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Cheit, Josephson, Loury, Miller '70 P'02, Spoehr: Free expression matters

By Ross Cheit, David Josephson, Glenn Loury, Kenneth Miller and Luther Spoehr | October 15

Something is missing from the fine words spun by President Christina Paxson P’19, Provost Richard Locke P’17 and Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Russell Carey ’91 MA’06 in recent days about the need for discussions on power, privilege, responsibility, feelings and community ...

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Esemplare '18: Pride and prejudice

By Nicholas Esemplare | October 15

It’s Saturday morning, and there’s an energy across campus. Students meet up with friends and don their school gear, applying temporary tattoos and face paint for the afternoon’s football game. Tailgating starts two hours before game time. The student body packs the stands and holds its collective ...

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Dichter '17, Gulati '17: Some speech hurts — and that’s okay

By Daniella Dichter and Rohan Gulati | October 14

Last week’s controversy over two opinions columns published in The Herald demonstrated the misconceptions and misgivings many members of the Brown community have toward the principle of free speech. Luckily, Brown’s mission statement provides a strong affirmation of this principle. It states, “The ...

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Horowitz '16: The FAQs of veganism — part II

By Adam Horowitz | October 14

I received several interesting responses to my article, and since half of them were positive and the other half posed questions, it seemed appropriate for me to write a continuation of my first to provide further insight. Question one: What about B12? Answer: As some of you may have seen, an Oct. 8 ...

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Editorial: Sophomores searching for support

By Editorial Page Board | October 14

As sophomores approach their spring semester, they are expected to reflect on their time at Brown and determine which concentration provides them with the right departmental fit, curriculum and job prospects. Unfortunately, too few departments and concentrations provide students with substantive and ...

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Letter: Column offensive, but not worth censoring

By Brown Daily Herald | October 14

To the Editor: I sincerely hope The Herald reconsiders the removal of M. Dzhali Maier’s ’17 column “Columbian Exchange Day” from its website after it was published in the print edition last Tuesday, Oct. 6. While I agree the piece was ill-conceived and offensive, I believe the lesson you are ...

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Editorial: High school is not a means to an end

By Editorial Page Board | October 14

Brown is one of the over 80 institutions to have joined the Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success. The coalition presents itself as an alternative to the Common Application and, according to the organization’s press release, its “goal is to recast admission process, broaden access and ...

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Letter: Herald, University lack backbone

By Oliver Hudson | October 12

To the Editor: Be outraged with the Herald and University, not the writer. The Herald apologized for publishing a recent controversial column. Worse still, The Herald removed the article from its website. The apology and removal declared that there is a limit to which ideas are acceptable for discussion. ...

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Editorial: Shootings and college campuses

By Editorial Page Board | October 12

Last week, stories about shootings on college campuses in Oregon, Arizona and Texas made national headlines. The 11 students whose lives were taken so violently over the past two weeks remind us of a sobering national trend — one that should be of immediate concern to our community. Mass shootings ...

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Malik '18: The door is open

By Ameer Malik | October 12

Every time I visit a professor during office hours, I feel nervous. The most recent time, I felt especially anxious. I was worried that I was wasting my professor’s time, despite the fact that my professor seemed happy to see me and had told me a couple of times that it’s completely okay if I drop ...

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Paxson P’19, Locke P'17, Carey ’91 MA’06: An open letter to students on power, learning and responsibility

By Christina Paxson | October 9

During the spring semester of 1989, a series of racist incidents — ranging from graffiti to slurs yelled from windows to physical violence — took place at Brown. The impact on the community was deeply felt. A campus meeting was held in Sayles Hall where students, faculty and staff voiced their feelings ...

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Native Americans at Brown: Exchange Columbus: The case for Indigenous People's Day

By Native Americans At Brown | October 9

Native Americans at Brown’s demonstration Monday is a fight for visibility and a call for the University to oppose the acts of genocide against Native peoples. By changing the name from Fall Weekend to Indigenous People's Day, we aim to turn this holiday into a celebration of the cultures and histories ...

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Scott, Jr. '17: Indigenous People’s Day

By Ronald Charles Scott, Jr. | October 9

Disclaimer: This piece represents the writer’s views on Indigenous People’s Day. It is in no way representative of all Native Americans at Brown (NAB) or Indigenous Peoples across the world. Yá’át’ééh, shí éí Ronald Charles Scott, Jr. yinishyé. Naasht’ézhí Tábaahá nishłí, Tsénjíkiní ...

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Letter: The role of a free press

By Michael Lewitt | October 8

To the Editor: The only standard that you should use to determine whether to publish anything is the quality of what is written. If you made an error by publishing something that was of inferior intellectual quality and included factual errors or widely discredited and offensive or inciteful material, ...

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Letter: Diversity benefits the majority

By Elizabeth C. Morgan | October 8

To the Editor: Your recent editors’ note ends, “We do not and will not tolerate racism,” but this begs the question: What are you actively doing to dismantle it? I mean, if you ain’t for us, you’ve got to be against us. It seems many organizations at Brown and beyond think recruiting a few ...

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Asker '17: Career-bound

By Nicholas Asker | October 8

As both a philosophy and economics concentrator, I walk the line between curiosity on the one hand and practicality on the other. Through the former, I chase my passion and try to make the most of my liberal arts education; Through the latter, I will most likely seek employment. Of course, there are ...

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Letter: Veganism has deficiencies

By Andrea Fleckenstein | October 8

To the Editor: I am writing in response to a recent column (“Horowitz ’16: The FAQs of veganism,” Oct. 7). While I commend AEPi for going vegan on moral grounds, I find blanket statements about veganism being healthier than omnivorism troublesome. Horowitz writes, “Plant based sources of protein ...

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Letter: Feminism should be political, not paraded

By Margaret Shea | October 8

To the Editor: Robyn Sundlee’s excellent opinion piece (“Sundlee ’16: Selling out the patriarchy,” Sept. 30) identifies numerous oft-ignored points about the intersection of feminism and capitalism. Sundlee points out that when we buy “F*** the Patriarchy” t-shirts, we are probably “courting ...

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Simon '16: In pain? Go to Spain.

By Chad Simon | October 7

I studied abroad in Granada, Spain, a city so unrivaled by any I have ever visited that I can definitively claim it will remain unrivaled for as long as I have breath in my body. I have also decided in earnest that I will retire (provided retirement is still feasible in 40 years) to a casa tucked away ...

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Horowitz '16: The FAQs of veganism

By Adam Horowitz | October 7

Last week, AEPi went vegan. Along with members’ significant others, independents living in Marcy House and representatives from four other Greek organizations, the members of the house feasted on food donated by several companies focused on creating nutritious and satisfying plant-based products (such ...