Last Wednesday, the world learned of the passing of Steve Jobs — entrepreneur, visionary and long-time CEO of Apple. Few in the history of mankind have dared to alter the way the entire world lives their daily lives, and even fewer have succeeded. In his 56 years, Jobs changed the way we interact ...
In his most recent column ("Rock beats SciLi," Oct. 7), Chip Lebovitz '14 asserted that the long communal tables, bustling lobby and group study rooms at the Sciences Library create an atmosphere more conducive to social activities akin to "hanging out" as opposed to true, laser-pointed, marathon-session-style ...
Throwing off the shackles of on-campus housing can be a relief. No more anxiety about the sleeping patterns of your randomly selected roommate, no more unannounced fire drills when you are just trying to take a shower, no more unwanted exposure to the compulsory Britney Spears spinning parties thrown ...
Happy belated Columbus Day. Or, as we call it here at Brown, Fall Weekend.
A recently completed Macroeconomics exam forced me to go underground last weekend, squirreling away in a library cubbyhole to simultaneously pound out problem sets and practice exams. I ended up studying in both of campus' two main libraries, the Rockefeller Library and the Sciences Library. So with ...
The steadily rising cost of textbooks is a problem that plagues all students. Opinions columnist Jan Cao '13 recently argued against costly textbooks ("Calculus and pirates," Sept. 28), citing students' "right to knowledge." And while Cao says, "I will not go so far as to suggest that we should all ...
I go to Brown's Focal Point page a lot. It's handy because, despite frequent navel-gazing, my thoughts — and those of fellow students — about life goals usually don't go further than "I am he as you are he as you are me ... what?" The page description suggests that I should use ...
At Brown, we are known for meaningful analysis and crafting innovative methods for change. This is thanks to an atmosphere that privileges social justice and positive transformation. So it is natural that we should worry at attempts to curtail our academic and political freedom. We must expose these ...
There are a plethora of ways in which our society normalizes able-bodied people at the exclusion of those whose bodies are differently- or dis-abled. Ability or disability is judged at a glance, frozen in place with a stare, and in part separates those we consider capable subjects from incapable objects ...
No champagne was popped and no balls dropped, but last week marked the Jewish New Year. The time now between the Jewish New Year and Yom Kippur, Judaism's holiest day, is a period to reflect on the previous year. It is a time to take an accounting of one's self and one's deeds.
It is early summer in the year 2011, yet it feels like 1992 to the oldest residents of Somalia. For the second time in 20 years, a succession of days without rain has drained the soil and their hopes. The outlook is as bleak as ever. Family members are forced to pack their few belongings and abandon ...
College is consistently and, quite frankly, too frequently heralded as the time of our lives. We are constantly reminded to appreciate these four years before we set out into the real world. It is the golden age of our own time. I find this exalted distinction far too disconcerting. When we graduate, ...
The debate about whether to recognize the Reserve Officers' Training Corps on campus is indicative of a more fundamental struggle facing the community. How do we, as members of an extremely liberal university, engage with a world that does not share our deep commitment to liberal values?
When the Rhode Island Legislature enacted the 2006 Edward O. Hawkins and Thomas C. Slater Medical Marijuana Act — in large part thanks to the work of Jesse Stout '06 — many celebrated the achievement as a victory for patients' rights. The act created a legal path for people who suffered ...
Dear white guy in my class. This is awkward. I know that you feel it, and I know that I feel it. But we can't get around it. We're going to have to talk about race. We're talking about identity — or class, American history, slavery or anything else that Europeans have been involved in on a state ...
It's a common dilemma for any skill-based student group on campus: Do we take in students who already show talent or inexperienced ones who will enable us to expand student opportunities at Brown? Ideally, students would be able to step through the Van Wickle Gates and try their hand at any activity ...
No prospective student priced out of Brown has ever been the talk of campus. There have been no Associated Press obituaries lamenting the loss of tenure, teaching or the university-college. But as we bemoan the departure of Brown's most beloved president, let us interrupt the admiration for a moment ...
One of my friends is taking her first college math class. Being a humanities student, she just bought her most expensive textbook yet — a 2011 edition of James Stewart's "Calculus" for $180. The past editions cost no more than $30. Some can even be downloaded online for free.
At some point in your college career, you've encountered them — the person who, upon learning that you go to Brown, quizzically says, "Isn't that the school without any grades or something?" You gently correct them, laughing at their naivete. But while they may be misinformed, they ought to be ...
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