The Sports Blitz: Super Bowl Super Upset Spectacular
Featuring Pat Garofalo, Maxwell Shay, and edited and hosted by Andy Meyers.
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Archive for February 8th, 2008
The Hoot Report: The Aftermath of Super Tuesday
With Jon Lange, Noah Klinger, Bret Matthew, Stefan Boorst-Censullo, Michael Goldman, and edited and hosted by Andy Meyers.
Music Musings: The Grammy’s
With Leor Galil, Mike Riga the Punk Rock and Roll club, hosted and edited by Andy Meyers. The Hoot talks upcoming concerts, albums and the Grammys.
Union holds elections
Campaigns for the positions of Justice of the Union Judiciary and Off-Campus Senator began last Sunday, following a candidates’ meeting led by Nelson Rutrick ’09, Union secretary and Chief of Elections. The elections will replace Chief Justice of the UJ, Jamie Ansorge ’09, who is studying abroad this semester, and fill the position of Off-Campus […]
Pending contract approval, Zipcar to arrive this semester
Pending contract review, the Brandeis community could welcome Zipcars in as little as 8 weeks, Vice President of Campus Operations Mark Collins said. The contracts should be finalized next week. Collins did qualify that depending on various factors, the cars might not arrive till the fall. Zipcar is a car-sharing program popular across major American […]
SEA, Univ. to develop sustainability fund
Following the implementation of the American Colleges and Universities Presidents’ Climate Commitment signed by President Reinharz last September, a sustainability fund is now in the development phase. The fund is intended to provide financial support in an effort to improve the university’s environmental performance as well as decrease the university’s dependence on non-renewable energy sources. […]
Fac. Senate suspends support of Brandeis harassment policy
At a Jan. 31 Faculty Senate meeting, Chair Marc Brettler (NEJS) and present faculty representatives unanimously elected to suspend their support of the university’s Human Resources Non-Discrimination and Harassment Policy. This statement by the Faculty Senate comes after a Nov. 8 resolution criticizing Provost Marty Krauss’ response to complaints of alleged racism made against Prof. […]
Third Eye Blind to perform at ‘Deis
During halftime at the Superbowl party in the Shapiro Campus Center, Student Event coordinators, wearing red football shirts, stood on the second floor balcony and dropped pink slips that read “Third Eye Blind Live in Shapiro Gym on March 22nd at 7 P.M.” After learning of the upcoming concert, Julian Olidort ’11 said, “It thrills […]
Editorial: It’s easier being green
A quick walk around campus, which reveals energy inefficient buildings and infrastructure and holes spewing steam from the ground, shows that Brandeis is not the ideal shade of green. The Sustainable Endowments Institute called attention to the university’s environmental shortcomings by issuing Brandeis a C grade in the 2008 College Sustainability Report Card. However the […]
Book of Matthew: Equal Rights for all
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Declaration of Independence, 1776 Do you believe the above statement? I do. Of all of the principles that our country […]
