Marcelo Brociner '18 found his flow at Brandeis

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Marcelo Brociner '18 found his flow at BrandeisThe anthropology and international and global studies major is also a budding hip-hop artistPhoto/Mike LovettMarcelo Brociner '18By Jarret BencksApril 7, 2017During the second semester of his freshman year, Marcelo Brociner was captivated by a large blank wall in a bathroom located near his favorite study spot in Farber Library. He was always tempted to draw on it, and one day he finally caved in and began to fill the wall with a mural. It took a total of 20 hours over the span of two weeks to fill the entire wall.
Soon after the mural was complete, the library staff left a note on the wall, asking to speak with him. 
"I thought they might be mad, so I contacted them from a fake email address. To my pleasant surprise, they told me was they wanted to find a space where all students could do it, so we spent nine months working on just that," Brociner said. 
Now there's an entire corridor called "Express Yo Self" around the corner from the circulation desk of the library where students can take a break from their work and draw or write messages.
Brociner, a Somerville, Mass. native, is an anthropology and international and global studies double major who is minoring in creativity, the arts and social transformation. He's also a budding hip-hop mogul.
He took some time to talk about his Brandeis experience with BrandeisNOW:
Why does Brandeis fit you?
From the beginning I felt very comfortable being on campus. Whatever I wanted to pursue I knew Brandeis would support me. I think Brandeis largely lets its students run the school. I'm not talking like mayhem or anything like that – I mean that students’ ideas are heard and their ideas are implemented. 
The library's response to the mural I made told me that Brandeis was ...

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