Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Every year March rolls around and the panic sets in. You see, I was born and raised in North Carolina, a state home to one of the fiercest college rivalries in the country: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill vs. Duke. College basketball has consequently always been important in my family. By the time that […]
After getting their first win of the UAA tournament in Florida last week, the baseball team was looking to build on that victory and begin a winning streak. Unfortunately, the Judges failed to sustain any momentum from their victory against Case Western, dropping the final two games of the UAA tournament to Rochester and Case […]
Newspapers and other news sources are in a self-reflective business; while we certainly cover the events, politics, etc., we love to cover other newspapers. This proclivity became very obvious during the News of the World scandal this past summer. Although the readers eventually became bored with the story, the newspapers kept writing articles and placing […]
After losing a close game 8-7 to Rochester last Friday, the Judges’ softball squad split a doubleheader on Saturday, with an 11-3 win against Case Western, and another close loss, 5-4, to Washington University at St. Louis. The team returned from the UAA tournament in Altamonte Springs, Fla., finishing the tournament with a 3-5 record. […]
Day by day we hear news reports of the Syrian government slaughtering its own people. The question is: Should the United States do something about it? We have already implemented strict, comprehensive sanctions on the regime there. President Obama has also stated as a matter of policy that dictator Bashar al-Assad must leave. Yet there […]
We all know the Rabb steps. They are feared all over campus. And for those of us who are lucky enough to be midyears taking classes at Shiffman at 9 a.m. in the morning Monday through Thursday, this means that we have to tackle them after our mile-long hike. This also means that we see […]
On the heels of Dr. Michael Rosbash’s latest appointment as the Peter Gruber Chair of Neuroscience, he and Brandeis Professor Emeritus Jeffrey C. Hall have been awarded the Canada Gairdner Award for their discoveries involving the biological clock and its effects on the circadian rhythm, according to an announcement from President Fred Lawrence this week. […]
Congressman Joe Baca, of the 43rd district of California, is once again pushing for warnings on video games. Hopefully he fails yet again. Like in 2009, and again in 2011, Congressman Baca wants all video games not rated EC—everything that isn’t for toddlers—to have a label linking video games to aggressive behavior. Even games like […]
More than anything else, Brandeis is about widening access to education. When Brandeis was founded, that meant opening admission to people of all racial and gender identities. Later on, that mission matured to include the creation of programs like TYP, and Wien and Slifka Scholars. Like graven idols, all barriers to learning should be destroyed. […]
In recent weeks, the Student Union Senate has been mired in debate over proposed changes to the Constitution. These changes include “how the Union is set up, improving communication with different corners on campus” and “increasing the overall effectiveness of the Union,” according to Student Union President Herbie Rosen ’12. Herbie Rosen believes the Senate […]
