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Our culture is obsessed with the origins and beginnings of our icons—think George Washington and the cherry tree, this summer’s “X-Men: First Class” and, of course, “Muppet Babies.” We have an insatiable desire to know what shaped them into the legendary figures we know today and it’s a desire that’s unlikely to be quenched anytime […]
Although first-years and orientation leaders may have been anticipating the first day of classes Wednesday night, they had one more learning experience to go through together. At 8 p.m. they filed into Spingold Theater, where Alison Bechdel spoke to them about her graphic novel: “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic,” the first-year mandated reading for the […]
Sometime in the middle of July I came to a realization: I don’t really know anyone at home anymore. It was my first summer home from college and, after meeting up with friends and revisiting the different parts of New York that I had missed, I found myself home with nothing to do and no […]
Contemporary filmmakers have long had an affection for the buddy-cop comedy, though most—think “Rush Hour” to “Turner and Hooch”—are middling at best. The genre gets a new twist in director John Michael McDonagh’s “The Guard,” which adds a little off-color Irish charm to an otherwise tired genre. Irish policeman Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleason) is the […]
Every summer I spend four days in June closely following the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the biggest annual video game trade show in the United States. When I learned that the critically acclaimed “Legend of Zelda” series was turning 25 years old this year, I decided it might be worth picking up the latest release, an […]
A new semester is upon us and the campus is abuzz with new students, new flowers, new pavement and new bugs. Hopefully everyone had an enjoyable and healthy summer and is gearing up for the school year. I am excited to be your go-to health gal again this year and look forward to providing you […]
Update the home page The Office of Communications finally updated the top content on the Brandeis home page last week, a few months too late. The update is a positive one—community members who have not seen the advice video from the Class of 2011 to the Class of 2015 ought to take a look. But […]
As the new Brandeis students anxiously checked into their new living spaces, they undoubtedly had many thoughts and concerns. New-student orientation can indeed be a stressful time for any new college student. As they hurried to establish friends, it is possible that some also noticed how much work went into making sure that orientation went […]
</i>”][/caption] In the American university system the first days of college are considered especially confusing. At Brandeis, the dedicated students who assist the first-years are members of an elite squad, known as the Orientation Leaders. These are their stories. As a first-year I loved orientation: stumbling from one seemingly spontaneous event to the other, not […]
Dear Leah and Morgan, I’m starting my sophomore year this year, and I’m a little worried about something, and wanted to know if you could help. Last year, I had a really close group of friends on my hall, but I was really focused on my schoolwork and didn’t branch out very much. This year, […]
