Close Looking Series at the Rose explores sexuality, gender, HIV/AIDS and the female body
How do we have sex after the AIDS crisis? This was only one of the questions that Prof. Tom King (ENG) and Susan Metrican (FA) considered at the first session of the Close Looking series at The Rose Art Museum. King and Metrican spoke to a group of about thirty on Wednesday about Carrie Moyer’s […]
Take advantage of little-known Brandeis services
As a junior at Brandeis, I’ve come to learn about a variety of programs and services that are interesting, useful and beneficial to undergraduates—but which are often underutilized by, or unknown to, the student body. For instance, did you know that through a program called DeisBikes, you can rent a bike for an entire semester? […]
Add more lactose-free yogurt on campus
Of the many complaints I may have about Brandeis’ dining services, lately there has been one that outweighs them all: the lack of lactose-free yogurt options in the C-Store and in the dining halls. I cannot count the times that I have tried to buy lactose-free (or dairy-free) yogurt and have been unable to find […]
Unhelpful renovations keep East windows closed
It is said that when a door closes, a window opens. Unless you live in East. Due to renovations made over the summer, a large number of the windows in East dorms can no longer be opened by the students living there. Moving into my Hassenfeld residence hall a few weeks ago, I was shocked […]
Teenage artists contribute to MFA’s latest exhibit “HOMiE”
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is the fourth largest museum in the United States, and with many newly opened galleries, it is definitely worth a visit. The building is massive, cycling through traditional art on each continent and sprinkled with special exhibitions for Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Frida Kahlo, to name a […]
The benefits of taking languages past the level-30 requirement
With a slew of university requirements to fulfill before graduation, many Brandeis students grudgingly sit through 30-level language classes in order to satisfy the language requirement. Whether it’s dozing through the language you took in high school or starting fresh with Spanish 10, gaining the foreign language credit is often seen as a chore that […]
BPA Grants Foster Pluralism and Unity
The Brandeis Pluralism Alliance (BPA) will soon be closing its applications for spring grants, which will be given to students or faculty who need funding for projects that involve identity, pluralism and unity. According to the BPA webpage, the organization’s goals include encouraging students to question identity and community, create alliances between campus groups that […]
SEED – Embracing or Misrepresenting Diversity?
This past week, the Admissions Office held its Students Exploring and Embracing Diversity program, or SEED. From Nov. 1-3, several dozen high school students (term of endearment: SEEDs) were brought to campus and stayed in the dorms of volunteer student hosts. They attended a slew of programs, from sample classes to seminars about student life […]
Reject campus culture that puts stress on a pedestal
With the midterm period coming to a close, it is apparent that many students study everything except the one topic that would most benefit them during this demanding time: stress management. Amid the 2 a.m. study sessions, countless cups of coffee and stacks of flashcards, stress management needs to be of greater focus. A dire […]
Love Your Body Day, each and every day
Body positivity can be difficult to maintain in today’s media-saturated society. From television shows to advertisements, the standards of a “perfect” body are promoted to no end, especially for women. With this harmful mindset, it can become hard to remember that identity is more than skin-deep. In response to this flaw in society springs Love […]
Orientation: useful or useless?
Cars full of over-packed luggage, chronically lost students and a plethora of red shirts can only mean one thing: 2015’s first-year orientation. As a first-year student myself, I don’t have any other orientations as comparison, but this seems to be their usual: a mix of pep, excitement and new experiences. While there are many pros […]
