Despite the hostile looks that some student bikers report receiving from Providence drivers, we find it hard to believe that there are many people who truly think biking is a bad thing. Biking is an environmentally friendly alternative to motor vehicle usage and is well-suited to student travel. It ...
The Herald recently reported that the Undergraduate Council of Students has recommended a $72 dollar increase in the student activities fee for the upcoming year ("UCS votes for $72 activities fee hike," Oct. 27). This would put the fee at $250, which The Herald reported is higher than at wealthier ...
Mayor Angel Taveras must realize that the unemployment rates in his city and the rest of Rhode Island are simply astounding. Rhode Island lost 7,400 jobs in August and September and has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country at 10.5 percent — a far cry from the state's real unemployment. ...
Rest in peace, Projo.com. The Providence Journal put down the ailing website two weeks ago, replacing it with a sleeker providencejournal.com. The new website offers condensed news, but full print edition content will only be available in an eEdition behind a pay wall for those who do not subscribe ...
Brown is engaged in a technology arms race. Evidence is everywhere — absurdly large flat-screen televisions, a profusion of smart boards and too many multimedia control boxes to count. Though the creation of so-called smart classrooms and smart study rooms is generally positive, questionable acquisition ...
The Herald recently reported that the Office of Residential Life is considering a proposal that will allow first-year students to choose to be assigned a roommate irrespective of gender ("Gender-neutral housing gains traction," Oct. 24). The goal of the proposal, spearheaded by Gender Action, is to ...
Medical students studying pathology are often warned not to self-diagnose, lest they find themselves suffering from full-blown hypochondria. Yet one area of illness that is too often overlooked by medical students is deterioration of one's mental health. Though rates of depression and anxiety among ...
Will Brown join the ranks of some 135 institutions with open-access research mandates? As University officials investigate this possibility, we direct their attention to Brown's mission: "To serve the community, the nation and the world by discovering, communicating and preserving knowledge and understanding ...
Earlier this month, Mayor Angel Taveras unveiled a plan to do away with the city's overnight street parking ban. Under the proposal, the city government would offer $100 year-long permits to allow citizens to park their vehicles overnight. The ban currently forbids residents from keeping their cars ...
Yesterday, President Ruth Simmons recommended Brown not remove its campus ban on the Reserve Officers' Training Corps and instead pursue more cross-institutional avenues for participation. Though we are satisfied that this proposal was the product of a deliberative and inclusive process, we disagree ...
Brown's guiding principle is that students should be the masters of their own education. The Office of International Programs' decision to disallow semester-long study abroad programs at Cambridge University and Oxford University is not in keeping with this basic value.
As some seniors start to rent out library carrels in preparation for the long hours they will spend researching and writing their honors theses, most of them can predict what their final product will look like: dozens of pages pressed and bound, and once presented, stacked away on a shelf to gather ...
Now almost a month since they began, the Occupy Wall Street protests are spreading across the country and finally garnering media attention. Over the weekend, members of the editorial page board visited Zuccotti Park in New York City to observe the protests and speak with young people about their role ...
When Brown last went searching for a new president, it sought a clean break with the unpopular, authoritarian Gordon Gee. Now, the University faces a much different challenge — finding a successor to one of the most beloved and respected of its 18 presidents. As with any organization seeking to ...
"We cannot wait for increased funding levels to be in place before establishing a vision for growth," explains the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority in its first-ever strategic plan, which it released in March. The document — bold in its vision and frank in its discussion — was ...
As many of us prepare for the first round of midterms, Rhode Island lawmakers are getting ready for a test of their own. The General Assembly will soon convene for a special session to address the state pension system's $7.3 billion unfunded liability. There will almost certainly be major changes in ...
Last Monday, the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education voted unanimously to approve a measure that allows undocumented students to pay in-state tuition at Rhode Island public colleges and universities. The discounted rates will only apply for individuals who attended a state high school ...
We applaud recent advances made by the University to improve undergraduate advising with practical web-based tools. Particularly important at Brown because of the New Curriculum's open, design-your-own approach to education, advising has long been the source of complaints from undergraduates. We are, ...
Last week, the White House and the National Science Foundation announced a new NSF Career-Life Balance Initiative aimed at increasing "the placement, advancement and retention of women in (the science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields" through "gender-neutral, family-friendly policies" ...
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