Joe Paterno: His legacy will endure the scandal

Just two months after being fired via the phone by the Penn State board of trustees for his failures in the Jerry Sandusky sexual child abuse scandal, Joe Paterno died this past Sunday from lung cancer. Paterno had been hospitalized since November 2011 when his son Scott Paterno announced that he had a treatable form […]

Judges still unable to get elusive first UAA win

Over the weekend, the Brandeis women’s basketball team suffered losses at the hands of Washington University in St. Louis and University of Chicago. The losses, by margins of 17 and 28 respectively, put the Judges at a record of 7-9 overall, including 0-5 in University Athletic Association games. The struggling Judges have now lost five-straight […]

Brown and Farrington named UAA athletes of the week

The University Athletic Conference (UAA) named Chris Brown ’12 of North Chelmsford, Mass., and Kim Farrington ’13 of Shirley, Mass., as the UAA Indoor Track and Field athletes of the week. Both Brown and Farrington were selected after successful performances at the Greater Boston Track Club (GBTC) Invitational at Harvard University on Jan. 22. Brown […]

Judges edge Wellesley

This past Wednesday the Brandeis women’s fencing team edged host Wellesley College 14-13 in a very tight match. The Judges won epee 8-1 and sabre 6-3, but dropped the foil 9-0. In the sabre, Zoe Messinger ’13 and Emmily Smith ’13 each had three wins, while in the epee Emily Mandel ’12 and Leah Mack […]

Track and Field has strong outing at GBTC Invitational

Both the men’s and women’s track and field teams showed some strong performances this past Sunday at the non-scoring Greater Boston Track Club Invitational at Harvard University. While Chris Brown ’12 finished third in the Bill Squires Open Mile run, his time of 4:08.45 was the fastest in the UAA this season and the second […]