In support of a decentralized, intersectional Women’s March
There is nowhere you should be this Saturday aside from the Women’s March. This year’s Boston march centers around the theme, “Until All Voices Are Heard.” While it is bound to not be as large as the original 2017 march, it’s still an important reinvigoration of the fight for equality and a rebuttal to the […]
Brandeis Counseling Center experiences 120 percent increase in hospitalizations
The Brandeis Counseling Center (BCC) experienced a 120 percent increase in student hospitalizations in 2018 as compared to 2017, according to BCC Director Joy von Steiger. This increase is part of a general rise in student requests for the BCC’s services. The BCC has also seen an 84 percent increase in initial assessments and a […]
Brandeis Library acquires unreleased Lenny Bruce film
American comic Lenny Bruce plays a down-on-his-luck newspaper salesman in an original, unreleased silent short film now available for viewing through the Brandeis Library’s Archives and Special Collections Department. The twelve-and-a-half-minute film was added to the Lenny Bruce collection, which contains photographs, correspondence and audio recordings of his comedy performances. The film shows Bruce’s character […]
SSIS Advice Column
Welcome back to the SSIS column, where we answer any and all of Brandeis students’ questions about sex, sexuality, identity and relationships! If you have a question you’d like answered in our next column, email ssis@brandeis.edu or leave a question in the Google Form link on our Facebook page. Any and all questions are welcome: […]
‘Aquaman’ stuns and excites
The latest installment to the DC Extended Universe, “Aquaman” is visually breathtaking and incredibly fun to watch. While it is by no means a perfect movie, it makes up for its flaws with entertaining action scenes and surprisingly deep and nuanced characters. The main plot follows Arthur, better known as Aquaman, who is half Atlantean […]
Found in translation: Homecoming hits its stride in television
The podcast “Homecoming” opens mysteriously. A discordant tune plays muffled on the piano, followed by the entrance of the voices of the two protagonists of the show, therapist Heidi Bergman and army veteran, Walter Cruz. The television show of the same name follows the podcast’s opening scene almost exactly, even paraphrasing the opening dialogue about […]
