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Philosophy and NEJS strive for gender diversity ■ The two departments

have found independent ways to emphasize gender.

By phil gallagher JUSTICE editor

At Brandeis and other universities, there are stark demographic differences in gender within certain sections of the humanities. In an interview with the Justice, Prof. Susan Lanser (ENG), the head of the division of humanities and member of the Provost’s Committee on Diversity, explained her belief that “associations of men with scientific inquiry and philosophical reasoning are centuries old.

These fields have been slower than some others to shed longstanding gender biases.” Such a theory can explain a slower move nationally to gender equality in humanities disciplines such as philosophy and religion, which regularly engage with “philosophical reasoning.”

Kieran Healy, an associate professor of sociology at Duke University, has published data on his academic blog that indicates the percentage of doctorates granted to women nationally in each academic field in 2009.

The results, which are based on the Survey of Earned Doctorates from the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, found that slightly under 30 percent of doctorates in religious studies and philosophy were granted to women; only doctorates in engineering, physics and computer science, fields which are widely recognized to have a gender disparity, had a lower percentage of women recipients.

Prof. Wendy Cadge (SOC), the chair of the Women’s and Gender Studies program, explained the importance of faculty diversity in an email to the Justice, writing that “[i]t is important that students see a diverse set of faculty in the classroom to teach and advise them and act as role

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Union votes to support LGBTQ center proposal ■ The proposal by Alex

Thomson ’15 would provide support, education and outreach services.

By TATE HERBERT JUSTICE EDITOR

At Sunday’s Senate meeting, the assembled senators voted unanimously to pass a resolution in support of a proposal for a gender and sexuality center and director. The proposal, put forth by Alex Thomson ’15, junior rep-

resentative to the Board of Trustees, outlined a plan to create a physical space for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer support, education and outreach programming, as well as a full-time directorial position for the center. In total, Thomson’s estimates of the cost for this project come to $85,000 to $90,000 annually, to be taken from the department of Students and Enrollment’s budget.

The task force that created the proposal also included Margaret Bouchard ’14 of the Queer Resource Center,

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PREACHING TOLERANCE: Iyad Zahalka spoke to spectators who attended the bVIEW kick-off event last Wednesday night.

bVIEW continues dialogue on Israel with kick-off event ■ Speakers emphasized the

importance of continuing to encourage open conversation on Israel.

By BRITTANY JOYCE JUSTICE EDITOR

Brandeis Visions for Israel in an Evolving World launched its second year last Wednesday with the event “Actualizing Visions” in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium. The event featured Rabbi Ron Kronish ’68, director of the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel, and Iyad Zahalka, a judge in Jerusalem’s Sharia Court. University President Frederick Lawrence also attended to give some opening remarks regarding bVIEW’s upcoming year.

The event was cosponsored by the Coexistence and Conflict Program at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, the Crown Center

for Middle East Studies, Hillel, the Interfaith Chaplaincy, the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life, the Peace, Conflict and Coexistence Studies department and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies.

Each speaker highlighted bVIEW’s goal of creating better dialogue about Israel, in which people can feel more comfortable about expressing their opinions. Kronish and Zahalka work together in Israel to create dialogues between different groups of people about issues facing Israel, and spoke on how to best create these dialogues.

During his speech, Kronish highlighted steps his organization uses to create safe and positive discussions, including sharing personal identities among participants; interreligious learning, in which each side reads the other’s religious texts, and, as Kronish noted, often learn that their religions are not that different; open discussion

about issues of conflict; and acting on ideas discussed, which could be something as simple as posting to Facebook, according to Kronish.

“We go a long way to breaking down stereotypes when we take these first two steps. We create a lot of trust, and fear and barriers go way down,” Kronish said.

Zakalka echoed Kronish’s sentiment of wanting to build understanding in order to create dialogue, repeating the idea that all sides must “join forces” in order to solve their problems. “If we start talking people to people, human being to human being, religion to religion, we can start to understand a way the conflict can be solved,” Zakalka said.

Like Kronish, Zakalka said that it is important to see others as people, and that “religion is not part of the problem, religion is part of the solution.”

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Senate passes first SMRs of the year The Senate convened on Sunday to discuss several issues and to decide whether or not to recognize and charter two clubs.

A student representative approached the Senate regarding the Brandeis Sustainability Fund. Forms to express interest in initiating a project will be due on Nov. 15. In addition, due to the creation of a Senate Sustainability Committee, the Sustainability Committee chair, instead of the Social Justice Committee chair, will sit on the board for the BSF. Executive Director Anthony Nguyen ’14 then delivered his report, during which he discussed the state of the University committees. Nguyen said that he has conducted over 60 interviews, and that most of the seats on the University committees have been filled thus far.

Nguyen also proposed an informal intra-Union meeting once per month that would consist of group-building activities and discussion in order to get to know each other and remain informed about each other’s initiatives. This proposal was well-received among the Senate.

Next, Alex Thomson ’15 approached the Senate to request approval for his proposal for a center for gender and sexuality with a full-time director. The Senate unanimously approved his proposal.

The first club to approach the Senate on Sunday was Mentors for Urban Debate, which would be under the umbrella organization of Boston Debate League. The purpose of the club would be to mentor high school students in debate, including running programs and hosting tournaments. The club sought to be recognized and chartered.

Seventeen of the 18 senators present voted to table the voting of whether or not to recognize the club due to the fact that the club’s constitution was missing a number of structural and procedural components. However, many senators expressed that if the club’s constitution is prepared for the next meeting, it will most likely be recognized due to overwhelming approval for the club.

The next club to approach the Senate for recognition and charter was Project Cedar, a club that would focus on creating phone applications for both the Brandeis community and to place on the market. The club was unanimously recognized.

When requesting charter, it was explained that the club would need funding in order to create apps for Apple products, as there is a fee to do so. The club also requested certain technologies that would allow for members to create apps. Seventeen senators voted to charter the club, while one senator abstained.

Student Union President Ricky Rosen ’14 then delivered his report to the Senate. Rosen spoke about the construction of a bus shelter by the Shapiro Admissions Center, and said the administration is currently discussing the aesthetics of the proposal. Rosen expects the project to be completed by the end of the year.

Rosen also updated the Senate on his parking garage proposal. According to Rosen, there are no realistic short-term solutions to the parking issues on campus, including the fact that the University has a shortage of over 1,000 parking spaces for the number of permits issued.

Rosen explained that investigating prices and possible locations would be a large part of the assessment of such an undertaking.

Budget transparency was also on Rosen’s agenda. According to Rosen, he will be working with the administration to create a pie chart with all divisions of where tuition dollars are going. Rosen also said that a town hall will occur for students to express specific concerns on next year’s budget.

Rosen briefly discussed updating the Union website to make it more aesthetically pleasing and navigable. In addition, he briefly discussed the change in dining locations’ potential effects on meal plans. Rosen said that the University would be setting up a committee to assess how meal plans will look down the road.

North Quad Senator Brian Hough ’17 proposed the first Senate Money Resolution of the night for about $350.

The money will go toward a quad event for which pumpkins will be purchased. Students will be able to decorate the pumpkins using provided paints. A canned food collection will also be present at the event, which Hough expressed will most likely take place either the week of Oct. 21 or the week of Halloween. The SMR was approved.

The second SMR of the night was proposed by Executive Senator Annie Chen for about $20. The SMR is for a small white board and stand for Union and Senate office hours so that students know which members are present during office hours. The SMR was approved.

POLICE LOG Medical Emergency

Oct. 9—A student in Pomerantz-Rubenstein Hall phoned University Police, reporting that she was about to faint. BEMCo and University Police arrived to treat the student, who refused further care and was transported for further evaluation.

Oct. 9—A student in Rosenthal South phoned BEMCo to report that he had been spitting up blood. BEMCo treated the patient, who was then transported to Newton-Wellesley Hospital for further evaluation.

Oct. 9—A student’s mother called University Police to report that her daughter had been losing vision in one eye. BEMCo arrived to treat the patient, who refused further care. University Police transported the student to Newton-Wellesley Hospital for further treatment.

Oct. 11—A student reported to University Police that her friend had suffered a concussion. BEMCo responded and

promptly treated the student, who then refused further care.

Oct. 12—A student in Deroy Hall reported that his roommate had suffered a reaction to his prescription medication.

University Police and BEMCo responded, and following treatment, the student refused further care.

Oct. 12—A student alerted University Police to an intoxicated student in Shapiro Hall.

University Police and BEMCo responded, and following treatment, the student refused further care.

Oct. 12—A student reported an ankle injury to University Police outside Usen Castle. BEMCo responded and treated the student, who refused further care. The student, however, was transported to Urgent Care

by University Police.

Oct. 13—A student reported a possibly intoxicated female lying on the grass outside of East Quad. University Police and BEMCo responded and treated

the student, who refused further care.

Mods. University Police compiled a report.

Traffic

Harassment

Oct. 8—A food service staffer reported that a Sodexo food truck struck a contractor’s truck at the Usdan Student Center loading dock. No injuries were noted and University Police compiled a report.

Oct. 10—Two vehicles crashed into one another in Theater Lot. No injuries were noted in a report from University Police.

Larceny

Oct. 10—A student reported theft of a laptop in Sherman Dining Hall. University Police then compiled a report of the theft.

Vandalism

Oct. 6—A staff member reported to University Police that the rear window of an Athletics van had been vandalized in the parking lot closest to the Foster

n A photo caption in News misidenified the date of the fall concert. The concert was on Saturday night, not Friday night. (Oct. 8, p. 1)

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Author of the bestselling memoir She’s Not There and celebrated LGBT activist Jennifer Finney Boylan will present a talk entitled “She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders” for the 10th Annual Eleanor Roosevelt Lecture.

Tickets are not required for this event Today from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Rapaporte Treasure Hall in Goldfarb Library.

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Law School Reception

This event will provide an opportunity to discuss issues pertinent to applying to law school and pursuing a career in law, as well as foster one-on-one conversations between students, alumni and law school representatives.

Today from 5 to 9 p.m. in Levin Ballroom in the Usdan Student Center.

My Life in the Law

The New Center for Arts and Culture presents celebrated defense attorney Alan Dershowitz and University President Frederick Lawrence to discuss Dershowitz’ new memoir, Taking the Stand.

For more information and tickets, visit www.newcenterboston.org.

Tomorrow from 8 to 10 p.m. at the Arsenal Center for the Arts.

22 Acts of Transformation

Oct. 7—University Police addressed four students who had been carrying road signs toward the University Office Park.

The students claimed they had found them on the side of the road and after agreeing to return the signs, were promptly sent on their way.

Oct. 9—A student monitor in the Shapiro Campus Center reported the presence of several suspicious persons to University Police. University Police arrived and conducted a sweep of the building.

—compiled by Adam Rabinowitz

Study reveals bad habits

Students listened to a presentation at the Year in Service and Volunteer Fair last Tuesday in Sherman Function Hall. Organizations such as the Peace Corps, Teach for America and City Year took part in the event.

n Brandeis Talks was incorrectly credited. It was compiled by Morgan Brill and Rafaella Schor, not Olivia Pobiel. (Oct. 8, p.24)

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CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

Oct. 9—University Police compiled a report and investigated past instances of harassment from a person outside of the Brandeis community.

Despite the pervasiveness of sexually provocative representations of women in contemporary media, how do we as women actually feel about our own sexuality? Are we influenced by these images or do our ideas about sexuality also have other roots?

During this slide presentation and the following informal open discussion, led by WSRC Scholars Linda Bond and Elinor Gadon, we will explore ideas and personal stories related to the depiction and actual experience of female sexuality in contemporary culture.

The purpose of this event is to initiate discussion that can lead to a more nuanced understanding of women’s actual sexual experiences.

Thursday from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in the Epstein Building’s Liberman-Miller Lecture Hall.

A new study published in the International Journal of Sustainable Strategic Management found that four out of five college students texted while driving. Males in particular were more likely to downplay the dangers of distracted driving because they believed they were skilled drivers.

“While male respondents widely agree that texting while driving is dangerous they also believe that they are better at texting while driving than other drivers,” wrote study authors Garold Lantz and Sandra Loeb.

The authors, who are both marketing professors at King’s College in Wilkes Barre, Pa., surveyed 120 male and female students on their texting habits, as well as their views of the practice.

The purpose of the study was to determine whether there was a connection between a person’s impulsiveness and their likelihood to text while driving. The authors were surprised by what they found.

On average, the students sent 82 text messages a day, with females sending slightly more and males sending fewer on average. Females appeared to be more impulsive about texting, but that did not carry over to texting while driving, authors said.

“Females who were more impulsive were not more likely to text while driving,” they wrote. “This is probably due to the finding that females recognized the dangerousness of texting while driving more than males.”

Males, according to the authors, reported texting less frequently, but “showed less awareness ... of the dangerousness of texting while driving.”

Despite that difference in attitude, males and females appeared to be equally likely to text while driving in general, the authors wrote.

Study authors noted that their research was limited by the small sample size; however, they said it was among the first papers to try to identify the motivations for texting while driving.

Despite numerous state laws forbidding texting while driving, and other forms of distracted driving, the authors wrote that legislation seems to have minimal effect on people’s habits.

—McClatchy Newsapers

Trivia Night

Bring your brain and your friends to this friendly competition. Play as an individual or with a team of five. Teams can stay consistent throughout the year for a year-long prize.

Each night there is a winner of a gift certificate to enjoy a night in Waltham.

Thursday from 10 p.m. to midnight in The Stein.

Molly, Miley and those Blurred Lines

Join the Community Prejudice Response Committee for the first in an on-going discussion on diversity issues and student dialogue.

Friday from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Intercultural Center Swig Lounge.

Prospect Hill Center Ribbon Cutting

Volunteer with us at the grand opening of the new Prospect Hill Community Center, which supports the families and children of the Prospect Hill Public Housing Complex Community.

Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. at Prospect Hill in Waltham.

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a constitutional review task force to be convened every four years, starting this year.

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Thomas Pogge, the Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale University, spoke at an event on Thursday called “What Do Human Rights Demand of Us?” The event took place in the Zinner Forum of the Irving Schneider and Family Building.

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Flagel shares admissions data at faculty meeting that there were 9,496 applicants, the highest number in school history.

By jaime kaiser JUSTICE editor

At last week’s faculty meeting on Oct. 10, Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment Andrew Flagel gave a presentation on preliminary student enrollment demographics as of approximately Oct. 4. Following the meeting in an email to the Justice, Flagel stressed that these numbers are not final, and may fluctuate in the next few weeks.

According to the presentation, total enrollment increased by approximately half of a percent from last year, with 3,608 undergraduate and 2,203 graduate students. The acceptance rate for students was about 37 percent, based on the preliminary numbers provided.

The University netted 9,496 applications from both first-time and firstyear students combined, more than any other undergraduate class in the history of the University. Of the 9,496, 3,517 were admitted. Although there were no major shifts in grade point average of accepted students as compared to previous years, there was a large shift in demographics, with 18 percent of the first-year class being composed of international students, as compared to 16 percent for the Class of 2016.

The percentage of African-Americans in the class is 10 percent, up from seven percent last year, which was attributed in the presentation partially to a shift in geography demographics, with fewer students from the Middle-

President Frederick Lawrence invited Prof. David Derosier (BIOL) to present a eulogy to the congregated faculty about the positive personal attributes and professional scientific advances made by former professor Hugh Huxley, who passed away on July 25 in Woods Hole, Mass. at the age of 89.

Derosier described the late professor as a “giant of science” for his awardwinning research on muscle structure and function.

Following a moment of silence, Lawrence turned the attention of the meeting to a variety of other topics, including the second phase of the Lemberg Children’s Center project.

Lawrence explained that renovations on the original center are scheduled to begin after Jan. 1, and will include renovations to the grounds and parts of Schwartz Hall. Lawrence alluded to “some major rebuilding and renovations in the center of campus space.”

On the topic of campus aesthetics, Lawrence announced that famous West Coast sculptor Chris Burden will have a display in front of the Rose Art Museum. It is “a major project that will symbolically and ritually connect the Rose to campus,” he said. Lawrence said that an announcement with exact dates will be coming soon.

On the topic of the strategic plan, Provost Steve Goldstein ’78 said that he and Prof. Anita Hill (Heller) are currently in the process of pulling together groups that will implement specific parts of the plan, breaking it down into “18-month achievables” and “36-month achievables.”

Faculty Senate Chair Prof. Eric Chasalow (MUS) also spoke about the plan in his Senate report, stating that “we don’t have a lot of specifics yet and we are looking forward to a very detailed discussion.”

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Amendment for Union approved by student body ■ The amendment calls for

Atlantic and New England regions and more from the South.

In terms of graduate student enrollment, the University saw a slight decrease in enrollment, although the Heller School for Social Policy and Management saw a 1.6 percent increase this year. International students also increased from last year by about two percent within the overall graduate student population.

Flagel also said that the Latino population has increased among graduate students, and that there was a huge spike in the number of international graduates students from China enrolled this year at 10 percent, up from five percent last year.

Flagel also remarked on the frequency and size of merit scholarships.

“No matter how much of an affection a kid has for Brandeis, when you look at the kinds of money being offered by our competitors—it is an exceptionally difficult decision,” he said.

