Men’s basketball earns No. 22 pre-season national ranking
The men’s basketball team, currently ranked 22nd in the nation by d3hoops.com, will look to start off where they left off last year. After finishing with an 18-9 record and making it to the second round of the NCAA tournament, the team hopes to improve despite having a smaller group of only ten players this […]
Men’s basketball wins first game of the season against Lasell
Gallery The number-22-ranked Judges won the first game of the season by defeating the Lasell College Lasers on Tuesday night. After falling to the local rivals by just three points in last year’s season opener, the Judges were pleased to take this matchup by 11. Brandeis led by as much as 22 at multiple points […]
The event planner
If you pay attention to your inbox, you probably know that every Thursday night you receive an e-mail from Director of Student Activities Stephanie Grimes. You’ve probably perused these emails, checking out the list of social events scheduled on campus for the weekend, looking for something to do. But do you know the woman who […]
Study abroad blog ‘the195.com’ expands to Brandeis
Brandeis will participate in a groundbreaking new Web site and blog known as ‘the 195,’ that will feature the experiences of students studying abroad. The site, which was created by three students at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in June, had its first contributors, all of whom were from Northwestern, last summer. Starting this […]
Debunking: Brandeis Urban Legends
Urban legends abound on the Brandeis campus. From Usdan Student Center to the Usen Castle, we have all heard some seemingly far-fetched story and passed it on to a friend. Each story leaves your mind until one day, you get stuck behind a tour group and all of a sudden you hear one of them […]
Mini-series "The Prisoner" poses deep philosophical questions
AMC’s hit mini-series “The Prisoner” is worthwhile television for Brandeis students. Staying true to the original series upon which it is based, “The Prisoner” tells the story of one man’s attempt to escape the utopian village where he (Jim Caviezel) one day wakes up and finds himself. Before waking up in the village, the man […]
The Dirty Projectors strut their stuff
The ease with which the Dirty Projectors perform feats of pure musical acrobatics belies the fact that they might just be the hardest working indie band around today. Between front man Dave Longstreth’s demands for marathon rehearsals and an exhausting touring schedule, the group has managed to work its way to the top of critical […]
Hair-pulling on the field garners national attention
When people think of a catfight they tend to think of high school hallways, generally with someone shouting, “You took my boyfriend!” When they think of hair-pulling, a soccer field usually does not come to mind. Unfortunately, this was exactly what happened last week in the Mountain West Women’s Championship game between the Brigham Young […]
Tennis teams work on ACEing Autism on the weekends
Saturday afternoons seem to be a time for college kids to rest. Some people sleep right through it, or if they’re up early, they go do something fun with friends like a trip into the city or some time at the mall. For both the men’s and women’s Brandeis tennis teams, Saturday is a day […]
My experiences volunteering at ACEing Autism
For about a year I have volunteered on Saturday afternoons at ACEing Autism, a non-profit organization that teaches tennis to young children with autism. When I first signed up for the program, I didn’t know anything about autism, but I thought that the idea of helping young children learn to play tennis sounded like a […]
Women’s soccer advances to semi-finals in ECAC Tournament
The Judges had a perfect week, shutting out both their opponents to finish off the regular season with a win and take the quarterfinal round of the Eastern Conference Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III New England Tournament. In Saturday’s game against UAA rival the New York University Violets, the Judges needed just one goal to […]
Women’s basketball season preview
As the Judges return to the court after a record year last spring, the team seems ready for action. The women made it all the way to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Division III tournament for the first time in the program’s history, coming just short of the Final Four. Based on that performance […]
Men’s soccer finishes season with a loss
As the minutes ran down the Judges stepped up their offensive pressure. It paid off in the 88th minute when Corey Bradley ’10 made the final goal of his collegiate career off an assist by classmate Jamie Batista. Bradley was open in the box and after getting a pass from Batista, he knocked the ball […]
JBS: Sneak Peak
On Nov. 6, Dean of Arts and Sciences Adam Jaffe approved eight Justice Brandeis Semester (JBS) programs for. Below is an overview of the JBS programs that have been approved for summer 2010. Specifics about the programs, such as classes that must be created, are still being finalized. JBS is an opportunity for students to […]
An interview with Brandeis University’s most recognized alum
Having graduated 35 years ago this May, Thomas Friedman ’75 is not only one of Brandeis’ most famous alumni, but also one of the world’s foremost columnists, journalists and authors. One of the few journalists to win three Pulitzer Prizes, Friedman will receive the National Press Club’s Fourth Estate award this evening. “Tom Friedman changed […]
A meditation on death
My high school theater teacher died Tuesday, and I found out on Facebook. I couldn’t believe my eyes as I scanned down my news feed. I quickly opened a new tab in Firefox and typed in my high school’s website. Sure enough, the home page confirmed the veracity of my high school acquaintance’s status. My […]
Cyber-sexism: Texts From Last Night’s offensive take on women
The signs were all there. Girlie feminism was a full-fledged movement by the late nineties, bringing along with it the Spice Girls and Legally Blonde. It was only a matter of time until pressures from the opposite side (a Macho movement?) appeared. Now for every book, magazine, movie, TV show, etc. that features empowered feminine […]
The movie-goer who stared at nothing
The trailer of “The Men Who Stare At Goats” is promising enough: George Clooney in a kitschy mustache is a reactivated psychic warrior for the Army and Ewan McGregor, a bright-eyed reporter, follows him on his new mission. However, the movie itself fails to make good on the trailer’s promises. It attempts to emulate the […]
Chew on this: J. S. Foer discusses issues behind “Eating Animals”
Jonathan Safran Foer stands at a grand wooden podium overlooking dozens of pews packed with eagerly awaiting fans. An air of humble intellect gives him an almost rabbinical presence, standing at the front and center of attention at Congregation Kehillath Israel in Brookline. A respectful silence hangs in the air but is immediately broken as […]
Screening of new documentary “The Horse Boy” challenges paradigms
“Why does autism have to be a shutting down of everything? Why can’t it be an opening to adventure?” Those lines, uttered by Rupert Isaacson during the beginning of the new documentary, “The Horse Boy,” act as the film’s core premise. This film was screened Tuesday evening in Olin-Sang to an audience of about 30 […]