Brandeis Professors Defend Language Requirement
Things at Brandeis are in a phase of change, and many aspects of the university are being subject to attempts at innovation. As a part of these alterations, there have been proposed changes to academics, especially The Core. The Core is the set of requirements that all undergraduate students at Brandeis must complete before graduation. […]
‘Bugonia’ takes over the world, and your mind
Yorgos Lanthimos is a prolific director who has been nominated for multiple Academy Awards, including in the Best Picture category for his 2025 release “Bugonia.” Starring Emma Stone as a biopharmaceutical CEO and Jesse Plemmons as an incel conspiracy theorist, the movie follows the two as Plemmons’ character tries to get Stone’s to admit to […]
The greatest storytelling medium: concept albums
Being able to create an entire album is an incredible feat, but it is even more impressive when it tells a cohesive story. Many artists have created songs that ultimately have a greater meaning when paired with other specific tracks, but a concept album is an album that’s songs all connect to a story or […]
Spotify Wrapped, Wrapped
Spotify Wrapped is one of the most anticipated pop culture events of the year. For those who don’t use music tracking software like Last.fm or stats.fm, early December is the time of year to discover personal listening habits. Officially starting in 2016, Spotify has rolled out personal statistics in several categories, with top albums, artists […]
The best albums of 2025
I’m back at it again with my favorite albums of the year! 2025 has been a fantastic 12 months for music, featuring releases from various genres and styles. Admittedly, this year’s list was far harder to make than last year’s; while 2024 had great albums like Charli xcx’s “Brat” and Bring Me The Horizon’s “POST […]
Everything about ‘Our Town’ is what theater should be
The Brandeis Undergraduate Theater Collective’s recent production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” directed by Hannah “Phoenix” Feldman ’27, details the lives of the Webb and Gibbs families, along with the stories of several other people in Grover’s Corners, NH, in three beautifully done acts. As one of the most famous American plays, “Our Town” is […]
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair:” “MK-Beth’s” dagger misses the mark
“Macbeth” has been my favorite Shakespeare play for as long as I can remember. I didn’t truly fall in love with Shakespeare’s works until I read it, so when I had the opportunity to see Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s (ASP) production, directed by Christopher V. Edwards, on Friday, Oct. 17, I jumped at the chance. This […]
The Best of Horror, Ranked
Horror is one of the most underrated, yet widespread film genres. From classics “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror” to the more recent “Weapons,” horror is a constant in mainstream media and pop culture. Nearly everyone has seen something in the genre, or at least will understand a reference to an ’80s slasher. Critics and superfans […]
The Shorter The Story, The Scarier
Horror is a fantastic genre of film, podcasts, literature and much more. The definition, as of most genres, is subjective, but I like to define horror as something created with the intention to scare, unsettle, disturb and/or gross-out the audience. There are thousands of creative works that can be considered horror, with some of my […]
“Dance Nation” Beats To A Strangely Beautiful, Bloody Drum
On Saturday, Oct. 18, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to see the Brandeis Theater Department’s production of “Dance Nation,” Clare Barron’s 2019 Pulitzer Prize-nominated play, directed by Michelle M. Aguillon. I went into the show with very little insight as to what it was about, but with the feeling that it would […]
Is “The Life of a Showgirl” really that glamorous?
Everything seems to be working out for Taylor Swift. The global pop sensation released her anticipated 12th album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” on Friday, Oct. 3, with lead single “The Fate of Ophelia” being one of her largest debuting songs on Spotify to date. However, the insane amount of streams doesn’t mean this album […]
A Night on the Water With Twenty One Pilots
I’m back with yet another concert review, and it’s a band readers of our last edition should be fairly familiar with by now. After traveling back home to Maryland for a few days, I trekked up to New York City and met up with some of my friends from Brandeis. We had one goal: on […]
Brandeis Hospitality announces new dining options for upcoming semester
In a post on their website, Brandeis Hospitality has announced several new dining options on campus during the fall semester. The website states, “As students from across the globe begin their journey back to Brandeis University for the start of the fall semester, the Brandeis Hospitality team has been hard at work to welcome students […]
My Chemical Romance electrifies Boston, with a story too close for comfort
On Oct. 31, 2019, people all around the world woke up, ready to celebrate Halloween. I was in eighth grade, and in true middle school fashion, was in the thick of my emo phase, harnessing every cringey cliche out there. I had already planned to dress in the aesthetic of My Chemical Romance’s The Black […]
How Twenty One Pilots’ new album is the closure fans needed
“We’re Twenty One Pilots and so are you!” is a familiar statement. It’s what frontman Tyler Joseph has ended several concerts with since the band formed in 2009, but also one that can be quite misleading. Of course, listeners are not actually playing alongside Joseph and drummer Josh Dun when they take the stage, but […]
Winner takes all: NHL and NBA playoff predictions
This year’s NBA and NHL playoffs are overlapping more than usual, as they have been ever since the introduction of the play-in games for the NBA. Each league’s playoff format features eight teams, with each featuring the best-performing organizations from the East and West. Now, for my totally unbiased opinions on who will win it […]
The Great Eight tops The Great One
No one ever thought that the NHL goal record could be beat. On March 29, 1999, Wayne Gretzky scored his 894th and final goal, in a match against the New York Islanders, during his 1,487th game. Little did he and the world know that just over 26 years later, in the same amount of career […]
The crazy trades of today
When it comes to major-league sports, there have always been crazy trades. Hockey GOAT Wayne Gretzky to the Kings was a big one, theorized only done to bring a larger crowd of hockey viewers to the United States, but there are trades going on now that are just as big and perhaps even more controversial. […]
The all-star of all-stars
Within the past few weeks, two of the major-league sports in the United States had their respective all-star tournaments, with each deciding to change it up from their typical style. The NHL moved away from the normal format in favor of the Four Nations Face-Off, a round-robin style tournament featuring players from the United States, […]
My 2024 top five albums
2024 was quite the year for music. The Grammy Awards aired on Sunday, Feb. 2 and had a lot of interesting results, both in my mind and in a large part of the music community. Negatives aside, Charli XCX won three awards for BRAT, satisfying the small part of me that likes electronic music and […]