In response to the spread of COVID-19 and the ever-heightening accompanying international concern, the University has announced and implemented a number of public health measures. All events with over 100 attendees must be 鈥減ostponed, canceled or offered virtually;鈥� this includes admissions tours ...
As the editorial page board, we know that The Brown Daily Herald gives us a platform that can allow our voice to resonate within the University community. And we are incredibly grateful for the chance to contribute to community conversation. But over the years, community members and Heralders alike ...
It was one of the great nightmares of the Democratic Party: On the night of Nov. 7th, 2000, the Presidential Election between George W. Bush and Al Gore was a toss-up, with the final result dependent on the outcome in Florida. The final tally? Bush won the state, and therefore the presidency, by a margin ...
Recently as part of The Herald鈥檚 Fall 2019 poll, students were asked how safe they feel both on and off campus after dark. The results indicated that while a vast majority of students feel safe on campus after dark, about 40 percent of undergraduates 鈥� including a disproportionate number of women ...
RailRoad, a student activist organization at Brown which seeks 鈥渁 world where the Prison Industrial Complex has been destroyed,鈥� presented to the Undergraduate Council of Students last month and hosted a public teach-in this month, highlighting its proposal that the University adopt a 鈥渇air chance ...
In June, the University announced a revision to the undergraduate student meal plan in an ongoing effort to lessen food insecurity on campus. The update ushered in a handful of adjustments, most notably a requirement that all sophomore students must enroll in either of the two most expensive meal plan ...
Last Friday, the Editorial Page Board wrote about student engagement with the Undergraduate council of Students after The Herald released its undergraduate student poll results, which reported that just over half of undergrad students held no opinion of the council. While students surely have a responsibility ...
Every semester, The Herald polls the undergraduate student body to gauge student opinion on various community topics. One question that has remained consistent across each semester鈥檚 poll is, 鈥淒o you approve or disapprove of the way the Undergraduate Council of Students is handling its job?鈥� This ...
In September, the University suspended the Sigma Chi fraternity for violating hazing and alcohol procedures that endangered students. The five-year suspension came within weeks of a revision to the Code of Student Conduct that targets derecognized group activity. Specifically, the revised code now punishes ...
At the fall Career Fair, a group of students affiliated with the Brown Immigrant Rights Coalition protested four companies 鈥� Amazon, Microsoft, Palantir and Ernst & Young 鈥� that hold contractual agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. These companies participate in Brown鈥檚 ...
The Herald reported September 30 that the University鈥檚 endowment returned 12.4 percent for the fiscal 2019 year, which spanned from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019. The endowment gained an impressive $467 million and increased to a record-high $4.2 billion. The return rate of the University鈥檚 endowment, ...
In a scathing report released by the Johns Hopkins Institute for Educational Policy in June, researchers described major failings of the Providence Public School District. The report, which brought a reviewer to tears, detailed student performance significantly below grade level, teachers without adequate ...
On Sept.13, Brickson Diamond and Bernadette Aulestia 鈥� both members of the Corporation, the University鈥檚 highest governing body 鈥� wrote a letter defending the ethical underpinnings of the University鈥檚 gift policy. Diamond and Aulestia wrote that 鈥淏rown does not accept gifts if it鈥檚 evident ...
Throughout students鈥� time at Brown, great emphasis is placed on the housing process 鈥� and rightfully so. Underclassmen living on campus may worry about their dorm鈥檚 location, the quality of common spaces and bathrooms and the size of their room. For upperclassmen, the debate shifts to comparing ...
On April 16 at a Brown University Community Council meeting, a group of students proposed a resolution to create a Fair Food Committee, which would set environmental and trade standards for food used on Brown鈥檚 campus. The students promoting this campaign commended the University鈥檚 past efforts ...
On April 1, The Herald reported that the University suspended its terminal master鈥檚 in history. That program had offered a year-long opportunity to earn a master鈥檚 degree for students not previously enrolled at the University; now, outside applicants cannot receive a standalone master鈥檚 in history ...
In a meeting last week, University faculty passed a motion encouraging the Corporation to amend the University鈥檚 payment-based accelerated graduation policy. The current policy 鈥� which requires students to pay unaided tuition for the semester they would have attended Brown had they not graduated ...
Just before spring break, the student body voted in new representatives to the Undergraduate Council of Students and the Undergraduate Finance Board. William Zhou 鈥�20 defeated two challengers with 50.1 percent of the vote to become the next UCS president, while Julian DeGeorgia 鈥�20 was narrowly ...
On Feb. 24, the Providence Journal published an article by student journalists exposing exclusive dinners hosted by trustee emeritus and major University donor Marty Granoff P鈥�83 and facilitated by University administrators in the Advancement Office. The news unsettled many students and prompted conversations ...
Recently, The Herald reported on the overlap between the start of the University鈥檚 spring term and the end of Wintersession courses at the Rhode Island School of Design. Brown students enrolled in RISD Wintersession courses described problems juggling the scheduling overlap. This concern is not isolated ...
