It’s a question about a question: “Why is the argument about how to write about India such a contentious one?” asked Jonathan Shainin, news editor for the New Yorker, at a “Writing India: Two Authors and an Editor” discussion Tuesday night. Shainin, previously a senior editor at the Caravan ...
A new Institute for the Study of Environment and Society will launch next fall, the University announced Monday. The institute, approved by the Corporation’s Board of Fellows Friday, will address environmental problems with “a multifaceted approach,” through the intersection of sciences and social ...
The number of students who needed to be taken to a hospital during Spring Weekend held steady from last year at 17, said Margaret Klawunn, vice president for campus life and student services and interim dean of the College. Emergency Medical Services took nine students to hospitals Friday, including ...
Just over half of undergraduates disagree with the consideration of legacy status in the University’s admission decisions, according to the results of a Herald poll conducted March 3–4. About 30 percent of students agree with the use of legacy status — having a parent, grandparent or sibling ...
Maahika Srinivasan ’15 was elected the next president of the Undergraduate Council of Students and Sazzy Gourley ’16 was elected vice president, announced Heather Sabel ’17, UCS Elections Board chair, on the Faunce steps at midnight Friday. Srinivasan defeated Jonathan Vu ’15 and Asia Nelson ...
Maahika Srinivasan ’15 and Sazzy Gourley ’16 lead their opponents in the races for president and vice president of the Undergraduate Council of Students, respectively, according to the results of a Herald exit poll conducted Tuesday and Wednesday. Online voting for leadership positions on UCS and ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students passed a resolution in support of the student group working to add an undergraduate representative to the Corporation at its general body meeting Wednesday. UCS President Todd Harris ’14.5 will present the document entitled “UCS Statement of Support for Students ...
“How much freedom should racists have?” asked Erik Bleich ’91, professor of political science at Middlebury College, in his Wednesday lecture that explored how the United States and Europe strive to combat racism without infringing on citizens’ rights. The talk was the fourth and final installment ...
The second in a two-part series exploring substance use and abuse at Brown. On a perfect April afternoon, Fred, then a first-year, was stoned for the first time. By the end of May, he was smoking on a near-daily basis. After a few months, Fred “greened over the cliff.” He was smoking at least ...
The first in a two-part series exploring substance use and abuse at Brown. “I just kept drinking shots. Next thing I know, I woke up in a hospital,” recalled David, a senior. It was a sunny May afternoon during sophomore year, and David, whose name has been changed to preserve anonymity, was ...
“It is a challenging time” for university finances, said Beppie Huidekoper, executive vice president for finance and administration, expressing a sentiment that became an overarching theme of the Janus Forum’s Tuesday discussion “We The Corporation: The Ethics of Managing a Billion Dollar University ...
Organization attacks affirmative action The Project on Fair Representation, a nonprofit organization working to challenge the use of race in undergraduate admission, launched three websites Monday encouraging rejected applicants from Harvard, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the ...
For the first time in Brown history, the housing lottery, which opened yesterday at 3 p.m., took place on an online platform, instead of in Sayles Hall. The lottery will last through Thursday, running during the afternoons and evenings. After previously declaring their intent to participate and choosing ...
Undergraduates are nearly evenly divided on whether the University should prioritize its policies for extending need-blind admission or expanding financial aid for middle-income students, according to a Herald poll conducted March 3-4. Close to 37 percent of students support awarding financial aid ...
Students who graduated from Brown in 2012 left with an average debt of $23,521 per borrower — the highest in the Ivy League — according to the latest numbers from the Project on Student Debt, an annual report published by the nonprofit Institute for College Access and Success. Brown students’ ...
The voices of around 60 teal-clad students during Saturday’s March Against Sexual Assault welcomed Jaclyn Friedman, feminist activist and writer, to College Hill. Chanting lines such as “No slut shaming, no victim blaming” and “Yes means yes, no means no. Whatever we wear, wherever we go,” ...
Brown may deserve its widely known reputation as one of the happiest Ivies, with approximately nine in 10 undergraduates satisfied with their decision to come to the University, according to the results of a Herald poll conducted March 3-4. Approximately two-thirds of surveyed undergrads considered ...
Students filled Salomon 001 to hear seven undergraduates give their “ideas worth spreading” at the TEDxBrownU conference Saturday. Gaining the Student Activities Office’s approval as an official student group this year has allowed TEDxBrownU to “solidify our own identity,” said Emma Milward ...
While many Brown students enjoyed a stereotypical sun-soaked spring break, 10 undergraduate and graduate students spent a week centered on the theme of “comparative modernism” in Berlin hosted by the Cogut Center for the Humanities. Led by Michael Steinberg, director of the Cogut Center and professor ...
Candidates for leadership positions on the Undergraduate Council of Students and the Undergraduate Finance Board used Thursday night’s debate to push their platforms and address a host of issues, such as the role of student government, mental health resources and adding a student representative to ...
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