PFEFFER: Potato chip blues
Something has changed in my life. Something magnificent has happened to my eating habits. I can eat a meal, and upon finishing, I feel satisfied; my stomach feels perfectly normal.
Rachel Pfeffer
Articles
PFEFFER: Don't spazz for summer
Remember when summer was all about pool parties and summer camp, Nick at Night marathons and lemonade stands?
PFEFFER: Drab to fab in a few easy steps
It's a frightening time in the life of every Brandeis student: the terror and triumph of the randomly-assigned housing lottery.
From Saturday night to the silver screen, Amy Poehler keeps her humor fresh
It came as no surprise that actress and comedian Amy Poehler is hysterical, whether performing on Saturday Night Live or participating in a conference call with a seemingly endless number of college journalists.
PFEFFER: Attention: You have now reached snoozing altitude
Over February break, I was lucky enough to take a 10-day trip to Europe with four friends. I'm not an experienced flyer, and the slightest turbulence can set me into a hyperventilating state of panic.
PFEFFER: Cap'n Crunch
Cereal: the staple of all college students' diets, without which we would be forced to learn how to cook-or at least boil water.
PFEFFER: The (super) awkward handbook
Since when is "awkward" the new hip? When you think about it, there's really nothing hip about stumbling over your words and generally not knowing how to interact with others.
PFEFFER: Off the beaten Sherman track
The Sherman experience is often comparable to that of the life of a heroin addict: The highs are high, the lows hit hard, and you sometimes end up feeling ill.But there are oodles of edibles you can prepare for yourself from Sherman's "permanent collection," meaning you don't have to rely on the Home Zone to have something delicious, or only venture to Sherman when you hear rumors of chicken wings.
RACHEL PFEFFER: Find your inner business mogul
As I read the e-mail for an order of 15 of my purses from a small store in Michigan, adrenaline surged through my body, like I had just hit a game-winning home run.
Shapiro Center dubbed 'Bad boy on campus'
An architect in the Boston Phoenix's review of local college campus buildings named the Shapiro Campus Center the "Bad boy on campus" last week.Davis Eisen, an architecture critic and principal at Abacus Architects and Planners, gave Shapiro a B+, and wrote that its "well-done modern architecture" stood out on a campus whose overall architecture isn't cohesive and doesn't reflect a "collegiate spirit." Eisein wrote that Shapiro, built in 2002, is unlike other law-abiding campus buildings, constructed with regular rows of columns and evenly spaced windows.
Brandeis Jewish Bund holds protest to go “All out for Palestine”
Boston’s West End: The spirit of a neighborhood destroyed
Jewish students are not a monolith. Brandeis must stop treating us like one.
2025 Commencement speakers announced
President Levine on plans to improve the University