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A Day at the Zoo

“Just once I need somebody to show me all [that] I can’t see”

This past Tuesday on September 15th in the season opener of the Brandeis’ Open Mic Society or B.O.M.S. for short, the nationally acclaimed Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo graced the stage of Castle Commons and was, for all that listened, the guidepost that she so yearns for in the above excerpt from “In the Blink of an […]

The times, they are a-changin’: Thoughts on last week’s TMI conference

Yale Spector ‘11 sits casually in the Village B2 lounge with the three of us. We are surrounding a table atop which perch our four glossy, multicolored Macbooks. “So how are we going to do this?” he states, not so much a question as a call to our attention. We briefly tear our eyes away […]

Seeking divine inspiration in hard times

I felt like I had just infiltrated a secret meeting when I stepped into the Rapaporte Treasure Hall Monday evening. It seemed that everyone there was part of the world of professional Judaism or graduate-level Jewish education. Attending “Memory and Y’irah: On Reclaiming a Sense of Awe in Skeptical Times,” a lecture by Charles Bronfman, […]

Come on, Ye! How could you be so heartless?

Who is the greatest rap star these days? Jay-Z? Lil Wayne? Diddy? Well people may have different opinions about the issue, but I believe that one of the most influential hip hop musicians is definitely Kanye West, a.k.a Yeezy. Besides his many hits, his influence on popular culture is presented in various areas such as […]

Jay-Z swaggers on with latest release

Who is the king of New York? I can distinctly remember sitting at my middle school lunch table discussing this very question with my peers. Everyone had an opinion on the issue, and if you didn’t, either you ate from your bagged lunch and kept quiet or you hopped on a bandwagon and conveniently repeated […]

A maddeningly good TV drama series

“Mad Men” is without a doubt, the best show on TV that you’re (probably) not watching. A gorgeously shot period piece set in the early 1960s at a dinosaur of a New York ad agency, “Mad Men” is a character drama that’s always placid on the surface, belying an extensive tangle of turmoil hidden just […]

Mouthwatering vegetarian pasta

Pasta with marinara sauce is great, but not every night! Tomatoes aren’t the only locally grown produce available this time of year. The following meal takes advantage of the fresh vegetables of harvest season. It’s also colorful, simple, and delicious. Each dish uses minimal spices, both to keep the directions short and the cost low. […]