| Looking for a New Community Owner |
[Feb. 11th, 2011|01:59 pm] |
Position: Community Maintainer and Owner
Deadline: February 28, 2011
Does anyone want to step up and be the owner of the Brandeis Live Journal community? I am long gone and am no longer interested in maintaining this community. Today, Live Journal notified me that it automatically appointed me as the owner of this community, a title I cannot relinquish without a) appointing someone else as a maintainer and owner or b) deleting the community. I don't want to delete the community without giving members a chance to take ownership of it, but I will delete it if I don't hear from anyone by the end of February. Given that the community has been inactive for over a year now, I suspect most people, like me, have moved on to other media. Comment if you are interested in taking this over. |
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| Looking to Rent in NYC?? |
[Jun. 11th, 2009|07:43 pm] |
Hi guys, my cousin is looking to sublease her apartment in NYC, after which the tenant can take over the lease. Here are the details:
I'm looking for someone to take over my lease July 1 - November 30 with an option to renew afterwards.
Price $2595/month - negotiable!
Studio details:
22nd floor, facing south- studio gets massive light (note - these pictures were taken during a gloomy morning but on a sunny day, the whole place is filled with light as the south wall of the studio is all windows)
Kitchen with full size appliances including dish washer
Kitchen has eat-in bar
Full size bathroom with bathtub
Parquet floors
**Building and studio is clean and pristine - completely bug-free (I have never seen a SINGLE insect in my apartment or building in the year and half I lived there - this was one of the most important criteria for me when I was looking for apartments in NYC haha)
The building, Windsor Court is a luxury 30 floor doorman and concierge building with a gym, sun deck on the roof, pool, laundry room on each floor, package room, on-site dry cleaners, garage.
I have loved every minute I spent in this studio and the building and very sad to move out!
Great safe, neighborhood - building is a 2 min walk to the subway, right next to 2 grocery stores, tons of restaurants, dry cleaners, centrally located
Building address is 155 East 31st street. Please see building website:
http://ogdencapproperties.com/EN/windsor/
Here is the listing with pics: http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/abo/1214742521.html
Let me know if you are interested!!!!
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| Alumni Junk Mail? |
[Jun. 10th, 2009|08:13 pm] |
I just received some junk mail about saving money on car and home insurance from the Brandeis University Alumni Association.
"Dear Mr. Ben Danger Awesome [sic]
We're pleased to present an exciting benefit that we hope will help save you money on auto and home insurance. The Brandeis University Alumni Association has teamed up with Liberty Mutual blah blah blah blah" thats all I needed to read.
Seriously?
Really?
Are we that desperate for money that the Alumni Association is now sending spam to our doorstep? I mean I didn't mind when it was just asking for money to send directly to Brandeis, and I might have considered it if I were in a better financial position... but really?
Have other alumni received such mail? Is there an opt out of this thing? Why! Why is this? Is this a normal experience for alumni of any college? This is my first time being an alumni and maybe I'm just not used to this...
Either way, this has spoilt the mood of my evening! |
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| $1425/month large 2-bedroom apartment!! Close to public transportation and major highways!!! |
[Apr. 28th, 2009|11:42 am] |
My roommate and I would like to sublease our apartment from beginning of June to end of August.
It's a large 2-bedroom, 1-bath apartment on the top (3rd) floor, with a view over the swimming pool and courtyard. The building is quiet, and pool membership is available, and there are 2 parking spaces. It is located in Charlesbank Estates, which is a 10-minute walk to Brandeis campus, 5-minute walk to Brandeis/Roberts T-station and close to the major highways (90, 95).
The rent is $1425 per month, with heat and hot water included. Other utilities (electricity, internet, and cable TV) come out to about $100 per month.
The apartment was renovated last summer, and is in great condition.
We also have bedroom, living room and kitchen furniture available until the end of August!!
