At a couple hundred universities, the Divest Coal movement has inspired students. The movement wants universities to divest investments in the 15 “of the largest, dirtiest coal companies in the (United States).” According to We Are Power Shift, an umbrella Divest Coal organization, universities ...
When I was a student at Brown, I was constantly challenged by my classmates, encouraged to secure my beliefs and passions, pushed to make sure I pursued a life that was meaningful and fought for justice. Everyone at Brown had a cause that motivated him or her. For me, that cause was the Israeli-Palestinian ...
The California State Senate introduced a bill last Wednesday that would force its state institutions to give credit for online courses from outside the universities. This legislation is attempting to fix a chronic flaw of the University of California system, where courses are over-enrolled and students ...
Recently, Oliver Hudson ’14 argued that raising the minimum wage will increase unemployment (“The $9.00 minimum wage: A policy to increase unemployment,” March 7). His claim is empirically unfounded. A 1994 paper by Princeton economists David Card and Alan Krueger found no employment impact of ...
This week, Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg released her book, “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead.” Geared toward a female audience, Sandberg’s first literary work encourages women, particularly those of the professional set, to cultivate their ambitions and behave ...
Jared Moffat '13: Yes In 2012, a mere 16 percent of Brown’s incoming class reported it intended to concentrate in the humanities, two percent less than the class of 2014 two years prior. The same trend is clear in our recent national history: Since the late 1960s, the proportion of four-year college ...
To the Editor: I am pleased the Committee on Reimagining the Brown Campus and Community may recommend the University build a large-scale concert venue. A true concert hall would not just benefit the Department of Music and its concentrators, as The Herald’s coverage implied. During my time at Brown, ...
Are you kidding me Wes Welker?! Okay, now that everyone’s gotten that out of their systems, it’s really not such a shocker. To any Patriots fans blaming Welker for leaving the Empire to join the Rebel cause in Denver, you’re an idiot. New England essentially gave Wes the big ol’ bird, and as ...
We, the residents of Hope College and Slater Hall, believe Brown Concert Agency should continue to provide those living in our buildings with free Spring Weekend tickets, due to the immense inconvenience we will encounter as a result of the concerts. We have appealed to BCA, but it refuses to consider ...
The power Rachel Bishop ’13, Emily Kirkland ’13, Rebecca Rast ’13.5 and Daniel Sherrell ’13.5 are demonstrating in their determination to stop the Keystone XL pipeline and force this sad nation to focus on climate change is building throughout the United States, Canada and many parts of the ...
The future of higher education, specifically public and private universities, is currently engaged in an escalating tug-of-war that pits “constructivists” against “traditionalists.” The former, decrying the traditional college model of lectures, deadlines and the campus, have found support in ...
I can fortunately say that as a Jew on Brown’s campus, I never feel unwelcome or ostracized. Of course, there are subtle, everyday ways in which I am different: I call my roommate’s Christmas lights “holiday” lights, I avoid eating bread around Passover and I say the word “schlep” more often ...
Two weeks ago, I was accused of being a feminist. I received the insult in response to a column I had written (“Don’t rape,” Feb. 25) in which I argued that our college campuses—and culture in general— needed to send a clearer message about sexual consent. I also contended that rape is, in ...
Cheryl K. Chumley of the Washington Times recently asked her readers, “Looking for a free sex change operation?” Her answer was simple: “Enroll at Brown University.” She is talking about the Brown Student Health Insurance Plan’s decision to cover sexual reassignment procedures, beginning ...
Rep. Scott Slater, D-R.I., brought legislation to the General Assembly last week to expand Providence’s ban on having a criminal history box on job applications to a statewide level. The ban does not prohibit checking criminal records: Rather, it is intended to force employers to conduct their own ...
Last week, chairman of the Democratic Governors Association Peter Shumlin officially invited Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 to become a member of the Democratic Party. With strong ties to both President Obama and other Democratic governors, Chafee may very well be inclined to change his affiliation, ...
Higher education is now widely accepted as an essential step to future success. But at what price can we justify the gain we get from this — at least — four-year experience? I recently watched an insightful and personally inspirational video on YouTube by a spoken word poet named Suli Breaks, entitled ...
Should the University offer credit to musicians for lessons and chamber music participation at Brown? Should the University offer credit for VISA0100: “Studio Foundation,” VISA1110: “Drawing I” or VISA1510: “Photography I”? What about theater and dance classes? If so, why? And if not, why ...
“We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.” This is the opening stanza of the Nicene Creed, which — from the time I learned to speak until when I first came to Brown — I recited at weekly Mass. Integral to Catholicism, this affirmation ...
There is little to no chance that I will take an actual engineering class at Brown. In fact, I struggled as a sophomore to find Barus and Holley for my first ENGN 0090: “Management of Industrial and Nonprofit Organization” lecture last fall. Engineering as a whole is extremely foreign to me, and ...
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