The Hoot Report: Sarah Palin, the RNC, and North Carolina’s Senate race
By Adam Hughes and Bret Matthews
Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
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September 2008 Issue
Fire department called to campus twice in one week
Shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday Aug. 30, fire alarms sounded in the Usdan Student Center. “The fire alarm was activated by a vent which apparently emitted smoke into a closet,” Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan wrote in an e-mail. According to a report from the Waltham Fire Department, two fire engines arrived at the […]
Chinese professor discusses Judaism and Confucianism
Traveling almost 8000 miles from Shandong, China to Brandeis for a two-week stay, Professor Fu Youde, Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Studies of Shandong University, opened up the first of his three events with a presentation entitled, “Judaism Through Chinese Speech.” President Jehuda Reinharz, who introduced the speaker, set the tone for the evening with […]
Faculty Senate, admin. talks remain stalled
At the close of last semester, the administration and the Faculty Committee on Rights and Responsibilities had yet to come to an agreement regarding the faculty grievance policy. The Faculty Committee on Rights and Responsibilities chose to suspend the hearing of faculty grievances in March, according to a report authored by former committee chair Prof. […]
IBS starts ‘Green’ MBA
In a press release Wednesday, the Brandeis International Business School announced the creation of an MBA in Socially Responsible Business or the “Global Green MBA.” The creation of the “Global Green MBA” comes in the wake of other university efforts and initiatives to increase environmental sustainability, including most recently President Reinharz’s creation of a committee […]
Editorial: At Brandeis, green is the new black
With the growing imperative to address pressing issues of global warming and sustainability, the Brandeis International Business School has created an MBA in Socially Responsible Business. The “Global Green MBA” will offer courses concerning environmentally friendly business practices as well as require students to complete a field project. This program marks yet another initiative taken […]
Health and Human Services abandons health, humans
If you’re like me, you occasionally get sick. When this happens, I find that going to the doctor is the best option. You go in, he or she asks you where it hurts and what kind of animal bit you, and you get a prescription to cure your ills or a pat on the back […]
Book of Matthew: My Sarah Palin hit piece
Sarah who? Yep… that was the first thing I thought when I heard about John McCain’s vice-presidential decision. I suppose I should have been paying more attention, but then again, all the media speculation had sickened me to the point where I spent my summer ignoring it all and just waiting for the choice to […]
An all-purpose GPS for life
I’m the kind of person who needs an all-purpose GPS, a tiny electronic box to steer me. Whether my destination is the beach or my first post-college job, I need something to direct me left at the light, right at the roadblock. I told this matter-of-factly to Becky and Eve one day, and they laughed, […]
One Tall Voice: Of war and peace
For as long as I can remember, I have always wanted to serve my country in our nation’s armed forces. This passion did not stem from the sentiments of youth, but was rather flowing from a sincere and unyielding patriotism. I had filled out an application to be inducted into the ROTC during my senior […]