Admissions has begun to reinstitute merit scholarships in “very small increments,” Flagel stated, with the largest awarded this year at $15,000.

The test-flexible policy “experiment,” as Flagel termed it, was also addressed in the form of a brief question-and-answer session with the assembled faculty. Flagel described the program as a “a pilot program that had very narrow parameters as to how they could apply if [students] choose to forgo traditional standardized test scores.”

Flagel also said that no more than 10 percent of the class will be admitted through the test-flexible policy, and that “[applicants] are going to have to be at the top of our talent pool in order to be admitted under this score option policy.”

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The student body voted on Sunday to approve an amendment to the Student Union Constitution for the creation of a constitutional review system, according to an email from Student Union Secretary Sneha Walia ’15 to the Brandeis community.

With 280 students voting, 82 percent voted to approve the amendment, nine percent voted against the amendment and nine percent abstained.

Walia wrote in her email that “the Union will begin working on the Constitutional Review Task Force this week.”

The amendment adds to the Constitution an independent constitutional review, which will take place every four years. The amendment affirms that,“the Student Judiciary will be responsible for the facilitation and upkeep of the Student Union Constitution.”

For this review, the Student Union president will convene a task force of five to 10 students and one to two alumni who must then be confirmed by the Senate.

The task force will first elect a chair, determine meeting procedure and organize subcommittees to address different parts of the Constitution. The committee must hold meetings (either public or closed) at least once a month.

The final product of the task force will be a report on existing practices, a list of “best practices”

suggested and proposals (which may take the form of amendments to the Constitution sent directly to the student body) to fix inefficiencies and use best practices. This report will be completed and released “no later than the first week of March,” according to the amendment.

In a written argument submitted

by Student Union President Ricky Rosen ’14 in favor of the amendment, Rosen wrote that he views the change as a necessity.

“The Constitution has not actually been modified on a [large scale] in many years,” he wrote. “The language of the Constitution is dense and difficult to follow and there are a lot of words to say very little; for reference, the U.S. Constitution contains 4,400 words, and our Constitution contains almost 9,000.”

He stated three general goals for the review: reducing the Constitution’s size and complexity, updating outdated information and integrating more student ideas.

Before this amendment, the language in the Constitution simply stated that “If no substantial change or review of the Constitution has been conducted in four years, the Judiciary will need to conduct a mandatory Constitutional Review, conducting a full review of all aspects of the Union, including the operation of clubs, Secured Organizations and Union Government.”

In addition to the constitutional review process, the amendment also states that: “Any member of the Brandeis Undergraduate student community may approach the Judiciary, requesting any kind of change to the Constitution. Such member must provide substantial reasoning for the Judiciary to act further.”

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University hires Lisa Boes to be dean of Academic Services ■ The former dean, Kim

Godsoe, was promoted to an assistant provost position over the summer.

By andrew wingens JUSTICE editor

The University hired Lisa Boes as the new dean of Academic Services on Oct. 10, after Kim Godsoe was promoted to be the assistant provost for academic affairs over the summer.

Boes will assume her position on Nov. 4.

Boes previously served as the Allston Burr resident dean for Pforzheimer House at Harvard University since 2007.

Godsoe, now the assistant provost for academic affairs, had served as dean of Academic Services since 2006.

The dean of Academic Services oversees the University’s undergraduate advising programs and other important academic support services, including first-year faculty advising, Brandeis Undergraduate Group Study and the Myra Kraft Transitional Year Program.

“I had been looking for a position that focused on advising at a small liberal arts institution,” wrote Boes in an email to the Justice.

“Brandeis’ social justice mission makes this feel like a particularly good fit for me,” Boes added.

“I am looking forward to bringing my student development background

to looking across them as well as my experiences with collaborating with administrative staff and faculty,” said Boes.

“I’m very excited about Lisa [Boes].

I think she brings a wonderful range Boes of experiences, particularly in academic advising, but she also has significant work in prehealth advising, disability advising and fellowship services,” said Godsoe in an interview with the Justice.

Godsoe called Boes “creative” and “collaborative” in an interview with the Justice, referring to her work developing a sophomore advising program at Harvard University.

Boes has a bachelor’s degree in botany and a master’s degree in student personnel from Miami University in Ohio. She received a Ph.D. in learning and teaching from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.

Godsoe said the position has changed slightly since she held it.

The Office of Study Abroad and International Students and Scholars Office are now under the purview of the provost.

In an email announcement to the faculty, Godsoe thanked Profs.

Charles McClendon (FA), Wendy Cadge (SOC), Ellen Wright (PSYC), Hollie Harder (ROMS), Susan Parker (MATH) and James Morris (BIOL) for their assistance with the search.

How does up to $3,500 sound for doing original research or an internship in Latin America, the Caribbean or the Latin American Diaspora in the United States?

The Latin American and Latino Studies Program at Brandeis University is pleased to announce our 2013-2014 Jane’s Travel Grant for Winter and Spring Research For complete information visit the LALS webpage: http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/lals/jan etravel.html Or email the LALS Academic Administrator, gamwell@brandeis.edu applications are due November 8th, 2013 Apply today!

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GENDER: University pursues new hiring practices CONTINUED FROM 1 models.” To explore this idea, the Justice interviewed professors from the Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and Philosophy faculty to learn about the presence of gender within those departments.

Faculty demographics

Both the NEJS and Philosophy departments have a history of tenured women on their faculty.

Sissela Bok, wife of former Harvard University President Derek Bok, was the first tenured woman in the Philosophy department in 1985, according to data from that department. She left the University in 1992. Bok could not be reached for comment by press time.

In 2002, Prof. Marion Smiley (PHIL) was hired with tenure and remains at the University. Smiley declined to comment for this article. Following her, Marion Hourdequin and Sarah McGrath were hired on the tenure track in 2005. Hourdequin and McGrath left after one year for Colorado College and two years for Princeton University, respectively.

Hourdequin explained her departure in an email to the Justice. “[A] key source of stress was the financial challenge of living in Boston, where the cost of housing was almost twice as high as anywhere else I had lived.

I also had a 6 month old baby when I began at Brandeis, and child care in the area was extremely expensive,” she wrote.

McGrath explained in an email to the Justice that she left Brandeis when she was offered a tenure-track position at Princeton, where her husband was teaching, at the time that she was expecting her first child.

Both Hourdequin and McGrath conveyed their appreciation that the department allowed them to organize the colloquium series for the 2005 to 2006 academic year, and McGrath expressed gratitude toward Smiley for making the department “a good place for junior women” and extended appreciation to Smiley, Prof. Jerry Samet (PHIL) and Prof. Eli Hirsch (PHIL), who were “important in their mentoring roles” to her as a junior woman in the department.

In 2008 and 2009, respectively, Prof.

Kate Moran (PHIL) and Prof. Jennifer Marusic (PHIL) were hired on the tenure track and still remain at the University, with Moran now serving as the director of the department’s graduate program.

The Philosophy department also has had two visiting female faculty members. According to data provided by that department, Amelie Rorty was hired outside the tenure structure in 1995 as a professor and director of the History of Ideas program until leaving the University in 2003 to pursue research interests, and Linda Hirshman served as the Allen-Berenson Distinguished Visiting Professor in

Philosophy and Women’s Studies from 1998 to 2002.

Out of the five tenure-track hires made since 2005, four have been female. Chair of the Philosophy department Samet expressed satisfaction with that statistic, explaining that he is “proud of our record over the past five or 10 years to shift the [gender] balance a bit.” Today, three of the 10 philosophy professors are women, and two of them are still on the tenure track, a demographic that Lanser described as slightly better than the national average and a significant change from 2001, when there were no tenured or tenure-track female faculty in the University’s Philosophy department. An Aug. 2 article in the New York Times reported that female philosophers make up “less than 20 percent” of faculty in university philosophy departments.

Within the NEJS department, all of the past female professors hired within the tenure structure still remain on the faculty. In 1993, Prof. Bernadette Brooten (NEJS) was hired with tenure from the Harvard Divinity School and Prof. Sylvia Barack Fishman (NEJS) was hired as the first woman on the tenure-track. Brooten and Fishman were the first women in the NEJS department aside from Hebrew language instructors. Since then, three other women have been hired in the tenure structure in NEJS: Profs. ChaeRan Yoo Freeze, Sharon Feiman-Nemser and Ilana Szobel. In the fall of 2009, Fishman was appointed as the first female chair of the NEJS department. In NEJS, five of the 19 faculty members in the tenure structure are women, and one of the five is still on the tenure track.

NEJS is not a religion department in the traditional sense, which can complicate a direct comparison with religion departments at other universities. According to Brooten, NEJS is “an interdisciplinary department because we have people who can think of themselves more as people in the study of religion, we have people who think of themselves as more as historians, people who are literary scholars [and] Sylvia Barack Fishman does sociology.” On its website, the department describes itself as “home to one of the world’s largest programs in Jewish and Hebrew Studies,” which emphasizes its Jewish focus. Fishman said in an interview with the Justice that in Jewish religious studies in particular, she does not “see that kind of lack of female presence” that is reflected in Healy’s statistics on religion faculty.

Additionally, Brooten expressed surprise at the finding that so few women were earning doctoral degrees in religious studies.

Diversity initiatives

Improving diversity among a university faculty is a unique challenge.

Job openings in many academic disci-

plines are scarce, the humanities especially so, leaving few opportunities to make new hires. A Feb. 18 article in the Chronicle of Higher Education reported that “the overall job system in the humanities has been in a state of permanent distress for over 40 years.”

According to Lanser, however, the University has come very close to achieving demographic gender equality among its assistant professors as a whole, who are the newest hires in their respective departments. Furthermore, the University has engaged in a number of different initiatives to help diversify its faculty.

One of the most noticeable developments is the inclusion of a diversity representative on new faculty search committees. According to the dean of arts and sciences website, the diversity representative serves as a non-voting member of the committee and must pay specific attention to the diversity of the applicant pool. At the end of the search, the diversity representative must sign a Fair Search Report, which indicates that he or she was “familiar with the search criteria and [endorsed] the rationale that led to the committee’s recommended candidate.”

Members of both the NEJS and Philosophy departments said they have found these representatives to be useful in searches. Diversity representatives are “very articulate about the necessity for seriously evaluating candidates in terms of gender and in terms of ethnic and religious background,” said Fishman, while also being “respectful of the process.”

Samet agreed, commenting that the diversity representative “took it upon themselves to make sure that, procedurally, the search created every opportunity for women to apply and treated all the applicants fairly. …

They can make sure that we [are] not sloppy.”

In addition to promoting diversity with the presence of diversity representatives, the University engages in specialized hiring practices called cluster hires and target-of-opportunity hires in order to increase its faculty diversity, said Lanser in a phone interview with the Justice. Cluster hires involve the hiring of a group of junior faculty “perhaps [from] different departments, but whose work focuses in a general area,” and target-of-opportunity hires focus on “the hiring of persons in fields where they are historically underrepresented or underrepresented [specifically] at Brandeis,” Lanser explained.

There is also unofficial mentoring between female faculty members. “Informally, core faculty in WGS provide support and mentor female faculty across campus,” said Cadge, referring to the role that faculty in Women’s and Gender Studies play in supporting their female colleagues outside of the program. Moran referenced a similar informal support, mentioning that she

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Scholar examines intermarriage ■ Ruth Nemzoff discussed

factors and consequences of intercultural relationships.

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On Tuesday, the Women’s Studies Research Center sponsored an event titled “Intermarriage: How to Make a Family From Strangers,” a lecture about the growing trend of intermarriage in this country.

Ruth Nemzoff, a resident scholar at the WSRC, spoke about the difficulties of intermarriage and how many people overcome them.

According to Nemzoff, 27 percent of marriages in America are interfaith, and 15 percent are interracial. Only 20 percent of marriages were interfaith 50 years ago, and 30 years ago, only 6.7 percent of marriages were interracial.

Throughout the lecture, Nemzoff read excerpts from her books about family dynamics, Don’t Bite Your Tongue and Don’t Roll Your Eyes, shedding light on how the trend affects society.

One excerpt from Don’t Roll Your Eyes, the book she wrote last year, discussed the idea that “every marriage is an intermarriage,” meaning that two cultures of some sort con-

front each other in every marriage.

“Two people mean two backgrounds, two upbringings and two family cultures—or maybe more,” Nemzoff read aloud.

Nemzoff said that the differences involved with these marriages often cause difficulties.

Many individuals in intermarriages find trouble with their differences and face backlash from immediate family, Nemzoff said. “Only 62 percent of Muslim-Americans say intermarriage is acceptable and only 47 percent of American Jews say it is,” she said.

According to Nemzoff, intermarriage rates are highest amongst Buddhists and Mainline Protestants, while intermarriage rates are lowest among Jews, Mormons and Hindus, which shows the different values in each culture.

When Nemzoff asked members of the audience that the difficulties of intermarriage, many people spoke about the comfort and security that comes with marrying within one’s culture.

“Sometimes people who intermarry have to reject their own community,” Nemzoff said.

Yet, she said, many couples overcome these difficulties, and she explained that everybody deals with intermarriage in a different way. She said that many people cope through

blurring boundaries of cultures and focus on universal themes instead of individual customs.

“People are finding new ways of connecting by focusing on similarities instead of differences,” she said.

“In the end, every culture teaches the same values, and it’s startling for some people.”

Nemzoff said that the upward trend of intermarriage shows that people are still willing to deal with the difficulties.

She discussed how the notion of individualism and the freedom to choose plays into intermarriage.

“Once you have individual choice, you are undermining the norms of society,” she said. “Stereotypes are diminishing and people are meeting people of other cultures.”

Nemzoff said that although intermarriage can be difficult, “it isn’t always a means for disaster.”

As the trends continue “there are going to be a lot of new institutions dismantling a lot of preconceived notions in the past,” she said. “It’s a huge trend in America. Every single group is intermarrying, and there are costs and benefits.”

According to Nemzoff, “Thinking about intermarriage gives us a more nuanced view of the world. There are advantages and disadvantages, and it’s definitely not black and white.”

has befriended many female faculty with whom she discusses topics both personal and professional.

Research and teaching

Fishman emphasized that “the feminist transformation of the academy is not just ‘add women and stir,’” but also understanding women’s experience in the context of the academic discipline.

Brooten highlighted this distinction by explaining how, during her interview to join the Brandeis faculty, Prof.

Marc Brettler (NEJS) reviewed with her his syllabus for a course on women in the Bible. A professor, such as Brettler, who develops courses of that sort will “appreciate the work of colleagues who work in those areas, [and] understand what we’re doing,” explained Brooten.

The NEJS department offers approximately nine different courses that focus on women or gender as the central lens, ranging from “Gender and the Bible,” offered by Brettler, to “Israeli Women Writers on War and Peace,” taught by Szobel. Furthermore, many male NEJS faculty members, including Brettler, Profs. Jonathan Sarna, Yehudah Mirsky and David Wright have published articles, book chapters or edited volumes that employ women or gender as a central lens for analysis.

When asked whether she had any goals for women and gender in the NEJS department, Fishman responded by saying, “I think that by my being chair [as a woman], there have already been changes, and it wasn’t like something was broken and it needed fixing, but ... people’s understanding of what leadership is changes.”

The field of philosophy internationally has understood the importance of this integration of women’s publications and experiences into the discipline. Moran directed the Justice to an online Google Doc, created by a postdoctoral fellow in philosophy at the University of Oxford, on which academics from around the world have submitted published papers by female philosophers that can be incorporated into introductory-level classes.

When Samet was asked about any potential upcoming Philosophy courses related to women and gender, he explained that “we have a certain number of courses we feel we need to run the major, and we don’t have a big enough faculty. So everyone is scrambling to teach the courses that we need to teach.” Philosophy professors also placed emphasis on the role that Smiley plays in raising gender as a research and teaching subject in the department. Samet estimated that “Marion [Smiley]’s the only one who teaches classes in that area,” and McGrath recognized Smiley for being “extremely good at getting students interested in philosophical problems and issues concerning gender.” According to the University’s Faculty Guide, the Philosophy department has offered

two recent courses with women or gender as a central focus: Smiley currently teaches a course on the philosophy of gender, and Prof. Palle Yourgrau (PHIL) has taught a course on Simone Weil, the 20th-century French intellectual, about whom he recently published a biography.

Joint Graduate degree in WGS

The Women’s and Gender Studies program has encouraged scholarship related to women and gender with the development of joint graduate degree programs between WGS and other academic departments. The NEJS department, for instance, has contributed to a joint Master of Arts degree with Women’s and Gender Studies, and is one of the only programs of its type in the country.

According to Prof. Shulamit Reinharz (SOC), the joint degree program between NEJS and Women’s and Gender Studies was created in 1992, a time when the Women’s and Gender Studies program (then called only “Women’s Studies”) did not have a large enough faculty to support its own graduate program. As a result, several joint programs were created to supplement the existing Women’s Studies faculty with professors and classes from other departments. The programs used the existing graduate admissions process in each department and encouraged faculty to select two or three students for their department’s joint degree.

The joint degree between Women’s Studies and NEJS has flourished, according to Fishman. “[The program] attracts very strong graduate students: people who do very creative, original work,” she said. Lanser added that “many of [the graduates] have gone on to Ph.D.s here and elsewhere.”

