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Letter: Investment transparency is in everyone's best interest
By Brown Daily Herald | October 22To the Editor:
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Letter: Columbus Day protestor showed hypocrisy
By Brown Daily Herald | October 19To the Editor:As a member of the Undergraduate Council of Students last year, I was present as Jerry Wolf Duff Sellers '09 came before that body to advocate changing the University's recognition of Columbus Day, on the basis that it memorializes racial injustice and perpetuates harmful historical inaccuracies. ...
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Letter: A welcome farewell to cloves
By Brown Daily Herald | October 15To the Editor:After reading Sean Quigley's '10 column on the banning of clove-flavored cigarettes ("R.I.P. cloves," Oct. 13), I found myself sitting on the fence as to whether he was actually taking the banning seriously or if the write-up was some sort of elaborate joke. He seems to wander in a fuss ...
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Letter: Criticism of Fall Weekend stoked racial antagonism
By Brown Daily Herald | October 12To the Editor:
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Letter: U. should re-think Africa focus
By Brown Daily Herald | October 12To the Editor: We were surprised to recently read that Brown University is planning to expand Africana Studies ("In hiring, hallmark of a broader push on Africa by University" Oct. 6).
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Letter: Nothing to fear from marijuana dispensaries
By Brown Daily Herald | October 8To the Editor:Regarding last Thursday's editorial ("The cannabis question," Oct. 1): I am disappointed to see that you have been swayed by law enforcement's talking points on the issue of medical marijuana dispensaries ("compassion centers" in the bill's language) in Rhode Island. Apparently, you share ...
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Letter to the Editor: Eating vegetarian, and making a difference
By Brown Daily Herald | October 7To the Editor:Animals do have the ability to suffer and feel pain just as we do, so why do we continue to exploit them?
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Letter: The Zucconi Fellowship lives on
By Brown Daily Herald | October 5To the Editor:I appreciated The Herald's recent coverage about the Zucconi Fellowship and its value for many graduates of Brown ("Fellowship suspended due to lack of funds," Oct. 1). The article reported that the Zucconi would not be offered this year. I am writing to let you know that we have very ...
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Letter: Academia necessitates inquiry into religion
By Brown Daily Herald | October 4To the Editor:There have been several interesting pieces in recent weeks regarding religion. Sadly, Mike Johnson's column ("The two-thousand-year (approximately) debate," Sept. 29) attempted to sidestep this important issue altogether. He and others have every right to remain "secure" in their personal ...
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Letter: Animals are people, too
By Brown Daily Herald | September 30To the Editor:I am writing in response to a recent editorial ("Animal wrongs," Sept. 29). While I much appreciate the publicity and favorable review given to the Liberation Project, I found several of the article's basic assumptions problematic. Specifically, this piece treats the notion that non-human ...
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Letter: Debate is alive and well
By Brown Daily Herald | September 28To the Editor:I was delighted to see Anthony Badami's '11 recent column ("A forum for intellectual pugilism," Sept. 21) extol the virtues of campus debate; even going so far as to encourage a debate tournament among the Brown student body. However, I would be remiss if I did not tell Brown students ...
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Letter: Column misstated Unitarian Universalist theology and membership
By Brown Daily Herald | September 28To the Editor:I'm writing to respond to Michael Fitzpatrick's ‘12 column ("The secret life of atheists at Brown," Sept. 24). As the facilitator for the Brown University Unitarian Universalist Group (BUUUG), I am pleased that our group was included in his article. Our members see this as an opportunity ...
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Letter: Students can balance religious and academic obligations
By Brown Daily Herald | September 27To the Editor:Ethan Tobias' opinion column ("Not just a day off," Sept. 25) proposes the need for the University to adjust the calendar to accommodate High Holidays for Brown's beloved Jewish community and prompts my reply.
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Letter: The truth about Fair Trade
By Brown Daily Herald | September 23To the Editor:We are writing in response to Will Wray's '10 recent column ("Fair by whose rules?" Sept. 17). It contains a number of inaccuracies which need to be corrected. More broadly, though, we want to thank Wray for starting a conversation about Fair Trade. The concept has lost a little vitality ...
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Letter to the Editor: Brown Republicans' tableslips in poor taste
By Brown Daily Herald | September 22To the Editor:I write to the Brown Republicans in the hopes that they will more carefully consider how they represent themselves to the campus and greater community. Tableslips are one of the most direct ways to reach the student body. I was appalled this week when I saw a tableslip with a picture of ...
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Letter: In support of young activists
By Brown Daily Herald | September 21To the Editor:We were dismayed to see Mike Johnson '11 write on Friday that "the youth of this nation pat themselves on the back, sink back into the very apathy of which we're accused" ("The lost power of Barack Obama," Sept. 18). If he believes that youth activism is dead in the Age of Obama, he has ...
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Letter: TAs not informed of cuts to tutoring program
By Brown Daily Herald | September 20To the Editor:
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Letter to the Editor: Advocacy for local school reforms
By Brown Daily Herald | September 17To the editor:In your editorial regarding the debate over seniority-based salaries ("Seniority and its discontents", Sept. 16), your recommendation that students at Brown involve themselves in programs to improve education in Providence and elsewhere is praiseworthy.
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Letter to the Editor: Against intolerance in academia
By Brown Daily Herald | September 17To the editor:
