Talia Berkwits is a staff columnist. She is from Chicago, IL and undecided on her concentration. She loves cooking (but not cleaning up) and one of her goals is to visit all 50 states.
When I go home for spring break next week, one of my first stops will be walking over to Beth’s house. Beth and I met at our neighborhood synagogue ten years ago, and our relationship flourished when we started taking daily walks together during the COVID-19 pandemic. We chat about everything from ...
Women outnumber men in higher learning institutions across the country. To combat historical gender inequality in higher education, Congress passed Title IX in 1972, which prohibited gender-based exclusion in educational programs that receive federal financial assistance. Through these efforts, female ...
The term “collective effervescence” was coined by sociologist Émile Durkheim in his 1912 book "Elementary Forms of Religious Life." It is the unity formed when people are engaged in a shared purpose. It is the sensation when individuality comes second to collectivity. It is the feeling of dancing ...
In our Internet age, everyone can become a columnist. Spend a few moments on any social media, news source or Substack and you will likely come across numerous outlandish, ignorant or misguided yet entertaining opinions shared for all the world to see. These sentiments can range from politically harmful, ...
As soon as meal times approach, hoards of students can be found across campus munching on Ivy Room salmon bowls, grabbing a Blue Room salad or slurping pho from Andrews Commons. All of these dining options have one thing in common: They are served with a side of plastic silverware. Every day, Brown ...
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, ...
Moments after he was sworn into office in 2017, President Trump stated that “from this day forward, it’s going to be only America first.”
“No” has been a full sentence my entire life. For almost as long as I can remember, I have undergone consent training. This education began informally in elementary school, where I learned bodily autonomy and the basic tenet of keeping one’s hands to themselves. In fifth grade, these discussions ...
An hour after moving onto campus this August, I attended a brunch for incoming Jewish first-year students. As I ate, I met like-minded and equally nervous peers while simultaneously being sold on the copious programming taking place over the rest of orientation. This in-group feeling was wildly comfortable ...
Two weeks ago, as I sat on a rickety folding chair under the Main Green’s blue September sky, President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 gave me and the rest of the incoming first-year class a piece of advice: Risk failure. It was amid this guidance that she herself, through the small, brave act ...
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