The Brown Daily Herald 745263 224824325 2008-07-10T16:08:39Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other {{Infobox_Newspaper | name = The Brown Daily Herald | image = <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:BDHCoverFeb15.jpg|250px|border|center|The front page of The Brown Daily Herald, February 15, 2007]] -->| caption = The front page of The Brown Daily Herald on [[February 15]], [[2007]]| type = Daily [[newspaper]] | format = [[Tabloid]]| foundation = 1866 | price = Free | owners = Independent| publisher = | editor = Simmi Aujla <br> Ross Frazier| language = English | political = | circulation = 4,000| headquarters = [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]], [[Rhode Island]] | ISSN = | website = [http://www.browndailyherald.com www.browndailyherald.com] | }} '''''The Brown Daily Herald''''' is the [[student newspaper]] of [[Brown University]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]], [[Rhode Island]]. It is financially and editorially independent of the University, and publishes Monday through Friday during the [[academic year]] with additional issues during [[Commencement speech|commencement]], summer and [[Orientation week|orientation]].<ref name="About BDH">[http://www.browndailyherald.com/home/generalinformation/ The Brown Daily Herald Online — About The Herald]</ref> Established in 1866 and published daily since 1891,<ref>[http://www.brown.edu/web/gab3/view.php?id=236 Student Groups at Brown]</ref> ''The Herald'' is the second-oldest student newspaper among [[United States|America’s]] [[college]] dailies.<ref>{{cite news | last = Lasica | first = J.D. | coauthors = | title = Birth of an alumni association — and an independent Targum | publisher = jdlasica.com | date = [[April 8]], [[2003]] | url = http://jdlasica.com/articles/targum.html | accessdate = 2007-02-10}}</ref> ''The Herald'' is managed by a [[board of trustees]] of which two editorial staffers, two business staffers and five ''Herald'' [[alumni]] are members. ==History== [[Image:Everybodyreadstheheraldbright.jpg|thumb|300px|left|[[September 22]], [[1955]]: "Two regular habitues of the ''Daily Herald'' office (pictured above) strike a comfortable pose on the office welcome mat as they await the beginning of the day's round of social activities"]] ===Early Years=== ''The Herald'' first appeared on Wednesday, [[December 2]], [[1891]]. The first issue was printed during the night and copies were distributed to each door in the dormitories with no preliminary announcement. The secret planning for the paper was actually begun about a month earlier by Ted Baylies 1895 and George Hunter 1893, who, as readers of ''[[The Harvard Crimson]]'' and ''[[The Yale Daily News]]'', were convinced that they could put out a daily newspaper at Brown. They enlisted the help of John 1893 and Edward Casey 1893, who were putting themselves through college in their printing shop at the foot of [[College Hill, Providence, Rhode Island|College Hill]]. Baylies and Steve Hopkins 1893 rounded up advertising for the whole year to insure the financial soundness of their proposed venture. Ben Johnson 1893, H. Anthony Dyer 1894, and Guy A. Andrews 1895 were also named to the board of editors. The approval of 8th University President [[Elisha Benjamin Andrews]] and other faculty members was obtained before the first issue appeared. The four-page paper was printed at the Casey shop on a single-cylinder [[Rotary printing press|press]] operated by a wheel, mostly by the labor of the editors after they discovered that the tramp printer they had hired was given to drinking. The price of the paper was two cents a copy or $1.50 per year. ''The Herald'' received a cool reception from the ''Brunonian'', which in 1890 had welcomed the ''Brown Magazine'' as a new literary publication and devoted its own pages to news, but had rejected the idea of daily publication. A Brunonian [[editorial]] criticized the appearance of ''The Herald'', and stated: {{cquote|There is not sufficient news in a college of our size to support a first-class daily, and anything less is an expensive luxery [sic].}} Nevertheless, ''The Herald'' survived and even began to have a social life, holding its first banquet at the Crown Hotel in 1903, and playing the first of a long series of annual [[baseball]] games against the ''Brunonian'' in 1907. As a supporter of [[Charles Evans Hughes]] 1881 for president in 1916, ''The Herald'' happily and in large print proclaimed his victory on [[November 8]], [[1916]] before learning that he had actually lost the election.<ref name="BDH Brunonia">{{cite encyclopedia | last = Mitchell | first = Martha | authorlink = | title = Brown Daily Herald | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia Brunonia | volume = | pages = | publisher = Brown University Library | location = Providence, Rhode Island | date = 1993 | url = http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/Databases/Encyclopedia/search.php?serial=B0400 | accessdate = 2007-02-10 }} </ref> ===WWI=== ''The Herald'' dropped the word “Daily” in May 1917 when publication was limited to three days a week. In the fall of 1918 the paper became a [[Semi-weekly newspaper|semi-weekly]]. On [[February 1]], [[1919]], daily publication was resumed. During the [[World War I|war]], letters from [[alumni]] in the [[Military of the United States|service]] were featured.