants to write and direct his own films and says that as soon he finishes his current project, he is going to “devote a lot more resources to that.” “One of the great ironies of working in film, especially as an editor and editor of animated films, is that it takes all of your time and leaves almost none for making your own films,” said Salter. Although Salter is a long way from Brandeis, he says he has a very fond spot in his heart for the University. “Brandeis is just a wonderful liberal arts school where you learn about a lot more than just the subject you’re studying,” he said. “I specifically went to Brandeis because my mother went there; she was class of ’57, and after that me [and] both my sisters went there … And like a bunch of other people, I didn’t get into Harvard,” he joked.
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FAMOUS FOR FILM: David Salter ’88 meets two great film directors, Werner Herzog and Errol Morris.
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WORK ZONE: Salter works in his editing suite for ‘Finding Nemo,’ one of the films he has helped create.
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WALL STREET TO WALTHAM: A group of students gathered on the Great Lawn last Thursday night for the first on-campus general assembly as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement, which has spread to Boston.
Students join Occupy Boston protests By dafna fine Justice editor
In 1969, students took control of Ford and Sydeman Halls, demanding better minority representation on campus. In 1975, they took over Perlman Hall to pressure the University to rescind their cutbacks in the next year’s budget. In 1986, they built a shantytown to protest the University’s involvement with South Africa. And this past weekend, students joined hundreds of others in Dewey Square as part of Occupy Boston in an effort to regain our generation’s voice. Occupy Wall Street began in the middle of downtown Manhattan as a movement for thousands of people to express their frustration with corporate greed and to restore democracy. The protests, which started on the Brooklyn Bridge, are now popping up in various cities across the country and flooding the media everywhere. This past Thursday night, over 50 students gathered on the Great Lawn in an effort to join the movement that is now storming Boston. Some attended because they are worried that rising corporate power has stripped us of our rights as individuals. International students there were frustrated by the large amounts of money they owe the government for coming to the U.S. to study. Many were concerned about how major global decisions are being made today. Most felt an eager need to take back our generation’s rights and have their voices heard. “People are realizing how amazing this is that we can take our democracy back [and] convene as people,” said Shea Riester ’12, who took his sleeping bag down to Wall Street, to join the New York protests on the weekend of Sept. 17 and is now working to help spread the movement to Boston and Brandeis. “We all think we have no voice, that there are just people up there who make all the decisions,” Riester said about our generation. “But we can gather, and we can say, ‘I don’t agree with this,’ and we should propose something else. We can organize. We have the power of people versus the power of money. That’s our power, and that’s what this is about,” he said. As occupations branch off from Wall Street and spread to other cities miles away from New York, procedures and key features of the general assemblies remain uniform throughout the nation, echoing tactics of the revolutionary Arab Spring movement, which similarly aimed to restore democracy. With no formal leaders at the first Brandeis general assembly on Thursday night, a small group of students acted as facilitators after attending larger discussions in New York and Boston and seeing how meetings are run. Students were able to take turns proposing agenda items to discuss, and anyone with questions, opinions or information had the chance to speak. “This tactic of occupation and this form of direct democracy, the way meetings are held and organized [is] amazing,” Riester said. The first item proposed for the agenda was to hear about experiences from those who had already attended occupations both on Wall Street and in Boston. Beginning with Aaron Markiewitz ’15, who described marching with hundreds of others to Zuccotti Park in New York for the first general assembly, stories varied from watching peaceful civilians beaten by police officers on the Brooklyn Bridge to more humorous stories of dumpster diving for salads and bagels to eat at the occupation in New York.
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STUDENT DEMAND: Barbara Stark ’12 protests corporate power.
As each anecdote sparked another comment, the discussion moved quickly around the circle between passionate and opinionated students. “Our government isn’t providing [for] our needs anymore, and it’s not even listening to us when we say that it’s not providing our needs,” Dorian Williams ’13 said. “I think what this movement is really about is taking things back into our own hands. … What we’re trying to do is turn things around and take back control,” she said. Following the first general assembly on campus, which lasted an hour, 10 students boarded a chartered bus together to join hundreds of others at a larger gathering in Dewey Square in downtown Boston, where they discussed the possibility of creating the first statements of what the movement believes in. To accommodate the masses of people camping out in Boston as part of the occupation, protestors set up a tent village in Dewey Square. Streets are designated to different necessities and assigned jobs, such as dealing with media or providing information and food. This past weekend, a group of Brandeis students borrowed tent equipment from the Mountain Club to join the community Occupy Boston has built. “These are little communities. You can get medical attention, mental health attention, … there’s a religious group. It’s really trying to build a safe space not only physically but emotionally and intellectually to be able to share your ideas,” Williams said. And while Yom Kippur fell Friday night and Saturday in the midst of a full schedule of events, over 100 people gathered in Dewey Square on Friday evening for a prayer service organized by Yael Shinar ’03 and Jocelyn Berger ’04. Current Brandeis students, alumni, students from other universities and various protestors prayed together prior to attending the general assembly, which takes place at 7 p.m. every evening. “It was just this amazing feeling of significance and meaning and power to what we were doing in the midst of Friday night, South Station, downtown Boston,” Berger said. “I think the message of Yom Kippur is so applicable to this point in time and what the movement is trying to say. … [It’s about] the balance between forgiveness and transformation,” she said. In addition to students spending much of this past weekend in Boston and attending yesterday’s Student Solidarity March, those involved on campus also created media and logistics groups, as well as a Twitter account to keep the movement on campus active and growing. A second general assembly will be held this Thursday night on the Great Lawn to decide how to move forward and plan more trips into Boston. Though not all students on campus feel the same passion and agreement for the movement, criticizing what may seem like a lack of goals for the occupation and viewing those involved as “socialist pigs or anarchists,” according to Riester, his hope is that they will also join the dialogue and voice their opinions. And while it was harder for Riester to articulate what the movement was when he first went down to Wall Street almost a month ago, only knowing things needed to be changed, he says the movement is now taking on form as it grows and progresses. With new occupations sprouting up every few days as different states, towns or cities join the movement, “this is the beginning of something huge,” Riester said.
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ACTIVISTS: Hanna Wellish ’12 and Shea Riester ’12 facilitated the dialogue.
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POWER IN NUMBERS: Protestors gathered at Boston’s Federal Reserve Bank.
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A MAJORITY’S VOICE: Gabby Acha ’12 attended the occupation in Boston, where many protested the economic inequality Americans currently face.
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Evaluate allocation methods Recent Finance Board allocations highlight a growing challenge in funding student activities on campus. Each student is required to contribute a $364 fee in order to provide resources for F-Board to distribute. However, in recent semesters, F-Board has been unable to satisfy the basic needs of clubs asking for money. A major reason for this is readily apparent: The Student Union is tasked with chartering clubs, thus granting them the privilege of appearing before F-Board to request money. The number of clubs chartered by the Union has been growing every semester. Of the 144 clubs that appeared before F-Board, only 140 clubs were allocated funds. As of the most recent allocations, there are numerous clubs that can no longer afford basic activities. Unfortunately, due to the funding issues, clubs are now forced to either cancel events or ask their members to absorb the cost of those events, neither of which is a sufficient solution to this problem. There is little awareness on the Union’s part of the important and delicate balance between available funds and the number of clubs chartered. Additionally, there seems to be some misunderstandings about F-Board’s stated policies regarding clubs who can receive funds. In an interview with the Justice, F-Board member Jacob Agi ’12 said, “The biggest difficulty is that the Student Union will charter clubs which they feel are nice clubs to have … those clubs have fundraising as a very large aspect of the club’s existence … But it
Rethink chartering policies is the F-Board policy that the financing scope does not allow for fundraising. So, we cannot offer any funds for fundraising activities.” It’s clear that steps must be taken to relieve the tension between the amount of chartered clubs and available funds. A possible solution may be to require clubs to present to the Union, upon requesting to be chartered, a plan for how they will spend money. This way, the Union will be better able to assess if a club needs the funds they are requesting. Ultimately, it may be necessary to instead recognize only certain clubs who wish to be chartered. We are pleased that Student Union President Herbie Rosen ’12 seems to be aware of the current funding concerns. In his platform last semester, Rosen proposed that clubs with similar goals and events combine their efforts and their funds. For example, community service clubs, he wrote, “can combine to ensure that our individual events go well and are successful.” By encouraging such a policy, F-Board could save the funds it has and not allocate money for activities that may be redundant. While this solution seems to be sound, it was largely ignored this fall. Perhaps a more concerted effort should be made in this respect. Students contribute to the Student Activities Fund every semester, expecting that this will adequately provide for the activities that make up our college experience. It’s imperative that we satisfy clubs’ financial needs as well as students’ expectations.
Involve students in Preview Days Last Sunday, the University held one of its two Fall Preview Days for prospective high school seniors and their families in order to provide them the opportunity to “explore our community, meet current students, [and] chat with faculty,” according to the Admissions website. Because Fall Preview Day can play a crucial role in shaping the impressions of prospective students and their families, this editorial board feels that the University should have taken further measures to ensure those visiting were able to get acquainted with all aspects of the Brandeis community and campus. Walking around campus Sunday morning before the day’s planned activities started, students and parents would not have gotten a completely accurate impression of student life at Brandeis. The Shapiro Campus Center was locked to anyone without an ID card. The Einstein Bros. Bagels., another key destination in the SCC, remained closed until its normal opening time of 5:00 p.m., which is after the day’s program had already ended. Furthermore, the bookstore was closed, which is a major attraction for visiting parents. Fall Preview Day should have been advertised more through posters or even a campuswide email so that inter-
Invest in potential students ested student groups had the opportunity to participate. For example, some student clubs may have been interested in having special activities in order to showcase some of the unique opportunities available to students. Since the University has been working to emphasize its vibrant campus life, it is a shame that there was so little happening on campus when potential students visited for the first time. Although the social aspect of student life was not emphasized as well as it could have been, the panel of Undergraduate Departmental Representatives did a good job of showcasing Brandeis’ academic strengths. Additionally, the dozens of student “chatters” who volunteered undoubtedly were able to represent the University sufficiently. In light of the upcoming Fall Preview Day on Sunday, Nov. 13, we hope that the University will undertake greater efforts to represent the Brandeis community to prospective students and their families. Fall Preview Day helps prospective students decide if Brandeis is the right match for them so it would be in the University’s best interest to showcase all that it has to offer.
