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Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.

February 2008 Issue

Can Mafia take on the Jungle?

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 […]


BSJP give insight into Palestinian perspective

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 […]


The power of threeThe power of three

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

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 […]


The 11th Hour feels that long

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 […]


Essential college cooking ware

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 […]


Music Musings

The Hoot talks spring concert, punk rock and new music with Leor Galil & Punk Rock and Roll Club, hosted and edited by Andy Meyers.


The Hoot Report

The inaugural round table discussion of the ’08 Presidential elections with Stefan Borst-Censullo, Michael Goldman, Bret Matthew, Jon Lange and Noah Klinger, hosted and edited by Andy Meyers.


Eddy names interim rabbi

Senior Vice President of Students and Enrollment Jean Eddy announced on Jan. 30 the appointment of Rabbi Elyse Winick as the Interim Jewish Chaplain after the resignation of Rabbi Lehmann last spring. Rabbi Winick graduated from Brandeis in 1986 and will be at Brandeis for the 2008 spring semester. Unitl now, the search for a […]


UTC reassesses funding after F-board reform

Following a reform last semester barring chartered clubs from charging admissions to events, Undergraduate Theater Collective clubs are requesting more funding, according to F-board chair Max Wallach ’09. Wallach wrote in an e-mail, “I’m happy to say that UTC clubs are requesting more then ever before. Since the reform was announced, we have been asking […]