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THIS WEEK AT BRANDEIS
Student Union Announcements for March 2, 2008
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View and submit online: http://union.brandeis.edu/announcements/
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Things to Know...
A1. Jr. Rep. to the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Resigns
A2. eXstasY
A3. Senior Candid Photo Submission: Deadline March 15th
A4. Lobby Your Congressman for Israel - BIPAC's Caravan to the Capitol
A5. Nominate an Outstanding Professor for a Teaching Award
A6. Affect Climate Change at Massachusetts Power Shift!
A7. Be more involved in your department! Be a UDR!
A8. SunDeis 48-Hour Film Contest & Volunteer Opportunities
A9. Challah Sale! Monday through Wednesday!
A10. BTV Recruitment Night!
Stuff to Do...
B1. Mon - Stretch and Strength Class
B2. Mon - Clueless? Anthropology Career Panel!
B3. Mon - Obama Phenomena: Race and Politics in America
B4. Tue - Adagio's Bake Sale!
B5. Tue - Authors of "Breakthrough" to speak on campus
B6. Tue - Tuesday with Faith Smith
B7. Tue - Southeast Asian Bizarre Foods FEAR FACTOR
B8. Tue - WBRS Live Music: The Joint & WBRS Coffeehouse
B9. Wed - Adagio's Bake Sale!
B10. Thu - The Challenge of Global Health
B11. Thu - Lori Lipman Brown, Secular Lobbyist, Speaks at Brandeis
B12. Thu - Camp Stein sponsored by the Class of 2010
B13. Fri - Student Band Night!
B14. Sat - WBRS presents A Night Of Hip Hop with Brimstone127
B15. Sat - A Night Of Hip Hop
B16. Sun - Adagio's Spring Show Run Through
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A1. Jr. Rep. to the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Resigns
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Zachary A. Pyle has announced his resignation from the position of
Junior Representative to the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. He
decided to resign from his two-year post because he is going to be
graduating a semester early. Rumor has it that Zach has done an
excellent job as a Jr. Rep. to the UCC, and his presence will be
missed.
Yes, yes, the part you have been waiting for - we are going to be
having an election for his position!
Now that you're back in your seat, let me tell you the important
information - the election for this position will be held at the same
time as the First Spring Elections. The timeline for these elections
and details on what each position does and how to run for them will be
sent within the next week to all undergraduate and TYP students, so get
pumped.
Contact: Nelson Rutrick <secretary -AT- brandeis.edu>
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A2. eXstasY
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Your ONLY opportunity to party on campus until 3am (TECHNICALLY 4AM
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME) with Boston's 94.5's DJ Pup Dawg!! This event
is co-sponsored by over 22 on-campus organizations. March Birthdays
will be celebrated there as well! Come to Brandeis' first 3am (4am DST)
CLUB NIGHT this year. You won't want to miss it.
When: March 8th
Time: 11pm - 3am (4am Daylight Savings TIme)
Where: Sherman Function Hall
Why: Because it will be the best night of your life!
Free Admission For Brandeis Students
$2.00 Charge For Non-Brandeis Students
All Proceeds will go towards "The Hunger Project"
**COLLEGE ID REQUIRED**
** DOORS CLOSE AT 1:30***
For more details join us at:
http://brandeis.facebook.com/event.php?eid=9190296238&ref=mf
Contact: Christina Khemraj <ckhemraj -AT- brandeis.edu>
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A3. Senior Candid Photo Submission: Deadline March 15th
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The deadline for submitting your favorite photos into the yearbook is
quickly approaching! Quit wasting time with facebook albums and get
your photos published in a piece of Brandeis history. Make sure you get
that classic shot in the book by either dropping off a CD at the Archon
office (2nd floor Shapiro) or e-mailing a few to yearbook@brandeis.edu.
We will be accepting submissions until MARCH 15th!
Contact: Rachel S. Jarman <rjarman -AT- brandeis.edu>
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A4. Lobby Your Congressman for Israel - BIPAC's Caravan to the Capitol
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Join BIPAC as we travel to Washington April 8th to lobby our
congressmen
and hear renowned speakers expound upon the importance of the
US-Israel
relationship and the threat Iran poses. This is an amazing opportunity
to
get involved directly with policy-making! Deadline to apply is March
13th.
Best of all, the trip is free!
Contact Asher Tanenbaum (ashert@brandeis.edu) for more information.
Contact: Stuart J. Tanenbaum <ashert -AT- brandeis.edu>
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A5. Nominate an Outstanding Professor for a Teaching Award
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3 prizes available: (2) $1,000 prizes and (1) $5,000 prize.
