Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Last Friday the Brandeis Student community collectively received an e-mail from LTS and the Dean of Student Rights and Community Standards regarding an unusually high level of copyright infringement notices last semester. Apparently, we as a community are increasingly turning to illegal options for satisfying our musical appetites. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that […]
In November, ABC’s show “What would you do?” quoted a recent survey taken in the United States by the Anti-Defamation League. It showed that close to 30 million Americans hold anti-Semitic views and that an average of three anti-Semitic occurrences happen every day. They posed the question: “Would you speak out against Anti-Semitism?” To find […]
Open relationships always seem a little too good to be true, you know—you can have your cake and eat it too. They have their benefits (someone who is there for you, emotional stability, companionship) and their negatives (the fact that your partner might be sleeping with other people). So is it worth staying in a […]
As a Politics major and relapsing political junkie, I’m always happy to see the campus newspapers run pieces about political issues. College students we may be, but it is important for us to discuss what is happening beyond the small confines of Brandeis. Unfortunately, sometimes these well-intentioned articles fail to do their subject matter justice. […]
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Don’t swim for an hour after eating. Don’t eat yellow snow. We have all heard this advice growing up and often we shrug it off. Now that we are in college, we skip breakfast often, we swim whenever the hell we want to, and we still […]
As my generation is pulled kicking and screaming into the real world, we are forced to make a hard decision. Do we do what we love and hope for the best or what we think would be most profitable? At first, this may seem like it is not much of a question. The popular aphorism, […]
A classic foreign policy dilemma has arisen in regards to Egypt: Should the United States align itself with a cruel dictator or a burgeoning democratic movement? Although the latter option may seem tempting, the United States must continue to support current leader Hosni Mubarak. Certainly I sympathize with the plight of the Egyptians who yearn […]
The Brandeis Chinese Cultural Connection (BC3) celebrated the Lunar New Year Saturday in an evening of dancing, singing and other performances held in Levin Ballroom. The Lunar New Year, a festivity dating back hundreds of years in Chinese culture with a strong connection to myth and tradition, is one of the most important events in […]
In observance of Haitian remembrance and dedication month, the student-founded Brandeis Haiti Initiative hosted Professor Patrick Sylvain from Brown University this week to lead a discussion of Haitian art and literature on campus. Professor Jane Hale of the Romance Studies department introduced Sylvain while expressing her determination that Haitian culture should have a bigger presence […]
Boston lawyer and Brandeis alum David Bunis ’83 has been named chief of staff to President Fred Lawrence, who met Bunis while both men were working on the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Civil Rights Committee. There has never before been a chief of staff at Brandeis for any past president at Brandeis. Bunis will “manage and […]
