Cage the Elephant’s new album is a breath of fresh air
The post-punk revival movement of the early 2000s brought into the mainstream a slew of artists such as New York’s The Strokes and Detroit’s The White Stripes, whose widespread success would later pave the way for subsequent musicians, as well as the reintroduction of alternative rock and its countless sub-genres into pop culture. Amongst a […]
Dissent necessary for meaningful discourse
The primary role of a college education is to give students a better life. By equipping them with knowledge and techniques in different disciplines of their choosing, it allows them to better perform throughout their lives. Essentially, people attend college to major in a specific field and to get a better job than they would […]
TRON: The legacy and the future
The men’s ultimate frisbee team, TRON, took the new year as a fresh start to their spring season of the Division III U.S.A. Ultimate season. With an amazing finish at second place in last year’s U.S.A. Ultimate Championships, TRON has not stopped working to improve. “We fully expect to be a team that can compete […]
Swim team takes practice to Puerto Rico
Over winter break, the varsity swimming and diving team returned to a deserted Brandeis campus on Dec. 26, 2015 to continue training, a session that consisted of five days on campus before a flight took them to Puerto Rico for a training bootcamp. Captain and Brandeis Hoot Editor-in-Chief Theresa Gaffey ’16 expressed that “training on […]
Second semester a time of reflections, new beginnings
For some, the fall semester can be a trying time. Some will want to look back upon it with pride while others may wish to move on. For all, though, the start of the spring semester cleans the proverbial slate. New friends have taken the place of the old ones that have left indelible marks […]
Univ. should reconsider winter recess
Winter intersession is often a welcome break for students, most of whom are glad for the relief from the non-stop flow of homework and exams. The recess that was from Dec. 18 through Jan. 12 this year, however, was almost a month in length—a lot of time. That leads one to ask the question: Is […]