<ref name="BDH Brunonia" /> ===1920s=== After the war, the paper turned its attention to other matters, printing a green issue for [[Saint Patrick's Day|St. Patrick’s Day]] in 1920, and on [[January 20]], [[1921]], an editorial on the immoral behavior of Brown students and their dates, the "social buds," who came to Brown dances and checked their [[corsets]] with the hat-check attendant. The editorial provoked replies and received a whole page of coverage in the ''[[Boston American]]''. ''The Literary [[Supplement]] of the Brown Daily Herald'', a twelve-page collection of [[poetry]] and short pieces of [[prose]], priced at fifteen cents, made two appearances, in April and May of 1921, and then disappeared. For some reason, in December 1921, when ''The Herald'' was celebrating its thirtieth anniversary, the [[Masthead (publishing)|masthead]] began to include the words, “Founded in 1866, Daily since 1891.” The reason for the determination of this date of “founding” is uncertain. Perhaps ''The Herald'' decided to adopt its rival, the ''Brunonian'' — with which it had coexisted — as an antecedent. ''The Herald'' would then be able to stretch its life back to 1866, when another ''Brunonian'', this one a rival of the ''Brown Paper'', appeared. On [[October 19]], [[1924]], a newspaper appeared with the title, ''Brown Daily Drivel'', a single issue printed by students as a [[travesty]] on ''The Brown Daily Herald''. In later years, ''The Herald'' issued its own comic papers, often on [[April Fools' Day]] (a tradition that continues today<ref>{{cite news | last = Schuettler | first = Glen | coauthors = | title = Brown offers Kim Jong-Il honorary degree in bid to one-up Yale | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[April 3]], [[2006]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2006/04/03/CampusNews/Brown.Offers.Kim.JongIl.Honorary.Degree.In.Bid.To.OneUp.Yale-1777145.shtml?sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com | accessdate = 2007-02-10}}</ref>), and most recently at the end of a year as the final production of one [[editorial board]] before the next board takes charge.<ref name="BDH Brunonia" /> ===WWII=== In 1933, ''The Herald'' caused a considerable stir by launching an editorial campaign urging students at Brown and at other colleges to sign [[petitions]] pledging “not to bear arms except when the country is invaded.” An unexpected result was the appointment by the [[Rhode Island General Assembly]] of a committee “to investigate the University and to provide penalties for disloyalty to the State and Nation.” The response of the students was to raise the number of pledges to 700. The peace drive spread to other colleges and soon an Intercollegiate [[Disarmament]] Council was inviting colleges across the country to join the [[peace movement]]. The university administration, while not in favor of the stand, did not interfere, and the legislative committee concluded that there was no need to suppress the movement as there was no evidence of a connection with disloyal organizations outside the University. When a destructive hurricane struck [[New England]] on [[September 21]], [[1938]], during [[freshman]] week, eight [[upperclassmen]] who were on campus to greet the freshmen managed to get out by candlelight a [[Mimeograph machine|mimeographed]] one-page edition of ''The Herald'', followed by a similar two-page issue the next day. During [[World War II]], ''The Brown Daily Herald'' again suspended publication on [[January 12]], [[1943]]. From [[March 10]] to [[August 13]], [[1943]] the paper was published weekly and called the ''Brown Herald''. From [[August 20]], [[1943]] to [[October 5]], [[1945]] the weekly ''Brown Herald-Record'' replaced the ''Brown Herald'' and the ''[[Pembroke College (Brown University)|Pembroke]] Record'', and during that time had a woman editor, Audrey Mishel ’44. In September 1947, when ''The Herald'' resumed daily publication, it published a magazine called ''Midnight'', a [[style guide|manual]] of sorts for the Herald staff. The title came from the paper’s [[deadline]].<ref name="BDH Brunonia" /> ===1950s-1960s=== Since September 1947, ''The Brown Daily Herald'' has been published regularly. However, its duration is not as long as its numbering suggests, having been inadvertently extended on [[January 18]], [[1959]], when the volume number abruptly changed from 68 to 88, an error on which all subsequent numbering has been based. ''The Brown Daily Herald Supplement'' was first published on [[September 28]], [[1959]]. The contents of the first issue were an interesting assortment – a [[review]] of ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover]]'' (recently reissued in the United States, where it had been banned), photographs of life on South Main Street (identified on the cover as “[[Slums]]”), an article on the prospects of the [[Ivy League]] season, an article on new chairman of the [[National Republican Congressional Committee]], and a cartoon by [[Jules Feiffer]]. ''The Supplement'' continued to be a weekly (although not always on the same day of the week) publication until 1963. ''The Brown Herald Review'', containing literary pieces, art, and book reviews, was published eight times during the academic year from October 1963 until January 1966. A [[hoax]] issue of the Herald which went wrong was that of December 6, 1965, with its oversized headline, “Pembrokers Get Apartments; Experiment Begins in Spring,” and related stories. The next day, [[Editor-in-Chief]] M. Charles Bakst ’66 and two managing editors resigned, stating that in conceiving the hoax issue they had believed that it “would be humorous in the short-run and conducive in the long run to a more thorough discussion of Pembroke’s residential and social system.” In fact, their stories had been taken at face value by some students, [[faculty (university)|faculty]], and administration, who were not amused. On [[March 27]], [[1964]], a similar effort proclaiming “Pembroke No Longer ‘Coordinate’; Corporation Makes Brown ‘Co-ed’” and “[[Barnaby C. Keeney|Keeney]] Selects Special Committee to Supervise ‘Herald’” had brought forth no more than a cheerful communication to the managing board from President Keeney, probably because of the proximity to April Fools’ Day.