Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Image Gallery When Tiffany Roberts ‘11 was asked what her vagina would wear, she answered “Spurs.” That makes sense, coming from the girl who helped kick off Brandeis’ eighth annual Vagina Week by teaching a self-defense class on Monday night. In fact, the questoin of “if your vagina wore clothes, what would it wear?” That […]
After the Union Judiciary overturned a Senate Money Resolution that would help finance a visit by Weatherman Bill Ayers, sponsoring groups Democracy for America and Students for a Democratic Society once again find themselves without sufficient funding for the event. With the cost of security and the fee for Ayers, the event would total $7,000, […]
In student government, it is important to avoid conflicts of interest. But on a small campus such as ours, parsing out what is appropriate can get sticky. Last week, this paper condemned the attempts by Class of 2011 Senators Alex Melman and Lev Hirschhorn to use a Senate Money Resolution to help finance an event […]
Image Gallery This past weekend the Brandeis women’s basketball team accomplished a feat they have fallen short of for the past three years: advancing to the Sweet Sixteen. With their 62-49 victory over Western Connecticut State University Colonials on Friday night and the nearly 30-point win over Mount Saint Mary’s College Blue Knights, with a […]
After an entire year spent recovering from knee surgery, Anat Ben Nun ’09 finds herself making her third trip to the NCAA’s at Indianapolis. Ben Nun qualified for the NCAA’s in the triple jump back on January 17 against Bowdoin with a leap of 11.66 meters (38 feet, 3.25 inches). Ben Nun entered the NCAA […]
LANCASTER, PA – The ball came to Steve DeLuca’s (GRAD) hand with 1.4 seconds left in the game. After nine minutes spent cutting a 20 point deficit down to one, this was the last chance to extend his last season in college hoops. All that was running through his mind was catching the ball and […]
Few people would honestly say they came to Brandeis for the athletics. But while the school may not be the powerhouse varsity teams of some bigger and older schools, Brandeis is far from devoid of athletic prowess. One look at the club sports program and it becomes evident that perhaps Brandeis’ athleticism, or lack thereof, […]
I wake up every morning asking myself the same question: how far can the bottom go in rock bottom? No, I am not referring to the current economic crisis that has plagued the United States and markets around the world in the last few months. I am referring to the growing crisis in my home […]
Imagine a university. Now, step out of the shoes of one of the top university administrators, put on your administrator pajamas, and drift off to sleep. Dream administrator dreams. Dream that the university is bureaucrat paradise. What are you dreaming about? Origami palm trees made of discarded manila folders? Long, soft beaches of pencil sharpenings […]
In a turn of events surprising no one but herself, my friend Sara got into law school. She is going all the way to New York, so I am sad because I am codependent. On the bright side though, she is going to be a lawyer, so I can stop worrying about someone finding the […]
