A day in the life of a Brandeis athlete: Andrea Bolduc ’21

This new column will highlight a different student-athlete each week, striving to unearth what the hectic life of a Brandeis athlete entails. With this in mind, such a collection of stories will serve as a testament to the hard work, passion and resilience that athletes at Brandeis specifically embody, hopefully working to bridge the gap […]

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 the Student Sexuality Information Service Facebook page. Any and […]

Writer-in-residence Grace Talusan discusses memoir ‘The Body Papers’

Grace Talusan is Brandeis’ new Fannie Hurst Writer-in-Residence in the Department of English. She has turned her story into a powerful memoir, “The Body Papers,” which she read excerpts from at an event hosted by the creative writing department on Wednesday, Sept. 18.  The event began with an introduction from Stephen McCauley, the co-director of […]

Women’s soccer improves to 4-2, Richardson selected as defensive player of the week

This week, the Brandeis University women’s soccer team improved to 4-2 on the season, as they battled two Massachusetts rivals. The Judges found great success, winning their fourth straight game, 3-1, over Babson College. However, on Tuesday evening, though the Judges fought hard, they lost to Tufts University, 2-0. Saturday’s matchup against rival Babson College […]

Volleyball plays three matches over weekend

Brandeis women’s volleyball team had a busy start to spooky season playing Bates College on Friday the 13th, followed by a double header with Worcester State and Amherst College the following day. The Judges lost their first set 25-17, but made a strong comeback beating the Bates Bobcats in the second set. They were up […]

Men’s soccer draws against WPI and falls against Tufts

Brandeis’ men’s soccer team came into the week ranked No. 25 in Division III in the latest United Soccer Coaches national poll. The Judges took on Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) at home on Gordon Field, and for the fifth year in a row, the two squads battled into overtime where neither team was able to […]

Men’s tennis opens fall season

The men’s tennis team opened their fall season at the Middlebury Invitational at Middlebury College in Vermont this past weekend, playing multiple matches on both Saturday and Sunday. The Judges were one of seven teams in the tournament, which had four singles divisions, or flights, and two doubles divisions.          The pair David Aizenberg ’20 and […]

The women of ‘Hustlers’ make money moves

It’s 2007, and strip clubs are having a kind of cultural moment. As we see in the opening of  “Hustlers,” that means the dancers are wearing designer furs and leather boots, and the customers, former fraternity brothers working on Wall Street, are more than happy to blow thousands of dollars after a grueling nine to […]

Charli XCX’s album fails to meet expectations

I bought my tickets to see Charli XCX on her headline tour the minute they went on sale in June. Now that the album “Charli” has dropped, I’m starting to question that decision.  Prior to this album, I was a huge Charli fan. I first got into her music when I saw her open Taylor […]