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October 2009 Issue
Obbini Tumbao shakes up Brandeis with Latin grooves
As I walked out of Slosberg last Saturday night, one distinct impression surfaced my mind: “Damn, Brandeis can dance.” For those of you who weren’t showing off your salsa skills that evening, you missed out on Obbini Tumbao, a wildly envigorating Afro-Cuban jazz ensemble. This concert was part of the World Music Series in conjunction […]
A modern variation of a classic love story
Some stories are good, and some good stories are classics. But only a handful of classics are truly timeless. Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is the ‘classic’ example. Despite having over-analyzed it to exhaustion in our English Lit courses and having seen numerous modern-day conversions of it for television, stage, and film, this tragic tale of […]
Boring ‘White Collar’ stigma broken with USA’s sexy new show
The term “white collar” gets a whole new meaning with the help of the newest show from the USA network of the same name. No longer just a description for mundane paper-pushing office jobs, “White Collar,” which made its debut last Friday, now stands for one of the sexiest and wittiest hours on TV this […]
‘Wild Things’ makes my heart sing
The thing about having a happy childhood is that no matter how well-adjusted, privileged, and otherwise positively-thinking I was as a child, I can still recall the most minor of slights from parents, siblings, and friends. It seems that Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers had the same recollections in creating “Where the Wild Things Are.” […]
Campus ‘falls’ for festivities
Parents and relatives from around the globe arrived at the Shapiro Campus Center (SCC) atrium to pick up information guides last night to kick off the university’s Fall Fest family celebration, which will continue through Sunday. One of the first activities of the weekend was a chocolate-tasting and student competition, held last night in the […]
Union to advocate for student rep. on presidential search committee
Student Union President Andy Hogan ’11 and Student Representatives to the Board of Trustees Heddy Ben-Atar ’11 and Jon Kane ’10 will meet with Board of Trustees Chair Malcolm Sherman today in the hopes of negotiating the inclusion of a student member on the Presidential Search Committee, according to a source with knowledge of the […]
SEA advocates ‘green fees’ to pay for more sustainable Brandeis
Students for Environmental Action (SEA) has posted a poll on the server surveymonkey.com in order to appraise whether Brandeis students would be willing to pay an extra $15 on their yearly tuition to go toward environmentally-friendly initiatives on campus. If it elicits favorable reactions, the poll will serve as a platform for SEA to advocate […]
JBS finances and programs finalized
The Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UCC) reviewed nine Justice Brandeis Semester (JBS) pilot program proposals yesterday, which will be reviewed by Dean of Arts and Sciences Adam Jaffe for approval next week. Jaffe refused to discuss which proposals the UCC had or had not approved, explaining that he wished to notify members involved with the proposals […]
