Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
It’s the first week of your first year, welcome! If you’re anything like I was, you’re scared witless about making friends, getting along with the roommates in your forced triple, finding your classes, eating the food … and the opposite sex in general. During orientation, you probably looked around to see if there was anyone […]
According to the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture, the average American meal travels an estimated 1,500 miles from farm (or, more likely, factory) to plate. In order for this process to work, hundreds of trucks, ships, and planes need to burn thousands of tons of fossil fuels, polluting our atmosphere with even more […]
To the Brandeis men’s tennis team, the 2009-2010 season was one to remember. After finishing in fourth place in the University Athletic Association’s annual tournament–the team’s best result under current Head Coach Ben Lamanna–the squad earned itself national recognition. The 30th ranked Judges are the first Brandeis men’s tennis team to have earned a national […]
The Brandeis women’s tennis team is back, boasting new players, key veterans, an award winning coaching staff and a whole lot of depth. “One of the biggest things that hurt us towards the end of [last] year was a lack of depth,” head coach Ben Lamanna told The Hoot. After senior starter Emily Weisberger ’10 […]
The 2009 season was a frustrating one for the Brandeis men’s soccer team. The squad played its way to a 6-10-2 record, dropping seven games by a one goal margin. Michael Coven, now entering his 38th year as the team’s head coach, wasn’t looking to make excuses. “We want to improve… last year wasn’t a […]
New England’s top ranked Division III cross country team is about to return to the track. The Brandeis men’s cross country team was named the region’s best in a preseason poll, conducted by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. At the conclusion of the 2009 season, the Judges were ranked […]
Qualification is the goal for the Brandeis women’s cross-country team in 2010. Needing a top five finish to advance to nationals, the Judges finished sixth in New England regionals last season. In 2010, the Judges are looking to move up in the ranks. The key to the team’s success may be Grayce Selig ’11, a […]
Could this be the year for the Brandeis women’s soccer team? After a successful 2009 in which the squad went 10-6-5 overall (3-3-1 in conference play) and earned its third consecutive berth in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Finals, there is optimism that 2010 will be even brighter. “[We] are going to be awesome this […]
After playing to an 18-17 record last season (including a disappointing 2-9 in conference play), the Brandeis volleyball team is looking for a spike in success in 2010. A trio of All-UAA honorees hopes to get them there. After sitting out her freshman year due to injury, Paige Blasco ’11 achieved All-UAA status for the […]
Brandeis Presidential-appointee Frederick Lawrence smiled at the nervous and excited first-years as he moved from room to room in Deroy Residence Hall while first- years crammed personal belongings into their new homes. This was, after all, the start of the same long and life-changing journey for him too. As music blasted from one end of […]
