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The National Science Foundation has awarded Brandeis University $7.8 million dollars over six years to create a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. Brandeis will become one of 26 universities in the country to house a MRSEC. A MRSEC is a research center dedicated to “interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary materials research and education,” according to MRSEC.org. […]
Students attending Pachanga can typically anticipate long lines, techno music and an appearance by BEMCO–an unfortunate but predictable formula for disaster. Last Saturday’s Pachanga, however, also brought chaos in addition to criminal charges when unruly crowds outside the Levin Ballroom began yelling and pushing against the venue doors. Poor event planning coupled with students’ belligerent […]
I told one of my boyfriends that I didn’t care if the lights were on or off. He got all giggly and impressed that I was so self-confident. But it was really only because I looked good in comparison. I read once, in one of those pseudo-magazines, that men prefer women who are confident in […]
The real contest in this year’s presidential election is not between Obama and McCain, but between Obama and Obama. On its surface, this may not sound like the sort of contest in which anyone but Barack Obama and his psychiatrist can participate. But, in fact, there is both an opportunity and a need for us […]
Welcome to SEA’s weekly column, your one stop shop for info on environmental issues and how they are being addressed on the Brandeis campus. This week, we’ll be talking about the detrimental environmental impacts of bottled water and updating you on the bottled water situation at ‘Deis. Our environment is harmed by each step of […]
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 […]
