To the Editor: As a Brown University graduate, I am appealing to President Christina Paxson P鈥�19 and Brown鈥檚 leadership/administration to return the 375 acres they currently 鈥渙wn鈥� in Bristol to the Pokanoket tribe. (This land was donated to Brown by the Haffenreffer family in the 1950s, according ...
To the Editor: We write as former College Hill Independent editors and contributors. We were dismayed to learn about looming cuts to the Indy and other campus publications, which could force many outlets to end their printed editions altogether. The Undergraduate Finance Board slashed budgets 鈥渙ut ...
To the Editor: I was troubled to read in your April 18 issue that the Undergraduate Finance Board plans to cut funding for many of Brown鈥檚 student publications. Although UFB apparently did not explain its decision, I suspect it is rooted in the mistaken belief that print is no longer relevant. Running ...
To the Editor: I鈥檓 greatly disturbed that the Undergraduate Finance Board has chosen not to provide funding to cover printing expenses for student groups that release paper publications. Such an announcement reveals an ignorance in UFB about the power of paper and the importance of creating a diverse ...
To the Editor: I was heartened to read about the number of resources the University has made available for victims of sexual assault in the April 12 article 鈥淏rown weighs reintegration options for sexual assaulters.鈥� However, I was just as alarmed to read about the concept of 鈥渞estorative justice鈥� ...
To the Editor: I am writing to comment on Friday鈥檚 article on the State of Brown address given by President Christina Paxson P鈥�19 (鈥淧axson P鈥�19 stresses advocacy, diversity in 鈥楽tate of Brown鈥� address,鈥� Apr. 14). One of the most important elements included in the article is Paxson鈥檚 ...
To the Editor: I am writing to comment on Clare Steinman鈥檚 Mar. 17 piece, 鈥淔ree speech is not the problem on campuses鈥� and to correct some misinformation therein. I am a graduate of Middlebury College and Brown and have recently retired after a 42-year career in higher education. My political ...
To the Editor: Thank you for your recent article about Match Day, the day where 115 fourth-year medical students at the Alpert Medical School were selected for post-graduation residency positions (鈥淢ed students find success on Match Day,鈥� Apr. 4). However, as members of the Med School community ...
To the Editor: As an alum of The Brown Daily Herald who went on to a career in journalism, I think your March 21 editorial,聽 鈥淭oward a better Herald,鈥� is too defensive. As long as The Herald keeps reporting honestly on campus news, The Herald shouldn鈥檛 feel the need to prove to anyone that its ...
To the Editor: We will not be seeking an endorsement from The Brown Daily Herald given The Herald鈥檚 history with people of color and marginalized groups on campus. Through disregarding Native communities at Brown by giving a platform for racist messaging in the name of the 鈥渇reedom of expression,鈥� ...
To the Editor: It was my hope that The Brown Daily Herald editorial board would have sent a stronger and more direct message to the Brown administration regarding the dire competitive position Bruno has consistently maintained over the past 15 years in Ivy League athletics and insisted on some straight ...
To the Editor: The Herald鈥檚 article reporting on Brown鈥檚 progress over the past year in achieving the goals of the Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan (鈥淯niversity releases first DIAP progress report,鈥� March 10) reflected a misunderstanding of Brown鈥檚 efforts to diversify its faculty. The ...
To the Editor: Monday鈥檚 editorial on Brown sports underscores Bruno鈥檚 plight since beginning intercollegiate athletic competition in 1859 with a crew race against Harvard and Yale. In case you hadn鈥檛 guessed, we were dead last in the race. Historically, Brown has been cast as the underdog, especially ...
To the Editor: I particularly enjoyed your profile of Professor of Computer Science John Savage in the Feb. 28 issue. Of the 30 or so professors I was lucky to have at Brown, he stands apart for his dedication to students. John embodies the best of Brown鈥檚 undergraduate focus. When he first offered ...
To the Editor: Yesterday鈥檚 article on the potential demolition of the Urban Environmental Lab raises the larger question of the potential tradeoffs inherent in the placement of the performing arts building on the site of the UEL. I am totally in favor of a performing arts venue, which is long overdue. ...
To the Editor: I appreciate the perspectives shared in Lainie Rowland鈥檚 鈥�17 column (鈥淨uestioning the Budget,鈥澛燜eb. 15) and welcome the opportunity to clarify a few points. The fiscal year 2018 budget, which was developed by the broad-based, representative University Resources Committee, advances ...
To the Editor: Though I was not able to attend 鈥淔ree Speech on Campus,鈥� the lecture given by Geoffrey Stone, professor of law at the University of Chicago, I looked forward to reading about the community鈥檚 response in The Herald. To my dismay, I learned that yet another highly educated white man ...
To the Editor: The problems that Aliosha Bielenberg 鈥�20 addressed in his op-ed are absolutely essential. However, 鈥淚nternational鈥� is a race. It is an artificial race created by and for the American federal government to legally persecute, oppress and discriminate against the foreign population. ...
To the Editor: We appreciate President Christina Paxson P鈥�19 and Provost Richard Locke鈥檚 op-ed on Sunday. Unfortunately, articulating Brown鈥檚 values does little to 鈥渇ully support members of our community鈥� when some are now prohibited from traveling to their home countries and even stranded ...
To the Editor: It was perplexing to see a graduate student list the many ways the University stiffs him and then conclude that unionizing would be a waste of time. My partner (also a Brown alum) is a PhD student at the University of Arizona; this has opened my eyes to how much free labor universities ...
