Biden’s pardon gives some hope for expungement
Last week President Biden issued a proclamation granting pardons to those imprisoned for marijuana possession under federal law or in D.C. In his statement, President Biden urged the states to follow suit, a unique turn in the nearly 50-year-long American war on drugs. But, despite Biden’s call to action, states will continue to prosecute individuals […]
‘The Great British Bake Off’ series 13 episode 3: (Anything but) Bread Week
Ask any baker who’s been in the Bake Off tent, and they all say the same thing: Bread Week is terrifying. Paul Hollywood is the undisputed Bread King of the UK. The Lord of Loaves, the Despot of Dough, the Baron of Brea—ok, I’ll stop now. But hey, my jokes are still better than what […]
The hardest goodbye in tennis
The 2022 Laver Cup in London was one of the most emotional moments in the history of tennis. For the past 23 years, Roger Federer has been not only one of the best players on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour, but also one of the most loved. On Sept. 23 Federer played in […]
Updates on Harvest Table’s firing of dining worker
On Sept. 22, students gathered in Upper Usdan to protest the firing of Catering Lead Kevintz Merisier and deliver a petition to Harvest Table’s Resident District Manager Clayton Hargrove. The protest was organized by the Brandeis Leftist Union (BLU), who have the goal of “building a coalition committed to direct action and organizing on and […]
A busy week for Judges volleyball
On Sept. 29, the Brandeis volleyball team used a balanced attack on both offense and defense to win their fourth-straight match, 3-0, over Clark University. Set scores were 25-18, 25-21, 25-14. The Judges led wire-to-wire in both the first and third sets, scoring seven of the first eight points in each. In the second set, […]
Women’s cross country finishes first at Keene State
After finishing in first place last year at the Keene State Invitational, the Brandeis women’s cross country maintained their streak and finished in first place in this year’s invitational on Oct. 1. The team overall finished with 40 points and an average 5k time of 18:59.50. On the men’s side, the team finished in third […]
The first 100 episodes of ‘One Piece’
Growing up, I never watched anime. I think that in total I watched two episodes of Dragonball Z in the first 17 years of my life. I grew up on American cartoons like “Fairly Oddparents” and “SpongeBob SquarePants,” and although I knew that anime existed, I never even attempted to watch it. Then, as […]
An introduction to the Year of Climate Action Column
This week, The Hoot is launching a new weekly column in its opinions section: The Year of Climate Action Column. This column is a way to showcase people who work on climate solutions, climate-related opinion pieces from people across campus, and anything else that’s related to Brandeis’ Year of Climate Action. This week, I’ve […]
Men’s soccer plays first two UAA games
The Brandeis men’s soccer team looked to carry their momentum from the win against Clark University to their first University Athletic Association (UAA) games of the season. They started with a game against Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) on Oct. 1 in Cleveland, Ohio. Last year in their matchup, CWRU got the better of Brandeis […]
‘13’ is predictable, but full of youthful energy and toe tapping numbers
In 2008, “13” premiered on Broadway with the entire cast being made up of tweens and teens. Even though it closed after only two months, it captured the hearts of many fans. Fourteen years later, this musical has hit the big screen. Audiences across the world can now see “13,” a tale of what it […]
The future of the Pokémon series
The first Pokémon game, originally called “Pocket Monsters,” was released in Japan in 1996. The adventures in the Kanto region were so popular that they came to the United States in August of 1998, and the video game industry has never been the same. The series’ collectathon gameplay has enthralled millions of people around the […]
The future of journalism: Interview with Prof. Adriana Lacy
This is Professor Adriana Lacy’s first semester teaching in the journalism program at Brandeis. Besides teaching at Brandeis, she is also the Digital and Audience Engagement Editor for Harvard University’s Nieman Foundation. Before coming to Brandeis, she worked for the New York Times, Axios and the Los Angeles Times, and taught at the Annenberg School […]
Laughing at the Mets from two perspectives
Justin It’s Oct. 9 at approximately 10:13 p.m. and I am sitting in my room crying. I am crying because I am laughing so incredibly hard at the New York Mets. After winning 101 games in the regular season, it was all for nothing as they lost in the Wild Card round of the playoffs […]
Herschel Walker has demolished his legacy
From Heisman Trophy winner to a sorry excuse for a political candidate, Herschel Walker has run the gamut of American fame. Once regarded as one of the greatest college football players of all time, Walker is now (somehow) the Republican nominee in the 2022 United States Senate election in Georgia. Walker wants to “heavily invest” […]
It’s 2022, tipping is compulsory
If you don’t tip 20% every time you go out to a restaurant, you can’t be my friend. After working in restaurants for a year and a half now, it’s surprising how many people don’t know that servers don’t make a normal wage—there’s a normal minimum and a tipped minimum wage. In Massachusetts, tipped minimum […]
Judaism’s impact on the NHL
While hockey is the most secular sport compared to the main four, it is still a sport that is largely dominated by Christianity. However, one religion is slightly growing in number, albeit on a small scale, within the National Hockey League: Judaism. “We’re probably looking at a record number of Jewish players in the league […]
Don’t drink the water if you can’t see through it
You know rainwater? The stuff that falls from the sky? Provides life to all living things and sustains the world as we know it? It’s poisonous. There are per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in the water. These chemicals, which make certain products nonstick or stain resistant, have been mostly phased out by the manufacturers […]
