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Reflections on the 2025 elections

On Tuesday, Nov. 4, multiple major elections were held in several different states across the country. In Virginia, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger defeated Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears to become the state’s first female governor. Rep. Mikie Sherrill defeated businessman Jack Ciattarelli to become the next governor of New Jersey. In a race many people were following closely, State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa to become mayor of New York City. Democrats Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard retook two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission in an upset victory. Voters in California passed Prop. 50, giving Gov. Gavin Newsom the ability to redraw the state’s congressional maps. Three Democratic justices won re-election to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. All around, it was a good

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On the Other Hand: On Ranked Choice Voting

Background: On June 24, 2025, New York State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani overcame frontrunner former Governor Andrew Cuomo to win the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York City. While Mamdani secured a clear plurality from the outset, New York City’s

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Ragebait: What it is and how to avoid it

In a time not long after dinosaurs went extinct shortly before the innovation of smart fridges, being a provocative jerk on the internet was rightly frowned upon as a negative character trait and nothing more. Beginning at the turn of

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Hoot Recommends: Study Spots

Welcome back to Hoot Recommends! In this issue, we are going to tell you about the best spots to study on campus! With work ramping up and finals season looming ominously over all of us, we all could use some extra time to study. However, the place where you study

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Kicked Out of Eurovision: A Reflection

Dutch singer Joost Klein was kicked out of and banned from Eurovision on the day of the 2024 grand final. This decision followed an incident where Klein gestured “threateningly” at a cameraman. Klein had made it clear that he did not want to be filmed at the moment and asked

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My Hyperfixation on the Sherm Jasmine Rice: The Chronicles

Our story begins one faithful afternoon in Sherman function hall roughly two years ago … I, a young woman with chronic stomach issues, was on a new diet where I could no longer eat gluten (or really anything with good seasoning). My usual pizza and salad combo would no longer

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Using Letterboxd to Ruin My Friendships

I recently became a Film, Television and Interactive Media minor, which means people have to start taking my movie opinions seriously—since they now qualify as an “academic pursuit of knowledge and expertise.” Inversely, I also feel compelled to check on my friends and their movie standards and have realized there

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The Decline of Trick or Treating

On the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 25, I was driving into Newton from campus to pick up something from a store for my Halloween costume. On my way, I noticed something: there were some children dressed in costumes, partaking in what I assumed was trick-or-treating.  Keep in mind, this was

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The Scramble for Spots

For Brandeis students living on campus, obtaining parking has become a privilege reserved for the lucky winners of a controversial lottery. Recent parking restrictions introduced by the Office of Parking and Traffic have only fueled growing frustration among both students and parents. These restrictions include the elimination of 340 parking

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