Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Imagine that you’re a Democratic member of Congress who voted for the recent health care legislation backed by President Barack Obama. You’re at home in your district telling your constituents about all your hard work. How will you respond when they bring up the new health care law? Thank you so much for universal health […]
Bicycle parts sprouted from the ground and trees alike yesterday on the walk from the Shapiro Camus Center to Usdan as part of Students for Environmental Action’s (SEA) event “Bike Bloom.” The blooming bikes, accompanied by signs reading “put the fun between your legs” and “burn fat not gas,” were meant to remind students that […]
In honor of April 1st, The Hoot presents our annual April Fools’ issue: [issuu layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml showflipbtn=true documentid=100326050126-5cbf2902b47e4b55a890e033a028918e docname=the_hoot_03-26-2010-fools username=thebrandeishoot loadinginfotext=The_Hoot_03-26-2010-%20April%20Fools width=600 height=464 unit=px]
Imagine a national magazine that is geared towards college students, one that doesn’t center on celebrity gossip and instead provides advice on dorm life and even has a section devoted just to Brandeis. Take a look at Her Campus, an online magazine written by college students for college students, and you’ll find just that. Her […]
Students gathered to sleep on the Great Lawn in front of the Shapiro Campus Center Thursday night in a large-scale refusal to sleep in dorms powered by “dirty energy.” Students for Environmental Action (SEA) and the statewide Students for a Just and Stable Future (SJSF) organized the event in order to raise awareness on campus […]
The SunDeis Film Festival Committee yesterday filed a complaint of slander with the Union Judiciary (UJ) against Illona Yuhaev, a member of the Indie Louies Film Festival committee, for printing false information about SunDeis on the Indie Louies Web site. The UJ had not decided whether to grant certiorati and hold a trial by press […]
Marketmatch Research is currently collecting numerical data in order to increase dining options for the Brandeis community. “It’s difficult for us as an organization to meet everyone’s needs, in the real world you don’t open up a business unless revenue wise it makes sense. We can’t put a café in every new building just because […]
Students, administrators and the Chaplaincy held a peace vigil at the Peace Circle March 12 following the vandalism and theft at the the Muslim Student Association (MSA) lounge March 5. Under a “Brandeis Peace Vigil” sign, nearly 100 people overcrowded the Circle to share a moment of silence and listen to thoughts on how to […]
The flooding and water damage to numerous residence halls and the Green Room of the library has been fixed, according to an e-mail from Facilities Services and Vice President and Vice Provost for Libraries and Information Services Perry Hanson, the university official overseeing the library. While Shapiro Hall in Massell Quad and Usen Castle were […]
