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Ren '23: I did not like the first-year reading

This past summer, as anxiety and excitement for the coming year stewed within the hearts of Brown first-years all over the country and all over the world, we received a book in the mail. It was our First Readings, a novel called “The Idiot.” I still remember eagerly opening that conspicuously book-shaped ...

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Secondo '16 GS: Toward a more personal disunion

1960’s essayist Joan Didion had it right: the center is not holding. It is a country of bankrupt farms and presidential Twitter tirades and commonplace mass shootings. It is a country where families are broken by opioid abuse and today’s children may never learn the social norms that have held society ...

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Letter: Students should take advantage of DPS services

To the Editor: My name is Chun Cheng, and I am a Brown alum that just graduated a few months ago. I am writing regarding an article I saw in The Herald. I lived in an off-campus apartment during my two years of study at Brown University and took advantage of the Brown Department of Public Safety services, ...

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Kramer '20: Brown is accessible, but not enough

There is a lot of rhetoric about increased awareness of social injustices on Brown’s campus. And yet, we are not taking enough initiative to increase accessibility for students with physical disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that any and all measures be taken to ensure that ...

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Reed '21: The excessive authority of regulatory agencies

Last week, after a number of high-profile stories of teens hospitalized with lung illnesses related to vaping, President Trump announced his intention to direct the Food and Drug Administration to ban most flavored e-cigarettes. While tobacco flavored e-cigs encourage cigarette smokers to quit by switching ...

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Letter: Brown breaks education funding promise

To the Editor: I am disappointed in the Brown administration’s efforts to cite its current programmatic investments in Providence schools as a way to excuse Brown’s failure to meet its more than decade-old commitment to raise $10 million for a permanent fund to support K-12 education in Providence. While ...

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Klein ’20: Who will win the World Series?

The Major League Baseball regular season is reaching its final stages, and as we start to look at the playoff picture, it is clear that four teams have separated themselves from the rest of the league. The New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers all dominated for stretches ...

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Flynn '20.5: We should decriminalize psychedelics

Last week, Johns Hopkins Medicine launched the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research. The Center, which is the second of its kind in the world to open, will study the medical uses of psychedelic drugs such as LSD (acid) and psilocybin, the psychoactive compound found in magic mushroom or ...

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Letter: Brown’s gift policy is rooted in ethics

To the Editor: A recent guest column in The Herald, while well intentioned, incorrectly implied that Brown does not have a gift acceptance policy that is ethical. We want to assure the Brown community that the University does. The Communications, Alumni and External Affairs Committee of the Corporation ...

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Fernandez '21: Puerto Rico: A story of resistance.

This summer Puerto Rico made headlines around the world as hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans took to the streets in massive mobilizations. The U.S. press covered the initial stages of protest, but failed to stick with the story as the resistance evolved. In addition to highlighting present circumstances ...

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