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As we enter Week 9 of the National Football League season, conversations are heating up about who will succeed in becoming Super Bowl Champions. Before the season started, some of the favorites to go the distance included the reigning Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs, the Super Bowl runner-ups. However, some of the teams leading the standings right now have shocked the league based on performances in the past few seasons.
The 2025 MLB season wrapped up on Saturday with the Los Angeles Dodgers winning their second consecutive World Series. The Dodgers fought past the Toronto Blue Jays in seven incredibly intense games that featured a total of 10 extra innings, 19 home runs and several controversial calls.
The Student Senate began their weekly meeting with a budget issue, asserting that $2200 of the annual budget has been used so far.
On Oct. 30, President Donald J. Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea, where they successfully “agreed on almost everything,” leaving Trump pleasantly rating their meeting at a “twelve out of ten.” Amidst growing political tensions that have been deteriorating since the beginning of United States-China relations, China’s decision to pause its curbs on rare earth mineral exports for one year and Trump’s lowering of tariffs has alleviated some pressures in both their economies.
The 2025-26 NBA season is only a week old and we’ve already seen historic performances, big surprises and involvement from the FBI. The season kicked off last Tuesday with an instant classic between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets. The game went to double overtime and came down to a single missed shot from the Rockets’ Jabari Smith Jr. to decide the game, with the Thunder coming out with the season’s first win. This game would prove to be prophetic of what would come over the next week.
On Oct. 26, Jannik Sinner played Alexander Zverev in the finals of the Erste Bank Open — commonly known as the Vienna Open. The two players previously met in the 2025 Australian Open in January, where Zverev had fallen to Sinner in straight sets with a score line of 3-6, 6-7, 3-6. In Vienna, Zverev had a chance to redeem himself, but he fell short again.
The Student Union convened at 7 p.m. on Oct. 26 for their regular weekly meeting. Due to low attendance, the senators decided to lower the voting quorum for the meeting to twelve. The Student Union President, Ria Escamilla-Gil ’27, was not present, and the meeting was led by Sarah Jafary ’28 and Daniel Shin ’27.
The second annual Albertine French Film Festival is now in full swing at the University. Last year, the festival’s inaugural week showcased a sweeping selection of contemporary French films at the Wasserman Cinemateque free of charge. Now in its second run, the festival presented by the French and Francophone Studies Program of the Department of Romance Studies spotlights even more French films, each of which pack a strong cultural punch. The festival began on Friday, Oct. 17, with the dark yet vibrant film “Disco Boy” (2023), providing the festival’s “Spotlight on Drama.” This week, the festival moved on to its “Spotlight on Documentary” with the haunting one-hour documentary “Dahomey” (2024), directed by Mati Diop. With a restrained and dreamlike meditation on colonialism and the effectiveness of restitution, this film follows 26 stolen royal treasures of the Kingdom of Dahomey as they are returned from Paris to their country of origin, the modern-day Republic of Benin.
The NFL's seventh week featured a mix of great plays, intense games and potentially the most controversial moment of the season thus far.
On Oct. 9, Brandeis Hillel held a vigil for the victims of the attack in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. The vigil, formatted as a service, was held in Berlin chapel. Between the accounts of community members who spoke about the lives of the deceased, a number of prayers were offered to honor the deceased. A screen at the front of the chapel displayed photos of victims of October 7.
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
Brandeis Emergency Medical Corps is undergoing various policy changes in the 2025-26 academic year. There has been confusion and speculation among the student body surrounding these changes.
The Brandeis Board of Trustees has named Arthur Levine ’70 official president of the University at the Sept. 16 installation ceremony held in the Napoli Room at the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center. Joined by about 60 trustees, senior administrators and several local alumni and donors, Levine was sworn in and presented the University medallion and charter. Having served as interim president since Nov. 1 2024, following president emeritus Ron Liebowitz’ resignation, Levine has taken office as tenth president of Brandeis.
With the NBA 2025-26 season just around the corner, fans and analysts alike are beginning to guess how the season will play out. At the top of all predictions and debates are speculations about the two most coveted achievements a player can receive: the NBA MVP award and a championship ring.
Spanning from Sept. 11 to Sept. 16 was New York Fashion Week. This semiannual event kicks off fashion month. NYFW is followed by all the other fashion capitals — London, Milan and Paris. These four events shape women’s wear for the upcoming spring and summer seasons.
All six states of New England struggle to produce talented and successful players for the National Basketball Association. Although New England has a great history of basketball with the Boston Celtics,a large population of basketball fans and a general population of 15 million people, there are still only eight active players in the NBA from New England. The state of Washington alone has nine active players compared to a population of 7.9 million.
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
Welcome back, Brandesians, to the second edition of The Opinion. In the previous edition, I discussed the intensity of University clubs — with many clubs mirroring today’s politics and stressors, which many students prefer to avoid. I argued that clubs should be taken less seriously not only for the betterment of students’ mental health, but also to improve campus culture as a whole. Today’s opinion will tackle a topic that I have heard discussed in the library numerous times.
On Saturday, Sept. 6, Aryna Sabalenka won her fourth Grand Slam, defeating Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 7-6(3) in the US Open finals at Arthur Ashe Stadium. This victory makes Sabalenka the first woman since Serena Williams to win back-to-back US Open titles. Sabalenka, a Belarusian player, started to rise in the ranks in 2021 when she reached her first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon. Known for her powerful hits, strength on the hard court and irregular playing style, she continues to prove her dominance as world number one.