“We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak coincidence,” said President Obama. “Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science and act before it’s ...
In the wake of last week’s end to the government shutdown, a slew of national commentary has focused on an apparent rift forming between the Tea Party and mainstream Republicans. But here in Rhode Island, a local political rift appears to be brewing in the Democratic Party. Disagreements over the ...
I recently had the pleasure of reading Zach Ingber’s ’15 opinion piece in which he suggested that the bias against minority groups at Brown — particularly against political conservatives — threatens the spirit of free inquiry embedded in the University’s mission (“Free speech at Brown?” ...
At the start of this year’s college football season, reigning Heisman Trophy winner and Texas A&M University quarterback Johnny Manziel was suspended amidst reports that he was paid to sign autographs for the first half of his team’s opening game. Some would argue these reports suggest that ...
Last week, representatives from the United Nations Security Council and Iran engaged in talks about Iran’s nuclear program in Geneva. In exchange for loosening economic sanctions, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani claims to be willing to employ greater transparency in Iran’s nuclear development. ...
It wasn’t that long ago that we watched with wonder as social media went public with Facebook’s initial public offering. For a moment, as Facebook stock plummeted, many shook their heads and declared the moment a failure for the company and for the future of social media companies. Ironically, ...
With all the buzz about the strategic plan, there has been no shortage of discussion surrounding Brown’s mission statement and larger purpose as a university or university-college. And while the debate has often revolved around the centrality of undergraduates to our educational philosophy, I’d ...
When I tell people Tiger Woods is my favorite athlete, I invariably receive either a quip about the irrelevance of golf or a quibble about Woods’ infamous marital problems. Either way, I seem to be pretty alone in my opinion — Woods currently ranks as the third-most hated athlete in America. Woods’ ...
In one week, the University’s Corporation will meet, discussing and likely voting on whether the University should continue to profit from any of the 15 largest coal companies it’s currently invested in. This decision is critical: for those suffering in communities impacted by mountaintop removal, ...
It has been almost nine years since Dutch film director Theo van Gogh was murdered while biking to work in Amsterdam. Dutch-Moroccan terrorist Mohammed Bouyeri shot Van Gogh while he begged for mercy, slit his throat and used a dagger to pin a warning message to “America, Europe, the Netherlands and ...
Last week, Emma Hall ’16 created the short film “Autofill: A Gender Study.” This 4 minute and 41 second video focuses on societal microaggressions that have become “norms” and stereotypes of gender and feminism revealed through Google searches, including one-line statements such as “rape ...
It seems to be almost a constant background fixture of national debate — periodically taking to center stage in the aftermath of horrific tragedy. Just last month, Nico Enriquez ’16 wrote a column calling for stronger firearms regulation (“The blind gun,” Sept. 20) in which he made many points ...
A quarter of all startup businesses will fail within a year of inception. After five years, over half of all small businesses will have failed. In fact, research released last year by Shikhar Ghosh, a professor at Harvard Business School, concluded that three out of four startup companies don’t return ...
President Calvin Coolidge once said, “the chief business of the American people is business.” Indeed, to many, America is the land of entrepreneurs. Plenty has changed since 1925, but entrepreneurship remains popular today. College-age students especially are drawn to join or found startups, ...
As an African-American man, I have long been surrounded by the images and ideas of the ideal — albeit subjectively determined — black man. This man should be confident and prepared at all times, in a world in which many will try to strip him of his self-worth. He should be articulate, and, as a ...
John Lonergan ’72 writes of higher education as many in the business world do, as just another “product” that needs to be packaged for consumption (“What’s the future for professors at Brown?” Oct. 7). But education, like health care, doesn’t always fit neatly into the capitalist equation. That’s ...
Enzerink GS: Helping grads helps undergrads Will the strategic plan benefit undergraduates? The question can be answered succinctly: yes. While the phrasing presupposes there are discrete interests for the constituencies within the University, most commitments made in the plan will reverberate beyond ...
Last Thursday, cable funnyman Bill O’Reilly sent his cut-rate goon Jesse Watters with a challenge for the “students of Brown” to justify our nakedness in terms of the tuition cost and elite status of our university. According to BlogDailyHerald, the duo wanted to portray Brown students as “over-privileged ...
The federal government is the third biggest employer in Rhode Island and employs about 11,581 people in the state. About 7,000 of these people have already been furloughed. The government shutdown will have an impact on Rhode Island, even now that employees are sure they will receive back pay. Given ...
Drones are here to stay. There is no going back, now that they have proven so tactically effective in foreign combat. The U.S. government estimates that 75 percent of al Qaeda leadership has been decimated by lethal aerial strikes in the last five years. Drones are now being built, tested and deployed ...
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