We at Brandeis have quite the reputation for political activism. But we do our predecessors a huge disservice by failing even to maintain political awareness.One of my responsibilities at the Justice is to come up with a question for "Brandeis Talks Back," or "B-talks." I then find four people to answer it.
There's something to be said for progress. For starters, it's made the world smaller: It now takes only six hours to traverse the country by plane, as opposed to the months it took 150 years ago by wagon.
Names matter. A police officer and a cop are the same thing, but I've never heard someone rant about getting a ticket from an officer or call the officers "cops" to their faces.
A recent study in the United States and Canada has found that children today have more cavities than at any point in the last 40 years.
I had said that I would talk to him tomorrow. I was wrong. My grandfather died before I was done with classes the next day.
"A laugh can be a very powerful thing. Why, sometimes in life, it's the only weapon we have."For a complete nincompoop, Roger Rabbit sure was wise.
I was mildly surprised when asked, over the summer, if I was being monetarily compensated for returning to school early as an Orientation Leader.
Whatever happened to those wonderful days when naptime was mandatory, juice and crackers were a classroom staples and going to school required only a lunchbox?
Where do you draw the line between allowing people the choice to do what they want and preventing them from infringing on your own rights?
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