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JUDGES GET TOUGH: Brandeis’ Francesca Marchese ’23 looks to pass the ball in a game on Nov. 23 against Tufts University.
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TAKE IT TO THE HOOP: Brandeis' Chandler Jones '21 dunks the ball in a game against Rhode Island College on Nov. 23.
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(12/10/19 11:00am)
GUARD: Brandeis’ Garrett Tordo ’21 lunges at his opponent at the Brandeis Invitational on Dec. 1.
Police Log 11-26
(11/26/19 11:00am)
Medical Emergency
Brandeis’ Olympic fencer Tim Morehouse
(11/26/19 11:00am)
Timothy (Tim) Frank Morehouse ’00 is a Brandeis alum and the Olympic athlete to graduate from Brandeis University. Morehouse was a silver medalist on the United States fencing team, competing in the men’s sabre division at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, and also a member of the 2004 and 2012 Olympic teams. In addition, he was a two-time individual United States National Champion in 2010 and 2011. A native of the Bronx in New York City, Morehouse decided to take up the sport of fencing in order to get excused from gym class at Riverdale High School. In addition to being captain of the fencing team, he was a four-year member of the Riverdale Country School’s baseball team and a one-year member of the cross-country team.
Rowing club is a dedicated team and welcoming to all
(11/26/19 11:00am)
The Brandeis Rowing Team was established in 1986 and is based out of Stoller Boathouse in Newton, MA. The team shares the boathouse with Lasell College and Community Rowing Inc. This year’s captains are Viking Mayor ’20 and Ethan Miller ’22, and the coaches are team member Alex Gavriel and former Justice Editor in Chief Abby Patkin ’18. The team is committed to upholding the academic integrity of Brandeis while striving to achieve success in the competitive world of collegiate rowing. The Brandeis team competes as a co-ed organization in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Club Sports.
Krav Maga teaches self-defense, prepares students for potentially dangerous situations
(11/26/19 11:00am)
The Brandeis Krav Maga Club is a student-run club that teaches self-defense using realistic training and real-world scenarios in order to make students accustomed to the stresses of situations where self-defense is necessary. Krav Maga is a military self-defense and fighting system developed for the Israel Defense Forces and Israeli security forces. Students are taught verbal and physical methods to avoid potential threats, in addition to defensive and offensive maneuvers in cases when avoidance fails. It is a combination of boxing, wrestling, aikido, judo and karate along with realistic fight training. According to the Krav Maga Boston Club ,“The principles of Krav Maga are simple: 1) Address an immediate danger, 2) Attack simultaneously, 3) Eliminate the threat, 4) Disengage.”
Women’s Rugby team places third at regionals
(11/26/19 11:00am)
The Brandeis Women’s Rugby Team is a student-run club where the team trains college rugby players, many of whom graduate and move on to continue their rugby careers at the senior level. There is no experience required or expected to join rugby, and in fact, most new members of the team have never played or seen a rugby game. This year’s captains are Diana Epstein ’22 and Sarah Pechet ’21.
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REACH FOR THE STARS: Brandeis’ Camila Casanueva ’21 gets great height over her opponents in a game against Framingham State University on Nov. 16.
University releases 2019 Campus Climate Survey
(11/19/19 11:00am)
The 2019 Campus Climate survey found that students with marginalized identities reported experiences with sexual violence and misconduct at higher rates than their peers. The report details students’ experiences with and attitudes toward sexual misconduct, reporting procedures and prevention resources on campus.
Top sports rivalries: Bears vs. Green Bay and Canadiens vs. Maple Leafs
(11/19/19 11:00am)
In last week’s issue, I reviewed two of the top professional sports rivalries, as judged by thetoptens.com, consisting of the great New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox baseball rivalry and the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics basketball rivalry were. This week, the volatile Chicago Bears-Green Bay Packers football rivalry and the Montreal Canadiens-Toronto Maple Leafs hockey rivalry will be explored.
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JUMP: Brandeis’ Jillian Petrie ’21 gets great height jumping in a game against Framingham State on Saturday.
Police Log 11-12
(11/12/19 11:00am)
Medical Emergency
Secured clubs face differences in wages
(11/12/19 11:00am)
An amendment to the Union Constitution proposed by Charles River Senator Oliver Price ’20 would, if passed, allow certain members of secured clubs to become wage-eligible. The Constitution defines the Campus Activities Board as one such secured club. The others are WBRS 100.1 FM, BEMCo, Waltham Group, Brandeis Television, Archon Yearbook, Student Sexuality Information Service, the Justice, and the Brandeis Sustainability Fund. Of these clubs, however, only CAB’s Executive Board members are already receiving monetary compensation.
JustArts Spotlight On The Faculty/Staff Art Exhibition 11/11/2019
(11/12/19 11:00am)
One of the oldest objects in my house in China was a wooden baseball bat. During the war time in the 1940s, my grandparents fled home in Wuhan for a few years when the city was occupied. When the war ended, they made their way back to the city, with not much left in the house except a baseball bat left by the occupier who was no longer there. Fascinated by this equipment from a sport that almost no one watched back home, it was kept by my family until today, as a token from an era.
Sports fan shares feelings, musings about recent professional sports seasons
(11/12/19 11:00am)
It’s been a little over a week since the Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros in the World Series, and we have all moved on. I’m going to call that the first thing I want to talk about in this column. This column is going to really just be me being me, talking about stuff that I see in pro sports right now.
Top sports rivalries: Yankees-Red Sox and Celtics-Lakers
(11/12/19 11:00am)
By the time this article comes out in the Justice, the New York Jets and New York Giants will have played their football game for “bragging rights” in the New York area. Despite both of their dismal records, this is a meaningful rivalry for devoted fans of each team. For sports fans, it is fun to ponder what are the greatest rivalries in professional sports. According to thetoptens.com, the top four rivalries comprise Yankees-Red Sox, Celtics-Lakers, Bears-Packers and Canadiens-Maple Leafs.
Expert discusses Mizrahi feminist photography
(11/05/19 11:00am)
Sivan Shtang (Ph.D.) presented a lecture on the use of cleaning and cleanliness as a symbol of oppression in Mizrahi contemporary art on Tuesday as part of the University’s Hebrew Language and Arts Week.
Police Log 11-5
(11/05/19 11:00am)
Medical Emergency
Midyear NFL Status Report: the pleasant and not-so pleasant surprises
(11/05/19 11:00am)
An adage in sports, attributed to legendary basketball coach, Adolph Rupp of the University of Kentucky says, “That’s why we play the game: to see who’ll win,” according to an article from grammarphobia.com reminds us that in sports, we should not be surprised by results contrary to our expectations. With that in mind, at the midpoint of the 2019 National Football League season, I present the teams that have surprised us, based on the pre-season predictions by John Breech, according to a September 2019 article by CBS Sports.