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When “Grey’s Anatomy” announced its new spin-off “Private Practice” in 2007, we weren’t too hopeful. Addison was a whiny adulteress and, although she added to the plot, we couldn’t imagine an entire show about her. After the first few episodes, however, we were hooked. Addison Montgomery, MD, played by Kate Walsh on “Private Practice,” is […]
Danielle Zipkin ’12 has created a short masterpiece. Inspired by movies like “Paris, Je T’aime” and “New York, I Love You,” Zipkin adapted several Brandeis love stories, submitted last year by students, into choreographed dances. Tackling themes ranging from the realization of friendship after heartbreak to self-exploration, Zipkin, with the help of a group of […]
This week, two student groups at Brandeis University are hosting the first “Brandeis Israel Occupation Awareness Week” with a stated goal to present a “nice counterpoint … to the Zionist narrative” through a series of lectures and presentations. This week includes an appearance by MIT linguist Noam Chomsky, who will address Israeli “apartheid,” a speech […]
Let’s start with a story. Last Thursday a few friends and I went to the Student Activities monthly bingo event at Ollie’s. Sometimes nobody wins and sometimes we all win; once I won a nice DVD player. Last Thursday, we noticed that, at a booth next to us, a player had more boards than allowed […]
As my time at Brandeis passes, I find myself more interested in the long history of this institution and its students. It is a view that, unfortunately, few of my fellow students share. Often, Brandeisians will go four whole years without consuming any more than a few anecdotes about the past. The purpose of this […]
As anyone with eyes—let alone a Facebook account—knows, this past week has been “Israeli Occupation Awareness Week.” For those who have managed to avoid the e-mail, Facebook message and flyer campaigns, I will give a brief summary. “Israeli Occupation Awareness Week” was sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace and Students for Justice in Palestine. It […]
College students like to drink. Enforcement of rules against the consumption of alcohol at America’s colleges nearly always fails. This is a fact that every American and certainly every Brandeisian after Pachanga knows; yet, for the past two decades, every state has maintained a legal drinking age of 21 years of age. It would seem […]
What is the big fuss about threesomes? Every straight guy’s college dream (pre- and post-college too) is to somehow get two girls to go somewhere with him and rip off their clothes. Ideally, one will be a tall hot blonde, and the other a small Asian, each with bi-sexual tendencies so that they’re almost as […]
Perhaps the defining aspect of modern liberalism is sympathy with the poor and weak over the powerful and strong. Certainly, this sentiment, which has fueled numerous progressive movements—including those devoted to civil rights, feminism and environmentalism—can be a noble one. Indeed, there are unjust inequalities and inequities in the world, and true egalitarianism, in the […]
The Brandeis women’s soccer team will enter post-season play in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III tournament for the second time in Brandeis history following its 2-0 win at New York University Saturday. The 25th-ranked Judges will host the first two rounds of the tournament on Gordon Field on Saturday and Sunday, playing Castleton […]
