“I know the Marriage Pact is supposed to be about finding a connection with someone new based on shared values. However, after getting my match, I’m really not sure what to do. Is it unethical for me not to reach out to them because I don’t find them attractive? I was initially enthusiastic about ...
At some point in college, many friend groups assign roles to one another. “She’s always in a relationship.” “He just doesn’t date.” “He's always seeing someone but can never commit.” While not always intentional, the labels stick. There’s the hopeless romantic, the serial dater, the ...
We’ve all done some selective remembering — convincing ourselves a time in our life or an experience was all sunshine and rainbows and forgetting the storm clouds. Painting an idealized picture of the past helps us escape from the reality of the present. I often find myself yearning for what I remember ...
Brown does things differently.
On May 22, I was listening to music at the wryly named 1984 Jazz Club in Tbilisi, Georgia when I learned that President Trump had attempted to revoke Harvard’s ability to enroll international students. Five months later, Georgia’s government introduced a similar restriction on its own universities. ...
Picture this: It’s 9 a.m. on a Monday morning and a professor is lecturing to a half-empty room. Presumably, some students are sick and others didn’t feel like making the trek across campus. Probably, a few students are still asleep. Although a Herald poll from 12 years ago estimated that 25% of ...
It’s orientation week — the first Friday of the year. Outside Metcalf Hall, a horde of first-years have gathered. In the basement, partygoers pack shoulder to shoulder. The air is a hot, musty haze of cologne and nerves. The scene is gritty, but a palpable energy buzzes the room: the joy of Brunonians ...
Just after winning their first Olympic gold in 46 years, the U.S. men’s hockey team was partying with FBI Director Kash Patel in their locker room. Downing beer, Patel called President Trump, who invited the team to the Feb. 24 State of the Union address. “I must tell you, we’re gonna have to ...
Last semester, I got a taste of my pre-med roommate’s academic life: Every week, I spent a good chunk of my time working on assignments for IAPA 1401: “Economic Development in Latin America.” Typically, I had to answer six to ten questions about the reading — practically, a problem set. The ...
Last Friday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that, starting next school year, the Department of Defense will cut sponsorships for active duty U.S. military personnel to attend graduate programs and fellowships at Brown and other elite institutions. The cancellations affect 93 fellowships at ...
In the days leading up to the release of the Brown Marriage Pact results, the prospect of algorithmic love surfaced in so many of my conversations. There was a buzz about College Hill that made the excitement palpable: love seemed to drift through the air, tentative, hopeful, sometimes awkward, weaving ...
On Feb. 28, it was not the sunrise that woke up the city of Tehran’s residents, but bombs that shook the ground — the United States and Israel had launched a coordinated military attack on Iran. Airstrikes targeted Iranian military leadership, killing three top officials and Iran’s Supreme Leader, ...
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 ...
This fall, I heard Hannah Pingree ’98 speak at the University Club in Providence during a fundraising stop on her Maine gubernatorial campaign. One of the points Pingree discussed and has highlighted throughout her campaign is a bold new framework for health policy. In the face of ever-increasing ...
When you ask someone about their favorite restaurant in Providence, one name comes up a lot — Al Forno. Love it or hate it, it’s a Rhode Island institution — a husband-and-wife affair that began as a side project by two RISD-trained artists. Some say it made Providence a culinary hotspot when ...
With over an inch of snow coating the ground every day for the past month, Providence has been feeling the effects of extreme winter weather. Sidewalks still blocked by snow endanger pedestrians who must walk in the roads alongside cars. And this isn’t the only problem sludgy sidewalks pose for residents ...
The 2026 Winter Olympics just ended, which means for two straight weeks we watched people hurl themselves into increasingly impossible spins, flips and midair twists in pursuit of international glory. We dissected judges’ scoring, held our collective breath through overtime and adopted a new roster ...
Shouldn’t you be studying for your midterms right now?
In 1928, Brown had a problem. Despite its reputation as a finishing school for white elites from the East Coast, 38% of the class of 1928 was Jewish. These young men were largely the sons of Russian Jewish immigrants and hailed from public schools, which was considered a real shonda — a scandal — ...
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