Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
The Brandeis Baseball team returned home seeking a revival. After slogging through nine games in Texas and Florida to start the season–a span in which they went 2-7–the Judges climbed to a 10-9 walk off win in their home debut last Thursday against Bridgewater State (6-4). The Judges would continue the New England segment of […]
This weekend epeeist Will Bedor ’10 will be breaking new ground. For the first time in his career, he has qualified for the NCAA Championships, which will take place at Harvard University Thursday though Sunday. “I’ve always been very close every year, I’ve always missed it by one or two spots,” Bedor told The Hoot. […]
Hillel Theater Group’s (HTG) production of “Children of Eden” had moments of humor, large amounts of wit and a few amazing solo performances, but it was burdened by awkward staging, musical missteps and confusing acting choices. The musical attempts to retell two stories from Genesis: the first act centers on the tale of Adam and […]
I walked into Slosberg Music Center last Sunday, and the distant sound of chamber music hit my ears. The doors to the auditorium were shut, and the hall was empty except for the greeters. Uh-oh. Timidly, I asked, “Is there a concert at four o’clock?” “No, it started at three.” Apparently, the two groups set […]
No film dealing with the war in Iraq has done well at the box office. Hollywood has certainly tried, but film after film—think of “Brothers,” “The Messenger,” even “The Hurt Locker”—has failed to attract an audience. Americans collectively don’t appear to be interested in seeing the evening news play itself out at the multiplex. Director […]
Films set in Iraq have a difficult time moving beyond the political in order to tell the human story. Recent Academy Award winner “The Hurt Locker,” however, tells an authentic and compelling personal tale, focusing on one man’s love of the adrenaline rush that comes from disabling bombs. Unfortunately, the film, despite winning numerous awards […]
FX’s newest drama, “Justified,” which premiered on March 16, takes viewers on a journey through the “Dirty South,” where the gun-slinging cowboys and outlaws of the West are alive and well. The show follows Deputy United States Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) as he returns to his hometown in rural Kentucky, a move which occurs […]
NBC’s Thursday night lineup may have taken significant hits in the last decade, but upstart “Community,” currently in its first season, has proven that NBC might be able to get a bit of its bite back. Similar in aesthetic to recent sitcoms, a great deal of “Community”’s humor derives from the self-referential use and acknowledgement […]
This editorial board was appalled by the week voter turnout in last week’s student body vote on the Constitutional Review Committee’s 11 proposed amendments. At most, only 279 students voted on these issues. Some amendments received even fewer votes, such as one to change the Constitutional review process, which yielded only 220 votes. This disparity […]
