Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Online higher education in the United States, while growing in influence during the past decade, has attracted considerable controversy. Opponents of online courses have criticized the quality of education they provide. However, online education has significant advantages: it is especially cost-effective and allows for more time flexibility than its in-class counterpart. Historically, it is precisely […]
Award show season has always been a guilty pleasure of mine. Watching the superficial pomp and circumstance of the red carpet and the lavish ceremonies that celebrate the pinnacle of the past year’s art and culture makes me feel like a party-goer at one of The Great Gatsby’s celebrations (if only that were true). But […]
After bouncing back with a win against the University of Rochester that broke their seven-game losing streak, the women’s basketball team suffered two losses on the road this past weekend. The weekend’s losses against Carnegie Mellon and Case Western Reserve—the Judges’ second matchup with both teams since facing them on their home court earlier in […]
The Brandeis men’s basketball team went 1-1 for the second straight weekend, losing to Case Western Reserve University on Sunday and defeating Carnegie Mellon University on Friday. The Judges defeated both teams at home last month. The game against the Case Western Spartans left the Judges on the losing side of a 56-47 game and […]
With a blizzard warning in effect and forecasters predicting about two feet of snow along with the possibility of white out conditions and near zero visibility at times, university officials canceled classes Friday but expected the campus to operate without any major difficulties during the weekend. “Dining halls are fully staffed. They have enough food, […]
The Brandeis fencing team may have some inexperienced members, but they are improving at a rapid pace: competitors Zoe Messinger ’13 and Noah Berman ’15 both won UAA Fencer of the Week honors. “It means that in the UAA, Noah Berman and I had the best records,” Messinger said. “I am proud of my performance, […]
The men’s basketball team split their two University Athletic Association (UAA) games this past weekend, narrowly defeating Emory University on Friday and losing to the University of Rochester on Sunday. Although Brandeis had lost to both squads the previous weekend, these recent matches were played at home and were hotly contested. The Judges started with […]
The idea of real food at Brandeis has been popping up around campus more frequently alongside new everyday language such as “local,” “organic,” “humane” and “vegetarian.” The idea of controlling the food you consume is not foreign. In fact, its prevalence is regularly increasing in society within fields such as agriculture, technology, fad-diets and overall […]
When I look back at my days at Brandeis, I remember the good things. I remember hanging out with my friends, scoffing at Pachanga and attending really fantastic lectures. What I don’t remember is sexual assault. Part of this is because I was never assaulted at Brandeis, but the other reason is that it simply […]
Professor Michael Rosbash (BIOL), the Peter Gruber Endowed Chair in Neuroscience and Jeffrey Hall, along with their colleague Michael Young of Rockefeller University, have been awarded the 12th annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences for the discovery of the molecules that control the circadian rhythm. The discovery is significant to scientists who study sleep cycles, […]
