I anticipate that the enduring identity of Brown’s class of 2024 will inevitably center on our scattered start to college in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be mentioned in speeches throughout Commencement weekend and at reunions down the line. I am a member of the class of 2024, but ...
The ongoing war in Ukraine, as all violent conflicts, has resulted in profound suffering. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights confirmed a staggering toll of 29,731 civilian casualties in Ukraine between Feb. 24, 2022, and Jan. 21, 2024. Among these, 10,287 civilians lost ...
After a monthslong campaign featuring a hunger strike, two sit-ins and numerous op-eds, the issue of divestment from companies supporting the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory will finally be formally considered by a committee of faculty, staff, students, alumni and administrators for the ...
In a recently published article by Bloomberg, Brown University’s Investment Office is reportedly in advanced talks to “invest in Fortress Investment Group alongside Mubadala Investment Co. as part of the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund’s acquisition of a majority stake in the alternative asset ...
Spring Weekend is supposed to be a time of celebration for all students, a grand finale to Brown’s academic year. Historically, the Brown Concert Agency, tasked with organizing the Main Green Festival in late April, has courted artists such as Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, U2, Kendrick Lamar and Young ...
I think I speak on behalf of many Brown students when I share my dismay and frustration with how the Brown Concert Agency decided to conduct this year’s Spring Weekend.
Brown faces an identity crisis.
The violent threats against the leaders of Brown-RISD Hillel have left the Jewish community sad, angry and disgusted. But even more troubling than the threats may be the absence of outrage from the campus community.
On Feb. 22, Brown University’s Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity hosted an event with Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League. As members of the Palestine Solidarity Caucus, we feel obligated to respond to Greenblatt’s remarks. We write with our most forceful condemnation ...
On Feb. 22, Brown’s Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity invited Jonathan Greenblatt, president of the Anti-Defamation League, to talk about antisemitism in the United States. The event faced backlash due to Greenblatt’s pro-Zionist stance, specifically his equating of anti-Zionism ...
Friday and Saturday night mark perhaps the most important Brown men’s basketball games in over a decade.
On Feb. 22, Brown’s Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity hosted Jonathan Greenblatt, the director of the Anti-Defamation League, to give a talk titled “An Evening with Jonathan Greenblatt.” We are the Jewish students who initiated a walkout during Greenblatt’s talk, along with ...
I’ve just come from the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity’s “Evening with Jonathan Greenblatt.” I admire the ADL and Greenblatt — and I commend OIED for bringing his voice to campus — but I thought the evening represented a huge missed opportunity.
Editor’s Note: This op-ed was signed by multiple graduate students. The full list of signatories is presented at the end of this op-ed.
Brown’s Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity recently announced plans to bring Jonathan Greenblatt, Director of the Anti-Defamation League, to speak on campus later today. This invitation shows a disregard for the Brown community and for the safety of its Palestinian and Muslim members, as ...
In bringing Jonathan Greenblatt to speak at Brown, the University’s Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity tells “anyone who might be upset” to understand that the OIED is “bringing in a viewpoint and bringing understanding and awareness.”
Throughout its more than 250-year history, the Brown community has consistently stood up for ethical causes, sending a message to the nation and to the world at moments when others remained silent. Generation after generation, the leaders of our university have understood that Brown does not exist in ...
Since the #OscarsSoWhite Campaign gained traction on Twitter in 2015, it seems the Oscars have come to represent deep the flaws in our society rather than a celebration of art. While at times they provide memorable pop culture moments and a few inspirational speeches, it seems like the Oscars ...
This year, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) turns seventy-five. In the course of its lifetime, NATO has seen the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Cold War and, more recently, the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Indeed, NATO has played a key role in American and global geopolitics for ...
“Single-use is out. ReusePass is in,” reads the signs posted in the entrance of the Verney-Wooley Dining Hall, referring to the electric green reusable takeout boxes newly available at the larger dining halls on campus. Whether you’ve seen people carrying them around or you already have a few ...
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