By Peter Catsimpiris on July 9, 2009
Christianity is rational, scientific, and has a place in the ivory tower. If that’s the case, then why has it been shunned from the modern academy?
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By Anish Mitra on December 6, 2007
Indian-Americans represent less than one percent of the American population. Despite this statistic, however, we have accomplished many honorable feats in a short amount of time. According to the “American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin,” there are close to 41,000 Indian-American doctors. Furthermore, the 2000 census indicated that approximately 64 percent of Indian-Americans attained [...]
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By The Brown Spectator on December 6, 2007
Anish Mitra
I have been to India three times in my life,and thus,I believe that I should be George W.Bush’s Secretary of State because I have developed foreign policy experience beyond human comprehension. I know how others view America, especially Indians. I also believe that I am more qualified in the foreign policy realm than Democratic [...]
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By Andrew Migneault on December 6, 2007
Emotions were strong at the SexPowerGod debate on November 6th. There were heated shouts from the back row, sarcastic comments from every aisle, and an overwhelming feeling that the two opponents of the dance had not the slightest chance of changing the minds of anybody in the audience; they knew that the audience would not [...]
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By Martin Quinones on December 6, 2007
Sir:
As the Coordinator for MSex here at Brown, I am compelled to correct a factual error I noticed in your recent article “FemSex: Caught in the Act” by Senior Editor Joshua Unseth: “…Brown University now has the male version called MSex (it is like FemSex without the need to discuss how to use a strap-on).” [...]
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By Boris Ryvkin on December 6, 2007
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has resurrected a highly menacing accord and sent it to the floor for ratification. The treaty, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), was first drafted in 1982 and rejected by the Reagan administration. The two components most objectionable were Parts XI and XIII, which forbade [...]
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By Travis Rowley on December 6, 2007
Oh, you Muslims everywhere, sever the ties of their nation, tear them apart, ruin their economy, instigate against their corporations, destroy their embassies, attack their interests, sink their ships, and shoot down their airplanes. Kill them in land, at sea, and in the air. Kill them wherever you find them.” —Sheikh Abdel Rahman
While nobody enjoys [...]
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By Sean Quigley on December 6, 2007
On the weekend of November 9th, a group of Brown University students ventured down to Princeton, New Jersey, to attend a conference on the ever-intriguing issue of “The Christian Worldview and the Academy.” Sponsored and organized by The Witherspoon Institute, the conference was chiefly held in a Princeton University lecture hall, and the attendees were generously afforded a [...]
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By Nathaniel Brown on December 6, 2007
Eminent domain has a long running role in American history and has played a large part in the country’s shaping. Traditionally, it is defined as the power of the government to seize the private property of a citizen without the owner’s consent, provided the land goes to “public use.” The Fifth Amendment specifically states (in [...]
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By Drew Edwards on December 6, 2007
A great deal of attention has been paid to sexual assault problems over this past month. In an editorial published in the Brown Daily Herald on October 11th, Lily Shield ’09 writes, “For a school of our size and with our money, Brown has an appalling lack of resources dedicated to helping sexual assault survivors.” [...]
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