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Taking stock: A look into the polaris lounge fridge

Jamie Trope

‘The Book of Boba Fett’ was worth the wait

Josh Lannon

Library Workers Union protest for ‘fair contract’

Sasha Skarboviychuk

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HEAR: Heal. Empower. Advocate. Rise

Jahnavi Swamy

Heal, empower, advocate, rise (HEAR), founded in 2021 by Lauren Rifas ’23 and Mckenna Walsh ’23, is a peer support group for sexual violence and relationship abuse. In an interview with The Brandeis Hoot, Walsh...

Professor Christine Grienberger’s research on integration of synaptic inputs in mammalian brain

Shruthi Manjunath

Professor Christine Grienberger (BIOL) is a new faculty member at Brandeis. She is specifically an Assistant Professor of Biology. She is a neuroscientist whose research mainly focuses on understanding how information is processed in the...

Effective Altruism speaks on going good

Sasha Skarboviychuk and John Fornagiel

On Sunday, Nov. 21, Brandeis Effective Altruism and the Philosophy Undergraduate Department Representatives brought in a speaker, Kaleem Ahmid, to speak to Brandeis students on the topic of effective altruism (EA).    Ahmid began by...

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Hopes for the semester

The Brandeis Hoot Editorial Board

Well, here we go again. This semester marks our fifth semester that is considerably impacted by COVID-19. Since then, there have been so innumerable changes to our community, and we have all shown tremendous adaptability...

A reflection on the semester

The Brandeis Hoot Editorial Board

We have had quite a semester, both in good and bad ways.  First, on the good. As the editorial board of The Hoot, we are very happy to be writing this in our cozy room....

You should put your mental health first

The Brandeis Hoot Editorial Board

We’re at that terrible time of the year when the sky is dark by 5 p.m. every single night. The days are short, the classes are long and the joy of the holidays seems so...

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Student Union leaders discuss spring 2022 semester

Victoria Morrongiello

In preparation for the spring 2022 semester, Student Union President Krupa Sourirajan ’23 wrote to The Brandeis Hoot on the union’s plans as the student body faces the threat of the omicron variant of the...

Fire alarm goes off in Ziv

Victoria Morrongiello

Around 4 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021 firetrucks responded to the fire alarm in Ziv Quad, according to social media posts of students. The Brandeis Hoot reached out to Area Coordinator of Ziv, Village...

Univ. updates requirements for students to return to campus

Victoria Morrongiello

The university updated its COVID-19 policies for community members as they return to campus for the spring 2022 semester, according to an email sent on Dec. 20 by Carol A. Fierke, Provost and Executive Vice...

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‘Sex Lives of College Girls’ is way more than just that

Rachel Rosenfield

In an age where it seems that most television shows are either about being in high school or being an adult, shows about college life are few and far between. As a college student, I...

BookTok Worth it or Not: ‘We Hunt the Flame’

Victoria Morrongiello

It’s a bit ironic that I’m the one writing this column considering I don’t have TikTok on my phone. I do, however, have Instagram reels, which is basically TikTok but three weeks behind. In this...

‘Cobra Kai’ continues the ‘The Karate Kid’ legacy with humor, emotional storytelling and more than a few illegal crane kicks

Zach Katz

“Cobra Kai” shouldn’t work as a show. In theory, it sounds like a shameless nostalgia mine. The show’s concept originated as a recurring punchline on “How I Met Your Mother” and it was first released...

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Men’s basketball wins four straight

Justin Leung

Before winter break, the Brandeis men’s basketball team played four games in the month of December. On Dec. 3, the team played in the New England Big Four Challenge against Babson College.  In the first...

Brandeis athletics bans spectators, games postponed

Sasha Skarboviychuk

As of Jan. 7, no spectators will be allowed at games. The previous policy was a negative test from 72 hours prior, to attend a game at the Gosman Sports and Convocation center, according to...

Brandeis fencing hosts first home meet

Justin Leung

Brandeis men and women’s fencing had their first home meet on Dec. 5. They participated in three separate rounds, both teams facing six different schools.  In the first round, the men’s team faced Yale University....

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Oral health and manners

Thomas Pickering

       When I was a child, I had the mouth of a Brit. My mouth was simply too small for all the teeth inside of it and on top of that I had a crossbite...

Stop comparing every Korean drama to ‘Squid Game’

Caroline O

Netflix has been producing original Korean dramas since roughly 2018, its first original series being the 2-season romantic drama “Love Alarm,” followed by other beloved shows like the zombie period drama “Kingdom,” the revenge coming-of-age...

Adjustments to the spring semester due to COVID-19

Cooper Gottfried

If you’re reading this article, chances are you’ve read Brandeis’ recent email detailing the changes to the COVID-19 policy and the upcoming remote return to classes. In case you haven’t, here’s a brief summary.  ...
TheBrandeisHootThe Brandeis Hoot@TheBrandeisHoot·
January 18, 2022

Is Disney+’s new Star Wars show ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ worth the hype? Read what one Star Wars fan has to say. http://ow.ly/eQq250HwqJg

TheBrandeisHootThe Brandeis Hoot@TheBrandeisHoot·
January 17, 2022

The university received a $10 million donation to “strengthen civic and community engagement” read more about it in this edition of The Hoot! http://ow.ly/PI9E50HwqCb

TheBrandeisHootThe Brandeis Hoot@TheBrandeisHoot·
January 16, 2022

Midnight Buffet was a disappointment for many students. Read one of our editor’s thoughts on the event in this week’s edition of The Hoot.
http://ow.ly/kiIN50HvlsG

TheBrandeisHootThe Brandeis Hoot@TheBrandeisHoot·
January 15, 2022

Women’s basketball play close games to make their record even on the year. Read about it here: http://ow.ly/esNL50HvliO

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