Send an email to natalya6@brandeis.edu or dgankin@brandeis.edu if you are interested in looking at it. |
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| Phi Beta Kappa? |
[Feb. 25th, 2009|01:30 am] |
I know that this is determined roughly by the top 10% of the graduating class and not by a particular cut-off GPA. However, I was wondering if any of the alumni who read this remember what the lower range of GPAs of the people who got it their year was.
i.e. What is the typical 90th percentile of the senior class GPAs at Brandeis? |
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| Missing Jacket |
[Feb. 7th, 2009|04:37 am] |
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I'm missing a jacket. Did anyone accidentally grab a dark blue north face jacket from mod 4 tonight (Fri, Deb 6)? If so, can you shoot me an email at [redacted]? I would REALLY appreciate it. Thanks! |
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| (no subject) |
[Jan. 26th, 2009|11:26 pm] |
January 26, 2009
Dear Friends,
The global financial crisis and deepening national economic recession require Brandeis to formulate and execute decisive plans that will position the university to emerge stronger for the benefit of our students. To this end, our response to the crisis is to focus and sustain our core academic mission. I am writing to tell you that the Board of Trustees met today and voted to close the Rose Art Museum. The decision was difficult and was reached after a painstaking assessment of the university's need to mobilize for the future and initiate a strategy to replenish our financial assets.
The Rose has been a marvelous addition to the Fine Arts program, and we are grateful to everyone who expressed their love for art and admiration for Brandeis's academic mission by helping to create, build, and support the museum. Choosing between and among important and valued university assets is terrible, but our priority in the face of hard choices will always be the university's core teaching and research mission. Today's decision will set in motion a long-term plan to sell the art collection and convert the professional art facility to a teaching, studio, and gallery space for undergraduate and graduate students and faculty.
The university’s official public statement can be found below. I will be writing to the community shortly to update you on other initiatives currently under discussion by the faculty and the administration.
Sincerely,
Jehuda Reinharz
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BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY NEWS
With vote to close art museum, Brandeis renews 'unwavering' commitment to students, research and academic mission
WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 26, 2009 -- Brandeis University's Board of Trustees today voted unanimously to close the Rose Art Museum as part of a campus-wide effort to preserve the university's educational mission in the face of the historic economic recession and financial crisis. Board members stressed that the museum decision will not alter the university's commitment to the arts and the
teaching of the arts.
"These are extraordinary times," said Brandeis President Jehuda Reinharz. "We cannot control or fix the nation's economic problems. We can only do what we have been entrusted to do -- act responsibly with the best interests of our students and their futures foremost in mind."
Opened in 1961, the Rose Art Museum houses a large amount of modern and contemporary art. Plans call for the museum to close in late summer 2009, and transition into a fine-arts teaching center with studio space and an exhibition gallery.
After necessary legal approvals and working with a top auction house, the university will publicly sell the art collection. Proceeds from the sale will be reinvested in the university to combat the far-reaching effects of the economic crisis, and fortify the university's position for the future.
Brandeis officials said the decision to close the museum is part of an emerging new vision for the university aimed at streamlining it for the future while bolstering its focus on undergraduates, the liberal arts and research.
In recent months, the university has been reviewing expenditures and discussing new initiatives to meet the serious economic challenges. Belt tightening has already brought substantial decreases in administrative budgets.
In a special session on Jan. 22, the Brandeis faculty voted unanimously to support the president and trustees as they combat the effects of the economic recession and work to make Brandeis stronger academically and fiscally for the 21st century. Faculty members agreed that the university should maintain the strengths that have helped position Brandeis among the nation's top liberal arts and research institutions.
Brandeis officials have estimated that the economic recession will continue to adversely affect operating expenses, performance of the endowment, financial aid and scholarships. At Brandeis and schools around the country, fundraising revenue is declining and families are looking for more financial aid to help them cope with their own unenviable economic straits.
Reinharz said the Rose Museum decision was very difficult. But he characterized it as an important step in the ongoing resource management and allocation process on the school's campus. "I am satisfied that our commitment is unwavering; that someday we will look back and say that when the quality of education and student services was at stake, we made hard choices so that Brandeis could emerge even stronger." |
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| (no subject) |
[Dec. 16th, 2008|10:00 pm] |
Hey everyone!
I have a quick question for alumni who did a senior thesis. How do grades work for the fall semester? I was just futzing around on sage, and I noticed my 99D course says "Multi-Term Course" instead of "Graded - UGRD". Will I still get a letter grade for this semester, or will it just show that I completed the work (like a pass/fail)?
Thanks in advance for the help! |
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