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Archive for 2008

The trials of elections: exhausted candidates speak

Andrew Brooks ‘09 spent over 30 hours working last week, not including two all-nighters, and he was still falling behind on school work. Not because he had so much work, but because schoolwork wasn’t what was taking his time. Brooks was preparing and campaigning before Student Union elections this past Sunday in an effort to […]


Union Senate considers chartering exclusive performance clubs

The Student Union has been discussing the possibility of changing a bylaw prohibiting certain groups from becoming chartered and thus, from requesting money from the Finance Board. To Be Announced member Amy Marsh ’08, proposed the initial request to change the bylaw. She suggested that performance groups which continually provide for the community and have […]


Baseball shuts out MIT, falls to Babson, Fitchburg State

In baseball, all it takes is one. One good pitch to hit the ball, one hit batsman to start a fight, and, as the Judges learned at Babson, one run to lose a game. One run was the difference as a furious rally fell short in the Judges’ 8-7 defeat to Fitchburg State. Brandeis jumped […]


Streilein leads Softball to doubleheader sweep against WPI

Brandeis softball proved that home was where the heart is by climbing back to a winning record after sweeping WPI in their April 2nd double-header 9-1 and 5-4. The win was thanks in large part to the efforts of Kaitlin Streilein ’08, who did it all at the plate and in the field. Game One […]


Former Brandeis fencer to compete in Beijing Olympics

In the past sixty years, Brandeis University alumni have become renowned as world-class academics, artists, businesspeople, and politicians. However, until this year, Brandeis has never had a graduate who has gone on to compete at the Olympic games, the highest level of athletic competition in the world. That changed earlier this week, as fencer Tim […]


Women’s tennis stops streaking Roger Williams with 9-0 victory

Brandeis women’s tennis took their show on the road and left with a standing ovation, stopping Roger Williams’s 14 game winning streak in a 9-0 rout. The day started off with Brandeis sweeping the doubles matches, with the number one pairing of Colleen Donnelly ’08 and Rachel Rosman ’11 sweeping aside the Hawk pair of […]


Spotlight on Boston

“The Wire” Panel Discussion Friday, April 4, 2008, 4:30 p.m. J.F.K. Jr. Forum, 79 JFK St., Cambridge Miss HBO’s “The Wire”? Watch a screening of the series highlights and afterwards discuss with a panel of experts topics such as crime, gang activity and urban policy. Event speakers include David Simon, creator of “The Wire,” Dep. […]


What’s going on at Brandeis?

24 Hour Improv-a-thon! Friday to Saturday, April 4-5, 8 p.m. to 8 p.m. Cholmondeley’s coffeehouse The 4th annual 24 Hour Improv-a-thon returns! With a vengeance! Bad Grammer, Crowd Control, False Advertising, & To Be Announced tear it up in Chums for a full day of non-stop hilarity to be had by all. Ticket prices are […]


Judge B. Owl