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I find the existence of “Dracula Untold” genuinely perplexing. Did anybody ask for this movie? According to Universal Studios, “Dracula Untold” is the first in what will be a series of modern monster movies that will eventually connect, a la the Avengers franchise. Why? By the time all these movies are released it will be […]
Students, faculty and staff packed into Pearlman Lounge for a poetry reading that celebrated peace and connected people from diverse backgrounds on Monday, Oct. 13. Two poets read their work. The first, Marilyn Hacker, is a Jewish, award-winning poet with a career that has spanned over 40 years. To create a book of poetry titled […]
On Tuesday Oct. 14, the Women’s Studies Research Center held a discussion titled “Ending Cycles of Violence.” The discussion was led by Jessica Hollander, director of prevention programs at REACH, a non-profit organization in Boston that provides support to the survivors of domestic abuse and violence. The talk focused on trauma and how it impacts […]
Social justice: It’s a concept so very prevalent on our campus. It’s the idea that our university’s namesake lived by. It’s the theory that drives many of Brandeis’ students and faculty. It’s the notion that incoming students even have a special pre-orientation program dedicated to. Social justice is something you see all over our campus, […]
Representatives from a multitude of post-graduate programs set up tables and showed what they had to offer students at Brandeis University this Monday. The event was designed to entice students interested in pursuing advanced degrees in both the legal and professional world. Many of the representatives were enrolled in the programs they were advertising. They […]
Professor Stephen Walsh of Cardiff University in the United Kingdom gave a short lecture on the Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky at a musicology colloquium in Slosberg Music Center on Wednesday, Oct. 15. With a speciality concentration in Russian composers, Walsh has written many books and essays about subjects in his field, predominantly Stravinsky. His most […]
For the ongoing UAA conference season, 11 is the most dramatic number for the men’s and women’s soccer teams. The Judges suffered tough losses, ending a precious 11-game winning streak. The streaks were snapped on the same day by the Rochester Yellowjackets at Sahlen Stadium. The surprising sting from the Yellowjackets, with a 6-3-2 record […]
The Brandeis Asian American Students Association (BAASA) screened a documentary titled “Seeking Asian Female,” a documentary about the fetishization of Asian women, on Wednesday, Oct. 15 in the Intercultural Center. Before playing the documentary, BAASA Vice President Calvin Wang ’16 and President Esther Lee ’15 introduced a short clip about how white men objectify Asian […]
As part of an anthropology on aging class I’m taking this semester, I recently visited a nearby assisted living facility and had lunch with some of the residents. It was certainly interesting to notice the two distinct groups in the population—the elderly one and the staff charged to take care of them. While there is […]
Plenty of professors here at Brandeis use PowerPoint slides to go along with their lectures. Usually this is helpful, because it somewhat relieves the stress and uncertainty of note-taking, especially when the professor wants to move onto the next point without waiting for every student to finish their notes. The important information is distilled into […]
