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THIS WEEK AT BRANDEIS
Student Union Announcements for March 16, 2008
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View and submit online: http://union.brandeis.edu/announcements/
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Things to Know...
A1. NOVUS Guide Survey
A2. Volunteers Needed for Conference
A3. Want to rent a bicycle on campus?
A4. Festival of the Arts Volunteers
A5. SSIS is Accepting Applications for Counselors
A6. Nominate an oustanding UDR for the UDR Award
Stuff to Do...
B1. Mon - Health Center Forum
B2. Tue - Revisiting the 1960s in Germany, Europe, and the US
B3. Tue - B.A.D.A.S.S. Naked Debate
B4. Wed - FREE: Make your own Mini Zen Garden
B5. Wed - Reflect on Five Years of War in Iraq
B6. Wed - TCFI and Juggling Society's Semester Show
B7. Thu - Liquid Latex's Annual Show- My Body My Vision
B8. Thu - Haman Hears a Jew! (Hillel Purim party)
B9. Thu - Paint Party part II
B10. Fri - Friday Night Rock Show
B11. Fri - Club 68
B12. Sat - Prospect Hill's Got Talent
B13. Sat - Concert Afterparty featuring Food For Animals
B14. Sun - Spring Spirit
B15. Sun - Elijah Wyman + Steve Brodsky of Cave In!
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A1. NOVUS Guide Survey
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Dear Members of the Class of 2011,
Currently your Student Union Government publishes the NOVUS Guide at a
cost of $8,400. Please fill out the short online survey about the NOVUS
Guide so we can assess its usefulness to you. Here's the link:
http://my.brandeis.edu/survsimp/admin/one?survey_id=3249
Thanks so much for your participation!
Sincerely,
Andrew Brooks
Senator-at-Large
Chairman, Services Committee
Contact: Andrew Brooks <abrooks -AT- brandeis.edu>
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A2. Volunteers Needed for Conference
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Volunteers are needed for a conference hosted by the Hadassah-Brandeis
Institute's Project on Gender, Culture, Religion and the Law. The
conference ‘Untying the Knots: Theorizing Conflicts Between Gender
Equality and Religious Laws’ runs from April 14-15, 2008. Volunteers
are needed on April 14th for the Markowicz Lecture, featuring Nobel
Prize laureates Dr. Shirin Ebadi and Professor Jody Williams.
Volunteers are also needed for the conference on April 15th.
More information on the lecture can be found here:
http://www.brandeis.edu/hbi/project%20on%20gcrl/Lecture.html
More information about the conference can be found here:
http://www.brandeis.edu/hbi/project%20on%20gcrl/Conference.html
Contact: Rebecca G. Wasser <bwasser -AT- brandeis.edu>
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A3. Want to rent a bicycle on campus?
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Do you like to bike? Are you looking for a convenient way to get to or
around campus?
The Student Union would like to hear from YOU on their proposed bike
rental program!
Simply fill out this brief survey to let us know what you think!
http://my.brandeis.edu/survsimp/one?survey_id=3450
Contact: Michael L. Kerns <mkerns -AT- brandeis.edu>
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A4. Festival of the Arts Volunteers
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Want to be a part of the annual celebration of art, Leonard Bernstein
Festival of the Arts? We have plenty of volunteer opportunities
available. The festival is April 9-13. Volunteers get free T-shirts,
so you know you want to do it!
Contact: Matt Stern <mstern -AT- brandeis.edu>
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A5. SSIS is Accepting Applications for Counselors
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Come to the SSIS Office, Shapiro 3rd Floor between March 16th and April
4th to fill out an application. We require that all applicants complete
the application in the office, and cannot accept OLs or CAs. SSIS is a
volunteer organization committed to providing the Brandeis community
with accurate information about sexual health, counseling services, and
inexpensive safer sex products. As a group that services the Brandeis
community, SSIS seeks any and all interested members of the community.
