Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
When President Obama entered office on Jan. 19, 2009, initial expectations were beyond unrealistic. Additionally, the raucous health care debate and the White House’s political operation’s failure to trumpet their many legislative successes made President Obama appear to be a disappointment. After two years in office, however, President Obama has finally begun to hit his […]
A student’s negligent and careless driving hospitalized two students last month. We are outraged that this university has had no formal response or statement to the community about what happened and what we can learn from it. We are not ignorant to believe that accidents do not happen or that they may never happen to […]
The provost search committee has already received many nominations for potential replacements for Marty Krauss, who currently holds the position. The provost is one of the most influential and important people on campus. Charged with shaping the university’s academics, choosing a new provost is as important as picking a new president. But you wouldn’t know […]
President Obama gave a good speech Tuesday night, but he could have made it even better by mentioning a small but important piece of news. Starting this week, the Department of Homeland Security will begin phasing out the Bush-era Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS). Few people—except perhaps those stuck in an airport—pay attention to the […]
From birth, Adie was different—tiny. From the beginning of the novel “Life in Miniature,” Adie—the smallest girl in her grade—is marked out as unusual. Her small stature gives her a unique vision of the world around her, which author and Brandeis alumna Linda Schlossberg depicts with poignant and specific imagery. Adie notices and remarks on […]
How many times during the course of a day do you hear someone behind you in class groan: “Ugh, I’m so tired!” Or better yet, how many times have you been the one complaining about how little sleep you got the night before. Look around you—everyone in college is in a state of perpetual exhaustion: […]
Winter break sucked. NOWAITDON’TYELLATME. Just let me explain. Hot off of the first semester of my first year at Brandeis, I craved the constant stimulation of being on a college campus; the luxury of always having a friend around to talk to, to watch a movie with or to have a drink … of milk […]
President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union message on Tuesday night. It was followed by a response delivered by the Republican Chairman of the House Budget Committee, Paul Ryan. For more than an hour, millions of Americans curled up on the couch and forgot about the frigid temperatures outside as the hot air […]
Perhaps the most troubling foreign policy dilemma for the United States today is the question of Iran. According to news reports, the infamous Stuxnet virus has sabotaged approximately 1,000 centrifuges at Iran’s primary uranium enrichment plant at Natanz. The success of this cyber-attack is encouraging but it will only delay the growth of, rather than […]
We live in a world where we are constantly bombarded by sexual images and fascinating tales of intrigue. From childhood we have access to things that horrify our grandparents and scare our parents. No question is too personal and no content is too salacious. But how much is too much? Have we lost our internal […]
