I’ve just come from the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity’s “Evening with Jonathan Greenblatt.” I admire the ADL and Greenblatt — and I commend OIED for bringing his voice to campus — but I thought the evening represented a huge missed opportunity.
Editor’s Note: This op-ed was signed by multiple graduate students. The full list of signatories is presented at the end of this op-ed.
Brown’s Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity recently announced plans to bring Jonathan Greenblatt, Director of the Anti-Defamation League, to speak on campus later today. This invitation shows a disregard for the Brown community and for the safety of its Palestinian and Muslim members, as ...
In bringing Jonathan Greenblatt to speak at Brown, the University’s Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity tells “anyone who might be upset” to understand that the OIED is “bringing in a viewpoint and bringing understanding and awareness.”
Throughout its more than 250-year history, the Brown community has consistently stood up for ethical causes, sending a message to the nation and to the world at moments when others remained silent. Generation after generation, the leaders of our university have understood that Brown does not exist in ...
Since the #OscarsSoWhite Campaign gained traction on Twitter in 2015, it seems the Oscars have come to represent deep the flaws in our society rather than a celebration of art. While at times they provide memorable pop culture moments and a few inspirational speeches, it seems like the Oscars ...
This year, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) turns seventy-five. In the course of its lifetime, NATO has seen the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Cold War and, more recently, the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Indeed, NATO has played a key role in American and global geopolitics for ...
“Single-use is out. ReusePass is in,” reads the signs posted in the entrance of the Verney-Wooley Dining Hall, referring to the electric green reusable takeout boxes newly available at the larger dining halls on campus. Whether you’ve seen people carrying them around or you already have a few ...
On Feb. 2, as part of a protest for Brown to divest from “companies which profit from human rights abuses in Palestine,” hundreds of students on the Main Green chanted: “Yemen, Yemen, make us proud, turn another ship around!”
Editor’s note: This op-ed was signed by a group of 85 alums. The full list of signatories is linked at the bottom of this op-ed.
Editor’s note: this op-ed was signed by 17 parents of protestors arrested during a Dec. 11 sit-in at University Hall. The full list of signatories appears at the bottom of this op-ed.
Editor’s Note: The authors are faculty and staff members of Brown Academics for Justice in Palestine, a coalition of faculty and staff across various Brown departments.
As you weave through parked cars and scattered shopping carts, the bold red lettering on the warehouse beckons you: COSTCO. At the door, you confidently display your membership card as a smiling employee welcomes you inside. Flat-screen TVs line the walls, displaying vivid images that catch your eye. ...
Editor’s note: This op-ed was signed by the 41 members of the Brown Divest Coalition that sat in University Hall on Dec. 11. The full list of signatories is included at the bottom of the op-ed.
In her op-ed, Maria Claudia Gurjão Bonaparte ’26 argues that ACURM must have the resources to bring transparency to and identify potential social harm tied to University investments
In her op-ed, Marielle Buxbaum ’24 argues that being able to accept imperfection is an effective strategy for living with obsessive-compulsive disorder — and making the world better.
In the X-Men fictional universe, mutants are people born with something called the X-gene, a gene that confers superhuman abilities of various forms. Yet these mutations also generate unique physical traits — metal claws, blue skin and maybe a tail — which lead to mutants being ostracized from society. ...
Editors’ Note: This letter was circulated among Jewish students and alumni over the past few days.
On Oct. 7, Hamas-led militants killed an estimated 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped over 240 hostages (many of them children). The horrific casualties of Israel-Palestine did not start, nor did they end on that day. Since Oct. 7, Israel's military has exponentially increased the death toll: over 11,000 ...
Editors’ Note: This letter was originally sent to President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD20 on Nov. 9, 2023, with additional signatories who opted not to make their names public.
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