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Honor Jobs’ legacy; pursue and nurture your inner creativity Aaron
FRIED Free Thought
OP-BOX Quote of the Week “He was the guy who turned Brandeis athletics around. ... That’s when people in the University realized the importance of college athletics.” —Men’s soccer coach Mike Coven on former Athletic director Nick Rodis. (News, page 1)
Brandeis Talks Back Last week marked the passing of one of the great technological titans of our era. Steven P. Jobs, aged 56 years, passed away on Oct. 5, after a long and hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer. Jobs, a billionaire inventor, stood as the guiding light of Apple Inc. as it grew from a California garage upstart into one of today’s premier gadget giants. His foresight and innovative ideas were essential in paving the way to making computers accessible and practical for everyone. In one way or another, Jobs’ creations have found their way into our eager hands and captivated us with their genius. Steve Jobs was a true embodiment of the American dream; he understood his ability to create and harnessed his talents perfectly to great avail. It is somewhat unfortunate that most of our opportunities to honor those who achieve greatness come after they die. In today’s fast-moving world, we seldom take the time to appreciate the people behind the technology that drives us every day. Society as a whole, particularly our generation, forgets to recognize that behind every new website, handheld device and laptop computer is a creative human mind. Instead of recognizing this, we focus on profit margins and stock prices and, because of that, we fall into the trap of thinking that only billion-dollar corporations can have world-changing ideas. College students, as the architects of tomorrow, must avoid this type of thinking, lest we become cynics and lose our desire to create. Pessimism surrounds us; the great economies of the world are mired in a recession and weakening rapidly. This is hitting close to home, as many among us know adults who are unemployed and wonder how we will be able to build a career in this economic climate after graduation. Americans seem to have lost hope and look toward protesters and politicians to solve the nation’s problems. The fact is that these are the last places we should be looking. No flavor-of-the-year politician has the influence or intellect to drive us all to prosperity. Wall Street Occupiers and Tea Partiers will only remind us of our problems, not solve them. The only way to overcome hardship is to look within ourselves and, like Steve Jobs once did, realize and utilize our potential to create. Human beings are unique in nature; while other animals exist to survive, we have the gift of being able to consciously alter our environment. As a result, we are able to use parts of our environment that we find useful or desirable and share them with others. In other words, each and every one of us has the innate natural ability to not only improve life for ourselves, but also improve the entire world. Such achievements can never be accomplished without a great deal of courage and determination. Living within mental boundaries by reserving all of your thoughts to schoolwork will limit you. Having the best degree with the highest grade point average may help you to achieve a comfortable lifestyle, but that alone will never change the world. Pay attention to the little things around you and never hesitate to spend a few hours a day reading for leisure. Odds are, you will begin to realize small ways that you can improve yourself and the lives of those around you. Everyone has the potential to revolutionize something in this world. In the last 10 years of his life alone, Steve Jobs irrevocably altered the way we listen to music with the iPod and launched mobile computing further into the future with the iPad. You and I must help to push humanity down the road of creative invention. After all, there is no better way to honor the memory of a great man like Steve Jobs than becoming men and women of his caliber.
What are your thoughts about Steve Jobs’ legacy?
Stefani Gospodinova ’14 “I think he was an extremely influential person.”
Samuel Porter ’14 “I heard that Steve Jobs invented everything you didn’t know you needed.”
Abby Armstrong ’13 “I think he left a lot of potential for more innovation.”
Alex Self ’13 “I think he was an important American entrepreneur who revolutionized the world of computers.” —Compiled by Rebecca Klein Photos by Tess Raser/ the Justice
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Victim blaming distorts painful truths Shafaq
hasan into the fire
Earlier this October, throngs of women click-clacked their way down the streets of New York City as part of a SlutWalk, which is a provocative movement protesting to end slut shaming, or the criticism a woman receives for wearing risqué clothing and inviting sexual assaults. Protesters wear bustiers instead of bulletproof vests; stilettos, not guns; and thigh-high stockings before camouflage. Armed with protest signs and a message, they fight to regain control of their sexual image that has been skewed and distorted by society. The SlutWalk originated in April earlier this year after a Toronto police officer remarked, incredibly, that “women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized.” The protest made its way to New York City after Brooklyn officers similarly told women in the area to cover up following 10 unsolved sexual assaults, according to The Wall Street Journal. The resulting international movement has prompted women to wear revealing clothing to combat the astonishingly ignorant belief that a victim is responsible for his or her assault. Though the movement has drawn criticism for its contradictory approach to the issue it’s protesting, I appreciate that the message it promotes also addresses a largely unacknowledged problem, especially among college students. Colleges are seeing the development of a rape culture that routinely blames the victim, whether it’s because she’s wearing revealing clothing or because she was intoxicated. In October 2009, a college student at George Washington University entered the unlocked dormitories of five different women with the intent to forcibly initiate a sexual encounter. Instead of using the incident to call attention to the issue of sexual assaults on campus, the Hatchet, the school’s newspaper, responded in an editorial by largely blaming the young women for the encounters. They wrote, “This is a valuable reminder of the necessity for students to lock their doors at all times and to take responsibility for guests you bring into residence halls.” An unlocked door is not an invitation for rape. Under different circumstances, this advice would be more appropriate and constructive. However, this remark is especially ridiculous because the very same editorial says the incidents took place in the only residence hall with continuous, round-the-clock security. Instead of criticizing the campus’ security blunder, the newspaper’s editorial board inexplicably felt the need to chastise the victims for not locking their doors and thus precipitating the attack. That editorial represents more than just
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SLUTWALK: For the past several months, women around the globe have been protesting the growing trend of blaming victims in the aftermath of rape cases. the grossly misinformed opinion of one newspaper staff of one college. Assault cases at colleges indicate that, within campus rape culture, the victims feel ostracized while the alleged assailants continue to thrive. Last year, two basketball players at Michigan State University were accused of raping a fellow student. After prosecutors inexplicably decided not to pursue the charges, the students continued playing on the team. Some concerned students went to the team’s games, protesting the school’s atrocious handling of the rape case, but instead of jeering at the alleged rapists, the majority of the audience heckled the protesters while cheering for the players. The general acceptance of this type of behavior understandably discourages women from taking action against their attackers, fearing indifference. Victim blaming creates the greatest barrier to reporting sexual assaults. The shame
and the embarrassment of being raped deters 65 percent of victims from reporting their assault, according to a study by the American Association of University Women. The potential damage to their reputation and the stigma of being defiled allow women to succumb to the overwhelming guilty feeling that the attack is their fault. But aren’t there situations where the victim would be at fault? Isn’t wearing a skimpy skirt and a low-cut shirt giving the impression that the woman is looking for sex? One would think that demure clothing would prevent rape. However, the problem with this mentality is that it isn’t logical at all. Many of the protestors have been citing a Federal Commission on Crime Study that found that in only 4.4 percent of reported rapes, the victim was dressed in revealing clothing (the findings of this study have not been confirmed). In short, rapists don’t care what their victims are wearing. Most assaulters don’t see provocative
clothing; they see a defenseless woman. While this mentality isn’t contained to a college campus, its prevalence among college students has once again highlighted our stunted reactions to sexual assaults. Instead of instructing women on how not to get assaulted, we should be concentrating on educating students on the actualities of rape. Rape is about power and control; it is not prejudiced by the color of a woman’s shoes or the cut of her dress. And though the SlutWalk may be controversial in its approach to protesting victimblaming, it encourages women to take back their sexuality. Rape leaves victims feeling helpless and unheard; this demonstration puts the control back into their hands. However, the existence of the SlutWalk indicates that our society needs to overhaul its perception of rape and rape victims. Blame the rapists; not the clothes, not the circumstances, not the victims.
Learn from Barnard “steering” controversy Naomi
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In a recent controversy at Columbia University, a Jewish student from Barnard was “steered” away from taking a class with Joseph Massad, a professor of Arab politics at Columbia. The Columbia Spectator, a student newspaper, reported that Massad has been a sharp critic of Israel in the past and has been accused of anti-Semitism. But that’s not where the problem lies. The Center for Student Advising at Columbia has come under fire by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights because it attempted to dissuade the student from taking the class solely because she was Jewish. While chances are that the reasons behind
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the advice were benign, it poses a serious problem in that “steering” is against the law. According to the article, Kenneth Marcus, the director of the Initiative on Anti-Semitism at the Institute for Jewish and Community Research who filed the complaint, said, “Columbia is being investigated for ‘steering,’ a term commonly used in housing discrimination cases to describe realtors directing black families away from white neighborhoods, and vice versa.” What I find disturbing, however, is the possibility that this might be a more widespread problem that takes place, but also throughout higher education. Is it possible that there is a sort of unofficial “steering” that happens among students? If advisers at Columbia were willing to discourage a Jewish student from taking a class because they thought he or she would be offended as a result of her Jewish identity, is it possible that students feel an internal pressure not to take certain classes as a result of their defining characteristics? For example, is it possible that a student would feel uncomfortable taking a queer studies class because he or she is not gay? What
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about a student taking an African-American studies class who is not African-American? I don’t mean to imply that there is a problem at Brandeis, because it may not actually affect us here. However, there may be certain pressures at work that cause people to be uncomfortable about taking certain classes because of specific defining characteristics they possess. Judith Jacobsen, a professor at Columbia, told the Spectator, “I mean, suppose it were a black student who was steered away from taking a course because he or she was black.” While it may not be as systematic as an adviser telling someone not to take a certain class because of his or her ethnicity, the case points out the possibility that things like this may be happening all of the time under the radar. What can we, as a Brandeis community, do to ensure that this doesn’t become our problem? While only those directly feeling the pressure would really know whether it exists on our campus, we are taking steps to help ameliorate the discomfort. After all, one of our core values is to embrace diversity. There are many things we are already doing, officially, to ensure that
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students don’t feel limitations of defining characteristics. We have a non-Western requirement—we must take a class about a culture outside that of the Western experience. For the majority of Brandeisians, our experience is that of Western culture, so we are forced to see the world through another, perspective. If the administration is doing all that it can, what can we as students do? Take classes that are distinctly different from your own experience, see the world through the eyes of others. There may be no solution to the potential feelings of discomfort that might result from taking a class that is markedly different from your own experience, but there is a solution to letting that discomfort impact your actions. Make sure that you aren’t the student who is discouraged from taking a class because of who you are. Fight through your discomfort so that Brandeis can continue to be a place where students are not steered away from taking classes that only align with their personal experience. This may not be the easiest thing in the world to do, but remember, you’ve got a community behind you.
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Approach majors openly Philip
Gallagher back to basics
As of data collected from various Undergraduate Advising Heads and department administrators last week, slightly less than 10 percent of the Brandeis undergraduate population is majoring in Economics. To be exact, 311 students have decided to define their undergraduate academic careers with Economics. That is almost three times as many students as Brandeis currently has majoring in Music, Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, French and Francophone Studies, Hispanic Studies and Classical Studies combined. Economics is a fine subject, but what exactly makes it so much more popular than those other five? Are Economics majors the most qualified to go to graduate school or be hired upon graduation? Not necessarily. The trend of students majoring in social sciences and natural sciences rather than humanities and creative arts is confusing to me. According to the data from the UAHs and administrators, just under 30 percent of Brandeis undergraduates have declared a major in Biology; Economics; Psychology; Business, or Health: Science, Society, and Policy. We offer over 40 majors at this school, yet so many people seem to focus on just a few of them. The discrepancy is concerning and suggests that students as a whole are permitting a restricted definition for their undergraduate academic careers. I believe that the reason for this narrow focus is that many students view these types of majors as effective vehicles to obtain jobs or get accepted to graduate school. Traditionally, Biology majors have applied to medical school and Economics and Business majors have worked in business and finance, while Psychology majors
could enter the mental health field. HSSP students, although majoring in a new and unique program, could potentially work in public policy. Today, however, graduate school applications and the job market do not necessarily work that way. Studies have shown that a wide variety of majors score highly on standardized admissions tests and are accepted into graduate school. For instance, an economist at the University of North Texas submitted a study to the Journal of Economic Education that correlates academic majors with LSAT performance. Philosophy and Theology majors were one of the three highest-scoring majors on the test, with the other two being Physics/Math and Economics.
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Employers look for skills and experience beyond a specific major. Statistics from 2009 offered by the American Institute of Physics from the data warehouse of the American Association for Medical Colleges indicate that English majors had the highest scores on the verbal section of the MCAT, which counts for onethird of the test’s final score, and did better on average than Biology, Biochemistry and Chemistry students. Other data from the AAMC offered by Colorado College shows that non-science academic majors, such as Philosophy and History, had percentages of students accepted into medical school that were often 10 to 15 percent higher than those for Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Lastly, on the GMAT exam for business school, 2009-2010 data from the Graduate Management Admission Council indicates that the average GMAT score of an Economics student was lower than a Philosophy major and only 12 points higher (out of 800) than an Art History major. Additionally, the average GMAT
score for a student who majored in a humanities subject was 20 points higher than the score of a student who majored in a business-based subject, such as Accounting or Finance. These statistics reveal that humanities students perform just as well as students with more traditional majors in graduate school applications. When it comes to finding a job, many employers look for skills and experience beyond a specific major. For example, many employers want to hire excellent writers. As Mark Bauerlein, an English professor at Emory University, notes on a NYTimes.com opinion page, humanities coursework becomes a crucial training ground for employees who want to prove that they have communication and writing ability. Through studying literature and rhetoric, they are able to utilize the English language to its fullest capacity, students are able to “exercise their verbal muscles” and develop their writing skills early on. An article from CNN.com emphasizes the significance of internships in obtaining full-time employment upon graduating. Many firms look to their college interns when determining how to fill a vacant position, while other employers prefer the practical experience to theory expressed in the classroom. At Brandeis, resources such as the Hiatt Career Center can help students find professional internships regardless of their course of study. Students should not feel limited to a certain set of majors because they are concerned about their professional future. The data clearly shows that students in the humanities are just as capable of being accepted into graduate school while taking classes that foster valuable job skills that are often under-recognized. Economics, Biology, Psychology, Business and HSSP are all fantastic majors, but students ought to recognize that Brandeis offers more programs than that for their benefit.