Office Hours Mondays-Fridays 12-6; Sundays 2-6
X63695, AIM: SSISBrandeis, ssis@brandeis.edu
Contact: Aileen H. Gleizer <agleizer -AT- brandeis.edu>
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A6. Nominate an oustanding UDR for the UDR Award
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Brandeis students, faculty, and staff are invited to nominate
outstanding Undergraduate Departmental Representatives (UDRs) for a new
UDR Award. All current UDRs are eligible for nomination. An award of
$100 will be presented at the annual Prizes and Awards ceremony.
An outstanding UDR:
• Serves as a resource/representative to fellow and prospective majors
and minors.
• Is proactive in responding to the needs of his/her
department/program.
• Promotes community amongst students and faculty within the
department/program.
• Is accessible and demonstrates a commitment to service to fellow
majors/minors.
• Creates a presence for the department/program throughout the Brandeis
community and serves as an advocate for their major/minor.
Please visit www.brandeis.edu/das/udr to nominate your UDR by Monday,
March 17.
Contact: Liane Courtney Grasso <lgrasso -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B1. Mon - Health Center Forum
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March 17, 2008 - 07:00PM Shapiro Campus Center Atrium
Come talk about ways to improve the Health Center with members from the
Health Center Advisory Committee! Come tell us your comments and
concerns about the Health Center. How can it be made better? What is
being done right? What are your questions? Join the Health Advisory
Committee in a comfortable, open setting to let us know what's on your
mind and how we can help.
Contact: Jessica S. Blumberg <jblumbi -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B2. Tue - Revisiting the 1960s in Germany, Europe, and the US
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March 18, 2008 - 02:30PM Rapaporte Treasure Hall
Daniel Cohn-Bendit is coming to Brandeis! Cohn Bendit is a publicist
and politician who became famous in the Sixties as 'Dany The Red'. He
grew up in Germany and France and became a spokesperson and leader of
the May-Revolution in Paris. After the May riots, Cohn-Bendit was
expelled from France and lived in Frankfurt, where, together with
Joschka Fischer, he was a member of the Frankfurt Sponti-scene which
was exercising the social revolution by means of squatting, street
fighting, and agitation in companies such as Hoechst and Opel. He
co-founded the alternative city-magazine Pflasterstrand. During the
1980s, Cohn-Bendit joined the newly founded Green Party in Germany, and
since January 2002, he is co-president of the Greens/Free European
Alliance Group in the European Parliament. (CGES)
Cohn-Bendit was born in France to German-Jewish parents who had
fled Nazism in 1933. He spent his childhood in Paris. He moved to
Germany in 1958, where his father had been a lawyer since the end of
the war. He attended the Odenwaldschule in Heppenheim near Frankfurt, a
secondary school for children of the enlightened upper middle class.
Being officially stateless at birth, when he reached the age of 18 he
was entitled to German and French citizenships, but he renounced the
latter in order to avoid conscription. (Wikipedia)
With our symposium, the Center for German and European Studies
hopes to demystify the 1960s and to help assess the successes and
failures of the revolutionary movements on both sides of the
Atlantic.In Germany, the sixties are generally assumed to have had
three major consequences: A dramatic change in the way the country
dealt with its past, a profound change in family dynamics, and a
complete overhaul of the educational system. At present, at least two
of these consequences are experiencing some form of backlash, as
Germany struggles with a decreasing birthrate and a poor international
reputation of its schools. The sixties also heralded the beginning of a
very positive identification of Europe with America, as well as new
forms of anti-Americanism.
Panel Speakers:
George Ross, Brandeis University
Laura Miller, Brandeis Univesity
David Cunningham, Brandeis University
Timothy Brown, Northeastern University
and Brandeis University students
Contact: Miranda Neubauer <mirandan -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B3. Tue - B.A.D.A.S.S. Naked Debate
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March 18, 2008 - 07:00PM Shapiro Campus Center Atrium
Come join B.A.D.A.S.S. for our second public debate of the school year
where we will argue whether the Brandeis administration should be
supportive of "sexually provocative" events such as the Less You Wear
Less You Pay Dance, and the Liquid Latex Show. B.A.D.A.S.S. members
will give brief speeches and then invite you to argue in favor or
against this resolution.
