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Alexa Ball


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Diving into education

"Teach anything, learn anything" became the theme of Saturday afternoon as students came together to share their passions.


Pints of compassion

"Boston is strong. Boston is resilient. Boston is our home." This statement, made by Thomas Grilk, executive director of the Boston Athletic Association, came a day after two bombs exploded in the city near the finish line of the annual Boston Marathon.


Chess king crowned fellow

It is the first day of an Economics class at Brandeis University, and you find yourself sitting next to a boy of average height and light brown hair.


BADASS takes the stage

When The Brandeis Academic Debate and Speech Society debates, everybody wins. Or at least this was the case last Thursday, when the debate team presented a public debate to the Brandeis community about the place of affirmative action in higher education as part of the second annual 'Deis Impact festival, consisting of over 40 events related to social justice in its many forms. On Thursday, Feb.


Equality by the numbers

For Freddy Villca Huanoca, a Bolivian college graduate, access to higher education meant an early warning system for severe weather for his small Bolivian community.


Flipping the spotlight

He calls it intuition. Many others would call it raw talent. Either way you put it, Scott Edmiston has what it takes. As the recipient of numerous Elliot Norton Awards for the theater arts, Edmiston has been directing plays in Boston since he moved here nearly 16 years ago.


Adventures in new terrain

For Frodo and Sam, the two adventurous hobbits in the New Line Cinema adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series, the New Zealand landscape served as the backdrop for their epic quest. For Beth Cohen '14, New Zealand became the setting of her own adventure, filled with new experiences and exciting opportunities. The small Pacific island country served as Cohen's escape from the rigor of Brandeis University's pre-med program and a chance for her to embrace her love of the wild outdoors.


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