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This past Wednesday, the Dean of Arts and Sciences and European Cultural Studies brought Gary Saul Morson to campus to discuss the concept of wit. Morson is a professor of arts and humanities at Northwestern University and is an expert scholar in Russian literature. Known for his picky and precise sentences, Morson applied his insights […]
On behalf of the group that cares more about a speaker’s physical assets than what she has to say, I would like to respond to the article that appeared in last week’s edition of The Hoot: “When Free Speech Turns Sexist.” As Vice President of the Brandeis Libertarian-Conservative Union (B.L.C.U.), and the person who planned […]
Professors Anita Hill (Heller) and Bernadette Brooten (NEJS) assembled a daylong conference in Levin Ballroom on March 19 to raise awareness of the issue that black women are considerably less likely than white women to report and seek justice when raped. “Professor Hill came to Brandeis in 1998, and we met soon after that. Our […]
“So, how was Rome? What did you guys do?” Upon returning from February break, I was asked this question by almost everyone I encountered. When I first touched back down in the United States, I received a call from home asking me to describe my trip in one word. The word I chose was indescribable. […]
Bina Agarwal, director and professor of Economics at the Institute of Economic Growth of Delhi, India, who has explored the potential for women’s increased inclusion in forest governance delivered a lecture on campus Monday. Agarwal traced the historical absence of women within the forestry industry. She illuminated the cultural and gender specific forces that have […]
In response to a Hoot article last week discussing a decline in student manager positions at Usdan, Aaron Bennos, director of Dining Services, contested the decline was intentional. “As we determine those who have the desire to become a student manager and are willing to take on more responsibility we gladly promote them,” Bennos wrote […]
In an area where one-fourth of the population is under the age of 21, Boston and surrounding cities are in a constant struggle with the overwhelming amount of underage college students using fake identification as a means to obtain alcohol. A recent study found that about 20 percent of all underage college students’ use or […]
Despite the university’s large Jewish population, Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan, said there is no cause for alarm after three children and a rabbi were shot and killed at a Jewish school in Toulouse, France, on March 19. In response to the incident on Monday in which a man opened fire at the Ozar […]
Last week The Hoot published an article about Brandeis Dining Services decreasing the number of student managers. Director of Dining Services Aaron Bennos responded to The Hoot via e-mail on Friday to explain there was no intentional decision to reduce the number of managers. Hoot staff continued investigating the issue this week and found that […]
A common—and often uncomfortable—side effect of a university education, is that it forces us to be critical of beliefs, opinions and values that would otherwise seem unquestionable. To illustrate this point, I ask you—as Professor Tim McCarty (POL) asked me in a political theory class last week—to consider the discourse on marriage equality in this […]
