Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
I was talking to a friend of mine the other day about activism. She told me how much she disliked the fact that she was having fun at school. That’s actually just an overstatement of what she said to get your attention. Did it work? She said she felt that by spending more time on […]
It’s a process that I imagine most prospective students go through on their first visit to Brandeis. You drive under the bridge and through the main gate, excited to see the place that could become your home for the next four years. There’s the castle; wow, you’ve already heard about it, but nothing can prepare […]
At Pomona College in Claremont, California, 90 percent of dining hall workers have signed petitions demanding a card-check neutrality agreement from the school’s administration. The agreement would mean that workers could freely form a union by signing union cards, without being subject to discrimination or intimidation by the college. This display of unity and force […]
Complaining about the poor quality of dining hall food is an integral part of attending Brandeis. Everybody does it. With every passing dining survey, the results are about the same: Students want better food, a greater selection and longer hours. But imagine if you could only eat a fraction of the mediocre food available to […]
Political scorekeepers spent much of the last two weeks charging Hall of Fame pitcher and United States Senator Jim Bunning with a terrible error for delaying an important piece of legislation. But in politics, as in baseball, there’s a lot of discretion involved in keeping score. What Bunning threw at his colleagues was well outside […]
Last Thursday, President Obama and leaders from both parties deliberated for seven hours to espouse their talking points and delve into the intricacies of health care policy. They discussed a multitude of topics, ranging from health savings accounts to medical malpractice reform to the “Cornhusker Kickback.” What they did not mention, however, was the possibility […]
The first time with a new guy is always awkward, no matter how amazing it ends up. This becomes even more important to think about considering that in college, a lot of hook-ups only happen once or twice and may not always be with someone you even know well as a friend. Figuring out how […]
The girl in the pamphlet stared off into the corner of the picture frame. She looked like a lead female role in a low-budget 50s horror movie—covered in shadow and looking fearfully at some unseen enemy. “The Deadly After-Effect of Abortion: Breast Cancer,” read the boldfaced title. This was no movie. The pamphlet was one […]
Brandeis University opened its doors to its first student in the fall of 1948. Less than three years later, Arnold Schoenberg passed away at the age of 76. Schoenberg is often considered the last great composer of the art music canon, one whos work was so innovative that it created new modes of thought about […]
Within the next fifty years, China will probably overtake the United States as the world’s dominant hegemonic power. When this happens, historians will ask “when was the turning point?” Indeed, at what point did America begin to decline? The answer is in the policies of the past administration, that of President George W. Bush. The […]
