Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
The morning after daylight savings began, like many students, I struggled to get up. After losing an hour of sleep, the sun seemed especially bright at 9 a.m. … excuse me, now, 10 a.m. On a walk up the hill from Massell Quad toward the library, I looked up and suddenly saw a deer prancing […]
Music critics often comment that Coldplay, one of the most successful current alternative-rock bands to emerge from the London music scene, often releases music that strongly resembles several other older rock and pop artists. However, instead of criticizing the quartet, it can be quite beneficial to commend Coldplay for its combined, Buckley-style Brit-pop, melancholy Radiohead-esque […]
The baseball team travelled to Sanford, Florida, for the University Athletic Championship which takes place from March 9 to March 16. Brandeis began the tournament on the wrong end of a 9-8 score against Case Western Reserve University. The Judges began the game strong with Brian Ing ’14 scoring in the first on a single […]
Between a cappella concerts, open mic nights and the one kid from your dorm who can do a less than stellar rendition of “Wonderwall,” Brandeis bombards you with vocal music. The Brandeis University Chorus and Chamber Choir concert showcased trained musicians. They were well-rehearsed, and would definitely be able to do an above average version […]
On Thursday, Mar. 13, Brandeis’s Israeli Comedy Night was held in the Lown Auditorium with TBA, one of Brandeis’ improv troupes. They began by first improvising with the word “falafel,” setting the scene with two actors playing the roles of new caterers who got the job at the catering company out of desperation, as the […]
On Monday night, Lown auditorium hosted a packed audience, ready to listen to award-winning journalist Max Blumenthal deliver the keynote address of Brandeis Israel Apartheid Week. Sponsored by Brandeis Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace, the week of events was brought to the Brandeis campus to engage students, faculty and […]
Students, faculty and off-campus guests crowded into International Lounge in Usdan on Tuesday, March 4 for “Global Protests, Local Realities,” a panel event designed to discuss the massive Brazilian street protests of 2013 and relate them to the country’s past, present and future. The event was presented by the Brandeis International Business School (IBS) Brazil […]
Oscars 2014 turned out to be one of the most successful Oscars this country has seen. The 86th awards ceremony featured stiff competition. “Gravity” took away many awards such as for best director (Alfonso Cuaron), best cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki), film editing (Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger), original score (Steven Price), sound editing (Glenn Freemantle), sound […]
Sometimes science can seem impossible to learn or can seem exceedingly boring. This past Monday, Mar. 3, chemistry was presented in a different kind of manner, with stock market jokes and tapas at Solea on Moody Street in town for the second annual installment of Cafe Science. The discussion, titled “Up-and-Down Chemistry: Oscillations, Chaos, Waves, […]
Two months after a student at Baruch College died during a fraternity ritual, New York state lawmakers are pushing forward a bicameral bill to educate students about hazing and impose harsher punishments for it. 19-year-old finance major Chun Hsien Deng, known as Michael, died in Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 9 after […]
