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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) hosted their opening ceremonies with the theme “Marking Our Mark” to honor the recent accomplishments and contributions from the Asian and Asian American community. This year marks the Brandeis Asian American Student Association’s (BAASA) 40th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of the ICC, Intercultural Center (ICC). Cultural performances filled […]
Multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird’s newest album, “Break It Yourself” does not fail to meet the already astronomical standards set by his previous albums. Textured and complex, Bird’s new work manages to stay away from saccharine shoe-gazing or melancholic ballads that were popular this year from other folk-pop artists. The songs are meticulously composed and performed, with […]
With “Desperate Housewives” soon leaving the air, ABC took the opportunity to premiere its new show “GCB” (Good Christian Belles) this past Sunday. The series follows Amanda Vaughn, played by Leslie Bibb, the widow of a Ponzi scheme artist as she moves back to her hometown of Dallas, Texas. She is immediately a character for […]
Honey Nut Cheerios commercials boast about the cereal’s ability to lower your cholesterol, but do you really understand all of the ingredients on the food label that claim to have this effect on your body? Do you, in fact, even look at the food label? I know this task may seem annoying at first or […]
Four words, one question, and it’s enough to make me cringe. “Is Diet Pepsi OK?” My response is simple, just four more words. “I’ll just have water.” I’m not sure when I first became an avid Diet Coke drinker. I wish I could tell you a story about my first can, a story about how […]
On the late, great “Arrested Development”—bear with me—GOB Bluth engages in a series of escalating dares with a strange woman that results in them robbing a convenience store and getting married. William Shakespeare’s “Titus Andronicus” is kind of like that, with its characters engaging in a series of escalating actions that result in severed tongues […]
One of my most beloved pictures is of my dad and me wearing matching Brandeis sweatshirts. I was two years old and sitting on his lap with my cereal bowl not far away. Sometimes I look at this picture and think how amazing it is that this otherwise unremarkable baby picture ended up predicting the […]
One of the trends that I’ve noticed in regard to the 2012 presidential race is the constant attempts by both the Republican candidates and President Obama to portray themselves in an ideal, and it seems, unattainable and unrealistic light. For Republicans, this ideal would be a conservative with a clear and consistent conviction on social, […]
From the first primordial barbecues of our apish ancestors to the rustic grub of the early farmers, the Apicius to the “Joy of Cooking,” the mortar and pestle to the food processor, itʼs clear that cooking is one of the greatest and most progressive achievements of mankind. Keep this in mind, then consider the average […]
In our world of technology and instant communication, sentiments often get lost in cyberspace. In fact, there’s a whole website devoted to some of the crazy mishaps that can occur during texting. But when texting is successful, I can confidently say that one of its most common (and more recent) uses as a means of […]
