Free and easy: the online music scene
Over the past couple of years the commercial radio station has taken quite the hit. Listeners will no longer put up with an endless slew of ads every hour in order to hear a usually very limited amount of music in radio-friendly genres. The invention of several online music services has helped listeners to hear exactly what they want in a wide variety of ways. Here is a brief look at some of the most unique of these new services, which allow for greater customization than ever before.
Chock full of latexy goodness
The lights flashed once and a scream echoed through Levin Ballroom. I was sitting close enough to see every potential Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction. This was going to be good…
Jumping the Grey's shark
“What goes up must come down. The problem is that when youre up, when youre happy, when youre feeling complete, you forget about that saying;
you forget that you could fall. If we could only remember when were on that high that a low could be just around the corner, maybe we could prepare for it somehow;
soften the blow. But when youre feeling good, the last thing you want to consider is that that feeling will go away. But all it takes is one instant, one wrong decision, one miscommunication, one small slip, to fall”
Strange but true
India's police officers to get sweet smelling uniforms Ahmadabad, India's police officers will recieve newer, lighter police uniforms by the end of this year, equipped with one of three fragrances: soothing rose, jasmine, or tangy lemon. The goal is to make the approximately 8,000 officers smell more pleasant during their courses of duty, as hot […]
Are you a machine?
Some high school students played Sonic the Hedgehog after school. But Eliezer Sternberg 09 spent day and night of his senior year of his high school writing a book that will be published this week, available at the Brandeis Bookstore, Amazon.com, and bookstores across the nation.
Iliveinacity: Noburdenforshoulderssobig
I live in a city, yes I do, made by human hands.
–Malvina Reynolds
Come witness remarkable moments in the great cities we call home…
and the people who made them. Third in a series.
Pungent and loud in flavor, sprouting un-self-consciously from the plains, reaching and growing as high as it can: Chicago.
FULL ELECTION RESULTS
PRESIDENT Shreeya Sinha (752) Jonathan J. D'Oleo (289) Andrew S.M. Brooks (284) Iris Uzdil (46) ABSTAIN (37) Reed Scharff (9) VICE-PRESIDENT Alexander R. Braver* (601) Christina Khemraj* (316) ABSTAIN (34) TREASURER Choon Woo Ha (1079) ABSTAIN (204) SECRETARY Michael R. Goldman (600) Jared A. Hirsh (314) ABSTAIN (265) MEMBER OF THE FINANCE BOARD Jordan I. […]
Journalism Professor Eileen McNamara to teach full-time next fall
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Professor Eileen McNamara (JOUR) will begin teaching at Brandeis full-time starting fall 2007 after accepting one of 24 buyouts from the Boston Globe, according to a piece written in the Globe Wednesday. McNamara, who has been an adjunct professor at Brandeis since 1995, won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1997 for her biweekly column.
Debate team hosts annual tourney
The Brandeis Academic Debate and Speech Society (BADASS) hosted its annual tournament this past weekend here in the North Academic Quad. Teams from all over the east coast debated at the competition including Princeton, Johns Hopkins, Harvard and others. Many more were scheduled to arrive, but were unable to attend due to the inclement weather. Still, the tournament had a field of 37 teams, a small but respectable number of competitors for a tournament. The debaters were housed in residence halls on campus, mostly in the North residence quad. Many members of the Brandeis community were involved in the processes of judging, housing, and facilitating the tournament. In the end a Harvard team and a Princeton team were able to make it to the finals round. After a heated and entertaining debate, the Harvard team ended up winning the tournament.
Arab Culture Club and World Can’t Wait Club to cosponsor Finkelstein lecture
According to club leaders, the Arab Culture Club (ACC) has returned to cosponsor a lecture by DePaul professor Norman Finkelstein. The speech by the author of the controversial book The Holocaust Industry will also be cosponsored by the World Cant Wait club, and is scheduled to occur on April 24 in the Rapaporte Treasure Hall in the Goldfarb Library.
SDS holds teach-in to protest “war on terror”
This Tuesday, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), previously known as the Radical Student Alliance (RSA), held a teach-in to protest the “War on Terror. Approximately 35 students showed up to listen to four speakers who presented anti-war opinions.
Despite club sports deal Brandeis crew team to lose boathouse
Despite alleged promises from Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment Jean Eddy and Director of Athletics Sheryl Sousa, the Brandeis University club crew team is about to lose its boathouse. While according to crew team President Sarah Robinson 07 the team only needs a place to store the six boats we own and a body of water to row on, the matter is much more complicated than it seems.
BTV relaunched after hiatus with new Executive Board
This past week, Brandeis Television celebrated its new semester of programming and a new season of its flagship news program, “BTV News,” with a launch party featuring live music and a chocolate fountain. This semester marked a new beginning for the often-struggling club.
First round of elections done as Shreeya Sinha takes presidency
The Student Union announced that Union Senator-at-Large Shreeya Sinha 09 won the mandate for the presidency during the first round of elections Tuesday, winning 752 votes. Class of 2008 Senator Michael Goldman 08 also won the mandate for Union Secretary with 600 votes, and Choon Woo Ha 08 retained his position as Student Union Treasurer after an uncontested election. During the second round of elections, current Union Secretary Alex Braver 09 won the Vice Presidency with 601 votes.
‘Deis Board
March 20 MTennis at Wheaton W 7-2 March 18 WTennis v. Bates College W 6-3 MTennis v. Bates College W 6-3 March 17 Baseball v. Case Western L 5-11 Softball v. Case Western L 3-12 March 16 Baseball v. Rochester L 2-5 Softball v. Rochester L 1-9 v. Washington L 0-9 Upcoming Home Games: March […]
Women’s softball comes back from Florida with lackluster showing
The Brandeis University Judges womens softball team headed down to Altamonte Springs, Florida from March 13-17 where they went 2-6 in UAA Conference play.
Brandeis tennis riding high
When the ball bounces your way, there is little sweeter. Right now, Brandeis tennis is riding high as the mens team walked out of Norton, MA a 7-2 winner over regional rivals Wheaton College.
Bad breaks plague Judges
Varsity baseball fought hard in Florida, coming into the last two games of the UAA tournament with a 4-1 record and with momentum on their side. Alas, baseball is a game of cruel reversals of fortune and teams at the top quickly find themselves looking through the other way thanks to little things like a misplayed grounder, a foul ball that was inches from being a home run. Yes breaks can make or kill a squad and a two game skid culminating with a 11-5 loss to Case-Western leaving the Judges to settle for 2nd place.
The best and worst of the diners of Waltham
So food, glorious food. This week, well the past two weeks anyway, has been dedicated to the diner. Waltham has three on Main Street: In A Pickle, Joseph's II and Wilson's Diner, near the Watertown border. My favorite remains Joseph's;
something about the fresh-squeezed OJ, the strawberries and cream, the cranberry pancakes Anyway, it's all good. My least favorite, for the food anyway, was Wilson's, though that may be attributed to its being the third diner experience within about 10 days. They all serve that quintessential heart-choking American cuisine, featuring various meats and breads and eggs swimming in butter and cholesterol and encouraging even the least-athletic among us to jog, bike, swim the afternoon away…
