Meet the presidential candidates: Akash Vadalia
Akash Vadalia – 2012 Biology and Health Science Society and Policy Double Major Current Union Position Student Union Treasurer Campaign Slogan Putting the U back in Union Other Campus Involvement Experiential Learning Fellow, Campus Center Supervisor, Psychology Lab Research Assistant, Former Varsity Tennis Player, Former Co-President of the South Asian Student Association As Treasurer Vadalia […]
Brian’s NBA rankings: playoff picture coming together
1. Bulls (57-20): This Bulls team has the likely MVP in Derrick Rose and the likely Coach of the Year in Tom Thibodeau. With a great supporting cast and bench the only thing this Bulls team lacks is playoff experience. 2. Lakers (55-22): After the Spurs lost six in a row, the Lakers had a […]
Judges softball wins four straight on the road
Extending their record to 13-12, the Judges softball team spent the last week winning in all of their games on the road. It started with a rout against Lassell College last Thursday, with the Judges outscoring their foes a combined 18-6. In the first round of the double-header the Judges got off to a great […]
Baseball wins three games this week, extends winning streak to four
The Brandeis baseball team started off this week’s games with a sweep of WPI on Saturday. The Judges outscored their foes, the WPI Engineers, with a combined 20-12, including a 12-5 rout in the first game. The Engineers started off the first game with two runs right away. Brandeis bounced back with a two-run homerun […]
MLB power rankings: Phillies keep the top
1. Philadelphia Phillies (5-1): The Phillies got off to a great start with a 3-0 sweep hosting the Astros. The pitching rotation, dubbed “R2C2” seems to be unstoppable, but they’ll need to win games on the road to confirm it. 2. Texas Rangers (6-0): The defending AL champions swept the Red Sox last weekend. Their […]
The Red Sox: spring training in review
The 2011 Boston Red Sox have much to live up to in the 2011 season. With the big off-season acquisitions of Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez, the Red Sox offense is setting itself up to be explosive. Crawford’s speed on the bases and Gonzalez’s power hitting fourth in the lineup puts pressure on the Sox’s […]
Fed adviser warns of slow recovery
The economy is making slow progress in its recovery, and unemployment will most likely remain high for several months, a senior official at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said on Wednesday evening in Rapaporte Treasure Hall. Jeffrey C. Fuhrer, Executive Vice President and Senior Policy Adviser of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said […]
Students defeat faculty in Hoops for Haiti charity game
Students won the 2011 Hoops for Haiti face-off against the faculty Monday night, 49-42, in the second annual charity basketball game organized by the Brandeis Haiti Initiative. The students made a comeback from last year when the faculty won a close victory, 37-31, led by coach Professor Jerry Cohen (AMST). But this time faculty and […]
‘V.O.C.A.L. Presents…’ local and student poets
On April 3, Olin-Sang Auditorium—most often known for large, lecture classes—was transformed into a stage for the abstract art of slam poetry. On this Sunday evening, V.O.C.A.L. Poetry put on their annual show titled V.O.C.A.L. Presents…, a performance benefit to raise money for the Waltham Middle School’s after-school creative writing program. The presentation showcased Brandeis […]
Hersonski discusses ‘Unfinished’ documentary
Innumerable documentaries have attempted to grapple with the specter of the Holocaust. Some elegize the victims and celebrate its few heroes, while others probe the roots of evil. “A Film Unfinished,” a documentary released late last year, takes a slightly different approach, offering a deconstruction of the Nazi propaganda machine at its worst. Israeli director […]
New powers at the helm: It’s time to face the music
Amidst the turmoil now blanketing the music industry, music fans are finding it harder and harder to go about life as usual. Record labels are seeing their worst nightmares realized as their customers—many of whom were born into the age of the Internet and online downloads— now not only have access to music from sources […]
‘G-Gundam’ proves another awesome anime
A long, long time ago, back when I was barely a teenager, I received my first introduction to anime though Cartoon Network’s Toonami block. It was through this block that I first started watching “Mobile Fighter G-Gundam,” one edition in the lengthy “Gundam” franchise. While “G-Gundam” does not conform to what I later learned were […]
HTP gives ‘Othello’ a successful steampunk twist
Last weekend Hold Thy Peace (HTP) put on a spectacular production of William Shakespeare’s “Othello.” In a modern approach, co-directors Jane Becker ’11 and Emily Dunning ’11 staged a steampunk “Othello.” For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction that takes place in the past in […]
Free Play‘Spring Awakening’ blooms on stage
When I’m in a sour mood, I blast “The B*tch of Living” and dance around my room, to the amusement and horror of my roommate; when I’m in a cloudy mood, it’s the melancholy and sweet “Don’t Do Sadness/Blue Wind.” The songs from Duncan Sheik’s 2007 rock opera “Spring Awakening” seem so applicable to a […]
Fighting the flower wars: you versus springtime allergies
Despite our usual rainy, windy, cold days, peeks of sunshine and fresh mulch show that somebody pressed the bloom button on campus. Sun and above-freezing weather always bring a noticeable change in happiness and positive emotions on campus, along with a surplus of flip-flops and sneezing people. Yes, as peppy and bright as campus may […]
‘I have a dream’: LaCE inspires KMS students and has fun doing it
When Amy moved from Haiti to Waltham in February of last year, she barely spoke English. “I knew ‘hi,’ ‘out,’ ‘back,’ words like that,” she said on Thursday in nearly perfect English. Now, just more than a year later, Amy is a 13-year-old seventh grader at Waltham’s Kennedy Middle School and an enthusiastic participant in […]
April 1, 2011: April Fool’s Issue
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A host for all: Brandeis’ unique racial history
This article is the first part in a series exploring how issues of race affect Brandeis University on multiple levels. Each week The Hoot will publish an article detailing one aspect of how race influences the university, including but not limited to admissions, academics and social life. The product of two months of interviews, archival […]
Sandel moderates panel on univ diversity
Faculty discussed the roles of diversity and globalization at Brandeis in a symposium moderated by Harvard Professor Michael Sandel ’75 on Thursday in honor of university President Fred Lawrence’s inauguration this week. Sandel, a member of the Brandeis Board of Trustees, teaches the popular undergraduate course “Justice” at Harvard and asked Professor Ulka Anjaria (ENG), […]
Knesset members to visit Brandeis
Six members of the Israeli Knesset will visit Brandeis on Sunday and Monday in an effort to create new dialogue between Israeli politicians about Israel’s relationship with the American Jewish community. The Israeli politician’s visit is funded by the new Ruderman Fellows Program. After meetings with Professor Jonathan Sarna, Professor Lenoard Saxe and Professor Ilan […]
