Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
University administrators and trustees eagerly waiting to see where Brandeis lands in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings this fall should focus on a different list. Published by the Boston Business Journal in May, a tuition-costs ranking lists Brandeis as the second most expensive college in Massachusetts, behind only Williams, and ahead of […]
Waltham Police Chief Thomas M. LaCroix was arrested June 12 after allegedly assaulting his wife and verbally threatening to murder both her and her friend, who was present during the incident, according to prosecutors. Thomas LaCroix is officially charged with two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, assault, threats, […]
As students, teachers and staff members return to Brandeis for the fall semester, the thought of impending academic and social stress can appear daunting. Thankfully, a slew of upcoming movies promises to provide entertainment and escapism. In the realm of testosterone-laden action films, three major titles stand out: The Expendables 2, Red Dawn and Skyfall. […]
I don’t speak Kinyarwandan, and the Congolese family I tutored speak very little English, yet I feel as if I am a part of their family. You don’t have to speak someone’s language to know and respect them. This summer, I taught English to a Congolese refugee family. They came to the United States just […]
Provost Steve Goldstein hired Christopher Bedford, Wexner Center for the Arts curator, as the newest director of The Rose Art Museum, the university announced last month. His appointment ends the long search to fill the position, vacant since the departure of former director, Michael Rush, following the university’s aborted 2009 decision to sell its collection […]
The Brandeis University Department of Athletics recognized 12 graduating student athletes for their devotion to and performance in Brandeis athletics on May 2 at its annual end-of-season awards dinner. Brittany Grimm of Perkiomenville, Pa., a member of the softball team, won an Athletic Director’s Award, which is awarded to student athletes who display excellence […]
Deborah Bial ’87 urged graduates to confront economic, gender and racial inequalities in America; President Fred Lawrence defended the value and cost of a liberal arts education; and guests including Honduran President Porfirio Lobo and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft arrived to celebrate Brandeis University’s 61st commencement ceremonies on Sunday morning inside the Gosman […]
The New York Times recently called out Brooklyn, N.Y., district attorney Charles Hynes for his lack of severity in dealing with child sexual abuse within the extremely insular ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. Hynes, who is a non-Jewish D.A. in a heavily Jewish borough, relies heavily on Jewish support during election-time and he has been accused of […]
‘Go Down, Moses’ The novelist William Faulkner never met a family he didn’t enjoy destroying through his patented combination of humility, disjointed narrative and Southern guilt: Look no further than the Compsons of “The Sound and the Fury” and the Sutpens of “Absalom, Absalom!” Faulkner presents yet another version of dynastic decline in one of […]
“There is a town in Maine, where every storybook character you’ve ever known is trapped between two worlds, victims of a powerful curse that can only be broken by one person.” So goes the opening sequence of many episodes of “Once Upon A Time,” a magical show that enchants viewers every week on ABC. If […]
