Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Dear Eliana, The people on my floor are really loud, and I have a hard time studying in my room. Where could I study without as many interruptions? -Lots of Work Dear Lots of Work, There is a library here. You should definitely check that out. There are a lot of quiet places in there […]
Wrongful use of prescription drugs such as Adderall and Ritalin on college campuses has come to the media spotlight in recent years. Designed for patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), college students use the stimulant as a study aid to improve focus. However, in light of recent research on the extreme and medically unjustified […]
Living at Brandeis can be a challenge. We are daily faced with the mounting pressures of class, social upheavals, and culture clash. Fortunately, Eliana Sinoff is here to answer your questions and maybe make life a little bit easier. Although a first-year, Eliana has experience dispensing advice from her career as an advice columnist for […]
There are few things about this school I have come to appreciate more than how characteristically diverse it is. When I first came, I expected to be greeted with a sea of kippahs strewn across everyone’s heads, hearing a constant susurrus of Boston accents buzzing through the air. I had heard that a large portion […]
We all know that Brandeis students were generously given numerous days off to observe Rosh Hashanah and many other fall holidays. But did you know that the Ethiopian New Year took place just five days after Rosh Hashanah? Or that this year, Sukkot, the fall agricultural festival, started on the same day as the Chinese […]
We have all been taught the dangers of peer pressure for items such as cigarettes, alcohol, illicit drugs and the like. DARE programs in our youth told us to stay vigilant in saying no to the forces that could transform our innocent little lives into something dark and scary. Whether we listened or actually partook […]
Almost a decade after the peak of southern raunch-rap (a la The Hot Boyz, Ying Yang Twins, Lil John, etc.), Miley has shamelessly employed this legacy to uphold the shock-and-awe of her new image. Summer 2013 has seen Miley Cyrus convulse in a manner that attempts to resemble the southern art of “twerking”. Her honky-tonk-ba-donk-a-don’t […]
On July 13, 2013, the six-person jury of the 18th Circuit Court of Florida, tasked with delivering a verdict in State of Florida v. Zimmerman, rendered what might ultimately be one of the most controversial cases in the civil rights history of the United States. Specifically, the jury found defendant 29-year-old George Zimmerman not guilty […]
When students moved into their dorms a few weeks ago, they noticed signs and flyers reminding them to recycle their trash. They saw the numerous recycling bins present, and there were signs everywhere showing how environmentally sound or “green” Brandeis is. As a junior, this has been the culture for all two years and change […]
Every fall brings the controversial Student Union elections, and this year was no different. Campaigns were out of control. Brandeis needs to clamp down on what candidates can do to promote themselves on campus. Students here at Brandeis come from different backgrounds ethnically, nationally, financially and religiously, but they are all people and should not […]
