Griffith Labs conduct research on sleep deprivation in college
There are few students who are unfamiliar with the practice of cramming: staying up the night before an exam, studying until the early hours of the morning. Sometimes, this works for students in the short-term. However, problems arise when the student then tries to recall the information a month later. This difficulty is due to […]
Prof. Donald Hindley leaves university
Professor Donald Hindley of the Politics Department is leaving Brandeis University after 52 years. Hindley is currently on a one-year terminal sabbatical, after which his retirement will become official. He states that he is the longest continuously serving Brandeis professor. Hindley was the chairman of the Politics Department for several years, and a member of […]
COMIC: Winter’s Promise
Student Union Election Results
Brandeis students voted for new Student Union representatives on Wednesday, Jan. 28. Charlotte Franco ’15 was elected as vice president while Emil Koenig ’18 won the Midyear senator election. No one was elected to the position of Ziv Quad senator, and the result for the Rosenthal Quad senator was invalid due to an error that […]
Univ. should do more to accommodate dedicated workers
This week’s “snowpocalypse” left Brandeis with a lot to deal with and very limited resources to do it. More two feet of snow fell in our area, on top of the snow we got last weekend. During the last few days, facilities and Sodexo workers have worked tirelessly to keep essential parts of campus open, […]
Surviving Sodexo: Back to the basics
During Juno, the snowpocalypse that hit New England on Tuesday and Wednesday, students were forced to eat in Sherman—the only place open serving food on campus. As Wednesday night approached, the line for food grew at an exponential rate, and students anxiously waited for tables to clear. As I meandered through the dining hall and […]
Exciting win for men’s basketball in UAA conference game
The men’s basketball game on Friday night, Jan. 23 in Gosman came down to the last few seconds in a UAA conference game against 21st-ranked University of Chicago. The Judges pulled out the win, 59-58, to improve their season record to 7-8 overall. Brandeis was trailing by 10 with 7:08 left to go in the […]
Grief counseling support group opens this semester
The Psychological Counseling Center and the Interfaith Chaplaincy are now co-sponsoring Living with Grief and Loss, a grief counseling group. The idea for this new group began last November when Brandeis chaplains met with the staff of the Psychological Counseling Center (PCC) to reflect on ways to support and help each other due to the […]
Shota Adamia ’15 wins competitive fashion scholarship
When anyone asks Shota Adamia ’15 if he is from Georgia, he is quick to reply “The Republic of, yes!” The European native states that coming to Brandeis was one of the best decisions he ever made. After a winding path of majors led him from classical studies to theater to International & Global Studies, […]
‘Selma’ resonates amid current racial tensions
Following the previous night’s showing of the critically acclaimed film “Selma,” directed by Ava DuVernay, Rapaporte Treasure Hall filled to capacity as students gathered for a discussion on race and civil rights on Thursday, Jan. 22. Moderated by President Fred Lawrence, the panel featured speakers including Chad Williams, professor and chair of the African and […]
Cunningham leaves for WashU after 16 years at Brandeis
In 1988, David Cunningham stepped foot on the University of Connecticut’s campus as a first-year undergraduate student. Like most of his peers, he expected to earn a college degree over the following four years and get a job. Unbeknownst to him, this was the beginning to Cunningham’s journey to nothing short of academic excellence. While […]
Burton disappoints with plotless film
The easiest way to start this review would be to ask me to criticize the career path of Tim Burton. Perhaps I could lament his recent Johnny Depp/Helena Bonham Carter-starring “reimaginings” of things nobody wanted to be reimagined, before discussing my nostalgia for his older films. I am not going to do this, because it’s […]
Admin. moves forward on student concerns
Far too often, the administration discusses lofty goals and projects, only to put them on hold after the initial support has diminished. Examples include previous student complaints about meal plans and the divestment from fossil fuels campaign. These were both times when the administration did not maintain focus and simply let an idea fade from […]
Indecent exposure at Walgreens
In an email sent out to the Brandeis community Tuesday afternoon, Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan relayed information about an incident occurring at the Walgreens at the corner of Weston and South streets in Waltham. A Brandeis student, who was shopping there Monday evening, was victim to an act of indecent exposure. According to […]
Stein ’15 balances running start-up and academics
As if the obligations of senior year weren’t sufficiently demanding, Ethan Stein ’15 puts mere academic complaints into perspective by balancing the role of CEO with a triple major (in computer science, film and interactive media and Near East and Judaic Studies). The 22-year-old Upper East Side native came to Brandeis seeking the archetypal campus […]
Meghan Trainor is all about that debut album with ‘Title’
Meghan Trainor’s debut album “Title,” released in September, mixes bubbly pop songs and some slower songs, coming together as a very cohesive album with enough variety to keep the listener interested. The first song on the album is “The Best Part,” a short a capella piece that starts the album with a bang. The harmony […]
COMIC: Key-ll Me
COMIC: Lost Signal
Rape Crisis Center offering student positions
Student activists Samantha Daniels ’16, Victoria Jonas ’15 and Ava Blustein ’15 outlined the responsibilities and application process for “peer advocate” positions at the soon-to-be implemented Brandeis Rape Crisis Center (RCC) to interested students on Tuesday. The Rape Crisis Center, an extension of Brandeis’ Peer Counseling Center and the Office of Prevention Services, was first […]
Free speech must be protected in all situations
My high school once performed a comedic retelling of “The Princess and the Pea,” a story about a girl, who, to prove she is a true princess, must feel a pea beneath 20 mattresses. The play’s queen creates the test to examine the girl’s “sensitivity.” During this past winter break, with stories of tweets, magazines […]
