Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Perhaps you are a new Brandeis student and just realized how strange the spring semester schedule is. Or maybe you are a university veteran who is used to yearly panic attacks, which often happen near the second round of midterms. Our double-break system divides the semester and reduces the stress of looming finals. While the […]
The Huffington Post recently published a list of schools that lack free speech, even though the online newspaper claims to uphold the opposite stance. The rankings from Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) do not include schools that deliberately tell you certain freedoms of speech will be restricted. In these cases, you can’t complain […]
What many pundits and experts considered a clear decision in the health care Supreme Court Case has now become shrouded in fog after hearings on the law. Before the oral arguments, there was a popular shared sentiment that the individual mandate would be upheld. The government’s case hinged on a question regarding whether the act […]
When student journalists make mistakes, the community notices. We face unique pressure on a daily or weekly basis. When we make the wrong decision, thousands of people read about it the next morning. Accountability to readers—apologies, explanations or retractions—cannot change what we choose to write and print. After The Daily Free Press, Boston University’s independent […]
The first time I heard Mick Jagger, it was on vinyl. Through some very impertinent cabinet-opening, I had discovered the family record collection, which spanned from my grandfathers old 45s from the 1930s to Donna Reed and the Clash. I demanded that my parent play one for me. It was enthralling to watch, the way […]
The Trayvon Martin shooting in Florida has captured the country’s attention because of the questions it raises about racial motivations, vigilantism and lax self-defense laws. Important as these questions are, the Martin case has caused many people to overlook another heartbreaking story in California. On March 24 Pasadena Police received a 911 call from a […]
Brandeis brags that its student body is comprised of judges; however, the actions of administrators contradict this value of student authority. When the board of trustees voted last week to increase tuition 4.1-4.85 percent, Brandeis students weren’t invited to engage in the decision-making process. Instead, two students were invited to watch, and the rest of […]
Despite no ice rink on campus, Lauren Gendzier ’12 has found a way to enter the competitive world of synchronized skating, a sport defined by the U.S. Figure Skating Association as “a fast growing sport,” with approximately 525 synchronized teams registered in the United States. It is an intense team sport, in which eight to […]
Arizona police discovered the body of missing Elmira College student Jessica Ronhock last Saturday in an SUV at the bottom of a cliff 25 miles south of Flagstaff, Ariz. Her body was found inside a white Jeep Cherokee. A couple of elk hunters came across the SUV. Ronhock’s body had been decomposing for several months. […]
Adrienne Rich, a poet, social activist and one of the most influential feminist writers of the 20th century, died on March 27, at her home in Santa Cruz, Calif. She was 82. Rich taught creative writing at Brandeis from 1970 to 1972 and was awarded honorary doctorates from both Brandeis and Harvard. She also taught […]
