
Quadball Strikes Back
Beaters, chasers, headbands, and a thrifted pink panther named Balthazaar. Oh, and don’t forget your broomstick. These are all integral parts of Brandeis’ quadball club team. In the last edition of The Hoot, I set out to investigate the stigma surrounding ultimate frisbee. This journey involved an interview with Brandeis Tron’s Nathaniel “Atlas” Friedman, where he defended the top-tier athleticism of practitioners of his sport and gave some insight of what the men’s team here on campus is like. Over the course of our conversation, Friedman brought up quadball and leveled some hefty criticism of his fellow Brandeis club team. His comments included calling out practitioners of quadball claiming that their “practice” (Friedman put air quotes around that word) on Chapels’ Field is “a disgrace to everyone” and “Quadball puts








