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The men and women’s swimming and diving teams hosted their crosstown rivals Bentley University on Friday. While the annual crosstown meet did not end in victory for either of the Brandeis squads, the meet was much closer than the final score suggests.
On Monday, President Barack Obama entered the fight for net neutrality, the idea that all content on the Internet should be given equal loading times by Internet service providers like Comcast and Cox. Obama urged the Federal Communications Commission to reclassify broadband Internet service as a utility like water or electricity. This would allow the federal government to demand certain standards of net neutrality from all ISPs but would also give the FCC more power over these companies. Opponents of enforced net neutrality argue that it puts undue burden on businesses and intrudes on the free market. Do you believe Internet access is a right and do you support Obama’s plan to make the Internet a utility?
After 20 years on the American rock scene, Foo Fighters still continues to attract and enchant their listeners. In honor of their 20th anniversary, the band released an HBO documentary series and an album on Oct. 17 and Nov. 10, respectively—both titled Sonic Highways. Fronted by lead singer Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters once again proves their artistic strength.
The men’s and women’s fencing teams went a combined 8-3 at the first Northeast Fencing Conference meet of the season, paced by a dominant 26-1 victory over the University of New Hampshire by the men’s squad and a 25-2 win over University of Massachusetts Amherst by the women’s team.
The women’s basketball team won the 2014 Brandeis Coaches vs. Cancer Tip-Off Tournament this weekend, coming away with two blowout victories to win the four-team tournament and open their season with a 2-0 record.
Although enthusiastic about his budding career in the fashion world, Shota Adamia ’15 refuses to let it define him. “I don’t think a career is the most important part of one’s life,” he said. Adamia doesn’t like limits or labels of in any form. “I want to break out of the limits always and overflow,” he said. He is hesitant to even talk about his dream job or plan past 2016, not wanting to limit his identity or his future to one field in one area of his life.
The women’s volleyball team headed out to Pittsburgh and the University Athletic Association championships for their last set of games this weekend before the season’s end, claiming eighth-place in the tournament. On Friday, the team faced No. 5 Washington University in St. Louis and fell in straight sets with scores of 25-9, 25-8, 25-20. Next, the team moved on to the consolation semifinals against Case Western Reserve University, losing in straight sets 25-9, 25-12, 25-12. For their final match, the Judges played New York University in the UAA tournament’s seventh-place match. The team played a very close match but ended up falling in straight sets by tight margins of 25-20, 25-15, 25-22.
Obehi Janice, a 27-year-old graduate from Georgetown University, has recently launched her career as a solo performer with the release of her new stand-up show. As a writer, comedian and actor, she uses cultural identity to relate to her audiences. This weekend at ImprovBoston, Janice performed an excerpt from her one-woman show, FUFU AND OREOS, which will premiere in February at the Bridge Repertory Theater of Boston.
What started out as a Student Events sponsored party in the Farber Library ended with Public Safety officers shutting down the party and calling the Waltham Police Department for backup to control students who were trying to enter the party, which was over capacity, and causing a public disturbance. The event, referred to as the Library Party, was a part of Louis Louis Week 2014.
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Brian Quigley came to Brandeis as the new Waltham Group coordinator with experience as the head of the student activites program at Babson College. Quigley has a passion for community service, and a belief that involvement in community service is instrumental for student’s development. He recently talked to the Justice about his experience at Brandeis so far and his ultimate goals in his new role.
Three years ago, the University of North Carolina faced a scandal when it was revealed that students had been taking so-called “paper classes,” which almost never met in person and required only one paper submission, often plagiarized, to pass. On Wednesday, a new report detailed that the classes were mostly devised to keep up the grade point averages of struggling UNC athletes. UNC has admitted that athletes were steered toward the classes by advisors, and have set up new checks to ensure that classes are meeting regularly. Four employees have been terminated at UNC as a result of the scandal, and disciplinary proceedings are beginning against five more. How do you react to the UNC scandal, and what can be done to prevent a similar situation at other schools?
Whether or not you are a fan of Top 40 radio, it’s pretty remarkable that in today’s digital culture, we still have radio stations that the majority of people tune in to on a regular basis. Yes, many of us stream our favorite stations on the Internet now, but the concept of the radio station still seems to be the same.
Last Friday, Oct. 17, the governors of New York, New Jersey and Illinois declared a mandatory 21-day quarantine for anyone who came back to the United States after being in any of the West African countries facing the Ebola epidemic. Sunday night, Governor Chris Christie loosened the quarantine in New Jersey so that rather than enduring 21 days in hospital quarantines, “at risk” patients could stay at home and be compensated for the work that they missed.
Reading through the ingredients label on the back of the box, I wonder at the infinite ways this can go wrong. It can be kosher but not vegetarian. Vegetarian but not vegan. There it is: another dreaded ingredient, whey. Anyone who has dietary restrictions shares this struggle.
Dave Coulier’s voice-over work is impressive, his stand-up comedy career is extensive, but his work as Joey Gladstone on Full House represented goofy uncles across America for an entire generation. That is why there was so much stir on campus when everyone’s favorite uncle came to visit on Friday evening as part of Fall Fest.
The women’s volleyball team traveled to Amherst College this past weekend for the 2014 Hall of Fame Invitational against New England Small College Athletic Conference opponents but was unable to pull out a single win.
Sodexo has been quite the hot-button topic on campus as of late. Speculation as to how the company treats its workers as well as the changes to campus meal plan policies has sparked a passionate discourse regarding the company’s standing. But the people who work for Sodexo, the employees who serve and prepare meals every day in the dining halls, are often overlooked or are awkwardly caught in the middle of such discussions.
Pope Francis’ papacy was born out of change. He is the first pope to choose the name Francis after St. Francis of Assisi, a figure renowned for not only his humility but also his charisma. Pope Francis is following very much in the saint’s humble path, making conscious choices to live in the smallest Vatican apartments and wear simple silver rings. I would, however, also make the argument that Pope Francis is also following the diplomacy and charisma of St. Francis. This was the saint that, despite choosing to live in poverty, also went to Egypt to try to convert the sultan to Catholicism.