Inside renovations for Linsey Pool
About half of the $3 million renovations to the Linsey Pool facility will involve electrical repairs in the basement rather than the actual pool university officials said on Monday. The remaining money will go into renovations for the pool deck, locker rooms and lobby along with new building code requirements, Senior Vice President for Administration […]
SEA camps out, promotes environment
Students made a statement about the overuse of electricity and advocated for Brandeis to work to use more sustainable energy sources Wednesday evening at the third annual sleepout on the great lawn, hosted by the waste and energy management subcommittee of Students for Environmental Action. The sleep out represents one of many attempts by students […]
Shades of Gray: The gatekeepers, admitting racial diversity
In March of 2006, the University Diversity Committee created an addition to Brandeis’ original mission statement to promote the importance of diversifying the student body. The “diversity statement,” now featured under the mission statement on the university website, reads, “[Brandeis University] seeks to build an academic community whose members have diverse cultures, backgrounds and life […]
Meet the presidential candidates: Herbie Rosen
Herbie Rosen – 2012 American Studies Major Journalism and Legal Studies Minors Current Union Position Student Union Secretary Campaign Slogan Listening…ACTUALLY LISTENING. Other Campus Involvement Orientation Leader, C.O.R.E coordinator, Brandeis Undergraduate Theater Consortium, Brandeis Theater Ensemble, Waltham Group Volunteer Vacations As Secretary Rosen feels he has been able to become comfortable with every aspect of […]
Meet the presidential candidates: Amber Kornreich
AMBER KORNREICH – 2012 Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Major Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Minor Current Union Position Union Outsider Campaign Slogan Demand Social Justice, Sustainability and Student Power from your government. Other Campus Involvement President of the Deis Dems, Waltham Group Coordinator, Co-Founder of Brandeis Buddies As a Union Outsider Kornreich feels she […]
Meet the presidential candidates: Akash Vadalia
Akash Vadalia – 2012 Biology and Health Science Society and Policy Double Major Current Union Position Student Union Treasurer Campaign Slogan Putting the U back in Union Other Campus Involvement Experiential Learning Fellow, Campus Center Supervisor, Psychology Lab Research Assistant, Former Varsity Tennis Player, Former Co-President of the South Asian Student Association As Treasurer Vadalia […]
Brian’s NBA rankings: playoff picture coming together
1. Bulls (57-20): This Bulls team has the likely MVP in Derrick Rose and the likely Coach of the Year in Tom Thibodeau. With a great supporting cast and bench the only thing this Bulls team lacks is playoff experience. 2. Lakers (55-22): After the Spurs lost six in a row, the Lakers had a […]
Judges softball wins four straight on the road
Extending their record to 13-12, the Judges softball team spent the last week winning in all of their games on the road. It started with a rout against Lassell College last Thursday, with the Judges outscoring their foes a combined 18-6. In the first round of the double-header the Judges got off to a great […]
Baseball wins three games this week, extends winning streak to four
The Brandeis baseball team started off this week’s games with a sweep of WPI on Saturday. The Judges outscored their foes, the WPI Engineers, with a combined 20-12, including a 12-5 rout in the first game. The Engineers started off the first game with two runs right away. Brandeis bounced back with a two-run homerun […]
MLB power rankings: Phillies keep the top
1. Philadelphia Phillies (5-1): The Phillies got off to a great start with a 3-0 sweep hosting the Astros. The pitching rotation, dubbed “R2C2” seems to be unstoppable, but they’ll need to win games on the road to confirm it. 2. Texas Rangers (6-0): The defending AL champions swept the Red Sox last weekend. Their […]
The Red Sox: spring training in review
The 2011 Boston Red Sox have much to live up to in the 2011 season. With the big off-season acquisitions of Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez, the Red Sox offense is setting itself up to be explosive. Crawford’s speed on the bases and Gonzalez’s power hitting fourth in the lineup puts pressure on the Sox’s […]
Fed adviser warns of slow recovery
The economy is making slow progress in its recovery, and unemployment will most likely remain high for several months, a senior official at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said on Wednesday evening in Rapaporte Treasure Hall. Jeffrey C. Fuhrer, Executive Vice President and Senior Policy Adviser of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said […]
Students defeat faculty in Hoops for Haiti charity game
Students won the 2011 Hoops for Haiti face-off against the faculty Monday night, 49-42, in the second annual charity basketball game organized by the Brandeis Haiti Initiative. The students made a comeback from last year when the faculty won a close victory, 37-31, led by coach Professor Jerry Cohen (AMST). But this time faculty and […]
‘V.O.C.A.L. Presents…’ local and student poets
On April 3, Olin-Sang Auditorium—most often known for large, lecture classes—was transformed into a stage for the abstract art of slam poetry. On this Sunday evening, V.O.C.A.L. Poetry put on their annual show titled V.O.C.A.L. Presents…, a performance benefit to raise money for the Waltham Middle School’s after-school creative writing program. The presentation showcased Brandeis […]
Hersonski discusses ‘Unfinished’ documentary
Innumerable documentaries have attempted to grapple with the specter of the Holocaust. Some elegize the victims and celebrate its few heroes, while others probe the roots of evil. “A Film Unfinished,” a documentary released late last year, takes a slightly different approach, offering a deconstruction of the Nazi propaganda machine at its worst. Israeli director […]
New powers at the helm: It’s time to face the music
Amidst the turmoil now blanketing the music industry, music fans are finding it harder and harder to go about life as usual. Record labels are seeing their worst nightmares realized as their customers—many of whom were born into the age of the Internet and online downloads— now not only have access to music from sources […]
‘G-Gundam’ proves another awesome anime
A long, long time ago, back when I was barely a teenager, I received my first introduction to anime though Cartoon Network’s Toonami block. It was through this block that I first started watching “Mobile Fighter G-Gundam,” one edition in the lengthy “Gundam” franchise. While “G-Gundam” does not conform to what I later learned were […]
HTP gives ‘Othello’ a successful steampunk twist
Last weekend Hold Thy Peace (HTP) put on a spectacular production of William Shakespeare’s “Othello.” In a modern approach, co-directors Jane Becker ’11 and Emily Dunning ’11 staged a steampunk “Othello.” For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction that takes place in the past in […]
Free Play‘Spring Awakening’ blooms on stage
When I’m in a sour mood, I blast “The B*tch of Living” and dance around my room, to the amusement and horror of my roommate; when I’m in a cloudy mood, it’s the melancholy and sweet “Don’t Do Sadness/Blue Wind.” The songs from Duncan Sheik’s 2007 rock opera “Spring Awakening” seem so applicable to a […]
Fighting the flower wars: you versus springtime allergies
Despite our usual rainy, windy, cold days, peeks of sunshine and fresh mulch show that somebody pressed the bloom button on campus. Sun and above-freezing weather always bring a noticeable change in happiness and positive emotions on campus, along with a surplus of flip-flops and sneezing people. Yes, as peppy and bright as campus may […]
