Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Haters: Oh no, he said “shit”! That means he’s just trying to be inflammatory without having any actual ideas! Critics: He used the term “haters”! That means he’s a wigger! Intellectuals: Why the racially charged dichotomy between “haters” and “critics”? Many people?: What is this pretentious meta art school shit? This revolution would not have […]
With Max Shay and Josh Waizer
The Waltham Licenses and Franchises Committee approved a lodging house license for the Ridgewood Residence Halls at their meeting Monday night after a lengthy discussion about student behavior and discipline. Brandeis first requested the lodging house license at the Waltham City Council meeting Sept. 8. At that meeting, their request prompted concern and annoyance from […]
In Wednesday’s special vice presidential election, Adam Hughes ’11, who came in second place in the primary on Monday, defeated opponent Andrew Brooks ’09. Hughes won with 524 votes to Brooks’ 360 votes. 29 students registered an abstention vote. The election, which was announced at the beginning of the month after the resignation of former […]
At Saturday night’s Pachanga, Waltham police officers arrested and charged one Brandeis student with assault and battery of a police officer while Waltham and Public Safety officers placed four students in protective custody due to excessive intoxication, according to Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan. The arrested student was charged at a preliminary hearing Monday […]
The National Science Foundation has awarded Brandeis University $7.8 million dollars over six years to create a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. Brandeis will become one of 26 universities in the country to house a MRSEC. A MRSEC is a research center dedicated to “interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary materials research and education,” according to MRSEC.org. […]
Students attending Pachanga can typically anticipate long lines, techno music and an appearance by BEMCO–an unfortunate but predictable formula for disaster. Last Saturday’s Pachanga, however, also brought chaos in addition to criminal charges when unruly crowds outside the Levin Ballroom began yelling and pushing against the venue doors. Poor event planning coupled with students’ belligerent […]
I told one of my boyfriends that I didn’t care if the lights were on or off. He got all giggly and impressed that I was so self-confident. But it was really only because I looked good in comparison. I read once, in one of those pseudo-magazines, that men prefer women who are confident in […]
The real contest in this year’s presidential election is not between Obama and McCain, but between Obama and Obama. On its surface, this may not sound like the sort of contest in which anyone but Barack Obama and his psychiatrist can participate. But, in fact, there is both an opportunity and a need for us […]
