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Reintroducing the Brandeis Judges

Sarah Baskin

Striking a chord

The Brandeis Hoot Editorial Board

Waltham mayor and other local leaders speak at VoteDeis panel

James Carven

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BETA is empowering students to innovate and redefine the future

Ella Chase

BETA is Brandeis University’s premier platform for entrepreneurship and technology club, which provides a dynamic platform for aspiring entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts. From high-profile speaker events to mentorship programs and immersive tech treks, BETA fosters...

10 things I learned in France

Naomi Stephenson

During the fall semester, I studied abroad in Paris, France. It’s hard to describe the semester in a concise manner, but I figured I should write something about the experience. My semester abroad was one...

Shaping the midyear experience as an orientation leader

Ella Chase

Serving as a midyear orientation leader (OL) at Brandeis University is a unique and impactful opportunity designed to help students beginning in the spring semester feel welcomed and supported as they join the campus community....

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Striking a chord

The Brandeis Hoot Editorial Board

Ok, it’s time for us to say it: We at the Hoot are glad that the Chiefs dynasty is over. For everyone that was hoping to see the dreaded “three-peat,” their hopes were dashed as...

With promises of change in administrative procedure, can the administration change students’ minds?

The Brandeis Hoot Editorial Board

With the recent release of Interim President Arthur Levine’s agenda for changing some of our university’s academic standards, including the core requirements and creating task forces for specific areas of study, members of this paper...

525,600 minutes

The Brandeis Hoot Editorial Board

Well, it’s that time of year again, the end of the year. A few weeks from now, we will be saying goodbye to 2024 and hello to 2025. 2025 feels like a year from a...

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Brandeis Bund holds Shabbat event, vigil/funeral procession and study-in

Cooper Gottfried

The Jewish Bund at Brandeis, an organization focused on “[c]ampus action and building radical space at Brandeis,” recently held a series of events, including a Shabbat gathering on Jan. 31, a funeral procession for the...

Waltham mayor and other local leaders speak at VoteDeis panel

James Carven

On Jan. 30, VoteDeis, the Student Union and The Abraham Feinberg Educational Network For Active Civic Transformation (ENACT) hosted an event called “It’s Not All About the President: Engaging in Local and State Government,” held...

Brandeis Athlete Ally supports Brandeis’ LGBTQ+ student-athletes

Cooper Gottfried

Athlete Ally, a nationally based organization that aims to “end homophobia and transphobia in sport and to activate the athletic community to exercise their leadership to champion LGBTQI+ equality,” now has a chapter at Brandeis...

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Book review: ‘The Lost Story’

Mandy Feuerman

In “The Lost Story” by Meg Shaffer, two boys, Jeremy and Rafe, go missing for six months after getting lost on a school field trip to a forest in West Virginia. During that time, they...

Crossword

Carolyn Levy

“Factorio” review: I really want to love this game

Lucas Alexander

I suppose I should preface this review with a few disclaimers. First of all, I have not actually completed “Factorio”—I got the game fairly recently and just haven’t had the time or energy to finish...

Sports

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Track and Field attends several meets

James Carven

Since our last publication, the Track and Field teams have been busy, participating in four different meets. On Jan. 25, both the men’s and women’s teams traveled to the Wheaton College Lyon Invitational. On Jan....

Harris joins the Judges’ 1,000-point club

Calli Morvay

Since the last game of theirs that we covered, the men’s basketball team has played in six University Athletic Association (UAA) games. Like the women’s basketball team, they traveled for the first four of these...

The rise of D.C. sports

Eva Levine

D.C. sports fans have been through a lot. Across the four major-league sports, for a long time, the city as a whole was “bad.” The Commanders couldn’t win a game, the Capitals and Nationals couldn’t...

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Reintroducing the Brandeis Judges

Sarah Baskin

If you’ve ever had the great misfortune of seeing the Brandeis Judges mascot in-person (or if you’ve ever gotten a 404 error on the Brandeis website), you will know that our weirdly fuzzy, weirdly large...

Ask SSIS: I noticed that you guys sell a lot of different types of lube. What are the differences and how do I choose?

SSIS

Thanks for writing to SSIS! We do carry a wide variety of lubes, and it is up to you which one you think will work best for your purposes. Our lubes fall into four categories:...

Hoot Recommends: Best single person activities

The Brandeis Hoot Editorial Board

Hello! Welcome back to Hoot Recommends, the series where The Hoot recommends things. In this edition, we’ll be talking about our favorite activities to do as a single person on Valentine’s Day!   Lucas: Perhaps...
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