KATE MILLERICK: Enabling empathy
The energetic presentation of Stephen Shore to a packed room Wednesday, Oct. 10 was truly inspiring.
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KATE MILLERICK: Fight for free speech
In this day and age it seems as though Constitutional rights are viewed more subjectively than ever.
KATE MILLERICK: Vigilance is needed to prevent future mass killings
The tragedy at Virginia Polytechnic Institute has reawakened a fear in Americans that seemed to have dissipated in light of years of terrorist threats and the focus on international danger.
KATE MILLERICK: Carter's visit was much needed
You always know who has the upper hand in a debate: It's the person who discusses the issue at hand calmly and simply sticks to straightforward facts to make his case, all without appearing overly vested in the outcome or resorting to petty insults.Now, many will argue that no such "debate" occurred last Tuesday evening when former President Jimmy Carter discussed his highly controversial book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid and was separately followed by Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz.
KATE MILLERICK: Can Wikipedia really be all that inaccurate?
Almost everyone has had that class: the one where the professor takes 10 minutes, after handing out paper topics, to lecture the class on the danger of using the ever-unreliable resource that is Wikipedia.
KATE MILLERICK: Administrative excuses for foot-dragging on Modfest poor at best
As everyone probably knows by now, Modfest remains indefinitely postponed. The reasons for this "moratorium" are listed by the administration as being primarily safety-related, and no amount of modifications offered up by the Student Union seem able to rectify its concerns.
KATE MILLERICK: School not doing enough for the disabled
Three students and a professor spoke to a packed room Thursday about how their disabilities have affected their lives at Brandeis and elsewhere.
KATE MILLERICK: Flawless execution: anti-death penalty speaker's message powerful
"I used to think that America had the best court system in the world. But now I know differently." Sister Helen Prejean, author of the New York Times Bestseller Dead Man Walking and The Death of Innocents, spoke to and captivated a nearly full Spingold Theater Wednesday night.
KATE MILLERICK: We take TV over politics any day of the week at Brandeis
"Ugh, you're not gonna believe this!" wailed my friend as she burst through my dorm-room door last Tuesday night.
OP-ED: Sexual harassment on college campuses
The catcalls. The "hey baby" accompanied by the creepy leer. The "accidental" brush up against your body when you just happen to be in a skirt.
Boston’s West End: The spirit of a neighborhood destroyed
Jewish students are not a monolith. Brandeis must stop treating us like one.
Doxxing has no place at Brandeis
A local Waltham organization works to uphold democracy
Paige Bueckers: A Special Talent