http://thehoot.net Brandeis University's Community Newspaper Fri, 02 May 2008 07:19:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With Andy Meyers, Jordan Rothman, Max Shay, Adam Hughes. http://thehoot.net/articles/3055 With Adam Hughes, Jon Lange, Zach Aranow, Bret Matthew. http://thehoot.net/articles/3054 With Andy Meyers, Adam Hughs, Pat Garofalo, Zachary Aranow. http://thehoot.net/articles/3053 Hosted by Max Shay and Ben Douglas. Edited by Max Shay http://thehoot.net/articles/3052 Following April’s Senator-at-Large elections, the Union Judiciary accepted a suit from former Senator-at-Large Andrew Brooks ’09 against former Union Secretary and Chief of Elections Nelson Rutrick ‘09. During an interview with The Hoot, Brooks alleged that Rutrick “was not enforcing the rules” regarding libel, slander, and campaign requirements. According to Rutrick, ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3050 In a campus-wide vote Wednesday, the student body voted to support the Student Bill of Rights. Approximately 90% of voting students voted in favor of the document. The Student Bill of Rights, spearheaded by Union President Jason Gray ’10, was compiled by a student committee this semester. “The vote was ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3049 In a vote concerning Student Union finances, the student body voted to spend rollover funding on updating the Gosman weight room and to approve changes to the Union Constitution. According to the proposal written by the weight room committee of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, the weight room’s current equipment is outdated ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3048 A supposed failed inspection of Einstein Bros. Bagels has caused the coffee and bagel shop to make several behind the counter changes. The changes, that may go unnoticed by most customers, have drawn complaints from employees. All Einstein employees were sent an e-mail on April 25 from manager George Kallis ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3047 T he efficiency of the Union Judiciary will be tested this Saturday when it hears the suit of Senator-at-Large Andrew Brooks ’09 against Chief of Elections Nelson Rutrick ’09 for his alleged failure to enforce campaign requirements and rules regarding libel and slander. Even though Noam Shuster ’11 ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3046 Perhaps my title shocked you. I admit, normally, I would not be calling for the government to do something like this. Normally, I would love for everyone to have low taxes. However, we are not facing normal circumstances. Whether you like it or not, the country needs money. ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3045 Andrew Brooks’ injunction against the Election Commission is more than just an affront to the voting public of Brandeis. It is a dangerous precedent to set, and may seriously affect another candidate who has had complaints of libel by surrogates brought up against him: Andrew Brooks. The story behind the ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3044 I would like to write this article on the debate around the Senator-At-Large position. I have been doing a little bit of research and have a lot to say about the election. First of all, I want to make it clear that all of the facts of the ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3043 Are you a feminist? Do you know what this even means? Whether you’re male or female, you have a stake in feminism, something I’ve realized after taking Women and Gender in Culture and Society Studies (WMGS 5a) with Professor Sue Lanser. I guess I’d always been sort of unsure of ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3042 As Brandeis students pack their bags for the summer, they are faced with the daunting prospect of what to do to fill the long months of June, July, and August. Why not, then, do they not embark on a quest? A quest to find the great unknown treasures ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3041 Someone from the Hoot reminded me last week to write my “angry senior farewell”. To be honest that request would require me to go completely against my nature and betray the people who have made the last four years the high point of my short life. Brandeis is a ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3040 In the last few weeks, newspapers around the world—including this one—have been awash with stories about the global food crisis. In Haiti, Prime Minister Jacques-Édouard Alexis resigned following food riots; in Pakistan and Thailand, unrest is so high that the military must guard food stocks; all over Asia, governments have ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3038 Social justice is stupid. There, I said it, and it feels good. Surrounded by the legions of deluded Brandeisians, using this term almost as much as they speak Hebrew or complain about Sherman, I am now finally happy to write about the imbecilic nature of this concept. This ideal is ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3037 We are your megaphone. This is the newspaper for everyone, for the entire community. No matter what. This was one of the first messages that I was taught after joining The Hoot, and four year’s after our publication’s creation, I think it is still the most important message of all. The Hoot ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3036 Let’s