To the Editor: Of the 2,649 potential new undergraduate students Brown admitted last week, 17.5 percent will be the first in their families to attend college. While it’s great that this is the largest percentage in Brown’s history, recent research shows just how much it still falls short. Most ...
To the Editor: The basic problem with Oliver Hudson’s essay (“A lump of coal isn’t so bad,” March 19) is that he entirely misses the urgency of climate change. He doesn’t get the latest government report that ends, “Scientists say hopes of limiting warming to 2 degrees are fading away to ...
To the Editor: I am pleased the Committee on Reimagining the Brown Campus and Community may recommend the University build a large-scale concert venue. A true concert hall would not just benefit the Department of Music and its concentrators, as The Herald’s coverage implied. During my time at Brown, ...
We, the residents of Hope College and Slater Hall, believe Brown Concert Agency should continue to provide those living in our buildings with free Spring Weekend tickets, due to the immense inconvenience we will encounter as a result of the concerts. We have appealed to BCA, but it refuses to consider ...
The power Rachel Bishop ’13, Emily Kirkland ’13, Rebecca Rast ’13.5 and Daniel Sherrell ’13.5 are demonstrating in their determination to stop the Keystone XL pipeline and force this sad nation to focus on climate change is building throughout the United States, Canada and many parts of the ...
Editors of The Herald should ensure that their opinion writers are at least peripherally cognizant of the positions they pontificate. In his op-ed, (“Lattanzi-Silveus ’14: Solidarity with resistance to apartheid,” Mar. 5) Luke Lattanzi-Silveus ’14 boldly asserts “the Israeli laws ... are ...
Almost every week when Congress is in session, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., takes the floor to talk about one of the defining issues of our generation: climate change. On Feb. 27, standing in front of a sign that read “Time to Wake Up,” Whitehouse implored the Obama Administration to uphold ...
In an overwhelmingly positive article reviewing Christina Paxson’s presidency thus far (“Paxson lauded for ‘bottom-up’ leadership title,” Mar. 1), Stoni Tomson ’15 was the only quoted critic of Paxson’s administration, while the other students mentioned had only praise for Paxson, even ...
To the Editor: Andrew Kaplan’s ’15 and Sam Gilman’s ’15 op-ed piece (“American youth must take a stand on the sequester,” Feb. 28), like their stance, is incoherent. Their only stated political position is debt reduction. The sequester, for all of its other assorted vices and virtues, will ...
Cara Newlon ’14.5 is another brave voice speaking up about rape (“Newlon ’14.5: Don’t Rape,” Feb. 25). There have been a number of student columns written over the years about rape, but for me there is always a missing party to the discussion: the administration and its orientation of male ...
Teacher evaluations should be based on how well these teachers perform in the classroom. Therefore, to evaluate teacher productivity, educators have to start using 21st-century computer technology to store the daily lessons to be taught by teachers during the school year. For example, all ninth grade ...
In response to Zach Ingber’s ’15 column (“Not just another civil war,” Feb. 13) printed in The Herald: The Brown University Amnesty International Chapter is keenly aware of the silence on Syria — and it’s not only a contention on our campus. The calamity has sadly lost its pull in domestic ...
The Herald published an article (“Econ dept. looks to curb grade inflation,” Feb. 7) and an editorial (“Fighting inflation, causing stagnation,” Feb. 12) regarding recent efforts by the Department of Economics faculty to combat grade inflation. Such efforts have been agreed upon by the members ...
To the Editor: The Coalition for Marijuana Regulation held a press conference Wednesday announcing the introduction of Bill H5274 into the Rhode Island legislature, a bill that would regulate and tax marijuana at the state level (“Bill would legalize marijuana in R.I.,” Feb. 7). The bill will be ...
To the Editor: Jesse Hartheimer ’14 suggests the only meaning of “In God we hope” is a pious one and that it is appealing only to believers (“Hartheimer ’14: In rationis speramus,” Feb. 5). I have always personally interpreted our motto as more complex. Unlike putting our trust in God, ...
To the Editor: I was heartened to see Andrew Powers’ ’15 column (“Common-sense gun control,” Feb. 4) printed in The Herald. Before today, I have found the columns in The Herald since the Newtown tragedy regarding gun control decidedly one-sided. Whatever one’s views are on any subject, it ...
To the Editor: In his recent column, Ian Eppler ’13 is not so much defending inflated grades as he is defending the circumstances he believes naturally led to them (“In defense of grade inflation,” Jan. 31). What is missing is a discussion of whether inflation itself is problematic. Universities ...
To the Editor: As a student and alum of Brown University, I am disappointed by the Office of Institutional Diversity’s decision to invite Bernice King to give the Jan. 30 Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture under the title of “Advancing the ‘Dream’: Addressing Social Equity Issues to Eliminate ...
To the Editor: The members of Brown for Financial Aid strongly disagree with Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Beppie Huidekoper’s assessment in Friday’s article (“Full need-blind unsustainable under current finances, says finance VP,” Jan. 25). No one suggests today’s ...
To the Editor: In a recent editorial (“Rethinking undergraduate economics,” Jan. 25), Lucas Husted evaluates Brown’s economics concentration by considering its requirements. He writes that the lack of rigorous math detracts from the program. As a graduate math student, I like it when math is ...
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