Teaching English in Japan: a midyear’s experience
Every year, Brandeis Admissions staff offers a group of incoming students the chance to join the Brandeis community in the spring semester, when there is more available campus housing and classroom space. These students, called midyears, often spend their fall semester participating in internships, taking classes at other universities, or traveling abroad. With their available […]
Challenge accepted: Judges will host the finals
Brandeis University forward Lee Russo ’13 scored two goals off of headers early in the first half and late in the second half to lead the top-seeded Judges past the eighth-seeded Southern Vermont College 2-0 in the quarterfinals of the ECAC Division III New England championship tournament. Russo put the Judges on the scoreboard at […]
Big 12, Big Ten, Big East, Big Money
As the West Virginia football team battles its Big East opponents on the gridiron, West Virginia University lawyers will be fighting a different battle against the Big East. The Mountaineers recently accepted a bid to join the Big 12 and leave the crumbling Big East conference, which recently lost Syracuse and Pittsburgh to the ACC, […]
Volleyball ends season with tournament in New York
Last weekend the Judges volleyball team participated in the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships hosted by New York University. In the first match the Judges were paired against top-seeded Emory, the second-ranked team in the country. Unsurprisingly, the Eagles rose above the Judges with set scores of 25-22, 25-18 and 25-11. Leading the offensive charge […]
Women’s soccer slides into offseason
In their last game of the season on Saturday afternoon the Brandeis women’s soccer team lost 1-0 to University Athletic Association rival New York University. The Bobcats scored the game’s only goal in the 84th minute, ending the Judges’ season on a less than cheerful note. The goal came on a breakaway by Bobcat sophomore […]
Questions remain at Penn State
Even though Penn State fired Joe Paterno, the all-time leader in Football Bowl Series (FBS) wins with 409 during his 46-year career, significant questions still have to be answered. Who knew what and when? Will there be any consequences for assistant coach Mike McQueary, who saw Jerry Sandusky raping a 10-year-old boy in the shower […]
Reminding students to be mindful in a time of war
It was 2007 and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seemed to have no end date. Out of a growing concern for both the United States and Iraqi and Afghan civilians, the Brandeis chaplains felt something had to be done to focus Brandeis’ attention to the issue of peace. They decided to begin a weekly […]
Last Friday night: becoming a Goth dancing queen
When one thinks Goth club, the following imagery may come to mind: a cold, damp room in some obscure basement, the floor covered in dust and spiders, and angst-filled teenagers bathed in black and eyeliner. There may or may not be dancing, if by dancing you mean shuffling back and forth in one spot, or […]
Fall Fest welcomes Brandeis parents
Fall Fest 2011, beginning Friday, marks a “retrospective” weekend for the Brandeis community when parents and alumni can learn about the students’ lives on campus as well as reflect on the past, present and future of Brandeis University. The planning committee works for about eight months to organize and perfect the schedule and theme of […]
You Know We’re Right: Confused and clueless about classes?
Dear Leah and Morgan, I just finished my first semester and it’s time to choose classes for next semester. I liked my classes this year but I didn’t really love any of them (Intro to Econ, Intro to Psych, UWS and a NEJS class). I thought I wanted to be a Psychology major but I […]
Rose media coverage rebounds after reopening
What a difference two years makes. This was the common sentiment among not just Brandeis University students and faculty last week, but for the media and art aficionados as well. The Rose Art Museum reopened its doors to the public Thursday, Oct. 27, more than two years after it nearly closed permanently due to financial […]
Kathy Lawrence to offer English class in spring
Beginning this spring, Kathy Lawrence, wife of the president, will be teaching an English class titled, “When Genius is a Family Affair: Henry, William, and Alice James,” focusing on how the James siblings represent human interactions, perception and suffering in their writings. William James was an American psychologist and philosopher, his brother Henry was a […]
Governor, university president to speak at ADL
President Fred Lawrence will join Governor Deval Patrick, Elie Wisel and ADL National Director Abraham H. Foxman on Monday for a discussion in Boston on anti-Semitism. Lawrence previously chaired the ADL’s national legal committee and had been a prominent civil rights activist before he came to Brandeis. As dean of George Washington University Law School, […]
Emory and Stanford professors win ’Deis $25k Gittler prize
Brandeis University selected Emory University Professor Emerita Frances Smith Foster and Stanford University historian Clayborne Carson as winners of its third annual Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize. Led by President Fred Lawrence, the Gittler Prize selection committee awards recipients $25,000 for their intellectual excellence and this is the first year the prize will be […]
India’s LGBT facing tough discrimination, visiting professor finds
Simmons College Professor Jyoti Puri spoke on campus Wednesday about her studies and fieldwork in New Delhi, India, on radicalized communalisms, criminalized queers, the police and the sodomy law in the Indian Penal Code, explaining discrimination that the LGBT community faces. The sodomy law, or section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, was decriminalized in […]
Getting heavy with The Lightweights
While trying to find new bands to listen to, I’ve come across some truly unique new acts that I find mind-blowing—not because of their sounds but because it seems that no one is aware of them. Case in point, The Lightweights, a pop-punk powerhouse from San Antonio, Texas, reiterate everything that Blink-182 bashed forward with […]
‘Cinderella Waltz’ puts new spin on old tale
“Cinderella Waltz,” staged by the Brandeis Ensemble Theatre (BET) this past weekend, was definitely an event to which I looked forward this parents’ weekend. One of Fall Fest’s sponsored events, this witty play with a cast of only nine actors succeeded in entertaining not only me, but my parents and grandparents as well. The play, […]
Brandeis alum Gondelman releases comedy album
With each and every track, Brandeis alum Josh Gondelman’s new comedy album “Everything’s The Best,” to be officially released Nov. 8, is a wonderful and attention-grabbing experience. The album features smart, modern humor that people from all walks of life will find amusing and relatable. Much of the routine is drawn from Gondelman’s own experiences, […]
Don’t reap ‘Grimm’ yet: Grant it a second chance
If we’ve learned anything from the Grimm fairytale “Little Red Riding Hood,” it’s that strange men are wolves out to destroy the innocence of wayward young girls. Unfortunately the writers of NBC’s new series “Grimm,” which premiered last Friday, did not receive this lesson, making their pilot episode’s villainous big bad wolf a man who […]
Arts Recommends 11/04/11
Film: ‘Husbands and Wives’ When people discuss Woody Allen, they tend to classify his films into two categories: funny Woody and serious Woody. “Husbands and Wives,” his 1992 effort, falls somewhere in between, its dramatic confrontations punctuated by moments of the bitterest humor. Gabe (Allen) and Judy (Mia Farrow) have been happily married for years […]
