Innermost Parts

After a year of accepting submissions, the Massachusetts’ legislature’s 1,000 Great Places Commission has released its report of the best locations in the state.  That’s not exactly an exclusive list considering that Massachusetts has only 351 cities and towns, but it’s still nice to see that one of these Great Places is found on our [...]

Recently, a facebook event went up called Kill a Jew for getting Mein (Kampf(C wat I did thar!?)) accounts disabled. The page, which seems to be someone’s juvenile idea of a joke, is filled with anti-semitic comments and pictures of Hitler’s face. Although I believe few would take it seriously, and no specific plans are listed [...]

Yesterday I was browsing through articles online when I stumbled upon a piece of news announcing that Archie Comics will introduce its first gay character this September!  Archie will also have his first interracial kiss, with Valerie from Josie and the Pussycats! Archie Comics, which has been around since 1941, features a group of typical, all-American, “average” teenagers growing up somewhere in [...]

The Institute of Assets and Social Policy, a research institute at Brandeis’ Heller School, conducted a study which found that the wealth gap between African-American and white families has been increasing since the 1980′s, and recommended ways to deal with this disparity. The wealth gap between white and African-American families increased more than four times between [...]

Hi! I’m Becca Carden, a freshman, and this is my first post for Innermost Parts. This weekend was my first Springfest experience at Brandeis. It was really fun and beautiful, and very interactive. But, as I am not an artist, I don’t get the opportunity to see student art very often during the school year. [...]

At Brandeis my room has two different types of walls. There is a brick wall on one side, and there is a drywall wall on the other side. I never feel caught between the mix though because I enjoy the diversity of walls.