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With temperatures in the upper 90s this week, the university asked all members of the Brandeis community to turn off extra lights, close windows, avoid extra electrical use and close shades facing south, south-east and south-west in a statement sent on Monday from Peter Baker, director of facilities services. “The systems are not designed to […]
Presidential appointee Frederick Lawrence spoke briefly and met with students at an event in Ridgewood Commons courtyard Monday night. In the student body’s first opportunity to meet the new president, Lawrence, who will officially be installed as president of the university on Jan. 1, 2011, offered brief remarks on his excitement to serve as president […]
Everyone wears more than one hat at Brandeis. Whether it’s being a community service leader, academic advisor or club captain. As university President Jehuda Reinharz often says, “everyone’s a president at Brandeis.” The metaphor fits perfectly for Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment Jean Eddy, who has also been the acting dean of admissions […]
Sitting in Mod 12 on a Monday afternoon, Karl Nauss acts like he lives there. In a plush turquoise folding chair bought from Bed, Bath And Beyond three years earlier, he knows all of the suite-mates, and even some of their families. “Hey Kansas City,” he calls to Madeline Mayer ’11, “how’s your Ma?” “She’s […]
The Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid Thursday announced that, if financially needed, the university should in the future become “need-sensitive” in its admissions. Currently, the only students not admitted through “need-blind” means are international students and students admitted from the wait-list. If approved by the Department of Admissions, this recommendation could soon come into […]
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 […]
