I don't get exercise.That isn't to say I don't like sports: Give me pick-up basketball or Ultimate any day (and my squash serve is as unreturnable as an anonymous letter). But exercise--cardio, weightlifting, jogging, spelunking, whatever--has always been anathema to me.
It's possible that Oh No! Oh My! is a perfect band for Brandeis: Despite its current hipness, the Austin band lives for cute gestures and audiences' sprightly responses.
Beauty, in its capriciousness, is not always opposed to the ostensibly ugly. Composers like Wagner and Debussey valued dissonance even in their most sweeping works.
Sam's Town rings with familiar mythologies: of causeless, teenage rebels from working-class towns; of going for broke after you've hit your lowest; of burning down the highway at 90 miles per hour, with dust in your rear-view and America on the horizon.
The large semesterly concert sponsored by Student Events will be a two-day affair in the Levin Ballroom featuring five bands, marking a significant departure from the event's usual format.The Canadian indie-rock bands Broken Social Scene and Do Make Say Think will perform Oct.
FergieThe Dutchesson Interscope RecordsFThere's something about Fergie that begs any consideration of the Black Eyed Peas member to favor her antics over her recordings-her charisma, after all, is hardly a cult of personality.Fergie joined the celebratory pop-rap group in 2003, and, thanks to hits like "Let's Get Retarded" and "Where is the Love?", the Black Eyed Peas became the largest crossover hip-hop act in the world.
Documentary filmmaker and blogger Hao Wu '95 was freed by Chinese authorities July 11 after being held for 140 days, according to posts in his sister's blog.
Bob DylanModern Timeson Columbia RecordsAFive years after the critical smash Love and Theft, little has changed for Bob Dylan.
Two-hundred-and-ten years after the opening shots of the Revolutionary War were fired at Lexington and Concord, Sam Adams-the patriot and Boston Tea Party organizer-was responsible for a second, distinctly American revolution.
Visitors to The Rose Art Museum this summer should not come expecting the ordinary. Its two exhibits-I Love My Time, I Don't Like My Time: Recent Works by Erwin Wurm and Sarah Walker: Paintings-run through July 30 and display two leading contemporary artists in a number of mediums.Wurm's exhibit is the largest to date and features a bevy of his "one-minute sculptures," in which models pose with everyday objects in unusual scenarios.
Over 180,000 people rally in Boston Common for March 28 "No Kings" protest
Brandeis Public Safety dispels circulating ICE vehicle rumors
A seat at the table: inside the ICC's "Be Curious Dinner"
Intramural Indoor Soccer
Professors discuss possibility of nuclear disarmament amid high political tensions