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Just two months after being fired via the phone by the Penn State board of trustees for his failures in the Jerry Sandusky sexual child abuse scandal, Joe Paterno died this past Sunday from lung cancer. Paterno had been hospitalized since November 2011 when his son Scott Paterno announced that he had a treatable form […]
Over the weekend, the Brandeis women’s basketball team suffered losses at the hands of Washington University in St. Louis and University of Chicago. The losses, by margins of 17 and 28 respectively, put the Judges at a record of 7-9 overall, including 0-5 in University Athletic Association games. The struggling Judges have now lost five-straight […]
The University Athletic Conference (UAA) named Chris Brown ’12 of North Chelmsford, Mass., and Kim Farrington ’13 of Shirley, Mass., as the UAA Indoor Track and Field athletes of the week. Both Brown and Farrington were selected after successful performances at the Greater Boston Track Club (GBTC) Invitational at Harvard University on Jan. 22. Brown […]
This past Wednesday the Brandeis women’s fencing team edged host Wellesley College 14-13 in a very tight match. The Judges won epee 8-1 and sabre 6-3, but dropped the foil 9-0. In the sabre, Zoe Messinger ’13 and Emmily Smith ’13 each had three wins, while in the epee Emily Mandel ’12 and Leah Mack […]
Both the men’s and women’s track and field teams showed some strong performances this past Sunday at the non-scoring Greater Boston Track Club Invitational at Harvard University. While Chris Brown ’12 finished third in the Bill Squires Open Mile run, his time of 4:08.45 was the fastest in the UAA this season and the second […]
MBTA fare hikes and service reductions announced earlier this month would eliminate Fitchburg commuter rail service from Brandeis on weekends and after 10 p.m. on weekdays while increasing fares by as much as $2.25 per ride. The cuts would leave the free Boston/Cambridge Shuttle Service—which runs strictly when classes are in session—as the only campus-accessible […]
Memories of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision were palpable throughout the Brandeis community on Monday, as students and local residents participated in community service projects and listened to inspiring words. After almost five decades since Dr. King’s “I have a dream” speech, the Brandeis community joined together to assure that his dream has […]
The Brandeis Hoot, Brandeis University’s community newspaper, is rolling out a new “liveblog” called Brandeis News. The new blog will be available at brandeisnews.com. The premise of the blog is to share and discuss campus news as it happens. We welcome the community to post news, events, quotes, links and ideas. Student clubs and campus […]
Brandeis administrators Kathryn Howell and Shannon Hunt recently shot webisodes for “Food New England,” a video channel that launched as a beta channel on YouTube in mid-November. “Food New England” is produced by Robert Mighty, who also directed the show when it was aired on television. When “Food New England” was featured on Channel 5, […]
Brandeis alumnus Robert Shapiro, a longtime university donor and honored trustee, died earlier this month after having struggled with cancer for more than a year. He was 81. “To me, Robert was Brandeis,” Senior Vice President of Institutional Advancement Nancy Winship said. “He was dedicated to two families—the Shapiro family and the Brandeis family.” The […]
