Month: January 2009

Rose art Image Gallery 3/5 (Yuan Yao)

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Rose art Image Gallery 5/5 (Barbara Stark)

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Rose art Image Gallery 2/5 (Natasha Rubin)

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Rose art Image Gallery 1/5 (Max Shay)

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French outlines staggering deficits

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Peter French briefed students on the university’s finances Wednesday morning following Monday’s announcement that the Rose Art Museum will close as a response to the university’s projected $23 million deficit in 2014. Before Wednesday’s presentation, only the fiscal year 2009 deficit and fiscal year 2010 projected deficit had […]

Live Campus launches website

Student-led initiative Live Campus launched their website, LiveCampus.org, Monday to further their goal of ending extreme global poverty. As one of the Boston-based Millennium Campus Network groups striving to end extreme poverty, Live Campus acts as a national inter-collegiate coordinating committee that allows students to plan benefit concerts and events and pledge donations. “Our goal […]

The New Age of Ageing

For most students, aging entails legal drinking, independence and an expanding range of new possibilities at its best. At its worst comes the need to retire pajamas and Birkenstocks on weekdays or a necessity to survive parties without the aid of student-run medical organizations like BemCo. Birthdays, therefore, are usually prime reasons for celebration. For […]

When the whole is greater than the sum of its parts

Brandeis University takes pride in its diversity. Beyond the verbal emphasis in Brandeis’ mission statement, students are recruited from around the globe and represent different cultures, systems of beliefs and socio-economic backgrounds. However, age remains a constant as most Brandeis students belong to a single generation. Yet this may not be for long with the […]

Golf team fights for survival

With the fallout of the economic downturn and ramifications of He Who Must Not Be Named’s ponzi scheme still being felt, the University has launched into the difficult and painful process of cutting costs. Two months removed from their best performances of the season, the Brandeis golf team received the news Monday that they would […]

Brandeis on track

The men’s and women’s track and field teams could sleep in a little this weekend, as they competed at home this past Saturday in a meet that started at noon. Boosted by the cheers of both recent and veteran alumni alike, the Judges had great individual and team performances. The women had an amazing day […]

Women’s Fencing Victory

On Wednesday night, the Wellesley fencing squared off against the Brandeis women’s fencing team and ended up leaving matching their namesake as the Judges held court in a solid 18-9 victory. The victory comes following a sweep at the second leg of the Northeast Fencing Conference Meet to earn their first ever NCF title. “It’s […]

Big dreams for Dear Havanah with debut album release

Dear Havanah wants to be your friend. In an age when so much rock music is steeped in cynicism and irony, it’s comforting to know a band that still seems dedicated to connecting with people and cares about its audience. “My dream is just to have our music impact people in a positive way, and […]

Proscenium brings theatrical flair to a cappella

In technical terms, the proscenium is the part of a theater stage that is in front of a curtain. But in Brandeis terms, Proscenium is the name of one of its most prominent, respected, and entertaining a cappella singing groups. Their semester show – aptly named “The History of Musical Theater” – took place this […]

Gettin’ to know the ICC

Anyone who’s ever made the trek down the steep hill to the recently renovated Swig Center in East Quad knows that the trip is worth it. That’s because it contains the heart and soul of cultural diversity here at Brandeis: the Intercultural Center (ICC). The walls of the ICC regularly play host to a multitude […]

ICC Calendar

SEAC: Gran Torino and Pho Trip Fri. Jan. 30th 5:00 -10:00 p.m. Harvard Square As a kick-off to this semester, the Southeast Asian Club is going out to see Clint Eastwood’s new movie “Gran Torino” at the 7pm showing in the Harvard Square AMC theater. The cast of Gran Torino is primarily Hmong (a Southeast […]

Matthew Fowler takes on the Oscars

Best Picture The Nominees: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Thoughts: Nominated for thirteen Oscars, David Fincher’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” tells the unique story of a man who ages backwards. Visually speaking, Fincher’s movie easily stands with the other films in this category. The special effects are a modern moviemaking marvel (any […]

The fine art of crafting a mix tape without the tape

Even though it’s been years since I’ve actually seen a cassette tape, when a friend was going through what might be termed breakup angst, the first words out of my mouth (Well, not the first. The first several hundred were variants of, “I’m sorry, and he’s an idiot.”) were, “I’m going to make you a […]

Ask the Queer Resource Center!

Do you have questions about gender, sexuality, diversity, or acceptance? Would you like anonymous advice from friendly peer counselors? Check out the Queer Resource Center, the educational branch of Triskelion, the Brandeis LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual/ally) group. We provide free, confidential peer counseling to people of all identities in Shapiro Campus […]

When tragedy turns into awareness

Like any older brother, Seth Dembowitz used to rag on his younger sister Marti Dembowitz ’10 about her wardrobe. If Marti, or her little sister Abbe, 15, wore something he deemed too revealing or tight, his disapproving looks were sure to let them know. Like many older brothers, Seth Dembowitz would slip any one of […]