In response to social awkwardness

Dear Editor,

It was with great disdain that I read another tiresome article about social awkwardness and other criticisms of the Brandeis community.

In response to the arming of Brandeis Police

Dear Editor,

When I first saw an article in The Hoot agreeing with the decision to give guns to Brandeis Public Safety, I refrained from responding. I figured I was preaching to the choir, as that particular article was only written as a response to a previous one that denounced the decision. But after yet another person praised the decision because it supposedly makes us safer, I couldn't keep quiet about it. The fact is I have never felt more unsafe since guns were distributed to Public Safety [sic].

Editorial: Administration continues lack of openness

Brandeis is supposedly a bastion of open dialogue, but once again, the university administration has proven that the commitment to dialogue does not extend into the realm of the controversial. For the second time this semester, open discussion has been quashed in favor of a unilateral decision without an explanation.

Reinharz to organize firearms policy advisory committee with Union help

In order to devise protocol for arms use by campus police, President Jehuda Reinharz has commissioned the organization of a firearms policy advisory committee to be chaired by Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Peter French.

The unexplored identity of Jewish women

Everyday, we encounter new challenges and new questions that urge us to consider who we are and what we value. We are often forced to define our religion, political affiliations, sexual preference and other classifications in a simple word, two at most.

Yet, it is an unfeasible task to convey everything we believe ourselves to be in words that are not only limited in quantity, but in a language that disregards the spectrum that lies between the two extremes with which we are compelled to align ourselves.

No TV? Just watch it on your PC

Today, many college students do not even own a television. It is seen as a kind of distraction from work, friends, and extra curricular activities. While not having a television is not completely necessary, at some times it could definitely come in handy when friends want to watch that big football game, hear about a breaking news story, or check out a new reality show on cable.

Reading A Dirty Job isn’t dirty work

Imagine that you are sitting in a public place. A park bench, an airplane, a desk in class. Whatever. Youre reading this really cool book that you randomly purchased. A passage strikes you as hilarious. Suddenly, you start laughing embarrassingly loudly while those who are seated near you stare and your face grows red.

A villian worth idolizing

In the spirit of the recent-celebrated Halloween Id like to acknowledge an artist and influential figure in underground hip-hop, who never seems to maintain his Halloween spirit all year-round.

Of course Im talking about Daniel Dumile, also known as The Super Villain, Viktor Vaughn, King Geedorah, Metal Fingers, Metal Fingered Villain, Zev Love X and most popularly as MF Doom. Dumile, who hails from London, has been in the game a long time, working with a plethora of artists including Talib Kweli, Ghostface and the Gorillaz.

Don’t Settle for a PB & J

Upon reading a recent article on grilled cheese sandwiches, I started to wonder how I can make better sandwiches here at college.The sandwich bar on campus is fairly standard (chicken/ham/roast beef etc, yellow mustard, honey mustard, mayo etc.), but we can spice it up with a little ingenuity. Everything here is available at the sandwich bars on campus with the exception of bacon, which you can get at the hamburger station. Comments in brackets are optional but recommended.

Renaissance

Nobody built like you, you design yourself

Revive, Revitalize, Birth

A new

Because conformity produces uniformly

Which results in an army

Of premature progress

Sure, we all stand united and divided

We fall but,

In essence, if we all were supposed to be

The same

Then Gods divine grace for us would limit

Our ability to undertake expansion