Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
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 […]
With 50 seconds left to go and the game knotted at one and at overtime number two, leading scorer Ben Premo ’09 scored on a feed by Kevin Murphy ’09 to give the Judges the 2-1 victory over hosts WPI. The non-conference victory was Brandeis’s first road win of the season. Murphy drew first blood […]
Bob Shawkey. The Cathedral of New York Sports opened in 1923 with a pitch by that man, so it is only fitting this article starts with him. Since 1923, Yankee Stadium has hosted the New York Yankees, one of the most successful teams in baseball history. The Stadium has also held numerous other sporting events […]
Men and women’s tennis got off to a good start after both squads picked up victories in their first dual matches of the season, the men triumphing 8-1 at Bentley and the women climbing from a 1-2 deficit and later a 3-4 hole to win their opening dual match 5-4 at home also against Bentley. […]
The Brandeis women’s soccer team experienced a sudden loss of momentum this week, as their perfect record disappeared with a 2-1 double-overtime loss to Springfield College on Saturday and a 2-2 tie with Bridgewater State College on Wednesday. The Judges, who had not allowed a goal this season, now fall to 4-1-1 as their UAA […]
The Swell Season Concert: Friday, Sept. 19, 2008, 8 p.m. 925 Commonwealth Ave., Boston Do you want to go to a concert this weekend, but rap music isn’t your thing? You should go see “The Swell Season” in concert. The band has won an Academy Award for their song “Falling Slowly,” and Patty Griffin will […]
