On Feb. 2, as part of a protest for Brown to divest from “companies which profit from human rights abuses in Palestine,” hundreds of students on the Main Green chanted: “Yemen, Yemen, make us proud, turn another ship around!”
Editor’s note: This op-ed was signed by a group of 85 alums. The full list of signatories is linked at the bottom of this op-ed.
Editor’s note: this op-ed was signed by 17 parents of protestors arrested during a Dec. 11 sit-in at University Hall. The full list of signatories appears at the bottom of this op-ed.
Editor’s Note: The authors are faculty and staff members of Brown Academics for Justice in Palestine, a coalition of faculty and staff across various Brown departments.
As you weave through parked cars and scattered shopping carts, the bold red lettering on the warehouse beckons you: COSTCO. At the door, you confidently display your membership card as a smiling employee welcomes you inside. Flat-screen TVs line the walls, displaying vivid images that catch your eye. ...
Editor’s note: This op-ed was signed by the 41 members of the Brown Divest Coalition that sat in University Hall on Dec. 11. The full list of signatories is included at the bottom of the op-ed.
In her op-ed, Maria Claudia Gurjão Bonaparte ’26 argues that ACURM must have the resources to bring transparency to and identify potential social harm tied to University investments
In her op-ed, Marielle Buxbaum ’24 argues that being able to accept imperfection is an effective strategy for living with obsessive-compulsive disorder — and making the world better.
In the X-Men fictional universe, mutants are people born with something called the X-gene, a gene that confers superhuman abilities of various forms. Yet these mutations also generate unique physical traits — metal claws, blue skin and maybe a tail — which lead to mutants being ostracized from society. ...
Editors’ Note: This letter was circulated among Jewish students and alumni over the past few days.
On Oct. 7, Hamas-led militants killed an estimated 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped over 240 hostages (many of them children). The horrific casualties of Israel-Palestine did not start, nor did they end on that day. Since Oct. 7, Israel's military has exponentially increased the death toll: over 11,000 ...
Editors’ Note: This letter was originally sent to President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD20 on Nov. 9, 2023, with additional signatories who opted not to make their names public.
Editors’ note: The letter below was first internally circulated to faculty Nov. 2, 2023. This letter has been sent to President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 with additional signatories who opted not to make their names public.We, the undersigned faculty at Brown University, are deeply aggrieved ...
“Solidarity is the political version of love.” - Jewish feminist activist Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz
In his op-ed, Victor Chang ’27 argues that Brown’s inadequate COVID-19 isolation protocols are putting students at risk.
The University’s Undergraduate Finance Board is more important than it sounds. As the student government branch responsible for coordinating funding across undergraduate student groups, UFB finances everything from Senior Week to Brown Outing Club hiking trips to Spring Weekend.
In his op-ed, Domenic Angelino GS argues that government regulation of fitness practitioners would combat rampant fitness misinformation.
The Sciences Library, the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, the List Art Center, Graduate Center — these brutalist buildings have a defined presence on campus, even if their aesthetics are highly controversial. Some hate the sight of Grad Center's concrete walls while others praise the striking ...
"In addition to the abuses it continually commits against Palestinians, the Netanyahu government is committed to undermining the fabric of Israeli democracy. It remains committed to its radical plans to gut the independence of the Israeli Supreme Court, a key pillar of the country’s liberal democracy." ...
Detainees in Guantanamo Bay should have ownership over the art they have created while imprisoned.
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