The Philosophy department did not have an M.A. program in 1992, which disqualified it from creating a joint degree program with Women’s Studies.

Starting in fall 2009, however, it began to offer a stand-alone M.A. degree, which Lanser described as “a very successful new program.”

When asked whether there has been discussion of a joint degree between Women’s and Gender Studies and Philosophy, Cadge said that although there were no current plans, the creation of such a program was plausible in the future. Samet expressed hesitancy about creating a joint degree program with Women’s and Gender Studies, but said that “if Marion [Smiley] said there’s someone who wants to apply for a degree in Women’s Studies and Philosophy, we could probably make ad-hoc arrangements.”

As faculty positions open, search committees will have to ask, as Brooten encourages, “how seriously do these candidates take gender in their analysis?” The importance of that question to faculty search committees will determine the future of women and gender in Philosophy and NEJS.

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Prospective students and their parents gathered on Sunday in the International Lounge for “Around the ’Deis World,” an event aimed toward introducing prospective students to the programs at Brandeis in a college-fair style.

BVIEW: Lawrence commends club for creating a safe space CONTINUED FROM 1 After the speakers, bVIEW members acting as student facilitators broke the audience up into small discussion sections, which were led by the student facilitators. These facilitators emphasized that the groups were safe spaces for discussion. Following the break-out session, there was a question-and-answer session during a small reception, during which bVIEW came together again, officially opening their year with a few words from Lawrence.

Lawrence applauded bVIEW for creating a safe space and dialogues about Israel that he said he feels happen nowhere else in the world. “I am delighted to be part of the launch … of bVIEW. It did start as an idea about a better kind of discussion. …

Often dialogues are really parallel monologues,” he said.

Lawrence also noted that he looks forward to bVIEW’s second annual conference with other universities this upcoming winter, and to the creation of a new chapter of Visions for Israel in an Evolving World at

Harvard University.

Gil Zamir ’15, a cofounder and current programming director for bVIEW, said in an interview with the Justice that bVIEW’s goal for this year is about making their goals a reality, hence the event title “Actualizing Visions.” He said Kronish and Zahalka were chosen to speak because they are “actualizers.”

“They’re not waiting for the politicians, for anyone. On the ground, this is how you make things happen,” Zamir said.

Zamir said he sees Brandeis as

a place full of future world leaders like Kronish and Zahalka, and that “while we are all together, we can breed the best ideas for Israel.

Things on the ground are not progressing, so the way we are trying to use this is as an opportunity for the next big breakthrough to happen here.” He said he hopes that events like this will open up a different kind of dialogue about Israel that will allow students to have these big ideas. “Israel is not toxic and messy, it’s the way it’s been talked about that is,” he said.

LGBTQ: Student proposal to add gender and sexuality center garners support CONTINUED FROM 1 Molly Gimbel ’16, representing Triskelion, Michael Pizziferri ’15 of the Queer Policy Alliance and Sara Brande ’15 from TransBrandeis. Thomson said that they met over the summer to discuss the proposal.

Thomson said that he had also emailed the proposal to Fran Bermanzohn’78, the chairwoman of the students and enrollment committee of the Board of Trustees, and that he would speak on the topic at the Board’s next meeting.

Should the plan be approved by University administration as written, it would allocate $30,000 annually for the center, at a space to be determined, and $55,000 to $60,000, which was described as a “competitive salary,” for the director of the center. According to the proposal, the director would oversee areas including “counseling services,” “a comprehensive LGBTQ-friendly orientation program,” “support staff,” “trainings, clubs and organizations and policies that take into account the specific needs of [the LGBTQ] community.”

In addition to the physical center and the director, Thomson said that

“we would see ... the director being there, someone that would assist part time, and then also students that would continue to offer their services, but in a paid capacity, or stipend capacity.”

However, he added that the priority of the committee that wrote the proposal is to hire a full-time staff member dedicated to these issues.

“If I were to say the importance of it, it would be a full-time position, and then a center,” he said in an interview with the Justice. “Our goal is to get both, but it’s more important to have a full-time person.” If the full-time position were established without a center, Thomson said he imagines that this person's salary would be slightly lower at around $45,000 to $50,000 per year.

While Thomson specified that the initial proposal was written before Jessica Pedrick, Program Coordinator for Sexuality and Gender Diversity, joined the University, he said that “we envision that, from our interactions with her, she’s very great, already a great resource, so we would envision her taking on the full-time role.”

According to Thomson, the proposal was inspired by discussion at a queer caucus toward the end of last year held by the Queer Policy Alli-

ance. “That was really one of the first times that all queer students from each of the different queer groups on campus came together,” he said. “At the queer caucus ... is when I heard a lot of the sentiments being expressed, that it was such disillusionment and almost starting to become really disliking Brandeis for not offering these services.”

Currently, said Thomson, most of the LGBTQ resources on campus are provided by student-run clubs, which cannot provide sufficient services.

“The Queer Resource Center, which provides obviously the most resources to students on campus, does a phenomenal job,” he said. “But at the same time, they are students that have other work obligations and schoolwork on top of this. So it’s basically asking students to take on the burden of what the University should be providing.”

“I’ve heard from many of the other queer students that they feel like they are burdened with this, that they have an obligation to provide these resources, and it detracts from their own wellbeing, so they feel like they are taking on all of this responsibility in order to help others, but at the same time their grades are suffering,” he said.

While Thomson commended the efforts of Pedrick and Jessamine Beal, her predecessor, he added that a parttime position was also not enough to address the larger issues on campus.

“It’s almost like triage right now,” he said. “The part-time position also barely allows her to just scratch the surface with all the needs that are unmet on campus. So she is able to be a counselor, she is able to facilitate safe-space, allies training programs, but there’s not really enough time designated to it to transform the queer culture on campus, which really is the ultimate goal.”

Currently Pedrick’s position is 20 hours per week and 10 months per year, excluding the summer break.

Thomson claims that because of the high demand within this limited time frame, it is often difficult for students to secure an appointment with Pedrick when they might need one urgently.

While the Senate resolution is nonbinding, Thomson said in an interview with the Justice that he would officially present the proposal, along with the Senate’s statement of support, to Senior Vice President of Students and Enrollment Andrew Flagel and Dean of Students Jamele Adams in a meeting this Friday.

Class of 2016 Senator Jon Jacob has initiated a project that would add local businesses to the University’s WhoCash program.

Currently, Cappy’s Pizza, the Prime Deli and the Village Market in Waltham are all participants in the WhoCash program. However, Jacob wrote in an email to the Justice that he would like to see the program expand “to all our favorite Waltham restaurants [and] businesses.”

Jacob began to push for this initiative over the summer, during which he met with administrators such as Dianne Qualter and Muriel Bolio of University Services.

According to Student Union Vice President Charlotte Franco ’15 in an email to the Justice, Senior Vice President for Administration Mark Collins is also aware of the idea and “has not stopped it so far.” Collins was unable to be reached for comment by press time.

According to Jacob, the administrators he met with seemed to be “on board.”

“The [U]niversity does seem to be seeking such possibility but they still need more research,” Jacob wrote. Therefore, Jacob created a survey to show that there is a demand to expand the WhoCash program to other Waltham businesses.

Student Union Secretary Sneha Walia ’15 sent out the survey in an Oct. 7 email to the Brandeis community.

The survey asked participants if they use WhoCash, what they use WhoCash for, how often they go into Waltham and whether or not they would use WhoCash at other locations. The survey also asked students to suggest local businesses that they would like to see involved in the extended program.

According to Jacob, the results of the survey are “very much in favor of the initiative.”

Jacob wrote that 501 responses had been collected as of press time, and 82 percent of students indicated that they use WhoCash, 98 percent are in favor of its implementation and 90 percent would use WhoCash more often because of this service.

A majority of students indicated that they would like to see Hannaford, Asia Wok and Baan Thai on WhoCash, according to Jacob.

After the survey, Jacob wrote that he plans to visit local restaurants and businesses to present them with his finding from the survey and see if they are interested in joining the WhoCash program.

According to Jacob, he will then meet again with Collins, Qualter and Bolio. Should the initiative pass, the University would issue swipe devices to the interested locations.

“I feel that this is an important implementation that has to be made since most universities are heading towards this direction. As Brandeis students, we should be able to enjoy this service as well,” wrote Jacob.

Although Jacob wrote that he is aware that WhoCash has the same value as regular cash, Jacob wrote, “I see this as a step for Brandeis to strengthen its relationship with Waltham by supporting its local businesses. It is also a first step into perhaps, implementing the meal plan along with Waltham restaurants.”

According to Jacob, Waltham restaurants such as Sabatino’s and Prospect Café have already expressed interest in joining the WhoCash program. “I can’t speak for the Senate but I’m confident that my colleagues are in support of my initiative,” he wrote.

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A special library collection contains rare editions of printed Shakespeare plays

By JAIME KAISER JUSTICE EDITOR

If you’ve ever ventured down to the second floor of the Goldfarb Library, chances are you’ve passed the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections office, even without even noticing. Inside those glass doors are some of the rarest and most valuable manuscripts, books and other historical documents in the world.

Among these treasures is a special Shakespeare Collection, recently highlighted in the Brandeis Special Collections Spotlight blog by Margo Kolenda ’14.

The collection is categorized within the subset of the rare book collection and contains a wealth of material spanning hundreds of years. The First Folio is widely regarded as the gem of the collection, mainly because of its rarity. It is the first written collection of Shakespeare’s complete works from the 17th century. Fewer than 450 copies of the Folio exist in the world today.

Other valuable items include a Second Folio and two Fourth Folios, which are reprints of the first, though there are a number of differences between them. The Second Folio first appeared in 1632, and the fourth Folio was published in 1685. All these Folios were donated by Allan Bluestein of the Brandeis Bibliophiles philanthropic club in the 1960s, except for one of the Fourth Folios, which were donated by Henry and Hannah Hofheimer at a later date.

Besides the Folios, Ruth Baldwin donated the other major component of the collection from the collection of her father, Thomas Whitfield Baldwin. It features a number of rare and interesting editions of Shakespeare’s plays, and literary criticism from the 1700s through the 20th century.

Special Collections librarian Anne Woodrum said that the large time span the collection covers is one of its most interesting aspects. “[Readers] have the means to look at Shakespeare over the centuries,” she said.

As Woodrum went to retrieve the materials, a woman working in the archives jokingly commented that every time the Shakespeare collection was brought out she expected to hear a Hallelujah Choir.

After placing three foam book supports out on the table, Woodrum gingerly removed the First Folio from its multiple layers of cardboard and paper wrapping.

Each page was a deep shade of orange. Woodrum explained that when they received what at this point was more of an artifact than a readable book, a decision was made to completely remove the binding because it was initially sewn too tightly, putting unnecessary strain on the pages.

The other Folios were not quite as antiquated. The Fourth Folio was much smaller in size than the second and first, and many different spellings of his name existed throughout the diverse volumes.

In total the Shakespeare collection consists of 206 written original plays, poems, and complete collections, as well as 58 pieces of literary criticism.

It also includes a compilation of 12

portfolios of artwork that in some way relate or are inspired by Shakespeare himself. There is also an anthology of Shakespeare’s poetry. The collection included a collection of poetry titled, “Shakespeare’s Songs,” with each poem separated on its own page written inside an artistic border.

A triple major in Comparative Literature, English and Hispanic Studies, Kolenda said she was excited for the opportunity to write a blog spotlighting the collection.

“I’m hoping to go to graduate school for [Renaissance literature] ... I wanted, while I was at an undergraduate level, to get a chance to work firsthand with primary texts like we have in the collection,” she said.

Kolenda first heard about the collection as a first-year when she attended a close-looking series of the collection. “It was just so cool and so exciting,” said Kolenda enthusiastically. “I wanted to take advantage of it while I was here.”

In explaining why Shakespeare matters, Kolenda said, “the reason Shakespeare is such as big name in literature is that he really influenced just about everyone who came after him. Unlike some other popular writers of the time, “he really found a way to strike a balance between the interesting and literary parts of theatre,” said Kolenda.

The Shakespeare collection, along with all the other rare books, archived materials and special collections are open not just to the Brandeis community but to anyone who wishes to view them. “We do try to make it easy for you to come and use our materials,” Woodrum said.

Upon visiting the archive reading room, students immediately notice the cold temperature that the office staff maintain year-round as a preservation measure in order to prevent the degradation of archived and special collections materials. Pens and backpacks must be left at the door.

The librarians offer visitors the opportunity to borrow from a collection of jackets and fleeces hanging in a small coat closet.

Whereas the general archived material includes written documents and visual collections that primarily document the history and growth of the University, the Special Collections branch contains a number of materials, including international, musical, political and literary pieces, to name a few.

Woodrum gave examples of some other types of material in the space.

“Some interesting collections we have are the papers of Louis Brandeis and a Joseph Heller collection which includes the original manuscript for Catch 22,” she said.

Kolenda explained that the reason many do not appreciate Shakespeare’s work is because they misunderstand him as an irrelevant author.

Kolenda, however, does not see it that way. “He is very fundamental in a way that’s sort of hard to explain,” Kolenda said.

“If you’re talking to a Math major and you ask ‘why do I need to know geometry?’ they’ll respond ‘It’s everywhere!’ For me, Shakespeare is everywhere.”

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LITERARY LEGACY: The Shakespeare collection in the University Archives and Special Collections contains the Bard’s first printed collection of plays, known as the First Folio, which was published in the year 1623.

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Foster women’s scholarship Faculty gender equality is perpetually a divisive issue in higher education. A 2011 Chronicle of Higher Education article stated that women account for 38 percent of university faculty members. According to the University website, 40 percent of fulltime instructional faculty are women and 60 percent are male. Although Brandeis is in line with the national average, the faculty gender ratio of two departments in particular, Philosophy and Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, seems to be disproportionately male, according to a Justice article published this week.

The New York Times recently published a five-part series on women in philosophy, which stated that women make up less than 20 percent of university faculty in philosophy—a much lower percentage than the overall university faculty percentage. Brandeis is no exception to this nationwide sex schism in philosophy, with only three out of 10 professors being women, two of those being on the tenure track.

While it is clear the University is attempting to bridge this gender gap in the Philosophy department, with four of the past five tenure track hires in the department being women, two have since left the University.

The NEJS department faces a similar critique, with five of the 19 faculty members in the tenure structure being women and one still on the tenure track. A continued attempt to improve these numbers—while they are higher than national averages— must become a priority of future search committees in both of these departments.

The NEJS department, through the initiative of the Women’s and Gender Studies program, has taken an interesting approach throughout its history to rectify

Create dual degree

this issue. The department offers a joint degree in conjunction with the Women’s and Gender Studies program, which focuses on academics that encompass both NEJS and Women’s and Gender Studies.

This program is unique, being one of the only of its kind in the country. This sort of program is an opportunity to emphasize female scholarship in the field, but also functions to diversify the way Brandeis curriculum approaches the discipline.

This board recommends that the Philosophy department create a similar type of joint graduate degree with the Women’s and Gender Studies program. Currently, the Women’s and Gender Studies program has joint degree options with several other disciplines of the University. A program of this kind in conjunction with Philosophy is an effective way to foster a new wave of women philosophers as well as to expand the current research of women and gender through a philosophic lens. This program would identify Brandeis as a university where female philosophers can grow and gender-conscious philosophy is welcomed.

Gender equality is an avenue to promote a diverse set of perspectives within academic programs.

Individual departments make their own hiring decisions, which places the task of making a demographically diverse faculty on the shoulders of the faculty search committees within these departments. Yet a joint degree between the Philosophy and Women’s and Gender Studies program would showcase to the academic world that Brandeis is a premier institution for women in all departments.

LGBTQ resource needed On Sunday, the Student Union Senate voted unanimously to endorse a resolution proposing the establishment of an on-campus Gender and Sexuality Center with a full-time director. Alex Thomson ’15, junior representative to the Board of Trustees, drafted the proposal along with several clubs, including the Queer Policy Alliance, TransBrandeis, Triskelion and the Queer Resource Center. The potential services provided by this center are crucial for Brandeis to institutionalize.

This board urges University administrators to seriously consider this proposal. While Brandeis is largely an open and accepting community, forming a dedicated physical space and hiring a full-time staff member would help further develop and maintain a welcoming, diverse and educated campus. Brandeis is not immune from discrimination and homophobia, and we can always be better.

However, we understand that financial limitations are likely to impact this plan in some way, as the proposal estimates substantial annual costs to be between $75,000 and $90,000. We urge Thomson and the other students involved in the plan’s formation to think realistically about ways in which they might be willing to compromise. For example, hiring a fulltime staff member and finding space in Usdan Student Center or the Intercultural Center instead of trying to commit a new physical space might be a reasonable way to achieve some goals of the proposal in a more cost-effective manner—the full-time position should be the priority of the pro-

Vital resource for students posal, with an independent physical space an important but not essential feature. Alternatively, the proposed center might be able to utilize space in the Shapiro Campus Center, such as that already employed by the Queer Resource Center—a studentrun club with many of the same goals as the proposed organization.

Though their goals may be the same, there are significant differences between the existing Queer Resource Center and the proposed center. It is important that the University does not rely solely on student-run clubs to provide the essential services that the Gender and Sexuality Center would offer. Student club funding is limited and Brandeis students are notoriously busy, both of which limit the Queer Resource Center and other clubs similar to it. Additionally, students may not be adequately trained to address the unique challenges faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students.

