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By now, I would argue that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is officially dead. Last month officials from both sides convened in Jordan to try to re-initiate negotiations. As promptly as they began, the discussion to restart talks came to a grinding halt. There are other related recent developments. The ostensibly moderate Fatah has continued the […]
The Boston Celtics are one of the most iconic franchises in all of sports. Their past success is unparalleled in sports and will probably never be matched. From 1957 to 1969, the Celtics dominated the NBA, winning 11 titles in 13 years including eight titles in a row. Hall of famers Bill Russell, Bob Cousy […]
When a man and a woman really love each other, a stork flies by and drops a baby down their chimney. We’re all familiar with this story. Our parents used to tell it to us when we were little. Yet any adult who still believed this story literally would be met with a well-deserved mix […]
Both the men’s and women’s track and field teams had decent showings at the Tufts Invitational this past weekend. The men finished 16th out of 22 teams while the women finished eighth out of 19 teams. Despite bringing the fewest runners of any competing team, Brandeis was able to maximize their point totals with outstanding […]
A good university needs a good gym and Brandeis should be no exception. Although we have the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center, and I admit that you can pretty much do anything you want there (there’s a place for volleyball, track and field, basketball, football, softball, fencing room, tennis, soccer, etc.), the cardio and weight […]
While the men’s fencing team had an outstanding performance this past weekend at the Eric Sollee Invitational at Brandeis University, going 4-1, the women’s team struggled, going just 1-4. The men defeated Haverford (18-9), Hunter (25-2), New York University (17-10) and Johns Hopkins (14-13) with their only loss coming from seventh-ranked Pennsylvania University (6-21). On […]
The Brandeis women’s basketball team suffered two defeats during the weekend, losing 60-47 to Case Western Reserve on Friday and 65-56 to Carnegie Mellon on Sunday. Judge guard Morgan Kendrew ‘12 had a big weekend, scoring 21 points Friday and 18 points Sunday, but her performances were not enough for the Judges to get a […]
In response to a Justice editorial published Tuesday titled “Recognize Greek life,” we strongly urge the administration to uphold the value of equal opportunity that defines Brandeis University and reject the idea of recognizing fraternities and sororities. The Justice correctly noted that participation in off-campus fraternities at Brandeis has increased dramatically during the past five […]
Each January, Brandeis receives a new handful of midyear students. Unlike the average first-year arrival, however, these students find residence in the Village. Now, before our wonderful, beautiful readers get upset thinking that our staff is merely bitter and resentful that we ourselves live in not-so-clean or new housing, we would like to make it […]
While the movie “50/50,” which came out on DVD on Jan. 24, has garnered good reviews and was recently nominated for two Golden Globes, the purpose behind the film still seems vague. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen, screenwriter Will Reiser based it loosely on his own life. It focuses on Adam (Gordon-Levitt), who at […]
