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Gupta ’25: We should think twice before divulging the details of our sexual escapades

September 28

If you’ve ever left your dorm window cracked open, you’ve likely unintentionally eavesdropped on various conversations between random Brown students. Perhaps they are debating where to get lunch or chatting about their organic chemistry exam. Occasionally,, you might overhear a conversation you ...

Rahman ’26: What rankings really tell us about college — and why students should ignore them

By Tasawwar Rahman | September 27

In his column, Tas Rahman ’26, argues that rankings can be more harmful than helpful in a college applicant’s search for the best fit.

Chang ’27: The pandemic isn’t over. Bring back isolation housing.

By Victor Chang | September 26

In his op-ed, Victor Chang ’27 argues that Brown’s inadequate COVID-19 isolation protocols are putting students at risk.

Editorial: It’s time to drop our U.S. News rankings obsession

By Editorial Page Board | September 26

In their editorial, the editorial page board argues that the University should end participation in U.S. News and World Report’s college rankings.

Gelb-Bicknell ’23.5: UFB’s financial recklessness turned a budget surplus into a deficit

By Corey Gelb-Bicknell | September 25

The University’s Undergraduate Finance Board is more important than it sounds. As the student government branch responsible for coordinating funding across undergraduate student groups, UFB finances everything from Senior Week to Brown Outing Club hiking trips to Spring Weekend.

Guan ’27: Americans shouldn’t romanticize Canada

By Lucas Guan | September 24

As a Canadian, I get a kick out of telling fellow students where I’m from. While some reactions to my nationality are muted, other reactions are much more intriguing. Recently, it’s become common for someone to say that I’m “so lucky” to be Canadian and that they want to move to Canada to ...

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Malherbe '26: AI is not inherently evil to creatives. We should still regulate it.

By Paulie Malherbe | September 21

Most people are probably pretty familiar with artificial intelligence and the discourse around it by now. As much as it has been a subject of fear-mongering and misinformation, the fact that you have probably used ChatGPT before (even if just for fun) proves it has already been normalized. The more ...

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Angelino GS: We need the government to fight the fitness misinformation epidemic

By Domenic Angelino | September 19

In his op-ed, Domenic Angelino GS argues that government regulation of fitness practitioners would combat rampant fitness misinformation.

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Editorial: Students should have a say on legacy admission

By Editorial Page Board | September 19

Brown recently announced the formation of an ad hoc committee to investigate the University’s admission policies, including the use of standardized testing, early decision and — perhaps most notably — legacy preference. The committee’s role is to review data related to admission and to make ...

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Aizenberg ’26: Don’t follow the news

By Benjamin Aizenberg | September 18

Statistician Nassim Taleb often points to an allegory of a fragile bridge. Regardless of what car drives over it, it will eventually break. The Swiss author Rolf Dobelli adds on to that: When the bridge collapses, what does the news focus on? It reports on the driver, on his life and on his family. ...

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Klein: Entering the new year with humility

By Rabbi Jason Klein | September 13

As the new academic year on campus coincides with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, I’ve noticed that some of the central figures in the stories associated with the season, specifically the biblical Abraham and Sarah, have valuable lessons to impart about transitioning into the new school year. ...

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Gupta ’25: It’s time we rethink sexual metaphors to fit modern dating

By Anusha Gupta | September 12

Have you ever used bases to describe a sexual encounter? The baseball bases analogy has been used for decades in literature, media and real life to not-so-subtly indicate the extent of physical intimacy in a hookup. According to the teen magazine, Seventeen, one definition of the bases is as follows: ...

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Rahman ’26: The education crisis facing American boys

By Tasawwar Rahman | September 10

Today’s higher education landscape looks drastically different from that of our parents. In a dramatic reversal of the United States’ higher education gender breakdown, 59.5% of college students today are women. While both men and women this century are more likely to attend college than in the ...

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Aizenberg ’26: We should all donate at least 10% of our income to charity

By Benjamin Aizenberg | September 6

In his column, Ben Aizenberg ’26 argues that we all have a moral obligation to donate a large portion of our extra income to people in dire need.

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Malherbe ’26: You actually don’t need to defend Harry Styles from the queer community

By Paulie Malherbe | September 5

The meteoric rise of Harry Styles has been impossible to ignore. Once just another face in the long line of boy-band heartthrobs, Styles has since grown into an artist whose very name is associated with the subversion of male gender stereotypes. He has been lauded as a fashion icon and even a queer ...

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Editors’ Note: New digital content and a weekly print edition for The Herald

By 133rd Editorial Board | August 28

This fall, The Herald will publish stories online every day and print weekly on Thursdays.

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Editorial: Affirmative action is dead — now Brown must do all it can to protect campus diversity

By Editorial Page Board | July 15

On June 29, the Supreme Court, in a decision penned by Chief Justice John Roberts, ruled that the use of race-based affirmative action in college admission processes “cannot be reconciled with the guarantees of the Equal Protection Clause.” Though the ruling was long expected, its announcement sent ...

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Malherbe '26: Rainbow capitalism is fading, but not in a good way

By Paulie Malherbe | June 25

In their column, Paulie Malherbe ’26 argues that the fading of rainbow capitalism is both a sign of threats to LGBTQ+ people and a reminder of the importance of protest and activism.

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Editors’ Note: Celebrating queer voices, stories and triumphs

By 133rd Editorial Board | June 24

With the Pride 2023 Special Issue, The Herald aims to highlight queer experiences on Brown’s campus.

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Editors’ Note: Celebrating what we’ve gained and lost these four years

By 132nd Editorial Board | May 24

“Is it Greg or New Dorm?” — that was the headline of a Herald article from fall 2021. The concept was straightforward: Newer members of the campus community were calling the Vartan Gregorian Quadrangle “Greg” — an abomination to upperclassmen who knew the building as “New Dorm.” ...