Even a part-time coordinator position, as currently exists, may not be enough—the issues faced by students do not neatly slot into a part-time schedule of only a few days a week.

We commend Thomson for his initiative on this issue, and the Student Union for giving a voice to him and the other students involved. We urge the administration to take this opportunity to listen to members of the community who have progressive ideas about how to make Brandeis a safer and more inclusive place.

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Over the past few years, with the advent of DVR and expansion of online streaming, the landscape of television media has evolved. The days of watching a show live are seemingly over, as advertisers and television networks scramble to unlock the next medium to reach the masses.

Furthermore, the success of online-only shows such as Netflix’s House of Cards and Orange is the new Black has created a true alternative to dealing with cable providers. What is the trajectory of the television industry going forward?

Prof. Marc Weinberg (ENG) The major networks will continue to see their revenues dwindle as audience shares drop. CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox will survive, but CW is doomed (I’m surprised they’re still around now). Wi-Fi will become free and omnipresent, allowing filmed entertainment to be available at any time on all devices. A bigger pool of viewers will lead to more shows and networks. Content producers will come from anywhere, meaning greater diversity. Providers like Netflix will continue to offer a series’ back episodes but the practice of releasing a show’s entire new season in a single day will stop. With programs available for download, advertisers will come up with more inventive ways to get their product before eyes (product placement, viral-worthy commercials). On a related note, expect a majority of feature films to premiere in your home, which will lead to the closure of most movie theaters.

Prof. Marc Weinberg is an adjunct assistant professor of English.

Prof. Kyle Stevens (FILM) I find fixating on technological platforms a difficult approach to wondering what television may become. Clearly, soon all one will need to watch television is Wi-Fi. But calling everything we watch via Wi-Fi—such as House of Cards, and even, arguably, movies— “television” is, of course, a way of saying that nothing is television.

Hence, we can’t talk about its future. This is not to say that the move from broadcast and cable to the web won’t have ramifications. We might, in this context, think about aesthetic issues, such as why audiences are responding so well to the experience of seriality in long-form narrative. I’m guessing that we will continue to see an increase in the importance of sound, in quality storytelling, and (until regulating institutions cotton on) a rise in content that was previously deemed unacceptable, particularly the infiltration of the pornographic (e.g., Game of Thrones).

Prof. Kyle Stevens (FILM) is the Florence Levy Kay Fellow in Film Studies and the Digital Humanities.

Roman Bulgakov ’14 In my opinion, the future of television is in the convergence of the two largest inventions of the 20th century; television and the Internet. The evolution of the conventional television model is already happening with shows like Jimmy Kimmel Live, which is increasing its online presence through its YouTube channel. Television companies start producing webisodes and mini series. Netflix has moved into original programming. Given that launching a show is a huge financial risk for any studio, TV executives are confident that video on demand and online models work and are profitable.

TV-viewing experience is becoming more personal. Since television in its traditional form is largely influenced by the advertisers, the online model allows more freedom for the niche and experimental channels, and it is exciting to see this change.

Roman Bulgakov ’14 is the founder of Brand New Talent agency and the undergraduate departmental representative for Film, Television and Media.

Rohan Narayanan ’15 While I believe the likes of Netflix, Amazon Video, Hulu and other online providers (including online streaming and downloading) have made the Internet a new, more popular place to watch and create television, before we move into an era of online dominated television, I think we will experience a reign by less restricted cable networks like AMC and HBO. Traditional network channels like ABC, NBC and CBS are inherently limited, due to network censorship and mainstream and serialized content. Additionally, cable network executives are focused on profit, while providers like AMC (most expertly exampled by Breaking Bad) are more interested in making and completing artful television than dragging out series for ratings and earnings. Television will not change overnight, and while it may seem like online television shows like House of Cards are the future, I do not believe it will become the sole medium of watching television.

Rohan Narayanan ’15 is president of Brandeis Television and an administrator of Tron, Brandeis men’s ultimate team.

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Campus is lacking without LGBTQ resource center

By ALEX THOMSON SPECIAL TO THE JUSTICE

This past week, the Brandeis University administration took a bold step in addressing a crucial campus need, with the hiring of a new sexual assault services and prevention specialist. This position, which will proactively change campus culture relating to sexual assault and violence, puts Brandeis at the forefront of sexual assault prevention services and places us as a leader among our peer institutions regarding this issue.

However, despite the resources that are currently available, there is another campus need still unmet that Brandeis can once again boldly meet: working to strengthen support and address issues relating to gender and sexuality and queer life on campus. Currently, Brandeis has a part-time gender and sexuality diversity coordinator whose position only funds 20 hours per week of work. The demand for this coordinator’s services far outpaces the amount of time she can devote to providing the proper resources for students. Many students are left waiting weeks for an appointment, and key programming and counseling services are underdeveloped because of the time constraints placed on the position.

This position addresses crucial needs on campus, yet does not have the time or funding to properly address each of these needs fully.

The queer community on campus faces unique challenges that this proposal seeks to meet. For example, according to School Psychology Quarterly, 33 percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender youth aged 14 to 21 have attempted suicide. In addition, Brandeis is not exempt from bias-related incidents targeted at LGBTQ individuals, ranging from name-calling to threats to physical and sexual violence. Terms like “that’s so gay” and “fag” are thrown around constantly, and by and large are met with little to no opposition.

According to Campus Pride’s “2010 State of Higher Education for LGBTQ People,” “LGBTQ students are more likely to have seriously considered leaving their college or university,” and Brandeis is no exception to this rule. With this in mind, LGBTQ-identified students require a resource on campus that can’t be met by existing student support services such as the Psychological Counseling Center, which many queer identified students have found unable to address their needs, or even student -organized groups.

Last week, a group of students, including myself, representing the Student Union, Queer Resource Center, Triskelion, Queer Policy Alliance and Trans*Brandeis drafted a proposal that calls for a Gender and Sexuality Center with a full-time director on campus.

This proposal outlines important responsibilities a full-time director would fill, including: development of new and existing LGBTQ ini-

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tiatives, coordination of Safe Space Allies—a training program that educates individuals on how to create safer spaces where students can more freely express their identities on campus—and other LGBTQ related trainings.

The director would also work on support for issues relating to coming out, suicide and selfharm, mental wellness, concerted prevention of and response to homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bias-related incidents and student and staff leadership development. While the current coordinator position addresses each of these important needs in its current form, the position is unable to transform campus culture because of the lack of resources provided.

Many of our peer institutions have LGBTQ Centers on their respective campuses. In the Boston area, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bridgewater State University, Harvard and Tufts University all have LGBTQ centers. Tufts in fact has an LGBTQ Center with a full-time director, staff assistant, and graduate assistant, along with undergraduate interns. This LGBTQ Center provides important resources and support for the five very

active queer campus organizations. A similar center at Brandeis would provide much needed support to our queer student organizations. In addition to Tufts, other peer schools such as Brown University, Emory University, New York University and the University of Chicago all have LGBTQ centers as well. It is important that Brandeis provides the same vital resources as our peer institutions—we are already playing catch up.

The Brandeis administration has proven very supportive of the aims of this proposal and plans to meet with students in the coming weeks to discuss this further. This is an important show of support for our shared goals and demonstrates the administration’s commitment to social justice and the belief in making Brandeis a safe and comfortable space for all of its students. Along with this, the Student Union Senate voted last Sunday night to unanimously support the proposal.

This support from both the administrative and student governing bodies is a positive step forward in enacting the aims set forth in the proposal. Now, we must continue to work to progress this further and establish a center

that positions Brandeis on equal footing with our peer institutions and ensures a safe space for all Brandeis students.

The establishment of a Gender and Sexuality Center and director would provide more than a valuable assistance to the Brandeis LGBTQ community; it would further our mission of social justice and place this University at the forefront of the fight for equality that is so integral to our time.

To this end, the establishment of such a center would serve not only our queer students, but the wider campus community as well. It would act as a powerful educational resource with the organization and staff to provide quality, widespread programming and trainings that would go to great lengths to improve our campus climate.

Ultimately, these resources would place Brandeis at the forefront of the push for LGBTQ equality and distinguish our school as a leader in the fight of our time.

—Alex Thomson ’15 is the junior student representative to the Board of Trustees and chaired the task force that drafted the proposal.

Arrested rabbis represent tension between religion and law Glen

CHESIR CHAGI’S CHOP

Do the ends justify the means? That is the essential question that every child is posed with while reading Robin Hood for the first time. Is it ethically excusable for Robin Hood to steal from the mean, rich royalty and give back to the poor peasants? The story paints a clear picture—everyone is happy; the rich are still rich and the poor are, well, a wee bit less poor. Robin Hood is clearly the hero of the story.

But what happens if the rich don’t deserve to stay rich? What if the rich acted so deplorably that they ethically deserved to have their wealth stripped from them? And what if the poor were so unbearably poor that they were willing to go to great lengths to escape from their current state? Does that give the Robin Hood figure the right to go to similar great lengths to help the poor?

This past Thursday two ultra-orthodox rabbis and their accomplices from Monsey, N.Y., Brooklyn, N.Y., Lakewood, N.J. and other tri-

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state area locations, were arrested for allegedly kidnapping and beating men who were refusing to give their wives a “get,” a religious writ of divorce. The women paid the rabbis up to a reported $60,000 for their help. The money was used to hire the appropriate parties who would beat the husbands until they agreed to free the women from the marriages. What caused these marriages to deteriorate to the point where women were willing to spend such vast amounts of money just for a chance to leave them has yet to be determined—although we can speculate.

According to Orthodox religious law, a woman is not considered divorced—and therefore cannot remarry—unless officially given a “get” from her former husband. For that reason, it has become a common practice of Orthodox rabbis to refuse to officiate a wedding without a prenuptial agreement legally mandating that a husband must issue a “get” if his wife asks for one. In fact, the Rabbinical Council of America, the premier organization of Orthodox rabbis in the United States, has posted on their website a generic version of a prenuptial agreement accepted by both the RCA and U.S. code that legally mandates the husband to grant a divorce if it is requested by the wife.

The men acted execrably by not granting the divorces, regardless of what occurred during the marriage. To deny your wife an opportunity to leave a marriage is unethical, no question

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about it. But, does the husbands’ unacceptable behavior justify assaulting them? Are these rabbis standing on strong ethical footing to order hits on these men? Are the Robin-Hood-rabbis allowed to harm these men to benefit the women in need?

Legally, the answer is a resounding no. After a month-long investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the rabbis were arrested for the hiring of hitmen and by extension, the beating of the husbands, and are pending trial. The law is clear, and it is expected that the rabbis will be convicted for their undisputed crimes.

In recent history, the issue of women being trapped in marriages at the discretion of their often-abusive husbands has become prevalent within the Orthodox-Jewish community. Furthermore, the natural instinct to go to the authorities proves to be futile. The authorities can separate the wife from the husband, but they cannot force the husband to hand over a religious document. There are many situations that have since been publicized where the authorities have tried, and were subsequently unsuccessful, in forcing a husband to offer the “get.”

This trend highlights the tension that often occurs within religious communities in this country. Jewish law obligates its followers to live within the boundaries of the land they live in—“Dina d’malchutah Dina” in the language of the tractate, Aramaic. Yet, Jewish law and secu-

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lar law can conflict. By secular standards, these women could have obtained help from the authorities in their quest to leave their husbands.

However, Jewish law would then prohibit them, under those circumstances, to remarry within the faith. This tension creates a burden on those practicing women: legally free themselves from marriage and be unable to remarry and re-enter the community, or continue to live within the community in a crumbling, and potentially damaging, relationship.

The Supreme Court of the United States has released many First Amendment decisions and dissents trying to rectify the issue of religion conflicting with federal law. The basic predicament that SCOTUS has attempted to avoid is any person feeling like an outsider because of their belief system. And yet, when these women were so trapped within their marriages that they were willing to pay exorbitant fees to escape, all they could feel was seclusion. They needed Robin Hood to help them escape, for both their community and the federal law had failed them.

Ideally, no Jewish marriages occur without a prenuptial agreement to avoid the ineffectiveness of the authorities—but these cases were not ideal. I applaud the rabbis for accepting their arrests without much conflict; federal law is clear—they deserve to be arrested. But do they deserve punishment for their actions? Of that, I’m not so sure.

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My family came to this country from Belarus, France and Germany. A Jewish peasant and a French landowner, they did not have very much in common. One thing though that was similar was their attitudes toward the “homeland” that existed after their immigration to the United States. Upon immigrating to the United States, my ancestors never spoke of their homelands again. Instead, the identity—of “American”—was to be embraced with as much zeal as they and their descendants could muster.

This idea that anyone, despite her or his ancestry or ethnicity, is “American” is a central part of our society, equally as important as liberty or democracy. Indeed, this melting-pot society has been a core tenet of the culture for years. That is why the attack on it, by both racist conservatives and ignorant liberals, should be opposed by all rational individuals.

In recent years, the Republican Party has seen its base bitterly oppose any comprehensive immigration program on the grounds of an often irrational fear of immigrants. As we have seen earlier this year, when bipartisan talks on immigration reform are shut down following loud cries from the Republican base, there is a strong fear of waves of current immigration into this country.

Equally damaging, however, is the nonsensical belief among left-wingers that the holy notion of a melting-pot society can be replaced by so-called “multiculturalism.” This idea claims that, instead of trying to merge cultures together, we should preserve our differences side-by-side. While this idea of multiculturalism may be somewhat compelling for the ivory tower, its real-world implications are somewhat lackluster. Indeed, one does not need to look any further than the prejudice and hatred in Europe over recent Muslim immigration to see the flaws with this theory. A lack of assimilation and integration in those countries highlights populist bigotry against those recent immigrants.

Human nature drives us to bear suspicion and resentment toward those different from us. This unfortunate characteristic is best assuaged if the superficial barriers that separate us are taken down. In the United States, we see much less violence against immigrants because those immigrants are conditioned to engage and become part of the American culture Fortunately, this is exactly what the melting pot does. While other countries still have problems with inter-ethnic violence, the problem has subdued to some extent in the United States. For example, while Ireland still has not completely solved its problem of Catholics and Protestants murdering one another, no such inter-Christian animosity exists within the United States. The answer is somewhat simple, as the two groups are so intermixed and intertwined, that a schism between them would prove infeasible.

That is because there is no such thing as a

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stereotypical “American.” There is no American ethnicity, no common ancestry. Affiliation with the United States is based on who you are, not on who your parents were.

It is foolish for the leftists to claim that, without multiculturalism, minorities are further disenfranchised. Indeed, they miss the entire point of the melting pot when doing so.

Under a successful melting-pot society, no minorities exist, because the previously heterogeneous culture has become homogeneous.

Observances and traditions of one’s native ancestry and ethnicity are not replaced by someone else’s native ancestry and ethnicity; they are forged anew. Immigrants to this nation have never adopted the old customs of the United States; they have actively contributed to help recreate American customs themselves.

The holidays in this country are truly a testament to that fact. As time goes on, the list of this country’s most esteemed days has been added to and changed to reflect the changing face of this country. Thanksgiving, Independence Day, Labor Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day all reflect distinct, though equally important, times in this country’s history.

These times in our history, further, represent different waves of immigration and culture.

Whether that is the Pilgrims, the Southern and Eastern Europeans who worked in the first factories or African-Americans, each holiday represents a different set of immigrants to this country.

There are a lot of descriptors one may use for me besides my nationality. Texan and Jew come to mind instantaneously. And though I do not mind being referred to as one of those

labels, I do object to the equal descriptor of “Jewish-American,” which insinuates that these labels have equal ancestral ethnicity as my nationality. I take offense to this, most importantly because I dispute the notion that being an American does not encapsulate the essence already of being a Jew, or anything else for that matter.

Being a national of the United States is not an ethnicity. Accordingly, attempting to counterbalance one’s ethnicity with American nationality is somewhat foolish. Our national motto, found on all our coins, is “E Pluribus Unum,” or “out of many, one.” What this means is that we do not simply respect each other’s heritage and culture, we share in them. Your ancestry is my ancestry and vice versa if we both identify ourselves as Americans. That is the beauty of the melting pot.

Political discourse contributes to stalemate in Congress

By CATHERINE ROSCH JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

The California Republican Party Convention rarely makes the news in California, let alone on The Huffington Post. But this year was different because of an unusual action the party took. The California Republican Party released buttons which read “KFC Hillary Special. 2 fat thighs. 2 small breasts. Left wing.” After images of the buttons hit Twitter and mainstream media outlets, the buttons were removed from the conference.

I am not outraged about an attack on a female politician based solely on her appearance, as disgusting as it may be. Nor am I going to lump every single Republican together and say that around half the country stands behind the pins.

In fact, Republicans in the California Assembly and Senate have criticized the creators of the pins. Rather, I am outraged that the political dialogue in this country has fallen so far that it is acceptable to mock an accomplished politician for her body, compare a speech to the Bataan Death March, as Ted Cruz did after his 21-hour sort-of filibuster or accuse an opposition party of being authoritarian dictators or committing war crimes.

