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Archive for 2008

For Jennifer

For Jennifer Time sleeps in a test tube, coils silently under the noses of the sleep-deprived and weightless. Sophocles heard it skirting the boundaries of his doorways, closed his eyes, prayed for sight, and clicked his heels three times. Time holds a lot of rain, like a long-distance telephone call. Take care not to pick […]


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some guys with good news came by – somethin’ ‘bout some overstretched hebe hellfire and an insurance scheme


FICTION: The Museum’s Survivor

This article has been removed from The Hoot’s website as a courtesy to the author. To access the article as originally published, please contact The Hoot editorial board.


Tech Talk 1/2: Dell’s New Mini 9, Vaio TZ Recall

With Max Shay, Jordan Warsoff, and Josh Waizer


Tech Talk 2/2: Upcoming Apple Event Sept. 9th

With Max Shay, Jordan Warsoff, and Josh Waizer


Fire department called to campus twice in one week

Shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday Aug. 30, fire alarms sounded in the Usdan Student Center. “The fire alarm was activated by a vent which apparently emitted smoke into a closet,” Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan wrote in an e-mail. According to a report from the Waltham Fire Department, two fire engines arrived at the […]


Chinese professor discusses Judaism and Confucianism

Traveling almost 8000 miles from Shandong, China to Brandeis for a two-week stay, Professor Fu Youde, Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Studies of Shandong University, opened up the first of his three events with a presentation entitled, “Judaism Through Chinese Speech.” President Jehuda Reinharz, who introduced the speaker, set the tone for the evening with […]


Faculty Senate, admin. talks remain stalled

At the close of last semester, the administration and the Faculty Committee on Rights and Responsibilities had yet to come to an agreement regarding the faculty grievance policy. The Faculty Committee on Rights and Responsibilities chose to suspend the hearing of faculty grievances in March, according to a report authored by former committee chair Prof. […]