Andy Gruhin inks deal with Sony/ATV
It’s always exciting to hear that one of your favorite artists is planning to sign a major record contract, but it’s even more exciting when you see that artist make the transition before your eyes. Andy Gruhin is one of those artists. A presence on my music blog NewRockNews43 since 2010, Andy Gruhin was one […]
Board of Trustees: influential profiles
Ellen Kaplan Brandeis trustee Ellen Kaplan ’64 was awed as an entering student, remarking on the sensation that “campus felt like a new world to me, my world.” Coming from a high school in a small city, she described the feeling that her high school education may have been inadequate in preparing her for Brandeis. […]
‘Fuddy Meers’: a show as twisted at is it brilliant
“Fuddy Meers,” written by David Lindsay-Abaire, first premiered in 1999. This week, it has come to Brandeis, presented by Brandeis Experimental Theatre (BET) and directed by Michelle Kuchinksy ’12. “Fuddy Meers” presents the thoroughly twisted story of Claire (played by Jackie Theoharis ’14), a woman who wakes up each morning with no memory of who […]
Baseball drops five straight games at UAA tournament
Baseball drops five-straight games at UAA tournament -Brian Tabakin Just two weeks after a seven-game road trip, the Brandeis baseball team returned to Florida again this past week for the opening of UAA conference play and a matchup with Emory. Unfortunately, the Judges lost to the Eagles 6-0. Emory rookie pitcher Connor Dillman turned quite […]
Cardillo heading to NCAA fencing championships
After impressive performances at the regional championships at Boston College, two Brandeis fencers are up for at-large berths in the 2012 NCAA Collegiate Fencing Championships. Julian Cardillo ’14 is attempting to earn a second-straight appearance in men’s foil while Zoe Messinger ’13 is looking for her first appearance in women’s saber. Cardillo, who placed 17th […]
Softball starts off 2-1 at UAA tournament
After being shut out 8-0 in its season opener Tuesday against Emory, the Brandeis women’s softball team swept a double-header against Rochester and Case Western Wednesday by scores of 2-1 and 7-5. All three games were part of the University Athletic Association (UAA) tournament, which is being held in Altamonte Springs, Fla. In the season […]
Men’s tennis splits games at Middlebury Invitational
The Brandeis men’s tennis team split their two matches at the Middlebury Invitational last weekend. The Judges opened the invitational with a 6-3 win against NYU before losing the second match to seventh-ranked host Middlebury College 8-1. Steven Milo ’13 led the Judges with an impressive 3-1 record in both singles and doubles action. In […]
Women’s tennis suffers first loss of season
The 26th-ranked Brandeis women’s tennis team easily defeated their UAA rival NYU 8-1 before falling to 10th-ranked Middlebury College at the Middlebury Invitational last weekend. With the split at the tournament Brandeis is now 7-1 on the season. Brandeis got off to a quick start winning all three doubles matches. Faith Broderick ’13 and Carley […]
Brown’s All-American performance paces Judges
Chris Brown ’12 earned his first career All-American honor this past week at the NCAA Division III indoor track and field championships at Grinnell College in Iowa. The third-seeded Brown had the fastest time in the preliminaries the day before the race with a time of 4:12.57, beating Kevin McCarthy of Wabash by just .17 […]
Supreme Court to hear affirmative action case
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear a case of affirmative active in college admissions standards, it is unlikely any decision will radically change procedures at Brandeis, Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment Andrew Flagel said. Even though Brandeis is a private university, it receives federal funding; therefore, the court’s decision in Fischer […]
Fifth Russian Culture Week brings together community
In the works since the beginning of the year, the fifth annual Russian Culture Week aims to increase the visibility of the Russian-speaking community at Brandeis through a combination of talent, high culture, activism and free food. “When I was a freshman, Russian Culture Week was really more like a day, where we just had […]
There’s no debate: BADASS ranks third in nation
The Brandeis Academic Debate and Speech Society (B.A.D.A.S.S.) is now ranked third in the nation, following victories at the Providence College and University of Connecticut tournaments last weekend. Brandeis trails behind only Columbia and Yale in the national rankings. At the Providence College tournament last weekend, B.A.D.A.S.S. prevailed with wins from Keith Barry ’13 and […]
Curving customary in science classes
Curving grades is a common practice for certain science classes at Brandeis. Science professors often explain that this is done due to the class’ high level of difficulty, meaning that, if these tests were not on a curve, students would do very poorly. Despite the apparently helpful nature of this practice, however, it remains unclear […]
Search continues for missing BC student
After another week of thorough searches, police still have no information on the whereabouts of missing Boston College student Franco Garcia. Garcia, 21, a chemistry major who lives at home with his parents in West Newton, has not been seen since the early morning of Feb. 22, when he attended a BC Mardi Gras celebration […]
Female Genital Mutilation reversible; biography of pioneering doctor presented at WSRC
The Women’s Studies Research Center presented a reading and discussion on Wednesday on a recently-translated book titled “Undoing FGM: Pierre Foldes, the Surgeon Who Restores the Clitoris.” Translator Dr. Tobe Levin and author Hubert Prolongeau spoke about the continuation of the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) and what measures are being taken both to […]
Univ overlooked criminal record in hiring
Found unresponsive and allegedly inebriated in a car parked in Tower Lot, Pippin Ross, who has been teaching the Journalism in Broadcast Media class this semester, was taken into custody by Brandeis Police and transported to the Waltham Police Department for holding, the Justice reported on Tuesday. The following day, she was arrested by the […]
Honey Nut Cheerios: What are you actually eating?
Honey Nut Cheerios commercials boast about the cereal’s ability to lower your cholesterol, but do you really understand all of the ingredients on the food label that claim to have this effect on your body? Do you, in fact, even look at the food label? I know this task may seem annoying at first or […]
View from the top: Noah Fields
Like most students who come to Brandeis, I signed up for many clubs my first year that I never went to. At least for me, however, there were several clubs that I both sought out and remained involved with throughout my time here at Brandeis. These clubs have enabled me to become involved with other […]
The board of trustees: two members and their devotion to Brandeis
Dan Jick For trustee Dan Jick ’79, Brandeis is a family tradition. Connections with the university led Jick to create a scholarship in honor of his father, Leon, who served as a professor of Jewish History. Asserting the crucial and lifelong friendships that can be established during these years, Jick married a fellow Brandeis graduate […]
Professor assists in smuggling investigation
One year ago, eight Mayan pots were held suspect, unknown in legitimacy and legality, but on March 1, the artifacts were finally returned, with the help of Professor Charles Golden (ANTH), to the Guatemalan Embassy at a repatriation ceremony in Washington. Two of the eight artifacts, identified as authentic by Golden, made their way all […]
