Brandeis University Top Questions

The biggest hot-button political issue on campus is definitely the Israeli-Palestinian issue. There is a large number of students on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian issue, as well as many students who don't fall on one side like myself. There was student protests when Michael Oren, the ambassador to Israel came to speak. The same thing also happened when Noam Chomsky, who has been critical of Israel, gave a talk as well. However, students don't have to get involved on this issue if they don't want to. The biggest issue on campus that could be considered, "hot-button", would have to be the problems some students have had with Aramark, the dining services provider the school has hired. In years past Aramark did some questionable things, however, they have tried to clean up their act in the past few years. Some students are still not satisfied however with Aramark, and some students still think Aramark mistreats their workers. Beyond these two issue, students usually pick their own causes to get involved in, and they run a wide gamut. Brandeis students tend to be very active in causes or issues they believe in, be they issues like support for people with autism, or the carbon footprint of Brandeis.

The biggest hot-button political issue on campus is definitely the Israeli-Palestinian issue. There is a large number of students on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian issue, as well as many students who don't fall on one side like myself. There was student protests when Michael Oren, the ambassador to Israel came to speak. The same thing also happened when Noam Chomsky, who has been critical of Israel, gave a talk as well. However, students don't have to get involved on this issue if they don't want to. The biggest issue on campus that could be considered, "hot-button", would have to be the problems some students have had with Aramark, the dining services provider the school has hired. In years past Aramark did some questionable things, however, they have tried to clean up their act in the past few years. Some students are still not satisfied however with Aramark, and some students still think Aramark mistreats their workers. Beyond these two issue, students usually pick their own causes to get involved in, and they run a wide gamut. Brandeis students tend to be very active in causes or issues they believe in, be they issues like support for people with autism, or the carbon footprint of Brandeis.