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Archive for November 6th, 2009

Women’s soccer splits UAA play, Rosenzweig sets career records

After dropping their first game of the weekend against the Washington University Bears on Friday 2-0, the Brandeis women’s soccer team struck back by taking down the Chicago University Maroons Sunday afternoon by the same score. With the split they improved to 8-6-3 on the season and 2-3-1 in University Athletic Association (UAA) play. The […]


Yankees win World Series against Phillies

The World Series ended last night with the New York Yankees winning their 27th championship by beating the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3. This was a championship that had been eluding the team for nine years and it was the perfect way to cap off the inaugural season of the team’s new stadium. Series Most Valuable Player […]


Bud Collins and Tim Morehouse Headline 2009 Athletic Hall of Fame Class with six others

Arthur ‘Bud’ Collins, the first coach of the men’s tennis team and former sports writer as well as a world-renowned tennis commentator, along with Olympic silver medalist Tim Morehouse ‘00 were among eight new members inducted into the Brandeis Joseph M. Linsey Athletic Hall of Fame. In speeches ranging from an Olympic gold medalist to […]


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Folds in the centerfold

Photo Gallery Ben Folds is just an average, laid-back guy who happens to play jam-packed concerts across the country. Also, he just so happens to be famous. But fame hasn’t stifled this quirky music-geek from rockin’ out hard to the beat of his own drummer. Folds’ popularity can be attributed to the fact this music […]


A comedy with a whole lot of tsuris

Some writers say that the difference between a comedy and a tragedy is that the former begins with a bummed out protagonist and ends with a happy one while the latter starts with a happy protagonist and ends with a bummed out (or dead) one. So how do we classify the new Coen brothers movie, […]


‘V’ mainly victorious: ABC’s modern take on a classic mini-series

In recent years, television has known no shortage of serialized sci-fi dramas—from “Battlestar Galactica” to “Lost,” networks have tried time and time again to capitalize on the trend, not always succeeding (remember “Surface” or “Invasion?”). ABC has added yet another entrant to the genre with Tuesday’s debut of “V,” a remake (“reimagining” in television parlance) […]


VH1 is too ‘Tool’ for school

VH1 has long been the bastion of reality shows that aren’t classy enough for MTV’s high standards, including a neverending series of reality dating shows and the “I Love Money” competitions. But the absurdity of reality programming is probably best captured in the completely ridiculous “Tool Academy 2.” The basic principle behind the “Tool Academy” […]