Beyonce’s new song slays in every possible way
Although a month has passed since Beyonce released her latest single, “Formation,” the ripple effect still appears to be at work. Her music video, which is unlisted on Youtube, has garnered over 32 million views, which further solidifies the truth behind the lyric “You know you that bitch when you cause all this conversation.” Beyonce […]
College Notebook: BPS Students Stage Walkout
Hundreds of students in the Boston Public School system (BPS) walked out of their classes at 11:30 am on Monday in a student-organized protest of proposed district-wide budget cuts. The Boston Public School system is facing an up to $50 million deficit this fiscal year. According to a boston.com article, this is due to rising […]
DCL committee reviews party policies, adds new position
A new party policy requires that registered parties have someone to fill the new role of Alcohol Beverage Server (ABS) in addition to the previously required role of Primary Host, or the “sober host.” The sober host must live in the space where the party is being held, while the ABS must only be of […]
Track goes to ECACs
This past weekend, the Brandeis men’s and women’s track & field teams saw some incredible performances while competing at Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) at Staten Island, NY. ECACs is the final meet before the 2016 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships. Here the Judges had several personal records, two NCAA qualifiers and […]
The benefits of taking languages past the level-30 requirement
With a slew of university requirements to fulfill before graduation, many Brandeis students grudgingly sit through 30-level language classes in order to satisfy the language requirement. Whether it’s dozing through the language you took in high school or starting fresh with Spanish 10, gaining the foreign language credit is often seen as a chore that […]
Create an atmosphere of support for students struggling with stress
Brandeis students are stressed. We have been stressed since before we started university. For our most privileged students, this stress has been cultivated by the external pressures of the “overachiever” culture present in many higher income communities. Our least privileged students often cope with imposter syndrome and the difficulties of navigating a world of higher […]
Baseball goes to UAA tournament in Florida
This week the Judges baseball team traveled to the 2016 University Athletic Association tournament in Sanford, FL. The Judges came into the tournament with a 3-0 winning streak beating St. Joseph’s three times: 4-3, 4-3 and 8-2. On March 6, the Judges took on the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) Spartans. CWRU scored three runs […]
WSRC researcher writes book on motherhood and human rights
Marguerite Guzman Bouvard, a researcher of the Scholar’s Program at the Women’s Studies Research Center, spoke at her event, “Memoir of a Rebel: A Woman Before the Women’s Movement,” in the Liberman-Miller Lecture Hall this past Tuesday. The mission of the Scholar’s Program at the Women’s Studies Research Center is “to be an innovative and […]
Reserve campus walkways for pedestrian use
Brandeis University’s campus is far more pedestrian friendly than it is motorist and cyclist friendly. That in mind, the presence of cars on campus locations other than Loop Road is quite the awkward sight. It is also unsafe. The university has not had many problems with pedestrian safety in the context of motorists and cyclists […]
Brandeis warns students of mumps outbreak at Boston area colleges
Brandeis students received a cautionary email regarding several cases of mumps reported in the Boston area. There have been 12 cases reported in Massachusetts this year, according to a Boston Globe article, including nine at Harvard University, two at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and one nearby in Waltham at Bentley University. There have been […]
Build a better Castle
On Jan. 25, Interim President Lisa M. Lynch announced the inevitable: Due to the fact that Usen Castle was not built to optimal standards when it was constructed during the Great Depression, Towers C, D and E, as well as Schwartz hall, will be torn down to accommodate a new residence hall, projected to be […]
