Theater: Urinetown or bust
Saturday, March 25, the Shapiro Theater found itself over capacity. People filled all 249 seats, as well as two additional rows in the back of the theater. A line stretched out from the box office to the wall and curled off in two directions. Once the last few tickets went, students who so chose could purchase seats on the floor at the front of the house for a discount price.
New side of Spike
Spike Lee brings perhaps the most mainstream effort of his career to audiences everywhere this week with Inside Man. After spending more than twenty years using the city of New York as a lens through which to view the social issues of racism, sexuality and criminality in films such as Do The Right Thing, Jungle Fever, Crooklyn and 25th Hour, Lee here uses his hometown as a setting for another type of film entirely;
specifically, a heist thriller. Of course, Lee is far too talented a director to indulge in the clichs of the idiom, and aided by Russell Gewirtz's clever and well-structured script and a bravura cast, he brings style and novelty to a story that we have all seen many times before.
Watching the dung-beetles: NotesfromastudentssemesterinAfrica
In the dead of night, compound guards were knocking at the door. Pardon us for waking you, Miss;
we thought you might like to see the aardvark weve spotted outside
Memory Lane
Depending on how many foreign substances you ingested during your freshman year, such as food, water, your roommates food, your roommates water, your roommate, or several of the books assigned for some humanities course that you figured you could just memorize quicker by eating, taking a trip down memory lane for upper classmen such as myself can be anywhere from frightening to fictional, in that you dont really remember anything on account of lack of sleep.
It doesnt cost anything to be nice
I was excited when, for one of my previous articles, the good people at The Hoot enlarged a quote from my mother, It doesnt cost anything to be nice. My parents are visiting Brandeis this weekend, so perhaps this is an appropriate time to tell the story behind the quote, explain my mothers life a bit, and maybe inspire some readers.
The Brandeis Brief
Union Secretary Aaron Braver '07 announced the creation of a of a committee to investigate the current online system used in Union elections.
Student groups, eager to grow, look to Village space
Its big enough for anything, said Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer Peter B. French of the 800 square foot open space in the Village, located across from the Village exercise room.
Tuition, room & board up 4.5%
Tuition for the next academic year will increase by 4.5%, as will the cost of room and board, according to Acting Associate Vice President for Budget and Planning John Richard.
No funding left for course-related activities this year
The funding for course-related activities was exhausted for the academic year on Mar. 21, according to an email sent to the faculty by Michele Rosenthal, the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs.
Union campaigns for SAF
The Union has begun a campaign to inform voting students about the proposed Constitutional amendment which will change how the Student Activites Fee (SAF) is distributed, according to Union officials.
Hockey Season on Ice
The Brandeis Club Hockey Team is currently 1-1 in the New England Senior Hockey League postseason, as they seek to repeat as Kings Division champions after winning the title last year. The club experienced a difficult regular season this year that was marred by a spinal injury to starting goalie Mike Cohen (GRAD), a record that hovered near .500 most of the season, and several occasions of players not always seeing eye to eye. Despite their adversity, however, the Judges are on their way to defending their division title even though they are only a loss away from being eliminated from the playoffs.
Tennis Takes Two
Brandeis Mens Tennis is on a roll.
After upsetting formerly 9th ranked Wheaton 6-1, Brandeis carried that momentum to Babson, winning easily, 6-1. This is its sixth straight victory since its match against Middlebury back on the 11th.
Softball swipes four of six
Brandeis has celebrated its return from Florida by winning four out of six games to start play up north. An extra-chilly day warranted extra innings as Brandeis won the first game Thursday, 3-1 over MIT. Brandeis struck first in the third inning when Elissa Glucksman 06 led off the inning with a walk and later scored on a Kaitlin Streilein 08 double. Streilein pitched a gem, giving up only seven hits in the game.
Baseball strikes back in most recent roadtrip
Tim Dunphy '06 continues his mastery from the mound, throwing a complete game as Brandeis shut down Salve-Regina 6-3. Brandeis was aided by a four-run second inning with the first run coming from a Seahawk error and the last run of the inning on a sacrifice fly from Chuck Sheehan 08. Brandeis added two more runs in the third thanks to an error by the Salve-Regina pitcher Justin Collett. That would be all the Judges would need as Dunphy scattered 14 hits and 3 earned runs over nine innings pitched. This victory on the road was critical, especially after their performance against Wheaton.
Brandeis enshrines ’06 Hall of Fame class
It was Brandeis version of that midsummer Cooperstown extravaganza. Thats what happened this past Sunday morning at the Westin Hotel in Waltham.
This week in sports
Baseball
MLB will investigate Barry Bonds alleged history of steroid abuse. Former senator George Mitchell was made leader of the investigation effort.
There's nothing else for me but dance
Im leaving my last class and heading for the weekend. Am I thinking about the Irish fun Ill be having? Not quite. I walk into the Shapiro Campus Center and head over to Java City, where I spot an unassuming BCAC sign on the table and pick up two tickets for Grand Slam. Theres nothing like a little ballet to spice up St. Patricks Day weekend.
An evening with "Madame F"
On Sunday afternoon, in Slosberg Recital Hall, a large audience gathered to see a musical drama created by Claudia Stevens titled An Evening with Madame F. Stevens, a visiting scholar at the Womens Studies Research Center (WSRC), is a multitalented performer who herself created the piece. The performance combined dramatic monologue, singing (in English, German, and French), and the playing of instruments.
Mau ke aloha no Hawai`i (LovealwaysforHawai`i)
It was one of those rare cultural treats on a Thursday night;
not the kind packaged as an evening in paradise, as it often is for the tourist set. I think its sponsors, BAASA and the ICC, have every reason to be proud of last weeks Hawaiian lu`au, part of the ongoing Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month festivities. There was something about it that attracted the passerby with an island-style welcome: E komo mai! Come on in
I hate you thugs
The oversized pants with rear pockets
reaching the armpits of the legs
Big shirts
and hooded sweatshirts
With a cap to top it off.