All past winners, who are ineligible to win the same award twice, are
listed online at
www.brandeis.edu/das/cst/teaching-awards.html#brandeis
Guidelines and nomination forms are available at
www.brandeis.edu/das/cst/awards.html
Nominations are due by Monday, March 10, 2008.
Contact: Kristen Lee Caporiccio <kcapor -AT- brandeis.edu>
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A6. Affect Climate Change at Massachusetts Power Shift!
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Massachusetts Power Shift is a world changing event that will make
Massachusetts a national and global model for action on Climate Change.
Thousands of citizens from across Massachusetts and beyond are coming to
Boston to demand action from their elected representatives and learn
effective tools and strategies to utilize in their communities.
Citizens will engage in a weekend full of activities, including
workshops on climate organizing, city/town break-out sessions around
Green Jobs, and Soul Purpose Live: an afternoon rally on the Boston
Common complete with music, activism, and leadership. The weekend will
culminate on Monday with a lobbying push at the State House to pass the
Global Warming Solutions Act
<http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/senate/185/st00/st00534.htm>
Students for Environmental Action (SEA) is gathering a group of
Brandeis student to attend this exciting weekend. If you are interested
or have any questions, please contact Adam Zemel (azemel@brandeis.edu).
More information and registration at http://www.masspowershift.org.
Also, look for our table at Usdan on Thursday, March 6 during lunch
time!
Contact: Sarah A. Levy <levys -AT- brandeis.edu>
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A7. Be more involved in your department! Be a UDR!
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Looking for a leadership opportunity? Want to become more involved
in your department or program? We are seeking Undergraduate
Departmental Representatives (UDRs) for 2008-2009.
Serve as a resource for majors and minors, develop community within
your department or program, enhance faculty/student interaction, and
promote your field of study to potential majors.
More information and applications are online at
www.brandeis.edu/das/udr
Applications must be completed by Friday, March 14.
Contact: Liane Courtney Grasso <lgrasso -AT- brandeis.edu>
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A8. SunDeis 48-Hour Film Contest & Volunteer Opportunities
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Get ready: Next weekend, March 7-9, is the 48-hour film contest! At 5
PM on FRIDAY, MARCH 7th, we will release a list of rules, suggestions,
and requirements at www.brandeis.edu/sundeis. Films must incorporate
ALL specified components as outlined online, but the rest is up to you!
Cameras and film editing equipment is available for use in the Getz
Media Lab on the bottom floor of the main library. Just tell them you
are in the 48-hour film contest! Final films should be on DVD or VHS,
and are due to Becca Lehrhoff in Shapiro Campus Center 203 at 9am
Monday, March 10th. Think fast. Good luck! Contact Adam Barish with
questions at abarish@brandeis.edu.
Volunteer to help out during the film festival! In addition to helping
with publicity during the week before the event, volunteers will aide
the SunDeis Planning Committee set up programs, run film screenings,
and anything else that may come up. Volunteers will be invited to a
special reception on Saturday night with the filmmakers and special
guests.
Contact: Matthew A. Brown <mabrown -AT- brandeis.edu>
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A9. Challah Sale! Monday through Wednesday!
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This Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday--stop by the table in Usdan 12-2 and
Sherman 5:30-7:30 to preorder some delicious Cheryl Ann's challah!
All proceeds go to charity.
Contact: Brette C. Williams <bwillms -AT- brandeis.edu>
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A10. BTV Recruitment Night!
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Learn how to become involved with BTV! Food will be served!
Contact: Alana N. Cohen <ancohen -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B1. Mon - Stretch and Strength Class
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March 3, 2008 - 06:30PM Gosman - Club Sports Room
Come work on strengthening exercises, stretching, and dancing with
Adagio MONDAY from 6:30 to 7:30 in the CLUB SPORTS ROOM in GOSMAN.
This class is OPEN TO EVERYONE and is great for staying in shape!
Contact: Anna Kharaz <kharaz -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B2. Mon - Clueless? Anthropology Career Panel!
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March 3, 2008 - 05:00PM Schwartz 2 (Downstairs)
Clueless about how to use anthropology?
Like free Guatemalan food?
ANTHROPOLOGY UDRs bring you the Anthropology Career Panel, where you'll
learn about the field in relation to sociology, and hear what recent
Anthropology Alumni have done with their degrees. Ask them questions
about their work in entrepreneurship, management, film, education, and
more, and get advice from real-world experts!
FREE DINNER will be catered by Mi Tierra.
