Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
It’s a new year and a new semester for those of us returning to college at Brandeis. The weather is growing harsher, it’s snowing a bit more, the people in general seem to have developed some degree of resistance to getting sick here and everybody is steadily acclimating themselves to sleeping at ridiculous hours. As […]
Two Nikon camera bodies, four lenses, a camera bag and other related equipment were reported stolen from the Brandeis Media Coalition room last Sunday by the head staff of The Brandeis Hoot. Hoot editorial staff met with Detective Sergeant Dana Kelley the following Tuesday to discuss the incident. The meeting came very soon after a […]
Ever wonder what’s it like to be a midyear at Brandeis? For the average student, he or she will never be able to experience the constant welcoming remarks for the first two weeks, nor will he or she experience the extravagant first-year living arrangements. Some may say midyears are just lucky, others will note that […]
If you remember walking into your first class here at Brandeis and being completely astonished at how many students were sitting in this tiered lecture hall, you are one of many. As I am early in my college career and have not finalized my major, I have had the pleasure of having taken quite a […]
Over winter break, rumors began to circulate that Brandeis will soon raise the cost of housing and require that every student living on campus have a meal plan. On Dec. 2, the Student Union Senate Dining Committee and Executive Board issued a survey, requesting that students comment about their satisfaction with meal plans. One question […]
Sometimes watching YouTube feels like eating the last of the potato chips: You’re tired of feeding yourself junk, but you just have to keep going until you can’t go any longer. YouTube’s never-ending supply of unsatisfying clips can leave you in such a funk that when you do find a quality channel it can come […]
Many of us pledge that with this new year, we will eat healthier, exercise more often, lose weight, and the like, and these are all wonderful goals, but college students aren’t exactly known for their healthy lifestyles. We stay up late snacking on chips and cookies, eat at an all-you-can-eat buffet and treat ourselves to […]
“The Wolf of Wall Street,” a rivet- ing black comedy directed by Martin Scorsese, tells the true story of Jordan Belfort’s success and eventual down- fall as a stockbroker. Belfort, played by Leonardo Di- Caprio, starts out as an ethical young man selling penny stocks who even- tually makes enough money to start his own […]
The Department of Community Living recently announced that housing selection, a rather tense yearly ritual for Brandeisians, will be moved entirely online starting this year. The Community Living website boasts that “You will no longer need to appear at a certain day and time to select your room” and outlines five easy steps students should […]
Brookline teenager Caleb Jacoby, whose disappearance last week provoked a massive community search effort before he was found safely in New York City on Jan. 9, ran away on his own, according to the Brookline Police Department. Jacoby, the 16-year-old son of Jeff Jacoby, a columnist for The Boston Globe, went missing from his home […]
