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On Monday, an important Bush-era restriction came to a timely end at the hands of President Obama. Obama signed an executive order ending the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, which had originally been put into place by President Bush on Aug. 9, 2001. This is a huge win for Americans who […]
I’ve always had a problem with realists. It’s not exactly that I live in a bubble of denial; it’s just that I prefer to see the bright side of most situations. It’s not that realism is a bad thing. There are, after all, many times when you really need someone to just give you a […]
I would like to warn my readers right at the onset, that this article is a little different from the previous pieces I have published in The Hoot. Oftentimes, I relate my somewhat controversial opinions in this column, and stand by them adamantly. Here, however, I am going to convey the sentiments that I once […]
Interview with Myq Kaplan Interview with MC Mr. Napkins Neither Myq Kaplan ’00 nor Zach Sherwin ’02 thought they’d pursue stand-up comedy after graduation. Kaplan studied philosophy, psychology, math, and linguistics, while Sherwin tackled politics and legal studies. To the outside eye, each seemed to be following the typical Brandeis career path. Kaplan jumped on […]
Well, everybody, they’re back. No, I’m not talking about the in-laws or those pesky midterms that I keep hearing everyone moaning about around this time of the semester. What I am referring to, however, are vaginas. Yes, vaginas. Or, rather, “The Vagina Monologues”, Eve Ensler’s theater piece based on interviews she conducted with a number […]
For many students working in creative arts departments at Brandeis, the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts acts as the culminating event of a year’s worth of hard work and imaginative discovery. Yet the intense and varied outpouring of youthful creative energy serves not only as a showcase for talented artists, but enriches the […]
The most difficult part about watching “Watchmen” was facing expectations. Sitting down to a film that one has already read or seen in another form usually causes the viewer to compare that work to its other incarnations. From the moment the movie was announced on the opening weekend, fanboys everywhere were wetting their pants in […]
There was always something deliciously satisfying about a Polaroid snapshot. The process itself was an event—the blinding clap of flash, the moment’s anticipation, then the single square of blackened photo paper that came streaming out of a grotesquely bulky object which, by today’s standards, would be laughable to call a portable device. Somehow the act […]
Since “We are the World” and “Live Aid,” the idea of music as a force to raise both money and awareness for issues of great international import has gained traction. The “War Child Heroes” compilation provides a slightly new twist on an old idea of a compilation of covers. The artists whose songs are covered […]
BTV premiered “Slice N Deis’s” final episode, “The Pact”, which is the sixth in the series. BTV should be proud of this one. The episode entertained from beginning to end with its interesting plot line, popular references, and outrageous humor. “The Pact” starts with Brendon, played by Alex Gaman ’09, bored with tradition and his […]
