Editorials

Editorial: Israel divestment is hypocritical

Editorial: Adidas the awful

There's a new social movement on campus, and it's not KONY 2012. The Brown Student Labor Alliance has been applying pressure on University officials to cut their contract with Adidas, circulating a petition that has garnered 380 signatures. This protest comes in the wake of the closure of PT Kizone, ...

Editorial: What we're thankful for

Soy milk, Christina Paxson's scarf, Providence weather, watermelon outfits, Washington Post Social Reader, kickball triumphs, lacrosse players, priority inboxes, bound volumes, SSWs, Dr. Seuss, salmon, 195 Angell, not getting evicted, raincoats and the 99-cent store (bye Tedeschi). Copy editors, kerning, ...

Editorial: The art of cross-registration

Editorial: Let's get fiscal

Editorial: Jane and Jill - the other winners of the 2012 election

Election Day was a momentous date for proponents of same-sex marriage - a "red-letter day in the history of the gay rights movement," according to Michael Klarman, Harvard historian and law professor. In Maryland, 52 percent of voters voted for Question 6, which enacted the Civil Marriages Protection ...

Editorial: The malaise of print journalism

Marc Andreessen, the distinguished web browser pioneer, once bluntly stated that "newspapers with declining circulations can complain all they want about their readers and even say they have no taste. But (they) will still go out of business over time. A newspaper is not a public trust - it has a business ...

Editorial: Providence's big bubble

Editorial: Let's get serious about sexual assault

Rape on college campuses has re-emerged as a topic of national conversation since Angie Epifano published a gut-wrenching op-ed column in the Amherst Student Oct. 17. The column details her experience of being raped by a fellow Amherst College student and her decision to withdraw from the college after ...

Editorial: The worst college in the world

Editorial: Stormy horizons

The East Coast is still recovering from the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy last week. As a precaution, University administrators canceled classes Oct. 29 and 30. Thankfully, Providence emerged relatively unscathed from the storm, and life at Brown resumed quite normally. The same cannot be said, ...

Editorial: Yes, We Can 2.0

On Nov. 6, we will have an opportunity to make a choice that could impact our lives and those of others on a day-to-day basis for years to come. With this in mind, we endorse Barack Obama for re-election in 2012. His administration has not only championed a progressive social platform and guided our ...

Editorial: Voters must look beyond debate rhetoric

Editorial: This means war

Editorial: Compromise necessary in Grad School controversy

In recent weeks, there has been significant debate within the Graduate School community concerning the changes that have been made in the enforcement of outside work requirements. Graduate students receive stipends from the University, but many work in appointed positions, such as teaching assistantships, ...

Editorial: Ivy League sponsors 'Better Baby By Design'

Editorial: Casino reform

The decision between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney won't be the only important one for Rhode Islanders on the ballot sheet come Nov. 6. Rhode Island's ongoing efforts to sustain and ultimately grow the state economy have led to two crucial ballot measures, which will be featured on the state ballot this ...

Editorial: The dubious sagacity of college rankings

Last week, Brown received the dubious honor of being proclaimed "the number one college in the world" by the Best 50 Colleges list, a poorly-formatted, stencil-font website that sprang onto students' radar via Facebook. While we do not believe this is a ranking meant to be taken seriously - though kudos ...

Editorial: Making right by the writing requirement

Editorial: A lesson in local policy