Reintroducing the Brandeis Judges
If you’ve ever had the great misfortune of seeing the Brandeis Judges mascot in-person (or if you’ve ever gotten a 404 error on the Brandeis website), you will know that our weirdly fuzzy, weirdly large rendition of the great Louis D. is beyond terrifying. With a chin square and sharp enough to make even the […]
Book review: ‘The Lost Story’
In “The Lost Story” by Meg Shaffer, two boys, Jeremy and Rafe, go missing for six months after getting lost on a school field trip to a forest in West Virginia. During that time, they went to a magical world that now only Jeremy remembers. Fifteen years on, the boys are no longer speaking, and […]
Track and Field attends several meets
Since our last publication, the Track and Field teams have been busy, participating in four different meets. On Jan. 25, both the men’s and women’s teams traveled to the Wheaton College Lyon Invitational. On Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, the Judges attended both the Wheaton Invitational and the BU Terrier Invitational. On Feb. 7 and […]
Striking a chord
Ok, it’s time for us to say it: We at the Hoot are glad that the Chiefs dynasty is over. For everyone that was hoping to see the dreaded “three-peat,” their hopes were dashed as the Eagles immediately seized a massive lead and never looked back. A 40-22 to win is not just defeating the […]
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“Factorio” review: I really want to love this game
I suppose I should preface this review with a few disclaimers. First of all, I have not actually completed “Factorio”—I got the game fairly recently and just haven’t had the time or energy to finish a full play-though yet. With that in mind, take everything I say here with a grain of salt. I believe […]
Brandeis Bund holds Shabbat event, vigil/funeral procession and study-in
The Jewish Bund at Brandeis, an organization focused on “[c]ampus action and building radical space at Brandeis,” recently held a series of events, including a Shabbat gathering on Jan. 31, a funeral procession for the lives lost in Palestine combined with a vigil for those same losses on Feb. 5 and a study-in hosted in […]
Harris joins the Judges’ 1,000-point club
Since the last game of theirs that we covered, the men’s basketball team has played in six University Athletic Association (UAA) games. Like the women’s basketball team, they traveled for the first four of these games, and then returned home to host the most recent two competitions. In this six-game series, the Judges faced the […]
My 2024 top five albums
2024 was quite the year for music. The Grammy Awards aired on Sunday, Feb. 2 and had a lot of interesting results, both in my mind and in a large part of the music community. Negatives aside, Charli XCX won three awards for BRAT, satisfying the small part of me that likes electronic music and […]
Oscar history repeats itself: 10 years later
“Anora” (2024), despite its disappointing Golden Globes performance (where it lost in all five of its nominated categories), has had a monumental weekend, sweeping the top prizes at the Critics Choice Awards, Directors Guild of America Awards (DGA) and Producers Guild of America Awards (PGA). These victories have firmly positioned the film as the frontrunner […]
Season three of ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls’ is a bit messy, but so is college
Early on in my freshman year of college, the first season of “The Sex Lives of College Girls,” a series about four freshmen in college, came out. I was instantly hooked, and was glad I found a television series about a group of fun women going through some situations that I was going through and […]
The rise of D.C. sports
D.C. sports fans have been through a lot. Across the four major-league sports, for a long time, the city as a whole was “bad.” The Commanders couldn’t win a game, the Capitals and Nationals couldn’t get past their late-2010s championship wins and the Wizards were nothing short of abysmal. Fan attendance was dwindling. In 2023, […]
Ask SSIS: I noticed that you guys sell a lot of different types of lube. What are the differences and how do I choose?
Thanks for writing to SSIS! We do carry a wide variety of lubes, and it is up to you which one you think will work best for your purposes. Our lubes fall into four categories: silicone-based, water-based, hybrid and oil-based. We like to describe silicone-based lubes as slippy because they stay wet and slippery for […]
Hoot Recommends: Best single person activities
Hello! Welcome back to Hoot Recommends, the series where The Hoot recommends things. In this edition, we’ll be talking about our favorite activities to do as a single person on Valentine’s Day! Lucas: Perhaps this is a cliche answer, but connect with your family. Familial love is just as important as romantic love, and […]
Women’s basketball beats UChicago for the first time since 2013
Since our last publication, the Women’s Basketball Team has gone on to play in six University Athletic Association (UAA) conference games, four of which were on the road. As the UAA season is half home and half away, with each team facing each other twice, the Judges faced the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) Spartans, […]
My 2024 Shakespeare Wrapped
There really isn’t anything like live Shakespeare. At least, there isn’t for me. I try to seek out as many productions of live Shakespeare as I can, and last year, I was lucky enough to see 11 full-length productions. Overall, the average quality of the productions I saw this year was excellent, and I count […]
Waltham mayor and other local leaders speak at VoteDeis panel
On Jan. 30, VoteDeis, the Student Union and The Abraham Feinberg Educational Network For Active Civic Transformation (ENACT) hosted an event called “It’s Not All About the President: Engaging in Local and State Government,” held in Rapaporte Treasure Hall. The event panelists were Waltham Mayor Jeannette McCarthy, State Representative Thomas Stanley and City Councilor and […]
If you’re unhappy and you know it
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! What’s up Deisians? Greetings from Edinburgh, Scotland! I hope the grind is going well. Personally, I’m loving Edinburgh. It feels like I’m in a literal fairy tale with the old architecture and mountains in the distance. The people are kind, the surroundings are gorgeous, the food is delicious and the pubs are lively. It’s […]
Brandeis Athlete Ally supports Brandeis’ LGBTQ+ student-athletes
Athlete Ally, a nationally based organization that aims to “end homophobia and transphobia in sport and to activate the athletic community to exercise their leadership to champion LGBTQI+ equality,” now has a chapter at Brandeis University. The Hoot sat down with the Brandeis chapter’s co-founders, Rani Balakrishna ’25, Fiona Doiron ’25 and Anna Kolb ’25 […]
BETA is empowering students to innovate and redefine the future
BETA is Brandeis University’s premier platform for entrepreneurship and technology club, which provides a dynamic platform for aspiring entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts. From high-profile speaker events to mentorship programs and immersive tech treks, BETA fosters an environment where students from all majors can explore startups, innovation and business leadership. At the core of BETA’s mission […]
