Search for Director of OPS narrowed to three candidates
The search for a new Director of Sexual Assault and Prevention Services is narrowing, with the top three candidates visiting campus for open interviews this week and next. The university is seeking a replacement for Sheila McMahon, who left this position in mid-July for a faculty position at a school of social work. The search […]
Soccer teams round out season against NYU
After a hard season of work, the Brandeis women’s soccer team was rewarded with a berth in the NCAA Division III tournament. The team’s two regular goalies were injured for the season, leading the team to host open tryouts and bring on three new goalies this fall. The Judges (11-3-3) took on the NYU Violets […]
The Celtics’ defense strong
The Celtics have shown tremendous resilience after losing Gordon Hayward and a 0-2 start. Through three weeks of play, the team holds the NBA’s best record at 9-2. Their most notable win was over the Thunder in Oklahoma City, when the team rallied after trailing 18 points in the second quarter to win 101-94. The […]
Syrian artists blend music and painting in live performance, ‘Home Within’
Ghostly figures appear on the projector screen, their arms stretched up to the sky. A spotlight fades in on the center, highlighting the lone clarinetist who begins to play a slow, haunting melody. The image suddenly catches fire, and the entire painting is engulfed in flames. This is the beginning of the first movement, “a […]
Out With the Old, In With the New: Cora new Sox manager
In 2007, former Red Sox utility man Alex Cora was part of the World Series championship team alongside staple players like Dustin Pedroia. Ten years later, Cora hopes to achieve the same goal—as Pedroia’s manager. On Nov. 6, Dave Dombrowski, Red Sox president of baseball operations, made the news official. With a firm handshake between […]
We need more politicians like Charlie Baker
The political gridlock in Washington today has reached unprecedented levels. On one side of the aisle, you have Donald Trump blowing up the Republican Party, taking it into an unfamiliar and uncomfortable populist direction, thus forcing two high profile GOP senators, Bob Corker (R-TN) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ), to announce their retirement. On the other […]
Director details frustration leading up to cancellation of ‘Buyer Beware’
Frustrations with communication from the theater department and suggestions to move the performance off-campus preceded playwright Michael Weller’s ’65 decision to cancel the Brandeis debut of “Buyer Beware,” according to Weller and the play’s director Sam Weisman ’73. Weller wrote Buyer Beware after he was offered the Brandeis Creative Arts Award. Despite cancellation of the […]
Faculty pass new Gen. Ed. Requirements
Faculty voted at their Nov. 3 meeting to pass the new General Education Requirements, which, if the Board of Trustees also votes to approve, will go into effect for the class entering in fall 2019. General Education requirements have not been fully revised since 1994, according to the Task Force on General Education’s proposal, published […]
Free speech requires responsibility
If we talk about free speech only in abstract terms, we will never make any progress and will remain divided as a community. I attended the last half hour of the free speech forum on Monday. The principles of free speech that the Task Force on Free Expression has devised were very reasonable and the […]
Volleyball sweeps at Salem
This past Saturday, the women’s volleyball enjoyed a trip to Salem, MA, after sweeping Bridgewater State and Salem State, just in time for Halloween. The Judges will go into their last tournament of the season this weekend with an overall record of 15-1, the program’s first winning season since 2012. The Judges started the day […]
Explore Diversity classes for the experience, not the minor
Early registration for the Spring 2018 semester began this week and will continue until Nov. 6. As underclassmen think about declaring majors and upperclassmen add additional minors or think about classes that could make them more appealing to potential employers, students should take advantage of the diversity of classes Brandeis offers. The Diversity Course List […]
Final free expression meeting generates debate
The opinions, emotions and heartfelt beliefs of more than 30 members of the Brandeis community filled the Intercultural Center Lounge Monday night in a discussion meant to provide feedback on the Draft Principles of Free Expression and Free Speech released earlier this semester. This discussion marked the final of three open meetings scheduled to discuss […]
UTC’s ‘The Sparrow,’ ambitious and lighthearted
“The Sparrow,” the newest play from Brandeis’ Undergraduate Theater Collective (UTC), is an ambitious show, relying on abstract dance scenes to tell its story. In its production, the UTC embraces the traditional aspects of the show while falling somewhat shorter on the potential of the material’s more abstract scenes. The show tells the story of […]
Flagel to leave Brandeis
Andrew Flagel, the senior vice president for students and enrollment, is leaving Brandeis this month for a research fellowship at the National Research Center for College and University Admissions (NRCCUA), according to an announcement from President Liebowitz to the Brandeis community on Oct. 30 in an email titled “Administrative Announcement.” After the fellowship ends, Flagel […]
PHIL 128A: The intersection of culture, religion, philosophy and the law
Should the state recognize polygamy? Should feminists struggle to emancipate women from cultural practices to which they themselves do not object? If these questions, introduced in the syllabus, pique your interest, note that they are only a taste of the legal and multicultural debates to be addressed in Dr. Lisa Fishbayn Joffe’s Spring 2018 course […]
Marcelo Miranda named campus executive chef
Marcelo Miranda has been appointed Sodexo’s new Campus Executive Chef. His responsibilities include overseeing all food operations on campus. “My main role is improve the quality and assure Sodexo standards are met,” said Miranda, who also plans to focus on menu design, recipe creation and cost control of food. Miranda says his main priority this […]
A historical and global perspective of social justice
“When you hear the year 1968, what’s the first thing you think of?” This is one of the first questions that Professor Manijeh Moradian (HIST) wants to ask her students next semester in “HIST 170B: Global 1968: Student and Youth Revolutions.” The course, taking place on Mondays from 2 to 4:50 p.m., will be focusing […]
Halloween for the Hungry inspires service
Waltham Group kicked off Halloween with a day of trick or treating for non-perishable foods as part of the annual Halloween for the Hungry Food Drive. The food drive is one part of a series of mostly fall-themed community events organized by Waltham Group, including Halloween for the Hungry, the October Blood drive and the […]
Fencing eager to begin 2017-18 season
The men’s and women’s fencing teams start their 2017-2018 season this Saturday, Nov. 4, with the New England Fall Collegiate Championships at Smith College. Both teams had successful seasons last year. The men’s team had two fencers win Northeast Fencing Conference (NFC) honors; Ian Quin ’20 won Rookie of the Year with a 17-3 record, […]
The search for a new goalkeeper
The Brandeis women’s soccer team has gone through five goalkeepers this season. The Judges had gone 10-2-2 in their season, until losing their original two keepers to injury. In the last four games, the Judges have earned a 1-2-1 record on the backs of three new recruits for the position. From the first game of […]
