Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Put me out of my insanity. As a victim to my vanity, the convoluting constricts of my mind are plain to see. These suffocating sinews emerge from a noxious venue; ever-present ever-poison in my quaint reality. Let me imitate this poison with almost-unfaulted poise, and I will show you how I counterfeit the images I […]
Beit Hanina, Ashkaria village, July 13th 2009, 9.30 am. A woman, wearing a navy blue djelaba, and a purple headscarf, extends her hands to the sky crying “Hasbiallah aleikum, al rahman, al rahim.” Photographers, Palestinian and Western European, tell her to lean this or that way, to speak louder, to look at the sky… She […]
Do you have questions about gender, sexuality, diversity, or acceptance? Would you like anonymous advice from friendly peer counselors? Check out the Queer Resource Center, the educational branch of Triskelion, the Brandeis LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual/ally) group. We provide free, confidential peer counseling to people of all identities in Shapiro Campus […]
Though the Rose Art Museum officially reopened in July, the Lee Gallery at the Museum has been empty of art since May 17. The gallery that used to house vibrant works of art now acts as a waiting room for over 7,000 documents pertaining to the Museum’s artwork. The documents are waiting to be copied […]
The university began conducting interviews on Wednesday to fill the position of Senior Vice President for Communications, in the hopes of finding a replacement for Lorna Miles by the end of the fall. The position was vacated when, in June, Miles left the university to work for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington […]
The new Brandeis undergraduate recruiting website has been accessible online since Friday Aug. 28. The website is a result of recommendations made by the Curriculum and Academic Restructuring Steering Committee (CARS) Admissions and Recruiting Subcommittee in a report last spring. Currently, the new website stands on its own at www.brandeis.edu/areas. Eventually, the new site will […]
Almost three months after three Rose Art Museum benefactors filed a lawsuit against the university, lawyers for both sides will finally see the inside of a courtroom at a motion hearing to be held Oct. 13. The motions, one filed by the university to dismiss the suit and the other filed by the plaintiffs for […]
On Oct. 13, the university will find itself in Probate Court facing the ire of three Rose Art Museum benefactors. The benefactors, who filed suit against the university in July, are seeking an injunction preventing the sale of the museum’s art. The university is hoping the suit will be dismissed. If the Rose benefactors are […]
