Letter To The Editor

Letters: Responses to op-ed from anti-occupation Jewish students

November 21

Editors’ note: In the days following the Nov. 7 publication of “An open letter from Jewish students,” written by a collective of anti-occupation Jews, The Herald received many letters responding to the piece. Here is a small representative collection of them:

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Letter: A gathering of remembrance and celebration for John Owen Habib ’24 at the First Unitarian Church of Providence

By The Office of the Chaplains and Religious Life | April 24

To the Editor:

Letter: Remembering John Owen Habib ’24

By Deborah Chiaravalloti | April 20

John Owen Habib, 21, died on April 11, 2023 following a fall while hiking in Morocco. He was pursuing one of his greatest passions — traveling and exploring the world. For John Owen, the world was a place of extraordinary wonder: The more he could meet, talk and learn from people, the richer his life ...

Letter: The South Water Street bike lane is ill-advised

By Barbara Beeton | November 10

I am happy that bicycles are more popular now, and am generally in favor of measures to improve bike accessibility. However, the new bike path on South Water Street is an exception.

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Letter: Rhode Island’s history of refugee mutual aid continues

By Bill Twaddell | October 18

I commend Alissa Simon ’25 and The Herald for the Oct. 6 column concerning the expected arrival of Afghans in Rhode Island.

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Letter: A plea to reinstate Dr. Rick Bungiro

By David Litt | November 8

To The Editor: I recently heard about the resignation of Dr. Rick Bungiro from the Division of Biology and Medicine and his subsequent request for reinstatement. I took two classes with Dr. Bungiro in the Fall of 2011 and Spring of 2012, BIOL0530 (Principles of Immunology) and BIOL1550 (Biology of ...

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Letter: Criticizing Kanders donations is self-righteous, misses point

By Hugh Warrender | February 24

To the editor: I was disappointed to read the letter to the editor, “If the Sacklers must go, so too must Kanders,” by Abdullah Shihipar MPH’20 in the Jan. 27 issue of The Herald. It represents yet another example of self-righteous virtue-signaling by a Brown student. In the first place, to characterize ...

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Letter: Two state solution referendum is preferable to divestment

By Stephen Robert | March 19

To the Editor: In Kyle Price’s ’20 recent op-ed, the author opposes the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement against Israel. As a Jew, I’m reluctantly against BDS and fearful that it could become a camouflage for blatantly anti-Semitic activities. That said, Price’s article is shockingly ...

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Letter: Investment Office’s response to divestment is misleading

By Tal Frieden | March 19

To the Editor: In their recent op-ed, Dowling, Dietze and Kennedy ’97 argue that it is infeasible for Brown to divest because of the complicated nature of managing the endowment. This claim is concerning, considering the fact that Brown University has claimed to divest from tobacco, genocide in Darfur, ...

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Letter: The Herald must appoint a public editor

By John Wrenn | March 13

To the Editor: In the wake of the Providence Journal’s exposé of Martin Granoff’s P ’93 exclusive dinners, numerous students took to the Dear Blueno Facebook page to criticize The Brown Daily Herald — the supposed premier source for news about Brown — for missing the scoop. One anonymous ...

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Letter: U. support for ProJo goes beyond subscriptions

By Brian Clark | October 24

To the Editor: Despite the clarification to the Oct. 9 editorial, “University should buy ProJo subscriptions,” subsequent letters from readers make clear the need to share additional details on the extensive access to the Providence Journal that the University already provides to students, faculty ...

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Letter: Don’t rescind honorary degrees

By Jacob Appel | September 6

To the Editor: Self-described “non-donating” alum Nicholas Morley ’13 raised engaging questions about the nature of honorary degrees in a May 18 Herald op-ed entitled “Rescind Junot Díaz’s Honorary Doctorate,” but as a donating alum, I would humbly suggest that the University steer clear ...

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Letter: Help make the First Readings program better

By Aliosha Bielenberg | April 15

To the Editor: I appreciated the proposals included in the April 12 editorial entitled “Reforming the First Readings program.” I have been an undergraduate representative on the First Readings committee for the past two years, and I am committed to our stated mission to “offer an intellectually ...

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Letter: SPEAK report ignores lived experiences of politics

By Joseph DiZoglio | March 20

To the Editor: I appreciate the concise and valuable data that SPEAK has compiled about discourse on campus, explained in The Herald’s March 5 article “Study finds most hosted speakers lean left politically.” However, I don’t think this committee has sufficiently explained what exactly they ...

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Letter: Reconsider the suspension of the elementary MAT program

By David Fraser | March 15

To the Editor: After reading Polly Ulichny’s March 11 op-ed “Brown’s elementary MAT program gets it right”, it is difficult to understand the administration’s thinking in choosing to suspend a program that has met with such amazing success. Did they actually review the data? Have they ever ...

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Letter: Why does review require suspension?

By Jeffrey Liss | February 28

To the Editor: In a letter to the editor published by The Herald yesterday, Provost Richard Locke P ’18 states that “the University decided to suspend acceptances of new applicants to the elementary education track for the current cycle. This pause will enable us to fully evaluate our current program ...

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Letter: Destroying the UEL would betray the community

By Laurie Heiss | February 8

To the Editor: I fully understand the need for a larger, upgraded performance space. I lobbied for years with success to build a new performing arts space in Greenwich, Connecticut, for public school students. However, consider this experience of a P’14. I did not pursue Brown in the late 70s because ...

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Letter: ‘Go Bruno’ editorial was timely, but fell short

By Bill Corrigan | March 14

To the Editor: It was my hope that The Brown Daily Herald editorial board would have sent a stronger and more direct message to the Brown administration regarding the dire competitive position Bruno has consistently maintained over the past 15 years in Ivy League athletics and insisted on some straight ...

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Letter: On Brown's budget

By Richard Locke | February 21

To the Editor: I appreciate the perspectives shared in Lainie Rowland’s ’17 column (“Questioning the Budget,” Feb. 15) and welcome the opportunity to clarify a few points. The fiscal year 2018 budget, which was developed by the broad-based, representative University Resources Committee, advances ...