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Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.

Archive for 2008

Futile Ramblings: How to stay unemployed

As a second semester senior, I have recently endured my fair share of job interviews in my quest to find the perfect occupation following my commencement during this upcoming May. While I have had the luxury of experiencing a number of different types of interviews for all different types of jobs, I have yet to […]


One Tall Voice: Not OK with MLK day

This past Monday, our university, and in fact many institutions across America, celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I am sure that everybody liked to have the day off and I am no exception. Still, I feel that one should really critically analyze why we celebrate this day and what we are in fact […]


Shopping for Truth: Why I don’t have Facebook

facebook.pngIt’s one of the first questions people ask you when they meet you. It’s a way to scope out people before you meet them. It’s a way to keep in touch. What is it, you ask? It’s the obsession called Facebook. Before you start reading this, you might want to sit down because some of this could seem pretty shocking to some of you.

Facebook: Not something for everyone

*AUDIO* inside article (50.80MB)

Featuring Chrissy Callahan, Pat Garofalo, and Shanna Rifkin, hosted by Andy Meyers. Edited by Andy Meyers.


Writing program teaches city kids, but faces uncertain future

Every Wednesday afternoon at Snowden International School, in a school library no larger than an MBTA train car, I sit and wait for students to come and ask me to help them with their writing. Snowden lies where the posh shops of Newbury St. meet Dartmouth St.’s as cars race down from the John Hancock […]


Are you a double major? At Brandeis, that just makes you like everyone else

When I ask my friends what their majors are, their responses usually include at least two different departments, normally with a couple of minors thrown in between. It seems everyone is at least a double major, or a major with multiple minors, or something to the effect of over-achievement. A sign on East Pomerantz 5’s […]


Sexiled: Hung out to dry

*Interview*

*AUDIO* inside article (2.63MB)

Edited by Andy Meyers

Foreplay has come and gone. So has he.

The lights are still on, which is never a good sign. You look better in the dark. Besides, this just means he was so fast, you didn’t have time to turn them off. He makes the minute man look like a marathon runner.

Or maybe your story has a better climax than mine. Maybe yours isn’t all falling action, like mine is.

Let’s set this up the right way: He was hot. All six feet-something of hard muscle. I…


Men’s Basketball falls to Rochester

Coming in as the number two ranked team in Division III basketball polls, Brandeis Men’s Basketball hoped to walk out of Rochester having touched true greatness and knocking down number one ranked, undefeated Rochester. Could the Judges ascend the peak and become number one? This was the question many contemplated, even appearing as a poll […]


Sports Roundtable: Superbowl ’08 Preview

*AUDIO* inside article (12.29MB)

Super Bowl/ AFC, NFC Championship discussion with Max Shay,
Pat Garofalo and Andy Meyers. Edited by Andy Meyers.


Alumni presence indicates Track team’s appeal

Evaluating sports programs is not always as easy as it seems, especially at the Division III collegiate level. Athletic directors across the country are faced with making difficult decisions with regards to hiring their coaching staff. They are obligated to set the foundation of what will make their school unique from all of the others […]


The Hoot chronicles the Brandeis activities fair

Featuring Brandeis ‘newbies’, filmed by Clarissa Stark and Andy Meyers and edited by Pat Garofalo.