Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
When a president is elected by a decent margin, particularly in the popular vote, he can claim a mandate because he is elected from a national constituency. Speaker of the House John Boehner’s claim of having a mandate is unfounded. What Speaker Boehner forgot, so it seems, is that each member of his Republican majority […]
I was in a hotel room outside of Jerusalem when Osama bin Laden’s death was announced. The response of my peers on my gap-year was mild and vaguely patriotic. Sitting on my lumpy rented bed, I watched as status-after-status-after-status appeared on my Facebook news feed. They hailed the Navy Seal team that killed bin Laden […]
I am a big fan of Thanksgiving. I love the food, spending time with my family and the well-deserved break from classes, papers, endless midterms and premature studying for finals. But when critics attacked the president this week for not mentioning God in his Thanksgiving address, I sat down and thought about what I am […]
In a world of social media and instant information, college students have long gone to Facebook to connect with family, with friends at other schools, to procrastinate (homework on one tab, facebook on the other) and to upload photos of their awesome weekends. Status updates, however, are one thing you will see less and less […]
Both the men and women’s cross-country teams competed this past weekend in the New England Regional Championship at Westfield State University. The men finished in 13th place out of 50 teams while the women placed 16th out of 51 teams. The men’s squad was once again led by Ed Colvin ’14; however, Colvin was unable […]
Election season has thankfully concluded. Mass media will cease to play political advertisements and discuss the Barack Obama versus Mitt Romney saga. I am proud to say that this election felt very much alive in political spirit between both parties and across all ages. During election season, it is quite common to hear people talk […]
According to the Jerusalem Post, a record number of Israeli-Americans cast their vote in this election. Four times the amount of absentee ballots were sent from Israel to voice their support for Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. Unsurprisingly, Israelis supported Romney over Obama. Exit polls show that Romney received 85 percent of the Jewish vote […]
Repeatedly during their first week at Brandeis, students are told that should they need help there is a plethora of resources available to them. Any question has an office to which it can be directed, counseling sessions are available without cost and we are told that there is no reason to hesitate in reaching out. […]
The headline doesn’t begin to scratch the surface of how excited I am that the election is over. While I preferred a particular candidate, by the time the debates began at the start of last month, I was ready for it all to end. This was not because I had already voted—I sent in my […]
Brandeisians’ deep need to major and minor in many subjects is so ingrained in our campus culture that it was featured in the popular video, “Sh*t Brandeis Students Don’t Say, Part 2.” A girl is shown going to the registrar, saying, “Hi, um, can I declare my one major and zero minors?” Whether it is […]
