A-Board funds 72 percent of Appeals Marathon requests
The Allocations Board (A-Board) funded 72 percent of requests, according to Appeals Marathon decisions released through the club leaders listserv on Sunday, Oct. 16. Appeals decisions affected 30 clubs that asked for a total of $39,942.43 in allocated funds. A-Board funded $28,929.78 in appeals. The purpose of appeals is to give clubs a second chance […]
Brandeis alumni create organic energy drink
“It began in the science building, Gerstenzang 123, at eight in the morning in a science class … biology probably. I look to my left, look to my right and I see my friends drinking the leading energy drinks—Rockstar, Monster, Redbull—and I think to myself, ‘Eight in the morning, not the best decision you can […]
Sexist Reproductive Health Laws Keep Poor Women from Attending College
Most of the straight and bisexual women I know at Brandeis use birth control. They have never had an unwanted pregnancy and have never experienced a pregnancy scare. They started using birth control before having sex for the first time, and they almost always use condoms. This is partially because of the accessibility of birth […]
Circle Mirror Transformation confounds audiences with complex characters
Brandeis has a renowned theater department known for putting on plays and musicals of every type. Free Play Theater Cooperative’s “Circle Mirror Transformation” was no different. Annie Baker’s play was shown Friday, Oct. 14 through Sunday, Oct. 16 in the SCC theater. The play starred Amanda Ehrmann ’18 as the main protagonist Marty, Otis Fuqua […]
Class cross-registration is disorganized
A privilege rarely exercised at Brandeis has been its students’ ability to enroll in classes offered outside of the university’s own course catalog. I am, of course, talking about the cross-registration program Brandeis shares with a number of other schools peppering the immediate area (Tufts, BU, Wellesley, Bentley, etc.), more formally known as the Greater […]
This is unacceptable.
CW: Trump’s comments about sexually assaulting women are mentioned below. According to an article published to CNN Money on Oct. 17, Donald Trump, the GOP’s nominee for President of the United States, pledged to “stop” the media, presumably because he’s tired of the industry being mean to him. At Wednesday’s debate, he refused to say […]
Samblan musicians induce a jubilee of expression with the xylophone
There was a hushed energy in the atrium of Pearlman. No one was quite sure what to expect, or when the event would begin. Suddenly there was a flurry of movement—the doors to Pearlman Lounge opened as the musicians entered. Mamadou Diabaté, Seydou Diabaté and Dramane Dembélé crossed the threshold with big smiles all around, […]
The Weeknd’s ‘Starboy’ transfixes with cars, babes, crosses
Within the first minute of the video, viewers see the Weeknd gagged and bound, a plastic bag over his face. A person clad completely in black proceeds to suffocate him with the plastic bag, and the camera stays on his face until the life leaves his eyes. A very dead Weeknd falls off the chair, […]
Local Boston comedians joke about fellatio, the election
Four local Boston comedians took to the Chum’s stage last Tuesday with material written by Brandeis students enrolled in Writing for Television, bringing laughter and awe to an audience of their peers. Prof. Marc Weinberg (ENG) arranged for five comedians to perform—one to host the night’s event and four to present the work of his […]
Merrill’s ‘THE SQUARE’ contemplates war, misery, relationships
Viewing the world through the lens of a gun: That’s what so many video game players nowadays can attest to, having spent countless hours running through ruined alleyways, hiding behind wrecked cars and mercilessly shooting their counterparts. War is honored and glorified, but at what cost? Amy Merrill’s “THE SQUARE” takes a very different approach […]
Olivia Joy protests the sexualization of women’s bodies through art
With each and every brush stroke she makes on a canvas, Olivia Joy ’18 finds her own way to empower women and protest against the objectified view of women as sex symbols. Since her sophomore year at Brandeis University, Joy has been making paintings that she says can be uncomfortable to viewers. By creating intimate […]
Seasoned writers disclose the art of publishing novels
How does an author get published? Brandeis tried to answer this question on Wednesday, Oct. 18 in Pearlman Lounge. Michelle Hoover, Brandeis’ Fannie Hurst writer-in-residence, introduced a panel of writers who were eager to share their experiences in getting their works published. Among the panelists were Bob Fernandes, writer of “A Big Box of YEAH!,” […]
The free speech double standard
Cartoon by Julianna Scionti. Social politics is an ever-swinging pendulum—the more it rises on the left side, the greater its tendency to be pulled back by the right. We are currently experiencing a feed-forward polarization of political thought, but for many ill-found reasons. One flaw of intellectual discourse today is the predilection to conflate personal […]
Club squash looks to compete
From recreational club to a potentially national team, the club squash team has shifted from a mere gathering of recreationals on Mondays and Thursdays to a mixture of both serious and less serious players. Rohan Lal ’17, the team president, makes it clear, though, the five-year-old team is “open to anyone—beginners or experienced.” The all-inclusive […]
Teach-in important followup to campaign
In support of the recent campaign to change Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day, the Intercultural Center hosted an Indigenous People’s Day Teach-In throughout the holiday. The teach-in was an invaluable way to educate the Brandeis community about the reasons for the name change and the legacy of oppression. The schedule included a variety of […]
In the Senate: Oct. 9
How has this election, specifically, impacted political discussion on campus? – Conservatives on campus feel marginalized
No two elections are alike. However, the 2016 election is unlike any other that we as a country have previously experienced. As Americans, we are forced to choose between an unproven candidate who lacks the temperament for the job and another who lacks the trust to be Commander-in-Chief. Because of these two equally bad choices, […]
Brandeis students are passionate about election
This election brings a change in the political discussion on campus, due to the unprecedented nature of this campaign cycle. As an institution, Brandeis and its students are known to be generally Democratic and liberal while conservative voices are often an unheard minority. Last week’s political survey in The Brandeis Hoot showed that students who […]
Campus attitudes about stress
The glorification of stress is something I have observed quite often on this campus. Perhaps it is a symptom of an increasingly competitive job market or the ever-decreasing graduate school acceptance rates. Whatever the cause may be, unhealthy behaviors seem to be touted around campus as a badge of honor, a symbol indicating that “Yes, […]
We need menstrual products, not vending machines
This article was retracted because it incorrectly stated that the university paid for new vending machines.
