By David Horowitz on November 11, 2003
*From Uncivil Wars: The Controversy Over Reparations For Slavery, Encounter Books, 2001
Never could I have imagined an event that would so quickly lay bare the tension beneath Brown’s surface. An event that proved to the community, and to the world, just how intolerant the supposed ‘liberal Ivy’ really is.
—Gregory Cooper, ‘01 Brown Daily Herald, May [...]
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By Vijay Malik on November 10, 2003
“We found that government can spend money but it can’t put hope in our hearts or a sense of purpose in our lives; this is done by churches and synagogues and mosques and charities that warm the cold of life. A quiet river of goodness and kindness that cuts through stone.”
-President George W. Bush
During his [...]
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By Eric Neuman on November 10, 2003
Marriage is like a pair of shears oft times working in opposite directions, but punishing anyone that comes between them.
—Sydney Smith
The idea of contracts is deeply embedded in Western history and culture. Contracts reflected the Enlightenment ideal of reconciling individual autonomy with social obligations. In 1651, Thomas Hobbes introduced the governing principle of the social [...]
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By The Brown Spectator on November 10, 2003
Affirmation is the chief imperative of our postmodern times. This desire springs from one of the most fundamental urges of human nature and combined with liberalism it cultivates a passion for diversity and tolerance. In the context of the university, these ideals often overshadow the pursuit of truth and invite the expectation of comfort at [...]
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By David Horowitz on November 10, 2003
David Horowitz’s “Ten Reasons Why Reparations for Slavery – and Racist Too” ad ran in the Daily Herald. Afterwards, Brown students erupted in protest stealing and destroying the Herald’s press run.
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By Alan Silverman on November 10, 2003
But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he’s most assur’d,
His glassy essence, like an angry ape,
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.
William Shakespeare
Measure for Measure, Act II, Scene II
Often, when I discuss next year’s presidential election with my conservative friends, they seem assured that 2004 will [...]
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By The Brown Spectator on November 10, 2003
The following is an interview conducted on October 8 with Brenda Allen, an Associate Provost and the first Director of Institutional Diversity. She also served under President Ruth Simmons at Smith College as Director of Institutional Diversity and Assistant to the President. On July 1, 2003, she joined the University administration as part of President [...]
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By David Horowitz on November 10, 2003
In the spring of 2001, I placed an ad in the student paper at Brown giving “Ten Reasons Why Reparations For Slavery Is A Bad Idea – And Racist Too.” I thought it was a bad idea because it was being proposed 137 years after the fact, and that it was racist because it made [...]
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By Connie Wu on November 10, 2003
The Brown Spectator has joined with other college political publications to form the Alliance of Collegiate Editors (ACE), hoping to generate cross-campus dialogue on political issues. The first topic we will discuss is class-based affirmative action. This is the third entry; for the first entry, see Sam Barr’s post at HPR; for the second entry, see John [...]
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