On December 4, Brown’s Department of Public Safety arrested Thony Greene, a man with a history of trespassing on University property, for allegedly invading students’ rooms in Wayland House. Greene, who has no affiliation with the University, has since been charged with willful trespass and breaking ...
In her column, Yael Wellisch ’26 argues that the news on TikTok desensitizes us and isolates us from the world.
In their editorial, the editorial page board exhorts UCS to be a better voice for students — not just a platform for political theater.
We’ve all been there: the Sharpe Refectory’s having a themed dinner night, and there are so many options to choose from. You visit the comforts line, soup kettles and dessert bar until suddenly you look down at your towering plate of food and realize you’ve taken far too much. You eat what you ...
Brown has a tremendous wealth of historic buildings that make its campus one of the country’s most beautiful. This does not come without a cost: These buildings require intensive maintenance that cannot be deferred without serious consequences. Even a century ago, this issue was well understood, when ...
An election to recall Undergraduate Council of Students President Ricky Zhong ’23, finally, is imminent. As this election begins, there are two topics I’d like to address: why I helped organize this recall, and what it can accomplish.
In their editorial, the editorial page board urges faculty members to consider the student experience when planning assignments during shopping period.
The United States is home to many of the world’s leading universities due, in large part, to its culture of free inquiry. Increasingly, this culture has been eroded as universities neglect their unwritten obligation to safeguard academic freedom. We ought to do more to protect the diversity of views ...
One of the most obvious yet unspoken aspects of our community on College Hill (and across the United States) is the ongoing issue of homelessness. Within the Brown community and in cities across the U.S., there is a collective attitude of wariness, fear and outright disdain towards people experiencing ...
My attention deficit hyperactivity disorder shapes many of my behaviors and thought processes on a daily basis. I often impulsively speak in class before raising my hand, become bored easily — even writing this column is difficult. But my experience is far less severe than those of many others.
In her column, Yael Wellisch ’26 argues that we must reimagine human skills in an increasingly AI-based society.
For years, Brown has struggled to accommodate the parking needs of faculty and students. The available parking spots are currently allocated through a waitlist system and are ostensibly highly limited; in 2021, only around 50 juniors and seniors were granted parking spaces in this way. But closer inspection ...
In her column, Juliet Fang ’26 argues that Brown should withdraw from the U.S. News & World Report rankings.
Today’s paper marks the first issue of The Herald for the 2023 calendar year and our first as the 133rd Editorial Board.
The 12 articles listed below, all of which are in the Sports section and were written by one senior staff writer, contained significant portions of text taken directly from news articles published by Brown Athletics. These passages were not properly quoted or attributed. The articles have been edited ...
Seventy-four papers. One-hundred-twenty-two production nights. Seemingly endless hours together, holed up at 88 Benevolent St. And yet, it feels so soon — today’s paper marks our 74th and final issue as The Herald’s 132nd Editorial Board.
The Supreme Court seems poised to ban affirmative action, the use of race-conscious considerations in college admissions. During hearings in late October, members of the court’s conservative majority made no efforts to hide their skepticism of affirmative action’s constitutionality as used at ...
In her column, Yael Wellisch ’26 argues that athletes should be allowed to participate in political discourse without repercussions.
In her column, Christina Peng ’26 explores the data Spotify stores about her and questions how to protect this data.
Over Thanksgiving break, I finally caught the inaugural first-year sickness. On Wednesday, I felt a sore throat coming on. By Thursday, I got a headache, and on Friday, I went through bouts of chills and sweating. A feverish temperature reading at Health Services confirmed my sickness, and I reluctantly ...
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