Disability rights activist Judy Heumann’s legacy
Earlier this month, famed disability activist Judy Heumann passed away. She was “regarded as ‘the mother’ of the disability rights movement,” according to her website, and played an instrumental role in the movement to reimagine “what it means to be disabled,” according to NPR. After contracting polio at 18 months of age, Heumann used a […]
Student-run Brandeis meme page celebrates door week
Created on Feb. 17, 2022, the Instagram account @brandeis.chungles continues to bring joy to the Brandeis community. The anonymously-run meme page pokes fun and makes light of different aspects of the Brandeis campus. At the end of the fall 2022 semester, the account even organized and ran a full scavenger hunt, complete with clues scattered […]
A Portrait of a Ballerina II
A response to the unfair fruit ranking of my fellow editors
Last week, my fellow editors Justin and Victoria posted the first half of their 50-1 fruit ranking. In this fruit ranking, they included several fruits they had never heard before, meaning they failed to truly capture their brilliance. Many of these fruits hail from Southeast Asia. Half of my family lives in Southeast Asia, and […]
Brandeis professor cited in article about reproductive health care for women with disabilities
Monika Mitra (HS), the Nancy Lurie Marks Associate Professor of Disability Policy and Director of the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at the Heller School, recently spoke about reproductive healthcare for women with disabilities. In a recent Youth Today article, Mitra spoke on the barriers and difficulties women with disabilities face in accessing reproductive healthcare. […]
Five underrated Shakespeare plays to read immediately
“Hamlet,” “Othello,” “King Lear,” “Romeo and Juliet,” … Shakespeare’s most famous plays stand as iconic pieces of drama and literature. Nearly everyone knows them, and most can even quote a line or two. However, Shakespeare wrote 36 plays (or 37, or 38, depending on who you’re talking to) and much of his lesser-known work is […]
Achilles and Chiron
Kokayne Byear
“One of the things that disappointed me most about the movie was that despite the title there was no cocaine or bears. It was in fact, a French art flick which had been horribly mislabeled.” There is value in dumb fun. “Cocaine Bear” is exactly what it says on the tin, and that’s what […]
Hannah Nekritz ’23 competes in ‘Jeopardy’ high school reunion tournament
After competing in the teen tournament of “Jeopardy,” Hannah Nekritz ’23 was invited to participate in Jeopardy’s first-ever high school reunion tournament. Nekritz, who is from Connecticut and is majoring in neuroscience, was invited to compete in Jeopardy’s first ever high school reunion tournament that started airing on Feb. 20 and is set to […]
Judges’ last chance in 2023
In the final indoor meet of the 2022-2023 season, the Brandeis track and field teams competed in the Tufts Last Chance Invitational at Tufts University. While the event was non-scoring, both the men’s and women’s squads had top performers, including several Judges who set new personal records. Senior sprinter Dion Morris-Evans ’23 set a new […]
‘Tár’ is slow and steady, but is carried by its lead performance
Historically, the world of conductors and classical music has been dominated by straight men. This can be seen as a toxic culture, and many people believe that there needs to be shakeups and to welcome diversity. Even though society can move away from that culture, there may still be some deep toxicity lurking. That is […]
The psychology of the placement of a desk at office hours
This term has uncovered something quite curious to me: the placement of the desk in a professor’s office completely changes the ambience of office hours. Allow me to explain. I have two professors this term who do not have a desk placed between them and their prospective visitor in their offices. In the first case, […]
Heller School student argues for medical aid in dying in recent op-ed
On Feb. 26, 2023, Brandeis Heller School student Ilana Fitzpatrick (GRAD) had an opinion piece published in the Metrowest Daily News. Fitzpatrick argued in the article the importance of the End of Life Options Act, using personal anecdotes as to why the act’s return is important for the dignity and bodily autonomy of terminally ill […]
Brandeis’ ‘Most Wanted’ women
As a current Brandeis student, it’s likely that one of your friends or family members sent you a TikTok video recently mentioning how Brandeis University has taught three out of the 11 women who have ever been on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Most Wanted List. I know I was sent it about three […]
Women’s fencing continues postseason competition
To start off Women’s History Month and continue their postseason competitions, the women’s fencing team traveled to Drew University in Madison, New Jersey to represent the Judges in the National Intercollegiate Women’s Fencing Association (NIWFA) Championships this past weekend. The meet was held on Saturday, March 4. After their successful competition at the New England […]
Students bring awareness to violence against women in Latin America
Community Members gathered in the Shapiro Campus Center (SCC) and decorated signs in protest against gender based violence in Latin America. Signs were written in both English and Spanish and then hung on the walls of the SCC. One sign reads, “Ni Una Menos,” which translates to “Not One Less” which gained popularity in a […]
