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Day: March 13, 2026

An Open Letter to the Brandeis Mathematics Department

Note: the following statement is made all in good fun and is not meant to critique the functioning of the Mathematics Department (or any other department at Brandeis) in anything more than a surface-level way. Professors and staff work incredibly hard to do the work that they do, and we are incredibly lucky to enjoy […]

Game Freak, Pocket Card Jockey and the Beauty of Creation

“Pocket Card Jockey” is a mix of horse racing and solitaire, where the better you play solitaire, the better your horse performs, but not without correctly paying attention to a handful of factors like the motivation, mood, and positioning of your horse that could be a boon for your performance and sponsor or spell out […]

CGI vs Practical Effects: The problem of replacement over incorporation

Computer Generated Images (CGI) have taken over Hollywood in the last 50 years. Gone are the days of ketchup being substituted for blood in schlocky movies. No longer are directors destroying massive, expensive set pieces to get a single shot, unless they’re Christopher Nolan. Why would a studio bother spending the money to hire those […]

Everything I Learned As A Freshmen

Being a freshman certainly happened. I was blessed to avoid the culture shock that some experience when coming to college, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t face my share of hurdles. These hurdles helped me to learn some harsh truths about adult life that no class can cover, so I’d like to share a few. […]

I Vomited and It Actually Changed My Life

Ask yourself this question: Independently of your work quality, how confident are you in your assignments when you turn them in? When I was a kid, my answer was none. I had no self-confidence after years of getting bullied. I was physically and mentally weak in a class of less than a dozen people, all […]

Is James Talarico the Future of the Democratic Party

A young, progressive, relatively unknown member of the state legislature runs for U.S. Senate, attempting to flip a seat held by a Republican. He wins the Democratic primary with 53% of the vote, including delivering strong margins in counties where Democrats had previously struggled. His message is one of unity and reaching out to voters […]

#WeLiveInASociety: Why you’re not awful for laughing at terrible things

If you haven’t heard or told a 9/11 joke, I am going to assume you died on or before Sept. 10, 2001. 9/11 jokes have become deeply rooted in youth culture and especially comedy. This seems to intrinsically make sense to most people. Whether they justify the jokes by acknowledging that Gen-Z doesn’t remember the […]

Sherman Dining Hall to Reopen March 16

On Tuesday, March 10, Susan Scannell, Associate Vice President of Campus Services, sent an email announcing that Sherman Dining Hall will reopen for non-Kosher dining on March 16. Meanwhile, Kosher dining options will remain offered in either the Faculty Club or The Stein depending on the day of the week. According to Scanell, “The fire […]

President Levine Co-Authors Book Discussing Higher Education

On March 3, Brandeis University announced the release of “From Upheaval to Action: What Works in Changing Higher Ed,” a book co-written by Brandeis President Authur Levine and Scott J. Van Pelt, Director of Research and Faculty Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. According to an article posted on Brandeis Stories […]

Everyone Should be Watching Women’s Hockey Right Now

Women’s Hockey, represented officially by the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL), has caught a lot of media attention after Team USA’s recent Olympic gold medal win. The team managed to win all seven of their tournament games with a combined score of 33-2.  Now, many Brandeisians, like myself, will not be convinced to watch a […]

Sherman Dining Hall Returns, but Issues Remain the Same

Earlier this week, Brandeis shared that Sherman Dining Hall will partially reopen on March 16 (see our news section for more details). We expect this to relieve some of the minor problems that Brandeis students have complained about, such as overcrowding at Usdan and a lack of options. However, even before the fire at Sherman […]

What Really Is Plan B, and How Do I Use It?

Plan B is a type of emergency contraception, not your regular birth control. It’s meant for situations like unprotected sex, a condom breaking, or missing multiple birth control pills. The good news is there’s no strict limit to how many times you can take Plan B in a month, and there’s no evidence of long-term […]

Sunblighted: Chapter 8

Last time on Sunblighted: Tev brings Lih and Gefrol to an inn, suspicion hanging in the air. Despite the distrust, Gefrol leaves Lih in Tev’s care, as a test, while he explores the village, reflecting on his own lack of humanity. As Gefrol meets an old priest at the dilapidated temple at the bottom of […]

Hoot Recommends: Guilty Pleasure Movies

Hello again Hoot readers! Hopefully, you enjoyed the brief period of actually good weather that we just experienced. Now that the weather sucks again, though, we’re all back inside watching movies, so we felt like sharing with you our favorite guilty pleasure movies. Ethan: I am, without too much embellishment, a bit of a cringe […]

Attacking Iran was a mistake

On Feb. 28, the U.S. and Israel launched a massive air campaign against the state of Iran. The next day, President Trump announced that one of the airstrikes had killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had ruled Iran for the past 47 years. Nobody should be sad that Khamenei is gone; the man was […]

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