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Nearly three weeks ago a popular college holiday hit—April Fools Day. While college students may be “adults” who are breaking into the real world, we are still very juvenile in many ways. Most of us cannot pass up the opportunities for tomfoolery that April Fools Day gives us. While some of these jokes have been […]
Perhaps you are a new Brandeis student and just realized how strange the spring semester schedule is. Or maybe you are a university veteran who is used to yearly panic attacks, which often happen near the second round of midterms. Our double-break system divides the semester and reduces the stress of looming finals. While the […]
The Huffington Post recently published a list of schools that lack free speech, even though the online newspaper claims to uphold the opposite stance. The rankings from Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) do not include schools that deliberately tell you certain freedoms of speech will be restricted. In these cases, you can’t complain […]
What many pundits and experts considered a clear decision in the health care Supreme Court Case has now become shrouded in fog after hearings on the law. Before the oral arguments, there was a popular shared sentiment that the individual mandate would be upheld. The government’s case hinged on a question regarding whether the act […]
When student journalists make mistakes, the community notices. We face unique pressure on a daily or weekly basis. When we make the wrong decision, thousands of people read about it the next morning. Accountability to readers—apologies, explanations or retractions—cannot change what we choose to write and print. After The Daily Free Press, Boston University’s independent […]
The first time I heard Mick Jagger, it was on vinyl. Through some very impertinent cabinet-opening, I had discovered the family record collection, which spanned from my grandfathers old 45s from the 1930s to Donna Reed and the Clash. I demanded that my parent play one for me. It was enthralling to watch, the way […]
The Trayvon Martin shooting in Florida has captured the country’s attention because of the questions it raises about racial motivations, vigilantism and lax self-defense laws. Important as these questions are, the Martin case has caused many people to overlook another heartbreaking story in California. On March 24 Pasadena Police received a 911 call from a […]
Brandeis brags that its student body is comprised of judges; however, the actions of administrators contradict this value of student authority. When the board of trustees voted last week to increase tuition 4.1-4.85 percent, Brandeis students weren’t invited to engage in the decision-making process. Instead, two students were invited to watch, and the rest of […]
A few days ago, at Women in the World Summit hosted by Newsweek and The Daily Beast, Nobel Peace Prize-winner and Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee asked an important question: “Where are the angry American women? In all honesty, I’ve also been watching the men talk about your reproductive issues and saying: Why are these […]
I waste multiple hours in my dorm room every night watching television online. It began with Hulu and now includes Netflix. I started with Hulu in order to continue my newly acquired interest in “Grey’s Anatomy,” but I only managed to watch the first two seasons before I broke down and stopped. Most shows get […]
