Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
As part of a classroom initiated project, students from Professor Laura Goldins course Greening the Ivory Tower (AMST 191b), planted blueberry bushes behind the Sachar International Center in an attempt to slow erosion and preserve the state of the Sachar Woods wetland. Children and caretakers from the Lemberg Childrens Center and members of Brandeis Facilities Services also participated in the project.
The administration announced Oct. 13 that Ridgewood Quad would likely be destroyed in spring 2007 to make space for two to three new residence halls.
The Student Union has scheduled an event for October 20th entitled Purple Rain, after the 1984 film and soundtrack created by Prince. The event is to be held on the Great Lawn, and will be the first Brandeis event at which the new Civic Responsibility Model will be implemented.
Thursday evening, portions of campus lost electrical power for roughly ninety minutes. The areas affected were: the Shapiro Campus Center, the Science Center, the North Academic Quad, the North Residence Quad, Kutz, Goldfarb, Rosenthal Quad, Massell Quad, the Administration Building, Usdan, Sherman, and the Faculty Center. According to a campus-wide email sent by Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Peter French, the cause of the outage is under investigation.
A bid to charter the newly-formed Free Play Theatre Cooperative (FPTC) was defeated Sunday after more than two hours of discussion, Union officials said. The final vote was 9-8 against the proposal.
Time to brush off that saxophone and show some spirit! The newly formed Brandeis Marching Band is getting to work on some spunky tunes to liven up this seasons basketball games and campus events. Theyre working on pep band favorites including YMCA, Rock and Roll Part II (also known as the Hey Song), Tequila, We Will Rock You and the Chicken Dance. Student Ben Pernick has arranged the Rocky Theme for the group and Amelia Liphardt has composed a Brandeis Fight Song.
The Brandeis Marching Band was chartered this year by the Student Union. The group currently numbers between ten and twenty, depending on other groups rehearsals. Their third rehearsal was a bit sparse due to a competing rehearsal of the jazz ensemble for Seussical. When not otherwise enriching the sound of Brandeis, they rehearse Monday nights at 9 p.m. in Ziv commons under their own direction.
Two Brandeis athletes were rewarded this week for their individual efforts volleyball captain Shannon Trees 08 and veteran goalkeeper Betsy Medow 08 each won defensive player of the week honors. Their defensive talents helped give volleyball and soccer strong performances for the week.
Brandeis swimming faced off against division one opponent, Boston College. BC came out on top , defeating the Brandeis men 112-141 and the women 117-141. Nonetheless, the Judges came in undaunted and left with a similar feeling. As co-captain Matt Lerman 07 explained, We were really excited, this was a big meet for us considering that it was a division I team and the first meet, I think everyone rose up and did well.
Braving the relatively chilly weather, the Brandeis Golf Team competed at New York University this past Saturday and Sunday. The Judges were able to place 10th and 11th at the Violet classic on what they considered to be a relatively difficult course. This competition comes toward the end of their season as they used this tournament to prepare for the big championship meets in the future.
