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From Los Angeles to Waltham: let there be light

Thomas Pickering

The 95th Oscars recap: The dazzle, dancing and donkey

Rachel Rosenfield

Telling the stories that weren’t finished: IBS student brings ‘Unissued Diploma’ project to Brandeis

Victoria Morrongiello

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From Los Angeles to Waltham: let there be light

Thomas Pickering

Every time you drive, walk or run past the Rose Art Museum at night you cannot help but be taken aback—and nearly blinded—by the amount of light coming from the “Light of Reason” installation. The...

Tennis Club is a smashing success

Victoria Morrongiello and Justin Leung

“Game. Set. Match. Brandeis!” Take your rackets out and throw on your tennis shoes because it’s time to play tennis. Brandeis’ Club Tennis team has been taking campus by storm. With 138 members on their...

Student-run Brandeis meme page celebrates door week

Jamie Trope

Created on Feb. 17, 2022, the Instagram account @brandeis.chungles continues to bring joy to the Brandeis community. The anonymously-run meme page pokes fun and makes light of different aspects of the Brandeis campus.  At the...

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The blue wave at Brandeis

The Brandeis Hoot Editorial Board

The landscape of college admissions is rapidly changing and its impacts are far further reaching than most may think at first glance. Before we engage with the topic of how altered admissions processes impact the...

In the words of Bon Jovi, ‘we’re halfway there’

The Brandeis Hoot Editorial Board

Well, folks, we’ve made it halfway through the spring 2023 semester. And while right now you may not be rejoicing over this milestone because you’re drowning in midterms, know that we here at The Brandeis...

Remember we’re here too

The Brandeis Hoot Editorial Board

This past week, community members returned from break and campus resumed operating at full capacity. But some students were unable to leave campus for the week-long February break, and many were left feeling like the...

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Annual Latina Poetry Night in celebration of Women’s History Month

Roshni Ray

The Brandeis Hispanic Studies and Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies programs recently hosted their Annual Latina Poetry Night in recognition of Women’s History Month. The purpose of this event was to uplift Latina voices...

Author Mecca Jamilah Sullivan comes to Brandeis University

Cyrenity Augustin and Lucy Fay

On March 16, 2023, author Mecca Jamilah Sullivan came to the university to discuss her debut novel “Big Girl,” the latest in the Creative Writing Reading Series. The event, according to an email sent out...

Telling the stories that weren’t finished: IBS student brings ‘Unissued Diploma’ project to Brandeis

Victoria Morrongiello

Thirty-six students’ faces line the walls of the Olin-Sang hallway. Attached are the stories of how their lives were cut short. The students featured on the walls had their lives taken as a result of...

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The 95th Oscars recap: The dazzle, dancing and donkey

Rachel Rosenfield

Awards season has unfortunately come to an end. It sure has been quite a season, and it all went out with a bang. On March 12, the 95th annual Academy Awards aired live on ABC....

‘The Many Deaths of Laila Starr’ is a beautiful human tale

Logan Ashkinazy

What does death mean to us? What does it mean to live if only to simply die at the end? These are the questions asked in “The Many Deaths of Laila Starr,” a 2021 graphic...

A Summer’s Day

Jennifer Podhorzer

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NFL free agency so far

Justin Leung

So far it has been a very crazy National Football League (NFL) free agency period. There is still so much more to go. Players like Bobby Wagner and Odell Beckham Jr. have yet to be...

MLB award winner predictions

Justin Leung

Last week I predicted who I thought was going to be the best player at each position in Major League Baseball (MLB). This week I am going to predict the three finalists for each major...

Three fencers qualify for NCAA Championships

Calli Morvay

On this past Sunday, March 12, both the women’s and men’s fencing teams represented the Judges at the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Northeast Regional Championships at Harvard University. According to the US Fencing...

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Hardcover vs. softcover books: Which one is better?

Gonny Nir and Jamie Trope

This article is part of an ongoing collaborative column by Gonny Nir and Jamie Trope. In this column, the authors explore questions big & small, worthwhile & worthless, obvious & absurd, all for the humble...

Bridging the future: planting wildlife corridors in the wet tropics of Australia

Lotem Sagi, Monty Ellwanger and Leah Boget

If the state of Queensland, Australia was a country, it would be the ninth-highest forest-destroying nation in the world. Due to the dominant and expanding agriculture industry, Queensland is tearing down approximately 1.7 million acres...

What is the best sandwich?

Justin Leung and Victoria Morrongiello

It is a truth that should be universally acknowledged that a sandwich is only as good as its ratio. What ratio, you ask? The ratio of bread to filling. You see there is a very...
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