Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Embarrassing but true: my Ohio accent is stronger when I’m talking to cute boys. Oh-high-oh becomes Oh-hao and all of my syllables slur together, just enough that my speech becomes the Midwestern version of a Southern drawl. I tilt my head, put my hands on my hips, and speak with the “powerless language” that women […]
Books and I, we get along well but I treat them terribly. I turn down pages, I spill coffee and leave greasy fingerprints in the corners. I flip pages too quickly and leave little tears at the bottom of every page. And the worst habit of all, I collect them compulsively. I hoard them, pack […]
During the holiday season I often feel rather Scrooge-like because I despise shopping. I usually experience extreme stress upon entering shopping malls. I believe this stems from my mothers obsession with Kohl’s. For some reason, my mother can spend eons in Kohl’s—something that has always baffled me since she is normally a very busy and […]
Behind an explosive first-half performance and a strong effort from their bench players, Clark University thrashed the visiting Brandeis Judges 74-55 in a non-UAA conference matchup this past Tuesday. The loss snaps the Judges’ seven-game winning streak against Clark, which started in the 2001-02 season. The loss also denied Clark University alum Brian Meehan, the […]
In a non-conference matchup, Emmanuel College defeated visiting Brandeis University 55-43. Junior forward Fiona O’Dwyer led the Saints to victory with a game-high 26 points and 13 rebounds. With the loss the Judges drop to 3-4 on the young season. The Saints played spectacular defense early in the game, holding the Judges scoreless for the […]
It should come as no surprise that Brandeis, a school with a castle as a housing option, has a Quidditch team. For those who do not know what Quidditch is, it’s a sport made famous by the “Harry Potter” series. In the real world, Quidditch is “the fastest growing sport among colleges,” according to club […]
Kate Warwick ’12 finished 48th out of 277 runners with a time of 21:54:84 at the 2011 NCAA Division III Women’s Cross Country Championships. Warwick missed a top 35 spot by just 12 seconds, which would have gotten her All-American Honors. She ran the six-kilometer race only five seconds behind her career best, which she […]
A little past 3 a.m. on Nov. 26, after 15 straight hours of negotiations, the NBA and its players finally resolved their differences and agreed on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), thus ending the nearly five-month lockout. The new agreement will allow teams to open training camps, sign and contact players, and make trades. […]
This past week Director of Athletics Sheryl Sousa ’90 and Friends of Brandeis Athletics (FOBA) President Jim Leahy ’85 announced that six athletes will be inducted into the 14th class of the Joseph Linsey Brandeis Athletic Hall of Fame on March 31, 2012, in the Gosman Sports Complex. Ruther Porter Bernstein ’57 will be admitted […]
Both men’s and women’s fencing gave strong performances at the Northeast Fencing Conference meet at the University of New Hampshire on Nov. 19. Both teams beat Boston University, UMass and University of New Hampshire. The women’s team beat Wellesley College and fell to Sacred Heart and MIT. The men defeated MIT but fell to Sacred […]
