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Brown Daily Herald
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An independent, student-run news organization serving the Brown University community since 1891.
- REVIEW | While Prince Harry’s tell-all memoir “Spare” is filled to the brim with scandalous anecdotes and royal family gossip, the book truly shines in Harry’s honest description of his journey through grief, healing and ultimately belonging.
- Students who have tested positive for COVID-19 this semester have resorted to room swaps, air mattresses, and masking amid a relative lack of University support. “It feels like the University doesn’t care anymore,” said Oliver Villanueva ’25.
- BREAKING | 80 students begin an encampment on the Main Green, calling on Brown to divest from companies tied to “Israel’s military occupation of Palestinian territory,” drop charges against 41 arrested students and “protect free speech on campus.”
- At a University-organized vigil for a Palestinian Brown junior who was shot in Vermont this weekend, President Christina Paxson was shouted off the microphone as crowd members called for divestment.
- BREAKING: Following a bomb threat on campus, Brown has evacuated all buildings on the Main Green. This follows threats at Yale, Cornell and Columbia. Story to follow.
- BREAKING | Brown's Corporation will vote on divestment from companies affiliated with Israel at its October meeting following an agreement between encampment organizers and University administrators this afternoon.
- OPINION | Feder ’24: A call for empathy and understanding from my Jewish community
- OPINION | Malherbe ’26: The internet’s reaction to last year’s trial between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp encourages a culture of silencing survivors of sexual assault.
- BREAKING | Brown has dropped the charges against the 20 Jewish students who were arrested in a Nov. 8 sit-in at University Hall.
- “Nightmare Alley,” Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar-nominated noir remake, captivates in fatalistic telling of human folly.
- BREAKING: The Graduate Center Bar will reopen tomorrow for the first time since March 2020, GCB Manager Susan Yund has confirmed to The Herald. Story to follow.
- BREAKING: 19 students announced an indefinite hunger strike for a divestment proposal ahead of the Brown Corporation's February meeting. The announcement came at a Main Green rally attended by hundreds.
- “Corsi-Rosenthal Air Cleaner” filters, developed by @CorsIAQ and @JimRosenthal4, are being installed in the School of Public Health. A study led by University researchers is using air samples to test the effectiveness of these filters in clearing the air.