Certain representatives of both the Democrat-

ic Party, like John Burton, and Republican Party, like Ted Cruz, have said these things, and more.

The things said by the fringe elements do not represent the mainstream of any party.

But, unfortunately, it is the vitriol of the fringe that makes the best viewing on nightly news, and it is this vitriol that is only further polarizing American politics.

For example, John Burton, the chairman of the California Democratic Party, compared Paul Ryan to Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s minister of propaganda, during an interview in September. Ken Cuccinelli, the current Attorney General in Virginia and republican gubernatorial candidate, said that opposition to Obamacare was parallel to opposition to fugitive slave laws in the North during the antebellum. Robert Benmosche, the American International Group’s CEO made the claim that the current outrage against Wall Street bonuses is similar to lynch mobs of the Jim Crow South.

There is never a reason or excuse to compare your political opposition to the Nazi Party or those responsible for genocide. Not supporting a health care law is not the same as opposing slavery. And I don’t think any business executive has any right to compare his experiences to the racial violence African-

Americans faced for periods of our history.

Even as a proud progressive and Democrat registered in California, I felt sickened at what John Burton said in regard to Paul Ryan.

Although I cannot speak for Republicans, Virginians or CEOs on Wall Street, I do think it is safe to say that they do not agree with statements that certain members of their group say either.

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Nearly 90 percent of Americans believe political discourse is more badtempered than it used to be.

Like many of the issues in Washington, there is no simple solution to get out of this mess. While politicians and political figures face outcry after making inflammatory statements, it almost seems as if they do not learn

from their actions.

Our best hope is to lead by example. Even though we are just citizens, we should make an effort not to use this sort of inflated and hyperbolic language. I know that in the past, I have made inaccurate and offensive statements about politicians I don’t agree with.

Now, I’ve been making an effort, to use reasonable language to express my dislike, although I may not agree or even like a politician, idea or party.

After all, according to a 2011 Harris Poll on political discourse, nearly 90 percent of Americans believe that political discourse is more bad-tempered than it used to be. And 70 percent of the American public believes that the political climate overall is nastier than in the past.

Maybe, if the American people make it clear that we are tired of the war crime analogies in completely inappropriate settings, and if we ourselves stop using them, our elected officials will get the message.

The current political climate doesn’t have to be this way. I hope I’m speaking for the majority here at Brandeis when I say I’d like for our elected officials to speak in a civilized manner, without hyperbole and insane accusations. If we make this a priority, it can be done.

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VBALL: Team falls to Emerson after big UAA victory

RIGHT ON THE EDGE

CONTINUED FROM 16 errors in the third. Gutner-Davis cited the team’s lack of confidence as a reason for the losses.

“Instead of getting a quick sideout to get the ball back, or shaking off our errors and focusing on making the next contact and next play better, we struggled,” she said. “Our mentality changed and instead of playing with confidence, we were playing with hesitance— afraid to make errors.”

Though the Judges took a 4-3 lead in the fourth set, the Lions went on a 12-1 run to take the lead for good. Brandeis had 31 errors compared to just 17 for Emerson.

As the Judges approach their next UAA Round Robin, Gutner-Davis noted that they could be successful with the right level of cohesiveness and energy.

“I have seen our team play at its

best and at its worst—and I know how much potential we have and what we can accomplish when we bring our best game to the court,” she said.

“Our team has to come out and play with a lot of energy and intensity. We all have to bring positive attitudes on to the court, shake off errors quickly and celebrate each point, one at a time. Most importantly, we have to play as a team, not as individuals, and we have to play with confidence. Once we bring all of those things together, and each player is playing their heart out and leaving everything they have on the court, we will again be successful.”

The Judges are off until next Saturday, when they will face Carnegie Mellon University and Case Western Reserve University in the second UAA Round Robin of the current season.

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KEEPING IT IN: Midfielder Sara Isaacson ’16 manuevers the ball down the sideline during the Judges’ scoreless draw on Saturday.

WSOCCER: Judges get first tie of new season CONTINUED FROM 16 Rochester defense.

“They did a nice job man-marking me,” she said. “I had to make a lot of runs to free myself up and [had to run] back to the midfield. I had to play quickly because there was always a defender nearby.”

Earlier in the week, the Judges found themselves in a scoreless deadlock for most of the first half— even though the Judges outshot the Eastern Nazarene Crusaders by a 6-3 margin. However, after receiving a direct kick in the 42nd minute,

Spital made Eastern Nazarene pay, sending a high shot that caromed off the crossbar and into the net for a 1-0 advantage just before the half.

The Judges notched a second goal shortly thereafter, and yet again, Spital was involved. She fed a ball to forward Holly Szafran ’16 who was at the top of the box. Szafran placed a low shot into the left corner, giving the Judges a 2-0 advantage that they held for the rest of the game.

Despite the results, Spital believes the team can improve both its speed and variedness in its play.

“For our next games [Friday

against Carnegie Mellon University and Sunday versus Emory University], we need to continue to improve our runs and opening up the field.

We also have the play a little quicker. We have two big University Athletic Association games coming up this week and we have to get it done.

These games are much more physical and fast-paced and we have to be ready,” she said.

Brandeis will face two tough tests next weekend, doing battle with Carnegie Mellon University on Friday before travelling to Atlanta to play Emory University on Sunday.

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Women beaten by Tufts while men post strong performances at Bates ■ Brian Granoff ’17 made

it to the semi-finals before falling in a close decision to the eventual champion.

By AVI GOLD JUSTICE EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

The Brandeis men’s tennis team sent several competitors to the Wallach Invitational at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, seeking to round out their season on a high note. The women, meanwhile, had the opportunity to enjoy homecourt advantage, but could not capitalize, falling in an 8-1 defeat to Tufts University.

In the defeat to Tufts, the lone highlight for the women came from the triumph of Emily Eska ’16, who came back to win her match in three sets. She defeated her opponent, freshman Hanna Slutsky, by 4-6, 6-3 and 10-5 margins.

The Judges sent just one other competitor to the third set—Allyson Bernstein ’14—but she could not capitalize on her first set victory, eventually dropping the second and third set super tiebreaker by 6-2, 3-6, and 10-4 tallies. The other four matches all ended in straight set defeats, leaving the Judges at a 5-1 deficit before the doubles matches began.

Meanwhile, the doubles teams did not fare much better, dropping all three of their matches in single sets to drop to an 8-1 deficit.

“We scheduled the match knowing it’d be a tough result without some of our top players,” said head coach Ben Lamanna.

“However, [it was a] good way to see where the rest of our team is at and a lots of girls played well.

[Eska] has a great future with us.”

The men, meanwhile, made a statement in Lewiston.

The Judges sent three singles players and two pairs of doubles teams into the second round at the Wallach Invitational, facing competitors from Amherst College, Bates, Bowdoin College, Colby College, Middlebury College, Skidmore College, Trinity College and Tufts. The Judges sent eight members to the singles courts and advanced three into the second round.

Michael Arguello ’17 won his first round match in straight sets 6-2, 6-2 before falling in the second round to Middlebury sophomore Ari Smolyar 6-4, 6-2. He was joined in the second round by Jeff Cherkin ’17, who advanced with a straight set victory 7-5, 6-3. Yet Cherkin fell in the second round to Tufts senior Zach Ladwig, 6-1, 6-1.

Friday’s action also saw two doubles teams—Danny Lubarsky ’16 and Arguello as well as Matthew Zuckerman ’14 and Ben Fine ’15—advance to the second round.

Zuckerman and Fine were downed 8-3, while Lubarsky and Arguello had a more competitive match, falling 8-6.

Additionally, Mitch Krems ’16 lost a tough match to Middlebury senior co-captain Ted Fitzgibbons 6-7 (2), 6-3, 12-10.

But it was Krem’s doubles partner, Brian Granoff ’17, who stole the show. Granoff was pushed to the third set of his first round match before eventually winning 4-6, 6-1, 10-6. He then had been cruising through his second round match against Amherst College freshman Myles Tang 6-2, 1-0 before Tang retired.

Granoff's run at the Invitational would end Sunday, when he fell to Middlebury senior co-captain Alex Johnston, 6-3, 6-4.

Johnston later went on to win the A Singles portion of the Invitational. Granoff's run to the third round was the furthest any member of the men’s squad advanced in the weekend.

“It was really nice having the whole team watch me play in the semifinals against Middlebury's No. 1 player,” he said. “It was a rematch for me personally, as I had played him two weeks before [losing 6-3, 6-0 at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional competition at Williams College].

It was definitely a better matchup for me to play him outdoors [as opposed to their first match indoors].

I'm never happy with a loss, but this time I performed much better.”

The Wallach Invitational marked the final set of matches in the men’s fall season. The women are set to conclude their season next weekend at the New England Championships in Amherst, Mass.

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MEN’S SOCCER UAA STANDINGS

TEAM STATS Goals

2013-2014 Statistics UAA Conf.

W L D Rochester 1 0 0 Emory 1 0 1 JUDGES 1 1 0 Carnegie 1 1 0 Chicago 1 1 0 Wash U. 0 1 1 NYU 0 1 1 Case Western 0 1 1

Overall W L D Pct. 9 1 1 .864 8 3 1 .708 10 2 0 .833 8 2 1 .773 6 3 1 .650 6 3 2 .636 6 3 3 .625 5 3 4 .583

UPCOMING GAMES: Today vs. Mass. Maritime Saturday at Carnegie Mellon Sunday at Emory

Kyle Feather ’14 leads the team with eight goals.

Player Goals Kyle Feather 8 Tyler Savonen 4 Michael Soboff 4 Tudor Livadaru 3

Assists Ben Applefield ’14 leads the team with seven assists.

Player Assists Ben Applefield 7 Michael Soboff 7 Tudor Livadaru 3

WOMEN’S SOCCER UAA STANDINGS

TEAM STATS

2013-2014 Statistics

Goals

UAA Conf.

W L D Wash U. 2 0 0 JUDGES 1 0 1 Emory 1 1 0 NYU 0 0 2 Rochester 0 0 2 Carnegie 0 1 1 Chicago 0 1 1 Case 0 1 1

Overall W L D Pct. 11 1 0 .917 9 2 1 .792 8 3 1 .708 6 3 3 .625 5 3 3 .591 6 2 2 .700 7 3 2 .667 7 5 1 .577

UPCOMING GAMES: Friday at Carnegie Mellon Sunday at Emory Oct. 24th at UMass.-Boston

Dara Spital ’15 leads the team with nine goals.

Player Goals Dara Spital 9 Sapir Edalati 7 Holly Szafran 3 Melissa Darling 2

Assists Dara Spital ’15 leads the team with six assists.

Player Assists Dara Spital 6 Holly Szafran 3 Jessica Morana 2

VOLLEYBALL UAA STANDINGS

TEAM STATS

2013-2014 Statistics

Kills

UAA Conf.

W L Emory 3 0 Chicago 3 0 NYU 2 1 Wash U. 2 1 Carnegie 1 2 JUDGES 1 2 Case 0 3 Rochester 0 3

W 22 16 18 18 16 9 10 8

Overall L Pct. 1 .957 7 .696 2 .900 5 .783 6 .727 13 .409 12 .455 18 .308

UPCOMING GAMES: Saturday vs. Carnegie Mellon Saturday vs. Case Western Sunday vs. NYU

Liz Hood ’15 leads the team in kills with 283.

Player Kills Liz Hood 283 Carly Gutner-Davis 130 Si-Si Hensley 124 Rachael Dye 78

Digs Elsie Bernaiche ’15 leads the team in digs with 362.

Player Digs Elsie Bernaiche 362 Liz Hood 211 Si-Si Hensley 206 Amaris Brown 117

CROSS COUNTRY Results from the Keene State Invitational at Keene State on Oct. 5.

TOP FINISHERS (Men’s)

TOP FINISHERS (Women’s)

RUNNER TIME Jarret Harrigan 27:04.0 Quinton Hoey 27:27.0 Michael Rosenbach 27:42.0 Matt Doran 27:56.0

RUNNER TIME Amelia Lundkvist 18:46.0 Maddie Dolins 18:54.0 Kelsey Whitaker 19:04.0 Ashley Piccirillo 19:46.0

UPCOMING EVENTS: Saturday at Connecticut College Invitational Saturday, Nov. 2 at the UAA Championships (held in Pittsburgh.)

PHOTO COURTESY OF BRANDEIS ATHLETICS

STANDOUT SIX: The individuals inducted into the Brandeis Athletics Hall of Fame pose for a picture following the ceremony.

Hall of Fame induction honors former athletes ■ Two teams and six athletes became members of a prestigious society at the event on Saturday night.

By HENRY LOUGHLIN JUSTICE EDITOR

The 2013 induction to Brandeis’ Athletics Hall of Fame, a fitting culmination to the 2013 Brandeis Athletics’ Homecoming, featured yet another class of accomplished athletes and teams.

On Saturday night, six individuals (Jules Love ’55 and Rashad Williams ’02 of the men’s basketball team, Mark Bonaiuto ’77 of the baseball squad, Michael Goldfarb ’99 of the men’s swimming and diving team, Victoria Petrillo ’99 of the track and field squad and Danielle Fitzpatrick ’04 of the women’s basketball squad) etched their names into Brandeis Athletics history.

Additionally, the 1957 football team and 1984 men’s soccer team were inducted.

“Someone told me, that if you

live long enough, you get to give a speech,” joked Arnie Taub ’58, who accepted the honor on behalf of the football squad, which went 6-1 during that year.

Despite its small roster, given the team had just 39 players, the squad recorded impressive victories against Northeastern University (14-0), the University of Massachusetts Amherst (47-7), the University of Bridgeport (33-12) and perhaps most notably, its biggest rival, the University of New Hampshire (27-0.)

“Our accomplishments were truly a team effort in the truest sense of the word,” said Taub. “We had an excellent rapport with the student body. The team wasn’t sequestered into a particular dorm or treated as a commodity; we were treated as a part of the student body.”

Williams, inducted for his accomplishments while a member of the men’s basketball, came to Brandeis as part of the Myra Kraft Transitional Year Program at the suggestion of former men’s assistant coach Wallace Johnson, whom he had played under for a

brief stint in high school.

“Growing up in California, in the [San Francisco] Bay Area, I had never heard of Brandeis. But when I got the call, my dad said, ‘Well, [you should] look at the opportunity.’”

After initially taking some time to settle in, he proved to be a huge success, amassing a Brandeis alltime record of 1,928 points.

“The first day, when I was dropped off in my dorm room, I said ‘I can’t live here! It’s too small, and I’m 3,000 miles away from home.’”

However, he explained that he was able to make the transition to college life, further noting that his teammates were a big part in earning the “great honor.”

“I said to [men’s coach Brian Meehan], you gotta get the boys ready,” he added. “[Because] I will give away all of these points for [Meehan] and the boys to have some more wins.”

All told, with inductees from seven different sports and four different decades, the event was a fitting way to pay tribute to Brandeis athletics success.

BOSTON BRUINS RECAP Bruins held scoreless in encounter as squad falls to Colorado 2-0 in first home defeat of the season The Boston Bruins, having started the season with two consecutive home victories, were looking to extend their winning streak against the visiting Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night.

However, the visitors, who came into the game with a 2-0 record, rode an inspired performance from backup goalkeeper Jean-Sebastien Giguere to a 2-0 victory. Giguere, who stopped all 39 shots that he faced, led his team to a win to spoil the Bruins’ unbeaten record.

“I think a shutout is a team thing,” said Giguere, deflecting praise despite his standout contribution in his first game of the season. “We have to be proud of the way that we killed the penalty tonight. It wasn’t pretty the whole game, but getting two points [at the TD Garden] is a great sign for our

team. We found a way to win the last two games on the road, and we have to be extremely happy with that.”

The Bruins started the game in aggressive fashion, firing two shots inside the first minute that Giguere turned away. Down at the other end, Avalanche left wing Jamie McGinn was sent to the box after just one minute, 56 seconds for goaltender interference, meaning the Bruins had their first power play.

And they almost made the visitors pay. After Giguere had gone down to save a shot, he left a gaping hole in the net. However, just as left wing Milan Lucic prepared to pull the trigger, a Colorado defenseman was able to scramble the puck away. Meanwhile, Bruins goalkeeper Tuukka Rask came up with his first big save of the night, stopping center Nathan MacK-

innon’s effort at the second attempt.

Just five minutes in, a rocket from defenseman Dennis Seidenberg went just wide left. Even0 though the game was still scoreless, both teams were knocking at the door; it seemed only a matter of moments before the goals would start coming.

Despite a flurry of opening action, the game calmed down a bit. Both teams struggled to keep hold of the puck, and the few fast breaks that did occur were ultimately shut down by both defenses.

Just when it appeared the first period would end scoreless—despite the Bruins hitting the pipe twice—the Avalanche took the lead with just 39.3 seconds left in the period.

With Colorado on the power play, the visitors were feverishly attacking attacked the Bruins’ end of the rink

with venom. They eventually made the hosts pay as center Ryan O’Reilly finished a feed from fellow center Matthew Duchene for a 1-0 advantage just before the period.

Given the timing of the goal, it was a huge blow to the Bruins.

However, they fought back, and ultimately did everything except score.

A beautiful move from Boston forward Daniel Paille highlighted the second period, as he turned past several defenders in an excellent effort before firing a shot toward the net.

