On June 9, Board of Trustees Chair Lisa Kranc ’75 sent an email to the Brandeis community to announce the start of the search for Brandeis’ next president. The process will consist of a Presidential Search Committee and a Presidential Search Advisory Council. The Presidential Search Committee is chaired by trustee Cynthia Shapira and vice chaired by trustee Adam Rifkin ’97. The Presidential Search Committee consists primarily of trustees, with some faculty members as well. President Arthur Levine will serve as a special advisor to the Presidential Search Committee. The Presidential Search Advisory Council provides members of the Brandeis community with a chance to provide input on the presidential search process and consists of alumni, staff, and students. The committee will also be assisted by Heidrich & Struggles, an executive search firm. Brandeis has published a position specification for the role of president, which is available on the Brandeis website.
New IDs and free lanyards! This year, Brandeis will be issuing new ID cards. The first new card is provided free of charge, and free lanyards will be given as well. Make sure to pick the new card up before Dec. 1, when the current IDs are slated for deactivation. The cards can be picked up from the Campus Card Office, at Room 101 of the Epstein Building, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., on Mondays through Fridays. When picking up the new card, remember to bring the old card, a valid photo ID, and your Student ID number. Upperclassmen may be able to pick up their IDs at special distribution events, which will be updated on the Instagram account of Brandeis Community Living.
Last month, Brandeis announced plans for a new building on campus: the Robert K. Kraft Family Center for Jewish Life and Leadership. The new building, expected to be completed in the spring of 2028, will be the new home of
In the 2027 edition of U.S. News and World Report National College Rankings, Brandeis is ranked number 59. Brandeis is ranked number 36 among private universities, and number 46 among best value schools. This represents a reversal of a steady
Springfest: Springfest will take place on April 26 this year, with the recent announcement of headliner Zara Larsson. Larsson is the 25th biggest artist on Spotify and recently performed at the Grammys. The opener is an artist called Notebook P,
I was recently gifted a copy of Neil Theise’s “Notes on Complexity,” and I found that everything in this book was new to me. I read the back, saw it was a discussion about complexity theory, and thought it was a basic and uninteresting idea to write about. My own understanding of complexity theory was the notion that life as a whole is made of complex systems, all working together to create something bigger. It is a nice idea, but also an obvious one. However, the author takes complexity theory further to explain larger, more spiritual ramifications. Theise explains himself to be a person living between the scientific world and spiritual world, and this claim is apparent through his use of scientific ideas to prove a more spiritual outlook onto
The year is 2026, and a new game in Konami’s flagship gothic-castle-exploring-action-adventure franchise, Castlevania, is coming out on Oct.15. Smack dab in the middle of the spooky season, “Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse” will be the first original 2D Castlevania game in
“The sun is gone. The stars shine bright. I seek revenge.” Through the monster infested wastelands above the ever expanding caves of humanity, Lih alone searches for the Sunblighted. He is a false savior in Lih’s eyes, letting those who
The summer anime season has just finished serving a variety of delicious shows. To name a few: “You and I are Polar Opposites:” the sweetest story with the most diabetes inducing relationships in all of anime, “Goodbye, Laura:” the bittersweet
The issue on the table: the midterm elections are on the horizon, and President Trump sports a popularity rating that could scientifically be described as embarrassingly low; the Democrats are poised to win big. But the question of how big may depend on the effectiveness of each party to control the lunatic fringe seemingly on the rise within their ranks. Here, we’ll examine what both Republicans and Democrats can say about specific instances that prove this phenomenon very well. Ricky: This summer, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dismissed COVID-era extreme positions championed by herself and fellow Democrats by saying “Woke 1.0 was crazy.” Apparently, patrons of a lesbian bar in Greenfield, Massachusetts didn’t get the message. Last month, a story in The Boston Globe went viral for publishing a story about Last Ditch
Since the Supreme Court struck down a federal ban on sports betting in 2018, gambling has rapidly grown into a multi-billion dollar industry. Turn on your TV, and you will likely see commercials for at least one online betting site.
I recently had a conversation with a gym bro who told me he called himself a traditionally masculine buff guy, but he wanted to start wearing dresses and other traditionally female clothes. This might sound unlikely, someone at the epitome
Welcome back to The Hoot recommends, the series where The Hoot recommends stuff to you. As midterm season approaches (far too quickly, in our opinion), Brandeis students will soon find themselves cramming through notes, reviewing readings, making flashcards, and whatever
With the arrival of fall, the New England foliage rightly steals our attention. An array of yellows and oranges with swaths of red are hard to ignore. But if you’re not too busy looking at the trees for Professor Pearlman, keep your eyes peeled for all the cool animals you can find on campus. Surely, you’ve seen this season’s crop of chipmunks scurrying about all over campus, who dart back and forth between the shrubbery and under metal bike racks like bats out of hell. There are the squirrels who leap from treetop to treetop with the grace of Olympian gymnasts. And of course, everyone is sure to have seen a bunny scampering from one patch of grass to the other. There are also some larger mammals up and about
A few days ago, on Oct. 2, the Brandeis Food Forest (BFF) had its grand opening. After being originally scheduled for a week prior, a nor’easter pushed the event back to what turned out to be the perfect day. With
Brandeis Core Requirements are a system designed to ensure every graduating student has the skills needed to enter the professional world. Part of those requirements, to the chagrin of some, are health classes—which may potentially be grueling, yet highly necessary.
More than a library Everybody knows that the library has way more than archival books. It’s a great study spot. It has great coffee. It’s got okay printers. But there is so much more than just the tables in Farber.
Ultimate frisbee has been declining in popularity in America in recent years. On college campuses, frisbee players are the butt of a lot of jokes. Frisbee is often called a fake sport, something that you do in college that is just a phase, a game best played in the backyard. Even here at Brandeis, a place that strives to be welcoming of everybody, and largely succeeds at that worthy goal, frisbee players are subject to frequent teasing. One humanities major, who chose to remain anonymous out of fear of retribution from the men’s club, said “Frankly, Brandeis Tron has always struck me as a little odd, if not outright cult-like. One of their captains, when I asked him what I would be called if I joined, said chair-leg. What kind
The 2026 Red Sox season was quite the roller coaster. What began with a prolonged period of failure this spring was salvaged by an unprecedented win streak and a hot stretch this summer, only to conclude with an embarrassing defeat
If you know only one player in all of baseball, chances are it’s Shohei Ohtani. And that’s for good reason. He’s arguably the most prolific player in baseball, with hitting stats among some of the game’s best (career OPS+ [check
What is the most important position in football outside of quarterback? That is a question that doesn’t necessarily have a single right answer. But if you ask most serious football followers, edge rusher would be high on that list. NFL
