Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
With deep sadness, we mourn the death of Akshay Venkatesh ’14 and extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends. Unlike editors at major national newspapers, we do not merely observe and report on what happens to this community. Rather, we live through these events. This week, we do not pretend to isolate ourselves […]
As the newly established business major continues to attract a wealth of undergraduate students, Edward Bayone, chair of the program, had an unusual progression in the world of business, rising from a childhood in the projects to an executive career laden with international travel. Originally stemming from the Lower East Side of New York, Bayone […]
Priyasha Chadha ’15 interned at the North Shore LIJ Health System, both at North Shore University Hospital and LIJ. Alongside other undergraduate, graduate, and even high school students, Chadha was involved in research regarding the emergency room care. She describes the medical topics she explored as an intern, including palliative care, and the psychological effects […]
In a crowded Chums on Monday evening, three of Brandeis University’s four improvisational comedy groups were to perform for an audience of returning veterans and new first-year students, getting their first taste of all the university has to offer. Despite lacking the fourth group, TBA, and a last-minute change in time due to the tragedy […]
What are Tea Party values and do you share them? That is a question all Americans need to ask themselves before voting for the Republican ticket this November. Why is asking these questions so important? Mitt Romney is ambitious and has wanted to become president since being elected governor of Massachusetts in 2002. A Romney […]
If you’ve ever been to a grocery store, you understand how important the price of food can be to your budget. And, as you circle the produce section of the market, you must make the choice between buying organic or non-organic vegetables. One saves money, the other supposedly saves the environment and boosts your nutrition. […]
My relationship with my home state of North Carolina is a complicated one. It seems that no matter where I go, be it the Middle East, Europe or Brandeis, the stigma of being from the south is one that doesn’t come out in the wash. I didn’t grow up in a particularly southern household. I […]
If somehow you have escaped the buzz surrounding author E.L. James’ “Fifty Shades” trilogy—I will be generous and refer to them as—novels, I will attempt to recap them in a few words. The series centers around the relationship between college senior Anastasia Steele and young multi-millionaire CEO Christian Grey. The two meet under (very) unlikely […]
Last Saturday, Doctor Who premiered its seventh season since being revived in 2005. It’s the story of a humanoid alien known as ‘The Doctor.’ He is the last of his species, the time lords, and fittingly, he travels through time and space. The Doctor has appeared in several different incarnations, the current variation portrayed by […]
Class of 1999 alumnus David Smith’s new memoir “The Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety,” is a blend of the tragic and the comic with a dash of honesty. Smith’s memoir travels broadly, exploring life with a disorder that is becoming more and more rampant in America, eventually focusing on his own experience at Brandeis. […]
