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Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.

April 2010 Issue

Golf opens up spring season with good performance

The men’s golf team hit the links this past weekend in their first tournament of the spring season, the UMass-Dartmouth Hampton Inn Invitational at Allendale Country Club. In their first competition in over five months, the Brandeis team came out strong, tying for sixth place out of 18 teams with Nichols College. Both schools had […]


Matchup: Faculty and staff take down students

Thursday’s Hoops for Haiti game was one for the ages.  With Prof. Jacob Cohen (AMST) coaching the faculty and staff team to a 37 to 31 victory over the students, it was red shirts versus blue shirts as the stars of the Brandeis community displayed their talent, in all of its forms. The vocal leader […]


DIVERSE CITY: Humanitarian violations in North Korea

What is the first thought that runs through your mind when you hear “North Korea?” Is it nuclear bombs? Or Communism? Or even their “dear leader,” Kim Jong-Il? Or maybe you were one of the few who thought about the human rights violations. At the end of World War II, the Korean peninsula was divided […]


DIVERSE CITY: Let us form a diverse city

Let us form a diverse city, one full of different cultures, races and religions. Let our city be a place where people do not see race, only color. Where people do not judge others by what they wear but instead who they are. Maybe it would even be better if people did not judge at […]


Former ’Deis athlete arrested in Longmeadow bank robbery

William Murphy, 23, a former Brandeis soccer player and his brother Thomas Murphy, 22, allegedly robbed a bank in Longmeadow, Mass., Thursday March 25, according to an article from The Republican, a Western-Massachusetts based newspaper. A Brandeis student told The Hoot William Murphy hid the money from the bank at a Russell Street house where […]


Election results are in, turnout reaches 50 percent, Acheampong new president

Round one of the Student Union elections are complete, with the following results: President: Daniel Acheampong Vice President: Shirel Guez Treasurer: Akash Vadalia Secretary: Herbie Rosen UCC: unfilled Board of Trustees: Supreetha Gubbala Alumni Association: Savannah Pearlman F-Board: Sidak Pannu, Jessica Preis, Makensley Lordeus, and ONE EMPTY Racial Minority F-Board Member: Empty Watch out for […]


More options at Sherman after complaints

In response to many student’s complaints, Sherman Dining Hall’s non-kosher section reopened after spring break with an updated food delivery design, altered setup and a variety of menu options. Among the changes added to the menu is the creation of a cooked-to-order pasta station, similar to the one in Usdan Student Center, and an upgraded […]


Flooding cleaned after second rain

After last month’s torrential downpours, some Brandeis students looking forward to coming back to a much drier campus after spring break found their rooms flooded once more upon return. In nearly every quad, residence rooms and suites were damp or had water damage from rain nearly 10 days ago. The recent rain has led Facilities […]


Half of JBS programs cut

Four of the eight available summer 2010 Justice Brandeis Semester (JBS) programs have been canceled due to a lack of participants. The number of students who applied to each canceled program was not released. Beacon Hill Summer, Collaborative Theater and Theatrical Essay, Ethnographic Fieldwork and Pathologies of Criminal Law: Restoring Justice did not receive the […]


Reinharz debriefs February trip to India, experiences

University President Jehuda Reinharz told students, faculty and staff about his “mind-blowing” trip to India Thursday at a panel discussion with Vice President of Global Affairs Daniel Terris and Prof. Harleen Singh (GRALL), both of whom accompanied him on his February trip. The talk, held in the multipurpose room of the Shapiro Campus Center two […]