Brown is a wonderful place — perhaps even a tad too wonderful. Proof of this lies in the fact that many graduating students, as they walk through the Van Wickle gates, are filled with a feeling of remorse that equals, if not trumps, their excitement for the real world. I estimate that they do not ...
A friend of mine got arrested last month for drunk driving. She endangered other people, she went to jail, and her job prospects are damaged. Growing up, my parents and my friends’ parents always said “Don’t Drive Drunk Ever.” Obviously, they are right. What we don’t usually hear is the arrested ...
As an international student, I can count on one hand the number of times I can go home during the year. Due to the long distance and flight, I’m not able to go home during weekends or even shorter breaks. Of course, the cost of travel fare home is well above average for students at Brown who normally ...
When a filthy rich businessman engages in shady backdoor campaign financing, it is not political speech — it is bribery. It is corruption of the highest degree. And it threatens to ruin the greatest ideals of a democratic society. Unlimited campaign financing undermines the foundational equality of ...
During a bout of soul-searching last semester, I resolved to clarify for myself once and for all why I was studying classics and, in the process, justify spending four months in Italy touring Roman and Greek ruins. I was somewhat successful, though what I would like to offer here are my reflections ...
Everyone can agree that we are all different. Some of us have blue eyes, some have brown. Some of us are tall, some are short. Some people are born with incredible gifts in math and science, while others suffer from learning disorders. Since its founding, the United States has fought bloody internal ...
The rise of labor unions was an essential movement that shaped the American workplace. Unions were formed to achieve safer conditions, more reasonable hours and fair compensation for workers. To this day, unions serve those same purposes in a wide variety of fields. And there may be an increase in unions ...
Last week, President Obama gave his State of the Union address, which outlined his goals for the remainder of his term and highlighted aspects of his presidency to date. While I agree that progress has been made on several fronts, be it curbing Iran’s nuclear program, working to provide a temporary ...
Jan. 24 marked the first anniversary of women being allowed to fill combat positions within the military. Still, before they can be fully integrated, the Department of Defense must construct gender-neutral physical performance standards. In anticipation of the new standards, female recruits and their ...
The Brown community is missing out on important conversations and opportunities to start and strengthen relationships. Too often we settle for anonymous communication: buying a cappella Valentine’s Day grams, sending roses or posting to anonymous Facebook groups. Last school year, students created ...
In his 2013 inaugural address, President Obama reiterated an idea central to American political thought: “The most evident of truths — that all of us are created equal — is the star that guides us still.” Since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the notion that “all men are created ...
When I was sixteen, I got my first job as a dishwasher working for the grand rate of $1.10 per hour. It wasn’t much — about $5.70 in today’s dollars — but I was happy to get it. That wage meant $20 per week in my pocket, enough for dinner for two and a movie, or four record albums, or a used ...
Brown is frequently dubbed the liberal Ivy. Whether in response to Fox News’ disturbing intrusion on campus, New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly’s supposedly fascist lecture or the Corporation’s flat denial of the demands of Brown Divest Coal, Brown students never miss an opportunity to reinforce ...
It wasn’t a big surprise when the University announced late last week that Provost Mark Schlissel P’15 is leaving Brown to become the 14th president of the University of Michigan. Schlissel’s departure simply adds one more name to the list of administrators who have left their positions since ...
On Tuesday, President Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union address, calling 2014 a “breakthrough year for America” and condemning the partisan gridlock that has run rampant for much of his presidency. While the address is certainly a positive way to communicate the government’s goals, ...
A few weeks ago, a draft of the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, was leaked. Like its predecessors, the leaked report proved to be a cautious, dry document. But the report’s conclusions are worth sharing, if only because its ...
As I sat in the airport waiting for my flight back to Providence last week, the terminal was filled with college students heading back to school. A few were reading books and a few were napping, but the vast majority was looking at their iPhones or iPads. Not a single one of them was talking to someone ...
While the term “library” signifies for students anything from research help to workplace to social hub, the image of libraries in popular culture is decidedly more negative. As the 2007 documentary “The Hollywood Librarian” explored, “library” mostly conjures up images of stuffy old rooms ...
There are many religious students at Brown. Cheery students from the Christian Fellowship frequently give out hot chocolate on the Main Green. Catholic Mass is packed with students. The Muslim Students’ Association and Brown/RISD Hillel are central parts of many students’ college experiences. But ...
Everyone who had plans to attend the 2014 Winter Olympics most likely experienced a nervous pit in their stomachs when watching the news in December. Eyes plastered to the television screen, the world learned of violent obstacles that may interfere with the Olympics and make traveling there unsafe. People ...
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