Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
When you first heard about Twitter, you probably had the same reaction as I did: What in the world is that? First of all, who came up with the name Twitter? If I didn’t know any better, I would say Twitter was the name of the Pokemon that Squirtle evolved into (sorry Wartortle). Before I […]
While the United States has become entangled in conflicts in Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq over the past few years, a potential threat has emerged that has garnered less attention: China. At first, China’s status as a hostile entity would not seem obvious. China is the United States’ largest creditor and holds $1.5 trillion in U.S. […]
The 10-year anniversary of Sept. 11 is quickly approaching. This day is to our generation what the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. were to our parents; a day so ingrained in our minds, it is likely we can all describe the day in extraordinary detail. With its milestone anniversary arriving […]
“Osama destroyed the Twin Towers! This is a victory for Muslims all around the world!” exclaimed my middle school math teacher one warm September morning in 2001. It’s quite unsettling; I encountered more people who shared her view than I had the stomach for. I was in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during my 9/11 experience. Yes, everybody […]
I was in Boston on 9/11/01, on the faculty of the Boston University School of Law. It was a beautiful morning, but otherwise a routine day as the law school and the university got into the flow of fall term. I had driven our children and several others to their school that morning—it was my […]
If memory serves, the announcement that Brandeis would sell the collection in the Rose Art Museum was the most significant campus news story of 2009. Yet three-quarters of current undergraduates won’t remember that announcement – it came when our current first-year class was entering its sophomore year of high school. Those students who were on […]
Summer may be a break from school, but it is not necessarily a time for complete relaxation. Along with trips to the beach, barbecues and flag cake, summer is also a time for supplementing our work at Brandeis with internships and jobs. These experiences away from Waltham can be as vital to our development as […]
Last year one of my professors said something that truly stuck with me. It was not some of that inspirational drivel that people claim “changed their lives.” It did not change my life; it was just memorable. “Manifestos are great,” said Professor David Sherman (ENG). “People today don’t write enough manifestos.” I agree with this […]
Denis Lemos and Vinicius “Vinny” Quirino were working at the Student Immigrant Movement (SIM), a Boston-based immigrant student organization, when the news came in. The Obama administration officially announced that it will start to review 300,000 deportation cases on an individual basis, suspending deportations for undocumented immigrants who pose no threat to public safety or […]
It feels like just last week that we were saying the long, heartfelt goodbyes to friends, using up all of our remaining points at the C-Store (even though there was nothing left to buy) and dumping out all of our old binders—reminders from semesters past. But in reality, three and a half months have passed […]
