Opinions

Letter: U. needs to reaffirm leadership on climate change

Letter: U. has 'singled out' divestment targets before

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Letter: U. divestment from Israel a 'double standard'

Editorial: Envisioning The Herald's future

When Jill Abramson was named executive editor of the New York Times, several editors - incoming and outgoing - offered their takes on the biggest challenges she would face in her tenure. Among them was a realization that is beginning to dawn on journalists across the globe. Former New York Times Magazine ...

Brown Students for Israel: Divestment from Israel is counterproductive

Meropol '13: U. has effective, compassionate sexual assault policies

I am the president of a Brown fraternity and a member of Brown's Student Conduct Board, and like many college students, I have witnessed and obstructed sexual harassment. I have friends who have been sexually assaulted on campus. I commend Chris Norris-LeBlanc '13 for reiterating how horrifyingly normal ...

Editorial: Take on financial aid

In light of the strategic committee on financial aid's announcement during a public forum last week that it will recommend the University offer need-blind admission to international and transfer students, we want to address financial aid at Brown. The committee, which was created to shape President ...

Zacks '15: Birthright: whose right?

In less than a month, I will be going home to Israel. I was considerably more excited about it before the latest assault on Gaza. Still, home is home, even if home is a colonialist, militarized occupation state. So I'm going. I'm flying with Turkish Airlines, the cheapest airline I could find. My ticket ...

Eppler '13: Suggestions for Swearer

The Swearer Center for Public Service is a great asset to Brown, Providence and Rhode Island. It operates dozens of programs around the state, providing service opportunities to hundreds of Brown undergraduates every year and serving thousands of Rhode Island residents. Its fellowship and grant offerings ...

Editorial: The art of acceptance

Walsh '13: Let's Keep It Civil

I am sure many Facebook friendships were ruined this election season. Political rhetoric can be especially inflammatory and frustrating. When the stakes are high, as they are in politics, the allure of winning can trump the allure of learning, leading to fallacious arguments and nasty attacks. Some ...

Letter: U. needs to look out for our futures

Moraff '14: Fund the MBTA

It's really that simple.

Editorial: Don't see past race

Letter: Student alleges insufficient evidence for possible expulsion

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Rosenthal '16: Doing our part for two states

Four years ago, many of us watched in horror as Israel began a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. Fast forward to these past few weeks, and violence has once again flared up in Gaza. Though the ceasefire brokered after a week of rockets and airstrikes has held, we are once again left with the question: ...

Gianotti '13: What makes a Brown student?

The Brunonian ethos is grounded in a sense of individuality. Our education both in and out of the classroom is very much our own prerogative. We choose our courses from a plethora of options, restricted by nothing except the occasional capped course. The same goes for the student activities and organizations ...

Drechsler '15: Is money a form of free speech?

Those who argue that the spending of money should not be protected as free speech often begin by highlighting the insane amount of money spent on campaigns and the constant bombardment of political ads on the airwaves of swing states. While I, as a New Yorker, am gladly free from such promotion, I cannot ...

Tennis' Rebuttal

Alex Drechsler '15 writes that limiting monetary donations in political campaigns contradicts American principles. But keeping campaigns open to donor funding violates principles of democracy and equal opportunity, and actually manipulates the First Amendment right to freedom of speech.

Drechsler's Rebuttal

Maggie Tennis '14 conflates two issues: that political donations are a form of free speech and that corporations have "personhood" and are protected by the Constitution. These do not necessarily coexist.