Staying safe during spooky season
It’s Halloweekend and you know what that means—it’s prime time for college students to party all weekend! You’ve finished your midterms—or maybe not, because Brandeis’ midterms season notoriously never ends until finals—and now you can enjoy the fun side of college. While Brandeis might not be the biggest party school like some state schools, we […]
Volleyball breaks tough streak
After a tough set of games, the Brandeis volleyball team looked to finish the season strong. This started with a home game against Johnson and Wales University (JWU) on Oct. 20. Last year, the Judges barely lost to JWU in a close 2-3 battle. JWU started set one on a quick 4-0 run to take […]
Scary recommendations on Netflix
I love scary movies, but I also hate them. It’s quite the conundrum. I like the thrill that comes from sitting on the edge of your seat, but then it is nearly impossible for me to go to sleep at night. It’s a cruel cycle really. It was helpful freshman year when I was living […]
Brandeis Blockchain Club works to get chartered through increasing its diversity
What is blockchain? The president of Brandeis’ Blockchain Club, Marco Qin ’24, explained it to The Brandeis Hoot in an interview: think about the modeling industry. If you were a model with an agency, the agency would control what you were allowed to do, to post on social media and how much you get paid. […]
Great expectations
Brandeis students do a lot. From research to volunteering to partying, we are a busy student body. My friends and I often talk about the “stereotypical Brandeis student”: president of five clubs, takes six classes and works in seven different research labs. Although this caricature of a Brandeis student may not exist, the temptation to […]
Carol Anderson receives 2022 Gittler Prize
Brandeis University recently hosted the 2022 Gittler Prize award ceremony at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management for this year’s recipient Carol Anderson. The award ceremony consisted of a public lecture given by Anderson regarding the consequences of racist rhetoric in American politics and the biases from which they originate. The Joseph […]
Student Union holds special elections
The Student Union sent an email to students on Oct. 26, announcing the ballot had opened for the first round of special elections. Voting will close on Oct. 26 at 11:59 p.m., according to the email. The positions available are Allocations Board (one seat), Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (two seats), Community Emergency and Enhanced Funding (CEEF) […]
Student Union announces airport shuttle, cancellation of NYC and NJ routes
The Student Union announced via Instagram on Tuesday, Oct. 25 that it will be sponsoring $5 airport shuttle tickets to Logan Airport. The trips will be scheduled around school breaks. However, the Student Union is no longer offering the Turkey Shuttle from the university to Penn Station in New York City and to New Jersey. […]
Disappearing arts: On discovering and rediscovering women in art history
“For me, being a ‘lady painter’ was never an issue. I don’t resent being a female painter. I don’t exploit it. I paint.” – Helen Frankenthaler. I was never particularly entranced by photography until I saw “House #3, Providence, Rhode Island,” from 1976, by Francesca Woodman. The photograph is strikingly unusual. Woodman utilizes a long […]
Swim and dive Vassar opener recap
On Saturday afternoon, Oct. 22, the Brandeis University men’s and women’s swim and dive teams traveled to Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York for their first dual meet of the year. The men won their matchup 183.5 to 97.5, while the women’s score was 165-119 in favor of Vassar. On the men’s side, the Judges […]
Interviews with Brandeis University’s academic leadership: The Classical Studies department
The chair of Brandeis University’s Department of Classical Studies, Professor Darlene Brooks Hedstrom, sat down for an interview with The Brandeis Hoot to shed a little light on the department, its future and herself. This interview is part of a series of interviews with the chairs of a plethora of different academic departments and programs […]
‘The Great British Bake Off’ series 13 episode 6: Spooky(ish) season
We are now officially past the halfway point of the series, and the tent is giving us a first: Halloween Week—without 2019 contestant Helena, self-styled “kitchen witch.” JUSTICE FOR HELENA. Ahem. Anyway. On to the episode. Matt and Noel’s opening sketch gets a weak chuckle out of me—is it possible that they’re improving? The bakers […]
SSIS holds annual ‘Sex in the Dark’ event
On Thursday, Oct. 20, Brandeis’ Student Sexuality Information Service (SSIS) held their annual Sex In the Dark event in the Rapaporte Treasure Hall from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The student-run event consisted of four panelists answering attendees’ anonymously texted-in questions. This year’s panelists were Cassandra Corrado, Martin Henson, Joanna Mann and Anne Culhane. Corrado, […]
Mellon Foundation grant awarded to Mandel Center for the Humanities
The Mellon Foundation has awarded a grant to the university, according to a BrandeisNOW article published on Sept. 23. The grant is described as a 15-month $150,000 grant to re-envision the “Role of the [Mandel] Humanities Center in the 21st-Century University,” according to the Mandel Center’s page. Professor Ulka Anjaria (ENG)—the director of the Mandel […]
Boo Yankees
Victoria: I say I was raised a Mets fan because I was; my father is a huge Mets fan and he instilled that value in his daughters. We even have a sign outside of our house that says Mets Fans Parking Only—this is not a joke. But we aren’t actually all Mets fans. My mother […]
The Astros are so good that they’re going to lose
There are two very different teams in the World Series this year. On one hand you have the Philadelphia Phillies, who had 87 wins this season and made the playoffs as a Wild Card team. Their opponents are the Houston Astros, who finished first in their division with 106 wins. The Astros were one of […]
Candy tier list: You know I am right
With Halloween comes a lot of debate! Who has the better costume? Who hosted the best party? Who has the better neighborhood to trick-or-treat in? But most important to all of these debates is the question of what candy bar is best? Long debated by siblings and friends alike of all generations and eras, this […]
‘Black Adam’ has perfected the art of the dumb fun movie
Last week, to the delight of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and also me, the newest DC superhero film, “Black Adam,” was released. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, “Black Adam” is the 11th film (and 12th overall installment) of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The movie stars Johnson as Teth-Adam, aka Black Adam, a man who […]
The hardest jump in history was landed at Skate America
The 2022-2023 figure skating season officially began last weekend with Skate America which took place in Norwood, Massachusetts, as the first station in the Grand Prix of Figure Skating. As the season right after the Winter Olympics, this season did not seem interesting to figure skating fans: the greatest-of-all-time Yuzuru Hanyu (Japan) announced his retirement […]
Student Union announces airport shuttle, cancellation of NYC and NJ routes
The Student Union announced via Instagram on Tuesday, Oct. 25 that it will be sponsoring $5 airport shuttle tickets to Logan Airport. The trips will be scheduled around school breaks. However, the Student Union is no longer offering the Turkey Shuttle from the university to Penn Station in New York City and to New Jersey. […]
