Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
What is the status of the West Bank? This territory is home to many people of various walks of life, chiefly Christians, Muslims and Jews. Within this territory lies the city of Hebron, one of Judaism’s four holiest cities, and home to the burial site of the three patriarchs, and three of the matriarchs. Another […]
I used to think that if I wished really, really hard at 11:11, or helped withered old ladies to the other side of the street, that someone would fall in love with me. I was passing out charity and timed prayers in exchange for love. Not that I’ve changed or anything, but I have shifted […]
From the packed room of around 500 people Tuesday evening ( Jan 8 ) in Manchester, NH, one would have no idea what the poll numbers were like. With the uncertainty of any poll, and the difficulty of polling accurately in the four days between the Iowa Caucus and the New Hampshire Primary, it was […]
After much anticipation, former President Bill Clinton visited Brandeis this past December. Although many people probably did not know the precise reasons for Clinton’s speech, thousands of people attended the event. These spectators observed the contributions made by Americorps and the City Year Boston program. After some tunes by a steel drum orchestra, Clinton proceeded […]
Oh, another year gone, another batch of broken resolutions to stash away in our mental scrapbooks. First, I’d like to start off by wishing everyone a very happy New Year and hope that this one is your best yet! So, back to reality now as we all realize after eating all those yummy holiday foods […]
By now, I think everyone is familiar with the saying, “don’t be that guy.” We all know our fair share of people who are repeated “that guy” offenders. People who just always seem to do or say the wrong thing at the wrong time. The following is a list of “that guy” delinquents who bother […]
Sam Vaghar, ’08, probably never envisioned that after reading The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs in 2005 he would be attending a school that was in second place among 100 other colleges nationwide in a competition to end the poverty which Sachs addresses. In his book, Sachs, an economist at Columbia University, calls for […]
Most people don’t visit the place where we were standing. Certainly not Birthright. Most people would be too scared to even set foot in the area at all, but there was our group of 41 Americans, from various college campuses, standing just outside the Gaza border. Our guide was showing us the place where rockets are launched from, and under our feet were scattered remnants of houses that the Israeli army destroyed when it built a tall fence to separate Gaza from Israeli territory…
Despite the weakening of the American dollar, the number of Brandeis students studying abroad has continued to rise, with 40 percent of the junior class spending at least a semester away in the 2007-2008 academic year, according to the Office of Study Abroad. This is a five percent increase over last year, even though the […]
In response to confusion over the reasons for the removal of an American flag posted in Ziv Quad, Ziv Senator Justin Sulsky ’09 drafted a resolution supporting the display of American flags as long as such display is not a safety hazard. The Union Senate will vote on Sulsky’s resolution at Sunday’s Senate meeting. Ziv […]
