Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
‘The Artist’ “The Artist” is a very intriguing film. It is a silent movie done in traditional silent film style, including actors using pantomime and overly expressive facial expressions that are typical in the silent movie genre. The topic of the movie, however, is inherently modern in that it follows the life and career of […]
The first ’Deis Impact highlighted the university’s social justice mission statement this week, with speaker events, question-and-answer panels and workshops. Faculty and students joined forces in discussions to address social justice in the Brandeis curriculum across departmental lines. “Social Justice” is a popular cause at Brandeis, though its definition is often ambiguous. In a round-table […]
If you haven’t yet seen “Sh*t Brandeis Students Don’t Say,” then you may actually have been helped by the Hiatt Career Center or be the lone kid in the stands at the Judges game. The video created by four Brandeis students pokes fun at more than 100 you-have-to-go-to-Brandeis-to-get-it stereotypes and has been viewed more than […]
Too often we say things without truly thinking about them first. We are all guilty of it. I am guilty of a fair number of these and am trying to kick myself of the habit. Most often these oral faux pas occur because we have been programmed to say these things; certain words and phrases […]
If administrators have their way, volume 51 will be the last for my high school’s newspaper. Plans are underway to shutter Denebola, the paper that has informed members of the Newton South High School community in Newton, Mass., since the school first opened in 1960. The plan comes on the heels of the decision across […]
Yoni Appelbaum is taking history into the 21st century. With a dissertation at Brandeis, a position at the Atlantic, and a lecture series at Babson College, Appelbaum is exploring one of the greatest conflicts of American history. The Civil War, he says, is still alive in the collective imagination and he works “to trace the […]
In the past two decades, the field of information technology has changed significantly. As time passes and technologies advance, the idea of these changes creating oligopolistic environment has slowly shifted from absurd to alarming. Indeed, Net surfers’ fear about their privacy for the last couple of years intensified along with the emancipation of the Information […]
The Brandeis Chinese Cultural Connection (BC3) welcomed in the Year of the Dragon last Saturday with a Lunar New Year celebration, complete with food and entertainment. Levin Ballroom took on a festive atmosphere as BC3 members and volunteers decorated the room with a giant dragon backdrop, red streamers with Chinese characters, and other Chinese symbols […]
As I watched results pour in from the Missouri and Colorado primaries and the Minnesota Caucuses, I must say I was a little bit stunned at Rick Santorum’s victories. In election season it is always interesting to see how the country feels about various politicians, why they vote the way they do, and who in […]
The Brandeis men’s basketball team suffered a defeat to Case Western Reserve this weekend losing 91-68 and then bounced back with a thrilling 77-76 overtime victory against Carnegie Mellon two days later as guard Tyrone Hughes ’12 converted an off-balance jumper at the buzzer. Forward Vytas Kriskus ’12 had a stellar weekend scoring 16 points […]
