Coming into sophomore year, I expected to feel a bit of what everyone calls the sophomore slump. But I had no idea what this phrase actually meant. All I knew is that it would hit me hard and fast, a lot like the common cold or stomach flu. I also knew that it would pass, or at least I thought it would ...
Brown has made tremendous strides in the past 50 years, moving near the top of the Ivy League ranks in undergraduate and graduate education. Powered by the reforms of the 1969 Magaziner-Maxwell report, Brown chose a new direction, which has differentiated it from other top universities. I believe the ...
I understand that liking or disliking the housing lottery is a matter of personal choice. I also think that most students, myself included, detest the housing lottery just like they detest when there are long lines at Mail Services, that the Blue Room doesn’t always take meal credits and when the ...
Yesterday, President Christina Paxson emailed the community with the proposed strategic plan that, if approved, will guide Brown’s trajectory for the next decade. We urge all who are interested in the University’s future to read the plan in its entirety and to attend upcoming community forums in ...
The strategic plan released yesterday by President Christina Paxson is woefully inadequate. While committing to freely spend on yet more master’s programs and building renovations, the report does not make a single commitment to increase financial aid. The plan only commits to “maintain need-blind ...
This past week, the U.S. News and World Report released its annual ranking of colleges — though as usual, little change is discernible between this edition and the last. The usual big players top the lists, with Princeton, Harvard and Yale leading the national universities, and Williams College, Amherst ...
In an unprecedented move, Russian President Vladimir Putin has opted to reach out directly to the American public. The powerful Russian leader, forgoing traditional means of diplomacy, authored a column in the New York Times directly criticizing President Obama and America writ large regarding support ...
Every year it’s the same story. Midway through spring semester, we all start frantically visiting CareerLAB and applying for as many internships as we can. We dream big because we are told the bigger the name, the better it will look on our resumes. We hope to get internships at magazines, banks and ...
Why is it that thousands of Brown graduates are struggling to find jobs suited to their skills? It could be simply due to job-killing legislation, but perhaps there is more to the story. Lost in the debates over fiscal policy, monetary policy, health care policy and other legislation is an often ignored, ...
As the University weighs and looks to further its commitment to internationalization, the concept of studying abroad — and the way in which it is actually practiced at Brown — merits fresh scrutiny. Though opponents of studying abroad characterize programs as endless parties or continuous field ...
Last semester, an online user by the name of “sowhere” commented on my article (“On Abortion,” Apr. 15) asking “Why this though? … There are pressing, real-world developments on this issue, and yet (The Herald) published an article which appears to be a personal though (sic) experiment.” ...
As a Brown alum who spent more days than he can count in the Third World Center and its various programs, I am a bit skeptical about the move toward a name change that threatens to dilute the great historical and political meaning embedded in “Third World Center.” Princeton’s move from “Third ...
The Herald reported this past week that the hiring of new Chief Information Officer Ravi Pendse may spur an increased emphasis on corporate funding of university research. Such funding is particularly attractive during this period of economic hardship — federal research agencies experienced significant ...
As someone with a gluten intolerance, I couldn’t help but take offense at some of the opinions expressed in Cara Dorris’ ’15 recent article, “Are you Gluten-Intolerant or Just Intolerable?” (Sept. 6). I never understood the concept of chronic pain before. The only pain I had ever experienced ...
Discussion of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, draws strong opinions in favor and against. For college students, the law may seem like an unintelligible mess. But what does it really mean for the average twenty-something? Republicans will tell you Obamacare is a financial strain on ...
Harris: Engage the input of the student body The Undergraduate Council of Students has a responsibility to ensure that undergraduates’ voices are heard by administrators and Corporation members. This year, fulfilling this duty is more important than ever. President Christina Paxson will present ...
Campus rape has been in the news frequently in recent years. This rise in media attention is not because campus rape is anything new, but rather reflects a decline in the societal stigma that prevented coverage of the topic in the past. Sexual assault is and has been a part of campus culture for a long ...
There is one magical moment in the academic year when students gather together to learn from the past, relish in the present and prepare for the future. Though the answer — the housing lottery — should be obvious to all, the night’s magic seems to have been forgotten by administrators and the ...
We stand at a pivotal moment as President Obama bids Congress to support a diplomatic — or, if necessary, military — intervention in Syria to halt President Bashar al-Assad’s regime’s reported use of deadly chemical weapons. While we may feel detached from the conflict or powerless to influence ...
To the Editor: Today marks 12 years since the 9/11 attacks, but the memory is already starting to feel distant. Walking around campus, engrossed in studying and meeting up with friends, one might feel like today is just any other day. But most of the Brown community lived through that treacherous ...
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