Features
Waltham Wonders
Exploring Waltham is easy due to the BranVan and the town's walkability.
What's the tea?
On March 12, Moody St. gained an exciting new store: Kung Fu Tea. This store specializes in bubble tea, offering a wide variety of flavors and variations of the popular beverage. The bubble tea craze has recently dominated the beverage world of the United States. Popular restaurants, including the many Thai food locations scattered around the Waltham area, incorporate variations of this Taiwanese drink into menus, but those are often substandard compared to that of specialty shops. This new addition to the Waltham community has not disappointed the boba-fanatics of Brandeis.
Fall 2019 course registration brings excitement
While many Brandeisians have just started easing off their stress from “midterm madness,” they again face some “life-and-death” decisions. On Wednesday, April 3, course registration for the Fall 2019 semester opened.
Forum
Views on the News: Brexit
This coming Friday, the United Kingdom is set to leave the European Union with or without trade and economic deals, unless an extension is agreed upon by the Union. The International Monetary Fund has stated that the UK leaving the EU abruptly would shrink the country’s Gross Domestic Product and could trigger a recession and a deterioration of the world economy. Do you agree with the IMF’s analysis? How do you think the UK leaving the EU without a deal will impact the UK’s and the EU’s economies in the immediate aftermath, and the world economy in the long term?
Editorial: Union should re-evaluate duties and values
Last week, Executive Senator Kent Dinlenc ’19 introduced a proposal to de-charter The Brandeis Hoot, a campus newspaper established in 2005. The Senate waited a week between the proposal introducing to the Senate members and voting on it. This break allowed time for students to rally in support for The Brandeis Hoot, which circulated a petition asking students and clubs to “stand in solidarity with us and support that The Hoot should not be de-chartered as a club on campus.”
Give those whose views you disagree with a chance to speak
At the invitation of the Brandeis Young Americans for Liberty, Fox News anchor John Stossel presented his lecture “Freedom and its Enemies” to a crowd of around two hundred people in Olin-Sang 101 two weeks ago. I was in the front row. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but whatever it was, I did not get it.
Sports
Brandeis soars into US Quidditch Cup 12
Following a rocky start to the season, the Brandeis Quidditch team attended nationals in Round Rock Texas.
Outdoor season is in full swing
One third of the way through the season, both teams show no chance of slowing down.
Despite minor setback, team continues to thrive
Judges lost for the first time this season against Case Western Reserve University.
Arts & Culture
Fun on Great Lawn
As part of the Festival of the Creative Arts, Brandeis’s pep band Music And Dance Band performed on the Great Lawn behind the Shapiro Campus Center on April 7th.
Greek Mythology with a modern taste
It was the first production that I have seen during my time at Brandeis — and it surely was not one to miss.
Arts in Archives
Art & Text in the Archives, an event hosted at Brandeis University Archives & Special Collections as a part of the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts, showed many texts that ranged in design and age for all to enjoy.
Pete Buttigieg’s Millennial Good Faith
Brandeis soars into US Quidditch Cup 12
Give those whose views you disagree with a chance to speak
Dinlenc withdraws Hoot proposal
Congressman discusses U.S.-Israel relationship