<ref name="BDH Brunonia" /> ===1960s-1990s=== In 1968, Beverly Hodgson ’70 was acclaimed by the press as “First Woman Editor of [[Ivy League]] Daily” (and coincidentally later married the nephew of Audrey Mishel, the woman editor of the ''Herald-Record'' of World War II), and with her managing editor, another woman, Laura Hersh ’70, got ''The Herald'' out from its new offices at 195 Angell Street. In 1973, ''The Brown Daily Herald Voluntary Publishing Association'', which took in outside printing jobs as well as publishing ''The Herald'', was facing financial difficulties after purchasing [[typesetting]] equipment. The solution was the founding of ''Fresh Fruit'', a college-oriented tabloid with distribution to eight college campuses and the potential for generating advertising income. Its first appearance was in ''The Brown Daily Herald'' of [[February 15]], [[1973]]. In February 1975, an editorial staff separate from that of ''The Herald'' took over the publication of ''Fresh Fruit''. ''The Herald'', still in debt after a 1974 operating loss of $10,000, began an alumni [[subscription]] drive, filed claims against its [[creditors]], and sought [[Incorporation (business)|incorporation]] under the laws of Rhode Island. With the [[Commencement speech|Commencement]] issue of 1975, ''The Brown Daily Herald Voluntary Publishing Association'' became ''The Brown Daily Herald, Inc.'' In 1985, ''The Herald'' entered into a contract with the [[Undergraduate]] Council of Students, in which UCS agreed to purchase 5,500 [[subscriptions]] at five dollars each for every member of the student body, though UCS later cancelled this contract and ''The Herald'' has been free since. A weekend insert called ''Good Clean Fun'' was added in 1986. In September 1989, a new supplement, intended to be monthly, appeared under the title, ''In Depth''. Editor-in-chief of ''The Herald'' Amy Bach expressed the hope that the new supplement would serve as a forum for the thorough exploration of one topic each month. The first issue was devoted to articles on [[depression (mood)|depression]], the second to Providence’s neighborhoods. On [[November 2]], [[1991]], ''The Brown Daily Herald'' held a one-hundredth anniversary celebration, at which [[Bill Kovach|William Kovach]] was the [[Keynote|keynote speaker]].<ref name="BDH Brunonia" /> <!-- [[Image:BDHValentinesDayFlag.jpg|thumb|center|739px|[[February 14]], [[2007]]: ''The Herald's'' flag, lovingly redesigned for [[Valentine's Day]] 2007 in a style similar to [[Google Doodle|Google Doodles]]]] --> ==Today’s ''Herald''== ===Sections=== <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:ClintonBrown.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[April 10]], [[2006]]: Senator [[Hillary Clinton]] D-NY, pictured in front of the Brown University [[Coat of Arms]], during a speech covered by ''The Herald''.<ref>{{cite news | last = Woo | first = Stu | coauthors = | title = Clinton stresses need for more women 'at the table' | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[April 10]], [[2006]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2006/04/10/CampusNews/Clinton.Stresses.Need.For.More.Women.at.The.Table-1803361.shtml?sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com | accessdate = 2007-02-14}}</ref>]] --> ''The Herald'' is organized into seven sections, four of which appear daily: ;1. Campus News : The largest section of the newspaper, ''Campus News'' covers stories directly affecting the Brown community, from student [[protests]],<ref>{{cite news | last = Lehmann | first = Debbie | coauthors = | title = Students and alums rally at Faunce against police brutality | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[October 2]], [[2006]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2006/10/02/CampusNews/Students.And.Alums.Rally.At.Faunce.Against.Police.Brutality-2319147.shtml?sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com | accessdate = 2007-02-10}}</ref> to prominent [[public speaking|speakers]],<ref>{{cite news | last = Wootton | first = Anne | coauthors = | title = Obama dismisses cynicism, advocates hope | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[October 13]], [[2006]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2006/10/13/CampusNews/Obama.Dismisses.Cynicism.Advocates.Hope-2349361.shtml?sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com | accessdate = 2007-02-10}}</ref> to administrative changes.<ref>{{cite news | last = Firestone | first = Chaz | coauthors = | title = Banner launch pushes ahead amid mounting student criticism | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[February 7]], [[2007]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2007/02/07/CampusNews/Banner.Launch.Pushes.Ahead.Amid.Mounting.Student.Criticism-2703028.shtml?sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com | accessdate = 2007-02-10}}</ref> ;2. Higher Ed : ''Higher Ed'', which runs on Wednesdays, reports significant developments at other colleges and in higher education in general.