Nashim funding threatened
A group headed by Albert Cahn 07 and Robbie Schwartz 08 appeared in front of the Student Union Senate Dec. 11 to prevent the Hillel member group Nashim from receiving Student Activity Fee (SAF) funding for its annual talent show.
Terrorist threat on Heller
The Office of Public Safety received an anonymous e-mail Wednesday claiming that there was an imminent threat to the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, resulting in an evacuation of several University buildings and a nearby elementary school.
Swim notebook
This past week brought mixed results for the Brandeis swim teams. On Jan 14, the Men and Womens Swimming teams traveled to MIT to take on MIT and Colby College. MIT and Colby both dominated Brandeis. Four days later, Both Brandeis teams rebounded from their previous loss to defeat Clark University.
Jumbo-sized effort from Malcolm paces Judges
Three days ago, Brandeis suffered its first loss of the season to conference rival NYU. Tuesday was Brandeis chance to rebound from that heartbreaker by taking on regional arch-rival Tufts.
WBasketball notebook
Brandeis winning streak came to a halt at ten games, as they fell to division rival New York University 70-68 on Saturday. The Judges were 4 wins shy of tying last years 14 game unbeaten streak.
This week in sports
Baseball
A lawsuit is currently underway over who owns baseball statistics. Major League Baseball says that they own all of the statistics. A company that runs leagues for fantasy sports is arguing that once a game ends, those statistics become historical facts that can be used to power fantasy games.
NFC final preview
NFC Championship: Seattle versus Carolina
The Seattle Seahawks are probably the least respected number one seed within the last couple of years. Several experts have stated several times even as the Seahawks picked up win after win that they were not a reliable team to root for in the playoffs, they were too soft and will likely fall apart.
AFC final preview
Last weekend, the top two American Football Conference teams predicted to go this years Super Bowl XL were defeated when the Indianapolis Colts fell to the bottom-seed Pittsburgh Steelers and Tom Bradys ten-game perfect playoff record was shattered by the Denver Broncos.
Track Notebook
The Brandeis Mens and Womens Track and Field teams traveled to Bowdoin University on Jan 14 for a mid-winter meet, and when all was settled both groups of Judges were on the short end of the scoring.
