Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
After soaring to new heights following their tri-match victory in Cambridge over the weekend, the Judges plummeted back to earth as errors and sloppy play left them at the mercy of Wellesley 3-1 for their home opener. “We just didn’t play very well,” Brandeis Coach Michelle Kim said. “We practiced servicing the other day, but […]
The Brandeis women’s soccer team knew they were better than the sixth place they received in the preseason UAA poll, but even they must be surprised at how smoothly the season has gone for them so far. Now four games into the season, the team has not only won every game they’ve played, they haven’t […]
The Brandeis men’s soccer team suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday 2-1 against Clark University but rebounded on Wednesday with a 3-1 defeat of Babson. Brandeis and Clark were both undefeated heading into their match-up, Brandeis at 2-0-0 and Clark at 2-0-1. The hard-fought game was scoreless until the 15th minute, when […]
It has been 111 games since we last saw the New England Patriots start a game without Tom Brady as the starting quarterback. Following this past Sunday’s devastating injury to Brady, Patriots fans are going to get used to Brady’s replacement. This man is Matt Cassel. So let’s meet Matt Cassel. Perhaps Patriots fans will […]
Boston Arts Festival: Friday to Saturday, Sept. 12-14, 2008. Chris Columbus Waterfront Park, Boston Go to the 6th annual Boston Arts Festival, view over 60 artist exhibitions and take part in workshops. Haven’t seen the Blue Man group yet? Now’s your chance! The group along with the Boston Ballet, and local indie bands will perform […]
Human Foosball/Bowling: Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Great Lawn, Shapiro Campus Center If you participate in this tournament you will have the chance to be a bowling ball in this Student Activities event. Be the ball. Or if bowling isn’t your thing, get some friends together and play human foosball on […]
I find that the old adage, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” generally holds true for arts criticism. Nevertheless, there are certain instances in which a cover-or in this case a playbill- provides a surprising degree of insight into a work’s actual content. If you attended the 24-hour Musical, Monty Python’s Spamalot directed by […]
Like many students at our fair university, I was transplanted to Brandeis from faraway climes without any real knowledge of the community in which our campus resides. Treading the well-worn paths from school to Moody Street, Cambridge, and Boston gave me a distorted mental picture of the neighborhood. So I don’t think I’ll do those […]