<ref>{{cite news | last = Bechek | first = Michael | coauthors = | title = UCLA student Tased by campus police | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[November 29]], [[2006]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2006/11/29/CampusWatch/Ucla-Student.Tased.By.Campus.Police-2511889.shtml?sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com | accessdate = 2007-02-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Firestone | first = Chaz | coauthors = | title = Policies on suicide and depression land two schools in court | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[November 1]], [[2006]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2006/11/01/CampusWatch/Policies.On.Suicide.And.Depression.Land.Two.Schools.In.Court-2414439.shtml?sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com | accessdate = 2007-02-10}}</ref> and their potential effects on the Brown community. ;3. Opinions : Comprising [[Open letter|letters]] and [[Editorial#Structure of op-eds|op-eds]], ''Opinions'' appear on the 10th and 11th pages of the paper (on days the paper runs its usual 12 pages). The 10th page contains a staff editorial,<ref>{{cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title = An hour well-spent with Cornel West | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[February 5]], [[2007]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2007/02/05/Editorial/An.Hour.WellSpent.With.Cornel.West-2696784.shtml?sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com | accessdate = 2007-02-10}}</ref> as well as letters to the editor.<ref>{{cite news | last = Quigley | first = Sean | coauthors = | title = No one knows what really happened Sunday | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[September 15]], [[2006]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2006/09/15/Letters/No.One.Knows.What.Really.Happened.Sunday-2279541.shtml?sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com | accessdate = 2007-02-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Frank | first = Gill | coauthors = | title = Letter by Quigley ’10 unconstructive, racist | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[September 18]], [[2006]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2006/09/18/Letters/Letter.By.Quigley.10.Unconstructive.Racist-2282027.shtml?sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com | accessdate = 2007-02-10}}</ref> On Fridays, a special staff editorial called '''Diamonds and Coal''' is published, which contains short, humorous [[quip]]s applauding (''diamond'') or denouncing (''coal'') the people and groups who made [[headlines]] that week.<ref>{{cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title = Diamonds and Coal | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[February 2]], [[2007]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2007/02/02/Editorial/Diamonds.And.Coal-2694035.shtml?sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com | accessdate = 2007-02-14}}</ref> ;4. Sports : A blend of opinion and match coverage, the ''Sports'' section appears on the back page of the paper. It covers [[athletic conference|intercollegiate]] competitions,<ref>{{cite news | last = Harris | first = Jason | coauthors = | title = M. and w. squash both trample Tufts | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[February 9]], [[2009]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2007/02/09/Sports/M.And.W.Squash.Both.Trample.Tufts-2709647.shtml?sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com | accessdate = 2007-02-10}}</ref> profiles individual players,<ref>{{cite news | last = Santini | first = Marco | coauthors = | title = M. icers’ Garbutt ’09 gabs about growing up in Canada | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[February 9]], [[2009]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2007/02/09/Sports/M.Icers.Garbutt.09.Gabs.About.Growing.Up.In.Canada-2709648.shtml?sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com | accessdate = 2007-02-10}}</ref> and offers opinions on [[professional sports]] teams and leagues.<ref>{{cite news | last = Rochelson | first = Ellis | coauthors = | title = The State of Red Sox Nation | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[February 1]], [[2009]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2007/02/01/Sports/The-State.Of.Red.Sox.Nation-2691260.shtml?sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com | accessdate = 2007-02-10}}</ref> ;5. World and Nation : ''The Herald'' subscribes to [http://www.latwp.com www.latwp.com], a [[newswire]] service that licenses ''The Herald'' to print stories written by leading journalists from [[The Los Angeles Times]] and [[The Washington Post]]. This allows ''The Herald'' to offer its readers coverage of stories that would be impossible for a student-run paper to cover, such as the [[Iraq War]] and the [[Arab-Israeli conflict]]. <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:BrownArtInstallation.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[September 11]], [[2006]]: An exhibition piece entitled "in TRANSIT: from OBJECT to SITE", covered by ''Arts & Culture''.<ref name="Art Installation Article" />]] --> ;6. Arts & Culture : With reports and reviews of on-campus [[Play (theatre)|plays]],<ref>{{cite news | last = Doob | first = Gabriella | coauthors = | title = PW show to unleash 30,000 fruit flies on stage | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[December 6]], [[2006]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2006/12/06/ArtsCulture/Pw.Show.To.Unleash.30000.Fruit.Flies.On.Stage-2524703.shtml | accessdate = 2007-02-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Gidwitz | first = Lydia | coauthors = | title = 'Hot 'N' Throbbing' leaves audience panting for more | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[November 11]], [[2006]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2006/11/10/ArtsCulture/hot-n.Throbbing.Leaves.Audience.Panting.For.More-2452699.shtml | accessdate = 2007-02-14}}</ref> [[films]],<ref>{{cite news | last = Ehrich Bernstein | first = Allison | coauthors = | title = To Cannes via Kyoto | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[October 24]], [[2005]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2005/10/24/ArtsCulture/To.Cannes.Via.Kyoto-1031383.shtml | accessdate = 2007-02-14}}</ref> and [[art exhibitions]] and [[installation art|installations]],<ref name="Art Installation Article">{{cite news | last = Wickham | first = Allison | coauthors = | title = Installation explores