Before coming to Brown, I knew that higher education was under threat from an increasingly polarized political climate. But, before beginning my tenure as first-year representative on the Undergraduate Council of Students, I did not anticipate how deeply students themselves could shape an institution. ...
There’s nothing I miss more during a cold New England storm than a warm, home-cooked meal. Particularly, I find myself craving a Chinese meal. Unfortunately there are not many authentic Chinese restaurants in Providence. And no, Chinatown on Thayer definitely doesn’t count.
College introduces us to a hectic version of life. In the bubble that is being a university student, our social lives are often smushed together with the academic and domestic spheres of college. This results in a lack of spaces purely dedicated to voluntary and informal social gatherings — also known ...
In July, the University entered a voluntary resolution with the Trump Administration to settle civil-rights investigations and restore federal funding. With over $500 million in contracts and grants at stake, we supported this settlement, viewing it as an effective balance between maintaining the University’s ...
I graduated from Brown last spring with a triple concentration in modern culture and media, literary arts and English. Every semester, someone would ask why I would willingly take on five classes of work to fulfill my requirements. My answer was simple: I like learning these subjects, and I’m using ...
In far too many of my classes, I see students shopping for a new outfit, playing an intense game of Catan or watching their favorite shows. Even if you are doing the readings and acing the homeworks, an essential part of attending Brown is contributing to an engaged classroom — whether that means ...
I was gifted Patti Smith’s “Just Kids” on my 16th birthday and was instantly enamored. Since then, I have been known to gift it to my friends. Sometimes college students feel that they need to have their futures all figured out — this book shows that you don’t. In an Ivy League culture obsessed ...
Well before you jam into trains and cars and planes for the holidays, please get your flu shot, and your COVID-19 shot, too.
Everyone worried it might rain, but the night of Nov. 7 was crisp and clear, as beautiful an evening as you can imagine in New England. Under a tent on Pembroke Field, Cantor Lizzie Shammash ’91 sang Shalom Aleichem and Rabbi Ayelet Cohen ’96 recited Motzi and Kiddush — the Jewish blessings for ...
On Nov. 11, The Herald reported that residential theme and program house leaders will no longer be allowed to select their residents, with the current system being replaced by a lottery starting next year. As current and former presidents of Harambee House — “a place where Black scholars and allies ...
“And that’s … where again?”
There’s a particular kind of heartbreak that can feel almost embarrassing to admit out loud.
Providence was recently ranked the least affordable city for renters in America. To address the cost-of-living crisis, the Providence City Council plans to embark on an ambitious housing and affordability agenda. One proposal on the table is a Student Impact Fee, which would require college students ...
Nov. 4 wins in New Jersey, New York City and Virginia, as well as staggering blue margins across the country, have given the Democrats a gift that we have yearned for since the beginning of the Trump administration: a rebuke to the president’s cruel agenda that gives reason for the Republican caucus ...
It has been just over three years since oral arguments began in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, a landmark Supreme Court case that ruled race-based affirmative action in higher education unconstitutional. Since that moment, selective universities have seen sharp declines in the number of Black ...
Since we were old enough to use Google, Gen Z has been told Wikipedia is unreliable. I remember sitting criss-crossed on the floor of my elementary school classroom, listening to my teacher lecture about how, since anyone on the internet can edit a Wikipedia page, it shouldn’t be trusted. To this ...
Few philosophers have been more misunderstood than Friedrich Nietzsche. While his more flamboyant assertions — like his claim that God is dead — are crucial to understanding his work as a whole, discussion about Nietzsche is often limited to these statements alone. Among his more profound teachings, ...
The Herald’s Fall 2025 Poll found that two-thirds of Brown students believe sharing political beliefs is important when forming friendships. Among very liberal or progressive students, this rate is much higher. While it is undoubtedly easier to pursue friendships with people you relate to politically, ...
In recent months, elite American universities have been forced into highly publicized and contentious negotiations with the White House on topics from federal research funding to free speech. As a result, we have entered an era where universities like Brown are morphing into the government’s ideological ...
On March 27, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Deterrent Act. As it awaits a Senate vote, Brown is continuing its yearslong fight against the piece of legislation. The Deterrent Act is purported to improve research security and reduce foreign malign influence on universities. In reality, ...
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