Students as ornate canvasses astound in ‘Liquid Latex’
The lights dimmed, and the room roared as Liquid Latex attendees cheered on classmates minutes away from dancing their hearts out on stage covered in nothing but thongs and Latex paint. “The Devil Wears Nada,” the 17th-annual iteration of “Liquid Latex” played to a packed Levin Ballroom on Tuesday, March 28. Seven performances marked by […]
Netflix original ‘One Day at a Time’ is relatable, humorous, serious all at once
If you follow through on one New Year’s resolution, make it an easy one: Watch “One Day at a Time.” Just released this month, this Netflix original series is the perfect way to start off 2017. The show, a reboot of Norman Lear’s 1970s sitcom by the same name, follows a matriarchal Cuban-American family in […]
A quick fix for cleaner dorms
Among the laundry list of things that are missing from Brandeis dorms, there is one thing that is actually an easy fix: communal vacuums. With the daily wear and tear that dorm rooms receive, vacuuming them seems like a no brainer. Some of us have dustbusters, but even those are only good for small messes. […]
Additional microwaves would increase lunchtime quality of life
Any weekday around noon, Usdan is filled with lines. Lines for Lower, Currito, the Deli wind through Usdan, but there is one less conspicuous though still irritating line—that for the microwave. Toward the back of Upper is a microwave used by students who make their own meals but still want to eat in a common […]
Additional microwaves would increase lunchtime quality of life
Any weekday around noon, Usdan is filled with lines. Lines for Lower, Currito, the Deli wind through Usdan, but there is one less conspicuous though still irritating line—that for the microwave. Toward the back of Upper is a microwave used by students who make their own meals but still want to eat in a common […]
College Notebook: Nationwide, students target racial inequality
A new civil rights movement is finding its place on college campuses across the country as students of color, specifically black students, demand recognition and representation from their schools. Students are forcing their campuses to confront histories of racial injustice and structural oppression through lists of demands to college administrators, protests and building occupations. The […]
Prof. Fellman recalls campus electricity during Vietnam era
Professor Gordon Fellman (SOC/PAX), better known as Gordie, is synonymous with activism on campus. For decades, he has urged students to take part in protests and campaigns and question normative structures. A graduate of Antioch College and Harvard University, Fellman joined the Brandeis sociology department in 1964, just as the anti-Vietnam War movement was picking […]
Brandeis welcomes new sustainability manager
With a priority of reducing Brandeis’ carbon footprint, Mary Fischer has become the new manager of sustainability programs. Fischer, who started on July 6, sought out the position because the university’s “desire for building a strong sustainability program was very clear,” she said. Brandeis’ first step in becoming more sustainable is decreasing its carbon footprint, […]
Dharmic prayer center to replace Women’s Resource Center
As of Friday, March 20, the Women’s Resource Center (WRC) will be vacated so that a Dharmic prayer center can occupy the space. Following a meeting in the fall, the university notified the student groups that use the WRC that they would be required to relocate to the Student Sexuality Information Service suite, also in […]
Climate justice activism presses univ. for action
Brandeis Climate Justice (BCJ) and Faculty Against the Climate Threat (FACT) are pressing the university to diversify Brandeis’ endowment from fossil fuels more actively than ever before. After 79 percent of students voted in support of divestment in an April 2013 referendum, the administration formed the Exploratory Committee on Fossil Fuel Divestment, a committee dedicated […]
Integrate study abroad into general housing with contracts
As someone who is studying abroad next spring and therefore guaranteed on-campus housing, I feel guilty complaining about my options since they’re much better than many juniors’ and seniors’. However, I believe my proposal of joint housing for study abroad and non-study abroad students will help out everyone in the system. Fall housing for students […]
