I am a chronic procrastinator. I am haunted by the specter of many missed assignments and have risked failure of classes many times in my life because of it. Even as an adult, I continue to fight this battle between a desire to get things done and embracing life’s simple

Welcome to the final Hoot Recommends of the semester! At this time of the year, the holiday magic is in full swing, and one of the main contributors to this is the incessant holiday music being played everywhere, from the radio to the stores. So, at The Brandeis Hoot, we

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 application of ranked choice voting (RCV), also known as an

Since I imagine most of you don’t follow politics as closely as I do, you may not have heard about the primary campaign currently taking place in Maine. Sen. Susan Collins, a so-called moderate who always votes for the Trump agenda–despite publicly expressing concern–was the deciding vote to confirm Brett

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 the decade, it became a career worthy of a six-figure