WBasketball Preview: Tips to greatness

With a mighty heave from Jaime Capra 08 and an unfortunate clank to show for it, Brandeiss season came to end there in that second round game against Bowdoin. It was an end to an unprecedented season in Brandeis sports an NCAA playoff birth, the first of its kind. Now that the season is about to commence, the Judges are raring and eager for another go round and they wont be satisfied with the UAAs. Nor does anyone else assume so with the Judges being ranked 15 in the nation by d3hoops.com and 16 in a Womens Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).

El-Far on The Black Eyed: Four Arab women in limbo

With opening night a mere two weeks away, Jennie El-Far 07, who is directing The Black Eyed by Betty Shamieh for the Free Play Theatre Collective as her senior thesis, took a few minutes to talk to The Hoot about the upcoming production…

Winer unveils Pinter’s Betrayal

Earlier this week, Allie Winer 08, director of the Hillel Theater Groups production of Harold Pinters Betrayal, was kind enough to take a few minutes to talk to The Hoot…

HPV 101

Thanks to Mercks new vaccine, HPV is the talk of the town. Nationally, 1 in 5 people have HPV, and that statistic rings true for the Brandeis community as well. Here is a quick reference guide to help protect you and your partners from this common affliction…

Tune in or miss out

For many people, the coming of the fall season means many things. Long walks through the country admiring the foliage. Apple picking. Vowing that this semester will finally be the one where you dont fall behind on your readings. Deciding on the perfect Halloween costume. (Or for girls, deciding on the perfect slutty Halloween costume. Face it, ladiesHalloween is that one night a year when you can finally be that slut that you wish you could be all year round. Slutty angel. Slutty devil. Slutty nurse. Slutty kitty cat. The costume may not say slutty when you purchase it, but I doubt Little Red Riding Hood was on her way to grandmas house with a basket of goodies and her yabose hanging out!)

CHABAD vs. HILLEL: The Friday night dinner showdown

Once upon a time, Hillel owned Friday nights. If you wanted to get in touch with your Judaism, you would go to Hillel. It was the place to be for campus Jewish life.

Times have changed. The new kid on the block, Chabad, has recently been attracting part of Hillel's membership. The Jewish population is officially split between upper Sherman and Turner Street.

A dancing rant: change the music!

I cant take this anymore with parties. No, I am not talking about drinking, or the lack of parties though as a note to the administrators who read this, cutting down parties is not going to stop drinking, it makes it worse because underground parties are formed, people still get drunk except this time, there isnt professional supervision to help. No, my main gripe is the music.

Democrats must capitalize on recent election victories

The result of the elections last Tuesday represents a seismic and rather unexpected shift in American politics, but it also spells the end of President Bushs term as a political force in Washington. Simply put, the Democrats have the opportunity not only to enact their own ideals but also illuminate the Presidents entire legacy as a wholly awful experience for this country. Five years after 9/11, the blank check that this country gave George W. Bush to make sure that we would no longer have to fear terrorism has been rescinded. But while the Democrats have received this long-awaited opportunity to solidify the ideals of the party, liberals, like myself, are intimately aware of our partys ability to shoot itself in the foot whenever it is given this sort of chance. So the question remains, how do the Democrats balance the tenacity of its base without losing the new gains in the swing states and West?

Not just a Republican; an American above all

I am an American first, a conservative second, and a Republican third. Because I am one of the biggest Republicans on campus (I hope you got the pun!), I wish to state my views regarding the recent midterm elections. Many have teased me and made jokes about the Democratic rise to power in both houses of the legislature. They believe that this somehow offends me, and that I should believe that a catastrophic turn of events will ensue now that the Democrats are in control. I am writing now to say that my core beliefs, my values that transcend partisanship and superficial politics, go to the core of Americanism itself. And it is these opinions that make me satisfied that my country will continue to be in safe hands.

Letter to the Editor: The humorless critic

To the editor,

I, for one, would like to take the time to tell Alan Meyerson 08 Bravo! (“Comparisons not quite as unfair as assumed,” Nov. 10). Too long have we operated under the assumption that homosexuals may be classified under the category of Americans. When I read the line, OBVIOUSLY I do NOT believe that homosexuals are overrepresented on campus relative to Americans, I couldnt help but feel my heart leap up in joy. Most communist-loving liberals would have made the base and horrifying assumption that comparing homosexual representation to American representation is impossible (American and homosexuality supposedly not being exclusive terms).