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In less than three weeks, on February 24, the 80th Academy Awards will be announced in one form or another, depending on the status of the ongoing writers’ strike. While we cannot yet make any sort of informed prediction about whether or not the Oscars will be dished out in the traditional format with which […]
“What I want to do today is probably the weirdest talk you’ve ever heard,” declared Dr. Ibrahim Sundiata at the opening ceremony for the Brandeis Black Student Organization’s (BBSO) celebration of Black History Month on Monday night. While this preface proved to be a slight exaggeration, the speech that followed was every bit as provocative […]
Our journey through K-Night 2008: Seoul to Pyongyang brought audiences to their feet by the end of the show. The Korean Student Association (KSA) made serious noise on campus at their annual culture show in Levin Ballroom on Saturday Night. The show started with the voices of KSA’s Political chair Soohan Song ’08 who sang […]
Unlike their strong-willed, independent female characters, NBC’s Lipstick Jungle and ABC competitor Cashmere Mafia fail to show who’s boss. Premiering Thursday night, Lipstick Jungle follows the lives of three female friends, as they fight to maintain their positions in a male-oriented business world. Brooke Shields is the show’s celebrity draw, playing movie studio executive Wendy […]
Billed as “a week of collective action against collective punishment in Gaza,” Brandeis Students for Justice in Palestine, a newly formed student group, organized two events this week – a screening of the film “Gaza Strip” and a panel discussion featuring Sociology Professor Gordon Fellman and Harvard graduate student Sa’ed Adel Atshan. Brandeis Students for […]
Three of the most innovative and introspective artists of the rap game have united to form the rap group known as Child Rebel Soldier (CRS). CRS consist of super producers/rappers Pharrell Williams and Kanye West and the conscience-minded philosopher Lupe Fiasco. Their first single “Us Placers” consists of a collaboration with Thom Yorke, lead singer […]
This girl is not like any other. She is beyond beauty, beyond words. She is. When she moves, my eyes see a field of roses, everyone one in a moment, budding. An overload, a barrage of light so perfect it burns. She is a world afire, I despair our distance, but her beauty moves my […]
What are we going to do when we have used up all our resources? Or when Antarctica melts? Or when we have killed off all our fellow inhabitants of Earth? According to The 11th Hour, a documentary produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, although we are entering the so-called 11th hour, we can still reverse […]
JUST THE BASICS I recently received a beautiful chef’s knife and I started thinking about all the equipment that cooking requires, especially when baking. So for those of you who are putting off “real” cooking because of the equipment cost, have no fear, Gabe is here. Here’s the list, with each section followed by the […]
