Usdan has been the center of much Brandeis talk lately. Every year, its hours seem to shrink more and more, leaving both students who live in upper campus and the workers at a disadvantage. This semester, Usdan is never open for breakfast or anytime on Fridays. A new organization, Red Youth Rising (RYR), has taken root at our institution with one of their goals to restore Usdan’s hours. It is important to note that there are multiple reasons why this limiting hours is significant: first, to ensure that the students with specific dietary and nutritional needs have access to the nutrition they need, and that the staff has appropriate hours to work. One Fizz poster stated that a lot of LGBTQ freshmen live in North Quad and, because those people tend to be more likely to suffer from mental disorders, Brandeis is making their lives more difficult by closing Usdan
On Oct. 15, all access to the makerspaces—Brandeis’ workshops featuring a variety of tools for students, faculty, staff, and alumni, to use on projects—was reset. Brandeis Design & Innovation (BDI), overseeing the three makerspaces on campus, is encouraging those interested in using the spaces to take their new online safety training and take an in-person tour to gain or restore unattended access to these spaces. The Brandeis library features three distinct makerspaces depending on the interests of users. First, the MakerLab, found on the Farber Mezzanine, for those interested in building physical objects, from 3D printing to laser cutting to sewing. Second, there is the Automation Lab, found on the first floor of Goldfarb, for those interested in working with electronics. Lastly, the Digital Scholarship Lab, found on the Goldfarb
A foundation dedicated to science, patient care safety, and environmental conservation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, was fittingly founded in 2000 by the Intel co-founder, Gordon Moore, and his wife Betty. As of 2022, it has launched the Experimental
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
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
Zach Cregger is known for his original horror films such as 2022’s Barbarian and 2025’s critically acclaimed Weapons. Resident Evil (2026) is his first movie attached to a larger property, and a smash hit at that. With a 96% from critics and a 90% from general audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, not to mention the $60 million made from its domestic opening, it is the highest rated film based on the Resident Evil franchise (there are seven others—none of them are good), and the most successful. While the movie contains a good handful of tasteful references, its success as a Resident Evil movie is in how much it understands the traits that make the franchise so iconic. Starting as a game tasked to reuse elements from director Shinji Mikami’s Japan exclusive
I have found it very difficult to find time to read books for pleasure in the past few years, but I have always loved to read. When a book really pulls you in, you just can’t put it down, no
“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
When I started playing “Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse”, it became apparent to me and many fans of the series that it didn’t exactly ‘feel’ like the Castlevania games we’ve played before. However one decides to interpret this as a good or
Last week, a school shooting in Bend, Oregon resulted in the death of three children and a teacher. Just a decade ago, a school shooting like this would have been a months-long news story that put gun control at the forefront of the political debate. To this day, we all remember hearing about Sandy Hook and Parkland. Today, a school shooting is unlikely to be anything more than a one-day story. Go to any news site and look through today’s headlines. Do you see anything about the Bend shooting, which less than a decade ago would have shocked the very conscience of our nation? Almost certainly not. By now, it’s old news. Why is that? How can we, as a society, move past such a devastating tragedy so quickly and
The wider American celebration for the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah is nice, but the holiday actually happens to be relatively unimportant. I think that most people would attribute the awareness non-Jewish people have of Hanukkah to the comparison people draw
Hello Hoot readers! Who doesn’t love candy? At The Hoot, we certainly enjoy it. As we get deeper into spooky season, we’ve decided to share with you our favorite Halloween candy. James: I like almost all of them. Seriously. I
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
Brandeis’ reputation as an R1 research institution is what attracts so many of the university’s STEM students. A reason that Brandeis is able to offer such research opportunities is due to the numerous faculty-run laboratories that occur on campus, one of which just received a $1.35 million dollar grant (see our News section). Another fascinating laboratory at Brandeis is Dr. Christine Grienberger’s lab on the “Neural Mechanisms of Learning.” The Grienberger Lab is studying the hippocampus region of the brain. Specifically, the entorhinal-hippocampal circuit that connects the entorhinal cortex to the hippocampus. The hippocampus is the region of the brain that is largely involved in spatial learning and episodic memory formation. The hippocampus’s function in the brain was first discovered in 1953 because of Henry Molaison. Henry Molaison, known as
The Campus Activities Board (CAB) is one of our most underrated clubs. Everyone knows about Springfest, our epic end of year concert, but CAB has events all year round. In fact, you can audition to be a Springfest opener very
The Rose Art Museum opened on the Brandeis campus in 1961. It was named after its founding benefactors, Edward and Bertha Rose. Following a $50,000 donation, the Gevirtz-Mnuchin Purchase Fund was founded. This led to the museum collecting works by
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,
Beaters, chasers, headbands, and a thrifted pink panther named Balthazaar. Oh, and don’t forget your broomstick. These are all integral parts of Brandeis’ quadball club team. In the last edition of The Hoot, I set out to investigate the stigma surrounding ultimate frisbee. This journey involved an interview with Brandeis Tron’s Nathaniel “Atlas” Friedman, where he defended the top-tier athleticism of practitioners of his sport and gave some insight of what the men’s team here on campus is like. Over the course of our conversation, Friedman brought up quadball and leveled some hefty criticism of his fellow Brandeis club team. His comments included calling out practitioners of quadball claiming that their “practice” (Friedman put air quotes around that word) on Chapels’ Field is “a disgrace to everyone” and “Quadball puts
The 2026 MLB postseason has been nothing short of paradoxical. Based on regular season win counts and success, the playoffs could be perfectly predicted. However, based on recent history and preconceived notions, some developments have been quite surprising. In the
The football season is underway, and with it comes the obligatory complaining from the fans about the officiating. So I thought it would be helpful to provide a refresher of what warrants throwing out the yellow penalty flag. So without
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
