Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
More than a month since the Feb. 26 shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by 28-year-old George Zimmerman in Sanford, Fla., many questions remain. These questions vary from the complex legal ones concerning “hate crime” and the efficacy of “stand your ground” laws, to the more mundane question of simply what happened. There are also concerns […]
As a first-year student at Brandeis, Shayna Palmer ’15 has already seized initiative, sharing her passion for yoga with her peers. Palmer teaches four yoga classes every week to the diverse assemblage of students who attend these sessions as part of her work-study program. Palmer confessed that “initially, you couldn’t get me in a yoga […]
As a Jewish girl who goes to Brandeis and hails from New Jersey, I hesitated before applying to study abroad in Israel. I worried the trip would not be unique. Throughout my experience, however, I discovered my study abroad experience is in fact one of a kind. I am studying at the University of Haifa; […]
Boston University architecture professor David Carballo delivered a lecture titled “Ritual Offerings/Sacred Architecture in Ancient Central Mexico” on Wednesday afternoon as part of the Anthropology Colloquia Series. The anthropology department brings in guest speakers to present lectures related to different issues and topics in anthropology to the students on campus. Carballo began with a history […]
I never meant to be one of those “theater kids.” You know the ones I’m talking about; they sing musicals as they walk around campus, wear brightly colored hoodies advertising their shows and send you three dozen Facebook invitations to come see them perform. I never intended to do theater at Brandeis. As I walked […]
This past Wednesday, the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections hosted a “Show and Tell Event” to celebrate women’s history and their contributions to Brandeis. Created by graduate students Allison Lange and Zach Albert, this visual display highlighted photos of famous women, documents and events that occurred throughout Brandeis’ history. Combining Lange’s focus […]
The Gender and International Development Initiatives (GaIDI) at the Women’s Studies Research Center screened the documentary “Not My Life,” directed and produced by Oscar nominee Robert Bilheimer and narrated by Glenn Close, this past Monday about the international child trafficking and slave trade. Dr. Mei-Mei Ellerman started the event by passing out tissues. Ellerman is […]
In a one-hour roundtable lecture and question session titled “Arguing About World War I: A Transatlantic Story” co-sponsored by the German and European Studies and History departments, visiting Duke University Professor Philipp Stelzel offered insight into the Fritz Fischer controversy and the differing views on the causes of World War I. The focus of the […]
Professors Anita Hill (Heller) and Bernadette Brooten (NEJS) assembled a daylong conference in Levin Ballroom on March 19 to raise awareness of the issue that black women are considerably less likely than white women to report and seek justice when raped. “Professor Hill came to Brandeis in 1998, and we met soon after that. Our […]
“So, how was Rome? What did you guys do?” Upon returning from February break, I was asked this question by almost everyone I encountered. When I first touched back down in the United States, I received a call from home asking me to describe my trip in one word. The word I chose was indescribable. […]
