Levin Ballroom was packed to the brim Sunday, Nov. 17 as hundreds of eager students, faculty members and others assembled for Mela, the annual cultural celebration of the South Asian Students Association."Out of all of the cultural events we have at Brandeis, [Mela] is probably the most widely attended," said Ameeka Pannu '08, who served as Events Coordinator for Mela alongside Laila Khan '08.
BOSTON-"Legend has it, the roads of Boston are so tangled because they were built over old cow trails," I inform pop icon Donovan as we amble past the Saturday rush-hour traffic of the Massachusetts Turnpike.
Too much homework to enjoy a Halloween movie? Get a scare and your next paper topic at the same time with one of the films below.Biology, Education, Neuroscience: Re-Animator (1985)Brilliant med student Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) disagrees with his professor's assertion that the brain stem can only survive an additional 6-to-12 minutes after death.
Steve Irwin. Crocodile Hunter. Dead at 44. Crikey. We all knew you'd go like this-attacked by one of the creatures you so cavalierly risked your life to muck about with.
Stars and viewers alike were pleased Sunday night when the 58th Annual Emmy Awards ran only three hours.
David Blaine may have a reputation as a man who's cheated death more times than the American public cares to count, but his insane feats of survival just don't seem all that impressive when compared to the everyday life of young Sean Preston Spears Federline, who seems to be doomed to confront his own mortality as often as other babies make bowel movements.Whereas most parents make an effort to protect their young'uns from the ravages of the world, the woeful offspring of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline has been subjected to improperly secured car seats and collapsible high chairs enough to make a child welfare worker's head spin.
Ah, the life of a film critic: getting paid to watch movies, schmoozing with the stars. Beyond the perks, however, it's like any profession-ridden with frustrations.Just ask The Boston Phoenix critic Peter Keough, who spoke Sunday in the Shapiro Art Gallery about the reality behind the glamour.For example, studios shamelessly attempt to charm their way to better reviews by peppering film critics with promotional freebies, known as "swag." "Remember the scene in American Pie 2 where he mixes up the lubricant and the Krazy Glue?
Margaret O'Brien came to the Wasserman Cinematheque Sunday to pick up a SunDeis Lifetime Achievement Award in honor of her career as one of the best-loved child stars of classic Hollywood.
For the past two years, the Brandeis-sponsored SunDeis Film Festival has offered budding student moviemakers the chance to have their labors of love screened in front of peers and professionals alike; a kind of Aber-indie alternative for those not quite trendy enough for Robert Redford's substantially higher-profile Sundance.
The twenty-three female cast members of The Vagina Monologues who filed onto the stage of the Shapiro Campus Center Theater Sunday night did so as one, clad in elegant outfits that accentuated their differences even as the identical shades of black and gold lent them an air of solidarity.
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