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Archive for 2007

What’s up Waltham?

Watch City Brewing Company
Monday to Saturday 11:30 am to 12:30 am, Sunday 4:30 pm to 11:30 pm
256 Moody Street, Waltham, Massachusetts
(781) 647-4000


Spotlight on Boston

Bunraku
Tuesday to Wednesday, October 2 and 3, 2007
Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont St, Boston
(800) 233-3123


Secretary censured by Union Senate after 7 hour closed executive session

Union Secretary Michael Goldman 08 was censured Sept. 23 by the Union Senate after seven hours of executive session, sources said, after being charged with disclosing closed elections information while races were still in progress. According to Student Union President Shreeya Sinha 09, the charges were brought for two separate incidents, neither of which affected the elections results.


Brandeis Athletics earns Institution of the Year honors

Last season, Brandeis athletic teams did very little wrong.


Cross Country slows at Conn. Invitational

The Mens and Womens Cross Country teams competed this past Saturday at the Connecticut College Invitational in New London Connecticut.


ResLife discusses Ridgewood possibilites

Following their monthly departmental meeting, the Department of Residence Life revealed potential plans for determining housing selection once construction of Ridgewood Quad is completed in Spring 2009.


Smoke in Rabb office brings in Waltham Fire Department

On Sept. 24, fire alarms sounded in Rabb Graduate Center at 4:13 p.m. after smoke was detected in an office.


After forum, Ridgewood concerns remain strong

After efforts by the Student Union to move loud construction later in the day and the airing of complaints at the Ridgewood forum last week, the Ridgewood petition movement remains active.


Humanists officially recognized on Brandeis campus

Last April, Joyce Wang 10 and Tom Charging-Hawk 10 attended Harvard Universitys New Humanism conference, an anniversary celebration for the universitys Humanist chaplaincy. Inspired, they decided to start a chapter at their own university. Just a few months later, on September 23, Brandeis Humanists were officially recognized.


Strange but True

China bans sexual content from broadcasts
According to new mandates from the communist Chinese Government, companies may no longer air ads for certain types of bras, underwear and sexual enhancement medications because they create too much “social pollution.” The government has already banned ads for “enhancement” devices with no scientific claim to effectiveness, various forms of suggestive behavior, pornographic broadcasts and shows in which the characters talk too much about sex. Recently, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, (SARFT) banned eleven radio shows from the air for containing too much sexual content. Good thing Howard Stern is on satellite.