Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Coming off of their wins at the Hall of Fame Invitational last weekend, the women’s volleyball team entered the Judges Classic with an assertive attitude, putting on a show-stopping performance on their home court. The three-straight wins that bumped up their season record to 19-11 proved to be bittersweet for the Judges as they finished […]
The Judges hit the road last weekend as they traveled to Rochester for their first road meet of the season. On the men’s side, Max Fabian ’15 continued his record-setting performance from the first meet of the season as he demolished another school record, winning the 1650 freestyle with a time of 16:36.09, defeating Chris […]
The men’s soccer team suffered its first home defeat of the season at the worst possible time this past weekend. With a chance to clinch the UAA and an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament for the first time in over a decade in front of fans and parents, the Judges were unable to grind […]
Both the men and women’s cross country team traveled to the University of Rochester this past weekend for the UAA championships. Ed Colvin ’14 earned his first career All-UAA honors, finishing in ninth place out of 78 competitors to gain second-team honors. Colvin, who burst onto the scene, winning the 2010 UAA Rookie of the […]
Slosberg Recital Hall saw a decidedly strange performance last Saturday night. The first in this semester’s series of concerts hosted by New Music Brandeis, “Night of the Living Composers” showcased the compositional work of several graduate students in the Composition and Theory program, as performed by their peers. The most prominent composers of the evening […]
It’s never too late to do the right thing. At some point, everyone gets themselves into a situation in which they feel they are in over their head. In times like these, it is imperative to act carefully and think about the potential consequences of one’s actions. Although the choice may be the most difficult […]
College can mean no longer partaking in the activities or hobbies that made you happy in your younger years or the awakening of previously unknown passions. Extracurricular reading can fall into either of these categories. On the one hand, reading for fun is quickly abandoned into the collegiate experience due to time constraints, yet students […]
The term school spirit is tossed around campuses all the time, but how do we actually define it when colleges and universities are so different in size and focus? School spirit is a measure of school pride and liking of an institution. When you think of school spirit, appearance is thought of, such as people […]
I recently read the editorial about the weekly emails from the union secretary. While some of the claims should be taken seriously, some of them gave me great concern. The editorial raised questions about the “appropriateness” of the emails being sent. It made no distinction between the content of the emails and the style in […]
Hands of Glory Connor Novy, Editor Being “indefinable” is a dubious blessing. It has connotations of saccharine whimsy or being generally unlistenable. Andrew Bird, however, continues to disregard the boundaries of genre with his newest release, “Hands of Glory.” With only eight songs, it might be too short to stand alone as an album, but […]