Contact: Carly M. Greenberg <carlymgr -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B4. Wed - FREE: Make your own Mini Zen Garden
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March 19, 2008 - 11:00AM Usdan Boulevard
Everyone needs some peace and tranquility. This Wednesday in the
Boulevard (otherwise known as Upper Usdan) from 11am to 2pm come and
make your own Mini Zen Garden where you can design your own tranquil
scene. There will be colored sand, stones, shells, rakes and other
decorations. FREE! for Brandeis students. Brought to you by your
friendly neighborhood Student Events.
Contact: Elise R.B. Diamond <ediamond -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B5. Wed - Reflect on Five Years of War in Iraq
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March 19, 2008 - 05:00PM Beginning in the SCC Atrium
We will march from Shapiro to the plaza in front of the main library,
beginning at 5:15 P.M. Then we will hold a vigil at which we will share
thoughts and reflections on the last five years since the invasion.
Speakers will include Prof. Gordon Fellman (SOC), Father Walter Cuenin,
and Rev. Alex Kern. All members of the community are invited. The event
is co-sponsored by DFA, SDS, Democrats, and Amnesty International.
Contact: Benjamin J. Serby <bserby -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B6. Wed - TCFI and Juggling Society's Semester Show
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April 2, 2008 - 06:00PM Schwartz Auditorium
Come to TCFI and Juggling Society's Semester Show for a carnival filled
event. There will be performances by both groups as well as popcorn,
baked goods, palm reading, arm wrestling, carnival games, decorating
cookies, and fun prizes. There is a suggested donation of $2 for this
event.
Contact: Rebecca S. Sniderman <rsnider -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B7. Thu - Liquid Latex's Annual Show- My Body My Vision
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March 20, 2008 - 08:00PM Levin Ballroom
Liquid Latex will be having it's annual show this Thursday at 8pm in
Levin Ballroom. Tickets will be on sale ($7 for seated tickets and $5
for standing tickets) in Usdan Monday-Wednesday 11am-2pm and 5:30pm-7pm.
Doors will open at 7:20pm for seated tickets and 7:40pm for standing
tickets.
Contact: Sarah H. Freeman <sfreeman -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B8. Thu - Haman Hears a Jew! (Hillel Purim party)
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March 20, 2008 - 11:00PM Sherman Function Hall
Come celebrate Purim as only Brandeis knows how...in Seussville! Dance
the night away, play carnival games, have your portrait drawn by a
caricaturist, enjoy free snacks, take your picture with the Cat in the
Hat, and compete in the annual costume contest! Prizes will be awarded
for both group and individual costumes. Any and all are welcome to
attend!
Contact: Hannah P. Lust <hlust -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B9. Thu - Paint Party part II
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March 20, 2008 - 05:00PM Shapiro Campus Center Atrium
The Shapiro Campus Center Team and Student Activities invite you the
Paint Party part II. This is a time to have fun, explore your
creativity and innovation while releasing some midterm stress! All
materials will be provided. Additionally, its an opportunity to
receive YOUR old art pieces from Paint Party part 1 last October and
display your next pieces in an exhibit in the Shapiro Campus Center Art
Gallery.
Contact: Yesenia A. Crespo <ycrespo -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B10. Fri - Friday Night Rock Show
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March 21, 2008 - 08:00PM Chum's Coffeehouse
Trebek
*http://www.myspace.com/trebek
*won several awards last year -- including Best Live Act. They are
currently nominated by Worcester Music Awards for Best Live Act and
Best Pop Act.
