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Long before the AFL-NFL merger, the NFL has played various forms of “All-Star” games. The current incarnation, with teams divided between the AFC and NFC, has been played continuously since the 1970 season when the merger between the two leagues began. From the 1979 season through the 2008 season, the game has been played at […]
The men’s and women’s fencing teams placed two saber fencers on the University Athletics Association’s Athlete of the Week honors list during the week of Jan. 23, according to a Brandeis statement on the event. Anna Hanley ’11 earned the honor for the first time this season while Adam Austin ’11 earned it again in […]
The Brandeis men’s and women’s indoor track teams travelled into Cambridge on Sunday for the Greater Boston Track Club Invitational. While the Judges didn’t walk away with any first place finishes, several strong performances ensured that the trip was a success. Grayce Selig ’11 continued her unparalleled Brandeis career with a third-place finish in the […]
The visiting Washington University women’s basketball team outscored host Brandeis University 21-1 during the first 5:18 and 30-3 during the first 9:24 as the Bears defeated the Judges, 66-36, in Red Auerbach Arena. The Bears improve to 13-3, 4-1 University Athletic Association (UAA), while the Judges, who lost their second-straight game against a ranked opponent, […]
The 21st-ranked men’s basketball team suffered its third loss in the past four games as the Judges fell to Washington University. The Judges fall to 12-3, 2-3 in the University Athletic Association (UAA), while the Bears improved to 8-8, 2-3 in the UAA. The Judges did not lead in the entire game and put on […]
When Skyler Kasko ’14 arrived at Brandeis, he knew how to juggle and sought out the Brandeis Juggling Society. “It’s a pretty small club, so I’m one of the few regular members,” he said. “I learned something from the club though. The first meeting I went to, I learned to juggle clubs.” The juggling club […]
Film Pick: ‘A Room with a View’ In one of the most romantic films of recent years, a young and British Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham Carter) travels to Florence, Italy with her prudish chaperone (Maggie Smith) in order to experience a more vibrant way of life. When she arrives she is dismayed to discover that […]
“I just want to be perfect,” ballerina Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman) tells the director of her ballet company. In a way, director Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan” achieves the off-kilter perfection Nina desperately craves through its combination of artful melodrama and strong visual style. “Black Swan” centers on Nina, a quiet young woman who has spent […]
It starts with a tragedy. The pilot of PBS’s British import “Downton Abbey” begins with the upper class Crawley family hearing the news that the Titanic has sunk. The noble patriarch of the family, Lord Grantham (played by “Masterpiece” veteran Hugh Bonneville), is shaken by the fact that his immediate heirs have not survived the […]
Now that 2010 has actually ended, we can finally look at the top video games of the previous year. Before I do that, however, there are many games out there deserving honorable mention. “Mass Effect 2,” “Bioshock 2,” “Assassins Creed 2,” “ModNation Racers,” “Fable 3,” “Rockband 3,” “GoldenEye 007” and “Donkey Kong Country Returns” were […]
