Robyn Sundlee (“Sundlee ’16: Let Yourself Look,” Sept. 20) invokes the example of “murdered children in Palestine” to promote a brand of apolitical, unconditional empathy for victims of violence. I commend her for this. I hope she also chooses to apply this same apolitical, unconditional empathy ...
I understand that liking or disliking the housing lottery is a matter of personal choice. I also think that most students, myself included, detest the housing lottery just like they detest when there are long lines at Mail Services, that the Blue Room doesn’t always take meal credits and when the ...
The strategic plan released yesterday by President Christina Paxson is woefully inadequate. While committing to freely spend on yet more master’s programs and building renovations, the report does not make a single commitment to increase financial aid. The plan only commits to “maintain need-blind ...
As a Brown alum who spent more days than he can count in the Third World Center and its various programs, I am a bit skeptical about the move toward a name change that threatens to dilute the great historical and political meaning embedded in “Third World Center.” Princeton’s move from “Third ...
To the Editor: Today marks 12 years since the 9/11 attacks, but the memory is already starting to feel distant. Walking around campus, engrossed in studying and meeting up with friends, one might feel like today is just any other day. But most of the Brown community lived through that treacherous ...
To the Editor: Daniel Moraff’s ’14 accusation that the Undergraduate Council of Students appointed “people in the social circles of student government kids” is a gross mischaracterization (“The bogus strategic planning process,” April 24). The provost approached UCS and asked us to suggest ...
To the Editor: In response to the column written by Brown Divest Coal (“It’s time to vote yes on coal divestment,” April 18), the Socially Responsible Investment Fund would like to express its strong support for the cause in this crucial time, right before the Corporation makes a decisive ...
To the Editor: To protect my confidentiality due to my status as a female survivor of sexual assault, I wish to submit this anonymously. I read the article “Under the surface: Sexual assault at Brown” (April 22) this morning. Though I am pleased The Herald is bringing light to the issue ...
To the Editor: Today, for the first time, I am afraid because of the color of my skin. The Boston Marathon bombings and the zealous search for its perpetrators have made me realize that as much as the United States claims to be a progressive and all-inclusive nation, it really isn’t. Since ...
To the Editor: On Saturday afternoon, Kendrick Lamar stood on the Main Green and sang that he can get past any emotional challenge so long as he has access to expensive alcohol and female sexual partners, while hundreds of Brown students sang along in approval. The night before, Big Freedia impressed ...
Even the most well-intentioned individuals can sometimes disagree and come into conflict. We at Brown are far too often siloed into our own corners of the campus and as such are unable to reach out and talk to one another. This past week has been a lesson for everyone involved that constant and open ...
Yesterday, an opinions piece printed in The Herald called into question my past year of service on the Undergraduate Finance Board (“Brooks ’13, Au ’14, Ramadan ’13, Holguin ’13, Ooi ’14 and Seyler ’15: Facing the UFB’s dysfunction,” April 16). I want to take this opportunity to respond ...
To the Editor: We are writing in response to the recent article and opinion column about the environmental studies and environmental science concentrations and to bring the community up to date on the latest curricular revisions (“Environmental studies program changes face protest,” March 18 and ...
To the Editor: The Herald quotes President Christina Paxson as saying, “I’m not persuaded yet that the action (divestment activists) think the University should take is the most appropriate action” (“Paxson navigates advocacy, leadership,” April 1). As an alum, I am very disappointed. There ...
To the Editor: Of the 2,649 potential new undergraduate students Brown admitted last week, 17.5 percent will be the first in their families to attend college. While it’s great that this is the largest percentage in Brown’s history, recent research shows just how much it still falls short. Most ...
To the Editor: The basic problem with Oliver Hudson’s essay (“A lump of coal isn’t so bad,” March 19) is that he entirely misses the urgency of climate change. He doesn’t get the latest government report that ends, “Scientists say hopes of limiting warming to 2 degrees are fading away to ...
To the Editor: I am pleased the Committee on Reimagining the Brown Campus and Community may recommend the University build a large-scale concert venue. A true concert hall would not just benefit the Department of Music and its concentrators, as The Herald’s coverage implied. During my time at Brown, ...
We, the residents of Hope College and Slater Hall, believe Brown Concert Agency should continue to provide those living in our buildings with free Spring Weekend tickets, due to the immense inconvenience we will encounter as a result of the concerts. We have appealed to BCA, but it refuses to consider ...
The power Rachel Bishop ’13, Emily Kirkland ’13, Rebecca Rast ’13.5 and Daniel Sherrell ’13.5 are demonstrating in their determination to stop the Keystone XL pipeline and force this sad nation to focus on climate change is building throughout the United States, Canada and many parts of the ...
Editors of The Herald should ensure that their opinion writers are at least peripherally cognizant of the positions they pontificate. In his op-ed, (“Lattanzi-Silveus ’14: Solidarity with resistance to apartheid,” Mar. 5) Luke Lattanzi-Silveus ’14 boldly asserts “the Israeli laws ... are ...
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