Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
So you’ve never met Suzy Smith in person, but in addition to her first and last name, you can list at least five of her friends and the fact that she’s in a relationship with some boy who goes to Princeton. You know she listens to Pink Floyd, and she loves to read books by […]
Did you know that students are allowed to eat at the Faculty Club? I didn’t, but it’s true. Wedged between Sherman and Shapiro Campus Center, The Faculty Club is open to everyone for lunch between 11:30 am and 2 p.m. on weekdays. Intrigued, I grabbed a couple of friends and we were off to the […]
The faculty voted almost unanimously to pass a proposal for a major in Film and Visual Media Studies beginning next academic year at Thursday’s faculty meeting. The proposal passed the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee two weeks ago. Chair of the Film Studies department Prof. Alice Kelikian (HIST) presented the major to the faculty as a method […]
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour spoke about education, ethics, and governance for an international judiciary Thursday night in the International Lounge in a public talk co-sponsored by the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life and the Legal Studies Department Described by Director of the Ethics Center Daniel Terris as […]
The Brandeis Judges wrapped their regular season home finale forcing a 0-0 draw against visiting Carnegie Mellon. Tartan’s goal keeper Anya Rosen knocked aside seven shots in 110 minutes of action, including two shots on goal each from Tiffany Pacheco ’12 and Izabella Miranda ’12. Jaclyn Weinstein ’12 made her second straight start in net […]
This past Tuesday, the people of the United States of America voted for change and went with Barack Obama as President. The day before, Joe Dumars and the staff of the Detroit Pistons voted to shake up their core by trading team leader and point guard Chauncey Billups to the Denver Nuggets for Allen Iverson. […]
The closure of Linsey Pool is an absolute shame. Not that it was a great facility or that closing it was a bad idea, it wasn’t but that it has come to this. The pool was dimly lit, the hours of operation were never convenient (for me anyway), required walking across a gym while games […]
Brandeis cross country took on their divisional foes back at the beginning of the month in Georgia and for the most part managed to keep with the pack. Men’s cross country earned 4th place with 102 points as five Brandeis runners finished in the top 25. Paul Norton ’11 finished in 15th place, just shy […]
Linsey Pool may have finally croaked it’s last dimly lit chlorinated days as the hub of Brandeis swimming but the season must go on and indeed it did without a hitch especially since the next home match wasn’t scheduled until January. The Judges enjoyed a strong Saturday at Worcester as the men outpaced WPI 157-137 […]
It has been a trying season for Coach Mike Coven’s squad. A promising 5-1 start to the season has long since been a distant memory as a seven game winless streak essentially dashed all hopes of an NCAA postseason bid and the season finale comes on the heels of a two game losing streak; extended […]
