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October 2006 Issue

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Cross-Country takes 20th in men’s and women’s competitions

Published October 13, 2006 in Sports - jr00576

After taking last weekend off from competitions, the men and womens varsity cross country teams had a great showing this weekend at the New England College Cross Country Championships. The Mens team was able to place 20th overall at this race while achieving the 8th highest point total of any division three team at the meet. The women were similarly 20th at the meet with a ranking of 9th out of all the division three squads present this Saturday. The teams achieved stand-out performances on the Franklin Park course for both the Mens and Womens squads.

MIT hacks WTennis into submission 2-7

Published October 13, 2006 in Sports - Zachary Aronow

Womens tennis finished their second to last match of the fall season on a sour note, dropped like a Bjorn Borg shot, 2-7 by MIT. The loss drops the Judges to 2-3 and now has only the Hewitt Tournament next week to try to rectify their season.

Premo wins 3rd UAA Athlete of the Week Award

Published October 13, 2006 in Sports - Zachary Aronow

Ben Premos 09 exceptionally strong performance this past week did not go unnoticed as the University Athletic Association (UAA) named him Mens Soccers Offensive Player of the Week ending September 8th.

MSoccer kicks away Newbury

Published October 13, 2006 in Sports - Neel Kamdar

The Brandeis mens soccer team split two decisions this week, falling to Rochester and defeating Newbury College in the two teams first ever meeting.

This week in sports

Published October 13, 2006 in Sports - Josh Geller

Baseball
Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle was killed along with his flight instructor when the plane he was flying crashed into a hi-rise Manhattan apartment. He was 34 years old.

The reviews are in!

Published October 13, 2006 in Opinions - eneedlem

When Amy Hoffmann 10 arrived on campus for First-Year Orientation, she found herself facing a much more daunting four days than she anticipated.

Balance and POWER

Published October 13, 2006 in Arts, Etc. - Anya Bergman

As visitors approach the entrance to the exhibit, the tinkling of water from the fountain in the outer hall begins to die away. Instead, deep male voices resonate from far inside the exhibit, issuing propaganda relics from the times of Nixon and Johnson, among others. The voices beckon one to the exhibit Balance and Power: Performance and Surveillance in Video Art, currently featured at the Rose Art Museum.

Feeling the Flavor

Published October 13, 2006 in Arts, Etc. - Daniel Kahn

This Sunday marks the end of the second season of one of the most glorious television programs ever created, Flavor of Love. Before you start thinking that the previous sentence was just an ironic statement about the declining state of American popular culture, let me clarify: I actually love Flavor of Love. By far the pinnacle of VH-1s seemingly never-ending stable of celeb-reality shows, Flavor is everything that an hour of mindless entertainment should be.

Directing Laramie

Published October 13, 2006 in Arts, Etc. - beckhtemp

This week Michael Carnow 07, director of Brandeis Ensemble Theatres production of The Laramie Project that will begin the Undergraduate Theatre Collectives mainstage season, was kind enough to spare a few minutes for an interview with The Hoot.

The Last Kiss doesn’t come in last

Published October 13, 2006 in Arts, Etc. - Lauren Stein

There are some movies that make you laugh, cry and unbelievably angry. And if its a good movie, it has the ability to make you feel all three. The Last Kiss, starring Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett and Rachel Bilson, is one of those movies. This Garden State-like film is perfect for college students and anyone in their 20s and 30s.

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