Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Dear Mr. Rothman,
Your editorial (“Six years in Special Ed.”, Oct. 26)was passed along to me today by other parents of children with dyslexia, dysgraphia and ADD/ADHD at www.schablearning.org. We were pleased to see you speak out about your own struggles with education. It's a difficult and very personal thing to expose. I greatly admire how far you have come by your own perseverance.
Dear Editor,
It is important for Israel to be just and moral not only for the sake of the Palestinians and their rights, but first and foremost for Israel itself. As a country, people and society need to have justice as its basis.
Dear Editor,
It was with great disdain that I read another tiresome article about social awkwardness and other criticisms of the Brandeis community.
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].
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
