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March 2014 Issue

Professors should focus more on teaching than technology

I tend to grow frustrated whenever a class starts after the scheduled time. If I put in the effort to wake up and get myself to the classroom prepared and ready to go by a certain time each day the class meets, then I expect the professor to have the same diligence. Regardless of whether […]


Bob Moody exhibit is a relaxing retreat

Some quiet moments of contemplation can be found by observing Professor Bob Moody’s (THA) exhibit called “Work, Now, and Then” in the Dreitzer Gallery at the Spingold Theater. The exhibit featured many different works of Moody’s to ponder and reflect upon. One is sure to find an art piece that sticks out. Moody has widespread […]


Cal-Berkeley co-op changing after lawsuit

Cloyne Court, the nation’s largest cooperative student house is set to be rebranded and revamped 68 years after it was first purchased by the Berkeley Student Cooperative (BSC) at the University of California, Berkeley. The plan to alter the residential structure comes four years after John Gibson, a former resident of the co-op, sustained serious […]


UWS: a gateway toward poor writing habits

I took two years of AP English in high school. At another college, I might have been able to test out of a course on the fundamentals of writing. That wasn’t the case at Brandeis. Here we have the hallowed University Writing Seminar (UWS), required of all undergraduates, a crash course in composition taught by […]


Avett Brothers rock TD Garden

The TD Garden hosts many concerts throughout the year, from Justin Timberlake to Miley Cyrus, but this past weekend, the stadium heard a different kind of music. On Saturday, The Avett Brothers played the Garden with opener Old Crow Medicine Show. While there were a fair number of empty nosebleed seats, for the most part, […]


Evelyn Murphy delivers Lubin Symposium talk, teaching women to fight for what they are worth

On Tuesday, March 11 students, faculty and staff gathered in Rapaporte Treasure Hall to hear Dr. Evelyn Murphy deliver the 19th annual Tillie K. Lubin Symposium talk entitled “Work Smart, Earn What You Are Worth.” Sponsored by the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies and The WAGE Project, Inc., the 2014 Lubin Symposium invited Evelyn […]


Panel aims to promote dialogue between divided peoples

On Monday evening, the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life held a panel discussion in the Reading Room of the Mandel Center for the Humanities entitled “Extremists and the Challenges of Public Conversation.” The discussion was moderated by Daniel Terris, director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies. According to Terris, the Schusterman […]


‘Top Gear’ provides top tips

With the change of the season, only one thing can be expected: a new series of “Top Gear.” Keeping with British television tradition, “Top Gear” presents new episodes on cars and motoring, usually around six or eight, two times a year. One of the most popular shows in the U.K., “Top Gear” has spawned spin-offs […]


Why particle physics is less important than Putin

Under the fluorescent lights of the library, drowning in a sea of vector notation, it is easy to forget that there is a real world out there. It seems as nothing else could matter but solving the problem correctly. Forgetting about the world in a brief math-induced haze, however, is vastly different from not caring […]


Gender equality still out of reach

This week, Brandeis’ Women and Gender Studies core faculty released a list of statistics, titled “Report Card for Women at Brandeis University.” Accompanied by a graphic, the study unearths how many full-time faculty are women, how many women are on the board of trustees, how many serve in senior administration and more. “A number of […]