Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
I am a hipster. Or I would be a hipster if hipsters defined themselves as hipsters anymore, but they don’t. So maybe I’m not a hipster after all? Is this the hipster paradox? The point remains: My thick-rimmed lens of the world and social media looks favorably on the sarcastic posts and ironic uses of […]
On Thursday, Nov. 6, the Student Committee for the Rose Art Museum (SCRAM) co-hosted a “Lamp Night/Late Night” event with the Psychology Club. The event, hosted at the Rose, consisted of a discussion of artist Magnus Plessen’s work “1914: Magnus Plessen” and was attended by a number of respectful and interested students. By the end […]
Seven of 12 members of the Brandeis Chess Club scored victories at the 81st Greater Boston Open last week. Brandeis student and chess master Misha Vilenchuk ’16 also earned the championship, beating two chess experts and an international master before drawing grandmaster Alexander Ivanov into the final round. Vilenchuk was crowned the greater Boston chess […]
Early registration for next semester has started, and as always, students have been stressing about making it into the more popular classes or trying to figure out which classes they will actually take. With students sneaking out of class at their appointment times and the general angst in the air about needing consent codes from […]
The Brandeis volleyball team finished strong this past Saturday with a 3-1 win on senior night against Eastern Connecticut State University. The Judges buzzed with emotion and excitement for their final home game of the season in which they honored the hard work of their four senior members. The team honored Elsie Bernaiche, Carly Gutner-Davis, […]
This week, The Decemberists released their first new single in almost four years. “Make You Better” is the first track to be released off of their upcoming album, to be titled “What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World.” The album is set to be released mid-January 2015. For long-time Decemberists fans, “Make You Better” […]
British experimental pop producer and singer Daniel Woolhouse’s recent marriage became his inspiration for his new album “Songs,” which came out Monday, Nov. 3 under his stage name, Deptford Goth. With songs described as “ethereal, spectral R&B” tunes, artist Daniel Woolhouse hails from Peckham, Southeast London. Woolhouse started fusing his songwriting roots in guitar and […]
One of the single best ways to destroy campus unity is to incite mistrust among peers. And Yik Yak, the anonymous social media app that operates almost like a geographical Twitter for college campuses, can do just that. It has the capacity to spur cyberbullying and other situations that have negative implications. If you have […]
The Brandeis men’s and women’s soccer teams were on the road this past weekend with games against the University of Chicago. Men’s soccer suffered its second loss of the season against the University of Chicago. The Judges lost 1-0, dropping to 16-2 for the season and 4-2 in the UAA conference. Men’s soccer outshot their […]
