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Letter: Clarifying the Center for Career Exploration’s recruiting policies
By Matthew Donato | February 7To the editor:
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Azoulay, Goldman ScM’19, Karp, Murphy, Schapira MFA’06: Faculty and staff should join hunger striking students in calling for divestment
By Aaron Karp, Connor Murphy, Jackie Goldman, Ariella Aïsha Azoulay and Kate Schapira | February 2Editor’s Note: The authors are faculty and staff members of Brown Academics for Justice in Palestine, a coalition of faculty and staff across various Brown departments.
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Guan ’27: The freedom of thought
By Lucas Guan | February 2The Ivy League is no stranger to criticism and scrutiny. From producing mindless “zombies” to upholding socioeconomic inequality, critics have already levied almost any accusation one could imagine. But amid social and political upheaval in the aftermath of the October 7 attack, right-wing commentators ...
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Rahman ‘26: Why I said no to parental tracking
By Tasawwar Rahman | February 2Two weeks ago, I was sitting at Saloniki Greek in Harvard Square visiting two friends from high school. I looked at my phone and saw a bombardment of anxious text messages from my parents: “Go home.” “It’s already 8:30” “Safety should be your first priority.” “Is it worth throwing your ...
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Chang ‘27: Forget e-scooters — long live RIPTA!
By Victor Chang | January 31I don’t like cars. They’re loud, expensive and they spew carbon dioxide everywhere. However, rentable electric scooters are not the solution, and actually contribute to net emissions. It’s time for Providence to promote more a environmentally friendly mode of transportation: the RIPTA bus system. ...
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Sandhu ’25: Fear Of Many Opportunities
By Meher Sandhu | January 29As you weave through parked cars and scattered shopping carts, the bold red lettering on the warehouse beckons you: COSTCO. At the door, you confidently display your membership card as a smiling employee welcomes you inside. Flat-screen TVs line the walls, displaying vivid images that catch your eye. ...
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Hudes ’27: Removing Trump from the ballot won’t stop Trumpism
By Paul Hudes | January 29On Feb. 8, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Donald Trump’s appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to bar Trump from being on the Colorado primary ballot. The country’s highest court will be dipping its toes into the dangerous waters of American electoral politics. In the wake of unprecedented ...
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Aizenberg ’26: Start with empathy
By Benjamin Aizenberg | January 25Consider this alternate history: World War II has just ended and the U.S. surprisingly fails to stop Soviet communism from spreading past the Eastern Bloc. As a result, the USSR and Western Europe become close economic and military allies. Isolated and stuck with a faltering economy, the U.S. cedes ...
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Page-Tretta ’27: A call to action against gun violence
By Mia Page-Tretta | January 23It’s a shocking reality that children and young adults in my generation have been forced to face: Some people in the United States would rather protect guns than the lives of American students.
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Chang ’27: Brown University, what do you believe in?
By Victor Chang | December 19Brown’s administration has long insisted that the University’s endowment is “not a political instrument,” part of its doctrine of political neutrality — a doctrine with serious limits. Political neutrality is all fine and good when it comes to mundane issues like the federal deficit. ...
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Joo ’26, Ogundare ’24, Ouyang ’26, Spilker ’24: Why the Brown Divest Coalition Sat In
By Eiden Spilker, Jo Ouyang, Alicia Joo and Sarah Ogundare | December 18Editor’s note: This op-ed was signed by the 41 members of the Brown Divest Coalition that sat in University Hall on Dec. 11. The full list of signatories is included at the bottom of the op-ed.
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Editors’ Note: Looking back at 2023
By 133rd Editorial Board | December 7Thank you to our readers. We can’t wait to see where The Herald goes next.
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Estice ’24.5: Savoring heritage: Exploring identity through sushi and potato salad
By Sasha Estice | December 7In her column, Sasha Estice ’24.5 describes how food can connect us and shape our sense of self.
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Gurjão Bonaparte ’26: A lack of transparency and research capacity shouldn’t be the reason not to divest
By Maria Claudia Gurjão Bonaparte | December 7In her op-ed, Maria Claudia Gurjão Bonaparte ’26 argues that ACURM must have the resources to bring transparency to and identify potential social harm tied to University investments
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Editorial: Survey says: Fill out your course evaluations
By Editorial Page Board | December 7In their editorial, the editorial page board encourages students to fill out course evaluations and Critical Review surveys.
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Buxbaum ’24: What OCD has taught me about moral purity and embracing the present
By Marielle Buxbaum | December 5In her op-ed, Marielle Buxbaum ’24 argues that being able to accept imperfection is an effective strategy for living with obsessive-compulsive disorder — and making the world better.
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Zucker ’24: What I have in common with the X-Men
By Ethan Zucker | December 4In the X-Men fictional universe, mutants are people born with something called the X-gene, a gene that confers superhuman abilities of various forms. Yet these mutations also generate unique physical traits — metal claws, blue skin and maybe a tail — which lead to mutants being ostracized from society. ...
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Rahman ’26: Has ChatGPT turned the BA into BS?
By Tasawwar Rahman | December 4In just one year, generative artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT have transformed the way we work and learn. In the Herald’s Fall 2023 poll, only 30.3% of surveyed students said that they do not use ChatGPT or similar tools in their academic study. Given the prevalence and utility of this ...
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Guan ’27: Brown must be ready to protect students from doxxing
By Lucas Guan | December 4Hours after student groups at Harvard published a letter stating that its signers “hold the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence” in response to the Israel-Hamas war, a debate emerged on the university’s campus over the limits of freedom of expression. As tensions rose ...
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Editors’ Note: Announcing The Herald’s 134th Editorial Board
By 133rd Editorial Board | December 4The Herald is proud to announce the members of our 134th Editorial Board, which will oversee the paper through its 133rd year.
