What's going on at Brandeis? BET's Fall Show
BET is putting on a performance this weekend. The evening is a set of one acts from “For Whome the Southern Bell Tolls” and “The Actor's Nightmare” by Christopher Durang.
What's up Waltham? The Magic of Beethoven
Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra is playing the beautiful music of Ludwig van Beethoven. Featuring Violin Concerto: Elliott Markow soloist;
Consecration of the House Overture;
and Symphony No. 5. This 22 year old orchestra is made up of almost 60 semi-professional and amateur local musicians. $12 for students.
Spotlight on Boston: Day of the Dead in Jamaica Plain
Day of the Dead is upon us! No, this is not a zombie uprising, but a wonderful Mexican holiday celebrated on November first and second, based on the ancient traditions of Mexico's indigenous peoples who believed that the souls of the dead return each year to visit their families. There will be music and dancing and sugar skulls. Free admission.
Brandeis, the University on a Hill
Many of us at Brandeis enjoy the observation point in front of Usen Castle adjacent to the old Courtyard Bell. On a clear evening, barring any interference of high branches, one has a gorgeous view of the Boston skyline. We are not the first to enjoy this personal link between our small enclave and our nearby city. The area known as Boston Rock (or Boston Rock Hill) is the point from which John Winthrop surveyed the area in 1632 and is also the highest point of elevation west of the city on the perimeter of the metropolitan area. While sites at Prospect Hill Park (Waltham Highlands, about three miles North of Brandeis) and Blue Hills Park (Milton, MA) are respectively regarded as the second and first highest points of elevation in Eastern Massachusetts, Boston Rock Hill is the closest to Boston.
The unexplored identity of Jewish women
Everyday, we encounter new challenges and new questions that urge us to consider who we are and what we value. We are often forced to define our religion, political affiliations, sexual preference and other classifications in a simple word, two at most.
Yet, it is an unfeasible task to convey everything we believe ourselves to be in words that are not only limited in quantity, but in a language that disregards the spectrum that lies between the two extremes with which we are compelled to align ourselves.
No TV? Just watch it on your PC
Today, many college students do not even own a television. It is seen as a kind of distraction from work, friends, and extra curricular activities. While not having a television is not completely necessary, at some times it could definitely come in handy when friends want to watch that big football game, hear about a breaking news story, or check out a new reality show on cable.
Reading A Dirty Job isn't dirty work
Imagine that you are sitting in a public place. A park bench, an airplane, a desk in class. Whatever. Youre reading this really cool book that you randomly purchased. A passage strikes you as hilarious. Suddenly, you start laughing embarrassingly loudly while those who are seated near you stare and your face grows red.
A villian worth idolizing
In the spirit of the recent-celebrated Halloween Id like to acknowledge an artist and influential figure in underground hip-hop, who never seems to maintain his Halloween spirit all year-round.
Of course Im talking about Daniel Dumile, also known as The Super Villain, Viktor Vaughn, King Geedorah, Metal Fingers, Metal Fingered Villain, Zev Love X and most popularly as MF Doom. Dumile, who hails from London, has been in the game a long time, working with a plethora of artists including Talib Kweli, Ghostface and the Gorillaz.
Don't Settle for a PB & J
Upon reading a recent article on grilled cheese sandwiches, I started to wonder how I can make better sandwiches here at college.The sandwich bar on campus is fairly standard (chicken/ham/roast beef etc, yellow mustard, honey mustard, mayo etc.), but we can spice it up with a little ingenuity. Everything here is available at the sandwich bars on campus with the exception of bacon, which you can get at the hamburger station. Comments in brackets are optional but recommended.
