Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
David Bezmozgis, renowned author of the novels “Natasha” and “The Free World,” came to campus this past Wednesday. He was invited by the Brandeis-Genesis Institute for Russian Jewry. While Bezmozgis is well-known for his gifted prose, he has also shed light on what many feel is an ignored community. Before reading from sections of both […]
I have to be honest: I walked into Schwartz thinking I would hate Free Play’s production of “Next To Normal.” “Next To Normal” is one of my favorite musicals, and I actually saw it on Broadway about a year and a half ago, a month before it closed. When I saw it, I started sobbing […]
For Brandeis alumna Erin Maidan ’03 of Waterloo, Iowa, this Holocaust Remembrance Day holds a special significance. This year she has honored her grandparents’ memory by reclaiming a lost artifact of family history—the trunk that held all of their possessions during the Holocaust, The Appleton Post Crescent reported this week. “It’s a miracle. It’s like […]
After a seven-week search that left police baffled, Boston College senior Franco Garcia, 21, was found in the Chestnut Hill Reservoir on April 11. Police searched the reservoir for four days in February but came up empty-handed. Garcia was a chemistry major and played clarinet in the school band. He commuted from home and worked […]
It has been a long time since the last good “American Pie” movie. Plenty of people, for good reason, ignore the straight-to-DVD releases under the “American Pie Presents” banner. Even though “Beta House” had a few funny moments, and they all featured Eugene Levy as Jim’s dad, Noah Levenstein, none of the newer films compared […]
Esteemed novelist, playwright, journalist and scholar Colm Tóibín visited campus on Wednesday to read from his novel, “The Master.” Tóibín has won various awards from the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award to the Los Angeles Times Book of the Year Prize for “The Master,” a novel that delves into the life of 19th-century writer Henry James. […]
The Judges’ women’s track and field team has enjoyed just one nationally ranked showing this season. Kate Warwick ’12, a previous NCAA qualifier, placed sixth in the 1,500-meter run at a quad meet at Dartmouth on April 14 with a time of 4:43.37. Her time was good for second among Division III athletes at the […]
This past week, the 20th-ranked women’s tennis team rallied from an early deficit to defeat MIT 6-3. With the win, the Judges are now 13-2 on the season. MIT took a 2-1 lead into singles action as the Engineers’ pair Anastasia Vishnevetsky and Michelle Dutt upset Faith Broderick ’13 and Carly Cooke ’15 in No. […]
They told us the Wabash survey was just an informal questionnaire, but it sure looked like an SAT exam. Thankfully, it only lasted one hour. The Wabash survey was given to the incoming class of 2012 when we were first-years and then again last month with commencement on the horizon. Admittedly, my sole motivation for […]
Ever since Facebook began to gain popularity, people have worried about what it meant for our social interactions. As technology advances, so do the complaints that our humanity’s social skills are deteriorating and that technology is to blame. Almost everyone relies on Facebook for one reason or another. If you are an international student or […]