Unfortunately, the shot went well wide of the goal.

The game featured a handful of penalties, including a 10 minute misconduct from Lucic after an altercation with Colorado forward Gabriel Landeskag. Given the Bruins were chasing the game, such an infraction

was a huge blow to their rhythm.

And despite trying hard to desperately find the equalizer in the third period, the Bruins—after pulling Rask with two minutes to play—conceded their second goal, as Duchene delivered the coup de grace with 26 seconds left.

Despite falling in its third game of the year, Bruins coach Claude Julien was not upset with the effort.

“You’ve got to give them credit for how well they played,” he said. “Yet, I don’t think I’m really disappointed in the effort more than we’ve got to find ways to win those games, and we didn’t do it tonight.”

The Bruins return to action Thursday night, visiting the Florida Panthers at 7 p.m.

— Henry Loughlin

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Waltham, Mass.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

EYE ON THE BALL

Team held by UAA foe in tight game ■ The team hit the post and

crossbar a combined three times, but was unable to put the ball in Rochester’s net.

By DAN ROZEL JUSTICE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

MORGAN BRILL/the Justice

DRIVING FORWARD: Forward Tyler Savonen ’15 takes the ball down the field and into the penalty box during Saturday’s game.

Men unable to hold off Rochester rally in loss ■ Despite taking the lead

twice, the men’s soccer team was undone by two late goals in a demoralizing 3-2 defeat.

By JONAH PRICE JUSTICE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The men’s soccer team suffered a tough loss on Saturday to the No. 25 University of Rochester YellowJackets by a 3-2 score. With the loss, the Judges dropped to a 10-2 overall record, also falling to 1-1 in University Athletic Association play. The YellowJackets, meanwhile, moved to 9-1-1 and 2-0 in the conference.

The first half was epitomized by a hard-fought, defensive-minded possession game. It was a battle of attrition in the midfield.

Although Brandeis was able to maintain a majority of possession, it could not turn those opportunities into goals. This inability to score stemmed largely from the aggressive challenges made by Rochester senior goalkeeper Mike Moranz, whose ability to charge out of the net stopped several key chances on through balls.

Similarly, Brandeis’ dominant play in the midfield and well-organized defense prevented the YellowJackets from securing any real offensive chances.

Even with a scoreless period, the Judges still felt confident in their game plan going back onto the field in the second half.

“Our plan did not change at all,” said forward Tyler Savonen ’15. “Going into it we were confident in our abilities to play around them and play our game and get a win. When the second half started we had that same confidence.”

This confidence would pay off, though, as the Judges struck first.

10 minutes into the second half, mid-

fielder Kyle Feather ’14 sped down the left flank with the ball, cut in and sent a well-placed ball across the box to left-back Ben Applefield ’14. Applefield then fired a left-footed shot into the bottom corner of the net, his second goal of the season. Feather additionally secured his second assist of the year.

Brandeis’ lead was short-lived, however, as the YellowJackets immediately responded. Rochester won a controversial free kick 40 yards out, and from there, junior defender Andrew Sheridan sent the ball into the box, where junior defender Keith Grafmeyer was waiting. Grafmeyer headed the ball toward the left of the net, forcing net-minder Joe Graffy ’15 to make a diving acrobatic save.

However, Graffy could only block the ball and no Brandeis player was there to clear the ball. Rochester sophomore defender Sean Daly capitalized, firing the ball into the roof of the net before Graffy could recover.

The goal was Daly’s third of the season and the assist was Grafmeyer’s first.

The tie would not last long, however, as Brandeis would strike back one minute, 26 seconds later.

Brandeis earned a corner kick after an impressive offensive run down the right side by forward Evan Jastremski ’17. Midfielder Josh Hacunda ’16 sent in a cross to fellow midfielder Jake Picard ’16, who took a powerful header, forcing Moranz to make a diving save. However, Savonen was there for the second attempt and put the ball in the back of the net, earning his fourth goal of the season.

Although the Judges had a lead in hand, they started to struggle defensively. Rochester began to control the midfield, winning several challenges in the Judges’ half. The YellowJackets were able to capital-

ize again when junior forward Alex Swanger cut to the left side of the field, blasting a shot into the bottom corner past a diving Graffy. The score then had been tied at two goals apiece.

In the 78th minute, the YellowJackets were awarded another free kick in the Judges’ side of the pitch.

Junior forward Shane Dobles sent the ball deep into the box, finding freshman forward Jeff Greblick.

Greblick took a leaping header and put the ball into the back of the net off of the right post, giving Rochester the go-ahead goal with 12 minutes, two seconds to play.

The goal would turn out to be the game winner. Brandeis’ high-pressured attack created a plethora of chances, but at the end of regulation, the Judges had nothing to show for their efforts.

Savonen explained that the loss was particularly frustrating because the Judges played well for large spans of time.

“I thought it was one of our best efforts of the season,” he said. ‘We played well together, especially in the first half and then at times in the second half. That’s why the loss is so frustrating; I felt the way we played as a team was much better than that of Rochester.”

However, Savonen remarked that he still has faith in the team in future UAA matches.

“I think we [can] win every other UAA game. We're confident in our abilities, and we know we can beat every team. We just need to maintain focus down the stretch, especially on free kicks and corners. This upcoming weekend [away matches against Carnegie Mellon University and Emory University] is huge for us.”

The Judges continue their schedule with a non-conference match tonight at home against Massachusetts Maritime Academy at 7 p.m.

While Saturday’s homecoming weather was far from ideal, the atmosphere at Gordon Field remained spirited and competitive for both the men’s and women’s soccer teams in their matches against the University of Rochester.

On the women’s side, the Judges battled to a 0-0 draw after two extra time periods in which, despite the Judges controlling play, neither team was able to find a decisive goal.

Yet, on Tuesday, the Judges downed host Eastern Nazarene University by a 2-0 margin. “[Rochester] was much bigger than us, so we had to keep the ball on the ground,” said forward Dara Spital ’15 of the encounter with the YellowJackets. “[In retrospect], we should have been making more diagonal runs away from the middle to take their defenders out of the middle of the field.”

From the outset, this game was a defensive battle, as both teams struggled to find space and create opportunities. Both defensive units played confidently and convincingly on the back line, especially as defenders Alec Spivack ’15 and Kelly Peterson ’14 took control of the middle of the formation while right back Emma Eddy ’15 and left back Haley Schachter ’16 handled the wings.

Goalkeeper Michelle Savuto ’15 recorded a clean sheet, fending off a low speculative shot that had to be saved by a diving effort late in the second half and two close attempts in the first extra time. For the Judges, Spital and forward Sapir Edalati ’15 facilitated the main attacking plays. Spital, in fact, had several attempts at goal, two of which veered just wide of the net. Edalati managed to break through the Rochester defensive several times but failed to muscle the ball to the back of the net. Her best opportunity came on a through ball that she managed to reach with the end of her foot, but like many of the Judges’ shots that afternoon, the attempt was swallowed up by Rochester junior goalie Aubrey Jaicks.

Besides a few long shots from well outside the box, which were more dangerous than anticipated—including one that hit the crossbar— the two closest attempts for the Judges came on two headers from long distance. Midfielder Mathilde Robinson ’16 managed to get the ball over the Rochester defense and direct the ball into the crossbar, only to have it bounce straight down into Jaicks’ grip. Though it appeared the ball had crossed over the goal line, Jaicks did well in handling the ball quickly and keeping the ball moving. However, despite hitting the woodwork three times in the game, the Judges were unable to find the back of the net, resulting in a scoreless draw.

Additionally, the prolific Spital— who leads the team in scoring with nine goals this season—was given few opportunities due to the stingy

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VOLLEYBALL

Squad drops four-set defeat to host Emerson

■ Emerson College beat the

Judges in a tough decision, resulting in a lost opportunity to build on past success.

By ELAN KANE JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

The volleyball squad lost their match against host Emerson College last Thursday, winning the first set 25-21 before falling in straight sets by 25-20, 25-17 and 2516 margins. The Judges dropped to a 9-13 overall record.

After a seismic 3-0 win against the University of Rochester, a University Athletic Association rival, one would imagine that Brandeis would be full of confidence.

However, as middle blocker Carly Gutner-Davis ’15 said, the team lacked intensity on Thursday, which played a major role in the Judges falling despite seizing an early lead.

“The team that stepped on the court yesterday to play against Emerson was not the same team that beat [Rochester] in the UAA tournament this past weekend,” Gutner-Davis said. “The team's overall energy was lower than usual, as was our intensity and focus.

Everything was off, and simply put, as a team, we had an off day,

where things just weren't clicking like they normally do. It doesn't mean that people weren't trying hard, it just means that we didn't bring our A-game to the match against Emerson.”

The squad started off strong, taking the first set by a 25-21 margin.

The Judges jumped to a quick lead, scoring the first eight points and putting up an 18.5 attack percentage. Outside hitter Liz Hood ’15 had six kills in the set.

Gutner-Davis, who led the Judges with a career-high 15 kills in the match, said that taking an early lead led to the first-set victory.

“Starting out strong and taking the lead always helps our team, and that is exactly what we did in the first set,” she said.

“By taking the lead quickly and running some great plays, we built up momentum and brought up our energy and intensity levels as a whole, which helped carry us through the first set. We focused on taking the set each point at a time, controlling our play and what went on our side of the court, and shaking off any errors quickly in order to sideout faster.”

The second and third sets were a different story for the Judges. They tallied 14 kills and 10 errors in the second set and 11 kills and eight

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JustArts Volume LXVI, Number 7

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

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

Waltham, Mass.

Poet Tess Taylor shares new work P. 19 “You felt: This/Not this. Self/Other.

You still wanted for them to explain their America, their prodigal half-remembered, always present pain.”

In this issue:

‘Days are Gone’ HAIM’s new album is an easy favorite

Concert enlivens classical pieces P. 21

Lecture chronicles P. 19

History of actress’ benefaction to school P. 20

Solar Winds Quintet

Soli Sorabjee cultrual owenership

P. 23

Joan Crawford

‘Partners in Crime’

Film contemplates piracy and authorship P. 21

‘Super Fun Night’ Series draws on offensive themes P. 23

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ON-CAMPUS EVENTS Sciences at the Art Museum

The Women in Science Initiative will be continuing our series of talks titled “Art of Science” This year’s talks will be kicking off with a seminar from Richard Newman, the head of scientific research at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. Light Refreshments will be served. This event is sponsored by the Women in Science Initiative.

Today from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Epstein Building of the Women’s Studies Research Center. This event is free and open to the public.

Close Looking: Andy Warhol

Profs. Ellen Smith (HORN) and Thomas Doherty (AMST) discuss Andy Warhol’s “Ten Portraits of Jews of the 20th Century.” The Rose Art Museum is also featuring a Warhol exhibit, Image Machine: Andy Warhol and Photography.

Wednesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Rose Art Museum. This event is free and open to the public.

Josh Berman ’15 Events Manager at Cholmondeley’s Coffeehouse JOSH HOROWITZ/the Justice

Vivian Maier’s Fractured Archive

This week, justArts sat down with the events manager at Cholmondely’s to get the inside scoop on the internal workings of the coffeehouse, as well as a vision of where it is headed.

Slide presentation by Pamela Bannos, distinguished senior lecturer in the department of Art Theory and Practice, Northwestern University. In conjunction with the Vivian Maier exhibition in the Kniznick Gallery of the Women’s Studies Research Center.

Just Arts: What is your position at Chum’s and what does that entail?

Josh Berman: I’m the events manager at Chum’s so that means that I’m the person that looks at the space requests, and people contact me if they want to book an event at Chum’s … I make sure that the required equipment is in the space and the staff knows that the events are happening.

Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Women’s Studies Research Center. This event is free and open to the public.

Music Colloquium with Scott Brickman, Ph.D. ’96

JA: How did you get involved at Chum’s?

This concert includes “Dual Duos: Partita for Viola and Piano” (2013), “Epic Suite for flute and alto saxophone”(2012), and selections from Dear Darwin (2009/2010). The colloquium can be lauded for their use of ordered 12-tone rows based on octatonic collections.

Thursday in Slosberg Music Center from 4 to 5:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.

JB: I applied to work at Chum’s my freshman year, second semester. I wanted to work there because I had a lot of good memories there throughout the year. [My friends and I would remember] the time the Antlers played—that was really cool and there were some really good dance parties there. So that’s one part of it. Another part, which is actually just in the back of my head, is that my dad actually went to Brandeis and worked at Chum’s and I was like “that would be cool.” We have matching [Chum’s] sweatshirts now.

JA: Chum’s has already had a lot of concerts this year including performances by Har Mar Superstar, Dent May, Dead Gaze and Kid Mountain. Is it fair to say that Chum’s has had an overall increase in concerts this semester?

JB: I think that we’ve had an increase in concerts but I think that we’ve had an overall resurgence in general. When I was a freshman we had events there but it wasn’t as popular a spot as it is now because now we’re having more events. We had the ’90s All That Party that was really awesome. That was an event that I was involved with [along] with Ayan Sanyal ’14 who was the brains behind the operation. But we were working together very closely. That was a huge success. Also people are going to hang out there ... People will go and get some ice cream or a coffee or a sandwich and it’s really become a more open environment.

JA: In terms of the performances, does Chum’s reach out to the performers, or do they contact you?

JB: It depends on the event. There have been events [in which] Chum’s has reached out to performers. Last year we had a band called Swift Technique come and that was totally run through Chum’s. Ninety-nine percent of the concerts though are done through either WBRS [or the Brandeis Associatin for Music and Concert Organization] and we work closely with them but they have the ultimate say in who comes and who doesn’t. We provide the space; we help out with the sound and the lighting.

JA: Do you personally have any initiatives or things you hope to accomplish for Chum’s?

JB: I have a vision. I think that Brandeis really lacks a space where you just go, plop down hang out and meet someone new, like a safe space that doesn’t have many expectations.

And so that’s what I think the whole staff is working on in different ways is trying to engage people and make them feel like this isn’t just someone serving coffee, this is a place where I can hang out and talk. And it doesn’t even need to be between the customer and the worker, it can also be between customers. That’s the vision that I want to accomplish.

JA: Are there any specific things that you would change in order to reach that vision?

JB: We’re looking to do more advertising. It would be really nice if we were part of the points system, but I don’t think that’s going to happen because that’s through Sodexo and we like our independence and I think people appreciate our independence a lot. So that doesn’t seem like that will ever be possible. One change that I do want to make is that clubs on campus can’t use [Finance Board] money to book Chum’s and that’s something I want to change. I find it really silly that clubs can get $1,000 to put on an event for janitorial fee and catering but they can’t get $50 to book the space [at Chum’s]. I think the policy is that F-Board doesn’t provide money for booking [space] fees but we’re not just providing money for space. We’re providing workers for the space and we’re also doing audio and lighting.

—Emily Wishingrad

SKIN Model Information Session

Calling all models—every year the Brandeis Asian American Student Association hosts the SKIN Fashion Show in the spring semester and it is one of their biggest and most successful shows on campus. It is a chance for the club to promote Asian Americans in the fashion and design industries.

Those who take part will get to learn about what it would take to be a SKIN model. Anyone of any background that is interested in modeling is encouraged to attend. No professional experience required.

Friday from 2-4 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the Intercultural Center.

Information session is open to all Brandeis students.

‘She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World’

A screening of an award-winning Kristen Gresh, the Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh assistant curator of photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, gives a talk in conjunction with the exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. A reception and book signing will follow the lecture.

Part of the Art and Gender: Global Perspectives Symposia Series, presented by the Department of Fine Arts and funded by the Brandeis Arts Council.

Monday from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Mandel Center for the Humanities Auditorium (G3).

OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS ‘ ‘Think Pink’

From pinking shears to pink ribbons, the color pink is associated with fashion and femininity; perhaps no other color has as much social significance and gender association.

The fascinating exhibition Think Pink explores the history and changing meanings of the color as its popularity ebbed and flowed in fashion and visual culture from the 18th century to the present day. Think Pink includes

a selection of dresses and accessories from the collection of the late Evelyn Lauder, who was instrumental in creating an awareness of breast cancer by choosing the color as a visual reference.

The opening of Think Pink in October coincides with Breast Cancer Awareness Month, when the Museum of Fine Arts will be illuminated in pink.

Showing through May 26 in the Loring Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. General admission is $25, senior admission is $23 and admission for students is $23.

Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Strauss

French conductor Stéphane Denève is joined by universally acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma for one of the 20th century’s great concertos, Dmitri Shostakovich’s “Cello Concerto No. 1.”

This intense work was composed for Mstislav Rostropovich, who premiered it in 1959. Also on the program is Sergei Prokofiev’s Suite from his opera The Love of Three Oranges, based on an 18th-century Carlo Gozzi farce and featuring some of Prokofiev’s most characterful and familiar passages. Richard Strauss’s poem Ein Heldenleben (“A Heroic Life”) quotes liberally from the composer’s own earlier poems summing up the first phase of his musical life in an orchestral tour de force.

Tonight at 8 p.m. at Boston Symphony Hall. Tickets range from $30 to $104.

Boston Symphony Orchestra: Wagner, Mozart and Brahms

For his first subscription concerts since being named the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s next music director, the young Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons leads music from the heart of the orchestral repertoire.

