Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
The Brandeis Academic Debate and Speech Society (B.A.D.A.S.S.) is now ranked third in the nation, following victories at the Providence College and University of Connecticut tournaments last weekend. Brandeis trails behind only Columbia and Yale in the national rankings. At the Providence College tournament last weekend, B.A.D.A.S.S. prevailed with wins from Keith Barry ’13 and […]
We don’t always ask or expect TV shows to consider serious topics, looking instead for easy entertainment that makes us laugh or cry, but afterward sets us back on our feet to go about our lives. So when a TV series does take on a current and significant issue it’s commendable, especially if it’s one […]
As more and more women pour into colleges across the country and the wage gap between men and women steadily decreases, it is evident that society is making progress toward greater gender equality. There is a long road ahead, yet one cannot deny that in many ways things have improved. With this improvement, however, comes […]
Three members of the men’s basketball team earned all-UAA honors this past week. Guard Vytas Kriskus ’12 was selected to first-team all-UAA while guard Tyrone Hughes ’12 and center Youri Dascy ’14 earned All-UAA honorable mentions. Kriskus led the Judges in scoring during the season, averaging 13 points per game while finishing second on the […]
Note: To protect the privacy of my neighbors, I have changed the names of all streets, towns and businesses. Everything else is only as true as my memories. The house at 4 Cherry Rd. is a faded, ruddy salmon, a rather homely color. When I first saw the house, I worried that it would be […]
One year ago, eight Mayan pots were held suspect, unknown in legitimacy and legality, but on March 1, the artifacts were finally returned, with the help of Professor Charles Golden (ANTH), to the Guatemalan Embassy at a repatriation ceremony in Washington. Two of the eight artifacts, identified as authentic by Golden, made their way all […]
Chris Brown ’12 and Kate Warwick ’12 will represent the Judges at the 2012 NCAA Division III indoor track and field championships this weekend at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. Warwick will be running in the 5,000-meter race while Brown will compete in the mile run. Both runners will be seeded third in their respective […]
“Bash: Latter Day Plays,” put on by Free Play this weekend, is a show that’s particularly hard to swallow. On one hand, it is a show about Mormons and their sins that, given the background of Mormons, sounds terribly dull. As a result of the play, on the other hand, the writer Neil LaBute, was […]
Our campus is falling apart—plain and simple. Walking around outside, the campus looks very nice. We have various new buildings sprinkling the campus and drawing attention away from some of the drearier buildings. It is not until one enters one of these drearier buildings, however, that one truly realizes how poorly kept these buildings are. […]
Dan Jick For trustee Dan Jick ’79, Brandeis is a family tradition. Connections with the university led Jick to create a scholarship in honor of his father, Leon, who served as a professor of Jewish History. Asserting the crucial and lifelong friendships that can be established during these years, Jick married a fellow Brandeis graduate […]