Renaissance
Nobody built like you, you design yourself
Revive, Revitalize, Birth
A new
Because conformity produces uniformly
Which results in an army
Of premature progress
Sure, we all stand united and divided
We fall but,
In essence, if we all were supposed to be
The same
Then Gods divine grace for us would limit
Our ability to undertake expansion
As the French say,
It's Halloween season, and that means a few things. One: you should have an amazing costume ready (costume choices are a tricky thing but thats not what were here to discuss today). Another is that on the TV you will be treated to every horror, pseudo-horror, alien, monster, and psychopath movie ever made. If you tune into the sci-fi channel, you can watch every single one of Stephen Kings novels turned into a wonderfully bad movie.
Chick flick, but not a hit
While judging a book by its cover is debatable, judging License to Wed by its title should be a rule of thumb. After all, any movie that deems it appropriate to use a James Bond pun in referencing marriage, is bound to be cute- sickeningly cute.
Released last Tuesday on DVD, the movie follows a young couple, Ben Murphy (played by John Krasinski of The Office) and Sadie Jones (played by former pop star Mandy Moore), who have a seemingly perfect relationship, until they agree to go through a pre-marital training course, conducted by Sadies childhood minister, Reverend Frank (Robin Williams).
Hamlet v. a return to Hollywood
The Undergraduate Theatre Collective's Fall 2007 season got off on the right foot last weekend, as the Brandeis Players hilarious production of Paul Rudnicks I Hate Hamlet, directed by David Pepose 08, ran for four performances.
The play follows Andrew Rally (Brian Melcher 10), star of a recently-canceled television medical drama, as he moves to New York and is confronted with the terrifying opportunity to star as Hamlet at Shakespeare in the Park.
ECSF Recipients "Remember Africa"
The Abraham Shapiro Academic Complex was abuzz last Friday afternoon, as students, alumni, faculty, administration, and parents mingled over the mellow rhythms of African music.
As part of its 10th Anniversary celebrations, the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life invited back Ethics Center Student Fellowship Alumni to recount their experiences in South Africa during Africa Remembered.
Alum speaks about tobacco litigation
Brandeis Alumnus and Harvard Professor of the History of Medicine Allan Brandt spoke Wednesday about the legalities and history of anti-tobacco legislation in a lecture entitled Tobacco on Trial: Risk, Responsibility and Litigation. The lecture was part of the Heller Schools Joshua A. Guberman Lecture Series. It comes in conjunction with the publication of Brandts new book Cigarette Century.
Bordeleau to leave Brandeis
Next week Sarah Bordeleau, Assistant Director of Student Activities, will leave Brandeis to become a sales agent for the American Program Bureau, a company that books speakers for universities.
As Assistant Director of Student Activities, a position Bordeleau has held since 2004, she met with students to help plan events, worked with the Union on club initiatives, advised the SunDeis Film festival, and aided in the development of the Student Activities Departments Take the Lead! program. During the summer she also redesigned the Leadership and Resource Handbook worked on the organization of the Activities Fair.
Union representatives work to introduce Hindi classes
Class of 2011 Senator Shiv Mundkur and Union Director of Academic Affairs Kimberlee Bachman 08 are working to create new foreign language classes at Brandeis including Hindi and American Sign Language.
Shiv [Mundkur] mentioned to be that there is demand for a Hindi class and I have experience creating classes, Bachman said. While they are very much in the preliminary phase, Bachman said, we have two goals;
ASL and Hindi.
Brandeis SSDP chapter organizes new club looks to alter national drug policies
After a year of planning, students have organized a Brandeis chapter of the nationally active group Students for a Sensible Drug Policy. Chartered by the Student Union last month, SSDP aims at promoting policy changes in the war on drugs.
Former Nixon aide John Dean speaks at Brandeis
John W. Dean III, former White House Counsel to President Richard Nixon who was involved in the Watergate scandal that led to Nixons resignation, gave the inaugural lecture for the Elaine and Gerald Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism Tuesday night to a standing room only crowd at the Faculty Club.
Reinharz to organize firearms policy advisory committee with Union help
In order to devise protocol for arms use by campus police, President Jehuda Reinharz has commissioned the organization of a firearms policy advisory committee to be chaired by Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Peter French.