Nelsons and the orchestra will be joined by the brilliant English pianist Paul Lewis for part of the concert.

Performances are going on from Thursday through Saturday at the Boston Symphony Hall. Tickets range from $30 to $104 and are available online at http://bso.org/performance/listing.

Pop Culture n

Iww know—the Kardashians and their extended clan have been appearing all too often in this column lately. But, once again, one of this week’s biggest headlines in the entertainment world involves none other than Kris Jenner (mother of the Kardashian sisters) and her husband, Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bruce Jenner. In a joint statement to E! News last Tuesday, they confirmed that they have separated, and are living apart.

Still, Bruce, 63, insists that he and Kris, 57, are not filing for divorce just yet, simply telling People Magazine that “Kris has her own place and I have my own place. There’s no animosity.”

The couple has been married for 22 years. For her part, Kris has also been emphasizing her contentedness with this arrangement, posting a happy photo of herself on Instagram from a visit with Bruce and his sons from a previous marriage, Brody and Brandon, a clear counter to TMZ’s claim that the Jenner boys were “thrilled” with their father’s separation from Kris. Together, Kris and Bruce have daughters Kendall, 17, and Kylie, 16.

People Magazine also speculates that Kim and Kanye West are moving back into the Jenner house this summer with their baby daughter. North was the final straw in Bruce’s decision to separate with Kris. He felt that the home had become too crowded, and that Kim’s return drew all of Kris’s attention away from him, though the crowdedness of the home the couple shared seems like too light of an issue to be the sole cause of their separation.

In other news from the land of pop culture, actress Hayden Panettiere confirmed she is engaged to her beau Wladimir Klitschko, a Ukrainian boxer, during an interview on the Wednesday taping of the show Live with Kelly and Michael. Ever since Panettiere, 24, was photographed this summer with a big rock on her finger, speculation has followed that Klitschko, 37, proposed.

The couple has had a notoriously onand-off relationship, splitting in 2011

By Mara Sassoon

CREATIVE COMMONS

PARADISE LOST: Bruce and Kris Jenner have recently released news of their separation. and then getting back together as recently as February of this year. Their 13-year age difference parallels their severe height difference (the photographs of the 5’2” Panettiere standing next to the 6’6” Klitschko are really quite comical).

More engagement news came this Friday, when reps for Once Upon a Time stars Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas confirmed to People that the couple’s on-screen romance had indeed bloomed off-screen as well. Dallas, 31, who plays Prince Charming on the popular ABC series, apparently asked Goodwin, 35, the show’s Snow White, to marry him last Wednesday in Los Angeles. Their nuptials will surely

take the term ‘fairytale wedding’ to a new level.

To bring this week’s pop culture news to a close, I leave you with the wise words of Robin Thicke, defending his Video Music Awards performance with Miley Cyrus to Oprah Winfrey.

If you haven’t seen clips of it yet, the singer, 36, sat down for an interview for the Sunday episode of the OWN network show, Oprah’s Next Chapter, explaining that he did not think the performance was sexual: “I [was] twerked upon. I don’t twerk myself.”

That makes total sense, right? Well, I don’t know about you, but I certainly never thought I’d hear those sentences uttered, let alone one after the other.

ARTS COVER PHOTOS: OLIVIA POBIEL/the Justice, the Magic Lantern Foundation and Creative Commons. DESIGN: Morgan Brill and Rafaella Schor/the Justice.

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LECTURE

D’Souza explores cultural identity in talk

By ALIZA VIDGERMAN

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STORY TIME: D’Souza lectures passionately on the multicultural identity, imperialism and influence that she has experienced.

JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

On Thursday, Aruna D’Souza, an art historian, writer and critic, delivered this fall’s Soli Sorabjee Lecture in South Asian Studies. D’Souza has taught art history at schools such as the University of California, Berkley and the State University of New York Binghamton and is currently a visiting professor at the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA program in the visual arts. In her lecture, entitled Ingesting Culture: Cooking, Colonialism, and the Question of Indian-ness, D’Souza spoke on the topic of food as a means of cultural production. The lecture was well attended, and the audience enjoyed her fascinating account of her own complicated past full of imperialism, colonization, and racism.

D’Souza is a Canadian woman whose parents immigrated from India to Canada, where she and her sister were born.

She described her and her family’s personal experiences from when their area of origin, Mangalore, was originally colonized by the Portuguese, to their experiences returning to India. D’Souza combined personal anecdotes and historical sources to create an educational yet intimate lecture. She is interested in food as trauma, violence and struggle—what she describes as “anti-eat, pray, love”.

Growing up in Canada, D’Souza and her family were minorities in a predominately white Alberta town. Her parents had met in medical school in India, moved to England, and then finally, to Canada.

They had repeated their medical residencies four times in order to prove that they were, in fact, capable physicians and not barbaric cannibals, as a racist drawing left at the hospital suggested.

Soon, however, Canada had become part of their multicultural identity, as D’Souza’s father developed a love for country music and his two daughters grew up as Canadians. However, food remained an important part of their culture, and D’Souza grew up enjoying the spicy flavors of Indian cuisine. Later, she comically described her father serving

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his daughters’ Caucasian boyfriends delicious, “hallucinatingly hot” Indian food.

Audience members giggled at D’Souza’s description of the pink-faced men sweating as they tried to consume the food, and thus, prove their manliness.

D’Souza’s ancestors were originally from Mangalore, where Portuguese missionaries converted them into Catholicism and destroyed much of their Hindu culture. The surname had been given to her family by the Portuguese missionaries. They mandated that salt be served on rice, that they be baptized into Christianity and they even required the Hindus to eat beef and pork, literally forcing it down their throats. Indian food, however, was not lost, but came to influence many other cultures, such as English and Portuguese cuisines.

D’Souza shifted from personal anecdote to the history of India and its culture. As Indian culture influenced the food of its imperialists, Western culture altered the Indian way of living. D’Souza focused on Chandigarh, which was supposed to put India on the world stage as a modern city, and was designed by Western architects The city included 13 groups of housing, which would provide basic amenities to everyone, a blow to class prejudice. Some criticize this city as Western architecture, and therefore, lifestyle, on an Indian landscape. However, D’Souza does not view the situation as merely Western imperialism but a combination of cultures that leave the past behind and create a hodgepodge of different lifestyles.

D’Souza used the metaphor of soup to symbolize something that had been combined and now could not be separated, as she cannot separate the colonial influences from her identity. Although some in Mangalore are reclaiming their original name in protest to their colonial past, the influence of Western imperialism is still visible in their actions, such as their ingestion of pork. D’Souza is not condoning imperialism. She is merely suggesting that identity is fluid and can have many influences and aspects. “I am a pork eater, among so many other things. You can’t unstir a pot.”

Poet shares a presidential family legacy

By RACHEL HUGHES JUSTICE EDITOR

Last Thursday evening, a sizeable audience of students and English faculty members squeezed into the cozy Mandel Center for the Humanities Reading Room for an unusually highly anticipated poetry reading. The poetry reading was sponsored by the American Studies program and the School of Night, a reading series organized through the Creative Writing program, and featured poet Tess Taylor, whose work tells stories about family, heritage and country.

Taylor’s poetry became popular when Irish poet Eavan Boland selected her 2003 chapbook, The Misremembered World, for publication by the Poetry Society of America. She recently released her first full volume of poetry, a publication of Red Hen Press called The Forage House, from which most of the poems she read were taken.

Prof. Elizabeth Bradfield (ENG), very excited to have her on campus, introduced Taylor graciously: “Tess Taylor is a poet whose work I’ve admired since I first encountered it,” she said as Taylor stepped up to the podium with her readings and a very earnest and joyful countenance. “It’s especially wonderful to be here in October, the month of ghosts,” Taylor said, “when I’m going to be reading about ghosts—family ghosts, national ghosts.”

The poet’s works form the body of a conversation about history and legacy, especially her family’s, as she is a descendant of founding father Thomas Jefferson. Over the past several years, Taylor said that she has spent time at Jefferson’s Virginia plantation home, Monticello. She spoke with reverence about the time she has spent in recent years accompanying archeologists on their excavations of the former slave quarters at Monticello. “Part of this book began with family stories and part of it from researching stories that I did not know about slavery in my family,” Taylor said. Being confronted by the history of slave-keeping in her family, seeing and experiencing the places where Jefferson’s enslaved lived and

touching the objects that they left behind all added gravity to her poetry.

Taylor read a handful of poems, transitioning from one to the next very gracefully, telling the audience about the moments, places in the country and family’s history that inspired her to write. One of her most haunting works was a poem called “Southampton County Will 1745,” which facilitated a chilling characterization of Jefferson. The poem opened with the reading of a will, and went on to elaborate upon Jefferson’s love of books—a theme that transformed into a detailed picture of how the grandeur of his lifestyle was built upon the backs of his slaves.

The poem’s closing lines sent a shiver down my back: “And feel my pen’s weight: / Who bartered / for this parchment made with a knife? / Whose life was traded? / Luxury of blind and delicate pages / On which spines does this volume rest?”

In another poem, called “A Letter to Jefferson from Monticello,” Taylor talks about what she feels that she inherited from her family and from Jefferson, with lines like “O architect of hopes and lies, / brilliant, fascinating—/ ambitious foundering father I revere and hate and see myself in.” Taylor distinguished between literary inheritance and historical inheritance, and how what she has inherited historically has influenced what she has inherited as a writer. “There are the official histories,” she went on, “but part of this book is the lore, the family lore.” After reading another poem, “Altogether Elsewhere,” she reflected on this inheritance and the lore that surrounds it, calling it “legends of the grandmother, legends of the self, legends of the president.”

After Taylor’s reading came to a close, she eagerly accepted questions from the crowd of young writers and experienced faculty. Taylor’s seemingly effortless free verse work and her confessional style lead to a reading that was both emotionally anchored and historically sound. The audience slowly started asking questions, bringing about a creatively edifying conversation and adding a pleasant close to the evening.

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THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND: Poet Tess Taylor read a selection of poems from her first full volume of poetry, The Forage House, last Thursday evening,.

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FEATURE

Crawford’s contribution enriches performing arts

By CASEY PEARLMAN JUSTICE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

CREATIVE COMMONS

PENSIVE POSING: Joan Crawford (above) sits for a photo while dreamily looking into the distance.

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WARM UP: The photo captures the dance studio in Spingold Theater Center donated by Joan Crawford.

Everyone knows Joan Crawford as the famous American actress who appeared in over 80 movies. However, to Brandeis, she was more than just an actress.

Crawford first arrived on campus in the 1960s when she showed her support for the arts program and the dance program through the donation of a dance studio to the University’s recently built Spingold Theater Center. According to letters exchanged between Crawford and the first president of Brandeis, Abram Sachar, the students at Brandeis were so “happy …from year to year as they go through their ballet training and their dance routines in this lovely Joan Crawford hall.”

The purpose of the dance studio was to encourage the dance and arts program. The studio was not meant only for the extraordinarily gifted, but rather it was donated as a place to teach students respect and understanding of their bodies and have more appreciation for the “oldest art form known to man.” The first president of the University had a personal relationship with Crawford and was constantly exchanging letters with her. Sachar shared with Crawford in a letter dated Oct. 14, 1965, “you have not merely dedicated a room, you have dared to meddle with the future” because of what the students in the dance studio would take away with them for the rest of their lives. This statement rings true, as students today continue to use the studio.

In February 1967, Sachar wrote to Crawford that he was authorized to invite her to become a Fellow of the University. Along with Crawford, other Brandeis Fellows included Oscar Handlin, Leonard Bernstein, Nobel Prize winner Selman Waksman and other people of “elite caliber.” The purpose of the fellows is to act as “foster alumni.”

They give their advice to the University as well as raise funds, make financial contributions and serve on advisory boards. In the letter written by Sachar to Crawford informing her of her appointment, Sachar described the honor as given only to, “men and women who have become symbols of productive creative activity in their com-

munities or in their areas of competence.

We go to them for counsel …and we profit most from their specialized knowledge, influence and judgment.” When given the news of her appointment as a fellow, Crawford was “delighted beyond words and accept[ed] with the greatest of pleasure.”

She claimed the honor was “delicious!”

Beyond being a fellow, Crawford also donated many of the awards she received throughout her lifetime to the Brandeis University Robert D. Farber Archives and Special Collections. Her awards hail from theater events, community events and business events. She was given them for her extraordinary work as an actress in the theater industry, the outreach she had done within communities and business achievements she made throughout her lifetime.

The awards she donated to the library were in high demand when she was deciding to give them up. One of the other potential schools to receive her awards was Boston University, but Crawford was “delighted that [her] trophies have found a permanent home at Brandeis.”

In an email to the Justice, Ingrid Schorr, associate director of the office of the arts, explained that when Spingold was built on campus, there was no other regional theater in Boston. “Boston had its commercial theaters, but that’s a different world—those theaters mostly served to preview plays that were produced in New York,” and for that reason, Spingold’s main theater was built with room for 800 people so it could be a theater for the Greater Boston area.

Schorr believes that it was because of this fact that Crawford was attracted to the University. In addition, “support of New York and Hollywood for Brandeis,” was shown with the Creative Arts Awards, which were created to “recognize excellence in the arts … of active American artists.” For these reasons, Crawford was inspired to attach herself to Brandeis.

Joan Crawford was an amazing actress and member of the entertainment community. To Brandeis, however, she was so much more. The dance studio she donated is home to many students interested in the arts and dance, and her awards are a testament to how great she truly was.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ROBERT D. FARBER UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY

CELEBRITY STATUS: Joan Crawford cuts the ribbon at an opening ceremony surrounded by onlookers, including Abram Sachar, far left.

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DOCUMENTARY

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Documentary examines copyright law in India

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LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN: While delving into an exposé on copyright law, the film also explored traditional Indian culture.

By CATHERINE ROSCH JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

You would be hard-pressed to find a college student who hasn’t streamed, downloaded or shared a file from an illegal source. So it only seemed appropriate that the South Asian Studies Program and the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life sponsored a screening of renowned Indian filmmaker Paromita Vohra’s latest documentary with themes of ethics and media, Partners in Crime, on Friday afternoon in the Mandel Center for the Humanities.

Partners in Crime is about love of art, the market and how they relate in India. Vhora describes it as an attempt “to make sense of the new media space we live in.” She does this through many different stories and narrators, ranging from

a young film buff who torrents movies and shares them with his family, to traditional musicians who have discovered that a major label has copyrighted a song they have been performing for years, to media moguls and anti-piracy advocates who equate piracy with organized crime and even terrorism.

There are no easy answers in Vohra’s film, and that is the point.

The enjoyment of art is universal, as is the love and need for money, and the relationship between the two is only made more complicated as the film progresses. Many issues, such as the conflict between originality and access, the fine line between inspiration and plagiarism, democratization of media and ideas of who actually has the rights to art, are examined and analyzed through the various interviews Vohra partakes in.

Prof. Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria (ANTH), one of the sponsors of the screening, described the film as “[having] perspective but never [forcing] it on an audience.”

This statement certainly applies to Partners in Crime. While Vohra takes a clear stand against the obsessive copyright movement and the inability for artists to get royalties from their own work, she does interview an array of artists, producers and pirates to get a full view of the issue.

Two aspects of Partners in Crime make it an especially unique film.

The first is the mix of media and narration styles. Vohra uses the more traditional interview for much of the film, but she also incorporates animated segments reminiscent of School House Rock that explain copyright law in India, movie clips from a variety of

Indian films and TV shows and a diverse soundtrack ranging from heavy metal to traditional Bollywood. The soundtrack alone is reason to see the film.

The varying perspectives in the film truly stood out to me. Instead of just interviewing pirates and executives, Vohra interviews artists, some who do benefit greatly from increased copyright law and some who do not. Each artist, be it a rock singer, a traditional actor or a puppet theater troupe, brings their own unique perspective to the issues presented in the film and their own struggles with getting fair royalties from producers and advertisers. However, regardless of genre, popularity or income level, the artists do share a common concern that it is next to impossible to put a price tag on what they make. Near the end of the

film, a struggling composer who had a jingle stolen by a popular advertising company describes the purpose of copyright law to “protect the weak” from exploitation and plagiarism. If that is the true definition of copyright law, than the Indian law and government have failed in helping small artists protect their ideas.

There are no simple answers in Partners in Crime and if a viewer goes in expecting such, they will surely be disappointed. But this, in my opinion, is the film’s greatest strength. Because there is not a simple answer about the role that property law, creativity and capitalism ought to play in art, anyone can leave the movie with their own ideas and their own interpretations and not with a forced notion of how the market and media should interact.

CONCERT

Wind quintet performs classical pieces

By NATE SHAFFER

JUSTICE CONTRBUTING WRITER

On Sunday afternoon, the Solar Winds Quintet performed in Slosberg Recital Hall as part of the music department’s Marquee Series, featuring performances by faculty and touring professional musicians. This particular group was founded and is led by Brandeis flute instructor Jill Dreeben.

All players are music educators, and they are, according to their website, a “traditional wind quintet.”

Their repertoire includes “the most demanding compositions of the modern era as well as the classics, arrangements, and novelty pieces that make a woodwind quintet concert such an unusual and delightful musical experience.” Members are flutist Jill Dreeben, oboist Charlyn Bethell, clarinetist Diane Heffner, French hornist Robin Milinazzo and bassoonist Neil Fairbairn.