OPEN TO EVERYONE
Contact: Jill Seplowitz <jilsep -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B3. Mon - Obama Phenomena: Race and Politics in America
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March 3, 2008 - 07:00PM Goldfarb Library, Rapaporte Hall
An all-star panel composed of Professors Ibrahim Sundiata, Jacqueline
Jones, Mingus Mapps, and Peniel Joseph will comment on the electoral
successes of Senator Barack Obama, and discuss whether – following a
century in which the Color Line was a major feature of our society --
we now are seeing the emergence of a new, post-racial order. FREE
REFRESHMENTS!
Contact: Jonah M. Seligman <jonahsel -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B4. Tue - Adagio's Bake Sale!
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March 4, 2008 - 11:00AM LOWER USDAN
Come buy delicious baked goods from ADAGIO on TUESDAY in LOWER USDAN
from 11:00 to 2:00. EVERYTHING IS A DOLLAR OR LESS!
Get something sweet,
For yourself to eat.
You can eat it all,
Or share with a pal!
Contact: Anna Kharaz <kharaz -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B5. Tue - Authors of "Breakthrough" to speak on campus
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March 4, 2008 - 01:30PM Geller Conference RoomHassenfeld
Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger, authors of "Breakthrough: From
the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility" will
present their vision for creating a breakthrough politics to build the
power we need to spark an energy revolution and win on global warming.
Shellenberger and Nordhaus will make the case that we need a new
movement centered on economic opportunity and technological innovation
that will seize its present moment of opportunity, break with the
politics of the past, and embrace a positive vision of the future which
centers on a new economy that builds a more secure and prosperous
world.
For further information: www.thebreakthrough.org
Contact: Mia R. Goldwasser <miagoldw -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B6. Tue - Tuesday with Faith Smith
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March 4, 2008 - 04:00PM Shapiro Art Gallery
A Brandeis mentor, a room full of students, and more of life’s greatest
lessons - in the tradition of Tuesdays with Morrie, a noted Brandeis
faculty member shares what she has learned about life.
Professor Smith teaches courses in Anglophone Caribbean literature,
African-American literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries,
literary method, and Caribbean women and globalization. She was a
Fellow of the National Humanities Center, and the author of Creole
Recitations: John Jacob Thomas and Colonial Formation in the Late
Nineteenth-Century Caribbean.
Join us for stimulating discussion, refreshments and a raffle.
Sponsored by the Religious Pluralism and Spirituality Group, and the
Office of the Dean of Arts & Sciences.
Questions? Contact Marci McPhee mcphee@brandeis.edu or Jess Kent
jkent@brandeis.edu
Contact: Marcia Gregory McPhee <mcphee -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B7. Tue - Southeast Asian Bizarre Foods FEAR FACTOR
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March 4, 2008 - 07:00PM ICC Swig Lounge
Curious about Southeast Asian Food? Sorry, no Pad Thai here!
Come to our Bizarre Foods FEAR FACTOR night and try these bizarre
Southeast Asian foods - or just watch our brave competitors try them!
We have PRIZES for the bravest!
Featuring:
Chicken Feet
Frog Legs
Blood Pudding
Fertilized Duck Embryos
and MORE!!!
YUMMY!!!
Contact: Lauren A. Maramara <lmara2 -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B8. Tue - WBRS Live Music: The Joint & WBRS Coffeehouse
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March 4, 2008 - 10:00PM Shapiro Campus Center
Tuesday night 3/4 at 10pm in the multipurpose room in Shapiro (also on
100.1 fm and wbrs.org) Boston ska veterans The Allstonians will be live
on The Joint.
In addition to The Joint, the Friday afternoon rendezvous
with free bagels is the WBRS Coffeehouse. Appearing live in Shapiro
Campus Center this Friday afternoon 3/7 at 1:00pm, as well as on 100.1
fm and wbrs.org, will be NYC quirky, original singer-songwriter Scott
Alexander.
To summarize: Tuesday nights will feature all sorts of music and live
bands, with an emphasis on electric instruments. Friday afternoons will
be the outlet for acoustic performers, also of all kinds of music;
however we will be featuring a heavy dose of folk and blues on Fridays.
Contact: Matthew J. Kessler <kess -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B9. Wed - Adagio's Bake Sale!
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March 5, 2008 - 11:00AM LOWER USDAN
Come buy delicious baked goods from ADAGIO in LOWER USDAN from 11:00 to
2:00. EVERYTHING IS A DOLLAR OR LESS!
