Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Welcome back everyone. After a short break for Thanksgiving, I’m back with the last picks of both the semester, and the season. When we come back next semester it will be the post season and I haven’t decided whether I’ll cover the post-season or not. As it stands, last time (two weeks ago) my picks […]
Every Monday and Wednesday, a group of girls gathers in Gosman. They are tour guides, belly dancers, Student Union senators, lab assistants and members of Waltham Group. They all share one special bond—they are members of the Brandeis cheerleading squad, a little-known campus group. When Reina Guerrero ’11 joined the cheerleading squad, she had one […]
Student Union President Daniel Acheampong ’11 announced proposed upcoming dining service expansions that include an Einstein’s enlargement and serving of hot food and a second location for the P.O.D. Convenience Store (C-Store) at his fall semester State of the Union address Thursday in Rapaporte Treasure Hall and Senior Vice President for Administration Mark Collins confirmed […]
Interfaith cooperation requires that people take pride in their individual religious identities and realize that societies, not people, are multi-cultural, Frederick Lawrence, the university’s next president, said during a reception Monday evening in Rapaporte Treasure Hall. “It’s actually pretty idiotic to think of people being multi-cultural,” Lawrence said. “For interfaith [cooperation] to make any sense, […]
Multimedia journalist Nona Willis Aronowitz presented her book, “GirlDrive, Criss-Crossing America, Redefining Feminism” Tuesday. “GirlDrive,” is about her road trip with Emma Bee Bernstein across the United States to discover how their generation of young women relates to feminism and ideas about gender justice. Aronowitz called “GirlDrive” a travel diary and a social history of […]
Spectrum, an autism awareness group on campus, held Brain Awareness Week at Brandeis this week in order to raise awareness about the community of people living with a range of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Spectrum, which stands for support, progress, empowerment, communication, trust, respect, understanding and motivation, was founded by co-presidents Jake Crosby ’11 and […]
The university Committee on Drug and Alcohol and Policy will offer new opportunities for students to give feedback on alcohol use on campus, Professor Len Saxe (HELLER), Chair of the committee wrote to students in an e-mail Thursday evening. “In line with our charge from President Reinharz, we are committed to providing an honest assessment […]
Student organizers of the Brandeis chapter of Colleges Against Cancer (CAC) united Thursday to encourage others to quit smoking as part of the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smoke Out, an annual event that takes place on the third Thursday in November. “It is a national quit-day so that anyone interested in quitting has the […]
Any Brandeis student walking by Chapels’ Field on a given afternoon might bear witness to a group of men running drills and practicing rigorously. Assuming that there are no brooms between the legs of players, chances are that these athletes are the members of TRON, Brandeis’ men’s Ultimate Frisbee team, working hard to prepare for […]