The program started off with a piece by Anton Reicha—one of the fathers of the modern wind quintet.

Born in 1770, he was a contemporary of Beethoven and neatly fits into the aesthetic of the Classical period. He wrote 25 quintets, most of which utilize a very large scale.

This piece “Quintet in E major” was “edited down to be ‘performable,’” said Fairbairn after the piece. The music was very pleasant and attentively delivered, but at times it lacked the je ne sais quoi to keep me engaged. As historically significant as the piece may be, it lacked

the angst, complexity and beauty of Beethoven’s work and other more engaging pieces from the period.

Not to stigmatize the entire classical canon, but this piece stuck out as the only one on the program that predated the 20th century.

Immediately after that, the group played a piece by John Cage—or rather, spoke it. Cage’s “Story” was written not for wind quintet but for four speaking voices. The piece is a text setting of Gertrude Stein’s The World Is Round: Once upon a time/the world was round/ and you could go/around and around.” The voices had varying rhythms and the words were mixed and remixed in novel ways. It was a pleasant adventure that starkly contrasted the Reicha quintet. It was as far away as you could get from the previous piece. This performance was a fitting introduction to the next piece, a lengthier work for wind quintet and speaking voices, by Luciano Berio—another avant-garde 20th century composer. Berio, well known for his electronic music, combined the sounds of a full wind quintet with that of a spoken voice, as heard in the Cage piece.

The piece, “Opus Number Zoo,” comprised of four movements, is based on a text by Rhoda Levine.

The texts, four poems, use anthropomorphized animals to explore some weighty aspects of our world—violence, death and our slavery to the effects of time. Yet the text is self-aware, full of dark humor—as one could perhaps guess

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THE FIFTH ELEMENT: The quintet performed a seamless program of classical pieces for wind instruments, including works by Anton Reicha, John Cage and Irving Fine. by the title. The piece capitalized on the bizarre contrast between untrained speakers’ unaffected voices and the tumultuous textures and tonalities of a modern wind quintet. During the piece, the text was shared by the players, each turning toward the audience and addressing them before going back to playing. The musical ideas supported the text in a strong way, underpinning the whimsical elements and providing an emotional backdrop

for the text. The character of each wind instrument shone through the piece, adding additional lyricality and feeding the gaps in text with additional contemplation. The poetry itself is quite incisive; the additional element of musical performance and rehearsed rhythm lets the audience access the meaning in a more visceral way.

After a short intermission, the program resumed with a second half full of music composed by

Brandesians—Prof. Peter Van Zandt Lane (MUS) and the late composer and Brandeis Professor Irving Fine. These pieces also filled in the gap between the Cage and Reicha pieces—modern but not overly inscrutable, experimental yet cohesive. Lane’s piece was based on traditional music he heard from street musicians while studying in Buenos Aires. It draws from the forms and rhythms of this traditional South American dance music. But it is a pointed departure from the strict accordance of the styles. The harsh dissonances and rhythms, slightly more syncopated and abstract than tango, fit in nicely with the dark humor from the Berio piece—a serious musicality, with a bit of humor in spite of its tone.

Rounding out the concert was Fine’s “Partita for Wind Quintet”—a classic in the canon of wind quintets according to Fairbairn. The harmonies suggested typical modernist tendencies of the early to mid 20th century. It felt like Lane’s piece, both able to be followed and relatively concise. However, it may be more apt to say that Lane’s piece was rather like Fine’s—he cited this piece as a reference point for his work. As a bassoonist as well as a composer, he had performed and studied this piece many times before writing his.

The next concert in the Music department’s Marquee Series is Nov. 1 at 8 p.m. Pianist Naoko Sugiyama will be playing a program entitled “Back to the Classics,” featuring Mozart and Beethoven sonatas as well as one of Schubert’s piano trios.

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ALBUM REVIEW

HAIM brings the girl band into the 2010s

PHOTOS COURTESY OF CREATIVE COMMONS

PUT YOUR HEADS TOGETHER: From left, sisters Alana, Este and Danielle Haim are singers in the group HAIM, a title taken from their last name.

By RACHEL HUGHES justice EDITOR

Like a lot of the children of the ’90s, I’ve had my period of obsession with girlbands. While my classmates in middle school were listening to throwback Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys, I was savoring those golden moments of girl power to the tune of The Donnas, The Veronicas, The Faders and The Pipettes—bands that most people have never really heard of.

Now that we’re into the 2010s, it takes a bit more than a posse of punk girls with eyeliner and rainbow hair extensions to thrill an audience. But that also means that the girl-bands of this decade are having to step up their game in order to make themselves relevant to a whole new generation of kids— and college students.

Take, for example, a newer group that has been top of the charts as of late. Californiabred, modern girl group HAIM, comprised of sisters Este (27), Danielle (24) and Alana

(21) Haim. Along with their drummer Dash Hutton, the girls play a carefully stylized brand of indie pop with the flair of 1970s rock. Their first full-length album, Days are Gone, which was released Sept. 30 under the United Kingdom label Polydor Records, provides a delightful and sparkling sampling of their unique style.

A constant drum line, simple instrumentals made from a colorful bass and electric guitar and the varying addition of synth or other more percussive sounds adds a dependable backing to each song on the album.

Repeated melodies carried out in variations on the guitar and bass tracks contrast beautifully with the sisters’ harmonic vocals.

In a way, HAIM’s sound is perfect mix of two kinds of girl groups: the vocal harmony of 1960s girl groups like The Ronettes, and the feisty, polished rock n’ roll sound of groups of the early 2000s, like The Donnas.

Though many publications have compared the sisters to the likes of Fleetwood Mac, HAIM’s distinct mix of decade-spanning

musical inspiration has somehow churned out a very (pleasantly) 1970s style product.

Whatever they may be compared to, HAIM’s creations are a unique and fascinating listening experience. One of the first singles released off of Days are Gone, the upbeat, (dare I say, almost bubblegum) “Falling” is my favorite track on the album.

A strong drum rhythm persists throughout the song, and multidimensional harmonies sing a confident chorus: “Don’t stop, no, I’ll never give up / And I’ll never look back, / Just hold your head up / And if it gets rough, / it’s time to get rough.” The video for “Falling,” released on Vevo on Feb. 19, follows the girls through a mountain hike on a beautiful, sunny day, as they dance around in matching jackets with their names embroidered on the back of each. The production gives the video a bit of a humorous, safari-like feel; when you see how much fun they had making it, you just can’t help but smile.

Other hits off Days are Gone include “The

Wire,” a satire to the role of the clingy girlfriend stereotype, repeating the hook, “It felt great, it felt right, oh / But I fumbled him when I came down to the wire.”

A more vulnerable and emotionally raw story is told in “Let Me Go,” a story of feeling trapped by and hopeless about a lover— but even when HAIM is singing about feeling weak, they still sound sassy and seethe with girl power. The more tropical-sounding “Honey & I” lauds a happy, fulfilling love, with a perfectly joyful sounding and melodic refrain.

I’m happy that groups like HAIM are bringing the girl band back into style—and back into this decade. The sister act is certainly one to watch, with unapologetically honest lyrics and a bold, stylistically defined sound that’s easy to dance to and irresistible to sing along to. Next time you’re in need of some danceable tunes, give the title track, “Days are Gone,” a song about moving on and starting over, a try, and see if you can resist the beat.

TELEVISION

Series perpetuates negative female stereotypes

By JESSIE MILLER justice EDITOR

Rebel Wilson has officially broken my heart. After two episodes of her new comedy series Super Fun Night, I’m disappointed. Wilson’s performance and the show’s humor pale in comparison to Pitch Perfect, Bridesmaids and her stand-up comedy acts. Super Fun Night follows three best friends, Kimmie Boubier (Wilson), HelenAlice (Liza Lapira) and Marika (Lauren Ash), as they attempt to revamp their social lives.

Wilson is also one of the executive directors and writers of the show, but clearly something is off in Super Fun Night. It depends solely on cliché jokes, often ridiculing Wilson’s weight or eating habits. Yes, Wilson did rise to fame on the coattails of her character Fat Amy of Pitch Perfect, but every other word out of Kimmie’s mouth does not need to be a demeaning joke about herself. I’m constantly thinking, “grow up and get some self-esteem.”

Kimmie is an adult, working at a law firm, yet clearly no one takes her seriously because of the way she carries herself.

What real lawyer would chase after birthday cake in the break room, run singing down the hallway or let an elevator rip her dress off (all of which happened just in the first episode)?

Kimmie, Helen-Alice and Marika are also obsessed with finding a boyfriend, and that’s pretty much all they ever talk

about. Would Super Fun Night pass the Bechdel test? Probably not. On the second episode, the three friends sign up for an online blind dating service and, after getting no date requests, Kimmie “spices up” their profiles. Kimmie becomes a successful Russian model, Helen-Alice a tattoo artist and Marika a botanist.

Kimmie wears an atrocious black dress with enormous shoulder pads, it is clearly another of Wilson’s attempts to ridicule the character. The show always presents Kimmie in the worst possible way—both physically and behaviorally, through her tasteless outfits and her self-demeaning jokes and actions.

In addition, Kimmie works with Kendall (Kate Jenkinson), a beautiful, elegant and slim lawyer who always gets what she wants and remains graceful. Super Fun Night is basically throwing the Kimmie vs. Kendall comparison in your face and, worst of all, you can’t like or dislike either character because neither is relatable or captivating. Kendall is a one-dimensional, slightly uptight, talented lawyer who flirts her way into saving a relationship with a client, while Kimmie battles a pair of Spanx. Seriously, Rebel Wilson? I expected her to write at least one strong, independent and confident female character, but instead, she just perpetuates female stereotypes and fat-shaming.

As for Kimmie’s constant side-flanking allies, either Helen-Alice or Marika would probably be more entertaining as the

show’s main character. Helen-Alice first comes off as shy and intimidated, hiding behind big-framed glasses, but she is actually a little spunky. In the first episode, charcters made subtle, off hand jokes about Marika being a lesbian and those were also more entertaining than Kimmie’s weight jokes. As an incredibly direct and personable all-star tennis coach, the potential for Marika’s character is endless. If Super Fun Night somehow manages to stay on air, I hope that Wilson will realize this show really isn’t all about Kimmie’s waistline and will incorporate more jokes from supporting characters.

Also of interest, Wilson’s American accent kind of sucks. Maybe I’m just used to her regular Australian accent, but I cringe at the sound of her voice on the show, and it always sounds very fake. Wilson’s appeal has always been her distinct voice that added a little spice to her roles, so I don’t quite understand why she felt the need to change.

It seems like the entire purpose of the show may just be to transition Wilson farther into the American spotlight and Hollywood life—and that is truly a shame.

The television show has taken an amazing, talented and funny actress and forced her to comply with the harsh dictates (namely, body requirements) of American entertainment and therefore, I can’t endure watching Super Fun Night. Rest in Peace, Rebel Wilson, at least we’ll always have Pitch Perfect.

ROLE PLAY: The show, created by Rebel Wilson (below), follows three friends who gracelessly fumble through personal and professional hurdles.

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Brandeis TALKS

TOPof the

ARTS ON VIEW: Autumn leaves

CHARTS

Quote of the week

Top 10s for the week ending October 14

“The feminist transformation of the academy is not just ‘add women and stir.’”

—Prof. Sylvia Barack Fishman (NEJS), the chair of the Near Eastern and Judaic Studies department, on the evolution of gender in scholarship (News, p. 5)

BOX OFFICE

1. Gravity 2. Captain Phillips 3. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 4. Machete Kills 5. Runner Runner 6. Prisoners 7. Insidious: Chapter 2 8. Rush 9. Don Jon 10. Baggage Claim

What was the funniest thing you heard about the government shutdown?

NYT BESTSELLERS

Adam Schlitt ’14 “The website http:// isthegovernmentshutdown. com that says yes or no made it funny at first, but now it’s just sad.”

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GLOBAL OUTLOOK: Justice Editor Shafaq Hasan ’14 took this photograph on a crisp autumn morning just outside Sherman Dining Hall, peering through the globe-shaped sculpture that sits outside the building.

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CROSSWORD Bethany Adam ’15 “I just hope the government will be running in time for me to announce my candidacy in 2032.”

Noam Lekach ’14 “We’re still occupying the world and fighting wars abroad and not worrying about our citizens ... oh wait, nothing has changed.”

Ricky Miller ’17

“[Stephen] Colbert did a funny thing about a frequent shutdown card like a frequent customer card at Subway, so you punch the card every day and on the 10th day you get a free sandwich!”

ACROSS 1 1860s Grays 5 Danger 10 __ Spumante 14 50+ group 15 Verdi aria 16 Trans Am roof option 17 *Protective fuse container 19 Mower brand 20 Set up for a fall 21 Part of 14- Across, originally 23 Gift for el 14 de febrero 26 Tree for which New Haven is nicknamed 27 Summits 30 Native American weapons 35 “Get a __ of this!”

36 Loud, like sirens 37 MSN alternative 38 Partners’ legal entity: Abbr.

39 With 40-Across and “Baby,” a 1990s hip-hop hit that answers the question, “What can precede both parts of the answers to starred clues?”

40 See 39-Across 41 Lao Tzu’s “path” 42 July 4th reaction 43 Early Florida explorer 45 Get gooey 46 School term 48 Saintly circles 49 “Uh-uh, lassie!”

50 Groupon offerings 52 Rodeo hat 56 With 48-Down, Felipe’s outfielder son 60 Keister in a fall?

61 *Tailgater’s brew chiller 64 Bird house 65 Really miffed 66 “The Clan of the Cave Bear” heroine 67 Thumbs-up votes 68 Bellhop, at times 69 Out of concern that DOWN 1 Broccoli __ 2 Be worthy of 3 Novelist __ Easton Ellis 4 Trained with gloves 5 Marshmallowy Easter treats 6 Miscalculate 7 Curved bone 8 “Click __ Ticket”: seatbelt safety slogan 9 Elegance 10 Hun honcho 11 *Flood control concern 12 Ran fast 13 Apple for a music teacher?

Nonfiction

1. Killing Jesus — Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard 2. David and Goliath — Malcom Gladwell 3. Si-Cology 1 — Si Robertson with Mark Schlabach 4. One Summer — Bill Bryson 5. The Reason I Jump — Naoki Higashida

iTUNES

1. Lorde — “Royals” 2. Miley Cyrus — “Wrecking Ball” 3. Katy Perry — “Roar” 4. Avicii — “Wake Me Up” 5. Drake feat. Majid Jordon — “Hold On We’re Going Home”

BILLBOARD

18 “Get Smart” evil agency 22 Little chuckle 24 In a perfect world 25 Sevillian sun 27 Portion out 28 Enjoy crayons 29 *Era of mass production 31 __ d’hôtel: headwaiter 32 With the bow, to a cellist 33 Cuddly-looking marsupial 34 Casino attractions 36 Unreturned serves 39 Inventeur’s list 44 U.K. lexicological work 45 Many a Tony winner 47 Unglossy finishes 48 See 56-Across 51 Jewelry resin 52 Pet adoption org.

53 Printer paper holder 54 Final bio?

55 Detective Wolfe 57 Largest of the Inner Hebrides 58 Wiggly swimmers 59 On-base pct., e.g.

62 Have a meal 63 66, notably: Abbr.

1. Justin Timberlake — The 20/20 Experience 2. Drake — Nothing was the Same 3. Lorde — Pure Heroin 4. Luke Bryan — Crash My Party 5. Tyler Farr — Redneck Crazy 6. HAIM — Days are Gone 7. Kings of Leon — Mechanical Bull 8. Cher — Closer to the Truth 9. Jack Johnson — From Here To Now To You 10. Elton John— The Diving Board Top of the Charts information provided

by Fandango, the New York Times, Billboard.com and Apple.com.

STAFF’S TOP FIVE

Etylomogy

By SHAFAQ HASAN Justice editor

Solution to last issue’s crossword Crossword Copyright 2012 MCT Campus, Inc.

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

Aviva Paiste ’14 “I’ve just heard a bunch of people call them moody teenagers. Somebody posted something about the government setting an awesome example for how to settle arguments.”

—Compiled by Rafaella Schor and Morgan Brill/the Justice

Fiction 1. Doctor Sleep — Stephen King 2. The Longest Ride — Nicholas Sparks 3. Gone — James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge 4. The Signature of All Things — Elizabeth Gilbert 5. The Lowland — Jhumpa Lahiri

Solution to last issue’s sudoku

Sudoku Copyright 2012 MCT Campus, Inc.

Growing up with parents from two different cultures, I was instilled with an innate appreciation for languages.

Here are some of my favorite words from other languages that do not exist in English.

1. Schadenfreude (German): The pleasure derived from someone else’s pain.

2. Zhaghzhagh (Farsi): The chattering of one’s teeth in the cold.

3. Ya’aburnee (Arabic): “You bury me.” The speaker hopes they will die before the other person, because of how difficult it would be to live without them.

4. Złota Jesień (Polish): “Golden Autumn.” The act of peacefully reaching old age.

5. Koev halev (Hebrew): Identifying with another’s pain so acutely that you yourself feel it too.