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Brown Divest Coal: Let's get the coal industry out of the Brown endowment

Corvese '15: Afraid of fraud

In April, Rhode Island held its presidential primary, in which new laws required voters to bring photo identification to polling booths. At the beginning of September, Democratic congressional nominee Anthony Gemma accused opponent Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., of committing voter fraud. And just a ...

Brundage '15: When I say 'fiscal responsibility,' you think what?

Romero '14: Let's talk about relationships

"Well, you know how it is with him - he's in a monogamous relationship so he barely has any time for his friends."

Katz '14: Why Brown should have minors

Like most Brown students, before arriving on campus for the start of the semester, I spent time playing around on Banner. With two concentration requirements set, I had two courses to choose from among over 40 academic departments.  

Drechsler '15: Should the Bush-era tax cuts be repealed for the wealthiest Americans?

Brundage's Rebuttal: Should the Bush-era tax cuts be repealed for the wealthiest Americans?

Drechsler's Rebuttal: Should the Bush-era tax cuts be repealed for the wealthiest Americans?

Brundage '15: Should the Bush-era tax cuts be repealed for the wealthiest Americans?

In fiscal year 2011, government outlays totaled approximately $3.83 trillion while revenues totaled only $2.57 trillion, leaving the nation with a nearly $1.3 trillion deficit. At this point, a common goal among most ideologies is to eliminate this deficit. The two methods of reducing the national deficit ...

Moraff '14: Hiking tuition and blowing money on sparkly things

Katz '14: The perils of gun ownership

This past summer James Holmes, a former graduate student in neuroscience at the University of Colorado, opened fire at a movie theatre in Aurora, Colo., murdering 12 people and wounding 58. 

Pfaff '14: The technology unpocalypse

Zacks '15: Suffering on the path to freedom

Hudson '14: Obama's war on students

No president in American history has been as popular with college students as President Obama. Ironically, no president in American history has been as threatening to college students as President Obama. After investing considerable time and money in a college degree, students want to graduate into ...

Take care of day care

I'm not a parent. I have no plans to be a parent in the near future. But if I did, I would definitely have some core concerns about my childcare options should I choose to study or work at Brown. I'm aware of the struggles that working parents and student parents face in finding convenient, affordable ...

Eppler '13: Why college isn't irrelevant

Hard times tend to produce radical ideas, and the current economic crisis is no exception. Many observers have noticed the hardships faced by recent college graduates - limited job prospects, crushing student loan burdens - and suggested that the current American educational paradigm of college for ...

Lattanzi-Silveus '14: What the Chicago teachers have taught us

Last week, an editorial in The Herald criticized Chicago's teachers for putting their own interests in front of those of students by striking ("Have your apple and eat it, too?" Sept. 18). The editorial portrays Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, on the other hand, as "trying to end something that clearly ...

Heath Mayo'13: Should Obamacare be repealed?

When the 2,700-page Affordable Care Act stepped up to the plate and was passed two years ago, grand promises of increased coverage, lower costs and better outcomes that accompanied its passage all inspired a sense of hope. A few years removed from that excitement, deeper consideration of the act's long-term ...

Mayo's Rebuttal: Should Obamacare be repealed?

Garret Johnson '14: Should Obamacare be repealed?

Obamacare attempts to address the three major shortcomings in the American health care system - lack of access, high costs and mediocre quality of care. While there remains work to be done, repealing Obamacare would be a major economic and moral setback for the United States.