Discourage smoking hookah on campus Hillel
Buechler And so on
Smoking. Quite the loaded word on first glance. As far as words-for-whichcontext-matters are concerned, count smoking among them. In some contexts, our natural reactions can be rather strong—think along the lines of smoking kills beneath the sympathetic picture of a lonely infant. Other times, most of us are less inclined to think much of the word—consider the obsolete “she’s smoking (or, to be more nuanced, smokin’) hot.” And how about smoking hookah? What type of reaction does that elicit? For too many college students, probably not much of one. After all, unwinding with a hookah on the Great Lawn once the temperature finally rises above that 70 degrees Fahrenheit mark at the end of a bitter cold winter—that’s a pretty relaxing image, right? It probably shouldn’t be. Smoking hookah is simply not so safe. A widely circulated article in The New York Times from last May surveyed some of these risks, along with the attitudes of state governments, universities and students toward the practice. The article cites a 2005 World Health Organization study whose results show that an hour’s worth of hookah smoking may be equivalent in smoke inhalation to smoking upward of 100 cigarettes. The Times article further notes that other studies have come to similar conclusions, linking the health consequences of hookah smoking to those of cigarette smoking. That same article also captures various student opinions on the matter. The students interviewed in the article by The Times, as might be expected for this issue, were largely unaware of the health risks potentially
associated with hookah smoking. Numerous states are taking a variety of actions to respond to the new research on hookah smoking—often specifically to curb, and ideally end, the recent proliferation of hookah bars. Those attempts to protect individuals from the dangers of secondhand hookah smoke are admirable. But both anecdotally and statistically speaking, a notable portion of hookah smoking occurs on college campuses. So what should universities be doing in response? Just as with cigarette smoking, universities are caught in a rather awkward position. Cigarette smoking is dangerous; it literally kills. And secondhand smoking can be just as dangerous—although as smoking regulations have proven, such problems can be controlled. A handful of colleges have been initiating smoke-free campus policies. Developing such a policy for Brandeis could be part of a future discussion here, but it might make for a rather rash starting step. There is, however, something we can do in the meantime, a proper course of immediate action: Prevent Student Union-recognized and chartered clubs from hosting events with hookah smoking. Back in September, the Brandeis Zionist Alliance hosted a hookah night on the Great Lawn. Next week, Chabad at Brandeis will be hosting its annual “Hookah in the Sukkah” event. It’s true that hookah has some resonating cultural value with Arab culture and Middle Eastern Jews and, more recently, Israelis. However, this practice is far from one that a campus club could reasonably argue as a primary cultural practice that they need to officially host; no cultural exception ought to be applied here. We wouldn’t stand for a cigarettethemed event, and we shouldn’t stand for a hookah-themed one. Smoking might have many meanings. But hookah smoking is dangerous, and our clubs shouldn’t be hosting it.
Meatless diet is healthy for planet and self By sETH GRANDE SPECIAL TO THE JUSTICE
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed in a culture where it seems like problems grow daily and people spend more time talking about them than actually doing anything to solve them. Luckily, there is an easy way that you can have an impact on some of the world’s biggest problems. You can help the environment, improve your health and speak out against animal cruelty all by making the simple decision to reduce (or eliminate) the amount of meat and dairy in your diet. How can this simple act make such a difference? It takes more than 10 times as much fossil fuel to make one calorie of animal protein as it does to make one calorie of plant protein. Worldwide, raising animals for food is responsible for 7.1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. The Environmental Defense Fund put it simply: “If every American skipped one meal of chicken per week and substituted vegetables and grains ... the carbon dioxide savings would be the same as taking more than half a million cars off of U.S. roads.” Second, reducing or eliminating meat and dairy from your diet is good for your health. Numerous studies have shown links between consuming animal products and serious health issues such as cancer, heart disease and weight gain. A diet rich in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes and nuts along with regular exercise is consistently linked to lower rates of obesity,
along with lower blood cholesterol levels and blood pressure. Plus, serious athletes are seeing performance benefits from following a vegan diet. The world’s strongest man, Germany’s Patrik Baboumian, is a vegan. And even ultimate fighters like Mac Danzig and Jake Shields are eliminating meat and dairy in an attempt to get an edge over their competition. Last, but not least, is the issue of animal cruelty. Factory farms, where the vast majority of our meat, eggs and dairy come from, are the biggest animal welfare crises of the century. Most of the 10 billion animals that are raised on factory farms and slaughtered for food in the United States every year are never able to breathe fresh air or even extend their limbs during their short, painfilled lives. Chickens raised for meat are often crammed together in buildings by the tens of thousands and are allotted floor space the size of a sheet of notebook paper, and egg-laying hens that are confined in battery cages live their whole lives in a bare wire cage the size of a filing cabinet with up to eight other birds. It is safe to say that no one wants to be a part of that kind of cruelty. The good news is that you can let your voice be heard and make a real change in the world every time you sit down to a meal by reducing or eliminating meat, dairy and eggs. It’s an easy way to do something that matters—for the planet, for animals and for your own health. Meatless eating is rapidly gaining popularity, with more college students than ever now saying they’re
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limiting their meat consumption. Brandeis is supporting this effort by participating in Meatless Mondays, an international initiative to improve student health, reduce the school’s carbon footprint and im-
prove animal welfare. With Meatless Mondays, more meatless options are available than usual on Mondays so students can, as a group, take a break from meat that day—and take a stand for a bet-
ter planet. Editor’s note: The writer is a member of the Brandeis Real Food Coalition and was part of last semester’s effort to petition the University to serve only cage-free eggs.
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WSOCCER: Team splits two road games on week
ROAD STRUGGLES
CONTINUED FROM 16 most grabbed an equalizer with 59 seconds to play, as junior midfielder Kelly Hanly’s corner kick found the head of sophomore half-back Meghan Andrew. Thankfully for the Judges, Savuto—who tallied three saves after replacing Francine Kofinas ’13 at the half—plucked the ball out of the air. From there, Brandeis ran out the clock, sealing the onegoal victory.
As the Judges head deeper into the season, the pressure to notch a first conference win continues to grow. Brandeis will get another chance to earn that elusive UAA win Friday night against the University of Chicago, who sit at 6-3-1 on the year. Regardless, confidence remains high within the Brandeis camp. “We lost to [Chicago] last year, but we’re ready to go for this one,” Stein said.
GUARDING THE NET
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BLOCK PARTY: Middle blocker Becca Fischer ’13 (left) and outside hitter Shemira Pennyman ’15 go up for a block during a Sept. 10 3-0 win against RIC at home. JENNY CHENG/Justice File Photo
POSSESSION: Midfielder Theo Terris ’12 controls the ball during a Sept. 27 win against the Wentworth Institute of Technology.
MSOCCER: Squad held scoreless by Spartans CONTINUED FROM 16 only sealed the Spartans’ first overall UAA win of the season but also made Bell Case Western’s all-time leading scorer. Both goals were only the fifth and sixth allowed this season by goalie Blake Minchoff ’13, who kept the Judges in the game by making six saves. Despite allowing two goals, Minchoff still remains the best goalkeeper in the UAA, leading the league in saves,with 49 and save percentage with .891. Unfortunately, the offense was unable to support Minchoff’s efforts by putting the ball in the back of the net.
“[Minchoff’s] been great; neither of the goals were his fault,” Coven said. “Offensively we created five, six, seven chances to score,” he added. “We shot and we created good opportunities. We just didn’t finish up.” Spartan senior goalkeeper Ben Yabrow saved five shots, including two from midfielder Joe Eisenbies ’13 and one each from Lee Russo ’13 and Sam Ocel ’13. But the fact that Yabrow made five saves wasn’t representative of the Judges’ efforts, either. The Judges received an edge in the second half, with one of Case Western’s players getting sent off in the 55th minute. However, Brandeis was unable to make the pressure play, shooting high
and wide despite ample chances in the penalty area and behind the defense. “It was our own fault,” Coven said of the performance. “We got behind them defensively, and we were in on goal. But the shots, they were off— high, wide.” “We couldn’t sustain an attack. We almost had to slow down to get numbers in box. Nobody would be there to finish up.” The Judges will aim for their first UAA victory this Friday at Gordon Field against the University of Chicago. —Jeffrey Boxer contributed reporting.
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3-3 as well over the weekend and 2-0 on Sunday. “It was a great tournament. It’s rare to play six double matches in a weekend, and it was really good competition—some of [the] best competition in the county,” said Lamanna. Lamanna was particularly impressed with Martin, who walked
on the team earlier this year. “She’s a super kid, and it was good she gained a ton of experience in her first tournament,” he said. The women’s squad will compete in one more tournament starting on Friday: the New England Women’s Invitational Tennis Tournament, which will be held at Amherst College, Smith College and Mount Holyoke College. However, Lamanna is
looking to the winter furlough as a chance to bolster and improve his squad. “I think the girls need to do a better job being explosive on the doubles court,” he said. “Doubles is fast and powerful. It was tough for us to cover a ton of court, and we can’t be intimidated by the bigger girls, and we have to pack a punch of our own.”
Judges continues skid, fall against Emerson ■ The volleyball team
lost its ninth match in a row, falling on the road to Emerson in straight sets. By JACOB MOSKOWITZ JUSTICE STAFF WRITER
The volleyball team lost in a close match last Thursday, coming within two points in the final two sets. However, they were swept by the Lions by scores of 25-14, 25-23 and 25-23. The Judges fell to 7-11 on the season after the non-conference loss. Emerson started off strong in the first set, taking the first eight points. The Judges could not recover, dropping the set in a blowout. The Judges bounced back in the second set, matching the Lions pointfor-point. In the set alone, there were 15 ties and four lead changes. Brandeis and Emerson were tied at 23-23, but, with the chance to close out the set, the Judges faltered. Emerson junior outside hitter Kelsey Scanlon had two decisive kills to seal the set, giving her team a chance to sweep the match. Despite dropping the set, setter Yael Einhorn ’14 felt that the Judges played much better in the second set, establishing team chemistry and making fewer errors. “Each individual player finally showed what she is capable of doing on the court, and the team began to play more as a unit,” she said. “We started communicating better, working better as a team,” middle blocker Becca Fischer ’13 added. “We limited our errors better. Overall, we played a much more fluid set.” The third set played out in a very similar fashion, with nine ties and four lead changes. Brandeis eventually found itself tied at 20 apiece with Emerson. However, Emerson scored
five of the final eight points of the set, emerging with a 25-23 victory to clinch the match. Outside hitter Si-Si Hensley ’14 coled Brandeis with 11 kills and a career high 22 digs. Outside hitter Liz Hood ’15 also notched 11 kills, while Einhorn also had 11 kills and 26 assists. Middle blocker Lauren Berens ’13 tallied four kills, and Fischer earned five kills, one assist and the Judges’ lone block. Einhorn stated the team needed to be consistent throughout the match and get off to a stronger start. “Our team always seems to start off slow,” she said. “It’s what I’ve been saying the whole time. We get better throughout the game, but we have to start stronger. In order to win, we all have to fight from the beginning [of the match]. We can’t wait to get into the game until the second set; we have to get into the game right away.” Fischer agreed that the team continues to put forth its best effort, but in order to win in the future, the Judges have to be just as strong both at the beginning and end of the match. “I’m not exactly sure what changed,” she said. “But we came out with a lot of fight, and we really wanted to win. Hopefully we can transfer that to the beginning of matches from now on.” The Judges travel to the University of Rochester this weekend for its second University Athletic Association round robin of the season. On Saturday, Brandeis will take on the University of Chicago and then Case Western Reserve University. The team next squares off against Emory University followed by Rochester on Sunday. “Hopefully, in practices this week, leading up to the UAA games [this weekend], we can focus on coming out hard in the first set,” added Fischer. “We’ll use the practices to work on that.”
