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Jennifer Morrow


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South Asian celebration

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.


Going on a 'peace crawl' with Donovan

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.


Horror for the busy student

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.


Pop Culture: K-Fed and Britney fail at parenthood. Macca and Heather Mills split

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.


The 'thrilling,' 'laugh-a-minute' life of a film critic

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?


Here comes the SunDeis

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.


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