Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
In the spirit of New Year’s resolutions, it appears that the Student Union is resolving to rise above the infighting of last semester and focusing on making concrete progress in the direction of the student body’s wants and needs. Over the winter break it became apparent that, due to architectural difficulties, the late-night diner slated […]
Last week the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) published the latest study into the number of Iraqis killed since the US-led invasion in 2003. The article, which used the same cluster-sampling methodology as two previous studies published in the Lancet, drew a shocking conclusion: as of mid-2006, 151,000 Iraqis have died as a result […]
The race for the White House is truly a race, and Mitt Romney is running so fast that he seems to have left a few things behind. Once a liberal Republican governor of Massachusetts, he has recently branded himself as the only “true conservative” in the GOP presidential race. This change of heart has been […]
What is the status of the West Bank? This territory is home to many people of various walks of life, chiefly Christians, Muslims and Jews. Within this territory lies the city of Hebron, one of Judaism’s four holiest cities, and home to the burial site of the three patriarchs, and three of the matriarchs. Another […]
I used to think that if I wished really, really hard at 11:11, or helped withered old ladies to the other side of the street, that someone would fall in love with me. I was passing out charity and timed prayers in exchange for love. Not that I’ve changed or anything, but I have shifted […]
From the packed room of around 500 people Tuesday evening ( Jan 8 ) in Manchester, NH, one would have no idea what the poll numbers were like. With the uncertainty of any poll, and the difficulty of polling accurately in the four days between the Iowa Caucus and the New Hampshire Primary, it was […]
After much anticipation, former President Bill Clinton visited Brandeis this past December. Although many people probably did not know the precise reasons for Clinton’s speech, thousands of people attended the event. These spectators observed the contributions made by Americorps and the City Year Boston program. After some tunes by a steel drum orchestra, Clinton proceeded […]
Oh, another year gone, another batch of broken resolutions to stash away in our mental scrapbooks. First, I’d like to start off by wishing everyone a very happy New Year and hope that this one is your best yet! So, back to reality now as we all realize after eating all those yummy holiday foods […]
By now, I think everyone is familiar with the saying, “don’t be that guy.” We all know our fair share of people who are repeated “that guy” offenders. People who just always seem to do or say the wrong thing at the wrong time. The following is a list of “that guy” delinquents who bother […]
Sam Vaghar, ’08, probably never envisioned that after reading The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs in 2005 he would be attending a school that was in second place among 100 other colleges nationwide in a competition to end the poverty which Sachs addresses. In his book, Sachs, an economist at Columbia University, calls for […]
