Two students lean over a table and take the Herald’s poll on laptops.

The Herald polled 1,275 undergraduates from March 17 to March 19.

Student safety, divorce and AI: The Herald’s Spring 2026 Poll

By Ava Stryker-Robbins, Alice Xie and Sajiv Mehta | April 13 | University News

The Herald polled 1,275 undergraduates from March 17 to March 19.

A photo of the exterior of Spectrum India. A building with a blue awning and a sign in the window that reads “STORE CLOSING, EVERYTHING MUST GO.”

The store will officially close at the end of May.

After 59 years, Spectrum India prepares to close its doors

By Pavani Durbhakula | April 12 | Metro

The store will officially close at the end of May.

The deli is the second Maven’s Delicatessen location in Rhode Island.

Jewish deli Maven’s Jr. opens on Thayer Street

By Seyla Fernandez | April 13 | Metro

The deli is the second Maven’s Delicatessen location in Rhode Island.

Congressional candidate Brad Lander argues for ‘good neighborism’ at Brown Democrats talk

By James Libresco | April 13 | University News

A photo of Brad Lander speaking into a microphone. A sign behind him reads “Brad Lander for Congress.”

The congressional candidate received an award from Brown Democrats on Thursday.

On journey to professional baseball, Maggie Foxx ’28 strives to get ‘1% better’ every day

By Ava Schelling | April 13 | Sports

Maggie Foxx ’28 with a softball bat raised behind her head during a game.

Foxx will play in the inaugural season of the Women’s Professional Baseball League in August.

Opinions

Vishwakarma ’29: Math students need seminars too

By Arya Vishwakarma | April 13

When I ask questions in my MATH 1530: “Abstract Algebra” lecture, I tend to buffer them with filler words: “like,” “wait,” “sorry.” While my friend and I raise our hands before speaking, some of our classmates are more direct with their remarks, pointing at the board when they think ...

Mooney ’29 Murray ’29: A residential college system could solve Brown’s housing woes

By Max Mooney and Clara Murray | April 13

Last week was particularly stressful for many Brown undergraduates, and it didn’t even have anything to do with midterms. For rising sophomores and juniors, the stakes are high in Brown’s randomized, everyone-for-themselves housing selection. There seems to be a scarcity of desirable living situations, ...

Leggat-Barr ’28: The right has co-opted patriotism. Democrats need to reclaim it.

By Tommy Leggat-Barr | April 10

Since the onset of the Trump administration, the relationship between universities like Brown and the federal government has been adversarial. Characterized by funding fights, illegal campus encroachments and canceled programs, the past year has given many students on campuses across the country and ...

Gupta ’29, Kalu ’27, Theodoropoulos ’27: In our hour of need, Providence kept us safe. We must include the city in our vision of security.

By Kenneth Kalu, Alexa Theodoropoulos and Raya Gupta | April 9

Before Dec. 13, Coffee Exchange was just another busy cafe near Brown’s campus. But when an active shooter sent the University into a 13-hour lockdown, what used to be the place where students grabbed their lattes turned into a site of refuge. Thirty students sheltered there for hours, welcomed by ...

Lindemann ’29: In the age of AI, write a poem

By Beatriz Lindemann | April 8

In a time when artificial intelligence has grown more and more prevalent, there is absolutely no use for it in my first-year seminar. In LITR 0710: “Writers on Writing Seminar,” my class reads a collection of poems, essays or a novel every week, discusses the works and then has the privilege of ...