Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
You may be wondering why a university committee charged with saving the university money would want to cut a program that is revenue-positive by $100,000. We’re wondering the same thing. While The Hoot editorial board would like to give Dean of Arts and Sciences Adam Jaffe (and the rest of the Brandeis 2020 Committee) the […]
I was talking to a friend of mine the other day about activism. She told me how much she disliked the fact that she was having fun at school. That’s actually just an overstatement of what she said to get your attention. Did it work? She said she felt that by spending more time on […]
It’s a process that I imagine most prospective students go through on their first visit to Brandeis. You drive under the bridge and through the main gate, excited to see the place that could become your home for the next four years. There’s the castle; wow, you’ve already heard about it, but nothing can prepare […]
At Pomona College in Claremont, California, 90 percent of dining hall workers have signed petitions demanding a card-check neutrality agreement from the school’s administration. The agreement would mean that workers could freely form a union by signing union cards, without being subject to discrimination or intimidation by the college. This display of unity and force […]
Complaining about the poor quality of dining hall food is an integral part of attending Brandeis. Everybody does it. With every passing dining survey, the results are about the same: Students want better food, a greater selection and longer hours. But imagine if you could only eat a fraction of the mediocre food available to […]
Political scorekeepers spent much of the last two weeks charging Hall of Fame pitcher and United States Senator Jim Bunning with a terrible error for delaying an important piece of legislation. But in politics, as in baseball, there’s a lot of discretion involved in keeping score. What Bunning threw at his colleagues was well outside […]
Last Thursday, President Obama and leaders from both parties deliberated for seven hours to espouse their talking points and delve into the intricacies of health care policy. They discussed a multitude of topics, ranging from health savings accounts to medical malpractice reform to the “Cornhusker Kickback.” What they did not mention, however, was the possibility […]
The first time with a new guy is always awkward, no matter how amazing it ends up. This becomes even more important to think about considering that in college, a lot of hook-ups only happen once or twice and may not always be with someone you even know well as a friend. Figuring out how […]
The reverberations of last week’s 8.8 earth quake in Chile are being felt at Brandeis. The earthquake, one of the largest to ever hit the South American country, hit in the early morning hours and killed close to three hundred people. Brandeis currently has one student studying abroad in Chile. While officials in the Study […]
