New club for MLK Scholars

The MLK & Friends club has been in the planning stages since the beginning of the Fall 2006 semester, and has finally become a recognized club. The idea came about when a group of MLK Scholars (students who received Brandeis Universitys Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship) started discussing the need for an outlet for those scholars who have such strong backgrounds in community service. The club is based on the principles that are stated in the MLK Jr. Scholarship: social justice, community service, education, and equality. The club also focuses on the ideals of community building and unity, as well as recruitment for perspective students and scholars.

The Lightning Bug

There is a beetle in the bathroom! I roar triumphant
thunder drunk down filthy stairs to announce to the assembled crowd
of friends and failed lovers:

DC Editorial: Students need to seek diversity

While Dean of Student Life Jamele Adams reported many positive statistics on diversity in his first annual State of Diversity address, he noted that fifty-one per cent of Brandeis undergraduates felt the University only minimally “support[ed] people in getting to know people of different backgrounds.

Letter to the editor: Article regarding arming cops completely off base

Dear Editor,

Mr. Dobereiners article on the efforts to arm your campus security officers was completely off base. The simplified and short sighted argument of simply using cameras to ward off potential criminals is comical at best.

Letter to the editor: Arming the cops

Dear Editor,

Wow, I cannot actually believe you have students that believe a highly trained officer does not need a firearm! Cops needs guns because college kids and criminals have guns!

From Macedonia to Waltham, basketball in hand

Basketball has taken Florian Rexhepi 08 on a long, winding road, from the confines of Macedonia, Kosovo, and Greece, to the halls of Philips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, and finally to the Gosman Gym at Brandeis, where he now plays guard for the Judges Mens Basketball team.

‘Deis takes to the skies

Generally, people are used to hearing about ordinary (yet still exceptional) sports such as baseball and basketball, but sometimes it is interesting to take a different path, to learn about the uncommon. Among such unusual clubs offered at Brandeis, there is the Skydiving and Future Endeavors Club, a group committed, according to its constitution, to facilitating the skydiving experience for all Brandeis students and whose main goal is to provide knowledge and guidance for all prospective, novice, and advanced skydivers, as well as to provide multiple opportunities for students to skydive during both semesters, weather permitting.

Volleyball begins march through UAA season

The Volleyball team traveled the Big Apple this past weekend to compete against UAA rival schools New York University, Emory and the University of Rochester. This was the first time that the Judges had competed against a UAA team all season and they had mixed results. On the first day of competition, the team lost all three games against the Emory Eagles, who are currently ranked 4th in the country.

Do we need labs or cafes?

The construction of the upcoming Shapiro Science Center behind the the current science complex is a mixed blessing, say many of the people working in the old buildings it is meant to replace. Although all agree that the new building will benefit Brandeis in the long run, construction has made life is a little more complicated than normal for Brandeis' scientific community.

For the love of technology

Are you a slave to your cell phone? Do you think the latest iPod will save the world? Are you starting to belong to your belongings? (And no, this is not some advertisement.) Well, dont feel alone, because this seems to be the case for many Americans these days. Maybe we should consider creating rehab or techies anonymous for all those people out there who just cant seem to put down the Blackberry for more than say, one minute. Theres just something fascinating about a world where the more plugged in we are, the more isolated we feel. Email, text messages, Facebook;

how many ways can we reach people these days without really talking to them? It seems like the methods we use to communicate abound, but real conversation is sadly lacking.