How legal is Halloween in mainland china?
Halloween this year in Shanghai was a real eye-opener about just how much freedom of expression exists in China—none. A man dressed as a Buddha, a Kim Kardashian lookalike, a giant cockroach and some guy in a hospital gown were all kindly escorted away by the thousands of police that lined up throughout the street […]
Brandeis has a culture problem
Club marathon season is over, and the results are in. Out of around 70 chartered clubs, none got the amount of funding requested from the Student Union. For most clubs, the difference in requested versus received amounts was negligible, equivalent to a 5-10% deduction from the requested amount. But one anomaly to this standard trend […]
What does it mean to be free ‘from the river to the sea’?
Editor’s note: As an independent news source for the Brandeis community, The Hoot and its editorial board support publishing all opinions of our students, faculty and staff. As such, The Hoot does not serve as an arbiter on the sensitive topics herein. The views expressed within are not necessarily reflective of the beliefs of The […]
Arranging and conducting: losing my musical virginity
In spring 2023, I had the honor of serving as one of the music directors of Brandeis’ very own student-led orchestra, Top Score. For the uninitiated, Top Score is a 30-piece orchestral ensemble, which plays iconic tunes from movies, video games and TV shows. As an introverted slime, and as a non-music major with no […]
Violence against Richard Spencer threatens American values
The identity of the author of this piece is known to the edi- tors-in-chief, but is being with- held due to the author’s concern about retaliation. Recently, there appeared in these pages a column titled “Resistance and punching Richard Spencer.” It argues that it is the civic duty of leftists to commit violence against white […]
DCL wishes further harm upon students
The article “DCL wishes further harm upon students” has been taken down from this site due to the language it used and the claims it made without verifying their factuality. Additionally, we did not clarify the reason behind keeping the identity of the author anonymous. You can view our apology to DCL Director Tim Touchette […]
Flag Rearranger speaks out on their 9/11 protest
There are a number of misconceptions I’d like to clear up right off the bat. First of all, there was not a group of “unidentified people” who rearranged the flags of the 9/11 display. Neither was the act done covertly. There was one person: it was me. People stopped to ask what I was doing […]
Love in the time of caller ID: Relationships with technology and the technology of relationships
In a strange amalgam of technology, I recently found myself in the awkward situation of Facebook chatting with my (for lack of a better word) ex about our (for lack of a better word) former relationship through the analogy of my upgraded cell phone. After discussing the fact that after three years with my Motorola […]
Black History Month
Thursday night’s Black History Month Closing Ceremony in the Napoli Trophy room in Gosman was not a typical closing affair. The evening started off with a dramatic recitation from Shaina Gilbert ’11, who spoke about a dream she had about her great, great grandmother traveling north to freedom. Gilbert powerfully belted out a few lines […]
