As members of our graduate union, we were proud to agree to a contract with the University on issues that matter to graduate students, such as wages, parental benefits and a grievance procedure. We have also continually done our best to respect and honor the words of our contractually binding agreements ...
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� ...
When I accepted a position as an undergraduate teaching assistant this fall, I assumed that I would be paid in accordance with the hours I worked, like any other job. So imagine my surprise when I received an email from an administrator in the department of neuroscience, informing me that I would be ...
Though May might seem like a long time from now, in just a few months, friends and family of graduating students will arrive at Brown to celebrate Commencement. For some families who don鈥檛 have the disposable income to spend on plane tickets, this will be their first time even seeing Brown鈥檚 campus. ...
It鈥檚 been a while since I鈥檝e been on a college tour, but I鈥檓 guessing one of the few topics to come up as much as the treachery of walking backwards is academic advising. Brown is always sure to highlight the Meiklejohn Peer Advising Program, which pairs each first-year student with an older student ...
Sept. 28, 1965, Brown鈥檚 director of Health Services Roswell Johnson ignited a nationwide controversy by prescribing birth control pills to two Pembroke students. Because both women were engaged to be married, Johnson was confident that he was 鈥渘ot contributing to鈥� the 鈥渦nmitigated promiscuity鈥� ...
My sophomore year, I took BIOL 0530: 鈥淧rinciples of Immunology鈥� in Friedman Auditorium. Every week, as lecture started, I noticed one student take out his laptop, navigate to www.flashgames247.com and begin an 80-minute Brick Breaker marathon. Eventually, I realized that I was dedicating so much ...
According to the Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan, though the percentage of Brown students from historically underrepresented groups has increased over 4 percent since 2004, the percent of HUG science, technology, engineering and math concentrators has been about constant. Though low-income undergraduates ...
