Over the past six months, we have seen a rising tide of challenges to higher education’s commitment to money over ideas. Across the country, members of the higher ed community are challenging the priorities set by the contemporary market-driven university through antiracist actions, mobilization against ...
On Oct. 3, President Obama reaffirmed his position to act unilaterally on the issue of immigration reform, announcing that he would issue executive orders over the next few months. As much as these orders may bother conservative Republicans, Obama’s position makes significant investments in greater ...
Dear Brown community, On Friday, the Brothers of Phi Kappa Psi, along with the rest of the Brown community, received an email from Margaret Klawunn, vice president for campus life and student services, and Russell Carey ’91 MA’06, executive vice president for planning and policy. The email stated ...
Some first-years come to college with a feeling of utmost certainty regarding their futures. They want to be doctors or history professors after college and follow relatively set paths to attain their goals. Others are far more open to exploring the myriad options Brown has to offer. Brown’s open ...
Where do you get news that you trust? Technological innovation is begging us to reconsider where we get our news, how it is conveyed and how we perceive it. Most news channels have their slants and biases, relieving us of certain interpretations while encouraging others and painting the news in a certain ...
If you are at all like me, you enjoy getting into bed with Bill Maher once a week. Let me rephrase that: You enjoy getting into bed to watch some “Real Time with Bill Maher.” For me it is a regular habit, a hobby perhaps, but nevertheless a comforting routine brought to fruition by piggybacking ...
Forgive me if, like Professor of Biology Ken Miller ’70 P’02, who recently reopened the attack on the members of the Brown student body who prevented Ray Kelly from speaking here, I have not yet put this issue to bed. But in his Oct. 1 Herald guest column, in which he defended what he called “academic ...
Thanksgiving is a federal holiday: The government closes, mail delivery halts and schools recess for the day. But to travel and prepare for the holiday, more than a single day must be given off. University students need a break to cushion the holiday. Currently, Brown students do not have classes canceled ...
Resources for high school applicants use diversity statistics to help students choose where to apply, forcing universities to compete for numbers that suggest a quilted student body. Brown, like many elite institutions, excels at this. But getting 1,600 varied high school graduates does not guarantee ...
On Friday, we issued a timely warning to all students of an alleged crime involving the provision of drinks containing a date-rape drug and an alleged sexual assault that occurred Oct. 17. The notice included relevant information including the time, date and location of the reported incidents to enable ...
To the Editor: This is about “Fossil Free Brown: Imagining Brown fossil-free,” the opinions column in Thursday’s Herald. The fight against global climate change is so important that it far outweighs all other considerations. Thus it should be recognized that the Corporation members are generously ...
To the Editor: I am pleased to see that The Herald is covering the crucial mayoral election in Providence. However, “Cianci touts past as he aims for comeback” repeats Vincent “Buddy” Cianci’s talking points largely unchallenged, leaving it to readers to cast their votes based on what they ...
To the Editor: On Tuesday, Zachary Ingber ’15 published a column regarding anti-Semitism and several cases of it that he claims have recently materialized. Ingber writes that one such case occurred when a panelist from “Students on Palestine and Israel: Perspectives on the Gaza War” supposedly ...
“Rebounds, with their reliable uncertainty, are part of what makes basketball beautiful. There are general rules that dictate the nature of missed shots. But thanks to the perfect design of the basketball hoop, there will always be randomness.” This quote — at the end of a Kirk Goldsberry article ...
To the Editor: I grow increasingly wary of the Corporation’s dodges to avoid student representation. The facts are clear: This institution depends on students for its existence. The Corporation is the highest governing body of the institution. As a result, the best governance of the institution depends ...
On Oct. 15, The Herald published an opinions column by Peter Makhlouf ’16 about university campuses that argued that “right-wing ideology (shies) away from critical examination.” Makhlouf posits that right-wing groups, including ones to which I belong, think colleges are “force-feeding liberal ...
While many of us only really use Brown University Shuttle when it’s too cold or rainy or snowy outside, the real purpose of the circulating buses does not go unnoticed. Their purpose is to provide safety, especially when it’s dark out and students need to travel far distances. But BUS functions ...
Dear Brown community, Some of you may have already heard about Fossil Free Brown, a new campaign asking that Brown University remove its investments from the top 200 fossil fuel companies. We want to take this opportunity to introduce ourselves to the Brown community and clarify a couple of misperceptions ...
After serving 22 years in the Providence mayor’s office, after two forced resignations, after one plea of “no contest” to an allegation of assault with a lit cigarette, after indictment in an FBI probe entitled “Operation Plunder Dome” and after five years in federal prison for racketeering, ...
Unbeknownst to the majority of students, the Corporation convened on campus this past weekend. Many of the 42 trustees and 12 fellows came together for the first of three meetings this academic year to discuss the current standing of the “Building on Distinction” strategic plan and accept a variety ...
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