By Ryan Fleming on December 8, 2010
Despite what many students think their beloved “university-college” Brown University is at its core a business. Like any business, Brown must compete in the free market and continue to produce the best possible product that it can. To the chagrin of many students who would like to see the expansion of Brown halted in order [...]
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By The Brown Spectator on November 16, 2009
In the first few months of his administration, President Obama expanded the U.S. presence in Afghanistan by sending in approximately 20,000 more troops and advisors to the region. Whatever the merits of such a strategy, or the foreign-policy principles underlying it, Obama had at least committed himself to a strategy. Since then, he has taken [...]
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By The Brown Spectator on January 28, 2009
Sometimes it takes an Average Joe to plumb the political scene for a little common sense. Enter Samuel Joe Wurzelbacher. During a campaign stop in Ohio, Senator Obama encountered Joe, who asked the Senator whether the Obama-Biden tax plan would raise his taxes if he bought the plumbing business where he currently worked. Senator Obama [...]
Posted in Winner | Tagged January 2009, Volume VII Number III
By The Brown Spectator on October 24, 2008
Way back when McCain was ahead in the polls — all of one month ago — an 11-year old Colorado boy was suspended from his public school for refusing to take off a shirt on which he had written, ‘Obama is a terrorist’s best friend’. This story keeps getting better and better. Apparently, the boy [...]
Posted in Winner | Tagged October 2008, Parents’ Weekend, Volume VII Number II
By The Brown Spectator on September 15, 2008
This past summer, we are sad to write, three conservative icons passed away: Jesse Helms, a former five-term Senator from North Carolina, whose opposition to rigid ideology could best be summarized by his nickname, “Senator No”; Tony Snow, a former White House Press Secretary to President George W. Bush and capable conservative commentator; and Aleksandr [...]
Posted in Winner | Tagged September 2008, Volume VII Number I
By The Brown Spectator on May 8, 2008
While campaigning for the votes of Pennsylvanians, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) made a rather tasteless comment about the state’s struggling Americans. He said, ” So it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, and they cling to guns, or religion, or antipathy toward people who aren’t like them…” Basically, non-Ivy League educated, non-rich, and non-enlightened [...]
Posted in Winner | Tagged May 2008, Volume VI Number VII
By The Brown Spectator on April 17, 2008
In late February, we expressed gratitude for Gov. Romney’s (R-MA) decision to withdraw from the race and work toward party unity; we also predicted that post-partisanship, if it were to happen, would come from the Right. These predictions have proved entirely correct. The Democratic Party is hastening its degeneration along race and gender divisions with [...]
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By The Brown Spectator on February 21, 2008
In January 2008, Bobby Jindal ‘91.5 was formally inaugurated as Louisiana’s youngest, and first non-white Governor since the Reconstruction era. Although Jindal faces many daunting challenges (cleaning up the state’s politics and shores), his website (www.BobbyJindal.com) has a few interesting statistics that show he’ll certainly have help along the way. Since the beginning of his [...]
Posted in Winner | Tagged February 2008, Volume VI Number IV
By The Brown Spectator on October 26, 2007
Last month, two students went to the Registrar’s office to change their race and gender. Their reasoning: race and gender are nothing more than social constructs. The Spectator is pleased that the Registrar did not grant their request, recommending, instead, that the students go to court with their complaint.
Posted in Winner | Tagged October 2007, Parents’ Weekend, Volume VI Number II
By The Brown Spectator on February 1, 2007
For organizing a concerted grassroots movement against Iranian tyrant Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. At a recent protest, students forced Ahmadinejad to cut short his speech amidst shouts of “Death to the dictator.” The students’ complaints include Iran’s crackdown on democracy and civil liberties, failed economic policies, and hard-line propaganda campaign against the West.
Posted in Winner | Tagged February 2007, Volume V Number V
