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 Friday, October 17th, 2008 Brandeis University's Community Newspaper TheHoot.Net  

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Friedman calls for a ‘green revolution’

Three time Pulitzer prize winning author Thomas Friedman ’75 told students to be activists in the “green revolution” and to use the government to make environmental technology widespread yesterday when he spoke at Spingold theatre in order to promote his new book, Hot, Flat and Crowded. Friedman, who is a columnist for the New York Times, started his talk by explaining how the United States has “lost its groove as a country,” citing a billboard he saw in South Africa that advertised a car as having “nothing American” as evidence. Friedman believes that the ...

Brandeis improves grades on sustainability report card

Brandeis’ environmental sustainability grade increased from a C to a B- from last year, according to a recently released “Green ...

Minding the budget gap

Administrators are examining the causes of the university’s $10 million budget shortfall for fiscal year 2009 and devising solutions to ...

Union calls for Health Center review

In response to student complaints over several years, the Student Union is ...