Opinions

Bouche '14: No sincere solutions can come from austerity

Editorial: A second bill of rights

Legislators and activist groups have collaborated recently to introduce legislation to alleviate the burdens of the homeless. One bill would provide $12.5 million in funding to the Neighborhood Opportunities Program in the name of affordable housing, and another would delineate a homeless bill of rights. ...

Eppler '13: Chafee '75 correct to oppose death penalty

Letter: Column mischaracterizes entrepreneurs

To the Editor:

Dorris '15: What ever happened to the female orgasm?

This is Brown ­­­— Land of the Liberal. While we may find religion too backward, we unanimously accept all races, all sexual orientations and the traditionally taboo activities of masturbating and watching porn. 

Editorial: Staying safe

Silverman '13: Ron Paul is not a libertarian

Editorial: An inadequate civil unions law

Kalyanpur '13: The advising fallacies

Sheehan '12: All-Star selection in compromising position

As the last NBA games of the first half of the season wrap up, and we prepare for the All-Star game, I would like to point out something that has really bothered me over the past couple of years. It's also something that applies to All-Star game selection. It's a matter of positioning.

Brundage '15: The appeal of mainstream music

Chizen '14: RIPTA's educational value

For the overwhelming majority of Brown students who are not from Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority is most likely a foreign concept. While the College Hill campus fosters education through intellectually stimulating classes, it fails to expose students to a working society and ...

Thomas '15: Rape jokes cause more damage than offense

Johnson '14: Super PACs bring out the worst in politicians

High stakes for Rhode Island

Carty '15: The essence of America

I love capitalism and believe in the profit motive inherent in it. I also love societal progress and believe in the selflessness existing outside of the profit motive that makes that progress sustainable and kind.  

Editorial: Shedding light on election spending

Last Thursday, Gov. Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14 stood with the leadership of the Rhode Island Senate and House of Representatives to introduce the Transparency in Political Spending Act. In a post-Citizens United world of potentially limitless, unregulated and undisclosed donations to so-called SuperPACs, ...

Husted '13: Lessons for Spring Weekend

Spring Weekend is the largest and most widely attended event occurring on campus before Commencement week. Students eagerly anticipate the bands, agonize over getting tickets and even schedule their work or study abroad plans around the event. Spring Weekend is a time when people gather in large numbers, ...

Hefer '12: A discussion of rape and consent

Look around anywhere on campus, and you are bound to see a highlighter-colored shirt proclaiming the value of consent. We know a lot about consent. When is it required? Always. How should it be given? Enthusiastically.

Moffat '13: U.S. drug policies are a crime against humanity