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Last week I wrote about some of the questionable “truths” about Brandeis’ self image. Having mentioned housing as one of Brandeis’ deficits, I thought I’d discuss the upcoming improvements to the Charles River Apartments. This is a good thing. Improving housing during summer break when students don’t need to use it is definitely positive. The […]
Unfortunately, Howard Dean didn’t give us his latest rendition of his famous “Dean Scream” when he spoke April 15. But I’m glad I had the opportunity to hear him deliver an important warning about the coming midterm election. Dean spent a lot of time in his speech talking about youth activism during the 2008 presidential […]
On April 15, President Barack Obama traveled to Kennedy Space Center in Florida to tell National Aeronautics and Space Administration employees to begin looking for private sector jobs. He didn’t put it quite that way, but his Republican-style plans for NASA privatization carried that meaning. The president called for adding $6 billion to the NASA […]
Tanning beds have become a craze in the United States. Young people everywhere are encapsulating themselves in tanning beds in order to improve their appearances. The feasibility of using tanning beds to modify one’s body in order to feel better about one’s appearance is a controversial subject but not the one I intend to tackle […]
What is good sex? Because we all have different wants and needs, is there really a standard? Is there actually such a thing as objectively good sex? I recently discovered that some of the things I take for granted when talking about sex are not what others do. Of course on an inconsequential level, I […]
Early polling suggests that the Democrats are on shaky ground come this November. A reason for this is that this party is losing what I would like to call the populism war. A recurrent theme in American politics on both sides of the political spectrum is populism. However, the left and right diverge in regards […]
After the health care sprint, President Barack Obama needed a cakewalk. He chose the next issue on his agenda well. On April 6, the United States Department of Defense released its Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), which revised American nuclear policy. Obama signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Prague […]
Brandeis’ motto is “truth, even unto its innermost parts,” but Brandeis is not entirely truthful in its self-representation to prospective students. For instance, the web site for prospective students describes getting into Boston as a “breeze,” but fails to explain the frequency of the commuter rail and shuttle service. To a student not familiar with […]
The next time you eat in one of Brandeis’ dining halls, be sure to buy tomatoes. Believe it or not, you may be helping farm workers in Florida live better lives with every purchase, thanks to a deal struck between Aramark and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) April 1. According to its web site, […]
Lube is the great equalizer. Not all women get equally wet in every situation, and sometimes the circumstances mean that a normally wet woman is dry. But lube, that great invention, means it doesn’t matter. Lube takes good sex and makes it better, but the best part is it takes great sex and makes it […]
