In his column "God and man at Brown" (Sept. 21), David Sheffield '11 claims, "A religious university is conflicted on a fundamental level." However, it is his column that is fundamentally flawed. Through the use of twisted logic and poor, if any, research, Sheffield claims that religious schools are ...
To the Editor:
The recent defeat of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act by a Republican filibuster in the Senate has cast new light on the sorry condition of immigration politics in the United States. While the bill does nothing more than temporarily set up a path to citizenship for undocumented ...
Last Friday, "The Social Network" swooped into movie theaters across the country, earning sky-high reviews and a "98 percent fresh" rating from RottenTomatoes.com. The movie describes how Facebook was founded, offering a creation myth for the addictive, ubiquitous website.
We were extremely disappointed to read last month that the U.S. Senate failed to pass the National Defense Authorization Act because only 57 of its 100 members supported the bill on a party-line vote. We miss the days when the defeat of a bill authorizing military operations at the hands of arcane procedural ...
Many of my friends would like to consider themselves good-natured socialist-populists. Aside from the fact that they won't be running for office anytime in the near future, this means that they consider themselves to be open-minded yet distinctly anti-establishment political thinkers. And like many ...
Too often, I hear students tell me that politics is always about voting for the lesser of two evils. Liberal Brown students sometimes complain that no candidate in a race fully represents their interests. And while I tend to disagree and believe that the Rhode Island Democratic ticket is filled with ...
"When some loud braggart tries to put me down," sang Mike Love in 1963, "and says his school is great, I tell him right away, ‘Now what's the matter, buddy, ain't you heard of my school? It's number one in the state.' " The Beach Boys' "Be True to Your School" no doubt meant more to teenagers ...
Decision making is based on incentives. These incentives may be rational to some and irrational to others. Most of the attractive incentives and decisions we make are linked to survival and intellectual growth. However, there is a culture of self-doubt that is superseding the culture of growth and development. ...
To the people who shoplift from Brown Dining Services eateries —
It was a special night. For one night, and one night only, the too-tight pants of hipsters would be replaced by the too-tight pants of football players. A student body that treasures its apathy and ironic detachment would embrace an American pastime with corny whole-heartedness. Under the glare of the ...
To the Editor:
In Admission Office literature, the diversity of Brown's student body receives a good deal of emphasis. All 50 states and almost 100 countries are represented, and "about 29 percent of undergrads are people of color." These statistics don't take into account the variety of life experiences we bring ...
Brown is undoubtedly a world-class university, and there are very few things the school does not provide to its students. But as we read in The Herald last Friday, the University lacks a formal program for advising students and recent graduates who want to pursue a master's degree in business administration. ...
We live in financial times.
To the Editor:
Four weeks into the fall 2010 semester at Brown, the group of new students specially invited to President Simmons's August 29 welcome speech seemed to be gradually adjusting to the new community. Among this new student group is not only Brown's freshmen, but also the University's newly-admitted transfer ...
On Sept. 14, Mayor David Cicilline '83 won the Democratic nomination in the race to succeed retiring Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I. Cicilline will now face the former state House minority whip from Tiverton, Republican John Loughlin II, in vying for the right to represent Rhode Island's first district, ...
Brown hosts many talks throughout the year. The lecture board brings in well-known speakers, departments hold colloquia and numerous groups and organizations get interesting people to talk about various subjects. This makes the University a livelier place — one with an exchange of ideas and discussion. ...
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