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INTRAMURAL SPORTS
Men’s Soccer UAA STANDINGS
TEAM STATS Goals
Not including Monday’s games UAA Conference Overall W L D W L D Pct. WashU 2 0 0 10 1 0 .909 Rochester 1 0 1 7 2 1 .750 Case 1 1 0 9 3 0 .750 Carnegie 1 1 0 5 4 1 .550 Emory 1 1 0 6 5 0 .545 NYU 1 1 0 5 5 1 .500 JUDGES 0 1 1 5 2 2 .682 Chicago 0 2 0 5 4 2 .545
Lee Russo ’13 leads the team in goals so far this year with 5. Player Goals Lee Russo 5 Kyle Feather 4 Tyler Savonen 4 Theo Terris 4
Assists Steve Keuchkarian ’12 leads in assists so far this year with 5. Player Assists Steve Keuchkarian 5 Tyler Savonen 4 three tied with 3 Luke Teece 2
UPCOMING GAMES Friday vs. Chicago; Sunday vs. WashU; Wed. Oct. 19 at Springfield
WOMen’s Soccer UAA STANDINGS
TEAM STATS
Not including Monday’s games
Points
UAA Conference Overall W L D W L D Pct. Case 2 0 0 9 1 2 .833 Rochester 2 0 0 7 3 0 .700 Emory 1 0 1 9 0 2 .909 WashU 1 1 0 11 2 0 .846 Carnegie 1 1 0 7 4 0 .636 Chicago 0 1 1 6 4 1 .591 NYU 0 2 0 8 4 0 .667 JUDGES 0 2 0 5 7 0 .417
Three players are tied for the lead in points this year with 5. Player Pts Sapir Edalati 5 Mimi Theodore 5 Alanna Torre 5 three tied with 4
UPCOMING GAMES Friday vs. Chicago; Sunday vs. WashU; Monday Oct. 24 vs. Endicott
Shots Alanna Torre ’12 leads the team in shots taken with 43. Player Shots Alanna Torre 43 Hilary Andrews 23 Mimi Theodore 22 Sapir Edalati 18
VOLLEYBALL UAA STANDINGS
TEAM STATS
Not including Monday’s games
Kills
UAA Conference Overall W L W L Pct. WashU 3 0 21 0 1.000 Emory 3 0 24 1 .960 Chicago 2 1 18 2 .909 Carnegie 2 1 12 7 .632 Case 1 2 14 7 .667 NYU 1 2 14 8 .636 Rochester 0 3 13 11 .542 JUDGES 0 3 7 11 .389
UPCOMING GAMES UAA Round Robin at Rochester: Saturday vs. Chicago and Case, Sunday vs. Emory and Rochester
Liz Hood ’15 leads the team in kills so far this year with 200. Player Kills Liz Hood 200 Si-Si Hensley 124 Becca Fischer 89 Lauren Berens 76
Digs Elsie Bernaiche ’15 leads the team in digs this year with 272. Player Digs Elsie Bernaiche 272 Si-Si Hensley 130 Susan Sun 109 Yael Einhorn 104
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DESPERATION KICK: Liz Watson ‘12 (left), playing for Nova in the coed championship, taps the ball past Matt Houser ’13.
Stan Ree, Joga Bonito pull out the intramural championships ■ In the intramural soccer
finals last Thursday, Stan Ree and Joga Bonito won their respective matches. By Adam Rabinowitz JUSTICE Editorial assistant
The intramural soccer season ended in epic fashion late last Thursday, with the men’s soccer championship going down to the wire on penalty kicks. Joga Bonito prevailed over American Express, winning by a score of 5-3 on penalties after an impressive comeback in regulation. In the coed championship, which was held earlier in the night, Stan Ree blanked Nova 4-0 for the championship. In the men’s match, American Express dominated the first half. With the defense able to shut down Joga Bonito’s potent offense, American Express was able to fire off two goals.
At 15 minutes, 55 seconds left in the half, Billy Geibel MA ’12 slammed it into the top left shelf of the net for the first goal of the match. About 10 minutes later, American Express was able to edge in another goal on a laser from Cameron Welter ’12 that trickled through the keeper’s five-hole to increase the lead to 2-0. However, Joga Bonito broke through with its first score at the 15:55 mark of the second half on a huge rip from IBS exchange student Giulio Tramontana that sailed right through the net. American Express’ defense stayed tough, clinging to the one-goal lead until Joga Bonito notched the tying goal with less than five minutes remaining on a strike from the right side by IBS exchange student Angelo Lacroix. The two sides failed to find the net for the rest of the second half and all of overtime, which sent the game to penalties. After each team put home its first three kicks, Joga Bonito broke through with a fourth goal while
American Express’ fourth attempt sailed wide of the net. Joga Bonito’s fifth player nailed the final score of the season, winning the men’s tournament. One hour earlier, Stan Ree defeated Nova by a score of 4-0 in the coed final. After 10 minutes of lockdown defense, Stan Ree notched the first goal of the match at 9:10. A counterattack landed Dylan Britton ’13 an open look at the net, which was slotted home in the top left of the net. Now a tight 1-0 affair, Stan Ree would start the next half off with a bang, as Stephen Kostel ’11 MS ’12 earned his team’s second goal and his first of two on the match on a fast break just 15 seconds into the half. The team proceeded to notch two insurance goals at the 10:15 and 7:39 marks in the second half on goals by Kostel and Matt Houser ’13 to increase the lead to 4-0. Along with an efficient offense, its defense completely neutralized Nova’s attack, helping to secure the championship.
boston BRUINS beat After raising the banner, Bruins lose home opener to the Flyers before taking down the Lightning For the 2011-2012 season, justSports has been given a press pass to attend Boston Bruins home games. We will cover these games periodically. Although initially frustrated by a scoreless first period, which they dominated, the Boston Bruins made quick work of the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning, scoring two goals in both the second and third periods en route to a 4-1 victory last Saturday. The win followed an emotional night last Thursday in which the Bruins raised the 2011 Stanley Cup Champions Banner, but fell to the Philadelphia Flyers by a 2-1 margin. In the opening stages against the Lightning, the Bruins passed the puck with aplomb. Captain and defenseman Zdeno Chara, making his 400th appearance in a Bruins uniform, had the best early chance, firing a slapshot that almost made its way through the legs of Lightning netminder Matheiu Garon. At the other end, the visitors were unlucky to not grab the lead after forward Teddy Purcell put a shot through the legs of Bruins goalie Tim Thomas, only to see it slide wide of the cage. Despite a plethora of opportunities, the period ended as it started: scoreless. Just two minutes, four seconds into the second, Boston grabbed the upper hand. Left wing Brad Marchand fired a blast that Garon stopped but couldn’t snare. The puck squirted loose to forward Rich Peverley, who sent the TD Bank Garden into raptures with his first tally of the year. However, the Lightning struck just
1:16 later, as right wing Martin St. Louis broke in on Thomas and beat the Boston goalkeeper to level things up. The frenetic pace of the game would continue, as the Bs scored again with 4:58 elapsed. Defenseman Adam McQuaid teed up right wing Daniel Paille, who unleashed a wrister into the bottom-left corner to complete the threegoal rush. Both teams would have opportunities to dent the scoreline— Boston hitting the post twice—but the difference would remain at one goal after the second period. With the game poised at 2-1 after two periods, the implications of a third goal were clear: Boston could score and put the game away, or Tampa Bay could even things up again. Thankfully for the Bruins, they found the net through center David Krejci, who finished a rebound from left wing Milan Lucic to double their advantage 3:07 into the final third. Peverley then grabbed his second of the night, finishing yet another rebound, to give the Bs a threegoal cushion. Despite a couple of good looks from the visitors, Boston would run out the clock on an emphatic 4-1 win, their first of the season. Despite the offensive prowess displayed, the defense was solid as well, epitomized by Thomas’s 25 saves. “Timmy looked, to me, more like the Timmy we know,” Bruins coach Claude Julien said. “He looked calm. He looked more comfortable. To me, that was as close as I’ve seen Timmy to the way he was last year.” “One of our goals for tonight’s game
was to make our own emotion,” added Thomas. “We wanted to get the season going in the right direction.” Against the Flyers, the Bruins looked great out of the gate following the long opening ceremony. The team kicked off the season with a great first shift and kept the pressure on, forcing Flyers rookie left winger Zac Rinaldo into a holding call just nine minutes into the game. With 10:18 left in the first, the Bruins capitalized. Secondyear forward Tyler Seguin found his fellow sophomore, Marchand, on a brilliant three-line pass through the heart of the Flyers’ defense. Marchand skated across the face of the goal and beat goalie Ilya Bryzgalov top right for the first goal of the young season. Defenseman Joe Corvo was credited with the secondary assist, his first point in a Boston uniform. But momentum quickly shifted, and the Flyers would respond with a power-play goal of their own. Bruins right winger Nathan Horton went to the box for slashing with 1:17 left in the first period, and Philadelphia capitalized just 27 seconds in. Right wing Claude Giroux skated through the middle of the Bruins defense and beat Thomas on a pretty deke. Jaromír Jágr earned the first assist for his 1600th NHL point. The 39 year old was playing in his first NHL game since April 6, 2008 with the New York Rangers. The Flyers added what turned out to be the winning goal with just 2.4 seconds left in the period. In a defensive breakdown, Flyers right winger Jakub
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CHAMPIONSHIP: The Bruins celebrated last season’s Stanley Cup victory by raising a banner at the TD Garden before last Thursday’s 2-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. Voracek was able to corral a rebound, pivot and fire it home to the left of Thomas, sending Philadelphia to the dressing room with the lead. Despite five penalties, neither team seriously threatened in an uneventful second period. But the Bruins came out strong in the third period, outshooting the Flyers 11-4 over the final 20 minutes. “In the third, we finally picked it up,” Chara said after the game. “We had some great opportunities and scoring chances, and we just didn’t put them in.” The Flyers picked up two penalties midway through the period, with de-
fender Braydon Coburn going to the box for slashing at 12:36 and Simmonds picking up a hooking minor at 9:47. But the Flyers held on, with Bryzgalov making several impressive saves and defender Kimmo Timonen stopping the one puck—a Horton forehand at the face of the net—that Bryzgalov couldn’t get to. “He made a couple of saves where a couple of guys looked at each other on the bench and said, wow, that was amazing,” Giroux said of his keeper. The Bruins travel to take on the Carolina Hurricanes tomorrow night. —Jeffrey Boxer and Henry Loughlin
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
MEN’S SOCCER
ON THE ATTACK
Judges fail to find the net vs Case Western ■ The men’s soccer team
couldn’t get on the board against Case Western, falling 2-0 on the road last Sunday. By julian cardillo JUSTICE STAFF WRITER
Last Sunday morning, the men’s soccer team was a few steps too slow in a 2-0 loss to an assertive Case Western Reserve University team. Case Western senior forward Vinny Bell dazzled, his brace punishing the Judges and ending their four-game unbeaten streak. “It’s disappointing,” said coach Mike Coven in a phone interview with the Justice. “We created opportunities, and we possessed the ball well. And it breaks down in the 18yard box. We didn’t finish up. It’s not like we didn’t have the opportunities; we created good chances.” “We knew they had Vinny Bell,” lamented Coven. “We spent lots of time this week on what we had to do to stop him, but we didn’t do a very
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good job of that either. He scored both goals, dominating their offensive part of the field and our defensive third. He was a handful.” Bell scored in the 43rd and 82nd minutes. Last year, he earned first team All-American honors and the University Athletic Association Player of the Year. He carried over his impressive form into this season, going into last Sunday’s game as one of the league’s most lethal scorers. Brandeis suffered a major setback in dealing with Bell, as defender Ethan Berceli ’14 is done for the season. Berceli will need surgery on both hips to help correct a genetic issue. “That hurts,” Coven said of the loss. “He was having a very, very good season.” Bell’s first goal came after he intercepted the ball in midfield, dribbled to the 18-yard box and uncorked a blast into the back of the net for his 36th career goal. Later in the game, Bell doubled his tally by poking in a give-and-go between freshman midfielder Patrick O’Day and senior midfielder Michael Ihsan. The goal not
