As students all across the globe review acceptance and rejection letters, many will wonder what determined their fate. There are some mysterious factors, as David Ha ’18 noted in The Herald March 30, and many are in favor of demystifying these secrets. But there are other practices that occur in broad ...
The revelations of the past week have shaken Brown’s campus and will undoubtedly continue to send shockwaves as time progresses. As evidenced by the #moneytalksatbrown movement and social media campaigns, Brown’s internal justice system is increasingly perceived as a paragon of injustice and unfairness. ...
Since Jon Stewart announced his departure from the legendary “The Daily Show,” media outlets around the world have showered him with praise. It’s true that Stewart has had a substantive impact on the face of media and politics. Americans trust “The Daily Show,” a satirical outlet, more than ...
The State of the Union always seems to be a time for hyperbole, excitement and drama. Whether it’s Ronald Reagan returning to public life after an assassination attempt or Richard Nixon proclaiming in 1974 that “one year of Watergate is enough,” the annual State of the Union never fails to entertain. ...
The fallout from the ill-conceived, poorly construed and seemingly never-ending “war on terror” has been decisive. Americans now hold an aversion to large-scale ground troop intervention, especially in the Middle East. According to a recent CNN poll, less than 40 percent of Americans favor sending ...
On Oct. 3, President Obama reaffirmed his position to act unilaterally on the issue of immigration reform, announcing that he would issue executive orders over the next few months. As much as these orders may bother conservative Republicans, Obama’s position makes significant investments in greater ...
On Oct. 15, The Herald published an opinions column by Peter Makhlouf ’16 about university campuses that argued that “right-wing ideology (shies) away from critical examination.” Makhlouf posits that right-wing groups, including ones to which I belong, think colleges are “force-feeding liberal ...
Brown has recently started an initiative called “Transformative Conversations.” The program aims to “provide opportunities and spaces to engage respectfully and thoughtfully across our differences." These conversations, however, will have a minimal effect on campus discourse at Brown, contradict ...
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