Theospeaker
Your words are empty, as are mine, but claim themselves to be sublime; pious praise, and blinded gaze by cataracts of light-divine. “Why are we here, the end is near” Your empty phrases are quite smug and claim you know what we should fear and what should make our heartstrings tug, but Drugged. That’s what […]
Room vacancy, new roommate not wanted
If you’re an upperclassman, you probably recall the days when arranging for on-campus housing after returning from study abroad wasn’t a concern. You participated in the housing lottery, hoped for a good number and filled up a suite, knowing you would have a spot when you got back. However, the new housing policy – instituted […]
Twins don’t give in: Another look at the A.L. Central
So the post season starts next week, and most teams already know what they will be doing. For the National League, the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, and Los Angeles Dodgers have clinched a playoff spot, and the Colorado Rockies have a magic number of one to clinch the National League wildcard spot. For the […]
Women’s soccer gets first road win, first home loss
Brandeis came out on top of Gordon College 2-0 last Thursday for their first win on the road, but fell Wednesday night to the Wellesley College Blue 2-1 in overtime. With those two games the Judges moved to 5-2-2 and sixth in the University Athletic Association standings. The game-winning goal against Gordon came in the […]
Women’s soccer continues success at home, ties on the road
The women’s soccer team tied the Roger Williams University Hawks 0-0 after two overtimes last Thursday night, but defeated the Clark University Cougars 5-1 on Sunday at home. With the two games their overall record improves to 4-1-2 with an undefeated home record of 4-0 and an away record of 0-1-2. The win against Clark […]
Men’s soccer defeats MIT 2-1, notches first win of the season
The Judges took out down the MIT Engineers 2-1 on Wednesday night and finally cracked into the win column. Before the game MIT had outscored their opponents 24-9 on the season. When Brandeis faced the same opponent last year they were defeated 5-0, so for Coach Coven this victory was exactly what his team needed. […]
H1N1 absences lead to creative teaching methods
Dealing with the occasional sick student’s absence from class is no new phenomenon for many college professors, so much so we often don’t even give it a second thought. Fall arrives, bringing with it a plethora of itchy throats and runny noses, and soon sick students are fleeing the classroom like leaves falling off trees. […]
Activist works to defend lepers’ ‘human dignity’
Social activist Padma Venkataraman and daughter of former Indian president Ramaswamy Venkataraman promoted Rising Star Outreach, a program founded in order to help those afflicted with leprosy, in a talk at the Heller School Monday evening. She spoke at length about the many problems lepers have because of the side effects of leprosy and how […]
Who wears the pants?
Ironically, when the pant sizes started to drop off, so did the amount of men in my life. I always used to dream I was skinny. My mom once told me, “Go for your dreams.” So I did. And here I am today. With this whole new wardrobe to accommodate my slightly smaller, yet not […]
Not aMUSEd: “The Resistance” album disappoints
For years I have been drowning my thoughts to the sound of Mathew Bellamy’s stirring yet poetic conspiracy theories. When feeling particularly riveted, I would play “Apocalypse Please” on a loop, or, if I felt like starting a revolution that day, I would blast “Stockholm Syndrome” through my speakers at full force. So when I […]
Chef serves up some killer rhymes in new album
The hip-hop world received its “Chinese Democracy” this month, when Raekwon finally released the followup to his debut album, “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II.” The return of a Wu-Tang member is not only appreciated, but the album itself is a triumph and a Wu-Tang Clan reunion, packed with guest spots. The album, first […]
Justice Brandeis of the Peace
Peace is a very Brandeisian ideal. Founded in the aftermath of and partially in response to the atrocities of World War II, the university had peacemaking on its mind from the outset. Over sixty years later, the university carries that torch proudly, through such organizations as the Student Peace Alliance (which two years ago hosted […]
Rethinking the American League Central Division
So last week I wrote about Phil Kessel possible leaving Boston, and now he is a Toronto Maple Leaf for the next five years. So I am going to see if I can do this again and write an article one week and see some results the next. But this time it will be about […]
Women’s volleyball splits week, beating Endicott but falling to Tufts
The Brandeis women’s volleyball team triumphed over the Endicott Gulls last Thursday night, but was unable to keep the momentum going and lost to the Tufts Jumbos on Tuesday. This was the second loss in ten days to the Jumbos who are now 7-1 on the season and on a seven game winning streak. The […]
A maddeningly good TV drama series
“Mad Men” is without a doubt, the best show on TV that you’re (probably) not watching. A gorgeously shot period piece set in the early 1960s at a dinosaur of a New York ad agency, “Mad Men” is a character drama that’s always placid on the surface, belying an extensive tangle of turmoil hidden just […]
Jay-Z swaggers on with latest release
Who is the king of New York? I can distinctly remember sitting at my middle school lunch table discussing this very question with my peers. Everyone had an opinion on the issue, and if you didn’t, either you ate from your bagged lunch and kept quiet or you hopped on a bandwagon and conveniently repeated […]
Seeking divine inspiration in hard times
I felt like I had just infiltrated a secret meeting when I stepped into the Rapaporte Treasure Hall Monday evening. It seemed that everyone there was part of the world of professional Judaism or graduate-level Jewish education. Attending “Memory and Y’irah: On Reclaiming a Sense of Awe in Skeptical Times,” a lecture by Charles Bronfman, […]
The times, they are a-changin’: Thoughts on last week’s TMI conference
Yale Spector ‘11 sits casually in the Village B2 lounge with the three of us. We are surrounding a table atop which perch our four glossy, multicolored Macbooks. “So how are we going to do this?” he states, not so much a question as a call to our attention. We briefly tear our eyes away […]
Golf team finishes third twice, has strong opening showing
The Brandeis men’s golf team played in two tournaments this week, the Bowdoin Invitational at the Brunswick Country Club in Brunswick, ME on Sunday and the Elms Invitational at the Chicopee Golf Club in Chicopee, MA on Tuesday. The Judges came in third out of nine teams at both events. At the Bowdoin Invitational, Lee […]
Phil Kessel must make a contract decision
Now that the U.S Open is over, I am turning to a new sport, hockey. I know the season does not start for a few more weeks but I am already excited for two reasons. First I am from Minnesota, and second, I spent last year in a country where the only ice you will […]