Imagine you are a 19th-century shipowner about to send one of your vessels to the New World, carrying a cargo of hopeful families seeking a better life. While your ship has historically been sturdy, she has seen many rough seas and often needs repair. Doubt begins to creep into your mind about whether ...
I stumbled into TAPS 0030: “Introduction to Acting and Directing” during my fall semester of senior year after a friend randomly mentioned the class to me. I had previously acted in a middle school play, and enjoyed the creative and fun aspects of it, though I’d never taken an acting class. After ...
It’s 3 a.m. and I’m sitting in my cramped dorm room in Perkins Hall, trying to write an opinion column about why Taylor Swift is overrated. The problem is that I don’t know much about Taylor Swift, other than that it annoys me when people treat her like a god. I struggle to find a way to start ...
I’ll never forget my experience during “A Day on College Hill.” As I stepped off the plane, I felt a mix of excitement and uncertainty as I navigated the city on my own for the first time. When I arrived on College Hill, that uncertainty began to fade. I had the opportunity to stay with a sophomore ...
The creation of the Watson School of International and Public Affairs marked a pivotal moment in Brown’s commitment to global education on campus. The Watson School expands courses, research and other opportunities for students to engage with issues around the world. Brown’s emphasis on international ...
On April 10, Undergraduate Council of Students President Talib Reddick ’26 and Undergraduate Finance Board Chair Naomi LeDell ’26 stood on the steps of the Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center to announce that Ariel Shifrin ’27 was elected as UCS president and Aidan Lu ’27 as UFB chair. Back in ...
It is wildly uncommon for a president to have approval ratings this low in the first two years of the presidency. The second Trump administration’s baseless foreign wars, the corresponding economic impact and failing message discipline have severely diminished his party’s prospects for the 2026 ...
There’s nothing quite like spring at Brown: The sun is shining, trees are blooming and it feels like the whole school is having one big picnic on the Main Green. When I look at this picturesque scene, I can’t ignore an underlying sense of impending doom otherwise known as summer break. The threat ...
This spring break, my friends and I travelled through Germany, Poland and Lithuania, visiting Holocaust sites and learning about its legacy. Despite being a Judaic studies concentrator and being currently enrolled in JUDS 0902: “History of the Holocaust,” this trip was eye-opening in a way few other ...
The last year has seen many Brown students speaking out about the issues they care about, from No Kings rallies to anti-ICE protests and outcries against the Trump administration. In 2026, activism remains a critical fiber in Brown’s social fabric.
When I ask questions in my MATH 1530: “Abstract Algebra” lecture, I tend to buffer them with filler words: “like,” “wait,” “sorry.” While my friend and I raise our hands before speaking, some of our classmates are more direct with their remarks, pointing at the board when they think ...
Last week was particularly stressful for many Brown undergraduates, and it didn’t even have anything to do with midterms. For rising sophomores and juniors, the stakes are high in Brown’s randomized, everyone-for-themselves housing selection. There seems to be a scarcity of desirable living situations, ...
Since the onset of the Trump administration, the relationship between universities like Brown and the federal government has been adversarial. Characterized by funding fights, illegal campus encroachments and canceled programs, the past year has given many students on campuses across the country and ...
In a time when artificial intelligence has grown more and more prevalent, there is absolutely no use for it in my first-year seminar. In LITR 0710: “Writers on Writing Seminar,” my class reads a collection of poems, essays or a novel every week, discusses the works and then has the privilege of ...
On top of my four classes, recently I feel as though I am enrolled in an invisible fifth class, BRWN 0010: “Scrolling Through Courses@Brown.” The only assignment in this class is to pick the most exciting, perhaps concentration-fulfilling fall courses available. To complete this assignment, I consider ...
With pre-registration around the corner, I’ve turned to Courses@Brown to plan my schedule for the fall. While many courses have clear, precise and direct names, there are plenty of others with odd titles. While these unclearly titled courses are a minority, they matter. Brown challenges students to ...
On Sundays, I send an undeniably important text to various friends: “meal this week?” College dining serves a special purpose outside of nutrition — it is a means of social connection and community. But, I, along with many other Brunonians, have let my dining experience be defined by the status ...
On March 11, Mexican investigative journalist Marcela Turati delivered the keynote address at the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies’s inaugural Human Rights Lecture and Symposium. After the killing of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes — also known as El Mencho — two weeks prior, we ...
There’s a very specific moment somewhere between your first step in the ocean and the total loss of feeling below your ankles when you realize two things: first, this was entirely your choice, and second, this is crazy. Perhaps you start to regret everything as a chilly breeze sweeps across the bay, ...
Last month, the prospect of responding to two Spectator articles on anti-ICE protests in Providence came up during a meeting with Herald opinion writers and editors. However, as we discussed arguments, I realized that those pieces contained instances of poor journalistic integrity. In our era of misinformation, ...
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