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women’s soccer
Team tops Babson but falls at Case
■ The women’s soccer team
fell in the final moments to Case Western after a road victory against Babson. By HENRY LOUGHLIN JUSTICE STAFF WRITER
The women’s soccer squad split its matches last weekend, falling 1-0 to Case Western Reserve University in Ohio on Sunday due to a deflected strike with only two minutes to go. However, the team enjoyed success closer to home Thursday, defeating Babson College 2-1 at Hartwell-Rogers Field. The Judges now sit at 5-7 overall and are winless in both of their University Athletic Association contests. “[The result] was pretty disappointing,” said midfielder Alyssa Fenenbock ’15. “We weren’t connecting well,” added fellow midfielder Madeline Stein ’14. “Thursday [against Babson] we were stringing passes together well; today we just weren’t.” In last Sunday’s matchup, the Judges squared off against the Spartans, who sat at 8-1-2 before the contest. Despite lacking home advantage, Brandeis came flying out of the gate, as Case senior net-minder Anna Kennedy was forced to make three saves within the first 15 minutes. As the game wore on, the hosts— who were initially on the proverbial back foot—began to create oppor-
tunities, outshooting Brandeis 10-3 after the first 15 minutes. Despite efforts from Stein and fellow midfielders Mimi Theodore ’12 and Alanna Torre ’12, as well as a solid second half from goalkeeper Michelle Savuto ’15, the Pioneers stole the game with just two minutes remaining. Senior back Laura Gabster fed sophomore midfielder Leah Levy, whose shot took a deflection off a defender on its way past Savuto to give Case a vital win. Unlike the matchup against the Pioneers, Brandeis had no trouble getting on the board early against the Beavers. Theodore won the ball on the right flank. Seeing a bit of space, she cut in toward the center of the pitch before firing into the far corner from 12 yards to get the visitors off to a good start. Brandeis would double its advantage 15 minutes later. A corner from midfielder Alec Spivack ’15 was flicked on by back Kelly Peterson ’14 to Torre, who rifled home from eight yards to provide a two-goal cushion with less than 16 minutes gone. “We really dominated the first half,” said back Ali Theodore ’12. “We were getting in behind their attackers and had great intensity.” The visitors evened the scoreline with 25 minutes remaining. Junior forward Amy Festa whipped in a cross from the left wing toward the back post, where classmate Ashley Tourso found the net with a halfvolley. Smelling blood, Babson continued to apply the pressure and al-
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Intramural champions Stan Ree’s Matt Houser ’13 (left) rears back to unload a shot during his team’s 4-0 victory over Nova in last Thursday’s co-ed intramural soccer championship, p. 15.
tennis
Squads excel as fall season ends ■ The men’s and women’s
tennis teams both fared well during New England tournaments last weekend. By max goldstein JUSTICE senior WRITER
With their fall seasons winding down, both the men’s and women’s tennis teams were in action last weekend against several of their traditional regional foes. The men’s team ended its fall season over the weekend at the Wallach Invitational, which was held at Bates College last Friday through Sunday. Both of Brandeis’ A doubles teams, however, fell in the first round to doubles teams from Trinity College. Alec Siegel ’15 and Michael Secular ’15 lost to freshmen Ned Mandel and senior Dill Ayres, 8-5. Dave Yovanoff ’13 and Josh Jordan ’13 were Trinity’s second victims, as they lost 9-7 to freshmen Dan Carpenter and Musyoka Mbithi. Michael DeFeo ’14 and Ben Fine ’15, who participated in the B doubles
bracket, also fell to a pair of Trinity freshmen, IIya Levin and David Myers. The Judges fared better in singles matches. In Group A, Yovanoff fell to Trinity freshman Ned Mandel 6-3, 6-4 in the first round, but Siegel outlasted Bowdoin College freshman Doug Caplan 3-6, 7-6 (1) and 13-11 to advance to the second round. Siegel lost in the next round to Bates sophomore Timmy Berg 6-1, 6-3. In Group B, Jordan beat Mbithi 6-3, 6-1 but lost in the next round to Skidmore College freshmen Alec Hoblitzell in a hard-fought 3-6, 6-2 and [15-13] match. In Group C, Fine topped Bates sophomore Peter Yanofsky 7-5, 0-6 [10-8] before falling to Skidmore freshman Miles Ransom 6-2, 6-2. Adam Brown ’14 beat Jeff Beaton from Bates 6-3, 6-1, but lost in the next round to Skidmore junior Alex Fromson 6-3, 3-6 and (11-9). Finally, in Group D, DeFeo lost to Bates sophomore Ben Bogard 6-1, 6-2 after earning a first-round bye. Coach Ben Lamanna was pleased with how the men performed this fall season. “Overall, [it has been a] positive
fall season for a young team that has developed. A lot a lot of guys have stepped it up, replacing a bunch of seniors from last year. Fall season is always good because it gives a taste of it, and you know what you have to do to prepare for the spring,” he said. Lamanna also said that he is excited for the team to return for the spring season strong and sharp. “They’re [going to] lift in the winter, get big and come back ready in February,” he said. The women’s squad participated at the Gail Smith Doubles tournament at Middlebury College over the weekend. Carley Cooke ’15 and Nina Levine ’12 were paired together and ended the weekend 3-3 but finished strong with a 2-0 record last Sunday. The women, who are missing one of their stronger players, Faith Broderick ’13, who is studying abroad, had an odd number of players, as did Bowdoin. As a result, both schools put together a joint Bowdoin-Brandeis doubles team, which featured Jill Martin ’15 from Brandeis, and Bowdoin sophomore Susanna Howard. The team went
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POP CULTURE
INSIDE ON CAMPUS
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■ Staving Artists debut
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■ Aziz profile
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One of the most beloved on-campus a cappella troupes officially introduced their newest members, three first-years.
Student rapper and performer Aziz lands one of his biggest gigs yet as an opener for J. Cole’s Worcester concert on Oct. 22.
■ Boris’ Kitchen ‘Old Sh*t Show’ 21 Last Thursday, Boris’ Kitchen performed its annual sketch-comedy show, which featured skits from throughout the troupe’s long history.
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■ ‘Ocarina of Time’ review
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■ Grace Kelly jazz concert
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This classic video game, considered by many to be the best of all time, has been refomatted for the Nintendo 3DS hand-held system. The up-and-coming jazz saxophonist Grace Kelly joined well-known musicians Bill Banfield and the Jazz Urbane at Sculler’s.
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Interview
BAASA hosts an ‘Iron Chef’-style competition
by Shelly Shore
Sorry in advance, readers: It’s going to be another downer. As you probably know, unless you’re living under a rock or trapped in the depths of Goldfarb Library (here we go, midterms!), Steven P. Jobs, the visionary founder of Apple Inc., passed away on Oct. 5, following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Jobs was not a celebrity in the sense of the word that we’re used to. He wasn’t in movies, he didn’t do raunchy photoshoots with Terry Richardson, and he didn’t go on coke binges with Lindsay Lohan. What he was, though, was an inspiration. Between the Mac, his involvement in Pixar and the iEmpire (iMac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, iEtcetera), Jobs revolutionized the world of technology as we know it. Jobs resigned his position as Apple’s CEO late this summer, and while many suspected health reasons were behind his departure, few realized how grave his condition was. In the hours following his death, it quickly became clear just how many people Jobs has influenced, creatively and professionally. Celebrities like Neil Patrick Harris took to Twitter, but others released long, emotional statements: Sometimes the grief over a role model’s passing just can’t be contained in 140 characters. President Barack Obama released the following statement: “Michelle and I are saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Jobs. Steve was among the greatest of American innovators—brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world and talented enough to do it.” Bill Gates, who many called Jobs’ ultimate rival in the technology world, wrote, “The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come. For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it’s been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely.”
Events Coordinator Karen Hu ’12 and Co-presidents Vicky Lee ’13 and Stephanie Lee ’13 explain their next event, Epic Ramen Time.
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FAREWELL: Jobs revolutionized the electronics and music industries as the founder of Apple Inc.
Apple has also launched a tribute page on Apple.com, inviting anyone who wishes to share their “thoughts, memories, and condolences.” Submissions are not yet available for viewing, but I’m willing to bet that the inbox for “Remembering Steve” is already filling up. Whether you use a Mac or a PC, an iPod or a Zune, an iPhone or a Droid; whether you love Pixar or Dreamworks; whether you like black turtlenecks or button-down shirts, no one can deny that the world of technological development has lost a brilliant leader. Rest in peace, Steve Jobs—and may all the software in iHeaven be Mac-compatible.
What’s happening in Arts on and off campus
ON-CAMPUS EVENTS Jenin Freedom Theater performance
Jenin Refugee Camp, located in the West Bank, is the site of the only venue for professional theater in the territory. Brandeis Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace and the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life bring this important group to campus. Today from 7 to 10:30 p.m. in the Mandel Center Atrium.
Lydians at Noon
You’ve just walked out of a draining seminar in Olin-Sang and all you want to do is go back to your dorm and nap, despite having class in a few minutes. Tired and starving, you grab a pre-packaged sub sandwich on the way to the Mandel Center for Humanities and plop down on one of the red couches in the atrium. As you stare blankly into the lights above, something wonderful happens. The building fills with live classical music from the Lydian String Quartet, and either your spirit has been reinvigorated, or you’ve been put to sleep by the soothing sounds and granted that much-needed nap. Whatever happens, it’s as classy as in-between-class time gets. The Lydian String Quartet will perform an informal recital of Mozart’s Quartet in D major, K. 499 and John Harbison’s Quartet No. 2 tomorrow from noon to 1 p.m. in the Atrium of the Mandel Center for the Humanities.
BAASA presents Epic Ramen Time
Ramen, a staple of college life, is no plebeian’s dish. Just like any form of Asian-influenced cuisine, ramen can be as sophisticated as they come. So throw away those cheap convenience store instant noodle packages and dine instead on gourmet offerings of noodles, vegetables and chicken broth. The cook-off will be held in an Iron Chef style where people compete to produce the best-tasting and best-looking ramen. After the sign ups, contestants will be put into teams and will have to work together to create a team name as well as to send the judges a list of ingredients before the cooking begins. Students will have an opportunity to be judges. The winning team will receive T-shirts as well as coupons to cut in line at the Brandeis Asian American Students Association’s future free food events. Oct. 14 in the Intercultural Center lounge. For contest entries and more information, please email baasa1112@gmail.com.
EMBODIED: Laurie Kaplowitz & Stacy Latt Savage
“EMBODIED” is a two-person art exhibition featuring the work of painter Laurie Kaplowitz and sculptor Stacy Latt Savage. Both artists address the female figure from extremely different viewpoints. The artists will be present to discuss their work and answer questions. Refreshments will be served. Wednesday, Oct. 19 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Women’s Studies Research Center.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON
REVEALING ARTWORK: The Museum of Fine Arts examines Edgar Degas, an influential French Impressionist artist from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, and his controversial look at the female form.
OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS ‘Tiny Kushner’
The groundbreaking American playwright Tony Kushner is being honored by Zeitgeist Stage Company, which is putting on five of Kushner’s short works this month. Kushner, known for his sharp wit and his fearless documentation of gay culture in the 1980s, is best known for his two-part epic, Angels in America. In Tiny Kushner, Zeitgeist puts on several plays that include real-life characters, including Hitler, Dostoyevsky, Nixon, George W. Bush and Shakespeare. Running through Oct. 22 at the BCA Plaza Black Box Theatre located at 527 Tremont St. in Boston.
‘The Phantom Tollbooth’
Wheelock Family Theater celebrates The Phantom Tollbooth’s 50th anniversary by putting on a musical adaptation of the classic children’s novel. Protagonist Milo journeys through the Kingdom of Wisdom searching for the Princesses of Rhyme and Reason. Running from Friday, Oct. 22 to Friday, Nov. 4 at Wheelock College’s Wheelock Family Theater, located at 180 Riverway, Boston.
The Bad Plus at Regattabar
Since its inception 10 years ago, hard-hitting acoustic jazz trio The Bad Plus have shattered musical convention by melding, nay, smashing jazz with genres such as indie rock, electronica and acid jazz. It’s true-to-roots, sophisticated jazz but also hard, loud music that will get your head rocking at the same time. The threesome has been exchanging musical ideas since the late ’80s, when Anderson and King were two fledgling rock musicians listening to records by Coltrane and The Police. Anderson met Iverson in 1989. All three played together on one occasion a year later before going
their separate ways for 10 years. When the three reconvened in their hometown in 2000, the combination of their eccentric beats and melodious improvisations produced what The New York Times called one of the top releases in 2001. The Bad Plus’ two-day stay at the Regattabar will feature pieces from its recent albums, including 2009’s For All I Care and 2010’s NEVER STOP. Oct. 27 and 28 at the Regattabar, located in the Charles Hotel in Cambridge.
Company One’s “The Brother/Sister Plays”
Tarell Alvin McCraney wrote “The Brother/ Sister Plays,” three modern-day works about discovering love and life through the closest members of one’s family. In Red and Brown Water, The Brothers Size and Marcus; Or the Secret of Sweet are gritty and lyric, urban and mythical. One of the most startling new American theatrical voices of the 21st century, McCraney redefines the boundaries of language, form, race and sexuality. Oct. 28 to Dec. 3 at 539 Tremont St. in Boston. For ticketing information and a full schedule, visit www.companyone.org.
‘Degas and the Nude’ at the MFA, Boston
The nude figure was an important part of Edgar Degas’ art, from the beginning of his career as a painter in the 1850s until near the end of his life. However, this subject regarding Degas has never before been explored in a museum exhibition. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Musée d’Orsay in Paris bring “Degas and the Nude” to town, featuring paintings, pastels, drawings, prints and sculpture. On display Oct. 9 through Feb. 2, 2012 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. For more information, visit www.mfa.org.
Two words: ramen noodles. The faux-Asian staple is coming to Brandeis on October 14 in the Epic Ramen Time cooking competition hosted by Brandeis Asian American Students Association. “It will be Iron Chef-style where all five teams cook at the same time,” said BAASA Events Coordinator Karen Hu ’12. “One of the BAASA board members will host it like they do on the show, and everyone that comes will get to watch the chefs cook. Then we will have our seniors and upperclassmen of the e-board judge the event.” Co-president Vicky Lee ’13 explained the inspiration for the first-time event: “Epic Ramen Time was inspired by a Wong Fu video, which is three guys that make comedic shorts on YouTube. We saw one where they had a ramen competition and we thought if we brought it to Brandeis, we could unite people from other clubs. Ramen unites all Asians, and nonAsians like it too.” Though Epic Ramen Time focuses on food, like many BAASA events in past years, the club hopes to shift the spotlight away from the free food. “We are trying to step back from that this year. We still will tie in food to our events because it’s cultural, but we also want to focus on the social aspect and forming tight-knit members,” said Hu. After the cook-off, BAASA will show a movie to allow people to hang out as they enjoy ramen. While Epic Ramen Time promises to be a fun, one-time event, Vicky’s twin sister and Co-president Stephanie Lee, ’13, explained that the goal of the event extends beyond the cookoff. “This is a new idea and it’s great to see how many people want to participate, but we want to get more people involved in BAASA and bring people together. I look forward to seeing how people respond,” she said. The BAASA board has used the planning of Epic Ramen Time as a way to include new members. The club set up an events committee for the first time to allow more students to participate in brainstorming and planning BAASA events. “There are 10 students on the committee. We have open discussions and as co-presidents we try to guide the discussion. For a lot of the committee members, Epic Ramen Time is the first event for BAASA they have planned,” said Vicky. In coming up with Epic Ramen Time, the events committee focused on Asian-American culture for inspiration. “We identify ourselves as Asian-American versus just Chinese, and so our drive for this club is to spread that AsianAmerican culture,” said Stephanie. “We brainstormed ways to explore that culture and we came up with the ramen competition.” Once the events committee decided upon a ramen competition, they needed a name for the event. “We were thinking of Epic Meal Time,” said Vicky. Epic Meal Time is a short cooking show on YouTube. “They make these really intense dishes, like once they made massive meat dishes, and so we based it off that but with ramen as the focus. We liked that the name was relatable to something outside of Asian culture. That way, it shows the fusion of Asian-American culture which is what BAASA is about.” With the event less than a week away, Vicky explained that logistics planning is important. “We have to make sure we control the event. It’s new, so we don’t know what to expect. We want to make sure everyone understands the rules of the competition and that we get people involved in the event.” She also stressed that publicizing the event is key. “We want to make sure that people attend.” To encourage attendance, BAASA is giving free T-shirts to the winning team to up the stakes. They are also giving attendees an opportunity to choose the post-cook-off movie via a poll on Facebook. However, ramen alone should be enough to draw people in. Hu said, “People love ramen. I love ramen and ate it my entire first semester at Brandeis. I make shin ramen; it’s pretty spicy. I put in crab meat, fried egg, scallions, and it’s really good with cheese.” Epic Ramen Time will be held in the Intercultural Center lounge on Oct. 14 at 7 p.m., but Vicky noted that if people can’t attend, their next big event is only a week after the cook-off. “We are bringing Jubilee Project to campus. They are three Asian guys that make videos for social change. They will talk about their videos and how it relates to being Asian.” Jubilee Project’s first video benefitted Haiti and they have since partnered with prominent organizations to raise funds. To learn more about BAASA or Epic Ramen Time, visit BAASA’s website at people.brandeis. edu/~baasa/ or email BAASA1112@gmail.com. —Leanne Ortbals
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Starving Artists let their voices shine ■ The a cappella group
performed with its new members for the first time on Wednesday in Ridgewood. By Ayan sanyal JUSTICE contributing WRITER
Last Wednesday, the first cold night of fall, singers and listeners alike hunkered down in the South Campus Commons for the debut concert of Starving Artists, one of Brandeis’ prized coed a cappella groups. The microphone was abandoned on the side of the stage, a testament to the intimate atmosphere, as if the singers did not need the electronic assistance to help their voices belt through the hall. The group started its first song, “No One,” a cover by Aly and AJ, one of Disney Channel’s actor/ singer duos. With tight, soaring harmonies and a unique style of vocal percussion, one could quickly tell that the Starving Artists were not newcomers to a cappella. The zenith of the show was undoubtedly the group’s cover of “Accidentally in Love,” a song made famous by the Counting Crows on the Shrek 2 soundtrack. Jordan Brown ’12, Starving Artists’ music director and choreographer, took on the lead part with unparalleled gusto and confidence. While the singers behind him reveled in air guitar antics and cute sound effects, Brown ventured out in the crowd and started serenading members of the audience. I almost thought everyone around me would soon burst out
in a choreographed choral arrangement, like an episode of Glee. That was the type of energy Starving Artists brought that night: a hopeful, almost-too-happy but contagious vibe. The middle of their half-hour set featured new first-year talent: Leila Pascual ’15, Marlee Rosenthal ’15, and Elan Wong ’15 on vocal percussion. They covered Rob Thomas’ 2009 hit “Her Diamonds” without a hint of hesitation in their voices and were rewarded by a long applause from the encouraging audience. Rosenthal, who was president of her a cappella group in high school, explained that her experience with Starving Artists has been entirely positive and that they are a “talented and attractive” group. With the heightened responsibility, she now knows that “It’s obvious when you do not memorize your parts.” However, the average listener would never know that these mistakes even existed based on Wednesday’s performance. Starving Artists ended their night with a medley of easily recognizable and lovable songs. In the mix, I heard Ray Charles’ “Hit the Road, Jack” and “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” by Steam, a popular song at sporting events, but the arrangement was not cliché. The group sang these songs over each other and gained momentum, ending in a fantastic crescendo of sound. The professionalism and charisma of their group, as Brown explained, came from a rigorous practice schedule and a democratic decision-making model. Starving Artists practices six or seven times a week for hours at a time. They all bring in pieces
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SING-ALONG: The members of the troupe take turns soloing on different numbers, and any member can propose songs to perform. and arrangements of songs they want to perform and they all get to solo on one song. The arrangements are brought in, written out—from a former music major, this is arduous work— voted on and then finally re-
hearsed to perfection. As the clock struck midnight, Starving Artists promptly ended their set and sent the fulfilled audience back to their and into the cold October air, humming the troupe’s
arrangements on the way. The debut concert was a success, to say the least, and I urge you to make the trek out to Cholmondeley’s or any other venue this school year to see Starving Artists perform.
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Student talent Aziz to open for hip-hop star ■ Aziz Dieng ’14 will open for chart-topping rapper J. Cole at the artist’s show on October 22 in Worcester. By Jennifer im JUSTICE contributing WRITER
On Sept. 27, North Carolina-native rapper and producer J. Cole released his new album Cole World: the Sideline Story. The album, featuring hit artists Trey Songz, Drake, Missy Elliot and Jay Z, debuted as No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 Chart and currently ranks No. 6 under the Top Albums on iTunes. As J. Cole’s “J. Cole World: World Tour” takes off, Brandeis’ self-made rapper Aziz Dieng ’14 will be performing as the opening act for Cole’s Worcester, Mass. show at the Palladium on Oct. 22. 20-year-old New Hampshire native Dieng—known by his stage name “Aziz”—got this opportunity through the production company NV Concepts, through which he has also opened for musical artists Chris Webby, Curren$y and Fabolous. Aziz has also opened for Snoop Dogg, Far East Movement, Mac Miller, Big K.R.I.T., Smoke DZA and Stalley as well as performing at fraternities and sororities at numerous colleges. J. Cole graduated magna cum laude from St. John’s University in New York, and Aziz intends to graduate from Brandeis with an independent interdisciplinary major that combines Business and Music. “J. Cole is probably my favorite artist right now,” Aziz said. “I can relate to him because he’s real, honest, but most of all he’s humble. His poetry has crazy wordplay, and he works on his craft. He’s like a breath of fresh air to mainstream [music].” Aziz will be performing “Got a Shot” and “Ode to Pete Rock”— songs from his most recent album Daydreams of a Spaceshot—along with some a cappella and verses. Aziz hopes to select songs with his manager and disc jockey based on the interests of J. Cole fans and his
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HITTING THE BIG TIME: Aziz, a sophomore, has previously performed at Snoop Dogg, Fabolous, Far East Movement and Mac Miller concerts. He has also released several albums. image as a rapper. “For this particular concert, I think the message is telling stories of what I’ve been through and what I’ve seen,” Aziz said. “I want [the audience] to know who I am. It’s a lot of things deeper than the facts: Aziz, 20 years old, Brandeis, New Hampshire born. It’s a lot deeper than that.” Aziz’s opening act was scheduled for last March 2011, but J. Cole delayed his tour until the fall. Long awaited, the show is a steppingstone for Aziz to spread his music and to make himself known to J.
