Bob Arctor is enslaved to a drug. Bob, the protagonist played by Keanu Reeves in A Scanner Darkly, the new film by Richard Linklater, spends the film caving to his compulsion for Substance D, a new brand of hallucinogen.
Jewish organizations at American colleges and universities may be alienating more students than they attract, a recent study by a Brandeis research group found.The study, conducted by the University's Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies and the Avi Chai Foundation, a privately funded organization, discovered that Jewish campus groups that emphasize social and cultural programs thrive, while those too heavily focused on religious aspects are less successful.
With about a minute and a half to go in the second half against Salem State College Friday night in Brunswick, Maine, Christine Clancy '06, the Judges' imposing center, is awarded a pair of free throws.Brandeis is up 58-54 in a back-and-forth tussle to open its first-ever appearance in the NCAA tournament.
If the results of some informal polling I conducted over the past few weeks are a decent barometer of Brandeis' political leanings, then a sad day for many students is approaching.My poll was a quirky one, but elicited some very interesting responses.
Gerald S. Bernstein, a former art history professor with a knack for architecture and colloquial relationships with his students, died of pneumonia Jan.
Hopefully for Steven Spielberg, future projects will not cause him so much grief due to lunatic actors and hardline critics as his movies in 2005.
One January evening back in 1997, I stood in a long queue outside the Zigfeld Cinema on West 54th Street in Midtown Manhattan.
A few hours before the excitement of Commencement, administrators and a group of University Fellows shared a light breakfast with Tom Brokaw, the semi-retired but still widely revered NBC newsman.
Watching the nominees for SunDeis' Best in Show award on Sunday, I knew the jury faced a difficult choice.
Prof. David Hackett Fischer (HIST) won the Pulitzer Prize for history yesterday for Washington's Crossing, his 2004 volume about George Washington's maneuver across the Delaware River on Christmas night of 1776."I was surprised and delighted," Fischer said of the $10,000 award.
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