Piss Poor Excuse (Honolulu, Hawaii)
*Two full-length albums
*1st place at the 2005 University of Hawaii Battle of the Bands
*Opened for The Wailers in Honolulu, Hawaii
Beantown Boozehounds
*http://www.myspace.com/beantownboozehounds
*Boston’s newest punk rock supergroup
Howl
*Punk band from Brandeis University
www.myspace.com/hhoowwll
Adrian Kerwin
*Solo artist from Boston University
FREE SHOW
Sponsored by the Punk, Rock and Roll Club
Contact: David M. Miyashiro <davidmm4 -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B11. Fri - Club 68
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March 21, 2008 - 11:30PM Shapiro Campus Center Atrium
CLUB 68 is a night-club party in celebration of TYP's 40th Anniversary!
Over 10 on-campus/off-campus organizations are supporting this event,
over 150+ people are expected to come. Music by Imprisoned Development.
You wouldn't want the event of the year! Party like an animal til' the
break of dawn!
Contact: Kamarin T. Lee <klee24 -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B12. Sat - Prospect Hill's Got Talent
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March 29, 2008 - 01:00PM Levin Ballroom
This event is a collaborative talent show with members of PHAT -
Prospect Hill Alliance of Teens and Brandeis performance groups,
including So Unique, Up the Octave, Swing Club, and many more. All
proceeds from the talent show will go directly towards supporting
Prospect Hill Terrace in Waltham. Tickets are $2 and there is a
suggested donation of $5 and will be sold in Usdan from 12-2 pm on
March 26, 27, and 28.
Contact: Rebecca S. Sniderman <rsnider -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B13. Sat - Concert Afterparty featuring Food For Animals
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March 22, 2008 - 10:45PM Chums!
The night will still be young after Third Eye Blind finishes their show,
so head over to Chums for a Punk, Rock 'N' Roll concert/after-party
extravaganza featuring...
***FOOD FOR ANIMALS: This eclectic hip-hop collective hails from the
D.C./Baltimore area, and have been winning over fans nationwide with
their mix of golden age hip-hop rhymes, U.K. grime instrumentals, and
hard-hitting hooks. Their debut album, 'Belly,' was recently released
to wide acclaim, so be sure to catch them while you can!
-SPIN: "4/5 Stars"
-Pitchfork: "8.1/10"
http://www.myspace.com/thefoodforanimals
FREE!!
Contact: Leor Galil <lgalil -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B14. Sun - Spring Spirit
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March 16, 2008 - 06:15AM Walkway to Rabb
Spring Day
Are you sick and tired of the cold weather? Are you ready to welcome
Spring
time into Spring semester? Get ready for the first day of Spring this
Thursday as the University Spirit Committee gives away flowers on March
20th
for a happy First Day of Spring!!!! Make sure to pick up a flower on
your
way to class.
Contact: Tamar Ariel <tamar -AT- brandeis.edu>
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B15. Sun - Elijah Wyman + Steve Brodsky of Cave In!
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March 23, 2008 - 09:00PM Chums!
The music won't end once Third Eye Blind leaves, so put away your
homework for a little while and head on down to Chums to check out...
***ELIJAH WYMAN: This former local singer-songwriter dazzled Brandeis
last year when his soul-filled croon filled Chums with a warmth like no
other. Be there to welcome him back and enjoy his wonderful set before
he heads back to North Carolina.
http://www.myspace.com/elijahwyman
***STEPHEN BRODSKY of Cave In: As the frontman for Massachusetts' Cave
In, Stephen Brodsky helped push the boundaries of metal by combining it
with punk, indie, soul, and classic rock, leading critics to compare the
band to Radiohead and seeing Cave In grab a spot on the 2003
Lollapalooza tour. With Cave In on hiatus, Brodsky continues to craft
whist-full ballads that are sure to inspire.
http://www.myspace.com/cavein
http://www.myspace.com/stephenbrodskymusic
FREE!!
Contact: Leor Galil <lgalil -AT- brandeis.edu>
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