Cole fans. Aziz has been writing poetry since age nine and recording since 18. The artist derives his inspiration for music from many sources, a similarity he shares with J. Cole. Both artists were born into multicultural families. Aziz explains how his bicultural heritage of having a Senegalese father and German mother, his experiences of racism and witness of hardships, such as poverty, have allowed him to use poetry as a motivating tool for himself, family, friends and fans. “[Music] started out as a coping
mechanism, and now I don’t know what to do without it,” Aziz said. “My story is different. I’ve never been a rich kid; I’ve seen what it’s like to be poor. There are a lot of different topics I can go about with music because there are so many problems like that. Not everything is sweet. … I don’t talk about murder, I don’t talk about drugs, I don’t talk about many negatives. I’d rather spread positive messages [about] what I do on a daily basis and hopefully people catch onto it.” J. Cole certainly will not be the last big name in the music indus-
try that Aziz will work with. Aziz intends to start his own tour in the spring, collaborating with other artists, performing at venues and continuing to release new music. Eventually, Aziz hopes to start his own management company and become a full-time rapper. Aziz has big plans for the future, but his music will remain genuine and memorable. “I want my music to be ill and to speak for itself,” Aziz said. “Through time, with the route I’m going, I hope my music catches the right way and that it will have longevity.”
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Kitchen let loose a series of varied, absurdist sketches from throughout its history. By DAMIANA ANDONOVA JUSTICE STAFF WRITER
If anyone needs a recipe for laughter, go to Boris’ Kitchen. The troupe is the only sketch-comedy group on campus and even their “old sh*t” still makes for a great show. Last Thursday night, the crew of Boris’ Kitchen whipped up some fabulous vintage sketches for a full house. Students, faculty and family members gathered to laugh at the ridiculously hilarious show. BK offered just the right amount of the ridiculous, and the scenarios were anything but trite—a dad forcing his daughter to have sex, a prudish wife in a bar filled with half-dressed waiters, a nurse mistaking every symptom for a sign of pregnancy and girls passionately announcing their love for their elbows—just to name a few. Yoni Sebag ’13, one of the audience members, commented on the show. “It was absolutely fantastic. This was the first Old Sh*t Show I’ve been to and it was awesome. My favorite sketch has to be the one where the guys were pretty much naked, cracking the pepper at the restaurant scene,” Sebag said, alluding to the scene where three wives, upset that their husbands left them for Hooters, decide to go to a restaurant with half-naked waiters. The scene is filled with funny sexual references and absurd behavior on the part of the waiters. The prudish wife wants nothing to do with them and has a difficult time ordering food from the sexualized menu. Rachel Starr ’15 also said she loved it. “I came to the show halfway [through], and it was really funny. It was so enjoyable. My favorite part was the one with the guy dressed as the girl,” she said, referring to Sadrach Pierre’s ’13 role in the “Elbow Monologues” sketch. Another audience member reflected, “It was awesome. I am a parent of one of the skit members [Briana Bensenouci ’12]. She’s the president and director of BK. This is her last year, and I’ve been coming to all the shows since her freshman year. They work really hard and put on a great show.”
I also had the chance of speaking with two of BK’s members, Yoni Bronstein ’13 and Pierre, who opened up about what it’s like to be part of a sketch comedy show and described their favorite roles. “My favorite role tonight probably has to be the southern black woman in the ‘Elbow Monologues,’” said Pierre. “Just playing somebody so passionate about something so ridiculous, it was just a great time.” He explained that BK is all about having fun with both the scenarios and with the audience. “We’re idiots. We like to have a good time. We’re not really idiots, but we like acting like idiots and being funny. We like to make people laugh. We want to have fun with the audience, even though we can’t laugh with them.” Bronstein also discussed his characters from the show. “Some of my roles tonight were a punky guy from Brooklyn named Vinny, a waiter named Rod who doesn’t wear much, a professor who kills his students, a father who is encouraging his daughter to put out and a guy who is a real jerk to people who doesn’t think they are funny. I liked all of my roles. I really liked playing Vinny; he was a real funny character to play because he’s very eccentric, very different.” Bronstein is the treasurer, a performer and a writer for BK. When asked what it’s like to be part of the troupe, he explained, “We rehearse about a month in advance. It requires a commitment to make sure you are ready to go, to show up on a nightly basis to rehearse and to support everybody. It takes a lot of courage, relaxation and commitment, and it’s worth it.” He also shared some of the logistics for the upcoming December show. “It’s the first time we write the material ourselves. Tonight’s show was recycled material, but for the December show, it will be different. We’re going to write the sketches in the next month or so, and then rehearse for a month. Hopefully, I’ll direct the show. The other thing is that we invite a lot of other groups from other schools and two professional groups to perform with us. It’s going to be a bigger show located in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium. Our [Boris’ Kitchen] part will be a bit shorter just because there will be other groups performing as well.” With all the excitement that Boris’ Kitchen has already created, it is no doubt the December show will be yet another full house.
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WHEN IT ALL FALLS DOWN: Talya Davidoff ’12 strikes a dramatic pose at the show.
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BK’s ‘Old Sh*t Show’ cracks audience up ■ In typical fashion, Boris’
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PLAY ON: The band was originally just Silberman, right. He later added two members and touring guitarist Timothy Mislock (left).
Antlers play impromptu, energetic show at Chum’s ■ Justice McDaniel’s ’12
family band, Zanois, opened for indie Brooklyn-based trio The Antlers on Thursday night. By LOUIS POLISSON JUSTICE STAFF WRITER
WBRS continued to earn its title as the “World’s Best Radio Station” when it brought The Antlers to Cholmondeley’s in a last-minute surprise concert last Thursday. The Antlers, a Brooklyn-based indie rock outfit, has experienced growing popularity in the indie rock scene over the past few years. Their most recent release, the band’s fourth studio album Burst Apart, received strong reviews from Pitchfork Media, AbsolutePunk and The AV Club. Members Peter Silberman, Michael Lerner, Darby Cicci and touring member Timothy Mislock gave an intimate, musically powerful and enjoyable performance that matched their reputation. It was a highly impressive feat that WBRS was able to bring the band to Chum’s right before The Antlers kicked off for their tour with the extremely popular post-rock band Explosions in the Sky. Opener Zanois took the stage at around 8:45 p.m. Zanois, hailing from Manchester, N.H., is composed of Punk, Rock n’ Roll Club Co-president Justice McDaniel ’12 along with his father and brother, Kyle and “McDad,” as their Facebook fan page calls him. The family power trio rocked out with a unique and enjoyable brand of experimental rock. Justice’s ethereal guitar-playing style meshed nicely with his father’s remarkably powerful drumming and his brother Steinberger’s bass notes and vocals. Zanois served as a strong opener for The Antlers, whose music also has otherworldly elements with its wallof-sound guitars and synthesizers. The Antlers’ set began around 9:30 p.m., as over 120 people crowded into Chum’s for the serendipitous occasion. Opening with the eerie yet powerful “Parentheses,” the band immediately drew in their audience. Lead
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MR. 88: Keyboardist Darby Cici performed with the Antlers on Thursday night. vocalist Peter Silberman’s swooping, high falsetto rang perfectly in tune over airy synthesizers and thick guitar chords. The Antlers further proved their musical prowess by playing in unique and odd time signatures, such as 10/4 time alternating with 4/4 time. Other highlights from the band’s set included “Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out,” “Sylvia” and their closer, “Putting the Dog to Sleep.” The band’s stage conversation with the audience served as a funny counterpoint to their heavily
emotional music. Although it was not clear whether their stage banter was sarcastic (“So, how’s school, guys?”) or honest, it was clear that both the band and the audience enjoyed the intimate setting of Chum’s. The concert was a truly once-ina-lifetime opportunity for Brandeis. WBRS Music Director Michael Zonenashvili ’13 said of the show, “It was kind of a case of stars aligning. A show like that shouldn’t happen in Chum’s, and it’s almost an honor that it did.”
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CURIOUS FIGURE: A mysterious person named Sheik aids Link in his quest.
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RIDING IN THE WIND: Link, the protagonist of the game, rides his horse, Epona, on the expansive open environment of Hyrule.
‘Ocarina of Time’ gains new life in 3D ■ Nintendo’s remake of ‘The
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’ gives gamers a reason to own the Nintendo 3DS. By dan willey JUSTICE STAFF WRITER
Much like film and music, certain video games go down as classics of the medium. These historic franchises stand the test of time, remaining firm against the rapid waves of technological innovation that drown out their peers, many of which have become almost unplayable; outdated graphics and gameplay mechanics become frustrating, or even unintelligible, to modern gamers in light of recent standards. Nintendo franchises have proven particularly immune
to this problem, and Nintendo has attempted to take advantage of this with the launch of its new 3DS portable system by recreating several of their better-known classics for the system. The highlight in this series of remakes is by far The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Originally introduced on the Nintendo 64 console over a decade ago, Ocarina of Time is considered by many to be the best in the Zelda series and is often mentioned in discussions of the best games of all time. Launching at the same time as the 25th anniversary of the series, the remake of Ocarina of Time is an excellent way to honor the series and drive sales of the new system. Ocarina of Time puts players once again in the role of Link as he is tasked with saving the land of
Hyrule and rescuing its princess, Zelda. Along the way, players explore numerous dungeons, defeat epic bosses and collect new weapons and items to aid them on their quest. In recreating this adventure, Nintendo has given the graphics a considerable upgrade. The textures are crisp, and the polygon count on most of the character models has been increased significantly. At the same time, the developers made sure to maintain the game’s characteristic aesthetic. The addition of a third dimension to the visuals gives the environment a nice depth and enhances the special effects during cutscenes. The developers have made use of several other unique features in the new system. The game utilizes the 3DS’ second touch screen to simplify menu navigation (one
of the more frustrating elements of the original game). The 3DS’s movement sensors are used to aim various projectile weapons in the game; players can move the system in any direction and the first-person viewpoint in the game follows these movements. This doesn’t work very well with the three-dimensional effects, which only work when the player views the screen from a particular angle: As the player moves the system, the threedimensional style fades in and out and causes a fair amount of strain on the eye. This, however, is ultimately more of a general flaw with the system than a problem with the game itself. All of the new features of this remake add to the experience and improve upon the already fantastic original. Ocarina of Time isn’t as
plot-heavy as many modern games. In fact, the narrative is fairly basic, but the fascinating characters and captivating world more than make up for it, drawing players in and providing a very memorable experience. The gameplay feels natural and intuitive, and the excitement of discovering new areas, weapons and enemies keeps players coming back for more. This combination makes for one of the greatest games of all time. If you haven’t experienced Ocarina of Time before, it is an absolute must-play. For those already familiar with the game, it’s still worth picking up for another playthrough. The game feels familiar but not repetitive, and the new features introduced by the 3DS help make the game feel fresh. I give Ocarina of Time a perfect score, 10/10.
