Money talks, and BS walks. We have all heard this popular truism expressing the power of someone’s wealth, and frankly, I think it holds true. To this statement I would like to add a corollary — that talking about someone’s money is BS. In The Herald and through conversations with friends at Brown, ...
President Christina Paxson’s strategic planning process is fatally flawed. It was flawed from the beginning, and any recommendations born out of this process should be taken with a massive grain of salt. First off, the big idea behind strategic planning was that all groups at Brown would be represented. ...
Moffat '13: Yes I’m not going to argue the University isn’t “paying its fair share” with its current exemption from most property taxes. I don’t think this debate should be about fairness — it should be about compassion for our neighbors who are struggling to live. With millions in unfunded ...
I knew I wanted to be an English major before I arrived at Brown because I loved to read. I thought literature would provide a personal and vocational pathway for my life after high school. But I didn’t know exactly how my vague goal of being a lifelong reader would work within the professional academic ...
As the time for graduation draws near, the class of 2013 is asked to give a senior gift — and this is only the beginning of those relentless mailings and emails. As alums and possibly parents of Brown students, we will annually receive the same request. The assumption is that we want to sustain and ...
In a recent Herald column (“Economists need ethics,” April 3), Andrew Powers ’15 argued the Department of Economics should require students to take an ethics class as part of the required course load, comparing the study of economics to biological weapon research in its necessity for an ethics ...
Brown Divest Coal is asking our university to divest from the top five coal mining companies and the top 10 coal-burning utilities in the United States. By remaining invested in coal, Brown betrays its moral principles and undermines its commitment to students’ futures. According to the International ...
In an age where we find ourselves pressed for time and constantly aim to do a multitude of tasks, we are constantly looking for ways to become more efficient. Our scramble can lead us in many directions. For example, an article written last February by Matt Brundage ’15 (“Stop watching so many ...
Brown is the most rigorous, socially progressive university in the United States. Some form of the notion presumably attracted a sizeable portion of the Brown student body and for good reason: Curiosity and tolerance are solid values upon which to build a school. But is it true? Maybe we are better ...
It is often said that 50 percent of success is showing up. But when it comes to conventional fielding statistics in baseball, getting in good position to make the play can actually put you at a disadvantage. Popular perceptions of defensive skill primarily revolve around one concept: the error. In ...
They say curiosity killed the cat. Let’s be more concrete. Before democracy became the bee’s knees and freedom of speech became a protected right, curiosity killed the heretic. It’s a little less appealing to say it that way, and it definitely would be harder to explain to a child, but this is ...
The marketization of higher education has eroded the liberal arts curriculum at universities across the nation, and Brown is no exception. Student publications and arts groups stand as bulwarks against the creeping pre-professionalization of the University. They vigilantly steward this campus’ public ...
With the NBA regular season winding down and the MLB still in the “there’s 150 more games” phase, this weekend’s biggest story was Kobe Bryant tearing his Achilles tendon in a much-needed win against the Golden State Warriors. The Lakers are barely ahead of the Utah Jazz in the race for the ...
This year, the student group Brown Divest Coal requested that the University divest from a group of companies that either mine or burn coal for the production of power. The actions of Brown Divest Coal are part of a larger national movement aimed at encouraging universities and colleges to divest from ...
Abortion is the destruction of an entity. Yet this simplistic depiction does little to expose the underlying reasoning necessary to decide upon the moral permissibility of abortion. What can be exterminated safely without moral impact, and what should we be careful to preserve? Characteristics specific ...
Adam Asher '15: Yes Two summers ago, I worked in the District Office of my congresswoman, assisting mostly with Medicaid and Social Security casework. I learned a lot about what government can and cannot do. For example, if people living the poverty line had surgery and Medicaid had neglected to pay ...
The sporting world witnessed what was one of the most exciting NCAA championship games in recent memory on Monday night, as Louisville, the number one overall seed, narrowly ousted Michigan and national player of the year Trey Burke. The game had everything — from a duel between upstart sharpshooters ...
It’s the first thing the announcer says when the pitcher takes the mound. “Justin Masterson went 11-15 last season,” or “Justin Verlander has 17 wins on the year.” For more than a century, wins and losses have been the first indicators most fans look to when they argue the merits of different ...
Had you put half the focus you did in your Wall Street Journal opinion column into your high school career and college applications, maybe you would have had a fighting chance in the college admission process. In fact, many have pointed out that this would make one hell of a satire piece, if only you ...
As I was reading The Herald during the time of gun control controversy, a seemingly innocuous letter caught my eye. Evan Stern ’16 wrote in to express his approval of Andrew Powers’ ’15 column (“Common-sense gun control,” Feb. 4). Stern said he found The Herald’s coverage of gun control ...
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