Women’s basketball goes 6-7 after winter break
The women’s basketball team worked hard over winter break, playing four games and starting conference play. Going into their final non-conference game, the Judges had a record of 4-5. Starting the second half of their season off on January 1, the Judges fell in their final non-conference game against Regis, 62-57. The Judges were able […]
Women’s basketball goes 6-7 after winter break
The women’s basketball team worked hard over winter break, playing four games and starting conference play. Going into their final non-conference game, the Judges had a record of 4-5. Starting the second half of their season off on January 1, the Judges fell in their final non-conference game against Regis, 62-57. The Judges were able […]
Rest in peace, Schuster Institute
Lamentably, after 14 years of investigative reporting at Brandeis, the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism closed its doors in December 2018. According to an email from Provost Lisa Lynch announcing the closure, the Schuster Institute was the first investigative reporting center at a university when Florence Graves founded it in 2004. Due to the increasing […]
Schuster Institute shuts down
After nearly 15 years of non-profit investigative journalism, the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism shut down last month. Founded in 2004, the institute was the country’s first investigative reporting center based at a university. The institute had been experiencing financial difficulties for the last two and a half years, according to Provost Lisa Lynch’s announcement […]
Men’s basketball finds success opening up UAA play
Over winter break, men’s basketball was still in action with five games, one out of conference and three UAA games. The Judges began on Dec. 30, hosting Bowdoin College. Brandeis outscored Bowdoin, 32-23, in the first half, closing on a 6-0 run in the final 1:13 to take a nine point lead. Eric D’Aguanno ’20 […]
Brandeis ‘springboard funding’ plan to pay for projects, maintenance
Brandeis will increase its endowment spending from 5.7 percent to 6.2 percent each year to partially fund a $73 million “springboard funding” plan to pay for operational costs and capital projects, according to an email announcement by President Ron Liebowitz. The Board of Trustees approved the possible endowment spending increase although, prior to the announcement, […]
Student Union seeks financial aid ‘horror stories’
Student Union President Hannah Brown circulated a Google form in Brandeis Facebook groups earlier this month which invited students to share bad experiences or “horror stories” with financial aid at Brandeis. The form—which can be submitted anonymously or with identifying information—is part of a larger effort by the Student Union to address student concerns with […]
Men’s and women’s track and field start indoor season strong
The Brandeis men’s and women’s track and field team started their indoor season this past weekend at home at the annual Reggie Poyau Memorial Invitational, in honor of former athlete Reggie Poyau. The men’s and women’s teams had strong starts to their season, both placing second out of ninth overall. University of Southern Maine took […]
Brandeis professor wins 2018 National Jewish Book Award
Brandeis professors, like their students, are hard at work during the school year. If they are not teaching classes or giving talks on campus, they can often be found working on their own independent projects and research. Jonathan Decter, the Edmond J. Safra Professor of Sephardic Studies, of the Near Eastern and Judaic Studies (NEJS) […]
‘Vice:’ nearly as frustrating as the Bush presidency
Three years ago, Adam McKay won an Oscar. This was… a career shift: McKay made his name directing Will Ferrell comedies like “Step Brothers” and “Talladega Nights.” He’d never come off as a bad filmmaker (“Anchorman” is a classic), but awards-bait wasn’t his niche. “The Big Short” changed all that—the success of McKay’s frantic retelling […]
Grant provides funds for social justice-in-action events
The Brenda Meehan Social Justice-In-Action Grant provides an unique opportunity to undergraduate students to bring together both an academic and activist perspective on pressing public policy issues that face the United States and the world. According to their website, these issues include healthcare, immigration, harassment, criminal justice reform and climate change. By no means is […]
‘Bandersnatch’ fails to snatch viewers for the right reasons
WARNING: This review contains spoilers. A lot of them. If you think it wouldn’t matter because it’s a choose-your-own-adventure—you’d be wrong. “Choose your own adventure” is a style of literature, and now film, that allows the reader, or the viewer, to choose which paths they want to go down, thereby changing the plot and the […]
For the sake of British democracy, Brexit must proceed
March 29 will mark one of the most consequential days for the global economy in recent memory—the United Kingdom is scheduled to withdraw from the European Union (EU), sending the world’s fifth largest economy into a period of deep economic uncertainty. Yet many pro-European lawmakers are determined to make sure that day never arrives. The […]
The social implications of offensive humor
When enjoying the art of comedy, it is inevitable that one encounters a joke or a bit that uses a premise that is shockingly offensive. Yet, in some circumstances, this form of joke proves itself to be overwhelmingly funny. Why is this? And what is required for this seemingly warped comedic formula to work? A […]
Brandeis welcomes midyears
Being a first-year in college is hard enough, but imagine beginning your first semester at Brandeis in January. While other first-years rejoice to see their friends after a long and restful break, you have to tackle adjusting to the freezing temperatures in New England, finding your classes in the maze that is the Brandeis campus […]
LATTE receives system updates
The university sent out an InBrief on Jan. 3 announcing that the Learning and Teaching Technology Environment (LATTE) is receiving a system update as well as the implementation of a course retention policy. “LATTE, was upgraded on January 9, 2019, to a new version in order to maintain security updates, address bug fixes and introduce […]
Brandeis alumnus named U.S. Attorney
Aaron L. Weisman, a Brandeis alumnus, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate by voice vote to lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Rhode Island on Wednesday, Jan. 2. Weisman will replace acting U.S. Attorney Stephen Dambruch, who has led the office in Rhode Island temporarily but who stepped down on Jan. 2 after being appointed […]
‘If Beale Street Could Talk’: Love and Injustice in 1970s New York
The score of “If Beale Street Could Talk” stays with you long after the movie ends. Composer Nicholas Britell’s minimalist soundtrack swells and ebbs; the main theme a distant brass section doing a call and response with some strings. Paired with the music, the images recur too: close-up portraits of young lovers Tish and Fonny […]
‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ finds a unique take on the Wall-Crawler
Over the past two decades, three white guys have played Spider-Man. There was the original, chubby-faced Tobey Maguire, the Coldplay-listening skateboarder (we don’t talk about him) and the best of the bunch, the charming and childish Tom Holland. Last year’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming” did what it could to reinvigorate the myth of Peter Parker, but after […]
Women’s and men’s swimming both seek wins after winter break
Coming back from a successful training trip over winter break in Florida, both the men’s and women’s swimming teams got back into the pool and came out strong for their first meet in 2019. The women topped Merrimack by a slim margin of 131.5 to 129.5 and handily defeated Maine Maritime by a score of […]