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Scullers hosts Kelly, Banfield and the Jazz Urbane ■ Young saxophonist Grace
Kelly sat in with the funk-jazz fusion group last week at the Hilton Hotel in Boston. By wei-huan chen JUSTICE editor
Last Wednesday, my girlfriend treated me to a funk-jazz concert at a posh Cambridge hotel. We saw upand-coming saxophone star Grace Kelly, 19, guest perform with Bill Banfield and the Jazz Urbane at Sculler’s Jazz Club, located in the Hilton Hotel. Grace Kelly is currently one of the hottest and youngest names in jazz, and Bill Banfield is an established guitarist and educator at Berklee College of Music. While the Jazz Urbane never strayed from its traditional funk and R & B roots, Kelly’s presence gave the night some fresh sounds. My girlfriend took me there because she knows I was a jazz guy. But jazz comes in hierarchies of taste; for one, I don’t consider smooth jazz to be “true” jazz. I typically prefer experimental fare over traditional groups, so I was surprised by how imaginative the Jazz Urbane was. To commemorate his 35th birthday, Banfield invited Esperanza Spalding and other Berklee professors his age to play the type of music they grew up with. They played every Monday at Daryll’s Corner Bar & Kitchen in Boston and it was soon dubbed the hottest spot for live music by The New York Times. There’s lots of classic roots/soul/funk here to liven up anyone’s night out. Banfield doesn’t perform like Julian Lage or Kurt
Rosenwinkel. But he doesn’t have to, since he brims with so much of his own charm and virtuosity. The Jazz Urbane clearly defines its genre and plays its heart out within the boundaries of jazz and funk. It’s a great choice for a place like Scullers. The nightclub is nestled inside the boutique-style Hilton, and like the Regattabar at the Charles Hotel—my favorite jazz venue in Boston—there are swanky sights along the way. White marble floors, leather couches and 1920s-inspired decor set the tone of the evening, not to mention a skyward view of the Hilton’s 300-plus rooms and glass elevator. Scullers itself is similar to the Regattabar in terms of its intimacy to the musicians: Its tables are far enough from each other for red-wine romance, yet close enough to fill the venue with a large crowd. We sat adjacent to the stage, right next to Banfield and the singers with a clear view of everyone in the band but the pianist—a lucky spot for the $20 general seating. Being closer to Kelly’s age and more familiar with her style of music, I was most excited when the Brookline-raised Korean-American stepped up to the stage. She’s been quite busy for someone set to complete her undergraduate degree at Berklee by the end of the year. In addition to graduating, Kelly’s accomplishments this year include putting out two albums, appearing in over six countries and playing in both the Newport Jazz Festival and the Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival, where she first guest starred with the Jazz Urbane. At Scullers, Kelly offered riproaring solos and an original vocal composition, “It’s Not About Me.”
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FUNKYTOWN: The Jazz Urbane blends traditional funk with rock, jazz and pop. Though I’m not sure she’s quite found her vocal maturity yet, instrumentalists who sing always impress me. Her aching ballad gave me chills (the good kind) during its leaps and bends, teasing out the sorrow in the song. I wonder where the unrequited love theme came from, as she’s apparently in a happy relationship. However, it wasn’t until Kelly picked her saxophone back up and wailed like a jazz veteran that my jaw dropped. Banfield, with two decades of performing, composing and directing under his belt, seemed right at home with his buds Joey Blake, the Jazz Urbane’s lead singer, and Jesse Taitt, the musical director and pianist of the group. “Are you having
a good time?” Blake bellowed before launching into the funkiest scat solo I’ve heard in a while. Banfield’s riffs hinted at both John Scofield and Jimmy Hendrix. The rhythm section grooved with earthy beats and the vocal team, four women with immediate stage presence, filled the Scullers stage with precise harmonies. Blake, dressed in colorful African garb, noted the “wonderful colors” onstage. His comment rang true. Each of these Berklee musicians brought his or her nationality and musical taste to the stage; one singer dedicated a solo to her family in India. A woman in the crowd, who looked like the least likely person to start dancing, had such a good time she threw her arms up with the beat,
singing along to a cover of Bill Wither’s “Use Me.” Sure, it was all stuff I’d heard before, but there’s a reason certain types of music last. When the bassist began laying down the groove to Robert Parissi’s “Play That Funky Music,” I realized that these rhythms always get my head bopping. Jazz has crossed over from the realm of entertainment into intellectual sophistication and academia. But who’s to say that we can’t simply have a good time listening to it or seeing it live? One moment toward the end of the Jazz Urbane’s set epitomized its feel-good nature. Blake sang out the names of each member, and one by one they showed off their respective instruments with a short solo. Banfield had a great time rocking out with his electric guitar—distortion, wah-wah pedal and all. Taitt changed the groove into a wonky version of Herbie Hancock’s “Chameleon.” The whole band was dancing and celebrating its timeless music. For a moment, Scullers transformed into a musical world that predated—or outlasted—the current pop world of Auto-Tuned teenagers and Rebecca Black. Was it merely a feeling of nostalgia? Perhaps. But it’s hard to deny the sheer presence of talent that night. “Did you like the concert?” my girlfriend asked as we were paying our $10 parking ticket in the lobby, clearly exhausted from the hourand-a-half set. Of course I did. “Who wouldn’t?” I thought. Sure, there are people who simply don’t like funk or jazz. But seeing an energetic group of musicians give it their all in an intimate setting—that’s something anyone can dig.
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TUESday, October 11, 2011 ● THE JUSTICE
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TRIVIA TIME 1. What was the name of the 1987 song and the movie starring Madonna? 2. What are the “sirocco,” “mistral” and “Chinook”? 3. A triennial event occurs how often? 4. Who directed the The Silence of the Lambs? 5. What does the Greek prefix cyto- mean? 6. What famous comics character had a girlfriend named Dale Arden? 7. When did the U.S.S. Maine explode in Havana’s harbor, an event that preceded the SpanishAmerican War? 8. Henry David Thoreau’s famous Walden Pond is nearest to which town? 9. Who is the Norse goddess of love and fertility? 10. Cork and Limerick are major cities of which nation? ANSWERS 1. “Who’s That Girl” 2. Names of winds that affect different regions of the world 3. Every three years 4. Jonathan Demme 5. Cell 6. Flash Gordon 7. 1898 8. Concord, Mass. 9. Freyja 10. Ireland
SHOWTIMES 10/14-10/20 The Help Fri-Sun: 12:55, 9:05 Mon-Thurs: 2:00, 7:20 Midnight in Paris Fri-Sun: 4:00, 6:20 Mon-Thurs: 5:10 50/50 Fri-Sun: 1:35, 4:30, 7:10, 9:35 Mon-Thurs: 2:40, 5:00, 8:10 Footloose Fri-Sun: 1:05, 3:50, 6:50, 9:25 Mon-Thurs: 2:10, 4:50, 7:40 Drive Fri-Sun: 1:15, 4:10, 6:40, 9:15 Mon-Thurs: 2:30, 5:00, 7:50 The Ides of March Fri-Sun: 1:25, 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 Mon-Thurs: 2:20, 4:50, 8:00 Moneyball Fri-Sun: 12:45, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20 Mon-Thurs: 2:50, 7:30
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CHARTS Top 10s for the week ending October 9 BOX OFFICE
1. Real Steel 2. The Ides of March 3. Dolphin Tale 4. Moneyball 5. 50/50 6. Courageous 7. The Lion King 3D 8. Dream House 9. What’s Your Number? 10. Abduction
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REFLECTIVE SORROW: Sara Weininger ’13 used colored pencil and oil pastel for this portrait of an Indian shepherd. It was inspired by Steven McCurry’s photojournalism taken during his travels in India.
ACROSS 1. “Six-pack” muscles 4. Somewhere out there 8. Snare 12. A Gershwin brother 13. Albacore, e.g. 14. Apiece 15. Reverie 17. Tool storage structure 18. Bombard 19. Fore’s opposite 21. Greek consonants 22. Masseuse’s workplace 26. Seraglio group 29. April payment 30. Joan of — 31. Enrages 32. X rating? 33. Fedora feature 34. Conger or moray 35. Crafty one 36. High-quality 37. Fluorescent trademark 39. “Eureka!” 40. — Town 41. Operatic voices 45. Kill bills 48. 9-to-5 50. A long time 51. Massachusetts motto starter 52. Caesar’s “I love” 53. Protuberance 54. Colonial sewer 55. Kitten’s comment DOWN 1. Verdi opera 2. Lingerie buys 3. Puts into words 4. Hotel lobby, perhaps 5. Gas, oil, etc. 6. Literary collection 7. Fast time 8. Irritable 9. “Go, team!” 10. Dogfight participant 11. Advanced deg. 16. Hamlet’s countrymen 20. Transmit, in a way 23. Ganges attire
CROSSWORD
Fiction 1. The Affair — Lee Child 2. 1225 Christmas Tree Lane — Debbie Macomber 3. Feat Day of Fools — James Lee Burke 4. The Night Circus — Erin Morgenstern 5. Lethal — Sandra Brown Nonfiction 1. Killing Lincoln — Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard 2. Jaqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy — Caroline Kennedy and Michael Beschloss 3. Unbroken — Laura Hillenbrand 4. Confidence Men — Ron Suskind 5. Destiny of the Republic — Candice Millard
iTUNES
1. Adele — “Someone Like You” 2. LMFAO — “Sexy and I Know It” 3. Foster the People — “Pumped Up Kicks” 4. Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris — “We Found Love” 5. Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera — “Moves like Jagger (Studio Recording from The Voice)” 6. Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine — “Stereo Hearts” 7. David Guetta feat. Usher — “Without You” 8. Lady Gaga — “Yoü and I” 9. LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock — “Party Rock Anthem” 10. Cobra Starship feat. Sabi — “You Make Me Feel...”
BILLBOARD
24. Prudish 25. Wile E.’s supplier 26. Wasted no time 27. Neighborhood 28. Hinge (on) 29. Cowboy nickname 32. As specified 33. Impudent 35. Winter ailment 36. Aspects 38. Gaggle member 39. Bottomless pit 42. Thailand, once 43. “All —” 44. Pack cargo 45. Vehicle with sliding doors 46. Id counterpart 47. Nugent of rock 49. “I’ll take that as —”
1. J. Cole — Cole World: The Sideline Story 2. Blink-182 — Neighborhoods 3. Adele — 21 4. Tony Bennett — Duets II 5. Wilco — The Whole Love 6. Lady Antebellum — Own the Night 7. Lil Wayne — Tha Carter IV 8. Switchfoot — Vice Verses 9. Chickenfoot — Chickenfoot III 10. Mastodon — The Hunter Solution to last week’s crossword
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STRANGE BUT TRUE It was 19th-century American humorist Josh Billings who made the following sage observation: “Don’t mistake pleasure for happiness. They’re a different breed of dog.” Those who study such things say that the immortal bard, William Shakespeare, used a grand total of 17,677 words in his works. (That must have been a tedious calculation.) They also say that fully one-tenth of those words had never been used in writing before. If you’re like the average American, you eat approximately 10 pounds of chocolate every year. You might be surprised to learn that the first automobile insurance policy was sold way back in 1897. One Gilbert J. Loomis of Dayton, Ohio, was evidently concerned about the potential damage that could be done by his newly acquired car, so he got general liability protection in case driving his car resulted in someone’s death or injury, or in case property was damaged. High-quality opals can be more valuable than diamonds.
If you are of a certain age, you might remember that in the mid-1960s, root beer-flavored milk was available for purchase. Then again, you might not; the marketing experiment was a flop and the product was pulled in short order. When people who are blind from birth dream, they don’t see images; instead, they hear and feel the dream. For this reason, it’s said that their dreams can seem much more real. Those who become blind later in life do see images in their dreams, but the images fade the longer they live without sight. In the early 1900s, the average American got about nine hours of sleep every night. (I presume that statistic excludes the parents of new babies, who have been sleepdeprived since time immemorial.) Thought for the Day: “Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.” — George Sewell
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STAFF PLAYLIST
“Definitive Indie” By REBECCA BLADY Justice EDITor
This is my latest playlist of random indie musicwith some other genres mixed in, too. If you like unique music from a variety of cultures, this could be for you! THE LIST 1.f “Underdog” — Kasabian 2. “Africa” — Amadou & Mariam 3. “Bizness” — tUnE-yArDs 4. “New Shoes” — Paolo Nutini 5. “All Arond the World” — Theophilus London 6. “Homecoming” — The Teenagers 7. “Rolled Together” — The Antlers 8. “Electric Relaxation” — A Tribe Called Quest 9. “Over and Over” — Hot Chip 10. “Beauty Beats” — Beats Antique