Venkatesh found dead in dorm from apparent suicide
Responding to a wellness check requested by his parents, Brandeis police found Akshay Venkatesh ’14 dead from an apparent suicide in his Ziv Quad dorm room Monday morning, university officials said.
Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
The Brandeis Hoot
Sections
Archive
Archives by Author
The Brandeis Hoot
Obituary: Venkatesh ’14, driven neuro student, dies at 21
Akshay Venkatesh ’14, a driven and gifted Neuroscience student, died Labor Day weekend; university officials said he appears to have taken his own life. He was 21. He leaves behind his devoted parents, as well as friends who will remember him as intelligent with a wide array of interests. He had just begun his Neuroscience […]
News Analysis: Second suicide in two years shocks campus
State police, district attorney staff and medical examiners responding to an apparent suicide filled Brandeis dorm rooms for the second time in less than two years Monday. Junior Akshay Venkatesh’s death rattled the campus community on Labor Day, sending painful reminders to administrators and students in the class of 2014, who lost Kat Sommers ’14 […]
23rd ranked soccer team wiping away the competition
The Brandeis men’s soccer team won its first home game on Wednesday against New Hampshire’s Colby-Sawyer. The team warmed up as the stands slowly filled, and at the appointed time, announcements commenced the game. Brandeis started the game with seniors and captains Joe Eisenbies ’13, Sam Ocel ’13, Lee Russo ’13 and Blake Minchoff ’13. […]
Schuster fellows removed from Myanmar blacklist
Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, removed more than 1,000 names from its blacklist last Friday. Two of those names are senior fellows at Brandeis’ Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, Karen Coates and Jerry Redfern. Coates and Redfern were deported from Myanmar in 2009 after teaching a series of government-approved writing and photography workshops. Myanmar, located […]
First year seminar explores Mafia and social justice
As a new implementation to the curriculum, FYS 48a, “Voicing the Outrage of Silence: Social Justice and the Mafia” explores the glorified image of the mafia created in popular media while bringing to light issues of social justice as the political and violent turmoil associated with organized crime are exposed. The course, which is to […]
Harry Potter Alliance Strives to Apply Literary Values in Real World
The “Harry Potter” books by J.K. Rowling are now being used to perform concrete social justice projects throughout the United States and the world. In an effort to make social justice real for readers everywhere, Brandeis alumnus Andrew Slack ’02 created the Harry Potter Alliance (HPA), a group “that seeks to change the world through […]
Amidst turmoil in Israel, students react
There are few issues more contentious to the Brandeis community than that of Israel and it’s future. The university is 55 percent Jewish and consistently ranked as one of the most politically active four-year institutions in the country, making conditions perfect for a strong debate on the subject. For those wishing to take action and […]
Second embezzler indicted for condo scheme
A Middlesex County grand jury has indicted a second person for embezzling from Waltham’s Glenmeadow Condominium Association. It is alleged that in 2010 condominium member Lesley Correa stole $350,000 in condominium funds for her personal use. Her ex-husband, Preston Correa of Fitchburg, was indicted this week in connection with the scheme to steal from the […]
Waltham man pleads guilty to teen murder
Elhadji Malick Ndiaye, 18, of Waltham, was stabbed to death in a parking lot at Regis College in Weston, Mass., in 2010. This past week, Ndiaye’s murderer, Robenson Daniel, 22, of Boston, pleaded guilty before the Middlesex Superior Court on charges of voluntary manslaughter and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. According to The […]
