To the Editor: Daniel Moraff’s ’14 accusation that the Undergraduate Council of Students appointed “people in the social circles of student government kids” is a gross mischaracterization (“The bogus strategic planning process,” April 24). The provost approached UCS and asked us to suggest ...
To the Editor: In response to the column written by Brown Divest Coal (“It’s time to vote yes on coal divestment,” April 18), the Socially Responsible Investment Fund would like to express its strong support for the cause in this crucial time, right before the Corporation makes a decisive ...
To the Editor: To protect my confidentiality due to my status as a female survivor of sexual assault, I wish to submit this anonymously. I read the article “Under the surface: Sexual assault at Brown” (April 22) this morning. Though I am pleased The Herald is bringing light to the issue ...
Husted ’13: Yes Hipsters constitute a powerful and pervasive contingency on College Hill. While many see hipsters as a new phenomenon brought about by the changing of the times, in reality some form of hipster culture has always dominated the Brunonian way of life. And with hipsters come irony. In ...
At a Tuesday panel about the legalization of same-sex marriage cosponsored by The Herald and the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions, several speakers espoused controversial views regarding same-sex marriage, both as a subject currently on the forefront of discussion in Rhode ...
Money talks, and BS walks. We have all heard this popular truism expressing the power of someone’s wealth, and frankly, I think it holds true. To this statement I would like to add a corollary — that talking about someone’s money is BS. In The Herald and through conversations with friends at Brown, ...
To the Editor: Today, for the first time, I am afraid because of the color of my skin. The Boston Marathon bombings and the zealous search for its perpetrators have made me realize that as much as the United States claims to be a progressive and all-inclusive nation, it really isn’t. Since ...
President Christina Paxson’s strategic planning process is fatally flawed. It was flawed from the beginning, and any recommendations born out of this process should be taken with a massive grain of salt. First off, the big idea behind strategic planning was that all groups at Brown would be represented. ...
To the Editor: On Saturday afternoon, Kendrick Lamar stood on the Main Green and sang that he can get past any emotional challenge so long as he has access to expensive alcohol and female sexual partners, while hundreds of Brown students sang along in approval. The night before, Big Freedia impressed ...
Last weekend, the Main Green was transformed into an oasis, where students could experience a few carefree days away from the pressures of outside jobs, school and other stressors. In order for us to enjoy this brief respite, security staff, administrators, student leaders, Brown Concert Agency members ...
Moffat '13: Yes I’m not going to argue the University isn’t “paying its fair share” with its current exemption from most property taxes. I don’t think this debate should be about fairness — it should be about compassion for our neighbors who are struggling to live. With millions in unfunded ...
At the height of the Boston Police Department and FBI’s pursuit of the two suspects of last Monday’s Boston Marathon bombing, something unprecedented occurred: Hundreds of people, across social networks like Reddit and Twitter, tuned into police scanners and claimed law enforcement officers had ...
I knew I wanted to be an English major before I arrived at Brown because I loved to read. I thought literature would provide a personal and vocational pathway for my life after high school. But I didn’t know exactly how my vague goal of being a lifelong reader would work within the professional academic ...
As the time for graduation draws near, the class of 2013 is asked to give a senior gift — and this is only the beginning of those relentless mailings and emails. As alums and possibly parents of Brown students, we will annually receive the same request. The assumption is that we want to sustain and ...
In a recent Herald column (“Economists need ethics,” April 3), Andrew Powers ’15 argued the Department of Economics should require students to take an ethics class as part of the required course load, comparing the study of economics to biological weapon research in its necessity for an ethics ...
Brown Divest Coal is asking our university to divest from the top five coal mining companies and the top 10 coal-burning utilities in the United States. By remaining invested in coal, Brown betrays its moral principles and undermines its commitment to students’ futures. According to the International ...
On Tuesday, a bipartisan group of senators known as the Gang of Eight proposed legislation that would provide a path to provisional legal status for undocumented immigrants, one step on a road to citizenship. While the conservative base is still wary of granting amnesty to immigrants it considers lawbreakers, ...
Even the most well-intentioned individuals can sometimes disagree and come into conflict. We at Brown are far too often siloed into our own corners of the campus and as such are unable to reach out and talk to one another. This past week has been a lesson for everyone involved that constant and open ...
Yesterday, an opinions piece printed in The Herald called into question my past year of service on the Undergraduate Finance Board (“Brooks ’13, Au ’14, Ramadan ’13, Holguin ’13, Ooi ’14 and Seyler ’15: Facing the UFB’s dysfunction,” April 16). I want to take this opportunity to respond ...
On Monday, it happened again. Most of us students are members of the 9/11 generation, and after two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon, we were immediately taken back to the attacks that happened during our formative years. Though, thankfully, the casualty count appears to be much lower than that ...
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