Opinions
Editorial: The high cost of the high-priced Thayer apartments
By Brown Daily Herald | April 18Last month, the Gilbane Development Corporation submitted plans to construct a four-story apartment on Thayer Street. Aimed primarily at students, the building would serve as luxurious off-campus housing - including private bathrooms for each bedroom, yoga studios, fitness facilities and other ...
Dorris '15: Heroin chic is back
By Cara Dorris | April 18Fashion and style are more than just clothing - they're a way of representing yourself. And Brown is probably the most fashionable school in the Ivy League.
Editorial: White '13 for UCS President
By Brown Daily Herald | April 16Beginning at noon today, students can visit MyCourses to cast their vote for the next president of the Undergraduate Council of Students. We endorse Anthony White '13 as the next UCS president.
Letter: Brown should not stand for intolerance
By Brown Daily Herald | April 16To the Editor:
Editorial: A critical review of course evaluations
By Brown Daily Herald | April 15With pre-registration coming up this week, students are honing in on classes for next semester. Everyone wants to know the good professors, which classes should be left to concentrators and whether or not the assigned reading will leave you time to hit the Whiskey Republic on Wednesdays. This is the ...
Syme GS: The hand that feeds us
By Tim Syme | April 15In its editorial column ("Brown is not Goliath," March 21), The Herald's editorial page board argued that Brown should not significantly increase its payments to Providence because this would threaten Brown's valuable educational mission, specifically by leading to tuition increases or cuts in financial ...
Moffat '13: Response to the UCS/UFB candidate debate
By Jared Moffat | April 12For all of you who didn't make it to the debate last night, you really missed out. You have no idea how refreshing it is to listen to a non-Republican presidential debate, where the candidates are actually willing to be charitable to one another and - oh my goodness - even agree with each other. Supporters ...
Lebovitz '14: Response to the UCS/UFB candidate debate
By Chip Lebovitz | April 12An experience disparity was on full display at yesterday's debate. The differences between the candidates were evident, and the questions really boiled the three candidates down into two neat groups. David Rattner '13 - who, in full disclosure, is in the same fraternity as myself - and Anthony White ...
Golden '14: Response to UCS/UFB candidate debate
By Jake Golden | April 12This election season, I became fascinated and engrossed by the Republican presidential primary campaigns. Each debate offered another peek through the looking glass. From candidates forgetting their platforms at the dais to others throwing down $10,000 bets, just about the only thing missing from the ...
Schleimer '12: Why it's ethical to eat meat
By Lauren Schleimer | April 11In March, the New York Times' Ethicist column asked: Is it ethical for humans to eat meat? As omnivores, human beings have always relied on meat as a significant source of nutrition. Evidence of specialized hunting techniques dates back 50,000 years to the origins of human culture. But just because ...