art within space | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[September 11]], [[2006]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2006/09/11/ArtsCulture/Installation.Explores.Art.Within.Space-2265354.shtml | accessdate = 2007-02-14}}</ref> the ''Arts & Culture'' section is a [[soft news]] alternative to the typically straightforward and sharp ''Campus News'' section. It appears Monday and Friday in the middle pages of the paper, beginning with page 3. ;7. Metro : Appearing Tuesdays and Thursdays, the ''Metro'' section covers stories central to [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] and its surrounding cities. This can range from [[Rhode Island]] state [[legislation]]<ref>{{cite news | last = Ho | first = Thi | coauthors = | title = Medical Marijuana Act up for review | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[February 6]], [[2007]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2007/02/06/Metro/Medical.Marijuana.Act.Up.For.Review-2700232.shtml | accessdate = 2007-02-14}}</ref> to government-related student protest,<ref>{{cite news | last = Aujla | first = Simmi | coauthors = | title = Students to march to State House for campaign finance reform | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[February 6]], [[2007]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2007/02/06/Metro/Students.To.March.To.State.House.For.Campaign.Finance.Reform-2700242.shtml | accessdate = 2007-02-14}}</ref> and can also include the goings on of local resaurants and shops.<ref>{{cite news | last = Aujla | first = Simmi | coauthors = | title = Au Bon Pain reopens with new decor | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[January 30]], [[2007]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2007/01/30/Metro/Metro.In.Brief-2685415.shtml | accessdate = 2007-02-14}}</ref> Stories in the ''Metro'' section tend to link local and state news to the Brown community, letting students know how the changes will affect the University.<ref>{{cite news | last = Molinaro | first = Sara | coauthors = | title = Trans fatty? Soon, perhaps not the Ratty | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[February 1]], [[2007]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2007/02/01/Metro/Trans.Fatty.Soon.Perhaps.Not.The.Ratty-2691256.shtml | accessdate = 2007-02-14}}</ref> ;8. Features : Though not technically a section, the ''Features'' desk publishes a few longer, softer stories each week. Usually appearing on the front page, a [[feature story|feature]] can be a profile of an interesting Brown student or alumnus,<ref>{{cite news | last = Levintova | first = Hannah | coauthors = | title = Haxton '08 amasses $1.3 million playing poker | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[February 6]], [[2007]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2007/02/06/Features/Haxton.08.Amasses.1.3.Million.Playing.Poker-2700223.shtml | accessdate = 2007-02-14}}</ref> an inspiring story of perseverance or accomplishment,<ref>{{cite news | last = Firestone | first = Chaz | coauthors = | title = Undergraduate research contributed to BrainGate | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[October 25]], [[2006]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2006/10/25/Features/Undergraduate.Research.Contributed.To.Braingate-2400236.shtml | accessdate = 2007-02-14}}</ref> an [[exposé (journalism)|exposé]] of University policy,<ref>{{cite news | last = Woo | first = Stu | coauthors = | title = A look at the University's animal testing | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[February 12]], [[2007]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2007/02/12/Features/A.Look.At.The.Universitys.Animal.Testing-2712715.shtml | accessdate = 2007-02-14}}</ref> or simply an observation of Brown University's quirks.<ref>{{cite news | last = Firestone | first = Chaz | coauthors = | title = Getting clean in the CIT | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[October 31]], [[2006]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2006/10/31/Features/Getting.Clean.In.The.Cit-2411624.shtml | accessdate = 2007-02-14}}</ref> <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:post-sept28.jpg|left|250px|thumb|[[September 28]], [[2006]]: The cover of ''post- Magazine'', poking fun at [[Facebook]]]] --> ===Post- Magazine=== '''Post-''' is ''The Herald's'' weekly arts and culture magazine, running each Thursday. Its name references the [[convention (norm)|academic convention]] of using "post-" as a [[prefix (linguistics)|prefix]] — as in “[[post-modernism]]” and “[[post-structuralism]]” — to indicate transcending older modes of thought. Post- regularly contains film,<ref>{{cite news | last = Lennard | first = Daniel | coauthors = | title = the far eastwood: clint goes east, lands back in hollywood | publisher = post- Magazine | date = [[March 1]], [[2007]] | url = http://media.post.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper745/news/2007/02/15/FilmTelevision/The-Far.Eastwood-2721501.shtml | accessdate = 2007-03-01}}</ref> television,<ref>{{cite news | last = Saraiya | first = Sonia | coauthors = | title = you're everywhere to me: an exposé on rachel ray, sweet gourmet | publisher = post- Magazine | date = [[March 1]], [[2007]] | url = http://media.post.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper745/news/2007/02/15/FilmTelevision/Youre.Everywhere.To.Me-2721254.shtml | accessdate = 2007-03-01}}</ref> and music reviews,<ref>{{cite news | last = Kinsey | first = Katherine | coauthors = | title = they will, they won't: the broken west defies indie stereotypes | publisher = post- Magazine | date = [[March 1]], [[2007]] | url = http://media.post.