Softball goes 1-2 over weekend to end UAA tournament
After losing a close game 8-7 to Rochester last Friday, the Judges’ softball squad split a doubleheader on Saturday, with an 11-3 win against Case Western, and another close loss, 5-4, to Washington University at St. Louis. The team returned from the UAA tournament in Altamonte Springs, Fla., finishing the tournament with a 3-5 record. […]
Baseball continues to struggle, dropping four straight games
After getting their first win of the UAA tournament in Florida last week, the baseball team was looking to build on that victory and begin a winning streak. Unfortunately, the Judges failed to sustain any momentum from their victory against Case Western, dropping the final two games of the UAA tournament to Rochester and Case […]
John Elway’s gamble: Peyton heads west
This past Monday, the National Football League (NFL) was turned on its head as reports emerged from ESPN’s Chris Mortensen and Adam Schefter that Peyton Manning would be signing with the Denver Broncos. After missing the entire 2011-2012 NFL season recovering from multiple neck surgeries, the Colts decided to part ways with Manning earlier this […]
Men’s tennis falls in home opener
In their first home match of the season, the Brandeis men’s tennis team fell 7-2 to visiting Bentley University. With captain Steven Milo ’13, Dave Yovanoff ’13 and Ezra Bernstein ’12 all missing Wednesday’s game, the Judges struggled to replace them on the court. “I strained my patellar tendon [in my knee] so I just […]
Women’s tennis continues early domination
The 25th-ranked Brandeis women’s tennis team easily dispatched Bentley University 8-1 in their home opener Thursday afternoon. Alexa Katz ’14 sealed the victory for the Judges with her straight set victory 6-0, 6-2 at No. 4 singles. After Katz clinched the match, the Judges won three of the final four matches. With the win, the […]
Interpretation is focus of Imam talk
As part of the university’s first Islam Awareness Week on campus, Imam Suhaib Webb, the Oklahoma native who converted to Islam as a college freshman and was named as one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world, told the Brandeis community about his struggle to find culture in a new religion and reconcile […]
‘Brandeis Cares’ raises HIV/AIDS awareness through variety show
“Brandeis Cares” was put on last night in the Sherman Function Hall to raise money for Broadway Cares: Equity Fights AIDS, one of the nation’s leading industry-based HIV/AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. The show was put on as a series of performances of popular Broadway songs, featuring many of the students involved in the Brandeis […]
Showgirl a highlight of BNC event
In difficult economic times, successful philanthropic fundraising requires creative thinking and original, attention-grabbing ideas. This is part of the reason why the Brandeis National Committee (BNC) Las Vegas chapter brought Betty Bunch, a former Vegas showgirl entertainer, to speak at their 15th annual book and author luncheon on Sunday. Bunch, who performed in shows and […]
Rosbash named neuro chair
Michael Rosbash, already awarded the Greuber Neuroscience Prize in 2009 for his research on brain and sleep disorders, has been named the first Peter Greuber Endowed Chair in Neuroscience, a new university position on the board of trustees. Rosbash, who runs the Rosbash lab, has made significant headway in the scholarship of circadian rhythms of […]
Alum donates social justice prize in reunion gift
As part of her 50th reunion gift, Linda Heller Kamm ’61 endowed a $1,000 annual award for an undergraduate student committed to advocating for career social justice. First exposed to injustice from her time growing up in segregated Miami Beach, Kamm explained that she established the prize to encourage students interested in pursuing public interest […]
Brandeis briefs
Administration Michael Rosbash, already awarded the Greuber Neuroscience Prize in 2009 for his research on the brain and sleep disorders, has been named the first Peter Greuber Endowed Chair in Neuroscience, a new university position. The World Report and U.S. News listed the Heller School for Social Justice among the top-10 graduate schools in social […]
Univ activists react to KONY 2012
In less than two weeks, millions of people worldwide were introduced to Joseph Kony, Ugandan rebel leader and warlord. In a matter of minutes, he became a pop culture icon, made famous by a 30-minute documentary produced by Invisible Children that spread across the worldwide Web and generated 112 million views earlier this week. Although […]
Improving job market gives graduates renewed optimism
With graduation rapidly approaching, many Brandeis seniors are nervously struggling to find jobs post-graduation. Although many began the search last August, pressure comes to an all-time high in the spring. According to Lisa Lynch, dean of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, the current unemployment rate for people with higher education is 4.2 […]
Global Green Initiative reconciles corporate profit and environmental responsibilities
As the global economy begins to reverse its descent, the Brandeis Global Green Initiative teaches MBA students not only how to make a profit, but how to do it responsibly. On March 13, the Brandeis International Business School hosted two eminent environmentalists—Eric Pooley, former deputy editor of BusinessWeek, who left the magazine to work at […]
Aramark cuts student managers
Since the beginning of the academic year, Aramark, Brandeis’ food service provider, began phasing out student manager and supervisor positions. After the graduation of current student managers, the positions remain unfilled and were ultimately eliminated. Student and union workers find that they now bear increased pressure. The elimination of the student manager position has “definitely […]
Tuesdays with Ellen
“Tuesdays With,” a program based on the premise of the novel “Tuesdays With Morrie,” brings a professor from Brandeis into close proximity with students as they tell the tale of their lives and what brought them to Brandeis. “Tuesdays With Morrie” by Brandeis alum Mitch Albom ’79 is a famous non-fiction novel, topping the New […]
The lasting influence of Ernestine Rose
Paula Doress-Worters, founding co-author of “Our Bodies, Ourselves,” came to the Women’s Study Research Center (WSRC) at Brandeis University to explore a long-standing interest in Ernestine Rose. Honoring feminist week at Brandeis, Doress-Worters’ lecture on the 19th-century woman’s rights advocate Ernestine Rose was timely and relevant. Ernestine Rose, daughter of Rabbi Perchozka, was born in […]
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Film: ‘Days of Heaven’ There may be no film more beautiful than Terrence Malick’s “Days of Heaven” (1978). In the early 1900s, working-class lovers Bill (Richard Gere) and Abby (Brooke Adams) migrate to the Texas Panhandle, where they begin harvesting wheat for a well-to-do farmer (Sam Shepard). The farmer instantly falls for Abby. When Bill […]
The Facts and Fiction of Feminism: FMLA dispels common myths
As Brandeis students and staff strolled through campus this past week, they may have been surprised to encounter a display of burnt bras near Shapiro Campus Center. This exhibit was one of the many ways in which Brandeis’ Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance (FMLA) initiated feminist dialogue in a week-long campaign to refute major stereotypes about […]
“League of Legends”: Low on commitment, high on fun
When I came to Brandeis, I assumed that video games would become a very minimal part of my life, that would only be played occasionally with friends—something that seemed perfectly fine to me. Within the past few months, however, I have found that one game has brought together many Brandeis students for hours upon hours […]
