Looking beyond the walls: Tory Fair discusses sculpture
Recently featured in Sculpture Magazine, Professor Tory Fair (FA) crafts figures that explore the subject of the body, nature and the imagination. Since spring, Professor Fair’s series of figures titled “In the wall” has exhibited at the LaMontagne Gallery in South Boston. Using her own body as a model for the figures, Fair has used […]
View of Fall
The trip leader, Cass, wanted to find a view of fall, with the trees in their splendid orange and red and yellow colors spread on the slopes of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Robbie wanted to find a waterfall. I think we all wanted a break from the college bubble, away from work and […]
Going beyond the bubble: Wilson’s Diner
Wilson’s is hardly the place Brandeis students dress up for, wait for a late-night BranVan and head to with a huge group of friends. I bet most haven’t even heard of the Waltham diner; I certainly hadn’t when I stopped there for a morning breakfast Saturday. The place is small, rectangular and reminds one of […]
Sushi Yasu makes for great dining
Sushi Yasu is a small, unpresumptious Japanese and Korean restaurant on Main Street, and makes for a delightful evening of scrumptious food and generous service. Whenever I enter a restaurant that I’ve never been to before, I pay attention to who’s sitting down and eating, so I was worried when I entered Sushi Yasu and […]
Cook of Matthew: Butternut Squash
Eating the same vegetables (or, more likely, no vegetables) every day can get boring. Luckily for you, it’s fall, and there are some delicious squashes in season. Don’t like squash? You will. Squash dishes are easy to make, tasty and good for you too. Here’s one of my new favorites … BUTTERNUT SQUASH (a.k.a. Winter […]
Breaking bread, defying borders
I must admit that I was a little nervous as I stood waiting in line to ask a question of the speaker, who minutes before had captivated an audience with a short, but well-crafted and well-spoken speech. She spoke in immaculate and steady tones with little-to-no hesitation, and had a stony, contented expression that would […]
Brandeis Sailing Goes North
Meghan Breslin-Jewer ’11 was an athlete all through high school, but she didn’t want to participate in a varsity sport when she got to Brandeis. She was at the activities fair when she discovered the sailing team and decided to give it a try. It was only two weeks into practice that she realized sailing […]
What is the social network?
The Social Network, if you haven’t already heard (or seen for yourself), is a real ripper of a film. Between sharp performances, a Rice Krispy script (it snap-crackle-and-pops!), and the kind of visual electricity we have come to expect from David Fincher, the whole thing is just filthy—in the good way. It could make your […]
‘Lantern’ sheds light on ‘Blackest Night’
Did you know that there will be a Green Lantern movie coming out this summer? Ryan Reynolds, who has already made a name for himself in such comic movies as Wade Wilson in 2009’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” is set to don a “power ring’as Hal Jordan, the titular Green Lantern. If you are interested in […]
Brandeis in the running for top vegan-friendly school, PETA2 polling students
Brandeis is on the shortlist to be named the Most Vegan-Friendly College Campus by a competition run by a group known as PETA2, the student wing of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the nationally recognized animal rights group. “The competition looks at both the quantity and quality of vegan-friendly options offered on […]
Roundtable discusses Islam in the U.S. and France, religious tolerance in the West
Hannah Taieb, the resident director of the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) in Paris, spoke to Brandeis students and faculty Monday on the importance of intercultural communication. As an American living in France for 20 years, Taieb offered a unique perspective regarding how religions function in society and how to push past religious prejudices. […]
Debate team wins Harvard competition
Two Brandeis students won the Harvard Debating Championships this weekend. After their win, Andrew Husick ’11 and Brendan Fradkin ’12 were pushed to a third place standing in the American Parliamentary Debate Association. At Harvard, Husick and Fradkin, members of the Brandeis Academic Debate and Speech Society, advanced through several rounds to the finals, where […]
Student Union elections fill vacant posts
The Student Union special election Tuesday filled the remaining vacant spots on the Senate and other bodies, resulting in wins for Adam Hughes, the new Junior Representative to the board of trustees, Lisa Melmed as Ridgewood senator and Tyrone Calliste as Mods senator who won via a write-in bid. “I am ecstatic with how elections […]
Women’s soccer suffers first defeat
Last Saturday the Brandeis Women’s soccer team ended their seven games winning streak with their first loss since their season opener against MIT. Losing 0-1, with the game’s winning point scored in the 63rd minute aophomore Francine Kofinas missed only one attempt and had six successful saves; not to suggest that she was responsible as […]
Men’s soccer wins against Rochester
The mens soccer team secured their first conference win of the year while toppling Rochester’s loss-free season. Junior Luke Teece scored the game-winning goal early in the 30th minute giving the Judges defense a lead to defend. Goalkeeper Taylor Bracken ’11 did not disappoint and managed nine saves including two in the last minute against […]
Red Sox-Yankees: A difference in taste
I come from a state known for people being nice; ever hear the phrase “Minnesota nice?” Well I’m done being nice about this. New York sports fans (mainly Yankees) seem to be among the poorest sportsmen, when they lose but especially when they win. The Yankees are the richest team in baseball; of course they […]
Red Sox-Yankees: A difference in taste
The summer following fifth grade brought two of the most important events in my life; the birth of an obsession and the death of an inspiration. The birth came when I attended my first baseball game. It was a Yankee game: my initial glimpse into one of grandfather (PopPop)’s favorite things. I had watched my […]
Men’s tennis wraps up fall play with Wallach Invitational
After defeating the Coast Guard in its only dual match of the fall season, the men’s tennis team sought to close out the year with an impressive showing at the James Wallach Invitational this past weekend. The tournament featured competitors from seven northeastern schools, including host Bates College, Judges Head Coach Ben Lamanna’s alma mater. […]
Cross-country teams finish in top 25 at New England Championships
Grayce Selig ’11, who posted a seventh place finish among Division I, II and III schools last Saturday at the New England Varsity Championships won the contest among just Division III schools. Selig, who competed against 321 other runners, posted the best finish at the race since 1990 in Brandeis women’s cross-country history, according to […]
The incredible, edible cage-free egg
The Brandeis Real Food Coalition is pushing for the university to buy and serve only cage-free eggs due to the sometimes-cruel conditions to which factory farms and other producers subject their hens. “Our main objective is to have the university and Dining Services” look at this issue, “and we started with a petition,” the group’s […]
