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 ...
In an age where we find ourselves pressed for time and constantly aim to do a multitude of tasks, we are constantly looking for ways to become more efficient. Our scramble can lead us in many directions. For example, an article written last February by Matt Brundage ’15 (“Stop watching so many ...
Brown is the most rigorous, socially progressive university in the United States. Some form of the notion presumably attracted a sizeable portion of the Brown student body and for good reason: Curiosity and tolerance are solid values upon which to build a school. But is it true? Maybe we are better ...
In The Herald’s most recent undergraduate poll, about 61 percent of students expressed the opinion that the University should offer minors. Though important arguments for the introduction of new programs exist, we strongly believe minors should not be implemented. Introducing minors at Brown would ...
It is often said that 50 percent of success is showing up. But when it comes to conventional fielding statistics in baseball, getting in good position to make the play can actually put you at a disadvantage. Popular perceptions of defensive skill primarily revolve around one concept: the error. In ...
They say curiosity killed the cat. Let’s be more concrete. Before democracy became the bee’s knees and freedom of speech became a protected right, curiosity killed the heretic. It’s a little less appealing to say it that way, and it definitely would be harder to explain to a child, but this is ...
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