Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
I’m jealous of Charlie Kaufman. What other writer has the power to pen thoroughly demented stories and receive massive budgets as well as extraordinary actors to bring them to life? The author of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Being John Malkovich has always received surprising support from major studios who’d normally rather produce […]
One of the things I like about seeing shows in college is the opportunity to watch the same actors in a variety of performances and roles. This really allows them to display their talents and versatility as masters of their craft and in general, this is a very enjoyable aspect to college theater. The down […]
By the time you read this, election day will be only 4 days away. As it approaches, I’m becoming both more excited and far more nervous. My absentee ballot has, of course, been mailed long ago, and I’ve been looking back over the campaigns. One of the things I find most interesting about the Obama […]
With the Presidential election just four days away, political campaigners are showing no signs of slowing down in the race to ensure that their preferred candidate wins. After all, “it isn’t over until the fat lady sings,” or until you garner the public support of a few big-name celebrities as many campaigns and voting drives […]
This is not a personal advertisement. I write this disclaimer because what follows may seem as though it is ripped from some sad singles website or the classified section of the Sunday newspaper. I promise that despite what it seems like, this is not a desperate attempt to elicit phone numbers from the opposite sex […]
CONTEMPLATING COEXISTENCE: Naomi Safron-Hon ‘08 (lower-right) displays a photo essay of graduated Slifka Scholars in the Shapiro Student Center Art Gallery. The exhibit, which is presented in English, Hebrew, and Arabic, shares the stories of Israeli students who received full scholarships to Brandeis. Pictured below-left are current Slifka Scholars (from the top, left to right) […]
With Josh Waizer, Jordan Warsoff, and Max Shay.
National Geographic Society explorer-in-residence, Spencer Wells, discussed his work with the National Geographic Genographic Project last evening in the Faculty Club. Wells, a geneticist and anthropologist, has traveled the world testing the DNA of indigenous and traditional populations in order to determine how man populated the earth. His work is documented in the film The […]
