Volleyball in rough patch
Brandeis volleyball continued their rough patch, splitting the October 11 tri-match, beating Keene State 3-1 before falling to hosts Coast Guard Academy 2-3. Paige Blasco ’11 and Lorraine Wingenbach ’09 led the offense against Keene State with 14 and 12 kills respectively. Wingenbach also led the defense 12 digs while Bridget McAllister ’10 provided 10 […]
BTV shows bring Brandeis spirit to screen
After watching reports of our economy recede from the crashing stock market, watching BTV introduce a new sitcom, STANJY, as well as the season premiere of Slice and ’Deis was a perfect way to ease my mind out of the red. As I entered the Shapiro Atrium for the premieres, I was greeted by three […]
Bands on display at Worcester Rock and Shock festival
The Rock and Shock festival in Worcester is an annual three-day celebration of horror films and heavy metal. Just as horror films run the gamut from silly satire to dark brooding scare fest and from gorexploitation to sublime psychological masterpiece, so to did the range of bands and musical performances offered at this festival. I […]
“First love is easy:” The attraction of Chuck
First love is easy. This is just a fact of life. The attraction, the butterflies, and the smiles come without effort. It’s simple. It’s when that first fire dies down that things become more difficult. Honestly, it doesn’t matter whose fault it is. It could be yours, it could be hers, or it could be […]
Girl Talk reinvents music with laptop and moxy
The thing about pop music is that many of its best songs have approximately 45 unforgettable seconds that make the song worth playing every 15 minutes on the average radio station. Gregg Gillis, aka the mashup DJ Girl Talk who has performed once at Brandeis two years ago and is due to come back again […]
New XBOX game reviewed
With an overall weak retail launch lineup, the XBOX 360 found its must buy game in a new medium, a downloadable title. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved was a smash hit and was the most talked about game in the first few months of the system’s release. Since that time, in late 2005, we have seen […]
British Slang: our “real” is their “proper”
As some of you may or may not know, I am currently studying abroad in England for the year. I’ve been meaning to write about all the British culture I’ve experienced since I was here, but wanted to wait until I had a better hold on it. I’ve been in this country now for more […]
Who are Carl and Ruth J. Shapiro?
Freshmen Jeremy Solomons and David Hanno eat at Einstein’s in the Shapiro Campus Center about once a day. Jeremy lives in North Quad, and Hanno lives in Massel, so the two friends use the SCC as a meeting place to catch up on each other’s day. “It’s funny,” Solomons said, “I come here so often, […]
Meet the Author series introduces many prominent authors to Brandeis community
Four and a half years ago, Brandeis Media Relations and Communications staff members Dennis Nealon and Lorna Miles came up with a simple idea: bring authors to Brandeis to discuss their works, and make the events free of charge to attendants. A little planning culminated in the first of scores of successful events, a talk […]
Freshmen twins preform gymnastics on horseback
When the sport of volleyball was originally founded in 1895 in a nearby Massachusetts YMCA, it was hailed as an ingenious combination of tennis and handball. American football drew inspiration from its British predecessor, rugby, and its namesake, known in America as soccer. But only one sport can claim as its godparents two sports that […]
Sun doesn’t shine for Judges’ men’s soccer as they fall 2-1
“Not one thing was I happy about today.” Brandeis head coach Mike Coven was nothing short of visibly perturbed following Brandeis’s second straight loss, bowing 2-1 to Bridgewater State at home. “When we lose to a team like Wheaton who is ranked fourteenth in the country, we lose 2-1; it shows we played a decent […]
Women’s volleyball loses two matches, wins one out of three
The Judges entered the season with questions about depth and over the weekend, left Amherst still dealing with these questions. Playing without injured setter Abby Blasco ’11, recuperating after aggravating her hamstring injury against Tufts, the Judges struggled to adjust, sandwiching a 3-1 victory over Westfield State with 1-3 losses to host Amherst. “That definitely […]
Women’s soccer brief:
Denise Dallamora’s squad extended their winning streak to two games as women’s soccer opened the month of October with a 3-0 blanking of Wellesley. Brandeis took control early and never let go, pummeling Wellesley goalie Katie Martore with 29 shots, 10 of them on goal. Only two of the Blue’s five shots required Hillary Rosenzweig […]
Spanish artist's newest album transcends language barriers
There’s something odd about listening to music in languages you don’t speak, and you listen intently to the syllables in search of familiar English, even though you know it’s not there. Obviously, throughout the world billions of people are making and listening to music not in English, but unfortunately, it’s not music we’re typically exposed […]
Move over, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants- skinny jeans are here
I normally wouldn’t do this. I’m a news writer, an editor no less. I write about serious issues, you know, UJ cases, Union elections, guns on campus, Waltham City Council, Mamoon Darwish. But I had a revelation the other night. This is serious. I never thought this would happen. My whole-world view got turned upside […]
Mixing business with laughter
If you have ever found yourself asking questions such as, “I wonder what the CollegeHumor guys do on the weekends?” or “Are the people who work at CollegeHumor funny all the time?” then you should really go to JakeAndAmir.com. Two of the CollegeHumor employees, Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld, have created a completely hilarious online […]
Worst Week brings the new and the old to sitcom format
From the In-Laws to Meet the Parents to Monster-in-Law, Hollywood has dedicated whole films to the dreaded experience of navigating interactions with the in-laws. Now TV is partaking in the trend with the new CBS sitcom, Worst Week. Premiering on September 22, Worst Week follows Sam Briggs, who agrees to a week-long visit at the […]
Union to conduct water bottle poll
The Student Union will conduct a poll beginning today to gauge student opinion regarding the use of plastic water bottles on campus, Union Vice President Adam Hughes ’11 said. “I’m doing a poll because I’ve been asked what students think so I’m going to ask students,” Union President Jason Gray ’10 commented. “We’ll take the […]
The Brandeis Brief
PCE raises money for diabetes Members of Partners for Civic Engagement, Brandeis’ first living community for first-year students dedicated to community service, are participating in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Walk to Cure Diabetes this weekend. The 5K walk is scheduled for this Saturday at 10 a.m. at the DCR Hatch Memorial Shell in Boston. […]
