A pseudo vacation
I have always been skeptical about Daniel Boorstin's assertion that travel has become completely superficial.
Benjamin Terris
Articles
Experts shed light on "Obamania
There is no doubt that Sen. Barack Obama has become some sort of American phenomenon. People faint when he talks, cheer when he blows his nose and cry when his speeches are put to music by the lead singer of the Black Eyed Peas.
Cineasts speak at Shapiro Campus Center (Pt. 1)
When director Werner Herzog screened his new documentary, Encounters at the End of the World, at the Wasserman Cinematheque last Monday, he took the audience to a continent void of language yet populated by linguists, a place where Ph.D.s work as dishwashers and a former banker drives the world's largest land vehicle, called Ivan the Terra Bus-He took us to Antarctica.This film-a Discovery Channel project that will have a limited theater release before going directly to DVD-wonderfully combines beautiful imagery, humor and pessimism to leave the viewer out of breath from laughter, an influx of knowledge and an odd tinge of despair.
Brazil comes to Brandeis
They handed out earplugs at the door; clearly this wasn't your typical Slosberg Auditorium event.
River of Fire
I was in the land where everything is appropriately named. I had driven out of Boise, Idaho, past eponymous rivers, mountains and forests.
Remembering Bernard
The name game usually has two possible outcomes, neither of which is particularly exciting. Still, having studied abroad for nearly five months in Seville, I have seen it played out countless times.
What more money means for 'Deis
Looking at satellite photos of the Brandeis campus on Google Earth a few weeks ago, one might have been surprised to find several buildings, including the Shapiro Campus Center that now anchors the southern end of campus, conspicuously absent from the map.
Day Off: The road to a Green Mountain Getaway
Sometimes we all get a little tired of the crowded suburb of Waltham, whether we love it here or not.
Buckeye Ramblin'
OBERLIN, Ohio, Sept. 30-Instead of accelerating past the traffic light like the dozens of cars before it, the minivan puts on its hazards and ambles to a stop.
A day of joy, a day of grief
Nobody ever forgets our birthday. That's about the only good thing about being born on Sept. 11. To share a birthday with a national tragedy is to reconcile joy with grief once every year.
BEMCo in the basement: supervisors speak on recent policy changes
“New Year, no genocide”: Brandeis Jewish Bund hosts first vigil this year
Will Art Survive? The Kennedy Center and Smithsonian under Trump
Brandeis receives overall F in college free speech
The Brandeis Jewish Bund holds first event of the academic year, grows interest from students in-person and online