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Editorial: At long last, Spring Weekend

By Editorial Page Board | April 27

Spring Weekend is back. This Friday and Saturday, for the first time since 2019, students will gather in person to hear performances from the likes of Flo Milli, Ari Lennox and Amaarae — screaming their hearts out to songs they may or may not know, taking a break from classes and work to hang out ...

Editorial: Broken elections, broken UCS

By Editorial Page Board | April 26

After years of apathy among students, this year’s student government election finally attracted attention — but for all the wrong reasons. On April 18, the Student Government Association announced that Chas Steinbrugge ’24 had won the race for president of the Undergraduate Council of Students. ...

Editorial: To the class of 2026

By Editorial Page Board | April 22

Congratulations on your acceptances to Brown! We’re so excited to welcome you to College Hill. A new class of students is always cause for celebration. But this year, the changing of the guard feels especially meaningful.

Editorial: The UCS president-elect has his work cut out for him

By Editorial Page Board | April 19

At 7 p.m. on Monday, leaders of the University’s three branches of student government stood on the Main Green and announced the results of this year’s student government elections. Many of the races were uncontested, but the final race announced, for the president of the Undergraduate Council ...

Editorial: The Housing Lottery is a mess

By Editorial Page Board | April 4

The Housing Lottery starts this Thursday, adding another headache-inducing ordeal to a month already filled to the brim with projects, papers and tests. Selecting on-campus housing should be a fairly straightforward process. In reality, it is a mess. The buildup to selection day leads to breakdowns, ...

Editorial: To mask or not to mask? Ask students.

By Editorial Page Board | March 14

The campus mask mandate is ending today. Save for a few settings, including classrooms where instructors decide otherwise, vaccinated individuals no longer have to wear masks in public spaces. For some, this is a cause for celebration. At long last, we are moving forward in this pandemic, finally ...

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Editorial: Required courses must be accessible

By Editorial Page Board | February 27

For many students, vying for a spot in a popular class is a shopping period tradition — begging professors for overrides, getting their names onto waitlists and crossing their fingers that a spot will open up. Some amount of competition is expected, as spaces are limited. But when these highly ...

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Editorial: Students treat Wellness like a regular dorm; Brown should too

By Editorial Page Board | February 22

The deadline for the Wellness Residential Experience at Sternlicht Commons — or what most students simply call Wellness — recently passed. The dorm is in high demand among students, owing to its spacious suites and brand-new furnishings. The goal of the dorm is lofty: to create a community where ...

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Editorial: The S/NC deadline is not satisfactory

By Editorial Page Board | February 7

The deadline to opt for the Satisfactory/No Credit grading option is fast approaching, and as shopping period comes to a close, students are doing their best to make the right call. Taking a class S/NC can help alleviate students’ stress about grades when taking a course, allowing them to focus ...

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Editorial: Respect the concerns of the COVID-cautious

By Editorial Page Board | January 31

Even as the pandemic rages on, public health measures have increasingly become a matter of personal responsibility on College Hill. Students on campus are now accountable for administering their ...

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Editorial: Brown is back

By Editorial Page Board | December 6

We spent the last year and a half craving the small pleasures, the ones we took for granted before the pandemic hit. Hugging friends and seeing their unmasked smiles. Chatting with classmates before and after lecture.

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Editorial: CAPS must expand access

By Editorial Page Board | November 17

Despite high demand, mental health resources remain in short supply on College Hill. Counseling and Psychological Services, Brown’s main provider of therapy and mental health support for students, is failing to address the needs of a struggling student body.

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Editorial: First-year advising falls short

By Editorial Page Board | November 10

First-year advisors — the professors, deans and academic administrators who offer advice to students as they navigate their first months in college — are students’ first guides through a daunting Open Curriculum. These advisors have the potential to positively shape a student’s college experience, ...

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Editorial: For a truly accessible Brown, abolish legacy admission

By Editorial Page Board | November 1

The University recently announced a significant expansion of its financial aid program, along with plans to transition to

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Editorial: Brown Dining is broken. Our workers deserve better.

By Editorial Page Board | October 15

Brown Dining Services is broken. As recent reporting has revealed, staff at campus dining halls are suffering due to overwork, communication failures and disorganized management. Our workers deserve better. They deserve a University that acknowledges their struggles, at the very least, and commits ...

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Editorial: We shouldn’t have to live in Wellness to live well

By Editorial Page Board | October 3

The Wellness Center dorm certainly sets a promising tone for future expansions of University housing, and its mission of promoting well-being is admirable. At the same time, the building’s almost luxurious design highlights existing inequities in the Brown residential experience, setting a worrying ...

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Editorial: Hungry for change

By Editorial Page Board | October 1

With students once again flooding into the Ratty, clamoring for sandwiches at the Blue Room and foraging for a late-night snack at Jo’s, Brown dining is back — but for many, it is not back to where it needs to be.

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Editorial: How can we identify with public art we don’t understand?

September 27

One of the values of public art on campus, according to Brown, is that it “contributes to a sense of place, and inspires identification with this institution, its history and its values.” But the “Large Concretised Monument ...

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Editorial: On loss and tradition

By Editorial Page Board | September 17

Vartan Gregorian Quad has been called “New Dorm” by Brown students since the days when it was actually new. But over the past year, as an incoming class of students entered onto a mostly empty campus, a new name for the residence hall emerged: “Greg.” This change, while amusing, was also alarming. ...

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Editors’ Note: This fall, The Herald will print three times a week and publish online daily

By 131st Editorial Board | September 2

After an unprecedented summer of publishing online daily during Brown’s first-ever summer term, The Herald will print three times a week this fall semester on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays — up from the once-per-week frequency implemented in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will continue ...