Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
The Brandeis men’s basketball team suffered a major setback this weekend in their quest for a berth into the NCAA Division III tournament. This past Friday the Judges fell at Rochester 76-61 as the Judges could just not stop the Yellowjackets’ offense, and then two days later on Sunday, the Judges failed to complete a […]
The Brandeis women’s basketball team has further fallen down the UAA standings after dropping both games this past weekend, a 53-48 loss to Emory and a 53-37 loss to 11th-ranked Rochester. Two weeks ago, the Judges were hoping to establish momentum after notching their first UAA victory; however, they proceeded to go 0-4 on their […]
This past Saturday the men’s fencing team went 2-3 at the Duke Invitational, finishing in a tie for third place. The Judges defeated Johns Hopkins for the second week in a row, 17-10, while edging North Carolina 14-13 to avenge a loss from earlier in the season against the Tar Heels. Brandeis had hard-fought 15-12 […]
This past weekend at the Duke Invitational the Brandeis women’s fencing team struggled, going 1-4 with three of their four losses against nationally ranked teams. The Judges’ only victory was an 18-9 win against Air Force, while their four losses came against top-ranked Penn State 20-7, eighth-ranked Temple 18-9, 10th-ranked Duke 22-5 and North Carolina […]
The Brandeis women’s basketball team has further fallen down the UAA standings after dropping both games this past weekend, a 53-48 loss to Emory and a 53-37 loss to 11th-ranked Rochester. Two weeks ago, the Judges were hoping to establish momentum after notching their first UAA victory; however, they proceeded to go 0-4 on their […]
Brandeis track and field athletes turned in exceptional showings at the 2012 Boston University Valentine’s Day Invitational during the past weekend. Distance runner Kate Warwick ’12 placed 10th in the 5,000-meter run at 17:03.44 at the meet for men and women, placing her sixth among collegiate runners and second among Division III competitors. It was […]
You may be surprised to hear that I am not unhappy being a midyear. I know that it has been discussed many times, but as a receiver of the midyear acceptance letter, I can’t emphasize the confusion and insecurity that follows its delivery. I spent the many months separating my acceptance to the university and […]
A recent conversation with a friend got me thinking about intelligence. We were discussing neuroscience when she told me that she’s not very good at it. This confused me. I know that neuroscience is an intense subject to study, but my friend is intelligent and does well in her classes. Yet she described herself as […]
Chicken is a game between two parties in which both take positions and attempt to make the other yield, with the worst possible situation being neither party yielding. A simple example would be two cars driving down a single-lane road. As they approach each other, both sides try to get the other to move to […]
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, a movie like “The Vow”—with its tragic, life-changing, world-shaking romance—was more than expected. The movie, directed by Michael Sucsy, is doomed to predictability from the start, with an eye-locking moment, a chocolate-filled first date, an invitation to move-in and a strange declaration of love. Nonetheless, it meets its chick-flick […]
