Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Across the hall from my dorm room is a giant room. It’s handicap accessible, with no lip at the door to roll or trip over, with easy access to the lounge next to it. Our bathroom, just down the hall, is specially equipped as well, with a fold-down seat in the shower stall and bars […]
Waltham Group, Brandeis’ largest student-led volunteer organization, held its first recruitment event of the school year Monday night, Sept. 8. The event was designed to give first-year students an idea of the range of volunteer options available and how to get involved in them. Though there are other similar clubs at Brandeis, Waltham Group is […]
Buzzfeed and websites like it are fine for taking personality quizzes in the third row of a lecture hall during class, but they are not good sources of information. It’s such a basic statement, “Don’t get your news from places that are decidedly not news,” but it’s something a lot of people find hard to […]
Since the fall of 1998, Brandeis’ Undergraduate Departmental Representatives have served as intermediaries between undergraduate students and the department faculty members. They act as the voices of the students to the Undergraduate Advising Heads, relaying news back and forth between the two groups. Bright, enthusiastic and well versed in their respective majors, these juniors and […]
In addition to massive hits like “Beautiful Day” and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” Irish pop-rock band U2 has become known for its attempt to catch the public’s eye—be it through heavy activism, constant involvement with the media, extravagant live performance tactics, theatrical composition or appearances in film. In examining U2’s career […]
