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Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.

April 2010 Issue

Let’s have a ‘Date Night’

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 […]


Softball takes five of six

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 […]


Open forums, attendance not enough

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 […]


Leaders must use student’s voices, be heard

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 […]


Borde-nough: The opportunities of nuclear arms control

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 […]


Truth unto its innermost parts? I think not

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 […]


Book of Matthew: Aramark for justice? It’s more true than you think

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, […]


Sexcapades: Lubricating new possibilities

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 […]


Patrick’s health care headache

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, […]


Baseball continues to struggle, goes winless this week

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, […]