Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Conventional wisdom dictates that the primary way to solve the Israeli-Arab conflict is to create a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. A partition that is implemented in the very near future, however, would in fact not solve this notorious dispute and perhaps only make matters worse. Consider what would happen in the […]
There are many stereotypes that persist about Brandeis and its students. Since transferring to Brandeis University last fall, I have heard things such as: every student is Jewish, everyone is from Long Island or New Jersey, and that Brandeis students are too awkward to function. Another stereotype that I have heard, and witnessed firsthand, is […]
When I first arrived at Brandeis last semester, I ate every meal in Usdan and every meal off a ceramic plate. I never specifically asked for a plate—I would simply order a burrito and the server would hand it to me on a ceramic plate. I had no problem with it at the time, until […]
High School was a routine. Monday through Friday I woke up to my alarm, went to school, came home, participated in various activities, procrastinated, accomplished some homework and went to bed—though never as early as I’d hoped. All the while, I knew that the next day would bring the same cycle of events. I never […]
Last Friday the Brandeis Student community collectively received an e-mail from LTS and the Dean of Student Rights and Community Standards regarding an unusually high level of copyright infringement notices last semester. Apparently, we as a community are increasingly turning to illegal options for satisfying our musical appetites. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that […]
In November, ABC’s show “What would you do?” quoted a recent survey taken in the United States by the Anti-Defamation League. It showed that close to 30 million Americans hold anti-Semitic views and that an average of three anti-Semitic occurrences happen every day. They posed the question: “Would you speak out against Anti-Semitism?” To find […]
Open relationships always seem a little too good to be true, you know—you can have your cake and eat it too. They have their benefits (someone who is there for you, emotional stability, companionship) and their negatives (the fact that your partner might be sleeping with other people). So is it worth staying in a […]
As a Politics major and relapsing political junkie, I’m always happy to see the campus newspapers run pieces about political issues. College students we may be, but it is important for us to discuss what is happening beyond the small confines of Brandeis. Unfortunately, sometimes these well-intentioned articles fail to do their subject matter justice. […]
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Don’t swim for an hour after eating. Don’t eat yellow snow. We have all heard this advice growing up and often we shrug it off. Now that we are in college, we skip breakfast often, we swim whenever the hell we want to, and we still […]
As my generation is pulled kicking and screaming into the real world, we are forced to make a hard decision. Do we do what we love and hope for the best or what we think would be most profitable? At first, this may seem like it is not much of a question. The popular aphorism, […]