take a trip back to 2004, when all of the seniors who will shortly graduate were first- years. There was no Facebook, John Kerry was running for President, the Red Sox had yet to break the curse, and gas was about $1.85 a gallon. And finally, to finish off ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3035 Say it like you mean it – three years of The Hoot / seven semesters of The Hoot. What! Three years, seven months, and four days ago when I first stepped foot onto this campus, Brandeis was a different world. Every year, changes have mounted to the point where I know ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3034 Since 2005 those looking for a forum to discuss and understand community issues found one in The Hoot. When The Hoot was first chartered in 2004, co-founder Igor Pedan told the Justice that he wanted to bring a focus back to the community. With each passing semester The Hoot has evolved ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3032 Instead of talking about The Hoot and how awesome it is, I thought that I would address Brandeis, and college for that matter, in a more general sense. These are the parting words of a senior student. The battle was long, and after these 16 or so years of sitting ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3031 Fingers pound across the keyboard as the 10 p.m. “suggested deadline” flies past like a runaway freight train. The Treasurer of the Union is speaking into your ear as you send three e-mails at once. Your word count rises, along with your editor’s blood pressure. Breaking news is breaking loose, ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3029 The Brandeis Office of Development and Alumni Relations will host a campus clean-up event on May 12 for their employees. The clean-up day has been named Brandeis development, environmental, clean-up and awareness day, or Brandeca Day. Development employees and senior staff will work primarily on litter and trash clean-up. Senior ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3028 The Jewish Chaplain Search Committee is interviewing two candidates for the position of Jewish Chaplain according to a school-wide e-mail sent Tuesday. The university has been without a rabbi since Rabbi Allan Lehmann left in April 2007. “Candidates must demonstrate intellectual and scholarly achievements in Jewish learning, strong teaching and interpersonal ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3027 Brandeis Judges softball capped off a magnificent season, splitting a double header against Wellesley. The Judges dropped the first game 2-0 and then rallied from a three run deficit to claim the 5-3 victory, a fitting capstone to what has been, if nothing else, a very charmed squad. Game One was ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3026 In the past year, you may have noticed a group of men running after flying discs out on the practice field near the commuter rail station. What you saw was Brandeis’ Men’s Ultimate Frisbee team, called TRON.Ultimate Frisbee is an up and coming sport that combines the best aspects ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3025 Last weekend, the National Football League held its annual draft, the yearly player selection process that determines which team acquires the rights to sign each rookie player. Spanning two days and seven rounds, the draft is debated and analyzed by football fans for months before it actually begins, and ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3024 Football left Brandeis nearly five decades ago. That didn’t stop Coach Pete Varney’s baseball squad from putting up a football-like score when the Brandeis Judges needed only six innings and 20 hits to pulverize the Albertus Magnus Falcons 17-0. The scoring began with a nine run second inning. Nine proved to ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3023 Sweeney Todd Friday to Saturday, May 2-3, 2008, 8 p.m. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge You’ve (probably/maybe if you’re a Johnny Depp fan) seen the movie, now go see Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street on stage. The musical features blood, gore, meat pies, and one pissed off barber. ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3022 Measure for Measure Friday-Sunday, May 2-May4, 2008, 8 p.m. Epstein Juliet has a bun in the oven. In this Shakespearean “problem play,” sex out of wedlock is illegal and so Juliet’s fiance Claudio is sentenced to death. Will Claudio avoid the chopping block? Will Juliet be reunited with her lover? And what does ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3021 http://thehoot.net/articles/3020 http://thehoot.net/articles/3019 The Heller School for Social Policy and Management hosted the second screening of Before Sunrise, a short film by Mohammad Kundos ’10 who also composed the music for the film. The first screening was held during the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts. The film, which initially started as a ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3018 This past Tuesday, the comedic Brandeisians came together again for a third installment of Slice and 'Deis. "The Finals Countdown" opened with a parody of the Lost opening credits. The opening scene was humorous, with suspense leading up to a low-brow fart joke. This episode's plot centers around finals as well ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3017 