Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
At Pomona College in Claremont, California, 90 percent of dining hall workers have signed petitions demanding a card-check neutrality agreement from the school’s administration. The agreement would mean that workers could freely form a union by signing union cards, without being subject to discrimination or intimidation by the college. This display of unity and force […]
Complaining about the poor quality of dining hall food is an integral part of attending Brandeis. Everybody does it. With every passing dining survey, the results are about the same: Students want better food, a greater selection and longer hours. But imagine if you could only eat a fraction of the mediocre food available to […]
Political scorekeepers spent much of the last two weeks charging Hall of Fame pitcher and United States Senator Jim Bunning with a terrible error for delaying an important piece of legislation. But in politics, as in baseball, there’s a lot of discretion involved in keeping score. What Bunning threw at his colleagues was well outside […]
Last Thursday, President Obama and leaders from both parties deliberated for seven hours to espouse their talking points and delve into the intricacies of health care policy. They discussed a multitude of topics, ranging from health savings accounts to medical malpractice reform to the “Cornhusker Kickback.” What they did not mention, however, was the possibility […]
The first time with a new guy is always awkward, no matter how amazing it ends up. This becomes even more important to think about considering that in college, a lot of hook-ups only happen once or twice and may not always be with someone you even know well as a friend. Figuring out how […]
The reverberations of last week’s 8.8 earth quake in Chile are being felt at Brandeis. The earthquake, one of the largest to ever hit the South American country, hit in the early morning hours and killed close to three hundred people. Brandeis currently has one student studying abroad in Chile. While officials in the Study […]
