Heller student attends U.N. women advocacy conference
Heller School graduate student McKenzie Strobach participated this week in the United Nations annual meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women, a program that focuses on addressing issues of gender equality with delegates and NGO representatives. Strobach was one of 20 women students selected in the country to attend the series of workshops […]
Alum with silver will go for gold in London
Fencer Tim Morehouse ’00, already an Olympic silver medalist, is currently training to qualify for the Summer 2012 Olympics in London, drawing a new spotlight on Brandeis Athletics and its fencing program. Morehouse says that he didn’t realize his full potential until he came to Brandeis and competed against nationally ranked fencers. Currently, Morehouse is […]
Skinner speaks on illegal labor-servitude
E. Benjamin Skinner, award-winning author, investigative reporter and Schuster Institute fellow, published a report in Bloomberg Businessweek last week on forced labor in the New Zealand fishing industry. The report brought to light the abusive working conditions comparable to indentured servitude experienced on foreign-chartered fishing vessels in New Zealand’s waters. When Skinner initially received a […]
2012 again highlights housing problems
This upcoming academic year will especially put pressures on the already limited housing arrangement since the class of 2015 is the largest class Brandeis has seen thus far. Although it varies year to year, Rosenthal typically fills up once the housing lottery reaches number 50 and the Village is filled by around number 115, explained […]
Lawrence taps Wachter ’73 to head Rose board
President Frederick Lawrence has appointed George Wachter ’73 the new chair of the Rose Museum’s board of overseers. Wachter is currently the chairman of Sotheby’s North and South America, the world-famous New York auction house. Wachter is not “entirely sure” what the job entails, he said, as he’s “never done it before.” But he says […]
Strategic Planning groups to focus on immediate future
Established at the commencement of the 2011-12 academic year, the strategic planning initiative is designed to “position Brandeis for mission success in the future” according to Elaine Kuttner, a consultant from Cambridge Concord Associates who is collaborating with the university on the effort. The committee, led by Provost Steve Goldstein, encourages participation from alumni, student, […]
Brandeis junior writes for Huffington Posts
The Huffington Post published an article last month in their religion section with a byline that is familiar even to Brandeis students who do not frequently read the left-wing tilting, Web-only newspaper. Erica Shapps ’13 wrote a blog post on Feb. 24 on the New York Police Department’s occasional monitoring of college students involved in […]
View from the Top: Stacy Handler
One of my most beloved pictures is of my dad and me wearing matching Brandeis sweatshirts. I was two years old and sitting on his lap with my cereal bowl not far away. Sometimes I look at this picture and think how amazing it is that this otherwise unremarkable baby picture ended up predicting the […]
Judges fail to send seniors off on high-note
This past weekend the Judges’ men’s basketball team had a disappointing finish to a promising season, dropping their final two games to Chicago, 80-66, and NYU, 65-63. If the Judges had been able to win their final two games, they would have had a chance at making the NCAA Tournament; however, the Judges were unable […]
Brown and Warwick earn first titles
At the UAA championships hosted by NYU, two Brandeis runners took home titles while two others finished as runners-up. Both the men’s and women’s squad finished in seventh place. Chris Brown ’12 and Kate Warwick ’12 ranked top among all UAA runners. They entered in the top five of Division III going into the championship […]
Men’s tennis starts season off with disappointing road trip
When the 24th-ranked men’s tennis team traveled to California on a road trip last week to begin their season, Steven Milo ’13 won three matches at No. 1 singles. As a team, however, the Judges dropped three of the four matches to begin the season 1-3. In their season opener, the Judges faced Occidental College […]
Brandeis ends relentless road trip with 4-3 record
The Brandeis baseball team started their season with a trip to Florida for the Russ Matt Invitational, finishing 4-3. The Judges started off the trip with a matchup against Warner; starting out with an early lead, the Judges scored seven runs in the first two innings and never looked back. Starter Colin Markel ’14 earned […]
Women’s tennis starts season on fire; sweeps west coast road trip
The 30th-ranked women’s tennis team began their campaign with an undefeated five-game West Coast road trip. The Judges opened up the season against Cal Lutheran University. Carley Cooke ’15, Faith Broderick ’13 and Allyson Bernstein ’14 led the Judges in singles winning the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 singles matches in straight sets […]
Fencing puts scares into top-seeded teams in post-season play
Both the men’s and women’s fencing teams competed on back-to-back days this past weekend at the New England Intercollegiate Fencing Championships at Vassar College on Saturday and the U.S. Collegiate Squad Championships on Sunday at NYU. At the New England Collegiate Championships, the teams finished fifth overall with 135 points, though the men finished in […]
Men’s tennis starts season off with disappointing road trip
When the 24th-ranked men’s tennis team traveled to California on a road trip last week to begin their season, Steven Milo ’13 won three matches at No. 1 singles. As a team, however, the Judges dropped three of the four matches to begin the season 1-3. In their season opener, the Judges faced Occidental College […]
Judges End Tough Season with a win on senior day
After losing to the University of Chicago last Sunday, the Brandeis women’s basketball team defeated NYU on Saturday in their season finale, snapping a six-game losing streak. It was just the second game that the Judges had won since Dec. 31, a span that saw the team lose 12 of its final 14 games. The […]
A show for which to stay ‘Awake’
It has been an eventful year for television viewers who love sci-fi and fantasy. We were given the fun and captivating “Grimm,” yet we were also given the underwhelming “Once Upon a Time.” We were given the somewhat promising “Touch,” yet we were also given the same “Touch,” which somewhat promises disappointment. NBC is doing […]
The Head and Heart has plenty of heart
The Head and the Heart sings with a style reminiscent of other, more well-known bands on their label like The Decemberists and Death Cab For Cutie, but the deeper voices of Josiah Johnson and Jonathan Russell (also the band’s founders) indicates the darker emotional underpinnings beneath their songs. Though bright at times, they inevitably return […]
YACHT’s show goes smooth sailing
Last Monday night, WBRS sponsored a free concert and brought YACHT, a synth-pop band to Chum’s. Formed in 2002 in Portland, Ore., Yacht was originally a solo experiment for band member Jona Bechtolt. In 2008, he was joined by now-lead singer Claire L. Evans, and in 2010 by Robert “Bobby Birdman” Kieswetter and Jeffrey “Jerusalem” […]
‘Mass Effect 3’: a new type of video game
On March 6, the third and final installment in Bioware’s epic “Mass Effect” trilogy will hit shelves in retailers across America, and legions of fans will conclude the five-year story arc that has spanned not only three video games, but numerous books and graphic novels too. This game will represent more than a great way […]
