Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Dean Kaplan’s ’15 case against the Student Union after being defeated by the abstain option and consequently turned out of his position as off-campus senator ended in mediation earlier this month. Originally, Senator Carlton Shakes ’14 announced Kaplan as off-campus senator, and when Sunny Aidasani ’14 was named winner in a re-do election, “Dean originally […]
Alex Dainis ’11 has found a way to merge her passions in a way that is making her YouTube famous. During her time at Brandeis, Dainis juggled multiple majors and various activities. Graduating with majors in biology and film, television and media, Dainis used her skills to create her own YouTube channel. The channel, called […]
This semester, The Rose has had the sincere pleasure of hosting the art of Dor Guez, a Christian Palestinian whose work, a collection of photos and videos, chronicles the tale of his family and their lives as a minority group in Israel. Guez’s work has been shown on a global scale and it is a […]
Harvard Professor and research scientist Dr. Stephen Elledge won this year’s Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Science, founded by Brandeis and established in 1971. The $30,000 award honors scientists who discover mechanisms underlying disease and development. “It is centered on … understanding the underlying cellular and molecular processes that allow cells and […]
Laura Ben Moore ’14 first started pole dancing when she was looking for a new form of fitness. “I took classes at a fitness studio that specialized in fitness for women. So they had pole dancing and chair dancing, but of course they also had standard classes like pilates and yoga.” Now, with two years […]
BEMCo is an entirely student-run service; the two supervisors, Hannah Goldberg and Paul Schneider, are undergraduate students who have experience working both on and off campus. These two supervisors alternate being on call every other day and there are always a total of four people on call at all times. All calls that BEMCo receives […]
Brandeis University will likely operate as usual on Tuesday with regular class schedules, following its closing from Hurricane Sandy on Monday. The storm pummeled the East Coast with heavy rains, flooding, wind gusts and left more than 300,000 Massachusetts residents without power as of 6:30 p.m. “We anticipate the university will be open as usual […]
The women’s volleyball team rebounded from their recent round robin losses this weekend by coming out strong at the Hall of Fame Invitational. Finishing the tournament with a record of 2-1, the Judges were able to defeat Bridgewater State and Smith College, but fell short to Middlebury in the second match. Now holding a season […]
With wins against Lesley and Lasell this past week, the Brandeis women’s soccer team sits with a 12-3-1 record with three matches left in the season. It was a tough road trip last week, with the Judges not playing their best soccer and losing to University of Chicago and Washington University in St. Louis. “We […]
For the month of October, Aramark dining services have nominated Omar Benbaraka for Employee of the Month. Born in Casablanca, Morocco, Benbaraka has been employed by Aramark for eight years. Benbaraka describes his hometown as “the biggest city there.” Passionate for soccer, he explored his enthusiasm for the sport by playing in Morocco for 10 […]
