Henna by Sienna

The Brandeis Sephardic Initiative hosted a henna night Thursday, to educate students about the centuries-old practice of henna applications in the Sephardi Jewish tradition. The Brandeis Sephardic Initiative is in its second semester on campus. A cultural club under the Hillel umbrella, they are dedicated to Sephardic culture, and are open to anybody, whether they’re […]

Slow starts continue to plague Judges

Behind an explosive first-half performance and a strong effort from their bench players, Clark University thrashed the visiting Brandeis Judges 74-55 in a non-UAA conference matchup this past Tuesday. The loss snaps the Judges’ seven-game winning streak against Clark, which started in the 2001-02 season. The loss also denied Clark University alum Brian Meehan, the […]

Poor shooting drops women’s basketball to 3-4

In a non-conference matchup, Emmanuel College defeated visiting Brandeis University 55-43. Junior forward Fiona O’Dwyer led the Saints to victory with a game-high 26 points and 13 rebounds. With the loss the Judges drop to 3-4 on the young season. The Saints played spectacular defense early in the game, holding the Judges scoreless for the […]

Quidditch caps season with club sport membership

It should come as no surprise that Brandeis, a school with a castle as a housing option, has a Quidditch team. For those who do not know what Quidditch is, it’s a sport made famous by the “Harry Potter” series. In the real world, Quidditch is “the fastest growing sport among colleges,” according to club […]

Cross country brief

Kate Warwick ’12 finished 48th out of 277 runners with a time of 21:54:84 at the 2011 NCAA Division III Women’s Cross Country Championships. Warwick missed a top 35 spot by just 12 seconds, which would have gotten her All-American Honors. She ran the six-kilometer race only five seconds behind her career best, which she […]

Return of the NBA: lockout is over

A little past 3 a.m. on Nov. 26, after 15 straight hours of negotiations, the NBA and its players finally resolved their differences and agreed on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), thus ending the nearly five-month lockout. The new agreement will allow teams to open training camps, sign and contact players, and make trades. […]

Judges induct six into hall of fame

This past week Director of Athletics Sheryl Sousa ’90 and Friends of Brandeis Athletics (FOBA) President Jim Leahy ’85 announced that six athletes will be inducted into the 14th class of the Joseph Linsey Brandeis Athletic Hall of Fame on March 31, 2012, in the Gosman Sports Complex. Ruther Porter Bernstein ’57 will be admitted […]

Brandeis fencing dominates at meet

Both men’s and women’s fencing gave strong performances at the Northeast Fencing Conference meet at the University of New Hampshire on Nov. 19. Both teams beat Boston University, UMass and University of New Hampshire. The women’s team beat Wellesley College and fell to Sacred Heart and MIT. The men defeated MIT but fell to Sacred […]

Brandeis Democrats and Tea Party hold mock debate

The lights were dimmed in Chum’s Coffeehouse Wednesday night as impersonators of Mitt Romney (Josh Nass ’14), Barack Obama (Russell Leibowitz ’14) and Michelle Bachmann (Mary-Alice Perdichizzi ’12) took center stage to discuss the economy, foreign policy and the Obama presidency in a debate hosted by the Brandeis College Democrats or ’Deis Dems. The three […]

Brandeis in finals to be named ‘Most Vegan’

Brandeis has succeeded to the final round of a contest to be named “Most Vegan-Friendly Campus” by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the national animal-rights organization. The champion will be named Monday. The university is up against Northwestern, last year’s winner of the honor and a “powerhouse” of vegan advocacy, according to […]

Chomsky denounces Obama on Israel

Professor, philosopher and one of the world’s most preeminent linguists Noam Chomsky spoke to Brandeis students on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Thursday for the second consecutive year. He largely reiterated sentiments, also given at the 2010 speech, that the U.S. alliance is the largest impediment to resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He denounced President Barack Obama, […]

Hiatt holds informational law school panel

The Hiatt Career Center sponsored a law school forum Wednesday afternoon in Hassenfeld Conference Center as admissions representatives from more than 25 East Coast law schools discussed the admissions process and the impact of the recession on application rates. “Penn State has definitely seen a decline in applications,” a representative from their law school said. […]

C-Store tests new late-night hours

In the past week, the Student Union, in collaboration with the Department of Public Safety and Dining Services, experimented with new hours at the C-Store and a trial shuttle bus to the Riverside MBTA station. In a series of trial runs, the C-Store held extended hours on Nov. 5 and Nov. 12 from midnight to […]

Auslander writes on legacy of slavery in Georgia

Mark Auslander, a former professor at Brandeis who now teaches anthropology at Central Washington University, published his first book this fall called “The Accidental Slaveowner.” Auslander’s book delves into the myths surrounding “Miss Kitty,” or Katherine Andrew Boyd, a slave in Oxford, Ga., who is said to have been one cause of the Civil War. […]

Students come for Oh Megan!

On Tuesday Nov. 18, several hundred students crowded into Golding 101 to see Megan Andelloux—also known as Oh Megan—present what the event’s Facebook page advertised as “a study of how people experience the erotic and express themselves as sexual beings with an emphasis on jollies, attitude awareness, and sexual skill building.” They stressed that the […]

You Know We’re Right: Get that unwanted hair off of there!

Dear Morgan and Leah, I’m a pretty hairy guy. I always have been and it’s never bothered me. I’ve been dating someone for the past few months, however, and recently she’s been dropping more and more hints about manscaping. I’m not opposed to the idea but I’m not really sure how to go about doing […]

View From the Top: Learning ‘real life’ lessons

Apart from the cold weather, our Brandeis community often reminds me of my grandparents’ gated community in Boca. Brandeis students and senior citizens seem to have Bingo, group fitness classes, guest lecturers and 5 p.m. dinners in common. Other times, it has felt like a reality television show: Who can join the most clubs? Rack […]

Triskelion and TransBrandeis aim for transgender awareness

This week Brandeis was on its A game. There was a Fornication 101 course in Rabb. Seniors out on the town at Skellig on a Wednesday night. Brandeis sports dominating. Many events highlighted the community coming together and achieving great things, but one event truly encompassed the open-minded, unbiased Brandeis mentality: Transgender Awareness Week. Cynthia […]

Core chosen for class of ’16 orientation

Mitchell Schwartz ’14 applied to be next year’s coordinator of first-year orientation after two successful orientations, one as a first-year and another last year as an Orientation Leader. Like the four students chosen this week to plan orientation with him, Schwartz wants to recreate and give back to the class of 2016 and show them […]

Love Your Body Day at Brandeis: challenging media’s narrow beauty ideals

It is no secret that our media’s emphasis on beauty and thinness has fostered a negative body image among the majority of young women. Magazines and advertisements usually feature unnaturally thin and digitally edited white women throughout their pages, which sends a message to all girls that being thin and white is equivalent to being […]