Brown is talking about Ray Kelly again, but let’s be honest. The conversation isn’t about Kelly. It’s about Brown and academic freedom. Those last two words refer to many things, but at Brown, they include the right of any group, faculty or student, to invite a speaker of its choice to campus. That ...
Certain parts of life are often taken for granted. People do not think about their ability to breathe unless they are having difficulty doing so. One doesn’t consider the difficulty of walking up a flight of steps until he or she sprains an ankle and it hurts too much to support any weight. It is ...
Donations to the University are critical in ensuring continuity in both the success and progressive development of the institution. The Sidney E. Frank Endowed Scholarship fund — created through a $100 million gift given 10 years ago by Sidney Frank ’42 — serves as an unparalleled paradigm for ...
Why join a fraternity? To identify with one’s masculinity. To display this manliness to others. To take part in a brotherhood. To network. To live in a house with dozens of other men. To throw parties in that house. To throw parties and get drunk in that house. To throw parties and get drunk and ...
Yesterday the Office of International Programs hosted a fair on Ruth Simmons Quadrangle to introduce students to study abroad opportunities for the upcoming year. With more than 300 pre-approved programs and more than 150 locations from which to choose, about 600 Brown students each year — the equivalent ...
Now that the votes have been tallied and the world relieved of the Scottish suspense of Sept. 18, the wait begins for the results of that “secession scare.” While the “yes” camp sits in disappointment, questioning its fruitless campaign, those in the “no” camp must now work to ensure that ...
When David Ortiz retires in a couple years (maybe 10), I hope they don’t give him a victory tour. Surely he deserves gifts and ovations at every park, long ceremonies and jersey patches. Ortiz is the best designated hitter in the history of the game, the lead author of the greatest comeback in sports ...
Commentators from college students to cable news pundits have noticed our tendency to hop from one issue to the next. Scandals and crises monopolize conversations until the next news cycle. But Ebola cannot be one of those issues. The price for not responding immediately and drastically is too high. Two ...
These past two weeks have reminded me of the place that professional sports hold in the American heart. Not a day has gone by in which Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson or Roger Goodell has not been mentioned. The actions and inactions of these men have single-handedly opened up the national conversation about ...
In yet another faux pas, Urban Outfitters recently released a vintage Kent State sweater that looks to have bloodstains on it. A seeming reference to the shooting of students by the National Guard during anti-Vietnam War protests in the 1970s, the design offended many people and began yet another short-lived ...
Brown has recently started an initiative called “Transformative Conversations.” The program aims to “provide opportunities and spaces to engage respectfully and thoughtfully across our differences." These conversations, however, will have a minimal effect on campus discourse at Brown, contradict ...
This weekend, we will continue the “Imagine 250+” celebration that began last March and will run through Commencement in May 2015. I look forward to joining students, faculty members, staff members and 1,500 visiting alums at faculty and alum panels, the football game where we will play — and ...
To the Editor: Though University officials have presented a seamless case for demolition of four historic houses in order to build the proposed engineering complex (“Engineering building plan calls for demolition of historic houses,” Sept. 24), Dean of Engineering Lawrence Larson’s statement ...
Amidst the jumble of hyped-up greetings and questions you are bombarded with when you return to campus after a long summer, the number one FAQ is inevitably this: “What is one exciting thing you did over the break?” While I was listening to all the adventurous and exhilarating episodes of working ...
If you haven’t heard of the Paleo diet by now, you probably live under a rock. Ironically, this would separate you from your Paleo-praising peers, who participate in a diet inspired by our Stone Age brethren but still read Paleo blogs on their MacBook Pros from the comfort of their solar-paneled homes. Paleo, ...
The Herald reported Wednesday that the Providence Preservation Society raised opposition to the destruction of four houses as part of the proposed construction of a new engineering building, set to break ground at the end of next year. Though the PPS is inarguably justified in its concern — considering ...
Hard-core students study the hard sciences but leave the humanities to the slackers. After all, anyone can cook up a philosophy paper, but try that approach on an orgo exam and you’ll learn firsthand that grade inflation at Brown isn’t all it’s chalked up to be. Or so goes the common rhetoric ...
I entered Petteruti Lounge Monday Night an hour earlier than the anticipated student-run panel on the Gaza War was said to start. I had my dinner in hand and was prepared to be wildly disenchanted by the panel, which I thought would essentially normalize a complex conflict into idle chitchat. As ...
The upcoming Fall Celebration tied to Brown’s 250th anniversary presents a distinct opportunity to craft a definite sense of school spirit on campus. As discussed in a previous editorial, we firmly believe that Brown lacks a distinguishable aura of pride and fails to actively and vocally support its ...
To the editor: Imagine that. Though Brown trustees, administrators and faculty members rejected reestablishment of Navy ROTC on campus because they felt our military services discriminate against transgender individuals, our elite leaders are now excited by a partnership with the Naval War College ...
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