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Billed as “a week of collective action against collective punishment in Gaza,” Brandeis Students for Justice in Palestine, a newly formed student group, organized two events this week – a screening of the film “Gaza Strip” and a panel discussion featuring Sociology Professor Gordon Fellman and Harvard graduate student Sa’ed Adel Atshan. Brandeis Students for […]
Three of the most innovative and introspective artists of the rap game have united to form the rap group known as Child Rebel Soldier (CRS). CRS consist of super producers/rappers Pharrell Williams and Kanye West and the conscience-minded philosopher Lupe Fiasco. Their first single “Us Placers” consists of a collaboration with Thom Yorke, lead singer […]
This girl is not like any other. She is beyond beauty, beyond words. She is. When she moves, my eyes see a field of roses, everyone one in a moment, budding. An overload, a barrage of light so perfect it burns. She is a world afire, I despair our distance, but her beauty moves my […]
What are we going to do when we have used up all our resources? Or when Antarctica melts? Or when we have killed off all our fellow inhabitants of Earth? According to The 11th Hour, a documentary produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, although we are entering the so-called 11th hour, we can still reverse […]
JUST THE BASICS I recently received a beautiful chef’s knife and I started thinking about all the equipment that cooking requires, especially when baking. So for those of you who are putting off “real” cooking because of the equipment cost, have no fear, Gabe is here. Here’s the list, with each section followed by the […]
The Hoot talks spring concert, punk rock and new music with Leor Galil & Punk Rock and Roll Club, hosted and edited by Andy Meyers.
The inaugural round table discussion of the ’08 Presidential elections with Stefan Borst-Censullo, Michael Goldman, Bret Matthew, Jon Lange and Noah Klinger, hosted and edited by Andy Meyers.
Senior Vice President of Students and Enrollment Jean Eddy announced on Jan. 30 the appointment of Rabbi Elyse Winick as the Interim Jewish Chaplain after the resignation of Rabbi Lehmann last spring. Rabbi Winick graduated from Brandeis in 1986 and will be at Brandeis for the 2008 spring semester. Unitl now, the search for a […]
Following a reform last semester barring chartered clubs from charging admissions to events, Undergraduate Theater Collective clubs are requesting more funding, according to F-board chair Max Wallach ’09. Wallach wrote in an e-mail, “I’m happy to say that UTC clubs are requesting more then ever before. Since the reform was announced, we have been asking […]
This week, Brandeis students and faculty involved in Community Engaged Learning launched their new volunteer program, which aids residents of the Prospect Hill community in Waltham. This project, which began Tuesday, allows members of the Brandeis community to interact, tutor, and share with the residents of Prospect Hill, a public housing development in Waltham. “We’ve […]
