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Approximately three-quarters of Brandeis students receive financial aid. For some students, this aid comes in the form of merit scholarships. But, beginning with the incoming class of 2015, Brandeis is planning to phase out most merit aid, following a growing trend among universities of our size. According to Dean of Admissions Mark Spencer, many common […]
This week, two student groups at Brandeis University are hosting the first “Brandeis Israel Occupation Awareness Week” with a stated goal to present a “nice counterpoint … to the Zionist narrative” through a series of lectures and presentations. This week includes an appearance by MIT linguist Noam Chomsky, who will address Israeli “apartheid,” a speech […]
Let’s start with a story. Last Thursday a few friends and I went to the Student Activities monthly bingo event at Ollie’s. Sometimes nobody wins and sometimes we all win; once I won a nice DVD player. Last Thursday, we noticed that, at a booth next to us, a player had more boards than allowed […]
As my time at Brandeis passes, I find myself more interested in the long history of this institution and its students. It is a view that, unfortunately, few of my fellow students share. Often, Brandeisians will go four whole years without consuming any more than a few anecdotes about the past. The purpose of this […]
As anyone with eyes—let alone a Facebook account—knows, this past week has been “Israeli Occupation Awareness Week.” For those who have managed to avoid the e-mail, Facebook message and flyer campaigns, I will give a brief summary. “Israeli Occupation Awareness Week” was sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace and Students for Justice in Palestine. It […]
College students like to drink. Enforcement of rules against the consumption of alcohol at America’s colleges nearly always fails. This is a fact that every American and certainly every Brandeisian after Pachanga knows; yet, for the past two decades, every state has maintained a legal drinking age of 21 years of age. It would seem […]
What is the big fuss about threesomes? Every straight guy’s college dream (pre- and post-college too) is to somehow get two girls to go somewhere with him and rip off their clothes. Ideally, one will be a tall hot blonde, and the other a small Asian, each with bi-sexual tendencies so that they’re almost as […]
Perhaps the defining aspect of modern liberalism is sympathy with the poor and weak over the powerful and strong. Certainly, this sentiment, which has fueled numerous progressive movements—including those devoted to civil rights, feminism and environmentalism—can be a noble one. Indeed, there are unjust inequalities and inequities in the world, and true egalitarianism, in the […]
Don’t judge me here, but one of my favorite activities has always been people-watching. You know, sitting down and observing those around you. Quietly judging everything about them from their hair, to their shoes to their interactions with their friends (lovers? siblings??). Although every day is a great day for people-watching, once a year, a […]
I was walking up the Rabb steps yesterday when I saw a sign that, I admit, I did not expect to see hanging anywhere on this campus. On the sign was a picture of George W. Bush next to a caption that read: “Miss Me Yet?” It’s something you might see pasted on a billboard […]
