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This past Saturday, I had the opportunity to attend Brandeis Black Student Organization’s second “Shade of Blackness” event, which was held in the International Cultural Center. As I come from a predominantly white and rural town, it was an amazing chance to see this event.
Brandeis Liquid Latex held its 19th annual celebration of body positivity last Tuesday. This year’s event “Thank u, Latex” took inspiration from Ariana Grande’s hit song “thank u, next,” and each performance was an homage to pop culture.
The last film with an Asian and Asian-American ensemble cast was “The Joy Luck Club,” which came out in 1993 — until “Crazy Rich Asians” premiered in 2018. Bill Imada's marketing firm launched a marketing campaign in the hopes of obtaining an opening weekend of 19 million viewers — only to see 35 million people turn out, making it the most successful romantic comedy in almost a decade.
Jim Gray, the vice president of campus operations, will leave Brandeis for Smith College on April 19, according to an all-campus email on March 14 from Stew Uretsky, the executive vice president for finance and administration. Uretsky said that Gray will serve as Smith’s associate vice president for facilities and operations. Throughout his tenure, Gray spearheaded “a critical portfolio” of major projects to serve the Brandeis community, including renovating the campus infrastructure, rekindling a culture of sustainability and ensuring a safe campus environment, Uretsky wrote.
When European sailors traveled thousands of miles and arrived at the island of Taiwan for the first time, they gave it the name “Formosa,” meaning “Beautiful Island” in Portuguese. Last Saturday, the Brandeis Undergraduate Taiwanese Student Association hosted “Love, Formosa,” a culture show that centered around the Taiwanese traditions of love and how they fit into the modern world. The show featured great performances, fun dating games and, of course, amazing food and Boba.
The Vietnamese Student Association put on a excellent show last Thursday. The show was called “Brandeis by Night: 36 destinations,” because of the 36 guild locations in Hanoi, Vietnam. According to the event’s description, “the number 36 became iconic in representing the soul of the city. [Each guild is] famous for a different type of merchandise, such as gold, silver [and] cloth.” The event was held in Sherman Function Hall, which VSA lavishly decorated in the theme of Hanoi. The walls were decorated with lanterns and shrines as well as maps of the streets of Hanoi on the floor of the Hall, writing the street names on long strings of multi-colored tape.
“One Foot Planted,” a new installation by artists Ayelet Carmi and Meirav Heiman, explores the relationship between women, the land of Israel and the gender politics that bind the two. The work, which consists of a series of videos, envisions a post-apocalyptic version of the Holy Land, in which its female inhabitants are forced to traverse the terrain on various obstacles that keep their bodies from making contact with the earth. Some of these women walk on stilts, while others walk with orbs beneath their feet. One woman even walks on her hands — which are on stilts. The journey is painstaking. For a rough visual reference, think of it as a slowed down version of “Mad Max: Fury Road.”
TIME AND LOCATION: The story features two sets of characters in different time periods, eventually arriving at the same time on the stage.
For more than two centuries, capital markets have provided a place for companies and governments to raise money to finance activities. It’s the largest game in the world: part strategy, part luck. Companies issue debt or equity to expand operations by opening new business lines, executing mergers or acquisitions, etc. Investors, in turn, pour their capital into businesses with attractive financial prospects based on the security’s price and risk. If the price is good, the risk is acceptable and the firm’s earnings are expected to increase at a rate higher than the rest of the market, then the company is a buy.
While the majority of this weekend’s moviegoers shelled out their hard-earned money to “Captain Marvel,” several releases from the past few weeks faded into box office obscurity. Among them was “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” Dreamworks Animation’s third and final entry in the successful franchise that began in 2010. The series tells of Berk, a Viking kingdom that lives in harmony with dragons. It finds a serviceable ending in its finale, if not a completely satisfying one.
Various language departments, intercultural organizations and dance groups hosted “Let’s Dance” in Levin Ballroom on Sunday. The event featured various styles of dance through performance, short lessons and extended free dance periods. The organizers aimed to invite everyone in the Brandeis community — not just students, but also staff, faculty, alumni, family and friends, leading to over one hundred people attending the event.
On March 9 and 10, the University celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Wien International Scholarship Program. Since its establishment in 1958, the program has brought over 860 students from 112 different countries to the University. On Saturday afternoon, panel discussions were held with both current Wien scholars and Wien Scholarship alumni. Panelists discussed the developments and achievements of the program over the past 60 years, as well as goals they have for its future. University President Ron Liebowitz and his wife, Jessica, hosted a gala at the Sherman Function Hall on Saturday night to continue the celebration. The event featured the presentation of the annual Alumni Achievement Award to Wien alumnus Toshizo Watanabe ’73.
Despite the playground phrase that was sprinkled throughout my elementary school years — “Boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider, girls go to college to get more knowledge” — my time spent in school was marked by a subtle undercurrent that I wasn’t going to be eligible for the world of “serious” academia.
Partnering with Campus Activities Board, the Student Sexuality Information Service held Sex in the Dark on Sunday. The event featured a Q&A panel where ‘sexperts’ from New England answered students’ “anonymous questions about sexual health and relationships,” according to the event description.
The Kniznick Gallery at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute hosted an artist talk for the opening of their new exhibit “One Foot Planted” last Thursday. Artists Meirav Heiman and Ayelet Carmi displayed their artwork on a projector, discussing their separate artistic undertakings and explaining how they ultimately came together to create the exhibit.
Brandeis and Wellesley College co-hosted this year’s annual Student Sustainability Leadership Symposium on Sunday. Students from colleges all over New England, including Tufts University, the University of Connecticut, Bentley University and Boston University, gathered at Brandeis to discuss and learn more about sustainability issues and practices. The symposium featured presentations given by students and professionals.
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On March 1, the Student Committee for the Rose Art Museum and the Brandeis Association for Music and Concert Organizers hosted the SCRAMCo coffeehouse, an event filled with performances from Brandeis students and visiting musicians.