Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
As I made my way to the homestretch of my walk last weekend and made it closer to my driveway, I passed by a scene that at first glance appeared normal. Two cars had stopped in front of the traffic light adjacent to my driveway and one of the drivers, a young woman in her […]
This past Sunday morning, sheltering in my quiet Castle garret from the Scottish dampness outside, I opened my computer to the New York Times homepage where, after checking the headlines (mostly hurricane Ike) and scanning the Sunday Book Review, I came across the Times exposé, if I may use that word, of Sarah Palin’s political […]
Last week, Hugo Chavez took a step toward severing diplomatic ties with the US by expelling the US ambassador from Venezuela and recalling his own ambassador. Chavez believes that the US government is secretly plotting to overthrow him, and he is not alone. Bolivia, Argentina, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador and Paraguay all support him […]
It seems that each year, as the semester wears on, I compose an article about my summer internship for my column here in the hoot. I am sure that many Brandeis students had fantastic summers as they traveled all across the world and accomplished wonderful things. I have heard many of my colleagues talk of […]
As her eyes opened for the first time in four months, Tessa Venell ’08 had her very own Wizard in Oz moment. “Am I still in China?” she asked herself as she looked around, taking in the sight of several Asian hospital staff members and recalling her semester abroad. It had been four months since […]
Although a fair number of us Brandeisian(s) do hail from the Massachusetts area, there are plenty of us from other states, not to mention from other countries. Believe it or not, there are people for whom the acronym MFA is a Master of Fine Arts, and not one of the most comprehensive art collections in […]
Each year, about thirty to thirty-five percent of the incoming freshman class arrives at Brandeis undecided about their major. Over the next 2 years, the amount of undecided majors decreases as each explores and finds their path through one of Brandeis’ forty-nine majors – be it Economics, Classical Studies, Biology, or Music. However, a handful […]
On Thursday night, Pulitzer prize winning journalist Maurice Possley and former death house chaplain Reverend Carroll Pickett had an intense and thought provoking question and answer session with audience members on the topic of the death penalty. The discussion followed a screening of the documentary “At the Death House Door.” The film interweaves the personal […]
Due to lighting difficulties, Brandeis Academic Debate and Speech Society’s first public debate of the semester started out in the dark, but, by the end, everyone in the atrium of Shapiro Campus Center was enlightened. Tuesday marked the group’s third public debate. The result was a heated interchange between veteran members and aspiring debaters. The […]
Four Brandeis athletes in four different sports earned UAA Athlete of the Week honors for the week of September 15. Golfer Lee Bloom ’10, Rachel Rosman ’11 earned her award in tennis, Paige Blasco ’11 had the volleyball honors and Sean O’Hare ’12 earned his first Athlete of the Week honor on the European football […]
