Softball starts off 2-1 at UAA tournament
After being shut out 8-0 in its season opener Tuesday against Emory, the Brandeis women’s softball team swept a double-header against Rochester and Case Western Wednesday by scores of 2-1 and 7-5. All three games were part of the University Athletic Association (UAA) tournament, which is being held in Altamonte Springs, Fla. In the season […]
Cardillo heading to NCAA fencing championships
After impressive performances at the regional championships at Boston College, two Brandeis fencers are up for at-large berths in the 2012 NCAA Collegiate Fencing Championships. Julian Cardillo ’14 is attempting to earn a second-straight appearance in men’s foil while Zoe Messinger ’13 is looking for her first appearance in women’s saber. Cardillo, who placed 17th […]
Baseball drops five straight games at UAA tournament
Baseball drops five-straight games at UAA tournament -Brian Tabakin Just two weeks after a seven-game road trip, the Brandeis baseball team returned to Florida again this past week for the opening of UAA conference play and a matchup with Emory. Unfortunately, the Judges lost to the Eagles 6-0. Emory rookie pitcher Connor Dillman turned quite […]
“League of Legends”: Low on commitment, high on fun
When I came to Brandeis, I assumed that video games would become a very minimal part of my life, that would only be played occasionally with friends—something that seemed perfectly fine to me. Within the past few months, however, I have found that one game has brought together many Brandeis students for hours upon hours […]
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Film: ‘Days of Heaven’ There may be no film more beautiful than Terrence Malick’s “Days of Heaven” (1978). In the early 1900s, working-class lovers Bill (Richard Gere) and Abby (Brooke Adams) migrate to the Texas Panhandle, where they begin harvesting wheat for a well-to-do farmer (Sam Shepard). The farmer instantly falls for Abby. When Bill […]
Aramark cuts student managers
Since the beginning of the academic year, Aramark, Brandeis’ food service provider, began phasing out student manager and supervisor positions. After the graduation of current student managers, the positions remain unfilled and were ultimately eliminated. Student and union workers find that they now bear increased pressure. The elimination of the student manager position has “definitely […]
Brown’s All-American performance paces Judges
Chris Brown ’12 earned his first career All-American honor this past week at the NCAA Division III indoor track and field championships at Grinnell College in Iowa. The third-seeded Brown had the fastest time in the preliminaries the day before the race with a time of 4:12.57, beating Kevin McCarthy of Wabash by just .17 […]
Tyrone Hughes ’12: plans after Brandeis basketball
The collegiate career of guard Tyrone Hughes ’12 will come to an end this May. Hughes, a native of Dorchester, Mass., has been on the men’s basketball team for all four of his years at Brandeis, including two as a captain. Aside from basketball, Hughes majors in sociology and minors in economics. He has also […]
Saints bounty program leaves black mark on sport
The National Football League (NFL) finds itself amid a scandal that threatens to alter the face of the sport on every level: professional, college, high school and pop warner. Reports surfaced last week that the New Orleans Saints ran a bounty program from 2009 to 2011. While bounty programs have frequently been rumored to exist […]
Two women’s basketball players honored by UAA
Two members of the Brandeis University women’s basketball team earned all-UAA honors this past week. Guard Morgan Kendrew ’12 was named second-team all-UAA selection while Diana Cincotta M.A. ’12 earned an all-UAA honorable mention. Despite missing five games to injury this season, Kendrew finished the year as the team’s leading scorer, averaging 12 points per […]
Three men’s basketball players recognized by UAA
Three members of the men’s basketball team earned all-UAA honors this past week. Guard Vytas Kriskus ’12 was selected to first-team all-UAA while guard Tyrone Hughes ’12 and center Youri Dascy ’14 earned All-UAA honorable mentions. Kriskus led the Judges in scoring during the season, averaging 13 points per game while finishing second on the […]
Brown and Warwick head to nationals
Chris Brown ’12 and Kate Warwick ’12 will represent the Judges at the 2012 NCAA Division III indoor track and field championships this weekend at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. Warwick will be running in the 5,000-meter race while Brown will compete in the mile run. Both runners will be seeded third in their respective […]
Hall of Fame class announced
On March 31, six former Brandeis athletes will be inducted into the Judges’ hall of fame. Porter Bernstein ’57, a member of the 1956 basketball team that went undefeated with a record of 13-0, will be introduced in the contributor category, according to a press release from the Brandeis Athletics Department. Bernstein has supported women’s […]
Break it yourself
Multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird’s newest album, “Break It Yourself” does not fail to meet the already astronomical standards set by his previous albums. Textured and complex, Bird’s new work manages to stay away from saccharine shoe-gazing or melancholic ballads that were popular this year from other folk-pop artists. The songs are meticulously composed and performed, with […]
‘GCB’ successfully replaces ‘Desperate Housewives’
With “Desperate Housewives” soon leaving the air, ABC took the opportunity to premiere its new show “GCB” (Good Christian Belles) this past Sunday. The series follows Amanda Vaughn, played by Leslie Bibb, the widow of a Ponzi scheme artist as she moves back to her hometown of Dallas, Texas. She is immediately a character for […]
APAHM celebrates Asian American culture
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) hosted their opening ceremonies with the theme “Marking Our Mark” to honor the recent accomplishments and contributions from the Asian and Asian American community. This year marks the Brandeis Asian American Student Association’s (BAASA) 40th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of the ICC, Intercultural Center (ICC). Cultural performances filled […]
‘Hilarity Ensues’: the title doesn’t lie
“Hilarity Ensues” is the third and final collection of short stories from the life of Tucker Max. Initially, I was concerned because the title seemed tame and I worried that this book would not be as ridiculous as the first two books: “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” and “Assholes Finish First.” I first […]
Fiennes makes exciting, contemporary ‘Coriolanus’
A seething crowd, organized in columns like a ragtag militia, marches toward a city center. Many of them carry cellphones primed to take photos. All of them possess a deep anger directed at the government—they’re outraged by the power of the elites, their tin ear toward their demands. No, this isn’t Tahrir Square or Zuccotti […]
Men’s tennis starts season off with disappointing road trip
When the 24th-ranked men’s tennis team traveled to California on a road trip last week to begin their season, Steven Milo ’13 won three matches at No. 1 singles. As a team, however, the Judges dropped three of the four matches to begin the season 1-3. In their season opener, the Judges faced Occidental College […]
Brown and Warwick earn first titles
At the UAA championships hosted by NYU, two Brandeis runners took home titles while two others finished as runners-up. Both the men’s and women’s squad finished in seventh place. Chris Brown ’12 and Kate Warwick ’12 ranked top among all UAA runners. They entered in the top five of Division III going into the championship […]