Two years ago, President Christina Paxson asked the Brown community to consider her characterization of the University as “constructively irreverent.” History corroborates her claim — many a Brown student has eschewed social norms while working within an established framework to change our school ...
Three weeks ago, I went to my first career fair. I walked around a bit, and though I talked to some representatives, I left mostly disappointed. Out of the over 90 companies that came to the fair, I had three successful and helpful interactions. At first, I thought that maybe I wasn’t looking closely ...
This past week, tens of thousands of students in Hong Kong took to the streets to claim their fundamental right to suffrage. They were met with tear gas and billy clubs, as well as the passive assent of parts of the international community — including institutions like Brown — that benefit from ...
The Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice is bursting onto the scene this semester, organizing various educational events and programs that have already reached wide audiences on campus. In coordination with the University’s 250th celebration, the center has shed light on important themes surrounding ...
I started off freshman year with a loud declaration to the world that I was not going to fall for the first cute boy who smiled my way. I mean, my goodness, I was here for education! To strive to become a well-rounded human being! To gain experience for the real world! How could I have time for boys ...
I had originally finished the final sentence of this column last Tuesday. Because I consider completion of any kind a cause for celebration, I decided to shirk an assignment deadline and attend “Sounds of Music from North Korea: A Concert with Professor Cheol Woong Kim,” an event sponsored by the ...
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. Remember when the Washington Capitals were the hot up-and-comers in the NHL? Remember when Ovechkin, Semin, Green and Backstrom were all under 25? Remember when they won the Presidents’ Trophy? Remember when it felt like ...
Every last week of September, the American Library Association organizes Banned Books Week. This celebration of the freedom to read calls attention to the restrictions that schools, municipalities and even state governments have placed on certain books over the years. Actual banning has become unusual, ...
A manned mission to Mars is the next major step in human achievement, and according to current estimates, NASA should be able to accomplish the feat by the mid-2030s. But given the constant, crippling budget cuts that NASA faces, that estimate may be little more than wishful thinking. If we want to ...
Imagine a school called FRISB with a long-standing relationship with another school called Frown — dating to, say, 1902. And say FRISB offers courses in something Frown has never taught — say, astrophysics. Would Frown limit the number of courses its students could take at FRISB? Or would Frown ...
Let me begin by saying this is not a column about abortion. I am writing this column with the understanding that the highest court in the land has granted women the right to choose and that that right should be respected. The decision to become a parent should be just that — a decision, and not a ...
A recent Herald column by David Katzevich ’16 claims that the Islamic State was essentially an American creation. This assertion is patently false and also dangerous. Blaming all the world’s troubles on the United States and then using those arguments as a basis for isolationist policy is a terrible ...
Brown is talking about Ray Kelly again, but let’s be honest. The conversation isn’t about Kelly. It’s about Brown and academic freedom. Those last two words refer to many things, but at Brown, they include the right of any group, faculty or student, to invite a speaker of its choice to campus. That ...
Certain parts of life are often taken for granted. People do not think about their ability to breathe unless they are having difficulty doing so. One doesn’t consider the difficulty of walking up a flight of steps until he or she sprains an ankle and it hurts too much to support any weight. It is ...
Why join a fraternity? To identify with one’s masculinity. To display this manliness to others. To take part in a brotherhood. To network. To live in a house with dozens of other men. To throw parties in that house. To throw parties and get drunk in that house. To throw parties and get drunk and ...
Now that the votes have been tallied and the world relieved of the Scottish suspense of Sept. 18, the wait begins for the results of that “secession scare.” While the “yes” camp sits in disappointment, questioning its fruitless campaign, those in the “no” camp must now work to ensure that ...
When David Ortiz retires in a couple years (maybe 10), I hope they don’t give him a victory tour. Surely he deserves gifts and ovations at every park, long ceremonies and jersey patches. Ortiz is the best designated hitter in the history of the game, the lead author of the greatest comeback in sports ...
These past two weeks have reminded me of the place that professional sports hold in the American heart. Not a day has gone by in which Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson or Roger Goodell has not been mentioned. The actions and inactions of these men have single-handedly opened up the national conversation about ...
In yet another faux pas, Urban Outfitters recently released a vintage Kent State sweater that looks to have bloodstains on it. A seeming reference to the shooting of students by the National Guard during anti-Vietnam War protests in the 1970s, the design offended many people and began yet another short-lived ...
Brown has recently started an initiative called “Transformative Conversations.” The program aims to “provide opportunities and spaces to engage respectfully and thoughtfully across our differences." These conversations, however, will have a minimal effect on campus discourse at Brown, contradict ...
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