There are many religious students at Brown. Cheery students from the Christian Fellowship frequently give out hot chocolate on the Main Green. Catholic Mass is packed with students. The Muslim Students’ Association and Brown/RISD Hillel are central parts of many students’ college experiences. But ...
Everyone who had plans to attend the 2014 Winter Olympics most likely experienced a nervous pit in their stomachs when watching the news in December. Eyes plastered to the television screen, the world learned of violent obstacles that may interfere with the Olympics and make traveling there unsafe. People ...
Being powerful makes you a worse person. Now the above is a generalization, but it is a claim made by a growing number of studies. Multiple publications have found that the more social power a person has, the less they pay attention to those under them. Certain studies have analyzed five-minute meet-and-greets ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students’ leaders recently spoke to The Herald about the Council’s priorities for the spring semester, which echo last semester’s unfinished goals. Financial aid and advising remain at the top of the agenda, and last semester’s coal divestment decision — which ...
Last week, President Christina Paxson announced a new initiative for students who receive financial aid. Her effort seeks to extend funded research and work opportunities to undergraduates on a need-based criterion. This demonstrates Brown’s commitment to students who lack the financial resources ...
Graduate schools constantly look for an objective way to predict a student’s potential. When looking at undergraduate applications, admission counselors strongly consider SAT and ACT scores. These scores can make the difference in whether or not one earns admission, but they aren’t necessarily an ...
The start of a new spring semester often marks the advent of the Corporation’s tuition hike. Last year the Corporation announced a 4 percent tuition hike in concurrence with a 5.6 percent increase in financial aid. While we support this recent commitment to better financial aid, focusing on the importance ...
Brown is a beautifully diverse campus, but there is a demographic that is underrepresented both here and at other elite institutions: students from rural backgrounds. It’s rare to come across someone who isn’t from a suburb or major metropolis. Only 8 percent of the class of 2016 is from the Midwest, ...
With the start of the semester, you may notice some changes in The Herald. At the top of the front page sits a cleaner flag, and at the bottom a revamped teaser bar makes it easier to navigate the paper. We’ve also consolidated our puzzles, comics, menu and events calendar on a new page called Today, ...
Last week, President Christina Paxson announced a renewed commitment to expanding opportunities for students receiving need-based financial aid. By the summer of 2018, these students will be supported for at least one summer to pursue internships or research programs that are not adequately funded. ...
With the start of the semester, you may notice some changes in The Herald. At the top of the front page sits a cleaner flag, and at the bottom a revamped teaser bar will make it easier to navigate the paper. We’ve also consolidated our puzzles, comics, menu and events calendar on a new page called ...
Here is what I understand about the recent resolutions passed by the American Studies Association (ASA) and Modern Language Association (MLA) regarding Israel and the Palestinian territories. The ASA resolved to boycott all Israeli academic institutions, forbidding its members from collaborating with ...
If you are a student enrolled in an accredited college or university, I think you should know how to read. That statement isn’t too controversial, is it? How about this one: If you are a student-athlete enrolled in an accredited college or university, I think you should know how to read. Or this ...
Today’s issue marks the final Herald of the semester and the last produced under the 123rd Editorial Board. The Herald will publish breaking news updates online over winter break, and regular publication will resume Jan. 22. Thank you for reading. Editors’ notes are written by ...
Yep, it’s that time of year again. Thanksgiving has come and gone, and the holiday season is right around the corner. But as ABC Family starts its “25 Days of Christmas” countdown, I eagerly watch the clock tick toward the upcoming NFL playoffs. I understand that Santa’s elves are pretty busy ...
We have all heard the saying, “a penny saved is a penny earned,” but today, nobody believes it’s true. Recent statistics about spending and saving habits in America tell the story. According to the Huffington Post, three quarters of Americans do not have enough savings to cover six months of expenses, ...
As the weather gets colder, it brings a constant reminder that winter is here. With winter comes the Winter Olympics, and in 2014, the games will be hosted in a country that many consider to be the definition of cold. But this year, in the midst of Russia’s anti-gay legislation, the Olympics will ...
Brown will undergo an external review of undergraduate alcohol consumption next semester, The Herald reported Wednesday. The move comes in the wake of a survey in which 45 percent of undergraduates surveyed admitted to binge drinking — an act defined as consuming four drinks for women and five drinks ...
Over the course of this semester at Brown, we have seen a breadth of issues put at the forefront of both discussion and controversy. From questions of environmental awareness to new University policies, there seems to be clear division among different groups of students. These differences often seem ...
I am disturbed by the proposed initiative by the Dean of the College to allow Meiklejohn peer advisers access to their advisees’ course carts (“Meiks may gain access to first-years’ Banner carts,” Dec. 3). To begin with, exactly which of the myriad problems with first-year advising is this proposal ...
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