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An annual celebration of community and creativity through the arts, “Bahrain/Brandeis: Ulafa’a Reconciliation Art Project Recasting Reconciliation through Culture and Arts” was performed in Pearlman Lounge last Tuesday as a part of the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts. Presented by the Ethics Center and sponsored by both the Brandeis Peacebuilding and the Arts […]
Directed by Brian Haungs ’15, the production of “I Love You Because” presented by Tympanium Euphorium intertwined humor and the classic hardships of romance. Although the choreography and singing capabilities were mediocre, performers playing secondary roles truly stole the show. The musical itself, “I Love You Because,” portrayed the need to cast aside any plans […]
HBI Project on Gender, Culture, Religion and the Law (GCRL) hosted a panel on Monday for the Gendered Rights conference, titled “Trends in Sex Segregation: Israel, America and Beyond.” Sylvia Barack Fishman, the co-director of HBI, moderated the panel, and Elana Maryles Sztokman, executive director of Jewish rthodox feminist alliance, began the panel by discussing […]
Brandeis students, including three BEMCo EMTs, were in attendance at the Boston Marathon on Monday, when two bombs exploded in the crowd. All of the students were safe and unharmed after the blasts. Hannah Goldberg ’13, director and supervisor of BEMCo, mentioned that volunteering at the Boston Marathon is something BEMCo has done for years. […]
A bizarre situation has arisen at Bowdoin College, which is shedding a negative light on the elite liberal arts school and others that share the same educational and cultural ideals. This month, a report titled “The Bowdoin Project” was released under the direction of Thomas Klingenstein, an investment professional and board member of the National […]
“The Place Behind the Pines” is a movie that no one should watch. It boasts a star-studded cast, including Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes and Bradley Cooper; but it was a cast that walked about the set looking as if they would have rather been anywhere but there, if it had not been for the fat […]
The baseball team entered competition last weekend 7-15, looking to move up in the UAA conference standings. They move into the latter part of the week on a mixed note after going 2-2 in their home doubleheaders against Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and Johnson and Wales University (JWU). The Judges also fell to Roger Williams […]
I still remember getting the first text. It was around three o’clock when a friend I had not texted within months asked me if I was all right. The message was quite unexpected at the time. I wondered if someone had hacked my Facebook to create some fake crisis, or if perhaps people were overly […]
Immediately following Monday afternoon’s bombings at the Boston Marathon, the university police increased security measures on campus after communication with Boston law enforcement officials. Since Monday’s attack, additional police officers, both in uniform and in plainclothes, have patrolled the Brandeis campus. Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan said officers received instant communication of the bombings […]
The softball team had yet another successful weekend, defeating Worcester Polytechnic Institute in a doubleheader on Saturday on their home turf. Improving their season record to 19-10, the Judges managed a tight 3-2 win against WPI in the first game and a 4-1 score in the second game. This is the first doubleheader in which […]
