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Professor Noam Chomsky will speak on campus next Thursday as part of Israel Occupation Awareness Week, a series of events planned by Brandeis Students for Justice in Palestine (BSJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) to advocate for the rights of Palestinians suffering under the occupation, Lev Hirschorn ’11, coordinator of Jewish Voice for Peace […]
People in brightly colored costumes flooded the street. Vendors flaunted their wares for tourists to buy. Visitors posed smilingly for photographs. This, however, was not a circus or a county fair—it was Salem, Mass. A group of Brandeis American Studies students and professors visited Salem Sunday to see the sights and learn the history of […]
Halloween is synonymous with free candy, crazy costumes, scary decorations and jack-o-lanterns. It is a time when all inhibitions are put on hold, and everyone can be a princess or Jedi knight for the evening. The fun-filled holiday was once a holy day as the Interfaith Chaplaincy wrote in an e-mail to students to mark […]
Former Waltham resident Brian Henchey, 33, is a member of the Tea Party and believes that health care reform is “an idea that is toxic to society.” He is a volunteer on the Sean Bielat campaign and hopes the Newton Republican will take the seat of Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) in the Nov. 2 election. […]
Recording executive Jeff Gold recently discovered a hitherto unknown recording of a forgotten Bob Dylan performance at a music festival hosted by Brandeis in 1963. He discovered the tracks while sorting through the basement of the family home of Toby Gleason, the son of Rolling Stone magazine co-founder Ralph J. Gleason. The elder Gleason was […]
In front of the Science Center, there is a lawn that isn’t watered or cut. It is the university’s first foray into xeriscaping, an environmentally friendly method of landscaping that reduces the need for upkeep. Sustainability Coordinator Janna Cohen-Rosenthal sat down with The Hoot to discuss other little-known ways the university tries to be environmentally […]
Magic was in the air at Brandeis’ first-ever intercollegiate Quidditch game against Tufts University Sunday. The rules of intercollegiate Quidditch stick closely to those featured in JK Rowling’s “Harry Potter” novels—other than the whole flying thing. The game is played with seven players per team. There are three chasers, who throw the quaffle through the […]
I must admit that I was a little nervous as I stood waiting in line to ask a question of the speaker, who minutes before had captivated an audience with a short, but well-crafted and well-spoken speech. She spoke in immaculate and steady tones with little-to-no hesitation, and had a stony, contented expression that would […]
Meghan Breslin-Jewer ’11 was an athlete all through high school, but she didn’t want to participate in a varsity sport when she got to Brandeis. She was at the activities fair when she discovered the sailing team and decided to give it a try. It was only two weeks into practice that she realized sailing […]
The Brandeis Real Food Coalition is pushing for the university to buy and serve only cage-free eggs due to the sometimes-cruel conditions to which factory farms and other producers subject their hens. “Our main objective is to have the university and Dining Services” look at this issue, “and we started with a petition,” the group’s […]
