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“Chris Burden: The Master Builder” is coming to Brandeis. Burden is an installation and performance artist, who will come to campus to build an installation piece for Brandeis’ own Rose Art Museum. The piece is called “Light of Reason,” and it will stand on the lawn in front of The Rose Art Museum. 24 restored […]
People make Vines for different reasons. Maybe they’re hoping to become an Internet star, or maybe they’re looking to document an event. Sometimes they’re just looking to say hello to friends and family. Whatever their motivation, they probably haven’t considered the artistic potential of their medium. Individually, a Vine is about as good as it […]
It has been eight years since the prominent Rolling Stone magazine has given an album by Bruce “The Boss” Springsteen a rating lower than 4.5/5 stars. But is that to say that the 2009’s mediocre “Working on a Dream” is of the same musical caliber as 1984’s “Born in the U.S.A.,” a tremendous ode to […]
Shouted expletives, wild cheering and forlorn gasps directed at Sunday evening television are typically reserved for football. But not this past week. During this Sunday’s dramatic “Downton Abbey,” viewers across the nation rooted for their favorite resident of Downton Abbey, a 1920s mansion that is a bastion of classism and conservatism in the face of […]
On Jan. 8, 1969, 70 impassioned African-American students seized control of the university’s Ford Hall. In an effort to obtain more recognition from the administration, the group of students occupied Ford Hall for 11 days. It was through their resilience and resistance against the racial tides of their time that the 10 Martin Luther King […]
Talented and attractive Brandeisian guys? Welcome to the Mr. Brandeis Pageant, which is headed by Relay for Life of Brandeis University. The organization restarted the pageant to not only engage the Brandeis community but also be an entertaining way to publicize and fundraise for Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society. Today, over 5,000 […]
A good thriller consists of a few important elements: provocative characters, an interesting and unpredictable plot, a touch of humor and, of course, unexpected scenes to jolt your adrenal glands. Syfy’s new show, “Helix,” encomposses all of those components and far more. “Helix,” which follows the Atlanta CDC to Arctic Biosystems, an Arctic research facility, […]
Each January brings us cold weather, new classes and fresh faces. Brandeis, the ever-welcoming university it is, received the Class of 2017’s midyear students with open arms. Among the many midyear-oriented activities was the Brandeis VoiceMale and Up the Octave collaborative a cappella show. Held in the Village TV Lounge, the gig was attended by […]
Sometimes watching YouTube feels like eating the last of the potato chips: You’re tired of feeding yourself junk, but you just have to keep going until you can’t go any longer. YouTube’s never-ending supply of unsatisfying clips can leave you in such a funk that when you do find a quality channel it can come […]
“The Wolf of Wall Street,” a rivet- ing black comedy directed by Martin Scorsese, tells the true story of Jordan Belfort’s success and eventual down- fall as a stockbroker. Belfort, played by Leonardo Di- Caprio, starts out as an ethical young man selling penny stocks who even- tually makes enough money to start his own […]
