Back in 2007, the average Uber driver rating was 3.74 stars. Nine years later, that number had increased to 4.85.
A baby’s piercing wail on a long flight, a toddler launching an assault of questions and a fifth grader unapologetically picking their nose — it’s no question that children have tested our patience countless times. But while kids can surely generate occasional frustration, the positivity and community ...
A couple of Sundays ago, the films “Anora” and “Emilia Pérez” went home with trophies after the 2025 Academy Awards. Based on this year’s winners, the primary criterion seems to be films that champion progressivism. But they did not go home without their fair share of pushback.
Empty Monster cans clutter the closet, sweaty t-shirts hang from the pull-up bar, a used bath towel is draped over the desk chair and the only things neatly stacked are tubs of protein powder. Welcome to the stereotypical college man’s dorm room.
As Black History Month came to an end last week, I reflected on my identity as an African American at Brown. My contemplation has left me with more questions than answers, but there are a few things I know to be true. African Americans hold a unique identity within the United States and the African ...
In his column, CJ Lair ’28 argues that Brown students must overcome our default negative mindset and take charge of our own academic well-being.
When I applied to Brown, I was enamored by the promise of the Open Curriculum. As an indecisive learner with far too many interests, I saw Brown as a perfect fit — an academic playground where I could explore freely. However, within my first year, my idealized expectations quickly unraveled. ...
It is a truth locally acknowledged that the Rhode Island School of Design is cooler than Brown University. This encompasses all manner of things: clothing, people and, so I have heard, the food.
The contemporary American political imagination became acquainted with cruelty in 2016. President Trump’s first election campaign was laced with obscenities that grew to be taboo in the new 21st-century liberal America. His campaign championed slogans like “Build the Wall” and a crowning jewel ...
Pad thai, tom yum and green curry are all Thai recipes that we know and love. But Thailand’s most notable recipe has gone unnoticed: Its formula for success in progressive politics. Just last year, Thailand legalized same-sex marriage in a triumphant victory, a historic first for Southeast Asia. This ...
One summer, my sister and I attended a community boating camp, where we came across a girl who looked eerily like Miranda Cosgrove. My sister and I joked that we had clearly stumbled into a sailing-themed Disney Channel movie, wherein we were merely a comic relief duo and the Miranda lookalike was the ...
South African mixed martial artist Dricus du Plessis was completely written off heading into his fight against former champion Robert Whittaker. Analysts labeled du Plessis “slow,” “mediocre” and lacking in basic kickboxing and wrestling techniques. Oddsmakers deemed him a massive underdog. ...
In 2018, Herald columnist Fabiana Vilsan ’19 analyzed the news media’s portrayal of President Trump during his first term. Amid President Trump’s dramatic return to the Oval Office, I returned to Vilsan’s commentary to try to understand the exact ways Trump has changed between his two terms, ...
Every semester, I have this urge to purchase a new plant for my room. I’ll walk to the plant shop blatantly disregarding the death of its predecessor, unfazed by the two shriveled leaves from my once-thriving Monstera. Despite their short lifespans, I firmly believe that a room is only complete when ...
The United States is at an important turning point. Founded on principles of globalization, our country has instead become more insular than ever. The past decade has seen a significant erosion of these founding principles in favor of nativism, xenophobia and religious nationalism, culminating in President ...
In a rich social ecosystem like Brown, it can feel easy to replace relationships, rather than repair. Yet it is by having the difficult conversations and leaning into the discomfort of conflict resolution that strong relationships can flourish.
Like many other Brunonians, I decided to spend my Monday night this week in the Salomon Center, listening to the former 2020 presidential candidate offer his thoughts on the current state of our democracy. Andrew Yang ’96 came out ten minutes early to shake hands, his speech had the audience erupting ...
This Valentine’s Day, there is one book I cannot get off my mind: Edith Wharton’s “The Age of Innocence.” Many of its themes remain relevant today: critiques of societal expectations and our adherence to them, individual versus collective duty and the limits of fate and free will. However, what ...
I saw a video not too long ago of the 2011 Occupy Wall Street movement. The video showed a large crowd of people storming Wall Street with signs condemning capitalists and billionaires. On the balconies lining Wall Street were bankers and stockbrokers in their fancy suits, sipping champagne, taking ...
A quick google search for “Oberlin” in the Providence area will likely return the Ohio college well known for its music conservatory. The second result is of greater interest to this column: a Rhode Island restaurant of the same name. So, on a Monday night, I headed down College Hill for a 7:30 ...
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