Peeping Toms return to East
Last week, two separate reports of a Peeping Tom were made by East Quad residents to Public Safety. The first report was made on Wednesday, March 18, in the afternoon, by a student in Pomerantz detailing a “past Peeping Tom incident,” as stated in the weekly Brandeis Police media log. A second report was filed […]
PCC steps up to accommodate students’ needs
Brandeis’ Psychological Counseling Center (PCC) is a vital part of the Brandeis community, a place where students, faculty and staff can go to receive counseling and address any mental health concerns they may have. The PCC has been undergoing changes and restructuring since the beginning of the academic year. Staff members have been working to […]
Author Katherine Heiny gives hilarious, touching reading on campus
When Professor Stephen McCauley (ENG), associate director of the Brandeis Creative Writing Program, first introduced author Katherine Heiny, he said that within reading just a few sentences of her prose, he fell in love with her writing and with the voices of her characters. “You just want to read along for the sheer pleasure of […]
A 15-Year Tradition: ‘Liquid Latex’
As a first-year, there are many campus activities and events that I’ve been looking forward to attending, especially the annual “Liquid Latex” show. I remember visiting campus as a high school student and having several Brandeisians mention the “Liquid Latex” show as one of the biggest campus traditions. This year, Brandeis celebrated 15 years of […]
Mayor of Waltham speaks at WSRC
Mayor of Waltham Jeanette McCarthy spoke to the scholars of the Women’s Studies Research Center (WSRC) Tuesday afternoon, March 24 at an event called “Tea, Cookies and Conversation with Waltham Mayor Jeanette McCarthy.” In attendance were scholars from the WSRC, representatives from the Waltham Committee and other community members. McCarthy, who has been mayor of […]
BZA and SEA collaborate to discuss environmental challenges in the Middle East
Two speakers from the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies visited Brandeis Monday, March 23 for the Brandeis Zionist Alliance (BZA) and Students for Environmental Action collaboration event “Cooperation through the Environment.” Daniel Shek, former Israeli ambassador to France and chair of the public council for the Arava Institute and Clive Lipchin, director of the Institute’s […]
Campus dining active with exciting events
One may have noticed recently that the campus dining services, run by Sodexo, have been holding a number of flavorful events in the dining halls. Whether it’s been the banana split party in Lower Usdan, the Candyland Day dinner in Sherman, international theme nights or the intercollegiate cook-off staked between the chefs of Brandeis, Bentley […]
Brandeis to host first Plympton family night
In light of the success of Stanley Family Night, Clubs in Service (CIS) will be hosting the first annual Plympton Family Night on April 13. The event will be hosted at the local Plympton Elementary School, where Brandeis students and organizations will have the opportunity to volunteer with children and their families. According to Ariana […]
Snow poses difficulties to campus infrastructure
While no campus in New England has managed to avoid this winter’s below average temperatures and blizzard conditions, it seems that Brandeis’ grounds have experienced an excessively hefty toll from the accumulation of snow. As the last of the snow melts, it is hard to imagine that there were over 100 inches of snow this […]
Little India offers a great meal in Waltham
Moody Street’s Little India is the perfect little restaurant for people in search of reliable Indian cuisine when they desire adventurous spices, naan straight out of a tandoor oven and even refreshing mango lassi. Friendly but reserved wait staff will calmly lead you to a room filled with picture frames of Indian deities along the […]
Brandeis PCC planning ‘Healing HeArts’ event
Though Brandeis is a comparatively small university with about 3,500 undergraduates and 1,000 staff members, it is still a large community in a sense. If you think about it, it is almost impossible for any single undergraduate to know all the staff, though they may become very close to a handful of professors over their […]
WSRC director reflects on project dissecting German ‘anti-anti-Semitism’
Shulamit Reinharz, director of the Women’s Studies Research Center (WSRC), screened a film of her time in Germany on Thursday afternoon, March 19 exploring a phenomenon she calls “anti-anti-Semitism.” In October 2013, Reinharz went to Germany to see the town where her father lived, Gunzenhousen, and meet with a group of students taking an active […]
Eliana’s Advice: Dealing with messy roommates
Dear Eliana, My roommate regularly leaves litter on my desk. I’ve asked him to dispose of it properly instead of using my desk as a landfill, but he didn’t listen. How do I get him to take out the trash? –Trashy’s Roommate Dear Trashy’s Roommate, That is an unfortunate situation. If your roommate is going […]
Taiwanese Student Association brings comedy to campus with improv
On Wednesday, March 18, I had a great time at the Improv Night put on by the Taiwanese Student Association, and organized by Austin Luor ’17 and Emily Wu ’18. I had never been to a TSA event before, and I was extremely pleased with the atmosphere there. Everyone I talked to was welcoming and […]
Deis3D generating competitive, collective spirit
On Saturday, March 7, Deis3D participated in a 3D Printathon from 10:30 a.m. until the next day. Along with MIT, Olin College of Engineering, University of Connecticut and Columbia University, Deis3D consecutively printed for 24 hours, working together with high schoolers from Waltham to teach them printing skills and let them use a 3D printer, […]
Faculty discuss adjunct unionization in meeting
Multiple Brandeis faculty members suggested caution at Professor Thomas Pochapsky’s (CHEM) announcement that the Faculty Senate will investigate complaints brought to the university by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), a union representing an increasing number of adjunct and contingent Brandeis professors. According to Pochapsky, the Faculty Senate is working with SEIU in order to […]
Sodexo monopoly pushing bad deal on students
A recent email from the Student Union outlining changes in next year’s meal plans has students in an uproar. All of the classes (minus the class of 2016, which was grandfathered out of the changes) must register for a meal plan if they are to get on-campus housing, even if the residence hall has a […]
Students have company in urge to excel
The world does not seem like a friendly place. Seniors are facing the realities of the job market and the obstacles they must face for entry-level positions. Meanwhile, underclassmen struggle against each other for unpaid internships or even volunteer opportunities. Even in classrooms, students push themselves either to get that ‘A’ they have their eye […]
Stanford neuroscientist receives sixth annual Jay Pepose ’75 Award in Vision Sciences
On Wednesday afternoon, March 18, in Gerstenzang 121, Stanford neuroscientist William Newsome received Brandeis University’s sixth annual Jay Pepose ’75 Award in Vision Sciences. The ceremony was called “A New Look at Gating: Selective Integration of Sensory Signals through Network Dynamics.” Introducing himself and his background relating to vision, Newsome stated, “Over the last 10-15 […]
Tom Hall gives insight into first campus improv festival
“Improvisation is a large part of practically everything we do, and everything we create,” says Tom Hall, the artistic director of Brandeis’ first Improv Festival. So what exactly is improv, and what is its importance to Brandeis? How did improv get its start on campus, and how has it changed over the years? What is […]
