These days, there’s a pretty simple answer to any question you don’t know the answer to: Google it. Information is more accessible than it has ever been, and, for many reasons, the dissemination of information is one of the most remarkable accomplishments of human civilization to date. But this ...
The series of terrorist attacks that gripped Paris — and the world — in shock on Friday night will not go without its deeper effects on our increasingly globalized world. From all corners of the globe, displays of solidarity, empathy and love have risen in the face of what appears to be a long conflict ...
Night descends upon us much sooner than it used to a few weeks ago, and it’s taking a huge toll on my energy. I am finding it much harder to stay out of my room for much of the day, and I usually feel a yearning to go back to my dorm as soon as I can after classes. I’m not sure what the cause of ...
When I was younger, my mother didn’t let me watch the news. “They only report on the tragedies that happen,” she told me, “and I don’t want you to think that the world is a terrible place.” Indeed, scrolling through headlines online, I am inundated with graphic images of pain, violence and ...
By now we have all had at least one conversation about political correctness at Brown and whether it stifles real dialogue — it’s a topic that frustrates many but never seems to improve. But while many take issue with our inadvertently anti-liberal atmosphere, I take more issue with how Brown students ...
I don’t remember too much of my freshman orientation. It was both four years ago and, well, let’s just leave it at it being four years ago. And yet I have the distinct displeasure of vividly remembering one particular orientation session led by two faculty members, which was attended by what appeared ...
Being a Brown student, one has the opportunity to explore an untold number of resources and events. Because of this, it always troubles me to see students who come to Providence spend four years working on nothing but their academics and graduate having dedicated all of their time to studying. To me, ...
A few weeks ago, I faced a significant academic dilemma: I was very close to dropping one of my courses. I told myself that the course did not count toward my concentration and that it was too hard to handle in addition to the concentration-related ones I was taking. I feared that I could not devote ...
No recreational marijuana for Ohio. A defeated measure that would have fought discrimination against the trans community in Houston. The victory of a Kentucky gubernatorial candidate who championed Kim Davis. These and other similar results paint the picture of a liberal failure on election day. The ...
Few people can lay claim to ever having removed articles of clothing for monetary gain. Fewer of these people can say they did so while studying at an Ivy League university. And the fewest of this motley bunch can say it was their Ivy League university that paid them to bare it all in front of their ...
About a week ago, a trial closely watched by many (myself included) came to an anticlimactic close. Owen Labrie, a former student at the prestigious St. Paul’s School of New Hampshire, was given a year in jail for the sexual assault of a young girl. At the time of the assault, he was 18, while she ...
Last Wednesday, I sat in my hotel room in Cleveland, Ohio with great anticipation to watch the third Republican Party debate. To my dismay, the debate hosted by CNBC in Boulder, Colorado, signified the larger problems surfacing within the party, as candidates stumbled over one another to deliver substantive ...
The third Republican presidential debate received no shortage of media attention. Before, during and after the debate, the homepages of mainstream newspapers were rife with speculation: News analyses guessed at the possible implications of every little interaction and chose winners based, subjectively, ...
In light of the ongoing campus discussion of free expression, responsibility and identity, who are you? What do you stand for? We find ourselves in unsettled times here at Brown where people, places and paradigms are under incessant scrutiny in the quest for what? Resolution? Blame? Healing? Regardless ...
Undoubtedly one of the most pressing issues in American politics today is wealth distribution. The divide between the haves and the have-nots in this country has grown, and many across the nation are clamoring for a change. While such a change is likely necessary, I find the way in which this issue ...
Privilege exists on many levels at Brown — sometimes more conspicuous, sometimes less apparent. While not wanting to overstep any boundaries or talk about other peoples’ struggles, I can say that my Brown experience was significantly shaped by the very fact that I was an international student, and ...
One of the things I love most about Brown is its beautiful campus. Don’t get me wrong — I also love the intellectual environment, the motivated student body and the plethora of opportunities for personal growth and exploration. But on days when the sun is out and the campus comes alive, I have to ...
In the past few weeks, discussion over a controversial pair of columns in The Herald has shifted our attention to free speech, instead of fostering critical engagement with the author’s pseudoscientific racism. This devolution is highly dangerous for three reasons. First, as other op-ed contributors ...
This statement comes as a culmination of multiple focus groups and meetings with various students, groups, administrators and Corporation members about the Diversity Action Plan. A single op-ed does not do justice to the needs of underrepresented groups on campus. In consultation with other students ...
Earlier this month, as I read through articles in The Herald debating the free exchange of ideas, I was struck by how little the conversation has progressed since the events of Oct. 29, 2013, when former New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly’s scheduled lecture was canceled due to student protests ...
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