Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
“Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters” is exactly how the movie is advertised. It follows in the tradition of those wintertime action movies loaded with copious amounts of explosions and action that seem to prequel summer blockbusters. Hansel (Jeremy Renner, who played Hawkeye in “The Avengers”) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton, the Princess in “Prince of Persia” […]
Back on their home court after two consecutive travel weekends, the women’s basketball team got their chance for revenge last weekend against Emory University and the University of Rochester. With their goals for the weekend fresh in their minds, the Judges beat the UAA third-ranked Rochester Yellow Jackets, breaking their seven-game losing streak on their […]
On Jan. 5, 2013, I woke up early and read Chapter 83 of Moby Dick out loud at 4:10 a.m. to a handful of people gathered in the lobby of the New Bedford Whaling Museum for the 17th annual Moby Dick Marathon. The Marathon is a 24-hour affair where volunteers from across the globe come […]
In a ’Deis Impact event last Saturday, members of the Jubilee Project, Eric Lu, Eddie Lee and Jason Lee, visited Brandeis to encourage students to use social media creatively to inspire others to action through the power of storytelling. The event, cosponsored by Jubilee Project Brandeis, BAASA, the BPA and the ICC, was titled “Ordinary […]
As the son of a pair of proud nerds, I have always been interested in science fiction. Whether I was running around the house screaming in terror at Darth Vader’s revelation from “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” or seeing the magic of “Dr. Who’s” sonic screwdriver for the first time, I’ve always had a […]
The Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center celebrated the 25th anniversary of the anthology, “Women Making Music: The Western Art Tradition 1150-1950,” compiled by Judith Tick and Jane Bowers last Sunday. At the event, Judith Tick, the Matthews Distinguished Professor of Music at Northeastern University, spoke with grace and clear passion, detailing her life as musicologist […]
Silky smooth jazz, good company and the nice backdrop of the Mandel Atrium are a trifecta for the perfect afternoon. Brandeis students, faculty and Waltham residents were quick to discover this during Brandeis’ Jazz Ensemble performance Wednesday. Initially advertised as a performance by the entire Brandeis Ensemble, the show simply featured Professor Robert Nieske (MUS) […]
Forming part of ’Deis Impact week, Brandeis seniors, working on the Justice Brandeis Innocence Project at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, spoke with released inmate, Damien Echols, his wife, his defense team advisor and a correspondent for CBS’s 48 Hours at Rapaporte Treasure Hall Tuesday evening. After a screening of the trailer of “West […]
Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest academic honor society, has changed its admissions criteria to include mathematics and foreign language classes as requirements. The organization should also add literature to its new class requirements. Here’s why. Encouraging a diverse range of academic study, grounded in the liberal arts model, not only introduces us to new […]
Seeking to portray the casualties and atrocities of warfare, Linda Bond, artist and visiting scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center, presented “The Artist as an Advocate for Social Change” to the Brandeis Community. As an integral component of ’Deis Impact, a festival promoting social justice and advocacy, the event explored the portrayal of traumatic […]
