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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 […]
In their first home match of the season, the Brandeis men’s tennis team fell 7-2 to visiting Bentley University. With captain Steven Milo ’13, Dave Yovanoff ’13 and Ezra Bernstein ’12 all missing Wednesday’s game, the Judges struggled to replace them on the court. “I strained my patellar tendon [in my knee] so I just […]
Brandeis’ Relay For Life last weekend coupled with the various events that the Relay committee held throughout the year raised $77,000 for cancer research, $12,000 more than last year. At Relay For Life, a national event sponsored by the American Cancer Society, teams of people camp out around the track overnight and often sell baked […]
After the successful campaign to extend the C-Store hours, the Student Union has moved on to Einsteins. Student Union President Herbie Rosen ’12 stated that the C-Store campaign “went pretty well,” and the Union will keep the lessons it learned there in mind with the Einstein Bros. campaign. Currently, Senator Ricky Rosen ’14 is spearheading […]
As much as Brandeis students enjoyed having a week off in February, in reality, most of us spent it in front of our computers, refreshing our e-mails in anticipation of the random number that would dictate our lives for the next year—our housing lottery numbers. The weeks leading up to housing selection test our patience […]
Our country’s public education is in a sorry state; this is not some new discovery. For years the media has been reporting on how much better China’s children are at math and science and on how schoolchildren do not know many basic bits of data. The United States’ public schools have been trying to push […]
Do you like beautiful women? Do you like politics? Do you like free food? If you do, you may have found yourself at a Brandeis Libertarian-Conservative Union (BLCU) speaker event featuring S.E. Cupp last night. From what I’ve gathered from the Facebook event page and a little Internet detective work, Sarah Elizabeth “S.E.” Cupp is […]
Since the beginning of the academic year, Aramark, Brandeis’ food service provider, began phasing out student manager and supervisor positions. After the graduation of current student managers, the positions remain unfilled and were ultimately eliminated. Student and union workers find that they now bear increased pressure. The elimination of the student manager position has “definitely […]
In difficult economic times, successful philanthropic fundraising requires creative thinking and original, attention-grabbing ideas. This is part of the reason why the Brandeis National Committee (BNC) Las Vegas chapter brought Betty Bunch, a former Vegas showgirl entertainer, to speak at their 15th annual book and author luncheon on Sunday. Bunch, who performed in shows and […]
Michael Rosbash, already awarded the Greuber Neuroscience Prize in 2009 for his research on brain and sleep disorders, has been named the first Peter Greuber Endowed Chair in Neuroscience, a new university position on the board of trustees. Rosbash, who runs the Rosbash lab, has made significant headway in the scholarship of circadian rhythms of […]
