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Editorial: Some advice for the class of 2027
By Editorial Page Board | April 20Dear Class of 2027,
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Editorial: We must thoroughly reject Islamophobia on campus
By Editorial Page Board | April 9Last Tuesday, the Providence Police Department received a call threatening to bomb the University’s Muslim Student Center, inciting fear and forcing students in the center to relocate and rearrange scheduled prayers. The threat came during Ramadan, a sacred month in Islam and a time when Muslim students, ...
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To embrace its commitment to student wellness, Brown must expand its recreational facilities
By Editorial Page Board | April 2In their editorial, the editorial page board argues that Brown should expand its limited recreational facilities to realize its goal of supporting student wellness.
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Editorial: The Open Curriculum is about exploration. Why is Brown’s certificate program so limited?
By Editorial Page Board | March 20This semester, the Brown Renewable Energy and Sustainability Society has been advocating for a certificate in sustainability to join similar programs in data fluency, engaged scholarship, entrepreneurship, intercultural competence and migration studies. We’re all for a sustainability certificate — ...
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Editorial: Our student government is a mess. It’s time for a much-needed makeover.
By Editorial Page Board | March 16In their editorial, the Editorial Page Board advocates for a sweeping simplification of Brown’s current student government.
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Affirmative action may be off the table soon — but legacy admissions are not the answer
By Editorial Page Board | February 26With the Supreme Court poised to strike down race-conscious admissions, Brown is considering a number of alternative strategies to uphold student body diversity without affirmative action. Associate Provost for Enrollment Logan Powell, at a recent panel, suggested that the University rely on legacy ...
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Editorial: DPS must give students timely and detailed updates about threats to campus safety
By Editorial Page Board | February 14On December 4, Brown’s Department of Public Safety arrested Thony Greene, a man with a history of trespassing on University property, for allegedly invading students’ rooms in Wayland House. Greene, who has no affiliation with the University, has since been charged with willful trespass and breaking ...
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Editorial: UCS needs to be a serious voice for students
By Editorial Page Board | February 10In their editorial, the editorial page board exhorts UCS to be a better voice for students — not just a platform for political theater.
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Editorial: Shopping period can be hectic and stressful. Professors should keep that in mind
By Editorial Page Board | February 2In their editorial, the editorial page board urges faculty members to consider the student experience when planning assignments during shopping period.
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Editorial: The future of affirmative action at Brown
By Editorial Page Board | December 7The Supreme Court seems poised to ban affirmative action, the use of race-conscious considerations in college admissions. During hearings in late October, members of the court’s conservative majority made no efforts to hide their skepticism of affirmative action’s constitutionality as used at ...
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Editorial: A better-lit campus is the first step to improving safety
By Editorial Page Board | November 28In its emails, the Department of Public Safety routinely advises students to “travel on well-lit streets and throughways.” But how can students do this when there is insufficient lighting around campus? When the 2021 DPS Community Survey Report asked undergraduate, graduate ...
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Editorial: Antisemitism has no place on College Hill
By Editorial Page Board | November 10A week and half ago, an obscene antisemitic note was discovered at Brown RISD Hillel, a center of Jewish life on College Hill. In the wake of this horrific attack, we stand in solidarity with Brown’s Jewish community.
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Editorial: Restricting student renters will not get rid of college parties, but it will raise rents
By Editorial Page Board | October 26Last week, the Providence City Council heard public testimony on a proposed zoning amendment that would further restrict students renting on College Hill. While currently no more than three students can live together in single-family zones, the amendment would extend that prohibition to two-, three- ...
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Editorial: Brown, get boosted
By Editorial Page Board | September 21COVID-19 is still going around. Despite declining case counts nationwide, our country currently faces about 55,000 new infections and hundreds of deaths a day. At Brown, many of us know peers who have recently ...
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Editorial: At long last, Spring Weekend
By Editorial Page Board | April 27Spring 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 ...
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Editorial: Broken elections, broken UCS
By Editorial Page Board | April 26After 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. ...
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Editorial: To the class of 2026
By Editorial Page Board | April 22Congratulations 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.
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Editorial: The UCS president-elect has his work cut out for him
By Editorial Page Board | April 19At 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 ...
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Editorial: The Housing Lottery is a mess
By Editorial Page Board | April 4The 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, ...
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Editorial: To mask or not to mask? Ask students.
By Editorial Page Board | March 14The 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 ...