Buy something sweet,
For yourself to eat,
You can either share,
Or make others stare!
Contact: Anna Kharaz <kharaz -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B10. Thu - The Challenge of Global Health
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March 6, 2008 - 05:00PM Shapiro Atrium
Are you interested in global public health? Do you want to learn more
about factors leading to disparities in healthcare worldwide? Come to
"The Challenge of Global Health", a panel and open discussion featuring
students and professors who will share their perspectives and
experiences. Featuring Doctor Donald Sheperd from the Heller School,
Doctor Sarita Bhalotra from the Heller School/HSSP Department and
William McDonald from the Anthropology Department. Food from Mi Tierra
for sale!
Event Details: Thursday March 6, 5-6pm, Shapiro Atrium.
Hosted by the Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children
(FIMRC) Brandeis
Chapter.
Contact: Sheela Chandrashekar <sheelac -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B11. Thu - Lori Lipman Brown, Secular Lobbyist, Speaks at Brandeis
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March 6, 2008 - 08:00PM ICC Lounge
Lori Lipman Brown is a lawyer, an educator, and a former Nevada State
Senator. She is also the first Congressional lobbyist explicitly
representing nontheistic Americans. A frequent guest on various radio,
television, and print media, she speaks throughout the United States to
protect and strengthen the secular character of our government as the
best guarantee of freedom for all. Brown's awards include Civil
Libertarian of the Year from the Southern Nevada Chapter of the ACLU,
Legislator of the Year from the Nevada chapter of the National
Association of Social Workers, and the Mark de Wolfe Award from
Interweave Continental.
She will update us on the types of issues her organization, the Secular
Coalition for America, takes on, and how the lobby for nontheists is
being received on the hill and in the media. She will also tell us what
we (both nontheists and theistic allies) can do to help protect the
separation of church and state.
Contact: Thomas M. Charging Hawk <gatz -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B12. Thu - Camp Stein sponsored by the Class of 2010
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March 6, 2008 - 09:00PM The Stein
Want to relive your camp days? Come to the Sophomore Class' Camp Stein
Night to enjoy some yummy camp food, play campfire games and watch
camp-inspired movies. There will be free Camp Stein Sophomore Class
t-shirts and raffles.
Contact: Jenna P. Brofsky <jbrofsky -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B13. Fri - Student Band Night!
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March 7, 2008 - 09:00PM Chums!
Ever wonder about what musical minds are at work on the Brandeis campus?
Ever imagine that the girl who sits next to you in Econ could be the
next John Lennon, or that guy who sleeps in Bio-chem could be the next
Kurt Cobain? Maybe that annoying kid down the hall could be the next
Vanilla Ice... right?
Well, you're in luck! The Jam Society and the Punk, Rock 'N' Roll Club
are pleased to bring you a giant serving of the best bands this campus
has to offer!
Free!
Contact: Leor Galil <lgalil -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B14. Sat - WBRS presents A Night Of Hip Hop with Brimstone127
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March 8, 2008 - 09:00PM Chum's
WBRS is featuring a performance in Chum's to bring awareness and
knowledge to all things that are hip hop. The artist Brimstone127 will
be coming from South Florida, along with his DJ and R&B singer
Mariposah. Brimstone127 has been voted Miami's best rapper in 2006 and
2007 and has also performed and recorded with hip hop great KRS-ONE.
There will be rapping, DJing, and singing. In addition, Brimstone127 is
getting the best and talented graffiti artists and breakdancers from
the
Boston area to enhance the peformance. Precede your eXtasY dance night
with some quality hip hop (eXtasY starts at 11pm and Brimstone127
starts at 9pm and will be over by 11pm which means you can first come
to Chum's and then head to Upper Sherman afterwards!) For all things
b-boy, Chums
will be the place to be on March 8.
Contact: Matthew J. Kessler <kess -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B15. Sat - A Night Of Hip Hop
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March 8, 2008 - 09:00PM Chum's
Hip Hop culture comes to Chums! More info here:
http://brandeis.facebook.com/event.php?eid=8049777242
sponsored by WBRS
Contact: Matthew J. Kessler <kess -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B16. Sun - Adagio's Spring Show Run Through
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March 9, 2008 - 01:00PM Levin Ballroom
Friendly reminder that ADAGIO has a MANDATORY run through from 1-4 for
the upcoming SPRING SHOW. Don't be late!
Contact: Anna Kharaz <kharaz -AT- brandeis.edu>
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Weekly announcements emails are sent by the Student Union.
For more information visit: http://union.brandeis.edu/announcements/
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