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper745/news/2007/03/01/Music/They-Will.They.Wont-2750508.shtml | accessdate = 2007-03-01}}</ref> editorials on Brown University's arts scene, and two sex columns called ''"Sexpertise,"'' one written by a male<ref>{{cite news | last = Quiñones | first = Martin | coauthors = | title = i wanna f*ck you like an animal... please?: how to get what you want | publisher = post- Magazine | date = [[March 1]], [[2007]] | url = http://media.post.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper745/news/2007/03/01/Sexpertise/I.Wanna.Fck.You.Like.An.Animal.Please-2750362.shtml | accessdate = 2007-03-01}}</ref> and one by a female.<ref>{{cite news | last = Littlefield | first = Amy | coauthors = | title = flex your jaw muscles: a different kind of endurance training | publisher = post- Magazine | date = [[March 1]], [[2007]] | url = http://media.post.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper745/news/2007/03/01/Sexpertise/Flex-Your.Jaw.Muscles-2750398.shtml | accessdate = 2007-03-01}}</ref> It also includes colorful commentary on current events<ref>{{cite news | last = Cutler | first = Aaron | coauthors = | title = the post- mortem: our film editor worships in the house of oscar | publisher = post- Magazine | date = [[March 1]], [[2007]] | url = http://media.post.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper745/news/2007/03/01/Features/The-Post.Mortem-2750523.shtml | accessdate = 2007-03-01}}</ref> One noteworthy feature of each issue is a nearly-[[nude]] picture of a campus group or person, with creative ways of covering up the subjects' [[genitalia|private parts]]. Post- has its own website, [http://post.browndailyherald.com post.browndailyherald.com] ===Herald Style=== ''The Herald'' has a unique style. The paper references academic departments, faculty titles, University campaigns, and organizations abbreviated by [[acronyms]] so regularly that it has several case-specific policies for [[references]]. ''The Herald'' does not employ the [[serial comma]], and favors the word "said" after a [[Quotation mark|quote]] over "mentioned," "pointed out," etc. Generally ''The Herald'' defaults to the [[Associated Press]] style, and therefore keeps numerous copies of the [[AP Stylebook]] on hand in its office. ===Staff=== ''The Brown Daily Herald'' employs over 100 voluntary staff members, who work as editors, business managers, reporters, designers, photographers, and artists.<ref name="About BDH" /> ====Editorial Board==== The editorial board manages the ''The Herald'' and is responsible for its daily production. Members usually serve for the spring of their junior year and the fall of their senior year. The board usually consists of between three and seven positions. In recent years, positions on the board have included Editors in Chief, Executive Editors and Senior Editors. ''The Herald'' is currently under its 118th editorial board. For this reason, the members of the board are collectively referred to as "118" (pronounced "one-eighteen"). The members of the 118th editorial board are: * Simmi Aujla, Editor in Chief and [[President]] of ''The Brown Daily Herald, Inc.'' * Ross Frazier, Editor in Chief and [[Vice President]] of ''The Brown Daily Herald Inc.'' * Taylor Barnes, Senior Editor * Chris Gang, Senior Editor * Stu Woo, Senior Editor<ref name="About BDH" /> ====Production==== The production staff of ''The Herald'' is responsible for the technical aspects of putting out the day's paper. They design the layout of the paper with [[Adobe InDesign]], [[copy editing|copy edit]] the articles, and post content to the [[World Wide Web|Web]]. They are: * Steve DeLucia, [[Production & Design]] Editor * Chaz Kelsh, Assistant Design Editor * Catherine Cullen, Copy Desk Chief * Adam Robbins, Graphics Editor<ref name="About BDH" /> ====Section Editors==== Each of ''The Herald's'' sections is managed by one or more section editors. Currently, they are: * Robin Steele, Arts & Culture Editor * Andrea Savdie, Assistant Arts & Culture Editor * Chaz Firestone, Features Editor * Olivia Hoffman, Assistant Features Editor * Rachel Arndt, Metro Editor * Scott Lowenstein, Metro Editor * Mike Bechek, News Editor * Isabel Gottlieb, News Editor * Franklin Kanin, News Editor * Michael Skocpol, News Editor * Karla Bertrand, Opinions Editor * James Shapiro, Opinions Editor * Whitney Clark, Sports Editor * Amy Ehrhart, Sports Editor * Jason Harris, Sports Editor * Benjy Asher, Assistant Sports Editor * Andrew Braca, Assistant Sports Editor * Megan McCahill, Assistant Sports Editor<ref name="About BDH" /> ====Photo==== * Rahul Keerthi, Photo Editor * Meara Sharma, Assistant Photo Editor * Min Wu, Assistant Photo Editor * Ashley Hess, Sports Photo Editor<ref name="About BDH" /> ====Post- Magazine==== * Matt Hill, Editor-in-Chief * Rajiv Jayadevan, Editor-in-Chief * Colleen Brogan, Associate Editor * Arthur Matuszewski, Associate Editor * Kimberly Stickels, Associate Editor * Sonia Kim, Features Editor * Allison Zimmer, Features Editor * Bob Short, Music Editor * Eva Kurtz-Nelson, Assistant Music Editor * Patrick Martin-Tuite, Film Editor * Kelly McKowen, Off-the-Hill Editor * Gabriela Scarritt, Design Editor * Monica Huang, Layout Editor * Kristen Olds, Layout Editor * Aditya Voleti, Graphics Editor * Matt Surka, Photo Editor ====Business==== Because ''The Herald'' is independent of Brown University, it must generate [[revenue]] to sustain itself. The business staff does so mainly through soliciting advertisements in the paper. Additionally, ''The Herald'' offers daily and weekly subscriptions to the newspaper, and fills around 30 subscriptions each week. Currently, the staff consists of an executive management team, staff members, and one paid employee. * Dee Gill, General Manager and [[Treasurer]] of ''The Brown Daily Herald, Inc.'' * Darren Ball, General Manager and [[Company secretary|Secretary]] of ''The Brown