Okapi! Lessons from the savanna

So heres another week gone by, and Ive just got this to say: Chill, Brandeis! It seems that controversy is in the air instead of the cooler days of fall I had been waiting for. Lately, the campus press has been abuzz with much fuss about allegedly stereotypical and pejorative statements. Insults are met with bigger insults;

anger begets anger. Must be the humidity. Well, if we cant bring on cooler weather, maybe its time for cooler heads;

well need the energy for the midterms…

Highs, lows, and in-betweens

Last weekend was a trial by fire for the volleyball squad, and they returned slightly singed. Brandeis went 1-2 at the Amherst Invitational Tournament, beating Trinity College on the first day (30-26, 30-23, 25-30, 26-30, 15-12) before losing a tough one to Middlebury (30-21, 20-30, 30-18, 31-33, 7-15) and then collapsing against Amherst (30-15, 30-19, 30-22). This weekends tournament brings the Judges record to 5-7.

XC runs into Harrier Classic

On Saturday at the Harrier Classic both Mens and Womens Cross Country teams demonstrated their depth and consistency. The men finished third out of 7 teams while the Women finished sixth out of a field of eleven. But those numbers should not be taken too seriously because the Harrier Classic was an open-meet and these student athletes competed against such running academies as the Boston Athletic Association and the Greater Boston Track Club.

Stewart scores lone goal as Judges defeat Colby

Shelton Stewart 06 placed himself closer to making Brandeis history by scoring his 37th goal, moving him into fourth place on Brandeiss career goal-scoring list. He is now only one point away from 100 in his career. The goal came on a direct free kick from 24 yards away, as the Judges defeated Colby-Sawyer 1-0. Brandeis improved its record to 5-2, while Colby-Sawyer dropped to 3-5.

Golf ties Tufts at ECACs

The Brandeis mens golf team tied Tufts University with an aggregate score of 333 (45 strokes over par) on September 27. The team competed at the par-72 Hampden Country Club in Hampden, Mass., with Alex Botwick 08 shooting a 36-44-80 (+8), tying him for 27th place of 90 players overall. Josh Levine 06 finished in 37th place with 41-40-81 (+9), Dan Shani 08 ended in 51st place shooting 41-42-83 (+11), and Ralph Harary 09 fired a 75th place score of 43-46-89 (+17).

This week in sports

This Week in sports……..

NFL Week 3 recap

This week was one of last-second thrillers, as more than one third of the 14 games played were won within the last 2 minutes of play. The closest of these tight games was an overtime victory by the Jacksonville Jaguars against the New York Jets, setting the Jets record to an unimpressive 1-2. However, the worst news for the Jets this week was the season-ending rotator cuff injury to starting quarterback Chad Pennington, and then soon after another injury to veteran backup QB Jay Fiedler. The loss of Pennington has spurred the Jets to resigning 41 year-old Vinny Testaverde, who started at quarterback for six seasons with the jets before losing his starting job to young Pennington. Testaverde is likely to start in next weeks game against the Baltimore Ravens.

NHL tries to win back fans with rule changes

Well folks, the lockouts over, the owners won but the game itself suffered a major defeat. Having been surpassed by NASCAR and the MLS gaining popularity, the NHL has its work cut out to regain public attention. They wont get that help from ESPN;

theyll be relying on the Outdoor Life Network (OLN). Maybe theyll trot out Lance Armstrong on skates to boost ratings if desperation calls.

WSoccer play mad hatter act against Westfield State

There are two ways that a soccer team can respond to a tough loss. The first is to carry the disappointment into the next match, which typically results in a flat and uninspired effort. The second is to come out full-throttle and immediately get back on track, and that is exactly what the Brandeis Womens team did on Tuesday against Westfield State.

At the turning

This is the story told at this time each year with a regularity as sure as the beating of a young heart. The day it would cease to be told: That indeed is the day my own heart would cease to be young, and I would wish then that it should beat no longer. Come now to the orchard, and witness the story with me as it is told once more…