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Memorial service held to honor student who took his own life
by Nashrah Rahman
News Editor
News | 5/19/09
Posted online at 12:29 AM EST on 5/19/09
In light of his contribution to the student exhibition project, Zhukovsky was also remembered at a symposium held at the Rose Art Museum May 11 in honor of current museum director Michael Rush and museum staff.
Since 2005, Zhukovsky had been working with his high school friends Ernie Zahn and Tom Stroll on a film titled Niente: The Movie, which explores what it means to be human.
"All three of us had been working on the film for so long that our motivator was to just get it done, now Tom and I want to do it for [Zhukovsky]," wrote Zahn in an e-mail to the Justice. Zahn said that they will preserve Zhukovsky's contributions to the movie.
On May 10, Zahn, Stroll and the cast of the movie signed a collage of pictures of Zhukovsky along with a mission statement saying, "[Zhukovsky's] spirit may no longer be in the vessel shards of his body and we may not have his last will and testament but with your help we can make this movie the new vessel for Igor's voice to speak once more."
Ethan Goldstein '10, who considers himself a good friend of Zhukovsky, wrote in an e-mail to the Justice, "[Zhukovsky] was loved and highly valued by all his friends."
Yelena said that Zhukovsky was planning to find a job in either finance or marketing after graduating from Brandeis. She added that he was considering an Master of Business Adminstration. "There were a lot of plans," she said.
"[Zhukovsky] mentioned numerous amounts of times, a hundred times, that [Brandeis] was the best four years in his life," Yelena added.
-Hannah Kirsch contributed
reporting.
Since 2005, Zhukovsky had been working with his high school friends Ernie Zahn and Tom Stroll on a film titled Niente: The Movie, which explores what it means to be human.
"All three of us had been working on the film for so long that our motivator was to just get it done, now Tom and I want to do it for [Zhukovsky]," wrote Zahn in an e-mail to the Justice. Zahn said that they will preserve Zhukovsky's contributions to the movie.
On May 10, Zahn, Stroll and the cast of the movie signed a collage of pictures of Zhukovsky along with a mission statement saying, "[Zhukovsky's] spirit may no longer be in the vessel shards of his body and we may not have his last will and testament but with your help we can make this movie the new vessel for Igor's voice to speak once more."
Ethan Goldstein '10, who considers himself a good friend of Zhukovsky, wrote in an e-mail to the Justice, "[Zhukovsky] was loved and highly valued by all his friends."
Yelena said that Zhukovsky was planning to find a job in either finance or marketing after graduating from Brandeis. She added that he was considering an Master of Business Adminstration. "There were a lot of plans," she said.
"[Zhukovsky] mentioned numerous amounts of times, a hundred times, that [Brandeis] was the best four years in his life," Yelena added.
-Hannah Kirsch contributed
reporting.
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