Columns

Brundage '15: No, Brown shouldn't give Providence more money

Syme GS: Yes, Brown should pay more

Syme GS: Rebuttal

McDonald '14: 'Mhm, Whatcha Say?'

"We just take so much for granted," a female student admonishes in the recent viral video, "Sh*t Brown Students Say." The three-minute YouTube clip attempts to poke fun at Brunonians for the ridiculous, Brown-specific idioms we use from day to day. From mailroom struggles and SafeRide hunting to the ...

Tobias '12: Putting affirmative action in context

Affirmative action is back in the news. The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that challenges the constitutionality of racial consideration in admissions at public universities. Because many private institutions accept government funds, any ruling that ends racial considerations ...

Bouche '14: No sincere solutions can come from austerity

Eppler '13: Chafee '75 correct to oppose death penalty

Dorris '15: What ever happened to the female orgasm?

This is Brown ­­­— Land of the Liberal. While we may find religion too backward, we unanimously accept all races, all sexual orientations and the traditionally taboo activities of masturbating and watching porn. 

Silverman '13: Ron Paul is not a libertarian

Kalyanpur '13: The advising fallacies

Sheehan '12: All-Star selection in compromising position

As the last NBA games of the first half of the season wrap up, and we prepare for the All-Star game, I would like to point out something that has really bothered me over the past couple of years. It's also something that applies to All-Star game selection. It's a matter of positioning.

Brundage '15: The appeal of mainstream music

Chizen '14: RIPTA's educational value

For the overwhelming majority of Brown students who are not from Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority is most likely a foreign concept. While the College Hill campus fosters education through intellectually stimulating classes, it fails to expose students to a working society and ...

Thomas '15: Rape jokes cause more damage than offense

Johnson '14: Super PACs bring out the worst in politicians

Carty '15: The essence of America

I love capitalism and believe in the profit motive inherent in it. I also love societal progress and believe in the selflessness existing outside of the profit motive that makes that progress sustainable and kind.  

Husted '13: Lessons for Spring Weekend

Spring Weekend is the largest and most widely attended event occurring on campus before Commencement week. Students eagerly anticipate the bands, agonize over getting tickets and even schedule their work or study abroad plans around the event. Spring Weekend is a time when people gather in large numbers, ...

Hefer '12: A discussion of rape and consent

Look around anywhere on campus, and you are bound to see a highlighter-colored shirt proclaiming the value of consent. We know a lot about consent. When is it required? Always. How should it be given? Enthusiastically.

Moffat '13: U.S. drug policies are a crime against humanity

Tobias '12: No cuts to mass transit