Cross country finishes season at regional championships
Last weekend, the men’s and women’s cross country team travelled to Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, for the NCAA New England Division III championships. The men’s team placed 14th out of 54 teams, while the women placed 15th. The men’s side showed great improvement from last year, moving up nine spots. The Judges’ top performer […]
Men’s basketball wins home opener and drops one on the road
The Brandeis University men’s basketball team had fans on the edge of their seats in their home opener in Auerbach Arena as they hosted the Emerson Lions. It came down to the wire for a second year in a row, as last year Brandeis defeated the Lions on their home floor thanks to a Corey […]
MVP frontrunners after week four of NBA play
As the first month of the NBA comes to a close, it is time to debate the top candidates for the league’s most prestigious and heavily debated award: the Most Valuable Player (MVP). The race for MVP in 2019 was a battle between Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokuonmpo and Houston’s James Harden, who together received the entire […]
10 Brandeis soccer players receive UAA recognition
This season, the Brandeis men’s soccer team finished in a three-way tie for second place in the University Athletic Association (UAA), along with the University of Rochester and New York University; all three squads tallied three wins, three losses and one tie in conference play. The Brandeis women’s soccer team also found success on the […]
Swimming takes on Bentley and Colby
The weekend of Friday, Nov. 15 and Saturday, Nov. 16 was a busy one for the Brandeis University swimming and diving teams. The men’s and women’s teams both competed in their annual meet against the Bentley University Falcons and the Colby College Mules. On Friday, the Judges went head to head with Bentley. The women […]
Women’s basketball off to hot start
After winning University Athletic Association (UAA) Rookie of the Year as a first-year and being named to the All-UAA second team as a sophomore, junior guard Camila Casanueva ’21 is poised for a big season. Casanueva started right where she left off as the Judges opened their season with three wins. In the first round […]
Senate Log 11/17
At the Executive Board meeting, the board discussed having a second racial minority senator. Senator Joseph Coles ’22, who was in attendance at the Executive Board meeting, said that the official complaint will come out in a public report. The Senate entered an executive session to decide whether to recommend if the special election should […]
Getting your just desserts: the incontrovertible truth, part III
Miss me? No? Maybe you forgot who this is. I am your chocolate chaperone, your deputy of desserts! Buckle up, proverbial “buckaroos,” as we head back into the dark recesses of my mind once again. Breakfast Desserts Blueberry Scones: Juicy and sweet blueberries were practically designed to be put inside the flaky, dry husk of […]
Fencing shines at opening conference meet of the season
Both the men’s and women’s Brandeis fencing teams headed down to Providence, Rhode Island over the weekend to compete at Brown University in the first of two Northeast Fencing Conference (NFC) meets. As a whole, the team held an impressive 10-2 record, with the women seeing six wins and the men seeing four, and with […]
Be better, BranVan
Sasha Skarboviychuk We are approaching winter in lovely, warm Massachusetts, and although it is just the end of November, it is already freezing cold outside. You know what’s the last thing I want to do in this weather? Take a twenty minute walk to get to my classes. But wait. Thankfully, Brandeis has Waltham shuttles […]
Stay conscious
Imagine that you are working out at the gym with a close friend. You are both hitting the weights, with your friend benching over and you are spotting, making sure that the weight does not fall on your friend’s head (What a good friend you are!). After you congratulate him for maxing out at 200 […]
