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VOL 5, NO. 23 MARCH 27, 2009 BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY'S COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER THEHOOT.NET Senators question politics Shut out, sophomores find housing of Union presidential race BY ARIEL WITTENBERG Union made him unqualified for the office Editor of President. While Kriegsman said that “that part of A series of meetings between Student the conversation was legitimate,” he added Union President Jason Gray ’10 and stu- that he “definitely felt pushed aside and like dents considering running for Student Jason had someone else in mind for the of- Union President, which resulted in the stu- fice.” dents deciding not to run, have raised ques- Kreigsman said that Gray did not men- tions among Union senators about whether tion a candidate he would prefer, however, Gray is attempting to sway the election in he said that “I would hate to think that I favor of Executive Director of Community was manipulated. I don’t know if I was or Advocacy Andy Hogan ’11. not, but I’d be curious.” Candidates running for Union office After speaking with Gray, Kreigsman were required to sign up outside of the crossed his name off the list for those run- Union office by Wednesday, at which point ning for Union President. Kreigsman, who they could begin campaigning for Thurs- now plans to run for a spot on the Union day’s elections. Judiciary also said Thursday that he does Prior to the Wednesday deadline, three not regret his decision to not run and that PHOTO BY Max Shay/The Hoot students, Class of 2010 Senator Amanda his talk with Gray “wasn’t the only thing SOPHOMORE LIVING: Tyrone Calliste ‘11, Brian Gordon-Hillman ‘11, Ayal Weiner-Kaplow ‘11 and Hecker ’10, Sahar Massachi ’11 and Asso- that made my decision.” Makensley Lourdeus ‘11 play Garage Band inside Calliste’s dorm room in East. Quad. East Quad is just one ciate Justice to the Union Judiciary Matt However, Kreigsman did say, “I came to of five housing options for rising sophomores. Kriegsman ’11 all discussed the prospect of him for advice, and now I wonder if I got running for president against Hogan with agenda.” BY ARIEL WITTENBERG the number of rooms to set aside for each Gray, after which they decided against run- Both Massachi and Hecker said Gray did Editor class year based on the number of students ning. not tell them that they were not qualified who checked the box to participate in the Gray has denied any allegations that he is for the presidency, however each said that A miscalculation of housing distribu- housing lottery and on the number of stu- playing favorites in the race. after discussing with Gray what the presi- tion needs, and not a lack of housing, is to dents who checked the box but ended up Kriegsman, who had gone so far as to dency entails, he suggested that they run blame for the six rising sophomores origi- living off campus the previous year. write his name on the elections sign up for a different Union position. nally left without housing after their hous- This year, 98 percent of rising sopho- sheet, told The Hoot in an interview that Massachi, who is now running for the Ju- ing lottery last Thursday night, Co-director mores who checked the box participated, his talk with Gray “definitely scared me out nior Representative to the Board of Trust- of Residence Life Jeremy Leiferman said. compared with the 96 percent of rising of running.” ees, said that when he told Gray he had According to Leiferman, every year the sophomores who checked the box and par- Kriegsman said that Gray told him that Department of Residence Life calculates See HOUSING, p. 3 he felt Kreigsman’s inexperience in the See ELECTIONS, p. 2 SEA shaves for the environment Senate to consider bypassing UJ decision with by-law amendment BY ROBIN LICHTENSTEIN its Senate funding in general,” Hirschhorn, Staff BY ALEX SCHNEIDER Editor who helped plan the Ayers event, said. Ayers was originally scheduled to speak A bearded David Azer ’11 sat on a lone The Student Union Senate is consider- on campus Mar. 30, however because the chair on the Chum’s stage. His hands ing an amendment to its bylaws that would original Senate Money Resolution did not were on his knees as he prepared himself change the way it can allocate money. The pass, he will not be able to visit. Hirschhorn for the fate that lay ahead of him. Azer, amendment, which was proposed by Sena- said that Democracy For America hopes who had left his facial hair untrimmed or tors Lev Hirschhorn ’11, Aaron Mitchell to reschedule the Ayers visit for sometime shaved since the beginning of September, Finegold ’09, Alex Melman ’11, Nathan next month and said “we’re working on it.” was about to meet his maker—an electric Robinson ’11, Amanda Hecker ’10, and Norris agreed. “We are saying to clubs ‘if razor in the hands of Dan Levine ‘11 and Alex Norris ’11, comes less than two weeks you have an idea that will benefit the entire Rachel Wolfman ’11. after the Union Judiciary (UJ) overturned a student body, then come to us.’” After the shave, all that remained was a Senate Money Resolution funding an event Senator Eric Alterman ’09, who brought mustache and soul patch. to bring Bill Ayers to campus because it was the UJ suit originally, disagreed. “I don’t But Azer was not letting go of his facial not a “union government project.” think the current wording is confining,” he hair of seven months for kicks, but rath- The current wording of the relevant said. er, for the environment. Azer was one clause states, “All Senate Money Resolu- He later added, “The emphasis of the among seven men who offered to sacri- tions must be used for Student Union Gov- Senate discretionary [fund] should be for fice their beards in return for donations ernment projects and/or operations.” Senators to fund their projects.” at the Students for Environmental Action The proposed amendment would change One idea that surfaced at the meeting (SEA) coffee house on Monday. the wording to “All Senate Money Resolu- was to institute an application process for At the coffee house, SEA collected do- tions must be used for projects for the bet- individuals or groups with ideas to obtain nations for Green Opportunity Action terment of the Brandeis University under- funding from the Senate. This would alle- Leadership (GOAL) Network, a not for PHOTO BY Max Shay/The Hoot graduate student body at the discretion of viate one of the main concerns voiced that profit started by Brandeis students to con- the Senate.” the Senate could become a second Finance nect inner-city kids with the burgeoning OFF WITH THEIR BEARDS: Amy Thompson ‘11 At the Senate meeting last Sunday, Board and would be swamped with fund- green job market, whenever donations shaves the beard of Daniel Orkin ‘10 in order to Senators voiced their opinions about the ing requests. passed a certain amount of money, a raise money for GOAL at a SEA coffee house on amendment. The Senate will reconsider the amend- Monday. “My basic feeling is that the precedent set ment at its upcoming meeting Sunday See BEARDS, p. 2 by the UJ hearing last week severely lim- night. Brush up your Nettle brings “nu” AUDIO @ THEHOOT.NET IN THIS Constitution sound to campus TECH. TALK: Chatting and texting in style on the new iPhone 3.0 OFF THE BEATEN PATH: Eating and drinking ethically ISSUE: Opinions, page 6 Diverse City, page 8 at Clear Conscience Cafe 2 The Hoot March 27, 2009 NEWS Union Presidential race questioned by senators ELECTIONS (from p. 1) been four Presidential candidates the job.” a race. in the first round of elections. Union Executive Director of Executive Senator Andrew been considering running for an To some senators, the small field Communications Jamie Ansorge Brooks ’09 said that senators have Executive Board position as well, and the pattern of potential can- ’09 told The Hoot that “if a stu- questioned the politics behind the Gray told him, “he could see me didates deciding not to run after dent decides not to run for a posi- past four presidential elections. running for president but that he speaking to Gray is suspicious. tion after speaking to Jason, that’s Most recently, Brooks said that was more excited about me run- One senator who wished to re- their decision and reflects more when he ran against Shreeyah ning for the Board position and main anonymous because they on them than it does on Jason.” Sinha ’09 for the 07-08 presiden- my skill set was more appropriate were worried about the effects Gray’s involvement in the race tial term, Gray was appointed to for that.” it would have on their future in is not the only aspect making sen- the Executive Board after show- Massachi added that he be- the Senate, said, “this idea that ators nervous. ing loyalty to Sinha, who won the lieves that Gray would not tell three candidates would talk to One student who had been race. him not to run for a position Gray and not run and the one thinking of running for president In Gray’s race against Kang for simply because he has a favorite candidate who is running against but then decided against it told the 08-09 term, all but one mem- in the race. Hogan didn’t talk to Gray is defi- The Hoot that Hogan had offered ber of the Executive Board sup- Hecker, who is running for nitely suspicious.

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