In case you haven’t gathered from some of my friends’ articles, this edition of the Brandeis Hoot will be my last one as Arts Editor. I still have one more year at Brandeis and I...
When you’re as much of a fan of Shakespeare as I am, you will often encounter one particular question: “who do you think wrote Shakespeare’s plays?” Said question tends to come from well-meaning but not...
This year’s NBA and NHL playoffs are overlapping more than usual, as they have been ever since the introduction of the play-in games for the NBA. Each league’s playoff format features eight teams, with each...
Hello valued Hoot readers. For our last edition of the year, as we dream of a time in the distant future when finals are done and there are no more class assignments to do, our...
From April 3-6, the Brandeis University Undergraduate Theater Collective (UTC) presented “Noises Off” by Michael Frayn, directed by Laurel Davidoff ’25. A farcical, physical comedy-heavy show that calls for a rotating set, “Noises Off” is...
No one ever thought that the NHL goal record could be beat. On March 29, 1999, Wayne Gretzky scored his 894th and final goal, in a match against the New York Islanders, during his 1,487th...
In my quest to get people to realize that they can follow gymnastics outside of the Olympics, I come with another article on college gymnastics. More specifically, a preview of the NCAA gymnastics postseason, which...
The book that has captured the BookTok imagination this week is “Sunrise on the Reaping” by Suzanne Collins. It’s part of the “Hunger Games” universe, and for purposes of this review, I am going to...
A couple weeks ago, I was musing about what would happen if the Pope dies and a new Pope needs to be selected. A friend looked at me, shocked. “You haven’t watched “Conclave”?!” she demanded....
From March 7 to March 9, the Brandeis Department of Theater Arts staged “Intractable Woman,” written by Italian playwright Stefano Massini and translated into English by Paula Wing. It tells the story of journalist Anna...
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