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Editors' Note: Saying hello and looking ahead

By 133rd Editorial Board | January 25

Today’s paper marks the first issue of The Herald for the 2023 calendar year and our first as the 133rd Editorial Board.

Editors' Note: A final farewell, from 132 to you

By 132nd Editorial Board | December 7

Seventy-four papers. One-hundred-twenty-two production nights. Seemingly endless hours together, holed up at 88 Benevolent St. And yet, it feels so soon — today’s paper marks our 74th and final issue as The Herald’s 132nd Editorial Board.

Lin '23: Brown is no place for hate

By John Lin | November 16

As a bright-eyed first-year, I was tripped and pushed on Thayer Street by a man calling me an anti-Asian slur. I was harassed and threatened by six teenagers on a bus who shouted that I had caused COVID-19. Hate crime figures have risen dramatically nationwide, increasing 13.4% in 2020 according ...

Sender ’25: In support of taxing Brown

By Gabriel Sender | November 16

Across the country, private universities are generally exempt from federal taxes and are classified as nonprofit institutions, often referred to by the statute that defines them:

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Letter: Noise enforcement can take many forms

By John Wilner | November 10

We at the Providence Noise Project greatly appreciated the op-ed by Juliet Fang ’26, “We need to reduce noise pollution,” which we thought did an excellent job covering the sources and detrimental impacts of excessive noise in Providence and elsewhere. Unnecessary ...

Siddiqui ’24: What the UK can teach America about unity

By Taha Siddiqui | November 10

Like most people in the U.S., my attention is focused on the results of the midterm elections. This year’s contest was particularly important, as, with results still pouring in, control of the Senate is uncertain. Given these events, my mind can’t help but compare the state of affairs in the ...

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Editorial: Antisemitism has no place on College Hill

By Editorial Page Board | November 10

A week and half ago, an obscene antisemitic note was discovered at Brown RISD Hillel, a center of Jewish life on College Hill. In the wake of this horrific attack, we stand in solidarity with Brown’s Jewish community.

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Peng ’26: Literature needs morally gray characters

By Christina Peng | October 26

We love morally gray characters — from Snape in “Harry Potter” to Wanda in Marvel movies, viewers and readers have continually gravitated toward those who seem to do clear moral wrong. But why do we love characters who often do awful things?

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Slusarewicz ’23: It’s time for employers to stop relying on personality tests when hiring

By Megan Slusarewicz | October 21

While applying for post-graduation jobs this semester, I’ve stumbled across a baffling aspect of the application process for some companies: a personality test. When the company I applied to requested I fill out a short character assessment, I assumed the test would consist of relevant questions, ...

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Gaber ’23: The importance of aimlessness

By Yasmeen Gaber | September 21

As I enter my senior year at Brown, I’m watching everyone around me make decisions that, on the surface, seem life-defining. What will our futures hold, and what is the best way we can shape them? For some, this question starts early. Many students in my class already know where they will be working ...

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Editorial: Brown, get boosted

By Editorial Page Board | September 21

COVID-19 is still going around. Despite declining case counts nationwide, our country currently faces about 55,000 new infections and hundreds of deaths a day. At Brown, many of us know peers who have recently ...

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Letter: All populations want to live in peace

By Boaz Munro | September 9

Seventeen years ago, as a freshman at Brown, I wrote an op-ed for The Herald responding to the vandalism and destruction of synagogues and Jewish-built

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Senior Column | Villegas ’22: Expanding our universe

By Edgar Villegas | May 27

When I was young I remember looking up at the night sky and the stars that lay over it like white specks on a dark canvas while soft tones of mariachi danced in the background. One of these nights, I asked in gentle Spanish, “Papá, Mamá, qué son esas luces en el cielo? Si agarro una escalera ...

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Senior Column | Perez ’22: What entrepreneurship means to me

By Elvia Perez | May 27

Entrepreneurship runs in my blood. I am a proud first-generation Mexican American. My upbringing has been characterized by humility and filled with adversity. Both my parents risked their lives crossing the border to come to this country, in hopes of providing me and my brother with a better life ...

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Senior Column | Ibrahim ’22: The truth about icebreakers

By Rahma Ibrahim | May 27

For the past four years, many of my interactions within and beyond the classroom have begun with answering icebreaker questions, sharing my class year and concentration with peers and listening to them as they do the same. This exercise is not unique to my college experience, of course; chances are ...

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Senior Column | Blitzer ’22.5: The warmth of here

May 27

Marina Keegan, a graduate of Yale’s class of 2012, wrote “The Opposite of Loneliness” as a senior column on the eve of her own graduation. In a mere 940 words, Keegan poignantly captured the college experience: the excitement of leaving home, the trepidation of being on the precipice of adulthood, ...

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Senior Column | Healy ’22: Learning to embrace uncertainty

May 27

I have never had a Plan. I’m organized, sure; some might even consider me Type A. I make detailed itineraries for vacations and color-coded spreadsheets of which classes to take. I spend too much time composing emails, designing PowerPoints and arranging my bookshelves. I keep everything in my room ...

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Slusarewicz ’23: Feeling burnt out? Try children’s literature

By Megan Slusarewicz | April 26

My love-hate relationship with reading has been tipping a little more into the hate category recently. For the first time ever, I’m in four reading-heavy classes. Add a language on top of that and it feels like all I do is decipher dense texts. And I’m burnt out.

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Sender ’25: To democratize outer space, let’s build a space elevator

By Gabriel Sender | April 26

Outer space has long been an object of scientific curiosity and yearning imaginations, but today, its importance in society is growing at escape velocity, quickly becoming more politically and economically critical. When space becomes practically accessible for all, it will change human civilization ...

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Spencer-Blume ’23: To creativity and resiliency on campus during a global pandemic

By Amienne Spencer-Blume | April 26

Spring semesters feel pregnant, somehow. Seniors are on their steady march back toward the Van Wickle Gates, toward the finish line, toward the verge of what they have longed for. A lot is in motion during this time.