Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Though Steve Carell and Tina Fey slip comfortably into the role of a mundane married couple in the new comedy “Date Night,” they never lose the comedic genius that made their past movies like “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” and “Mean Girls” hits. Instead of playing the loser characters with which they’ve become associated, Carell and Fey […]
The Brandeis softball team improved to 20-5-1 after winning five of their six games this week. The only loss, which came at Bowdoin on Sunday afternoon, snapped the Judges seven game winning streak and gave them their first loss in 12 games. Brandeis has moved up in the rankings, now No. 20 in country in […]
The graduate and undergraduate open forums held this week were a mixed bag at best. The university administration made an attempt at bridging the information gap between the corridors of power and the student body—but a very small number of students showed up to walk across it. The undergraduate forum comprised only 22 students to […]
This week’s Student Union election pleased members of this board for several reasons and could go a great deal toward future success of the currently dysfunctional organization. Each candidate for the post of president, especially, brought a unique story to the race in ways that may have been the causes of the extremely high and […]
After the health care sprint, President Barack Obama needed a cakewalk. He chose the next issue on his agenda well. On April 6, the United States Department of Defense released its Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), which revised American nuclear policy. Obama signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Prague […]
Brandeis’ motto is “truth, even unto its innermost parts,” but Brandeis is not entirely truthful in its self-representation to prospective students. For instance, the web site for prospective students describes getting into Boston as a “breeze,” but fails to explain the frequency of the commuter rail and shuttle service. To a student not familiar with […]
The next time you eat in one of Brandeis’ dining halls, be sure to buy tomatoes. Believe it or not, you may be helping farm workers in Florida live better lives with every purchase, thanks to a deal struck between Aramark and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) April 1. According to its web site, […]
Lube is the great equalizer. Not all women get equally wet in every situation, and sometimes the circumstances mean that a normally wet woman is dry. But lube, that great invention, means it doesn’t matter. Lube takes good sex and makes it better, but the best part is it takes great sex and makes it […]
President Obama’s health care reform is the law of the land. Yet in Massachusetts, birthplace of yet another national reform, the showdown between insurers and the insured is just beginning. Last month after the national Blue Cross Blue Shield group arguably reinvigorated Washington into passing health reform because of outrageous rate hikes, the commonwealth’s insurers, […]
It proved a forgettable week for the Brandeis baseball team. Of six scheduled games, only four were played. And, despite the continued offensive prowess of Judges leftfielder Chris Ferro ’13, the Judges lost all four matches. They have suffered defeats in seven straight games and now sit at 8-18 on the year. On April 9, […]
