Things at Brandeis are in a phase of change, and many aspects of the university are being subject to attempts at innovation. As a part of these alterations, there have been proposed changes to academics, especially The Core. The Core is the set of requirements that all undergraduate students at Brandeis must complete before graduation. These requirements include taking classes in various disciplines. According to its requirements, students must take a first-year seminar, four foundational literacies, courses from the four schools of thought, three health, wellness, and life classes, and global engagement courses. Part of the global engagement bundle is the language requirement, mandating students take a foreign language up to “30,” or an intermediate level. An alteration to these requirements has been proposed, which would require students to complete only up to “20,” or beginner level. This means that students would only have to take two semesters of a
Following the completion of the new residence hall, which is currently under construction on the lower campus, Brandeis is considering plans to demolish East Quad. This plan was first revealed to The Hoot during our exclusive interview with Arthur Levine in early October as something that was a possibility. East Quad has approximately 400 beds, while the new residence hall will have around 650, meaning that the demolition will not reduce the number of beds that are available to students. The new residence hall is expected to be completed in the spring of 2027 and available for students in the Fall 2027 semester. East Quad was originally built in 1964 for the purpose of housing sophomores and upperclassmen. East consists of two buildings, Hassenfeld and Pomerantz. Dorms in East consist
As of the publication of this article, Sherman Dining Hall continues to be closed for students due to ongoing renovations as a result of the fire on Feb. 2. According to the most recent email correspondence to students at 11:58
On Friday, Jan. 30, a chemical leak occurred at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, forcing classes there to be rescheduled. According to an email sent out to Heller faculty on the 30th by Associate Registrar for Course
On Monday, Feb. 2, a significant fire broke out in the Sherman-Hassenfeld building. At 3:23 p.m, an email was sent out via the Brandeis Alert system stating, “There is ongoing fire activity at Sherman-Hassenfeld. Please remain away from the area.
Last time on Sunblighted: As Tev, the mysterious Canthi lookalike, guides Gefrol and a passed-out Lih through the forest, Gefrol is confident that Lih has made this better future possible, and that he can help Lih fix the world. When Tev asked for Gefrol’s unconditional assistance, claiming that he is The God of the Winds of Change and the subject of a prophecy, he refused, telling her that he only serves Lih, his master. The common room is not particularly special. There is a long-aged bar facing the entrance, with a swinging door to a backroom, possibly a kitchen. Lines of bottles and glasses are neatly organized behind what I would assume to be where someone would stand and serve me food and drink for coin. But, as it is
The desert isn’t kind to its inhabitants. The summers are scorching. The winter night is freezing. The dust clings to the back of your throat when your lungs ask for too much. But, it’s the rain that always scared me
Winter 2026 has been a very busy season. Not because of the constant blizzards (as I write this, I’m stuck in New Jersey an extra day after break), nor because of the incoming major proposal deadline (I’m doing this instead),
If you haven’t yet read Pride and Prejudice, you clearly aren’t hanging out with the same women as me. I am sure there are many women out there who don’t like Jane Austen; it’s just that I don’t know them.
Hello again, our most valuable Hoot readers. For the past several weeks, our country’s greatest athletes competed in the Winter Olympics in Milan. Despite none of us being anywhere close to athletic enough to even have a chance to qualify, our editors have some strong opinions about the games. So, for this week’s edition of Hoot Recommends, we are sharing our favorite winter Olympic sports. Chloe: I have two favorites: my favorite sport based on its concept, and my favorite sport to watch. Curling is such a dumb idea, and I love it so much. Like, YES, let’s use a specific science trick to slide almost-balls of granite across the ice. The cherry on top is that every team looks like a group of parents out for a chill weekend
4chan is an image board created in October 2003. It has been linked to multiple mass shootings, including the Christchurch mosque shootings, which killed 51 people. The site functions as an anonymous space with a variety of forums that center
On Monday, Feb. 16, late-night television host Stephen Colbert planned to interview Texas senate candidate James Talarico. However, he was told by his network’s lawyers that he was not allowed. The reason was because of a ruling that requires radio
It is not much of a stretch to say that marijuana is the most popular it has ever been in the United States. Though cannabis remains federally illegal, the Department of Justice began the process of removing cannabis from Schedule
Some students might have noticed a set of protests at the beginning of the semester. These protests were not organized by any of the usual groups associated with activism on campus; instead, they were held by a new group, Fight Authoritarianism Brandeis (FAB). FAB was originally started by Professor Sabine von Mering, Professor of German and Women’s Gender Sexuality Studies, as well as the Director of the Center for German and European Studies. When asked about the creation of the group, Von Mering stated, “I organized with a few others, this walk out here, and I thought, but we don’t want this to be a one-off. We really need to get organized because what’s happening there is gonna happen here eventually.” The original walk out was inspired by the calls
Nothing has captured the stock market quite like the advent of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.). It is being integrated into almost every website the average internet user visits. Predictions put the percentage of internet content that was A.I. generated at 50%
Thanks for your question! Yes, but the answer is more complicated than that. If we think about the whole menstrual cycle, the phase during which you’re least likely to get pregnant is the menstruation phase, when you’re bleeding. This is
I have recently purchased the 2025 edition of “Just Dance” for the Nintendo Switch since it was on “rollback” at Walmart for ~$14. How did I justify this purchase of what some may consider a game of childhoods long past
Chances are, if you are reading this, you go to Brandeis. And if you go to Brandeis, well, let’s just say you may not know a lot about sports. The stereotypical Deisian isn’t exactly a rabid sports fan. And that’s fine! To attend Brandeis, you obviously don’t need to be interested in sports or even have a basic understanding of how they work (with the possible exception of quadball). However, since coming here last August, there have been numerous situations here on campus where I’ve been sitting with people and, whether it be just over the course of normal conversation or because I was watching a football or baseball game on my phone, they would ask about something going on. I realized that many people are curious about sports but
I don’t expect that a lot of Hoot readers are huge sports fans. After all, this school doesn’t even have a football team. Those of you who do pay attention to the National Football League (NFL) are probably focused on
Brandeis will be introducing a new varsity sport to the roster for the first time in more than forty years. Soon, Brandeis women will be able to compete on the new lacrosse team. The addition will be the 20th varsity
Brandeis doesn’t have a football team, gymnastics team or marching band. There are no massive Game Days where the entire student body gathers in a stadium to watch men jump on each other. Depending on your personal relationship with sports,