Daily Herald, Inc.'' * Susan Dansereau, Office Manager<ref name="About BDH" /> ===Web Presence=== In 1995, ''The Herald'' became the first college newspaper in the [[United States]] to publish itself [[online]] as well as in print. The newspaper is published each day at [http://www.browndailyherald.com www.browndailyherald.com] — where it can be viewed at no cost to the user — and is divided into sections for easy browsing. All [[pictures]] and [[comics]] appearing in the paper are also [[upload]]ed. The Web site has informative sections about ''The Herald'' itself, including "About the Herald," an [[FAQ]], and contact information. It also announces scheduled meetings and provides means for students to get involved, alumni to subscribe, and people or companies to place [[advertisements]] in the paper. Additionally, an [[archives]] section organizes and makes available each volume of the ''The Herald'' since [[March 12]], [[2004]]. Over the [[winter break]] of December 2006/January 2007, ''The Herald's'' Web site was redesigned with ease of reading and a "clean" feel in mind. The [[home page]] now displays not only the leading stories but lists every article appearing in the day's volume. Also, much of the darker colors of the previous site have been replaced with white, once again emphasizing a cleaner feel. Additionally, a [[PDF]] document of the current print edition's front page is available for [[download]] at the bottom of the home page. The Web site is still supported by [[College Publisher]].<ref name="BDH Home">[http://www.browndailyherald.com Brown Daily Herald Online — Home]</ref> ===Office=== ''The Herald's'' office building is located at 195 Angell Street, between Thayer and Brook streets. The downstairs includes business offices, the [[newsroom]], a [[meeting|conference]] room and the editorial office. The upstairs space includes a large staff [[living room|lounge]] where ''post-'' magazine is produced. ===The 9-Spot=== Each Thursday night, ''The Herald's'' editorial board hosts a meeting at 9:00 p.m. for Herald section editors, senior staff writers and staff writers, at which staffers offer story ideas and talk about whatever is happening outside of the office. The editors spend much of their free time at the Herald office, so they rely on the staff members at the ''9-spot'' to contribute a number of story ideas. Once the staff have contributed as many story ideas as they can, each person at the meeting is given a copy of one of the four newspapers that ran during the week. When someone comes across an article that can be spun in a humorous way, he or she informally shouts out a one-liner that usually pokes fun at the content of the article. These one-liners make up the [[The Brown Daily Herald#Sections|diamonds and coal]] section that runs on the 10th page on Fridays. ==Controversies== ===Accusations of Treason, Communism=== In the early 1930s, ''The Herald'' began a [[pacifist]] movement called "War Against War." The paper launched an editorial campaign urging Brown students to sign [[petitions]] pledging "not to bear arms except when the country is invaded." The movement spread across the country and gained popularity in college papers large and small, which quickly endorsed ''The Herald's'' actions . When Rhode Island officials caught wind of the campaign, they immediately grew suspicious and appointed a committee "to investigate the University and to provide penalties for disloyalty to the United States." The result was a [[resolution (law)|resolution]] — passed unanimously by the [[Rhode Island General Assembly]] — accusing ''The Herald'' of [[treason]] and associating the paper with the [[Communist]] movement. Providence [[attorney]] [[William Needham]], a Brown graduate himself of the class of 1915, called the War Against War campaign "a [[foreign]] movement of communistic tendencies." Throughout the process, the Brown administration did not interfere in the legislative action, citing [[freedom of expression]] and [[freedom of the press]]. In the end, the committee concluded that ''The Herald'' and its campaign were not serious enough threats to warrant suppression or any further action, as there was no connection between ''The Herald'' and disloyal organizations.<ref name="BDH Brunonia" /><ref name="About BDH" /> <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Welcomehorowitz.jpg|left|350px|thumb|[[March 20]], [[2001]]: A picture of [[David Horowitz]] speaking at the [[University of California at Berkeley]], one week after the original ad was published in ''The Herald'']] --> ===David Horowitz Advertisement=== In 2001, ''The Herald'' ran an advertisement placed by [[American conservatism|conservative]] writer and [[activist]] [[David Horowitz]], entitled "Ten Reasons Why [[Reparations for slavery|Reparations]] for Blacks is a Bad Idea for Blacks - and [[Racist]], Too!" The advertisement had circulated around many college newspapers, but most rejected it, including ''[[The Harvard Crimson]]'' and The ''[[Columbia Daily Spectator]]''. ''The Herald's'' editors at the time — Katherine Boas, Brooks King, Patrick Moos, and Jahred Adelman — decided that the if the ad was sent to them, they would run it. The ad appeared in the [[March 13]], [[2001]] edition of ''The Herald'', and was met with shock and criticism. Among its ten points, the ad stated that Americans should be the last to pay reparations because [[slavery]] had existed worldwide for centuries before white American [[Christians]] intervened. It also stated that African-Americans were the richest and most privileged black people alive. On [[March 14]], over 60 students came to the ''Herald'' office demanding to speak to the newspaper's leadership, and met face to face with the ''Herald'' editors. The following day, a [[coalition]] of student groups distributed