Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Walking the halls of the Chaplaincy is like walking into biting winter air. Jackets and gloves are required in this chilly corner of campus, but one soul warms up the whole department: Department Administrator Ellen Afienko. Everyone calls her Ellie. This jovial mix of Italian and Irish heritage is the fireplace of the chaplaincy and […]
Maybe you noticed members of Voices of Soul, Brandeis’ a cappella group, strutting around in their bathing suits in the freezing cold one night late last semester soliciting money. Or perhaps you saw members of Tron, Brandeis’ men’s ultimate Frisbee team gliding door to door, dressed in full game garb requesting donations. No? Well maybe […]
Student reaction to the newly renovated weight room in the Gosman gym has been mixed, as students are both thankful for the new machines and space, but aggravated by the lack of machines some consider weight room essentials. The renovated weight room, which opened last week just in time for the beginning of the Spring […]
Approximately a third of the Arts and Sciences faculty and donated $90,000 to a charitable fund in an effort to limit staff layoffs made necessary by the university’s fiscal year 2009 and predicted fiscal year 2010 budget deficit, Dean of Arts and Sciences Adam Jaffe explained. Originally, during informal talks with the Faculty Senate, Senate […]
Shai Feldman, the Judy and Sidney Swartz Director’s Chair of the Crown Center for Middle East studies and professor of politics at Brandeis University argued that Israel needs a more political approach to resolve the conflicts in Gaza at the Crown Center for Middle East studies panel discussion Wednesday. “In my opinion, there is no […]
All Rosenthal East suites suffered minor water damage on Saturday, Jan. 3, when a main pipe burst in the building’s fourth floor stairwell and triggered the sprinkler system and fire alarm, according to a police log from that day. Pressure incurred from an open window in the stairwell may be to blame for the bursting […]
The Brandeis swimming and diving teams went down in defeat on Wednesday, losing very close meets at Wheaton College. The Wheaton Lyons defeated the Judges by a score of 118-113 in the men’s meet and 125-118 in the women’s meet. The Brandeis men started very strongly with a solid victory in the opening 400-yard medley […]
Facing fourteenth ranked Carnegie-Mellon on January 11, the odds were against the Judges. However they had a four syllable response to those who had wrote them off early. Steve DeLuca (GRAD). Scoring a season high 28 points and 10 rebounds, DeLuca helped pave the way for the Judges 69-57 upset against the Tartans for their […]
Carnegie-Mellon never had a prayer. Looking to avenge their first loss of the season, Brandeis never trailed once as they coasted to a 65-44 victory over the visiting Tartans. A three pointer from Jessica Chapin ’10 gave the Judges the first lead of the contest. Carnegie Mellon managed to cut it to two at the […]
During the break, I couldn’t wait to get back to Brandeis so that I could head down to the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center and try out the new weight-room. I was extremely happy that the Brandeis student body had chosen to select this option to purchase with their leftover SAF funds, as all the […]
