Univ. hopes to help overcrowding with renovations but has no solid plans
The addition of 122 more students on campus than last year has lead to long lines at Usdan and Einstein’s and fewer empty rooms on campus. In light of this, Brandeis administrators are looking for ways to alleviate overcrowding on campus. Vice President for Campus Operations Mark Collins said the university plans to renovate service […]
Rose suit hinges on Museum’s independence
University counsel Thomas Reilly’s Tuesday filing of a motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought against the university by three Rose Art Museum benefactors marks the first proactive measure taken by Brandeis in the suit. Since three Rose Art Museum Board of Overseers filed suit for a court order to stop the closure of the museum […]
Sillerman Center introduces competition to encourage philanthropy
Sometimes the best ideas come to us when we’re in transit. At least, that was the case for Dean of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management Lisa Lynch. It all started about a year ago. Lynch was on a plane returning to Boston from a meeting in New York with the Sillerman family, […]
Great Expectations
With a new curriculum and fresh faculty, the Arabic program is poised to become a star attraction at Brandeis. The effort is being spearheaded by Senior Lecturer in Arabic Studies and Director of the Arabic Language Program Carl Sharif El-Togbui. El-Togbui joined the Brandeis faculty after spending five years as a preceptor of Arabic language […]
Women’s soccer ties Springfield, shuts out Bridgewater State
After going into two overtimes against the Springfield College Pride last Saturday, the final score remained 0-0. The Judges also shut out Bridgewater State College at home on Tuesday with a 6-0 victory. The shutout against Springfield on Saturday was the 17th career shutout for goalkeeper Hillary Rosenzweig ’10, putting her just two shy of […]
Men’s soccer loses to Clark on the road, drops home opener to WPI
The men’s soccer team has not had as successful a week as they would have hoped. On Sunday they lost to Clark University 2-1 in overtime while also dropping their home opener against Worcester Polytechnic Institute on Wednesday 3-2. The game against the Clark Cougars started off slow, with very little shooting and no scoring […]
Women’s volleyball plays home opener, splits matches
The Brandeis women’s volleyball team had their home opening tournament, the Brandeis Invitational last weekend and split their games on Friday, beating Rhode Island College in straight sets before faltering against Williams 3-1, and Saturday, falling to Tufts 3-0 before taking out Babson 3-0. “This weekend’s tournament was a good test for us, as we […]
Phil Kessel must make a contract decision
Now that the U.S Open is over, I am turning to a new sport, hockey. I know the season does not start for a few more weeks but I am already excited for two reasons. First I am from Minnesota, and second, I spent last year in a country where the only ice you will […]
Golf team finishes third twice, has strong opening showing
The Brandeis men’s golf team played in two tournaments this week, the Bowdoin Invitational at the Brunswick Country Club in Brunswick, ME on Sunday and the Elms Invitational at the Chicopee Golf Club in Chicopee, MA on Tuesday. The Judges came in third out of nine teams at both events. At the Bowdoin Invitational, Lee […]
“Just once I need somebody to show me all [that] I can’t see”
This past Tuesday on September 15th in the season opener of the Brandeis’ Open Mic Society or B.O.M.S. for short, the nationally acclaimed Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo graced the stage of Castle Commons and was, for all that listened, the guidepost that she so yearns for in the above excerpt from “In the Blink of an […]
The times, they are a-changin’: Thoughts on last week’s TMI conference
Yale Spector ‘11 sits casually in the Village B2 lounge with the three of us. We are surrounding a table atop which perch our four glossy, multicolored Macbooks. “So how are we going to do this?” he states, not so much a question as a call to our attention. We briefly tear our eyes away […]
Seeking divine inspiration in hard times
I felt like I had just infiltrated a secret meeting when I stepped into the Rapaporte Treasure Hall Monday evening. It seemed that everyone there was part of the world of professional Judaism or graduate-level Jewish education. Attending “Memory and Y’irah: On Reclaiming a Sense of Awe in Skeptical Times,” a lecture by Charles Bronfman, […]
Come on, Ye! How could you be so heartless?
Who is the greatest rap star these days? Jay-Z? Lil Wayne? Diddy? Well people may have different opinions about the issue, but I believe that one of the most influential hip hop musicians is definitely Kanye West, a.k.a Yeezy. Besides his many hits, his influence on popular culture is presented in various areas such as […]
Jay-Z swaggers on with latest release
Who is the king of New York? I can distinctly remember sitting at my middle school lunch table discussing this very question with my peers. Everyone had an opinion on the issue, and if you didn’t, either you ate from your bagged lunch and kept quiet or you hopped on a bandwagon and conveniently repeated […]
A maddeningly good TV drama series
“Mad Men” is without a doubt, the best show on TV that you’re (probably) not watching. A gorgeously shot period piece set in the early 1960s at a dinosaur of a New York ad agency, “Mad Men” is a character drama that’s always placid on the surface, belying an extensive tangle of turmoil hidden just […]
Mouthwatering vegetarian pasta
Pasta with marinara sauce is great, but not every night! Tomatoes aren’t the only locally grown produce available this time of year. The following meal takes advantage of the fresh vegetables of harvest season. It’s also colorful, simple, and delicious. Each dish uses minimal spices, both to keep the directions short and the cost low. […]
