‘21 Jump Street’ plays with stereotypes
“21 Jump Street,” the newly released action-comedy film starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, manages to make everyday stereotypes funny again. The film is loosely based on the TV series of the same name, which aired on Fox and sprung Johnny Depp to stardom during the 1980s. Since its opening on March 16, the film […]
'The Legend of Korra' meets high expectations
In 2008, Nickelodeon’s animated series “Avatar: The Last Airbender” was brought to a rather premature end. Thanks to its enormous popularity among both its target age group and teenagers (most of whom are now college students), however, “The Last Airbender” is far from dead. Recently, the first episode of its sequel series, “The Legend of […]
New show ‘Missing’ suspense and intelligence
Often when reviewing a new show based off of a pilot episode, one needs to hedge one’s bets and say that while the show is good or bad now, that can easily change as it is only the pilot episode. I feel I can say, however, that “Missing,” ABC’s new Thursday night drama, is terrible […]
Boston Village Gamelan brings Javanese music to Brandeis
“Welcome to the workshop! You can watch us for 10 minutes, then you have to start playing.” It was 4 p.m. on Wednesday, and I had an hour before class on a beautiful spring afternoon. On the idealized silver screen, settings like this are for lounging on the lawn and reading or dozing off; perhaps […]
Eliza and The Strange are a great new find
Sometimes it takes a lot of legwork in this business to find the next underground sensation. My discovery of Eliza and The Strange, however, was the happiest of accidents that have turned into an obsessive listening binge that, for the last 72 hours, has nearly kept me from sleeping. Recently, I was intrigued by the […]
Musika Rox rocks
Musika Rox. Musika is Hebrew for Music. Rox is Arabic for dance. I think it is time for B’Yachad Israeli Dance Troupe to rename their annual show because they brought much more than just Middle Eastern song and dance; they brought fun, poetry and discussion—just to name a few of the additions—to their show March […]
Social media privacy not black and white
Social media has made headlines in the news lately because of its role and effectiveness in not only spreading news but popularizing it. The Kony 2012 campaign, specifically, caught the eyes of traditional news networks that praised it for raising awareness. The campaign criticized the media for factual fallacies and jealously pointed out that they’d […]
‘Footloose’ has all the right moves
It’s always a risky venture when you stage a show as familiar as “Footloose.” After all, the 1984 Kevin Bacon movie has long been a part of our pop culture lexicon, and a remake appeared just last fall. As it turns out, this risk pays off handsomely for the Hillel Theater Group (HTG), which is […]
The importance of women in forestry
Bina Agarwal, director and professor of Economics at the Institute of Economic Growth of Delhi, India, who has explored the potential for women’s increased inclusion in forest governance delivered a lecture on campus Monday. Agarwal traced the historical absence of women within the forestry industry. She illuminated the cultural and gender specific forces that have […]
Brandeis raises a whopping $77,000 to fight cancer
Brandeis’ Relay For Life last weekend coupled with the various events that the Relay committee held throughout the year raised $77,000 for cancer research, $12,000 more than last year. At Relay For Life, a national event sponsored by the American Cancer Society, teams of people camp out around the track overnight and often sell baked […]
Travels in Rome: the eternal city
“So, how was Rome? What did you guys do?” Upon returning from February break, I was asked this question by almost everyone I encountered. When I first touched back down in the United States, I received a call from home asking me to describe my trip in one word. The word I chose was indescribable. […]
Raising awareness on sexual assault
Professors Anita Hill (Heller) and Bernadette Brooten (NEJS) assembled a daylong conference in Levin Ballroom on March 19 to raise awareness of the issue that black women are considerably less likely than white women to report and seek justice when raped. “Professor Hill came to Brandeis in 1998, and we met soon after that. Our […]
'Witty' lecture by visiting professor
This past Wednesday, the Dean of Arts and Sciences and European Cultural Studies brought Gary Saul Morson to campus to discuss the concept of wit. Morson is a professor of arts and humanities at Northwestern University and is an expert scholar in Russian literature. Known for his picky and precise sentences, Morson applied his insights […]
Competing narratives in student manager story
In response to a Hoot article last week discussing a decline in student manager positions at Usdan, Aaron Bennos, director of Dining Services, contested the decline was intentional. “As we determine those who have the desire to become a student manager and are willing to take on more responsibility we gladly promote them,” Bennos wrote […]
Revisions to Student Union Constitution would help streamline Senate
In recent weeks, the Student Union Senate has been mired in debate over proposed changes to the Constitution. These changes include “how the Union is set up, improving communication with different corners on campus” and “increasing the overall effectiveness of the Union,” according to Student Union President Herbie Rosen ’12. Herbie Rosen believes the Senate […]
Student Union pushes for extended Einsteins hours
After the successful campaign to extend the C-Store hours, the Student Union has moved on to Einsteins. Student Union President Herbie Rosen ’12 stated that the C-Store campaign “went pretty well,” and the Union will keep the lessons it learned there in mind with the Einstein Bros. campaign. Currently, Senator Ricky Rosen ’14 is spearheading […]
Admin, underage differ on fake IDs
In an area where one-fourth of the population is under the age of 21, Boston and surrounding cities are in a constant struggle with the overwhelming amount of underage college students using fake identification as a means to obtain alcohol. A recent study found that about 20 percent of all underage college students’ use or […]
France shooting rattles Jewish community
Despite the university’s large Jewish population, Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan, said there is no cause for alarm after three children and a rabbi were shot and killed at a Jewish school in Toulouse, France, on March 19. In response to the incident on Monday in which a man opened fire at the Ozar […]
Brandeis scientists receive Canada Gairdner Award
On the heels of Dr. Michael Rosbash’s latest appointment as the Peter Gruber Chair of Neuroscience, he and Brandeis Professor Emeritus Jeffrey C. Hall have been awarded the Canada Gairdner Award for their discoveries involving the biological clock and its effects on the circadian rhythm, according to an announcement from President Fred Lawrence this week. […]
Softball goes 1-2 over weekend to end UAA tournament
After losing a close game 8-7 to Rochester last Friday, the Judges’ softball squad split a doubleheader on Saturday, with an 11-3 win against Case Western, and another close loss, 5-4, to Washington University at St. Louis. The team returned from the UAA tournament in Altamonte Springs, Fla., finishing the tournament with a 3-5 record. […]
