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Edelson ’29: Understanding geography will help us understand our friends
By Clay Edelson | November 14“And that’s … where again?”
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Gupta ’25 MD’29: The worst break-ups are the ones that never happened
By Anusha Gupta | November 14There’s a particular kind of heartbreak that can feel almost embarrassing to admit out loud.
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Leggat-Barr ’28: Political hobbyism has no place at Brown
By Tommy Leggat-Barr | November 12Nov. 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 ...
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Davis ’27: Diversity in higher education is a state issue
By Christian Davis | November 11It 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 ...
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Gardiner ’28: Man vs. the machine: the case for Wikipedia
By Isabella Gardiner | November 11Since 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 ...
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Kaak ’29: Neitzsche’s advice to ‘live dangerously’ serves as a meaningful guide to taking advantage of the Open Curriculum
By Avery Kaak | November 11Few 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, ...
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Rahman ’26: There should be more to friendship than political agreement
By Tasawwar Rahman | November 10The 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, ...
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Murray ’29: Brown needs to evaluate how it reports foreign gifts
By Clara Murray | November 10In 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 ...
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Tesler ’29: Trump is leveraging distrust in elite universities, but Brown can change that
By Zeke Tesler | November 7Amid the Trump administration’s attacks on academic institutions, the sphere of higher education has faced strained public scrutiny, exacerbating longstanding perceptions of elitism and inequality within higher education. As a result, the concept of the Ivy League has been placed on trial and America’s ...
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Canfield ’28: 130 years after Brown’s first Jewish students graduated, Jewish life on College Hill is thriving
By Ethan Canfield | November 7As one of the first two Jews to graduate from Brown, Israel Strauss, class of 1894, was told by then-University President Elisha Andrews, class of 1870, to pursue different career paths because of his religion. Such comments were not unique in the long history of Jews in the diaspora. It would be hard ...
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Yeung ’29: Food for Thought: Frank & Laurie’s
By Christian Yeung | November 6Nestled less than a mile north of Brown’s campus, Frank & Laurie’s serves a delicious brunch on the corner of Camp Street and Doyle Avenue. The restaurant calls itself a “neighborhood affair,” an apt nickname for this homey eatery bustling with locals.
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Manhardt ’26: Courses at Brown should teach critical thought, not personal life skills
By Batisse Manhardt | November 4In her recent column, Beatriz Lindemann ’29 argues that Brown should offer a course on personal finance. Lindemann protests that the Department of Economics, ranked No. 11 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, should teach students about “budgeting, filing taxes and making wise personal investments.” ...
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Noxon ’27: Students should have swipe access to all dorms
By Oscar Noxon | November 4It’s February. It’s 20 degrees outside, give or take. You’ve gone to see one of your friends in a different dorm. You call them to let them know you’re outside — that you’re waiting — but get sent to voicemail. You send a text. Then another. Then another. They’ve fallen asleep, a nap ...
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Mooney ’29: Why doing less can help us accomplish more
By Max Mooney | November 3Picture a person who seems to embody productivity. Maybe you thought of someone cooking dinner while on the phone, answering emails while walking on the treadmill or doing math homework and listening in on a Zoom meeting at the same time. We view this kind of multitasking as the ultimate efficiency ...
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Vishwakarma ’29: It’s time for Brown students to participate in RI local elections.
By Arya Vishwakarma | November 2National politics often feel synonymous with chaos — the federal government has been shut down for a month now, and the president has continued to deploy National Guard troops to American cities. As worrying as things are, matters of local government remain places for optimism. The president has no ...
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Gupta ’25 MD’29: More than ‘just friends’
By Anusha Gupta | November 2College friendships are supposed to be easy, but they don’t always stay that way. There’s no situation as awkward and nerve-racking as when you start to wonder if you like your friend as more than just a friend.
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Lindemann ’29: Financial literacy is feminist. Brown can do more to promote it
By Beatriz Lindemann | October 30I always thought that I had no interest in numbers. This past summer, however, both my dad and I agreed that I needed to understand how to manage my own finances by the time I graduate from Brown — not because I find accounting particularly interesting, but because I am passionate about female empowerment. ...
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Berkwits ’29: When the nation’s politics are ‘America First,’ the news we read shouldn’t be
By Talia Berkwits | October 30Moments after he was sworn into office in 2017, President Trump stated that “from this day forward, it’s going to be only America first.”
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Gardiner ’28: Brown’s realest community is anonymous
By Isabella Gardiner | October 30If you’re reading strangely intimate, nameless comments about your classmates’ eating habits, midterm schedules or sex lives, you’re probably doomscrolling on Sidechat. The app is an anonymous forum for users to post about whatever is on their mind, anytime they want, to a community of predominantly ...
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Kaak ’29: Sidewalk etiquette is the first step toward a better campus community
By Avery Kaak | October 30I was out on a run the first time I noticed how territorial Brunonians are about campus sidewalks. At the time, I was blocked by two individuals inconveniently spaced out ahead of me. The easy solution would have been for the pair to walk closely side-by-side, or in a line, to allow me to pass through. ...
