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Breaking the Brandeis bubble

16 April, 2021 // Editorials, Top News // 0 Comments
Near the beginning of the academic year, both the students and the administration put great effort into requiring people on campus to stay on campus, while discouraging those outside of the Brandeis community from coming… Read More...
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Brandeis needs to promote awareness of campus medical resources

9 April, 2021 // Editorials, Top News // 0 Comments
Unfortunately, we have been dealing with the coronavirus pandemic for over a year at this point, and we feel that the isolation it has brought about is beginning to affect campus life and culture. We… Read More...
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University’s response to racial violence is not good enough

26 March, 2021 // Editorials, Top News // 0 Comments
The U.S. has undoubtedly been made more aware of racial issues within the past year. From the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests over the summer to the more recent spa shooting in Atlanta, where several… Read More...
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The Zoom experience

19 March, 2021 // Editorials, Top News // 0 Comments
It’s crazy to think that a little over a year ago, we all had no idea what Zoom was or how big of a role it would eventually play in our lives. Now, we are… Read More...
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One year and one pandemic later

12 March, 2021 // Editorials // 0 Comments
We have officially marked the one year anniversary of the university’s announcement that Brandeis was transitioning to remote learning and closing the campus, which was revealed on March 11, 2020. Within a few short weeks,… Read More...
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Students shouldn’t have to worry about dining amidst pandemic

5 March, 2021 // Editorials, Top News // 0 Comments
Just as Brandeis was in the midst of choosing a new dining provider for the upcoming academic year, the pandemic struck and, like everything else, dining got put on the backburner. We have come to… Read More...
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University enforcement polemic

19 February, 2021 // Editorials, Top News // 0 Comments
The rules that Brandeis has put in place in response to COVID-19 are very effective, in theory. These rules are superficially very stringent and there are frequent modifications to these rules to stay up-to-date on… Read More...
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Do your due diligence

12 February, 2021 // Editorials, Top News // 0 Comments
This semester, the numbers of unique COVID-19 cases per day at both Brandeis and in the United States are higher than they were last semester. Counterintuitively, we are also experiencing a high level of COVID-19… Read More...
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Looking forward

4 December, 2020 // Editorials, Top News // 0 Comments
Thankfully, the long trudge through 2020 is almost over, and the promise of a new year, however symbolic, cannot help but inspire hope and fear for the coming winter of our discontent. Brandeis has faced… Read More...
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Stay connected this break

20 November, 2020 // Editorials, Top News // 0 Comments
Over the last few weeks, the number of cases of the novel coronavirus in the United States has spiked significantly. As students leave campus for the semester, we, the editorial board of The Brandeis Hoot,… Read More...
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