Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
I always enjoy finding singles by unknown artists on iTunes. They are often better than current mainstream artists. In contrast to hearing the same Top 40 song in the grocery store, the melodies and lyrics of unknown artists are often more meaningful and familiar to my ear. This was once again the case when I […]
College students, not young children, play on the shiny red swings hanging from white ropes across campus. Some swings mysteriously appeared without explanation in the fall and now nine swings fill the campus, stretching from the Shapiro Campus Center to Rabb. Students frequently talk about the swings and enjoy them on study breaks but few […]
‘My Summer of Love’ On the surface, “My Summer of Love” seems like a movie whose only angle is featuring a lesbian couple, half of which has a cockney accent. After some time though, it becomes very clear that the film is not about that at all; it is about the difference between storytelling and […]
Piercings are a curious phenomenon. Though they can exist for religious or spiritual reasons, some people use them for more controversial purposes, like rebelling against one’s culture (or especially one’s parents). The value of piercings seems to be in the eye of the beholder: My grandmother hates my cartilage piercing, yet I think it is […]
When my fellow Brandeisians ask me where I live on campus, my answer of Shapiro Hall usually results in a sympathetic “I am so sorry.” Known as a “character-building dorm” by many of its former inhabitants, Shapiro Hall is certainly the decaying cornerstone of Brandeis University. How can one not develop character in an environment […]
The last 10 seconds of New Year’s Eve are no joke for me. As I hear the crowd excitedly counting down, I think hard about the mistakes I made during the year, about the things that I could have changed and about the things I wish I had done differently. During these 10 seconds I […]
Dear Leah and Morgan, I am a second-semester first-year and I have no idea what I am going to study at Brandeis. This past fall, I took my UWS and three other classes that interested me. I intentionally didn’t focus my classes in any one area, hoping that studying a variety of things would help […]
How much power does a school really have over what you do at home? Should a school be allowed to police your online activity or is doing so an impingement on your right to free speech? Schools have been struggling with these questions for years, since even before the Internet. One school recently has been […]
If you have been on Facebook at any point in the recent past, you probably noticed the hundreds of statuses, posted links and online petitions surrounding the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). My knowledge of this piece of legislation was minimal, until the first day of classes, when I found myself sitting in Gerstenzang 123 […]
Last weekend was different. It wasn’t different because of the snow, which doesn’t seem to happen anymore, and it wasn’t because it was the first weekend back from vacation. It was different because my friend from home came to visit. Upon her visit I began to reflect upon who I am today compared to who […]
