Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
In anticipation of a snowstorm and inclement weather, university President Fred Lawrence makes the final decision whether to cancel classes and close the university, according to Senior Vice President for Communications Andrew Gully. Lawrence consults with Gully, Senior Vice President for Administration Mark Collins and Provost Marty Krauss. If students are on campus, a staff […]
As the ball dropped in Times Square this New Year’s Eve, members of the Brandeis community were greeted with a video holiday card from President Fred Lawrence and his family wishing a happy new year to all. The video is the first Lawrence has made in his time as president, and the university has already […]
In 1969, a group of African-American Brandeis students, fed up with what they perceived as unfair treatment of the Brandeis African-American community, did the unthinkable and occupied a building for 10 straight days. Their story of the Ford Hall takeover is often referenced—especially to prospective students looking to learn about Brandeis’ radical past—but rarely retold […]
“CONGRATULATIONS.” Big, bold and blue, the word was clearly printed on the large white envelope I held in my shaking hands. Heart pumping, I ran into the kitchen to show my family. I had been accepted. I had been chosen. I tore open the envelope and proudly began to read the letter aloud. It started […]
For the seven months before winter break, I had known that I was going to spend a little more than a week in the small sub-Saharan African country of Botswana. Many of my acquaintances pointed out that this was ample time to change my plans. Encouraging tidbits like “Wow, that’s really brave of you, going […]
The recent massacre in Tucson fueled raucous debate across the nation. Observers wondered what gave rise to this heinous act and how we can prevent something like it from happening again. What were the motivations of assassin Jared Loughner? As the dust cleared, we learned that Loughner was likely delusional, possibly even schizophrenic. Yet these […]
I, like many of you, spent the majority of my winter break sitting on the couch, eating pizza bites and flipping through the channels. While my tour-de-television was comprised primarily of bad daytime talk shows and reruns of “The Nanny”, I did occasionally flip by a news channel. Most of the time, when this happened, […]
However strange it may seem, since I write a column about sex, the truth is that I’m pretty reserved. I’m not generally into costumes or props, scenarios or new positions—I like plain old sex. But even that term, plain old sex, has different meanings for different people. I’m not talking about missionary position, although some […]
On New Year’s Eve, most people gather at social events with friends and families, eating warm food, dancing, laughing and sharing the night with people they care about as the midnight hour draws closer. That was not how I spent my New Year’s Eve. Before 2011 began, I was asleep, alone, on a frozen Minnesota […]
In the opening scene of “Somewhere,” the latest film from director Sofia Coppola, a Ferrari repeatedly circles around the same stretch of road, speeding in and out of frame until its exasperated driver finally steps out, confused about where exactly he’s found himself. In response, the film’s title cryptically appears. Coppola uses the next 90 […]