a [[petition]] around campus that condemned the Herald's decision to print the ad and demanded that the paper give $725 — the amount they believed Horowitz had paid for the ad — to [[minority groups]] on campus. In addition, the petition called for ''The Herald'' to give the coalition a free full-page ad to "educate the greater Brown community on related issues." The editors refused to give in, setting off a [[chain reaction]] of events that shook the University. On the morning of [[March 15]], coalition members took 4,000 copies of ''The Herald'' from 10 distribution points. In place of the newspapers, they left a [[flyer]] stating: "We are using this action as an opportunity to show our community at Brown that our newspaper is not accountable to its supposed [[constituent (politics)|constituents]]. It is a newspaper run by Brown-student [[opportunism|opportunists]] and careerists who are completely unaccountable to the University's aims and its student body." ''The Herald'' responded on [[March 16]], a Saturday, by reprinting 1,000 copies of the stolen Friday paper. ''Herald'' staffers distributed them by hand to students in the lobby of the Sharpe Refectory (a.k.a. the ''Ratty''), the largest dining hall on campus. That same day, the University issued a statement supporting ''The Herald'': "Consistent with its commitment to the free exchange of ideas, the University recognizes and supports ''The Herald's'' right to publish any material it chooses, even if that material is objectionable to members of the campus community." [[Sheila Blumstein]], then Interim President of the University, later told ''The Herald'' that she supported the free exchange of ideas and that ''The Herald'' had a right to print the ad. But she said ''Herald'' staff may not have handled the issue as [[diplomacy|diplomatically]] as they could have. National newspapers caught wind of the controversy and covered the story. ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref>{{cite news | last = Schemo | first = Diana | coauthors = | title = Ad Intended to Stir Up Campuses More Than Succeeds in Its Mission | publisher = The New York Times | date = [[March 21]], [[2001]] | url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30D13FE34590C728EDDAA0894D9404482 | accessdate = 2007-02-15}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'',<ref>{{cite news | last = Ferdinand | first = Pamela | coauthors = | title = Free-Speech Debate Splits Liberal Brown | publisher = The Washington Post | date = [[March 21]], [[2001]] | url = http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/69877047.html?dids=69877047:69877047&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+21%2C+2001&author=Pamela+Ferdinand&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=A.03&desc=Free-Speech+Debate+Splits+Liberal+Brown | accessdate = 2007-02-15}}</ref> and [[ABC News]],<ref>{{cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title = Campus Roiled Over Slave Reparations Ad | publisher = ABC News | date = [[March 19]], [[2001]] | url = http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=93797&page=1 | accessdate = 2007-02-15}}</ref> all ran stories about events on campus. The furor surrounding the events later died down, with neither party reaching an agreement. ''The Herald'' still maintains that its actions were protected under [[freedom of the press]]. A Slavery and [[Justice]] Committee was formed a few years after. Though Jim Campbell, chairman of the Committee, was one of ''The Herald's'' detractors, and the Committee considered reparations as part of its agenda, there is no official connection between the Committee and the events surrounding the advertisement.<ref>{{cite news | last = Lesley | first = Kira | coauthors = | title = Paying for controversy | publisher = The Brown Daily Herald | date = [[May 31]], [[2004]] | url = http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2004/05/31/Commencement2004/Paying.For.Controversy-726510.shtml | accessdate = 2007-02-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Lewis | first = Richard | coauthors = | title = Brown Protest Targets Ad | publisher = Associated Press | date = | url = http://www.brown.edu/Students/ACLU/IHorowitz.html | accessdate = 2007-02-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Golodny | first = Andy | coauthors = | title = Amid ongoing protests, Brown U. backs off criticism of Herald theft | publisher = U-WIRE | date = [[March 21]], [[2001]] | url = http://www.uwire.com/content/topnews032101003.html | accessdate = 2007-02-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Horowitz | first = David | coauthors = | title = My Visit to Brown | publisher = FrontPageMagazine.com | date = [[November 18]], [[2003]] | url = http://www.uwire.com/content/topnews032101003.html | accessdate = 2007-02-15}}</ref> ==Notable ''Herald'' alumni== * [[M. Charles Bakst]], ''[[The Providence Journal]]'' Political Columnist * [[Amy Goldstein]], ''[[Washington Post]]'' Staff Writer * [[Richard Holbrooke]], Former United States [[Ambassador]] to the [[United Nations]] * [[Lee Hockstader]], ''Washington Post'' Staff Writer * [[Peter Kovacs]], Managing Editor, New Orleans ''[[Times-Picayune]]'' * [[Steven Rattner|Steve Rattner]], [[Venture capital|Venture Capitalist]] and [[Quadrangle Group LLC]] Founder. * [[James Risen]], [[Author]] and ''[[New York Times]]'' [[Reporter]] * [[Michael Silverstein]], Author, [[Management]] [[Guru]] * [[Lockhart Steele]], Former Managing Editor, [[Gawker.com]] ==References== {{reflist|2}} {{Brown University}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown Daily Herald, The}} [[Category:Student newspapers published in the United States]] [[Category:Brown University]] [[Category:Brown University organizations]] [[Category:Newspapers published in Rhode Island]]