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Editorial: Old books and new technology
By Brown Daily Herald | March 22It is easy to forget that the University Library, occupying multiple locations and offering a staggering array of books as well as computers and study spaces, had humble beginnings. Brown's first president, James Manning, wrote in 1772, "At present we have but about two hundred and fifty volumes and ...
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Nicholson '12.5: Tsunami! Fear-mongering in international media
By Lorraine Nicholson | March 21As Bill Maher quipped on last week's "Real Time with Bill Maher," lackluster tsunami waves in California "pose a great danger to making everything about us." As always, the comedian-pundit jokes at the expense of big media outlets. Yet this time, his criticism rings true.
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Editorial: Textbooks and taxes
By Brown Daily Herald | March 21It hardly needs to be reiterated that the country is going through tough times and that government bottom lines at every level throughout the nation have been battered by the resulting loss in revenue and increase in welfare expenses. Rhode Island has been particularly hard-hit, with the fourth highest ...
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Swartz '14: Obama supports an apartheid state
By Solomon Swartz | March 21On March 2, 2007, presidential hopeful Barack Obama made a speech in Chicago regarding his "clear and strong commitment to the security of Israel." He went on to say that Israel was "our strongest ally in the (Middle East) region and its only established democracy," and then added, "That will always ...
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Van Arsdale '11: Scientific outreach and tenure at Brown
By Eric Van Arsdale | March 20Last Wednesday, Nancy Baron delivered a lecture on the idea that "being a good communicator makes you a better scientist." As the science outreach director for the Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea, Baron has helped the world's foremost scientific experts communicate their research to ...
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Editorial: Fostering community
By Brown Daily Herald | March 19Earlier this month, The Herald reported that the Office of Residential Life is considering a reorganization of on-campus housing that would concentrate first-year dorms and dining around either Keeney or Pembroke campus. Though these plans are only in the preliminary phase, we applaud this effort to ...
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Tobias '12: Wall of truth
By Ethan Tobias | March 19A March 14 advertisement in The Herald, "Palestinian Wall of Lies," sparked a surge of letters to the editor decrying its deplorable language and lambasting The Herald for choosing to publish it. The advertisement's content was inflammatory and rightfully condemned by many members of the Brown community. ...
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Letter: In support of gamete cells' right to life
By Brown Daily Herald | March 19To the Editor:
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Mackey '87: Brown deserves a sailing center
By Jim Mackey | March 17So you go to school in Rhode Island, "The Ocean State." But do you ever get out on salt water?
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Letter: Female CS concentrators misrepresented
By Brown Daily Herald | March 17To the Editor:
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Gassel '12: The case for infant rights
By Sarah Gassel | March 17Imagine for a moment that a local pediatrician's office offers to painlessly euthanize newborns at the request of struggling mothers. Perhaps the mothers are too young, old, poor, busy, embarrassed, unstable or unprepared to raise a child. These are all potential reasons why a woman might abort her ...
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Trupin '13: A sinking ship metaphor
By Ian Trupin | March 16Providence is in pretty deep. With deficit estimates hovering around $180 million over the next two years, this cannot be denied. From firing all Providence teachers and closing four schools to giving Mayor Taveras a 10 percent pay cut, our city leaders are making tough decisions.
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Letter: Gay marriage an issue not only of love
By Brown Daily Herald | March 16To the Editor:
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Editorial: Keeping sight of Haiti
By Brown Daily Herald | March 16We, like the rest of the international community, are horrified by the destruction in Japan. Search and rescue teams continue to work around the clock to find missing people while the country deals with emergencies at its nuclear power plants. Just yesterday, the chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory ...
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Linking to remember
By Hector Najera | March 16I find myself in a constant struggle against forgetting — haunted by Marcus Aurelius' observation that time is like a torrent that sweeps away all that is born. Insights, faces, actions, definitions — anything that sprouts a root in my memory is immediately threatened by the currents of ...
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Nguyen '13: Skepticism of marriage equality
By Tanya Nguyen '13 | March 15Same-sex marriage is one of the most prominent, defining issues in mainstream LGBTQ politics today. To oppose it is often seen as being homophobic, and there are indeed many bigoted viewpoints. But it is possible to remain skeptical of marriage equality while fully supporting queer rights.
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Letter: More reaction to full-page advertisement
By Brown Daily Herald | March 15To the Editor:
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Editorial: Class conscious
By Brown Daily Herald | March 15Last February, the ad hoc Organizational Review Committee released its recommendations for how Brown could reduce its budget by $14 million. The committee's charge implied a commitment to cutting out excesses, rather than eliminating services important to students' needs.
