Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Four words, one question, and it’s enough to make me cringe. “Is Diet Pepsi OK?” My response is simple, just four more words. “I’ll just have water.” I’m not sure when I first became an avid Diet Coke drinker. I wish I could tell you a story about my first can, a story about how […]
One of the trends that I’ve noticed in regard to the 2012 presidential race is the constant attempts by both the Republican candidates and President Obama to portray themselves in an ideal, and it seems, unattainable and unrealistic light. For Republicans, this ideal would be a conservative with a clear and consistent conviction on social, […]
From the first primordial barbecues of our apish ancestors to the rustic grub of the early farmers, the Apicius to the “Joy of Cooking,” the mortar and pestle to the food processor, itʼs clear that cooking is one of the greatest and most progressive achievements of mankind. Keep this in mind, then consider the average […]
In our world of technology and instant communication, sentiments often get lost in cyberspace. In fact, there’s a whole website devoted to some of the crazy mishaps that can occur during texting. But when texting is successful, I can confidently say that one of its most common (and more recent) uses as a means of […]
This week has been a mess. There has been no getting around it. Something about the first few days after a break are always rough and our return from February break is always particularly challenging. Midterms are in full swing, lottery numbers are freshly released and housing wars are in high gear. As an added […]
There has been a lot of talk around campus recently surrounding articles published in both the Justice and The Hoot regarding Greek life. While The Hoot’s editorial was interesting and well conceived, I would like to take a second and give my perspective on a few points raised in the Justice’s editorial “Recognize Greek Life.” […]
I am going to be bold for a moment: Rick Santorum is a hypocritical jackass. Most of the things he says, I just ignore because I already know he is a hypocritical jackass. As a college student and as an American, however, I cannot ignore some of the things he has been saying about preparing […]
You may be surprised to hear that I am not unhappy being a midyear. I know that it has been discussed many times, but as a receiver of the midyear acceptance letter, I can’t emphasize the confusion and insecurity that follows its delivery. I spent the many months separating my acceptance to the university and […]
A recent conversation with a friend got me thinking about intelligence. We were discussing neuroscience when she told me that she’s not very good at it. This confused me. I know that neuroscience is an intense subject to study, but my friend is intelligent and does well in her classes. Yet she described herself as […]
Chicken is a game between two parties in which both take positions and attempt to make the other yield, with the worst possible situation being neither party yielding. A simple example would be two cars driving down a single-lane road. As they approach each other, both sides try to get the other to move to […]
