Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
The Head and the Heart sings with a style reminiscent of other, more well-known bands on their label like The Decemberists and Death Cab For Cutie, but the deeper voices of Josiah Johnson and Jonathan Russell (also the band’s founders) indicates the darker emotional underpinnings beneath their songs. Though bright at times, they inevitably return […]
Now that the “Twilight” movies are coming to an end, it’s a good thing we still have plenty of vampires to keep us company. “The Vampire Diaries,” based on the original book series by L.J. Smith and developed by Kevin Williamson, is the latest and most popular television show about vampires. Filled with teenage drama, […]
Last Monday night, WBRS sponsored a free concert and brought YACHT, a synth-pop band to Chum’s. Formed in 2002 in Portland, Ore., Yacht was originally a solo experiment for band member Jona Bechtolt. In 2008, he was joined by now-lead singer Claire L. Evans, and in 2010 by Robert “Bobby Birdman” Kieswetter and Jeffrey “Jerusalem” […]
On March 6, the third and final installment in Bioware’s epic “Mass Effect” trilogy will hit shelves in retailers across America, and legions of fans will conclude the five-year story arc that has spanned not only three video games, but numerous books and graphic novels too. This game will represent more than a great way […]
Franco Garcia, 21, a student at Boston College (BC) and West Newton resident, has been missing since Feb. 22, and police have no leads as to his whereabouts. Garcia, who lives with his parents in West Newton, studies chemistry, plays clarinet in the symphony and plays trombone in the marching band at BC. He was […]
A 21-year-old MIT student was found dead in his dorm room last Monday, according to university officials. Brian G. Anderson, a Minnesota native, was a management student and member of several organizations including the wrestling team and the recently banned fraternity Beta Theta Pi, according to The Tech, MIT’s student newspaper. Information on the cause […]
Clark It has now been more than a week, but students at Clark University in Worcester, Mass., are still shaken up after hearing about a female student who was sexually assaulted walking home in the middle of the night on Feb. 23 from a late-night study session. Students have been warned from professors, police officers, […]
Heller School graduate student McKenzie Strobach participated this week in the United Nations annual meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women, a program that focuses on addressing issues of gender equality with delegates and NGO representatives. Strobach was one of 20 women students selected in the country to attend the series of workshops […]
Fencer Tim Morehouse ’00, already an Olympic silver medalist, is currently training to qualify for the Summer 2012 Olympics in London, drawing a new spotlight on Brandeis Athletics and its fencing program. Morehouse says that he didn’t realize his full potential until he came to Brandeis and competed against nationally ranked fencers. Currently, Morehouse is […]
E. Benjamin Skinner, award-winning author, investigative reporter and Schuster Institute fellow, published a report in Bloomberg Businessweek last week on forced labor in the New Zealand fishing industry. The report brought to light the abusive working conditions comparable to indentured servitude experienced on foreign-chartered fishing vessels in New Zealand’s waters. When Skinner initially received a […]
