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Week four of the National Football League season had many unexpected outcomes as it became abundantly clear that this parity-filled season will promise results that contradict preseason expectations. This week was filled with both blowouts and nail biters, continuing to show that you never know what will happen over the weekend with NFL football.
Having a determined “stay in the moment” mentality keeps Slater Loffredo ’26 of the Brandeis men’s soccer team motivated. “I try to push myself to get the most out of each moment I'm in,” he told The Justice. Whether applying that to soccer or life in general, this advice speaks to his goal to stay focused.
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During the 2024 Women's National Basketball Association season, Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson has put the finishing touches on what is likely her third career Most Valuable Player award with some eye-popping records: most points in a season, most points per game in a season and most rebounds in a season. She also leads the league in blocks. It’s a single-season performance unprecedented in WNBA history, but it is the crown jewel in what has been a long line of shattered records in a season highlighted by the leagues’ top-performing stars, new and old.
On June 3, Jessica Chapin '10 succeeded Lauren Haynie to become Brandeis University’s 13th Director of Athletics. Chapin received her master’s degree in sports administration from Springfield College in 2013 and her professional career began in 2010 at Western New England University, where she served as the Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach until 2014. Prior to her time at Brandeis, Chapin served as the Director of Athletics for the American International College beginning in 2020.
In 2022, Waltham Mayor Jeanette McCarthy unveiled a major development plan for the site of the Fernald State School which included an extensive recreational facility spanning across the northern portion of the Fernald campus. Although this development has been in the works since the city purchased the land in 2014, there has been little progress made on the site. With the lack of maintenance, there has been an uptick in vandalism in recent years and the city of Waltham has been unable to keep it under control. There has also been a lack of transparency from the city about the progress of the development program.
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Back in March, the University sent an email outlining its financial struggles and the steps that would be taken to reduce the projected $2 million in debt. Among these are staffing cuts, drawing more money from the endowment and pausing progress on Science 2A — the plan to build the new science building.
On Sept. 5, Alex Morgan announced that she would be retiring from women’s soccer. In a video posted on X, titled “Thank You,” Morgan said that her decision “ha[d] been a long time coming and [it] wasn’t easy.” She would play one last game for the San Diego Wave Fútbol Club, which took place last Sunday, Sept. 8. Morgan recounted that at the beginning of 2024, she “felt in her heart and soul that this was the last season” of her professional career. For Morgan, “success … is defined by never giving up and [she] did just that” throughout her 30 years of playing soccer. She aims to keep this mentality as she begins a new phase of her life.
Every year, over half a million student-athletes compete across over one thousand colleges, per the National Collegiate Athletics Association. Every year, each of Brandeis’ 19 sports teams seek to answer one main question for their prospective recruits: what makes Brandeis University special?
After competing in the 2016 Rio Olympics and in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the International Olympic Committee Refugee Olympic Team competed in its third summer Olympic games at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Then president of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, created the team in 2015 as a response to the global refugee crisis. The first refugee team was composed of athletes from four different countries: Syria, South Sudan, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Rani Balakrishna '25 grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts and played baseball for five years before turning to softball. After graduating from Winsor High School in 2021, Balakrishna walked on to the Brandeis softball team as a first-year. Now, as a senior, she is looking forward to her final season at Brandeis. Balakrishna expresses her gratitude to her coach, Dani Bishop, and credits her for the chance to extend her collegiate athletic career. Balakrishna says, “she took a chance on me and I’d like to think it really paid off.”