In the new Ridgewood Quad broken pipes led to extended periods without heat, compounded by the swamp of ankle-deep mud between the dorms and the center of campus, dubbed by residents the 'Ridgewood Quagmire'".
Skeptical that divestment would effect any change, then-president Marver Hillel Bernstein brought the issue to the school's board of trustees, who decided to use Brandeis's position as a stockholder to push for improvements.
[2] In response to student protest and widespread criticism of the decision to run the ad, the editor in chief of the Justice, David Turner, announced that the $130 earned from the advertisement would be donated to the Holocaust museum.
[7] In a report published in October 2013, the Justice detailed how cuts to the school's Ph.D. programs had resulted in a decrease in the number of enrolled students and teaching fellows.
[8] The article's author, news editor Marissa Ditkowsky, subsequently received the American Association of University Professors’ 2014 award for Excellence in Student Coverage of Higher Education.
Cutting doctoral students is affecting universities that are interested in maintaining funds for other purposes and are concerned more about the business model than the educational process.
The Justice covered the resulting outcry, as students and faculty argued that some of Hirsi Ali's past statements harshly criticizing Islam constituted Islamophobia and hate speech.
[11][12] Reuters mentioned the Justice's editorial calling on Brandeis to retract Hirsi Ali’s invitation and quoted managing editor Glen Chesir, who explained, "She has the right to her opinion ... (but) an honorary degree is an endorsement.
[15] A number of students and administrators criticized the newspaper for anonymously quoting sexual assault survivors and demanded that it alter or remove the article.
[16] The following February, the university informed the Justice that a student had filed a complaint alleging that its coverage of Take Back the Night violated the school's Electronic Device and Privacy policy.