We hear a lot about oppression these days, especially at Brown. Listening to the hyperbolic language employed by social justice activists, one might think times are worse now than they were 50 years ago. These aren’t cases of the boy who cried wolf, as the considerations put forward are not completely ...
In today’s media and public discourse, government policies and current events typically get categorized into two camps: domestic and foreign. But the two cannot be divorced and should not be treated separately. The New York Times, think tanks and even presidential debates label issues as either American ...
On Monday, Brown Athletics announced that the women’s rugby team will finally receive varsity status. This designation is well-deserved and represents the culmination of a decade-long drive for recognition. Even before the change to varsity status, the women’s rugby team has been a model for how ...
Spring Weekend is supposed to be a memorable time on campus, devoted to relaxation and a healthy amount of debauchery. But there was a less savory aspect of the weekend that grabbed my attention early and continuously. All too often, the sheer magnitude of the police and security presence made Spring ...
To the Editor: Thank you for your April 10 article “Students confront substance dependency.” During my college days in the mid-1970s, I was one of those students with a budding alcohol and marijuana problem. If there was an on-campus place to turn, I was unaware of it, nor did I ask. Brown ...
An article in Wednesday’s Herald reopened a perennial debate about the definition and value of courses on campus. Currently, all courses are credited equally (except for .5 credits for some music groups and lessons) regardless of hours of class time or the inclusion of a section or laboratory. Such ...
On Nov. 10, 1975, the United Nations adopted a resolution in which it declared, “Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination.” The United States staunchly opposed the resolution, with then-Ambassador to the United Nations (and future Democratic Senator) Daniel Patrick Moynihan noting before ...
There is a fundamental mismatch between Brown’s laissez-faire alcohol policy and the strict enforcement of rigid drinking laws that accompanies it. The former encourages experimentation by providing a generous safety net and removing any risk of disciplinary consequences. The latter, on the other ...
We write to offer a broader perspective on the University’s work to address alcohol and substance use, in response to the article by Riley Davis and Joseph Zappa. We appreciate the authors’ clear description of Emergency Medical Services and how well they are embraced by students. However, the ...
The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (known as the G.I. Bill) is widely recognized as a major driver of the postwar growth that also changed the character of American universities. Over 2 million veterans used funding from this bill to pursue higher education, while other veterans received low-cost ...
On the first day of April, the official enrollment numbers for the health care exchanges of the Affordable Care Act were first made public. Obama and his administration claimed victory: 7.1 million Americans had signed up, beating their forecasts by 100,000 enrollees despite technical difficulties with ...
And then there was one. In the span of just 19 days, 67 out of the 68 teams in the 2014 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament have been eliminated. Despite its brevity the tournament has become firmly ingrained in the country’s cultural fabric since its inception in 1939. Its popularity — and notorious ...
For years, students have talked about the law school crisis. After an explosion of law students led to a massive oversupply, recent difficulties for law graduates in the job market have sharply depressed application numbers, causing five law schools to shut down in the last two years. It seems likely ...
Over the past few weeks, thousands of high school seniors around the country went online and discovered whether they had been admitted to America’s most prestigious colleges. Getting into college today is as difficult as it has ever been, and American colleges love to trumpet just how selective they ...
For an introvert like me, the self-checkout kiosks at CVS are a dream come true. I feel blessed to live in an age where, in the span of three minutes, I can locate and purchase deodorant, paper towels and SunChips without having to make eye contact with a single human being. Of course, I also have to ...
To the Editor: I am a recent Brown alum. Since I graduated in May 2012, two moments have made me proud to claim my alma mater. The first was the protest of former New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly’s speaking event in October. The second is the protest of Israel Defense Forces Sgt. Benjamin ...
Today marks the beginning of Undergraduate Council of Students and Undergraduate Finance Board elections, and above any single endorsement, we would very much like to emphasize that all candidates would make great leaders. We seek to inform the student body of the positive qualities of each. For UCS ...
College sports has evolved so extensively in terms of recruitment and scholarships that it has transformed into a business within itself. A recent Herald editorial (“Editorial: Take the sports out of college,” March 31) raised the possibility of taking sports such as basketball and football out ...
Performance-enhancing drugs taint every aspect of professional sports. Athletes such as Barry Bonds will always have an unofficial asterisk next to each record they set, and some — like Lance Armstrong — have already had many of their achievements revoked. Many students are incredulous that athletes ...
To the Editor: We wish to compliment you and Ms. Isobel Heck for publishing on April 2 the article “Controversial Paxil paper still under fire 13 years later.” While we strongly believe it is the moral duty for all of us to explore and protest wrongs, we appreciate that it calls upon one ...
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