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During the last conversation with her advisor, David Cunningham, SOC, Kimberlee Bachman ’08 discussed chocolate and baseball because “they are two topics that I enjoy speaking with him about.” Not your typical office hour type of conversation, right? That’s because this conversation occurred as a part of Take Your Professor to Lunch Week, Bachman’s initiative. […]
If one looks closely at the floor diagrams on the walls of Goldfarb 1, the area of the library currently occupied by the Brandeis University Women’s Committee is labeled “Sakharov Archives.” Until 2004, Brandeis University housed a collection of papers (totaling eighty-one linear feet) of letters, manuscripts, and photographs that belonged to Andrei Sakharov, who […]
Ben Douglas ’08 knows all about what it feels like to watch a club wither away and disappear. He’s seen it too many times, as a member of Digital Arts Club, Pirate Club, and, hopefully not joining the list soon, Gravity Magazine, a humor publication. Gravity Magazine still exists, but it and other clubs in […]
Nobel Peace Prize nominee Mandy Carter gave a short speech followed by an informal discussion with students on coalition building, activism on campus, and her experience as an African American, lesbian social justice activist. The event took place on Wednesday night and was sponsored by TRISK, the Women of Color Alliance, and the Feminist Majority […]
Sunday April 13, the Free Admissions Policy Review Committee released a report regarding this semester’s free admissions policy to events funded by F-board. Union Treasurer Choon Woo Ha ’08 created the committee to create a policy recommendation. The committee included Assistant Treasurer and committee chair Jahfree Duncan ’09, Assistant Treasurer Deb Laufer ’09, Jennifer Diakun […]
In Earthfest’s concluding event, journalist and environmental advocate Ross Gelbspan discussed his perspective on climate change. In front of a small crowd in Lown Auditorium Wednesday evening, Gelbspan introduced his topic as “God awful.” Gelbspan, a former editor at The Boston Globe, began reporting on environmental issues after learning of a cover-up by oil and […]
As the reporters filed out of what was once the locker room of the New York Jets in the underbelly of Shea Stadium, victorious New York Mets pitcher Nelson Figueroa ’96 sat with his wife Alisa at his side, his four year old daughter Renee happily chirping on his lap, and hundreds of family and […]
What a difference a year makes. After spending last year escaping from the mire surrounding the fall out of former coach Mary Sullivan’s dismissal and adjusting to a new coach in Jessica Johnson, Brandeis Judges softball’s April 16th sweep of MIT, 9-1 and 11-0 now gives them their 19th and 20th wins of the season. […]
This Saturday, the wait is over. The NBA playoffs begin. This year there are many questions. Which team will come out of the strong West? Is this the year of Kobe? Is it time to end a 20+ year drought and bring the NBA Championship back to Boston? Since Day One, the Eastern Conference has […]
Falling victim to a sweep in doubles play left the Brandeis Judges men’s tennis squad at the mercy of visiting MIT. They did not get a reprieve as the Engineers left Judges on the losing end of a 6-3 defeat. The double’s pairings of Scott Schulman ’09/Simon Miller ’11, Steve Neiman ’11/Seth Rogers ’10 and […]
