Remembering Janice Burgess ’74
Brandeis alumna Janice Burgess ’74 passed away recently on Saturday, March 2, reportedly due to breast cancer. Burgess was an executive of children’s television channel Nickelodeon, and was best known as the creator of “The Backyardigans,” an animated musical series which aired on the channel from 2004 to 2013. At Nickelodeon, Burgess also oversaw the […]
Mammoth
Short story: ‘The Mountain’s Heart’ (Part 1)
Normally, night in the forest below Crystalshine Mountain was quiet and cold, broken only by the twinkle of fireflies and the chirp of crickets. But tonight, there were two intruders in this peaceful domain. “And I tell you—well, my cousin told me, and he heard it from … doesn’t matter. There’s a ruby in that […]
An interview with Elliot Lozier of Doom Scroll
Elliot Lozier and I stood beneath an awning, both underdressed for the unexpectedly snowy weather. We spoke outside Deep Cuts, a Medford music venue where I sprained my ankle just five months prior—moshing to one of Lozier’s bands. Lozier had just finished his set with his newest band, Doom Scroll, which he formed about three […]
‘The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death’ is the childhood classic not enough people have read
Like many Gen Z-ers, I grew up on books like Harry Potter and Percy Jackson, plus classics by Roald Dahl and Douglas Adams. Most of the time, when I compare childhood favorite books with friends, my conversation partner shares at least one of my old favorites. But there’s one author who many never seem to […]
Judges compete at Tufts Last Chance Meet
On March 2, the Judges’ men’s and women’s track teams travelled to Tufts University to compete in the Last Chance Meet, the teams’ final meet before the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship. The Judges netted six personal records (PRs) and even an NCAA qualifying performance at this meet. On the women’s team, Alya Campbell […]
Brandeis hosts ‘Unissued Diplomas’ to honor Ukrainian student war victims
From Feb. 29 to March 14, Brandeis has hosted and will continue to host Unissued Diplomas, a “global exhibition that honors the memory of 40 Ukrainian students who will never graduate because their lives were taken away by the full-scale Russian invasion that began on February 24, 2022. War continues and it means more people […]
Palm Road
The myth of the bright red scarf
I’ve just returned to my host country this term after a week of traveling around northwestern Europe. For the purposes of this column, where I went is not nearly as pertinent as what I saw. All across Europe, there exists a secret society: the society of those who wear bright red scarves. Meetings are never […]
Reader’s Report: ‘Divine Rivals’
Hi there! My name is Ani and this is Reader’s Report, where I review a book that I’ve read recently and explain exactly how I feel about it to you lovely people. This week’s book is “Divine Rivals” by Rebecca Ross and it was one of those books that I really didn’t expect to like […]
Women’s tennis picks up a win, men’s tennis falls short
Since The Hoot’s last publication, the Judges men’s and women’s tennis teams have played once each. The men’s team competed at Middlebury College and lost, while the women’s team competed at Wheaton College and emerged victorious. The women’s team was scheduled to compete against Franklin Pierce University, but the match was cancelled. In their match […]
Women’s fencing competes in intercollegiate northeastern regional championship
On March 2, 2024, the Brandeis Judges’ women’s fencing team traveled to Madison, New Jersey, to compete in the Northeastern Intercollegiate Women’s Fencing Association (NIWFA) championships. Of the 16 competing teams, the Judges placed sixth overall, with the team’s foil and sabre squads in fifth place and the epee squad in sixth. On the individual […]
An interview with Brandeis’ new transportation manager
A very big proportion of Brandeis students rely on Brandeis-provided transportations for their daily commute: the campus shuttle, Waltham shuttle and Boston shuttle. Since the Boston shuttle accident in Nov. 2022, the Brandeis community has had a higher awareness of the safety of transportation, as well as its timeliness and comfort. How can it be […]
‘longing for eternity’
every time, i see an innocent child suffering, i long for eternity when injustice engulfs the earth like a flood, i long a little more when sickness strikes, i imagine running without weariness in the new body Jesus will give me, free of any ailment or imperfection when i hear about the evil that man […]
3/8 Campus Life #2
2024 baseball season commences with a win
This past week, the Brandeis baseball team opened up their season. Including their first game, they have played four away games so far this season, one of which was a win. Their first game on March 1 was against the Springfield College Pride. The game started slowly for the Judges as they had four scoreless […]
Students hold vigil for lost Palestinian lives
On March 6, more than 200 Brandeis community members gathered in the Shapiro Campus Center (SCC) to hold a vigil to mourn “30,543 martyrs in Gaza.” A group of attendees gathered at 7 p.m. and one of the vigil’s organizers began the event with a request that nobody record the vigil. Notably, although there were […]
Boston Globe reporters speak about ‘Murder in Boston’ podcast at Journalism event
On March 7, journalists Evan Allen and Adrian Walker spoke at Brandeis in a talk sponsored by the Brandeis Journalism department. Walker is an Associate Director at The Boston Globe, having worked there since 1989. Allen is an investigative reporter for The Boston Globe, currently working on their Narratives team. Allen previously spoke at Brandeis […]
For the love of ‘Pressure Machine’
If you have heard a song by The Killers, it probably played while you were at a party, when the host made the wise decision to blast “Mr. Brightside” so everyone could scream along. You may even be a little more familiar with the band than that, if you’ve enjoyed radio hits like “Somebody Told […]
Why we fear Punxsutawney Phil
On Friday, Feb. 2, a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow. For the uninitiated, that means that an early spring is on the way. This is an … inane way to predict the changing of the seasons and one that American society has “relied” upon for over 100 years. Since 1887, Punxsutawney Phil […]
