Undressing "Intimate Apparel"

by Kirby Kochanowski | 03/14/2016

“The play is titled ‘Intimate Apparel’, which is an indicator that costumes are going to be very important,” Mary Hurd (TA), the costume director for the Brandeis Theater Department, said in an interview with the Justice.  The play, produced by the Brandeis Theater Department, ran from March 3 to March 6 and featured costumes designed by Mary Lauve, the costume design assistant at the Huntington Theatre Company, and actualized by Hurd. “Intimate Apparel” is the story of a 35-year-old African-American woman named Esther, played by Ashley Ertilien ’17, who works as a seamstress in New York.  Set in 1905, Esther creates corsets and other intimate apparel for women.

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"Confirmation" Conversation

by Kirby Kochanowski and Brianna Majsiak | 03/08/2016

“She’s worth standing for,” laughed Kerry Washington as the packed Wasserman Cinematheque rose to their feet for the second time, welcoming University Professor Anita Hill (HS) into the room.  They previously stood for Washington herself, who first gained widespread fame for her role as Olivia Pope in ABC’s hit television series “Scandal.” Washington visited campus on Sunday afternoon to talk about the upcoming HBO film “Confirmation,” in which she portrays Hill.

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Spotlight on Sugar

by Pichya Nimit | 03/08/2016

At the 88th  annual Academy Awards last Sunday, Brandeis alumus Michael Sugar ’95 stepped onto the stage at the Dolby Theater to accept the Academy Award for “Spotlight,” which won Best Picture as well as Best Screenplay that night. “Spotlight” follows the true story of the Boston Globe’s Spotlight Team of journalists who investigated the Boston Catholic Church sex abuse scandal.

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Brandeis Bound

by Daisy Chen and Brianna Majsiak | 03/01/2016

While studying abroad in Ghana as an undergraduate student at the University of California at Santa Cruz, Prof.

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Discussions of Democracy

by Sagie Tvizer | 03/01/2016

As the 2016 Presidential elections approach, politics are at the forefront of many people’s minds.

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Brandeis Beloveds

by Daisy Chen , Lizzie Grossman , Tessa Collins , Allison Yeh , Madeline Rosenberg , Kirby Kochanowski and Brianna Majsiak | 02/08/2016

From proposals on the Massell bridge to meeting for the first-time at alumni events, Brandeisians have been coming together since the University’s inception — and each story is different from the last.

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Driving discourse in the classroom

by Christof Rindlisbacher | 02/02/2016

Early on in Gabriele Koch’s research into prostitution, she found that many of her initial beliefs were challenged by what she observed of the lives of Japanese prostitutes.

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Making a mark behind the lens

by Pichya Nimit | 02/02/2016

Rosemary Rodriguez ’83 has been fascinated with films since childhood, but it wasn’t until her senior year at Brandeis that she realized that she wanted to pursue a career in filmmaking.

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Reaching across cultures

by Lauren Pagan | 01/26/2016

According to Moroccan-born Israeli anthropologist and author André Levy, “In my eyes, anthropology, more than any other discipline in the social sciences, aspires to be present in life itself, in order to make sense of it and to give it meaning.

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The Netherlands and beyond

by Jaime Kaiser | 01/26/2016

Like many Brandeis students, David Benger ’14 was a first-year with diverse interests and no intention of settling on one life path — at least not before exploring where each of his passions might lead.

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Uniting across nations

by Rachel Lederer | 01/18/2016

A new club that aims to support and empower women worldwide has materialized here at Brandeis. The club is a local chapter of the GirlUp campaign of the United Nations Foundation, a foundation separate from the United Nations itself that aims to connect the U.N.

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A Career for the New Year

by Kirby Kochanowski | 01/18/2016

It’s finally 2016, and for many people the start of the New Year means it’s time to set some new goals.

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Breaking New 'Student Ground'

by Kirby Kochanowski | 01/12/2016

It’s midnight. You’re about to go to sleep when a sudden panic strikes. In the back of your mind, you have the strangest nagging feeling that something is due tomorrow.

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A Voice for Veterans

by Brianna Majsiak | 01/12/2016

Leroy Ashwood ’71 has always been social by nature. During his first year at Stevens Business College, he spent his weekends visiting friends at Brandeis until they convinced him to transfer in 1968 as a sophomore.

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Protests of Precedent (3 of 3)

by Amber Miles | 12/07/2015

In his 52 years at Brandeis, Professor Gordon “Gordie” Fellman (SOC) has witnessed some major campus activism, from Ford Hall 1969 to Ford Hall 2015.

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Protests of Precedent (2 of 3)

by Kirby Kochanowski | 12/07/2015

Pearlman Hall On April 29, 1975, a group of 75 students marched around the Usdan Student Center to Pearlman Hall in protest of University policies regarding equality on campus.

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Protests of Precedent (1 of 3)

by Lizzie Grossman and Rachel Lederer | 12/07/2015

The Bernstein-Marcus sit-in that went on for 12 days in late November and early December of this year drew inspiration from other movements, most obviously from the movement that took place in Ford Hall in 1969.

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Classroom cultivation

by Daisy Chen | 11/23/2015

On a warm fall afternoon inside a classroom in Waltham High School (WHS), six high school students talk about their own petri-dish experiments using sunscreen and yeast.

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Building records, not breaking them

by Amber Miles | 11/23/2015

Brandeis students exhibit talent in all areas — including music. With a trek to Slosberg Music Center, a night at Chomondeley’s Coffee House or a walk by the chapels, that becomes clear.

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AOK-O gets an A plus

by Kirby Kochanowski | 11/17/2015

“The themes — the human pain, suffering, passions and desires that we have in our world — are the very same ones that the ancient Greek and Romans had,” Professor Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow (CLAS) explained in an interview with the Justice.

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