"The door was open. Some went in to sleep, some to look at the newly renovated office. I looked through some files," said Daniel Weintraub, the only alumnus among the eight intruders. He claimed that he and the seven students who entered the office caused no damage to Brandeis property.
The university will not press any felony charges, but it will have its regular disciplinary body review the case. Brandeis is unsure whether it will take action against Weintraub, said Rod Crafts, dean of student affairs.
The university has allowed the protest to continue, but some protestors have stopped participating in the vigil in order to divorce themselves from the break-in. BROWN UNIVERSITY
Good Homes Real Cheap...Sort Of
Looking for an affordable house? Brown University is selling homes in Providence, R.I. for only $10 each.
The only catch is that you have to move your new domicile away from its current location--a site on which the university plans to build a 400-bad dorm starting this summer.
In addition to the minimal price tag, Brown is asking that would-be buyers submit detailed plans of how and where they plan to more the house, The Daily Herald reported.
When in 1982 Brown itself moved six houses in order to make room for parking lots, the relocations cost the university about $100,000 per house.
The university has not moved the house because it has no land on which to put them, said Ancelin Lynch, associated director of university relations. If the houses are not sold, the university will demolish them.
Brown will give preference to prospective buyers who plan to live in the homes they purchase rather than renting them, Lynch said.
The houses must be moved by loading them onto large trailers. CORNELL UNIVERSITY
School Gets Some E. V. Money
A Cornell alumnus has left approximately $15 million to his alma mater, the largest bequest in the university's history and one of the largest ever donated to an American institution of learning.
E. Vreeland Baker, a 1921 Cornell graduate who died in December, 1985, left the university the funds it will now use for a new agriculture professorship, two new financial aid funds, an agriculture research fund and athletic facilities.
The record bequest will have "a substantial influence" on the university, Provost Robert Baker told the Daily Sun.
The E.V. Baker professorship of agriculture has been awarded to Robert Lucey, who has led a drive to increase northern New York's agricultural productivity for 25 years.
The E.V. Baker Student fund will help students in Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences pay school expenses, and the E. V. Baker Cornell Tradition Fund will provide agriculture students with job opportunities.
During his life, Baker, who received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, was one of Cornell's foremost benefactors.