It starts with a sinking feeling in your chest that moves all the way up to your throat. You're not sure whether to cry out in despair or to stoically weather the embarrassment. After a few seconds, a chilling throb of pain seizes your foot, making it seem to weigh six tons. What is drowned beneath ...
I would like to express my displeasure towards how the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center's schedule is relayed to recreational users. The OMAC administration must make a publicly accessible and regularly updated schedule for the Brown community at large.
To the Editor:
Since its founding nearly 250 years ago, Brown has had a close relationship with Rhode Island, a unique affinity that transcends the happenstance of geography. Together, the University and the state have led the fight together for principles of universal rights and justice, often long before others ...
To the Editor:
Democracy and freedom are often assumed to be codependent. In truth, these two concepts are often in direct conflict. In many cases, majorities vote to rob minorities of freedom. This despotism of the masses can be seen throughout the world. It can also be seen right here at Brown.
Brown students are kind, sharing people. As The Herald reported last week ("Despite enforcement, copyright violations steady in recent years," Feb. 3), the University received reports of roughly 750 copyright violations by students. As most of the reported violations come from distributing copyrighted ...
Since the political situation in Egypt reached its tipping point these past couple of weeks, we have been impressed with the University's response. Last Monday's panel discussion at the Watson Institute for International Studies on the protests in the Middle East was put together extremely quickly to ...
To the Editor:
Rhode Island, like much of the nation, is facing a major fiscal crisis. The state has a projected 2012 deficit of $295 million due mostly to rising costs, declining revenue and the loss of federal stimulus money. In his recent opinions column, Hunter Fast '12 ("Just say ‘no' (to the nanny state)," ...
Over this past winter break, I realized, with some surprise, that my Chinese-speaking, Chinese literature-teaching parents who reside in China are not, in fact, Chinese parents. How did I come to this somewhat random and seemingly illogical realization? I used my extraordinary skills to reflect ...
In a recent Herald column, Chris Norris-LeBlanc '13 rightly cautioned students against disregarding the political and historical contexts that led to the removal of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps from the University ("The ROTC Question," Jan. 28). As a history concentrator, I applaud his column ...
In recent years, Rhode Island's fiscal woes have repeatedly made national news. With a deficit of $427 million for fiscal year 2011 and a projected shortfall of $290 million for fiscal year 2012, legislators are hard pressed to engineer solutions to the budget crisis. Sin taxes — taxes on alcohol, ...
To the Editor:
Following the passage last year of legislation beginning the process of ending the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, many universities are now reconsidering their stance on the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. In his State of the Union address, President Obama said, "I call on all our college ...
What comes to mind when you read my byline? What can you infer? If you're an amateur etymologist, you might think me Italian or Persian or South Asian. My name is alphabetically superior, so perhaps you could deduce that I've lived a life of primacy — in fact, I was first in line for every foray ...
When I first arrived at University College Dublin, the economic crisis had just put the Irish economy into a tailspin. The radio projected that half of all construction workers would be laid off, the newspaper proclaimed financial Armageddon and the bars seemed filled with workers returning to their ...
Brown's independent bookstore has long been a point of pride among members of the community. Most other Ivy League schools' official bookstores are actually specialized outposts of Barnes & Noble.
Two recent opinions columnists have expressed different views on the Reserve Officer Training Corps issue. Chris Norris-LeBlanc ("The ROTC Question," Jan. 28) paints a political picture: Brown should not endorse the army by allowing an ROTC presence on campus. Heath Mayo ("The ROTC Answer," Jan. 31) ...
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