In a New York Times column this Sunday entitled “The New Gay Orthodoxy,” Frank Bruni declares victory for the gay rights movement, or at least for the movement to legalize same-sex marriage. “In a great many circles, endorsement of same-sex marriage has rather suddenly become nonnegotiable,” ...
I wear a Star of David around my neck, the same one that Israel uses to embellish its flag. I am proud to be Jewish, proud of Judaism’s centuries-old tradition of resisting oppression — a pride that Israel invariably insists it shares. I believe in equality, humanity, democracy and progress, the ...
On Oct. 29, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was invited by the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions to give a talk on ‘Proactive Policing.’ Before he was able to give his talk, he was shouted off stage by protesters from Brown and the greater Providence community. ...
If a liberal arts university hosted a group of former American soldiers that proudly took part in war crimes in Iraq or Vietnam, attendance were limited to an exclusive group of students and the meeting were held in a confidential setting, surely there would be a public outcry. Similarly, if a student ...
On the morning of March 22, one million cubic yards of earth slumped off of a hillside in Snohomish County, Wash. The wall of mud has taken the lives of 30 people so far. The immediate cause of this horrific tragedy is unseasonably warm weather accompanied by heavy rainfall. The area had recently been ...
To the Editor: I opened Thursday’s Herald to find Nava Winkler’s ’14 column, which I hoped would be another insightful view on the conflict, among the various op-eds and letters to the editor this week. But the opinion unfortunately perpetuated some of the most harmful paradigms around discussion ...
I wasn’t going to say anything, as I have been in the habit of doing for the past four years whenever this particular topic comes up and the brawl ensues — in its usual brief and violent sort of flare-up. But this time, the pang in my chest was a little more assertive. Maybe it’s because I’m ...
When I came back to Brown for the start of the new semester, I saw many faces I hadn’t seen in almost a year. Junior fall is a time for many students to travel abroad, and my friends were newly returning to life at Brown. At the start of the semester, I also found that I no longer had a kitchen in ...
To the Editor: This is a letter to everyone comparing the protest against Brown/RISD Hillel hosting an invite-only talk with Israel Defense Forces Sgt. Benjamin Anthony to the incident with Ray Kelly. This is a letter for anyone whose reaction upon hearing of the protest was: “We’re at an Ivy League ...
The Herald reported Wednesday that acceptance to the Meiklejohn Peer Advising Program was more competitive this year, due in part to earlier online outreach. We are excited to see a more competitive process, since it implies improvement in advising, but we believe the program could be improved even ...
To the Editor: Nearly 50 years ago, in 1966, the Brown University faculty voted to establish the right of any faculty member or student group to invite any speaker of their choosing to campus. This new policy was affirmed by the Brown University Corporation, and it remains in effect today. This policy ...
The movement for student representation on the Corporation has recently stirred a wave of discussion around campus. As the University celebrates its 250th birthday and looks forward to the future, the Corporation has been highly scrutinized and, at times, criticized. Its decision last fall not to divest ...
It was with a mixture of interest and pain — and a powerful sense of deja vu — that we read The Herald’s recent article on the newly formed Sexual Assault Policy Task Force. In the spring of 2007, when we were all undergrads on College Hill, we found ourselves having similar conversations about ...
I admit — until recently I had never been to the Leung Family Gallery. I have long admired its beauty from afar, and its elegant chandelier is a highlight of the Main Green. But my curiosity was piqued when I read a column by James Rattner ’15 arguing that Leung should be a space for conversation ...
On Wednesday, the Brown/RISD Hillel is scheduled to host an invite-only talk entitled “The IDF Firsthand: A Dinner and Lecture,” featuring Sgt. Benjamin Anthony, a veteran and reservist of the Israeli Defense Forces. Anthony is the founder of the organization Our Soldiers Speak, which facilitates ...
We all hate the housing lottery. Tension and emotions run high. We all have a dream that once we move off campus — if we are lucky enough to get permission — life will magically get better. But though there are many great things about moving off campus, it’s not as easy as we want to believe. As ...
The University recently reported its decision to increase the number of Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award recipients and expand the monetary award from $3,000 to $3,500. This action was made in part as an element of President Christina Paxson’s drive to get more undergraduates involved in ...
To the Editor: We stand behind our decision to create a space for Sgt. Benjamin Anthony to share his experience as an Israeli soldier with students at Brown. Hillel could not be the big tent it strives to be without responding to students interested in hearing voices on the right as well as those on ...
Last Wednesday, in a surprise decision, a regional division of the National Labor Relations Board ruled that Northwestern University football players seeking to unionize were employees of the university. While Northwestern will certainly appeal the decision, the implications, if the decision holds, ...
To the Editor: I am an undergraduate student at Brown and a Palestinian refugee who was born and raised in Dheisheh, a refugee camp in the city of Bethlehem, West Bank. I am considered a “refugee” because my family was displaced from its own home in Jerusalem in the catastrophe (or Nakba) ...
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