Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
First-years and seniors alike experience the back to school hustle and bustle of hounding Amazon for textbooks, going overboard on the club fair sign-up sheets and choosing late night Lizzy’s ice cream with friends over the usual nightly work-out. Ah yes, the life of a Brandeis student is often one of pushing the extreme in […]
When I was offered admittance to Brandeis as a midyear student, I was at first quite disheartened and confused as to why I had not been accepted into the fall term. So I began to read through the literature that Brandeis provided, as well as blogs and college-prep websites, about what it meant to be […]
This past summer marked my first time across the Atlantic Ocean. While people are normally afraid to travel such long distances even with friends and family, I had to do it all alone. I was headed to spend a month in Madrid, Spain with a family teaching English and being an all-around nanny, attempting to […]
During the summer, I fell in love with the North End. The North End is a foodie’s dream. Boston’s appropriately named “Little Italy” features a hodge-podge of cozy restaurants, cafés, bakeries and gelaterias. One of my first experiences of food in the North End was at Mike’s Pastry. Mike’s Pastry, like the area in which […]
Welcome to Brandeis Is everyone this friendly? So many blue shirts. Dinner in Sherman. Everything looks delicious. Oh wait. It isn’t. I’ve met him before. Oh shoot, I forgot his name. Danny … Ben … David? A Good Fall. Ha Jin Did anyone read that book? Collective nap time. First day of classes Chem in […]
In order to celebrate the end of the first week of school and the long weekend, go on an adventure. This weekend take advantage of the beautiful (and very hot) summer weather. Boston and the surrounding area offer many opportunities to explore the outdoors, here are a few suggestions which are all accessible via the […]
This past summer I drove approximately 1,500 miles to bring my car from Minneapolis, Minn. to Waltham, Mass. It was a long journey, stopping first in New Jersey and then trekking up to Brandeis for the year. Beforehand, I followed all the steps necessary to gain a parking permit. I applied last May, answering questions […]
I had just gotten off the train when I saw him. He wore a Boston Red Sox jersey, a white one with red piping, just like the ones the players wear during home games. He had a Red Sox cap, too. It was dirty and frayed around the edges, and looked like it hadn’t been […]
A man (we will call him John) is led in shackles to the front of the court. His appearance is scraggly and defeated; his well-dressed lawyer stands next to him solemnly. The judge begins to ask him a set of procedural questions. “How far did you go in school? Is English your first language? Etc. […]
Last year during Orientation Leader Training they told us that most Sexually Transmitted Diseases are transmitted during the first couple weeks of school. I know I write about STDs a lot, but those types of statistics really scare me. The first few weeks of school are party-filled. They are before classes and obligations get too […]
