In her column, Yael Wellisch ’26 argues that we must reimagine human skills in an increasingly AI-based society.
For years, Brown has struggled to accommodate the parking needs of faculty and students. The available parking spots are currently allocated through a waitlist system and are ostensibly highly limited; in 2021, only around 50 juniors and seniors were granted parking spaces in this way. But closer inspection ...
In her column, Juliet Fang ’26 argues that Brown should withdraw from the U.S. News & World Report rankings.
Today’s paper marks the first issue of The Herald for the 2023 calendar year and our first as the 133rd Editorial Board.
The 12 articles listed below, all of which are in the Sports section and were written by one senior staff writer, contained significant portions of text taken directly from news articles published by Brown Athletics. These passages were not properly quoted or attributed. The articles have been edited ...
Seventy-four papers. One-hundred-twenty-two production nights. Seemingly endless hours together, holed up at 88 Benevolent St. And yet, it feels so soon — today’s paper marks our 74th and final issue as The Herald’s 132nd Editorial Board.
The Supreme Court seems poised to ban affirmative action, the use of race-conscious considerations in college admissions. During hearings in late October, members of the court’s conservative majority made no efforts to hide their skepticism of affirmative action’s constitutionality as used at ...
In her column, Yael Wellisch ’26 argues that athletes should be allowed to participate in political discourse without repercussions.
In her column, Christina Peng ’26 explores the data Spotify stores about her and questions how to protect this data.
Over Thanksgiving break, I finally caught the inaugural first-year sickness. On Wednesday, I felt a sore throat coming on. By Thursday, I got a headache, and on Friday, I went through bouts of chills and sweating. A feverish temperature reading at Health Services confirmed my sickness, and I reluctantly ...
Across the nation, a deluge of public works projects are preparing to take advantage of the plentiful infrastructure dollars recently unleashed by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. While cities, counties or states may take the lead in authorizing these projects, it is exceedingly rare to ...
Last month, my friend and former peer Thomas Bickel ’22 advocated for greater intellectual diversity at Brown. While I too consider viewpoint diversity vital for the academic health of the University, a different approach would produce better results. Bickel glosses over the most important aspect ...
Less than two weeks ago, we saw the end of a seven-year-long saga of fraud and white-collar crime — entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes was at last sentenced to 11 years in prison for defrauding investors in her health care technology startup, Theranos. Holmes founded Theranos, a company ...
Those who are struggling with or recovering from eating disorders may find large family meals – which are common during the holiday season – rather daunting due to pressure to over or undereat, as well as the fear of relapse. This holiday season, it is important that we recognize and accept a ...
In its emails, the Department of Public Safety routinely advises students to “travel on well-lit streets and throughways.” But how can students do this when there is insufficient lighting around campus? When the 2021 DPS Community Survey Report asked undergraduate, graduate ...
If you want to succeed in the beauty industry, you can bank on women’s insecurities. Today, the still-growing industry is worth $532 billion globally. The United States has the largest beauty market in the world, and the industry’s monetary success is contingent on the unethical exploitation ...
“Cash or card?” We’ve become so accustomed to hearing this question, asking us to pick our preferred payment method. But how would we feel if this commonly asked question suddenly became irrelevant?
In 2018, Providence launched its Shared Micromobility Program to improve affordable travel by adding electric scooters and bikes to Providence's streets. Over the last few months, the number of electric bikes and scooters in Providence has increased, with two new companies joining the program in ...
With Thanksgiving this week and the holiday season rapidly approaching, my email inbox and social media feeds have been flooded with one thing: Black Friday promotions. The biggest shopping event of the year comes with hefty discounts, crowded stores and late-night Amazon impulse buys. At the same ...
The Herald is proud to announce the members of our 133rd Editorial Board, which will oversee the publication through its 132nd year.
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