Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
All looked lost for the Judges on the road at MIT and down 3-0 after halftime. However, demonstrating the heart and spirit that Coach Mike Coven always mentions when talking about his players, Brandeis scored four unanswered goals and stunned the Engineers 4-3. Notching a hat trick in the effort was offensive dynamo Ben Premo 09. The rookies also played a vital role in the turnaround.
Brandeis has a new softball coach, just the second in its history. Her name is Jessica Johnson and she brings a history of winning with her.
All good things must come to an end, but I can certainly bet the womens soccer team agrees that there are better ways to go than losing 3-1 to non-conference rivals Tufts on Wednesday.
Brandeis womens soccer was honored as two players, Melissa Gordon 07 and Sarah Jasak 08 were selected as members of D3kicks.com Team of the Week with over a month of the season covered.
Though most of the Brandeis Mens tennis team took the weekend off, the Judges sent two athletes to compete this Saturday. Sam Jonas 07 and Mike Vulfovich 07 represented Brandeis at this two day tournament located in Williamstown, MA. Jonas was seeded 12th going into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association competition and his teammate was ranked similarly.
Brandeis volleyball's struggles continued last weekend as in their first UAA Round Robin, the Judges fell hard: dropping the first match to Rochester 2-3. They were then swept out with losses to Emory (1-3) and Carnegie-Mellon (0-3).
Baseball
Pedro Martinez will not pitch in the postseason for the Mets due to a torn tendon in his left calf.
Not since Elizbeth Berkley iced her nipples to pointy perfection in the campy classic Showgirls have “Saved by the Bell” alums created such a stir on the pop culture landscape. Now, not one, but two Bayside graduates are involved in separate, but in my opinion equally offensive, controversies.
Out in the far-western Pacific lies a young nation of widely-scattered islands and coral atolls called the Federated States of Micronesia. It covers an area of ocean as large as the United States, but its total land area is no bigger than Rhode Island. Among the hundreds of flat, ring-shaped atolls are Pingelap and Mokil (Mwoakilloa)… These islands have been of interest to geneticists because of the occurrence of a distinct form of total colorblindness, or achromatopsia, among their small populations…
The end of summer marks the end of the summer blockbusters, and ushers in a whole new crop of movies. This fall, films will be hitting our local Loew's that range from Sundance favorites and cartoon classics to serious Oscar contenders. The Hoot knows how important ten bucks can be, so we preview the fall's new movies for you here.
