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Dec 4, 2024 | 
browndailyherald.com | Owen Dahlkamp |Ciara Meyer
Brown announced new initiatives aimed at maintaining diversity in the University’s student body following a sharp drop in the share of Black and Hispanic students enrolled after the termination of race-based affirmative action in college admissions. In Brown’s first-year class of 2028, the share of Black students dropped 40% while the share of Hispanic students dropped 29% compared to the class of 2027.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
browndailyherald.com | Owen Dahlkamp
On April 23, Vice President for Public Safety and Emergency Management Rodney Chatman and other members of the Department of Public Safety were aware of an imminent pro-Palestinian encampment set to begin the next morning. According to emails and texts reviewed by The Herald, DPS obtained a document outlining protesters’ plans for the encampment the evening before it began, with Chatman sending it to officers across DPS and the Providence Police force.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
thenation.com | Owen Dahlkamp
Politics / StudentNation / November 15, 2024 “We Learned Very Little From 2016”: Dean Phillips Is Still Worried About the Democratic Party’s StrategyA conversation with former Biden primary challenger Representative Phillips on the election, his run for presidency, and the future of the party. Ad Policy Representative Dean Phillips speaks to supporters during a campaign rally on January 22, 2024.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
thenation.com | Owen Dahlkamp
Politics / StudentNation / October 28, 2024 These 3 States Could Use Millions In Public School Funding For Private SchoolsIn Colorado, Kentucky, and Nebraska, referendums on “school choice” are on the ballot in the 2024 election. Ad Policy Signs lay in the grass during a rally celebrating National School Choice Week.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
browndailyherald.com | Owen Dahlkamp
A new proposed class action lawsuit filed Monday claims the University and 39 other elite colleges participated in a price-fixing scheme that increased the cost of attendance for students with separated or divorced parents. The lawsuit takes aim at the CSS Profile, a financial aid form created by the College Board and used by the University and other institutions to help determine the financial aid awarded to students.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
browndailyherald.com | Owen Dahlkamp |Ryan Doherty
With the 2024 presidential election fast approaching and the University considering changes to legacy admissions, The Herald polled 1,177 undergraduates about their opinions on the issues facing Brown students. The poll was conducted between Sept. 24 and 26, prior to the University’s announcement that Brown will not divest from 10 companies with ties to Israel. The poll offers critical insights into the student body sentiment towards national politics, campus life and University policy.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
thenation.com | Owen Dahlkamp
Can we count on you? In the coming election, the fate of our democracy and fundamental civil rights are on the ballot. The conservative architects of Project 2025 are scheming to institutionalize Donald Trump’s authoritarian vision across all levels of government if he should win. We’ve already seen events that fill us with both dread and cautious optimism—throughout it all, The Nation has been a bulwark against misinformation and an advocate for bold, principled perspectives.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
browndailyherald.com | Owen Dahlkamp |Ryan Doherty
Brown’s Corporation struck down a proposal to divest from companies with Israeli military ties. A Herald poll conducted before the decision found that most Brown students supported the proposal. Over 60% of 1,177 respondents said that they “somewhat” or “strongly” supported the divestment proposal, while 25% of undergraduates said they had no opinion. But not all shared this sentiment. Jewish students made up 14% of respondents to The Herald’s poll.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
browndailyherald.com | Owen Dahlkamp
Unlike pro-divestment encampments at peer institutions, Brown’s demonstration last April ended peacefully. But as negotiations between student participants and University administrators were underway, Brown and Providence’s police forces were drawing up contingency plans which included a mass arrest of students, likely within days.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
browndailyherald.com | Owen Dahlkamp
When the Supreme Court ruled in June 2023 that colleges and universities could no longer employ race-based affirmative action, administrations nationwide scrambled to interpret a dense, 237-page ruling that would dictate the future of the admission process at their respective institutions. A little over a year since the decision, the consequences are beginning to materialize, but in dramatically different ways. Brown has seen a substantial decrease in the share of Black and Hispanic students.
