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Perhaps this will sound a bit vindictive, but a part of me—a rather large part, actually—hopes that at least one Tea Partier was caught in the recent New England flooding. That’s right, I’m talking about you, Tea Partier. You with the American flags draped from your windows and the “Drill Baby, Drill” bumper stickers. You […]
As we approach the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, know this: If you care about saving the planet, you’re better off driving a Hummer than eating a cheeseburger. That’s the conclusion of “Livestock’s Long Shadow,” a 2006 report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (U.N.). The FAO estimated that […]
American politicians denounce partisanship almost as readily as they jump in front of cameras and kiss babies. They seem certain that partisanship is very sharp and is a bad thing. The fact that they agree on this point, however, does not make them right about it. Untold amounts of hot air have been vented against […]
Recently, I wrote an article titled “Giving Failing Schools an F.” I was very excited to receive my first response ever as a columnist from one Ned Crowley, titled “School Critique Falls Short.” I would like to thank Crowley for caring enough about this issue to actually write back. We columnists can get the impression […]
Will Bedor ’10 finished off his collegiate fencing career by posting a 24th place finish at the NCAA Championships on March 27 to 28 at Harvard University. Bedor fenced four years for the Judges and was used to competing against the best Division I fencers in the country. At the NCAA Championships last month, most […]
Playing baseball is an everyday commitment, and spring break is no exception. With eight games scheduled over the course of the nine day interlude, classes proved the only thing missing from the Brandeis baseball team’s calendar. Brandeis broke even, going 4-4, and doubled its total number of wins on the season. More impressive, however, was […]
The men’s and women’s tennis teams have been busy playing a packed schedule the past two weeks. March 27, the men’s team traveled to Babson Park, Massachusetts for a match against the 12th-ranked Amherst College. Nick White ’11 played No. 1 for the Judges, and his match against Amherst’s Austin Chafetz was looking grim as […]
The Brandeis softball team had to wait a week and a half to get back into action after its doubleheader March 27, but its results were the same on both sides of the break. The Judges swept Salem State in March and then took two games against WPI April 7, completing their first month of […]
Brandeis alum Nelson Figueroa ’98 is on the move again. After being designated for assignment by the New York Mets on Monday, the 35-year-old right-hander was claimed off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday. Figueroa had previously pitched for the Phillies in the 2001 season. In Philadelphia, Figueroa will be expected to help patch […]
Brandeis will experience not one but two independent film festivals this month, with the first of the two, the Indie Louies, kicking off its inaugural festival this weekend. According to the festival’s organizers, the festival’s mission is pretty straightforward. “We’re people who like watching movies and making movies,” said Indie Louies committee member Oren Nimni […]
