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Archive for 2008

Editorial: Union has no need to experiment with Extasy

In a bid to see if Student Union-planned parties that last later are popular among the student body, the Union is sponsoring Extasy, Brandeis’ first club night party this Saturday. The party will begin at 11 p.m. and end at 3 a.m. (4 a.m. DST) with the doors closing at 1:30 a.m. Although Extasy comes […]


Letters to the Editor: response to “More than your average western,” Feb. 29

Dear Editor, Thank you for the insightful and thoughtful article on Deadwood by Mike Riga (“More than your average western,” Feb. 29). I think he caught beautifully what the heart of the show was and what it was intended to be. And I was pleased by his comments about the cast. Of course, I’m biased, […]


Letters to the Editor: response to “Brandeis clubs should embrace the Internet,” Feb 29

Dear Editor, In response to last week’s op-ed (“Brandeis clubs should embrace the Internet,” Feb 29): I am the author of Archon’s existing website. Although you label the site “half-baked,” apparently because it was last updated in 2005, I’m sure you would have liked it more when it was current two years ago. As a […]


Letters to the Editor: response to Noah Klinger, Feb 29

Dear Editor, I was utterly shocked and appalled to read Noah Klinger’s recent article of February 29 entitled “The surge to nowhere.” As a frequent reader of The Brandeis Hoot, I am somewhat familiar with Klinger’s doctrinaire liberalism; as well, his thinly disguised Ba’athist sympathies are no secret. Nonetheless, it is surprising that even an […]


Fighting with Pinpricks: Enough about Sderot already

In the past few years of the Second Intifada, as the number of suicide bombings waned, the residents of the small western Negev city of Sderot became the new poster-children for Israeli suffering. Whenever I argue with someone who supports the Israeli occupation of Palestine, it is never long before I hear about Qassam rockets; […]


Shopping for Truth: Relaxation Education

Ah, stress, that evil six letter word. I know that if you’re anything like me, you’re feeling a wee bit stressed with midterms, papers, etc. that are progressively piling up. Sometimes, I feel like it’s an epidemic and there’s no way out of work. I often say we’re working machines, and it would seem that […]


When comparing the Slave Trade and the Holocaust, there are only losers

One of my least favorite experiences in Senegal came when I visited Goree Island, the major Slave trading port for that section of the Guinea coast. Today the island is the designated place in Africa for western leaders to visit and apologize for the Slave trade (except for President Clinton, who made his mea culpa […]


One Tall Voice: My trip to Germany

Over this past February break; I traveled with the University Chorus to Germany. While in Europe, my fellow singers and myself saw a number of wonderful and awe-inspiring sites. We traveled up the Alps and saw magnificent castles. The tour group also traveled to Salzburg and visited the home of Wolfgang Mozart. Perhaps the most […]


Futile Ramblings: The key to the perfect body

Recently I have been fielding a number of questions pertaining to the subject of how I have transformed my body into a well-oiled machine. Various students here at Brandeis and adults in the Waltham community frequently stop me on the streets to ask me how I have sculpted such an impressive physique. Instead of continuing […]


The Garden is Beautiful: No evidence of god

For as long as I can remember, the mysteries of the natural universe have held a great fascination for me. As a child, I would forgo the typical juvenile fiction stories for science books, and I became enamored by the vastness of space and the incredible worlds that we were just beginning to explore. As […]