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In the men’s competition, along with fourth place as a team, two Judges, Chris Brown ’12 and Marc Boutin ’12, earned All-University Athletic Association honors at the UAA championships in Chicago. Brown earned second-team honors with his ninth overall time of 26:00.05 in the 8K race, about 10 seconds shy of seventh place and first-team […]
During the weekend, the Brandeis women’s soccer team dropped both of their games, 3-0 at Emory University on Friday night, and then 1-0 at Carnegie Mellon on Sunday afternoon. After getting shut out by both of their University Athletic Association rivals, the Judges returned from their road trip with a record of 6-10-2. Just 35 […]
In their final regular season home match of the season, the Brandeis volleyball team lost to UMass Boston, ranked 18th in the country in straight sets 25-19, 25-14 and 25-19. Brandeis kept up with UMass in the early stages of the first set with neither team able to win more than two consecutive points. The […]
Last week, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) accepted Palestine as a legitimate member, causing something of a political storm. As you would expect, Palestinians rejoiced in light of this decision, which further legitimizes them in the international arena and strengthens their position as a possible full member of the United Nations. […]
There comes a time in every girl’s life when she wonders why boys are so complicated. For me, that time came a few weeks ago. I was studying—and by studying I mean watching “Gilmore Girls” with a friend—when I realized, thanks to Rory and Dean, that boys are incredibly difficult to understand. They say that […]
Dear Leah and Morgan, I just finished my first semester and it’s time to choose classes for next semester. I liked my classes this year but I didn’t really love any of them (Intro to Econ, Intro to Psych, UWS and a NEJS class). I thought I wanted to be a Psychology major but I […]
In his fall 2010 farewell letter, former President Jehuda Reinharz wrote about his achievements and shortcoming as the leader of Brandeis for more than a decade. “I had also hoped to be able to renovate the Castle, build a campus parking garage, create a conference center with hotel-quality overnight facilities, and bring Brandeis’s U.S. News […]
We applaud the Student Union for its initiative, The Pulse, to capture student input through a series of online surveys that will take place this coming week. Student input is certainly a good thing, especially in helping Union leaders justify their initiatives to administrators. But at the same time, The Pulse assumes that the answers […]
What a difference two years makes. This was the common sentiment among not just Brandeis University students and faculty last week, but for the media and art aficionados as well. The Rose Art Museum reopened its doors to the public Thursday, Oct. 27, more than two years after it nearly closed permanently due to financial […]
The African and Afro-American Studies (AAAS) department began looking for a new chair this year despite the university’s plans to turn the department into a program and reduce resources under the 2008 Curriculum and Academic Restructuring (CARS) Plan.
