Life after Capra: 2008-2009 Women’s Basketball Preview

For the third straight year, the Brandeis women’s basketball squad advanced into the second round of the NCAA and they were bounced out at the hands of a more athletic squad – this time it was Kean College. This time around, Coach Carol Simon’s squad faces a trickier path to the NCAA’s as the UAA […]

Men’s basketball aims even higher: 2008-2009 Season Preview

Having spent so many years playing the hunter, Coach Brian Meehan’s squad find themselves playing the role of the hunted for a second straight year as they look to justify their preseason top 10 ranking from d3hoops.com and will look to surpass last year as they saw their second straight 20-win season reach it’s conclusion […]

Shakespeare tragedy comes to Brandeis stage

This week saw the arrival of one of William Shakespeare’s greatest plays to the Shapiro Theater at Brandeis University. “King Lear,” presented by Hold Thy Peace, the Shakespeare society in residence at the university, is an ambitious choice for anyone to tackle, with its title role notorious as simultaneously the most challenging to perform and […]

Q-Tip: Almost a Renaissance Man

“Back in the days when I was a teenager/Before I had status and before I had a pager,” Q-Tip raps in the opening of A Tribe Called Quest’s “Excursions,” you could find him “listening to hip-hop.” Tip’s reverence and respect for the genre is evident in his newest solo album, The Renaissance. In the 1990s, […]

The perfect Role Model for Hollywood movies

There are three rules that I think are very important to keep in mind when one starts to write reviews.  First, take a stand (this is obvious). Second, the review should be about the item under evaluation and not so much about the reviewer’s life (it is, however, acceptable to utilize the people in your […]

Review: Feeding Frenzy takes feeding fish to a new level

Feeding Frenzy is not one of the first games that come to mind on XBLA that you would think desperately needs a sequel. Even with a skeptical mind going in, Feeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck Showdown reminds players of how much fun it is to swallow underwater creatures over and over again. Gameplay is extremely simple […]

Aging

The summer was drawing to an end and she was finding it hard to say farewell to the long days and warm air. Soon she would be bundled up in a jacket and mittens, the nights would be longer and colder. Each day she would have to rise to a dark sky. But for now […]

Tales of customer service gone wrong

If you are the type of person who is easily distracted from work, or who simply does not need another reason to procrastinate, then please do yourself a favor and read no further. There were some websites that helped me waste my first 20 or so minutes of work this summer when I thought I […]

Ask the Queer Resource Center!

Dear QRC, I’m puzzled by the name “Queer Resource Center.” Isn’t “queer” an insulting term? Sincerely, Confused in Cable Confused, Great question! You’re right in that “queer” began as derogatory and homophobic. However, the term has been reclaimed, and in a liberal environment like Brandeis it is perfectly acceptable to use. Unlike commonly used terms […]

A month with the family in hell

I never considered Murphy’s Law a dramatic technique. I know that fate occasionally has a funny way of pouring one affliction on top of the other until a person can’t help but cry for mercy. But from the narrative rollercoaster of August: Osage County, I learned that art reflects life in strange ways, which means […]

From classroom to common room

Writing an article about the history of the Usen Castle is a bit daunting considering its many uses and modifications over the past 80 years. In a 1997 publication called “Building a Campus: An Architectural Celebration of Brandeis University’s 50th Anniversary,” editor and Brandeis professor Gerald S. Bernstein described the castle as “less archaeological than […]

The face versus the facebook

So you’ve never met Suzy Smith in person, but in addition to her first and last name, you can list at least five of her friends and the fact that she’s in a relationship with some boy who goes to Princeton. You know she listens to Pink Floyd, and she loves to read books by […]

Faculty Club: A higher level of dining for students

Did you know that students are allowed to eat at the Faculty Club? I didn’t, but it’s true. Wedged between Sherman and Shapiro Campus Center, The Faculty Club is open to everyone for lunch between 11:30 am and 2 p.m. on weekdays. Intrigued, I grabbed a couple of friends and we were off to the […]

Film major passed

The faculty voted almost unanimously to pass a proposal for a major in Film and Visual Media Studies beginning next academic year at Thursday’s faculty meeting. The proposal passed the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee two weeks ago. Chair of the Film Studies department Prof. Alice Kelikian (HIST) presented the major to the faculty as a method […]

Former Canadian Judge offers thoughts on international justice

Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour spoke about education, ethics, and governance for an international judiciary Thursday night in the International Lounge in a public talk co-sponsored by the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life and the Legal Studies Department Described by Director of the Ethics Center Daniel Terris as […]

Women’s Soccer to finish season at NYU

The Brandeis Judges wrapped their regular season home finale forcing a 0-0 draw against visiting Carnegie Mellon. Tartan’s goal keeper Anya Rosen knocked aside seven shots in 110 minutes of action, including two shots on goal each from Tiffany Pacheco ’12 and Izabella Miranda ’12. Jaclyn Weinstein ’12 made her second straight start in net […]

Detroit Pistons Basketball changes lineup in trade for Nugget Allen Iverson

This past Tuesday, the people of the United States of America voted for change and went with Barack Obama as President. The day before, Joe Dumars and the staff of the Detroit Pistons voted to shake up their core by trading team leader and point guard Chauncey Billups to the Denver Nuggets for Allen Iverson. […]

Brandeis sports blitz

The closure of Linsey Pool is an absolute shame. Not that it was a great facility or that closing it was a bad idea, it wasn’t but that it has come to this. The pool was dimly lit, the hours of operation were never convenient (for me anyway), required walking across a gym while games […]

MXCountry 4 of 8, WXCountry 7 of 8

Brandeis cross country took on their divisional foes back at the beginning of the month in Georgia and for the most part managed to keep with the pack. Men’s cross country earned 4th place with 102 points as five Brandeis runners finished in the top 25. Paul Norton ’11 finished in 15th place, just shy […]

Brandeis swimmers swamp WPI

Linsey Pool may have finally croaked it’s last dimly lit chlorinated days as the hub of Brandeis swimming but the season must go on and indeed it did without a hitch especially since the next home match wasn’t scheduled until January. The Judges enjoyed a strong Saturday at Worcester as the men outpaced WPI 157-137 […]