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Letter: In defense of the New Curriculum
By Brown Daily Herald | November 29To the Editor:
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Letter: Drifting mission or baseless nostalgia?
By Brown Daily Herald | November 28To the Editor:
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Editorial: Hail, Brunonia
By Brown Daily Herald | November 28When we say that we go to Brown, most people do not follow up with questions about our sports teams. Indeed, prioritizing scholarship and valuing a diverse range of student involvement, rather than being a sports-driven institution, is a distinction that brings most Brunonians pride.
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Lebovitz '14: Emigrating back to the center
By Chip Lebovitz | November 28Global consistency reigns supreme this holiday season. In our current haze of national ennui and deja vu, Republicans still equate tax increases with hari-kari, Italian bond interest rates increase daily like clockwork and Gail Collins never fails to mention that Mitt Romney once tied his dog to the ...
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Henriques '12: What an effective protest movement looks like
By Reuben Henriques | November 28Was there any doubt that it would someday come to this?
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Editorial: Embracing experiential diversity
By Brown Daily Herald | November 27Brown's effort to diversify the student body should be about more than just race, religion and ethnicity. It should emphasize finding students with as varied life experiences as possible. This holistic diversity will foster the formation of more rounded, inclusive classes and more fully reflect American ...
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Tobias '12: Changing a cheating culture
By Ethan Tobias | November 27Scheming to defraud, falsifying business records and criminal impersonation — these are just a taste of the criminal charges being levied against Long Island high school and college students who allegedly cheated on the SAT. According to prosecutors, the high schoolers paid college students to ...
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Rosenbloom '13: Questioning the New Curriculum
By Oliver Rosenbloom | November 27The most sacred dogma at Brown is that the New Curriculum benefits all students.
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Letter: Dean lends too much weight to Rhodes wins
By Brown Daily Herald | November 26To the Editor:
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Cao '13: A downside of crowdsourcing
By Jan Cao | November 26"Studying: the act of texting, watching TV or tweeting while there's an open book in front of you."
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Trupin '13: Justice for Haitian workers
By Ian Trupin | November 26When Johnny Joseph went to work at his factory, Genesis S.A., Friday, Sept. 23, he had only been the treasurer of Sendika Ouvriye Takstil ak Abiman — a newly recognized union of Haitian garment workers — for a week. That day at work, he began to feel sick and asked his boss for leave to ...
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Editorial: Toward a better Herald
By Brown Daily Herald | November 26When The Herald's 121st Editorial Board departs after this semester, it will leave behind an impressive legacy. When The 122nd Editorial Board takes over in January, the new board should continue this momentum by creating an ombudsman position, a change that should make for a more critical and responsive ...
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Letter: Pet ownership should not be taken lightly
By Brown Daily Herald | November 19To the Editor:
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Without facts, can there be justice?
By Jim Tomes | November 16I have just become reacquainted with the William McCormick case and it troubles me as an alum and a father. The purpose of my column is neither to defend nor to disparage any of the parties involved, but to defend a basic tenet of a democratic society. Brown had to deal with a terrible situation and ...
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Carter '12: Faulty reasons for not studying abroad
By Sam Carter | November 16According to an article in Tuesday's Herald ("Study abroad participation drops," Nov. 15), the number of students who studied abroad in the 2010-2011 academic year was the lowest in a decade and represented a 7.4 percent decrease from the previous year. Though 414 students studied abroad last year in ...
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Letter: Male-dominated legal system at fault
By Brown Daily Herald | November 16To the Editor:
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Tomes '90: Without facts, can there be justice?
By Brown Daily Herald | November 16I have just become reacquainted with the William McCormick case and it troubles me as an alum and a father. The purpose of my column is neither to defend nor to disparage any of the parties involved, but to defend a basic tenet of a democratic society. Brown had to deal with a terrible situation and ...
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Editorial: Indifference during an identity crisis
By Brown Daily Herald | November 15Correction appended.
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Kalyanpur '13: Safety net syndrome
By Nikhil Kalyanpur | November 15I was recently contacted by an acquaintance still in high school for some advice on her application to Brown. I am sure you clearly recall stressing over the many generic questions that the supplemental application loves to throw around. But the class of 2016 has to answer the following: "If I could ...
