Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
With the passing of Rosh Hashanah and the approach of Yom Kippur, four new children’s books have come out. Written about both holidays, “Apple Days: A Rosh Hashanah Story” by Allison Sarnoff Soffe, “Rabbi Benjamin’s Buttons” by Alice B. McGinty, “Goldie Takes a Stand: Golda Meir’s First Crusade” by Barbara Krasner and “The Days Between: […]
One of the great joys of living in this modern age is simply how many different avenues there are to access music, movies or television. Netflix and Hulu provide mainstream content to audiences for a very fair rate, be it through an actual paid subscription or being forced to sit through the same 30-second ads […]
Recently, I attended a Black Keys concert at the TD Garden in Boston. This concert reminded me of two things: one, how much I love the Black Keys, and two, the significance of humanity. It is easy to go through our daily lives, living from moment to moment and forgetting to perceive the world around […]
Dear Sodexo General Manager Shawn Monaghan and Sodexo Management, We, the Brandeis Labor Coalition (BLC), are a group of Brandeis students concerned with the treatment of Sodexo workers on the Brandeis campus. It has come to our attention that the managerial staff actively disrespects workers through public and private intimidation, coercion to do tasks not […]
Finally back for its third season, “The Mindy Project” took no time jumping right into the lives of the show’s most anticipated couple. At the end of season two, fans saw Dr. Mindy Lahiri (played by Mindy Kaling herself) and Dr. Danny Castellano (Chris Messina) finally hooking up on top of the Empire State Building. […]
This coming November, Susan Lichtman, associate professor of Fine Arts, will be a featured artist at Swarthmore College’s List Gallery. She partnered with fellow artist Catherine Kehoe, who has been a visiting artist at Swarthmore College, Salve Regina University, Rhode Island College, Colby College, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, Indiana University, Boston University School […]
“All the world’s a stage. And all the men and women merely players.” -William Shakespeare, As You Like It Campus life could be likened to a theater, and the people we meet here to actors on a stage, each playing individual roles on campus through student organizations, social groups or campus events. But behind the […]
Catherine Mann, a professor at the International Business School (IBS) at Brandeis since 2006, is leaving her position to work for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OEDC) as its Chief Economist. She will be the first American to hold the title at the institution, which was founded to help post-war Europe make effective […]
Last semester, as I was scrolling through my Facebook wall, I came across a video that claimed it was going to change my life forever. I thought it was another catchy prompt title aimed at wasting five minutes of my life. I clicked, however, urged by a very skeptical curiosity and the addicting force of […]
In mid-September, Brandeis made national news regarding thousands of newly uncovered emails from a faculty listserv on topics ranging from Israeli politics to the decision to rescind Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s invitation to receive an honorary degree at commencement last spring. The listserv, entitled “Concerned,” was founded in 2002 by faculty members “out of concern about […]
