When Brown holds campus-wide events such as the Annual Spring Gala or Spring Weekend, the atmosphere on College Hill is filled with excitement and a sense of camaraderie among students. The divides among students of different ages, concentrations and extracurricular interests melt away as they dance ...
The teaching I do as a professor of American studies, ethnic studies and English finds me regularly engaged with matters at the core of whom we consider ourselves to be and how others consider us. This semester, for instance, I’m teaching an undergraduate course, ETHN 1890E: “Johnny, Are You Queer: ...
The third Republican presidential debate received no shortage of media attention. Before, during and after the debate, the homepages of mainstream newspapers were rife with speculation: News analyses guessed at the possible implications of every little interaction and chose winners based, subjectively, ...
Now that midterms are mostly over — though it sometimes seems they never truly end until reading period — many of us are starting to see which final grades are likely or within reach for each of our classes. These realizations are daunting for everyone, but especially first-years, who will soon ...
In light of the ongoing campus discussion of free expression, responsibility and identity, who are you? What do you stand for? We find ourselves in unsettled times here at Brown where people, places and paradigms are under incessant scrutiny in the quest for what? Resolution? Blame? Healing? Regardless ...
Undoubtedly one of the most pressing issues in American politics today is wealth distribution. The divide between the haves and the have-nots in this country has grown, and many across the nation are clamoring for a change. While such a change is likely necessary, I find the way in which this issue ...
Just like that, we have entered the last full month of the semester. At this point the daily grind of classes, meetings and other commitments has taken its expected, monotonous form. Rather than an opportunity to find something new, Morning Mail has become a time marker of sorts — a regular staple ...
Privilege exists on many levels at Brown — sometimes more conspicuous, sometimes less apparent. While not wanting to overstep any boundaries or talk about other peoples’ struggles, I can say that my Brown experience was significantly shaped by the very fact that I was an international student, and ...
One of the things I love most about Brown is its beautiful campus. Don’t get me wrong — I also love the intellectual environment, the motivated student body and the plethora of opportunities for personal growth and exploration. But on days when the sun is out and the campus comes alive, I have to ...
In the past few weeks, discussion over a controversial pair of columns in The Herald has shifted our attention to free speech, instead of fostering critical engagement with the author’s pseudoscientific racism. This devolution is highly dangerous for three reasons. First, as other op-ed contributors ...
This statement comes as a culmination of multiple focus groups and meetings with various students, groups, administrators and Corporation members about the Diversity Action Plan. A single op-ed does not do justice to the needs of underrepresented groups on campus. In consultation with other students ...
Earlier this month, as I read through articles in The Herald debating the free exchange of ideas, I was struck by how little the conversation has progressed since the events of Oct. 29, 2013, when former New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly’s scheduled lecture was canceled due to student protests ...
During our time on College Hill, most students will inevitably ponder the option of studying for a semester in a foreign country. Unfortunately, of those who consider this extraordinary possibility, only a small fraction end up embarking on this scary yet academically and personally enriching experience. ...
I guess you could say I’ve been one of the lucky ones. I was able to make it through my years as a pre-medical student without having any major difficulties. I enjoyed almost all of my classes, kept my grades up and still made plenty of time for wonderful extracurriculars that allowed me to develop ...
Two days after renowned animal rights activist Jane Goodall delivered a lecture to the Brown community, Brown Class Coordinating Board hosted its highly anticipated event Super Heavy Petting. Once a semester, pictures of students holding swaddled bunnies and diapered goats flood Facebook, Instagram ...
Many students choose to matriculate at Brown because of its unique approach toward education, or at least because of the educational ideology it touts. Of all of the Ivy League schools, Brown seems to be the one that focuses most on learning as a process of exploration. We see that attitude reflected ...
The Soviet Union. That pretty much sums up everything I know about the Soviet Union. History was never my forte. I rarely found myself beating down the doors of my high school history classes to discover just which Peruvian fishing village was ransacked, who in France was beheaded or exactly how many ...
Sitting in an English class last week, I was struck by a comment my teaching assistant made to a fellow student who had asked how to find the Department of Comparative Literature building. My TA half-interestedly described the building as a “mausoleum” hidden next to the imposing Science Library. ...
Unfortunately for many undergraduates, reading a recent Herald article (“Library special collections reveal trove of scientific writing, history,” Oct. 20) may be the extent to which they experience the impressive array of archival materials stored in our library system. Contrary to popular belief, ...
I still remember my biggest fear about entering high school. I convinced myself that I was finally too old to cry in school. “What am I going to do if I get hurt in gym class?” I worried. I got over this idea fairly quickly. I cried the first day because I missed my middle school friends. And the ...
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