On April 30 2008, the season finale of Brandeis Got Talents was shot live in Shapiro Theater. The final five contestants, were Etta King '10, Lisa Fitzgerald '10, Nick Pollack '10 , Natasha Vadera '11 and Michael Cohen (GRAD), competed before a live studio audience to affirm their supremacy ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3016 While tabloids usually focus on the celebrity component of a Hollywood love triangle, Forgetting Sarah Marshall follows the underdog, as he attempts to recover from a breakup with up-and-coming It girl Sarah Marshall, played by Kirsten Bell (Veronica Mars). Produced by Judd Apatow, Jason Segel (How I Met Your Mother, Freaks ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3015 Nick Cave is not the sort of person you’d want to meet in a dark alley at night. As a matter of fact, I’m not even sure you’d want to associate with the pugnacious Aussie in the middle of Grand Central Station. If his ferociously raw vocals weren’t intimidating enough, ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3014 What brought Community Service Director Diane Hannan to her current job? Chalk it up to serendipity if you ask her. But a move to Boston 20 years ago and a chance posting for the position of director and advisor for the Waltham group caught her attention. Now, 17 years and ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3013 It has been almost three years since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, and as 18 members of National Collegiate Volunteers’ (NCV) second trip to New Orleans saw, the area is still recovering. From March 19 to March 24, Noah Kaplan ’08, Gaurav Gharti-Chhetri ’10, Adam Greenblatt ’10, Jaehwan Oh ... http://thehoot.net/articles/3012 With Pat Garofalo, Zach Aronow, Adam Hughes, hosted and edited by Andy Meyers. http://thehoot.net/articles/2987 With Pat Garofalo, Adam Hughes, Zach Aronow, edited and hosted by Andy Meyers. http://thehoot.net/articles/2986 With Mike Riga, Daniel Orkin, Jeremy Karp, hosted and edited by Andy Meyers. http://thehoot.net/articles/2985 Hosted by Max Shay, with Ben Douglas. Edited by Max Shay. http://thehoot.net/articles/2983 Hosted by Max Shay, with Ben Douglas. Edited by Max Shay. http://thehoot.net/articles/2982 Hosted by Max Shay, with Ben Douglas. Edited by Max Shay http://thehoot.net/articles/2981 Last week, in the shadow of his three year anniversary, proprietor of Back Pages Books Alex Green ’04 sent an e-mail to over 800 friends, acquaintances, customers, and colleagues detailing his store’s financial woes. After three years on Moody Street, his business is on verge of shutting its doors. “[W]ithout ... http://thehoot.net/articles/2979 Following a hearing before the University Board of Appeals on April 16, TYP student Mamoon Darwish, who had been suspended for nearly two months, returned to campus. Darwish’s hearing Wednesday came after a hearing April 8 in which charges against him for an ‘alleged incident’ were dismissed after the reporting ... http://thehoot.net/articles/2978 Following two weeks of negotiations, Student Events has agreed to return under the oversight of the Finance Board. Student Events, citing delays and inefficiency with the F-board’s method of accessing funds, placed themselves under the jurisdiction of Senior Vice President of Students and Enrollment Jean Eddy in November. “The Union presented ... http://thehoot.net/articles/2977 Massachusetts Congressman Edward Markey, Chair of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, spoke on Sunday afternoon about Congress’s efforts to address climate change and the need to go green. Following the lecture in Rapaporte Treasure Hall, a panel of environmental entrepreneurs discussed the profitability of a green ... http://thehoot.net/articles/2976 With its modest size, diverse selection of books, and in-store readings by authors, Back Pages Books is the quintessential independent bookstore for college students. Unfortunately, the store is currently in danger of closing down--that is, if the community does not come out to support it. Alex Green ’04, the store’s ... http://thehoot.net/articles/2975 As the winners of our most recent Student Union elections get settled in to their new positions, it is necessary to take a few things into consideration. In an election filled with catch words like “open dialogue”, “representing my constituents” and “transparency”, it only makes sense for both the winners ... http://thehoot.net/articles/2974 Dear Supporters of Senator Hillary Clinton, As many of you know, your candidate has a very slim chance of being nominated. I am not trying to be harsh; I am merely stating a fact. She will find it quite difficult to persuade superdelegates to support her as long as ... http://thehoot.net/articles/2973 In the February 29th edition of The Hoot, I announced my sorrowful retirement from controversy. I had proclaimed that I could no longer take the tension and agitation that comes along with saying sometimes offensive or unpopular remarks. I wrote that my skin was no longer thick enough to take ... http://thehoot.net/articles/2972 What does marriage mean in modern American society? I remember when I was younger, little girls would watch Disney movies believing that the Prince was a real person. But with age comes wisdom and you come to learn that no one is perfect and life is more exciting that way. ... http://thehoot.net/articles/2971