With the start of the new semester — and the icy wintry welcome Providence gave us for the first day of class — The Herald not only brought you a paper to welcome you to 2013 but yet another way to strategically waste time online.

On behalf of The Brown Daily Herald, BlogDH’s umbrella organization (or more affectionately, our wise older sibling who always makes curfew), we would like to cordially welcome you to The Herald’s sparkly, shiny, spankin’ new website.

Here’s a rundown of the site’s new features that we think make it better for you, the reader, than our previous site, courtesy of The Herald’s Strategic Director Greg Jordan-Detamore ’14 and Assistant Web Producer Neal Poole ’13: [Read more →]

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Another semester, another victory.

The biannual kickball extravaganza between The Herald and the Indy ended, as always, in Herald glory. A six-run first inning and an outstanding display by Adam Toobin ’15 sandwiched a dominant 13-9 victory for the good guys.

A sound beating.

The MVPs of the game are Oliver Rosenbloom ’13 and Alex Kaplan ’14 with a HR each, and Liz Carr ’14 and her accomplice Drew with run-saving grabs in the field.

The Indy tried its very stripe-laden best, first extending the game from six to nine innings, then pulling a mystical run from the sky and finally recruiting two innocent baseball-tossing athletes to pinch kick and make the final score a tad less embarrassing. Keep trying, boys and girls.

The all-time series now stands at 10-3, and the 122nd editorial board follows in its elders’ footsteps by retiring undefeated.

The victorious.

Over the summer, The Herald’s design got a makeover, and it’s now more attractive and reader-friendly than ever! We’ve made 10 major changes (not including font alterations). Can you find them all? Check back later for a full description of The Herald’s design changes.

Let me be the first to admit it: I didn’t read the Brown Daily Herald enough last semester. This of course wasn’t because of any dislike for the Herald; our fine newspaper is indeed (by at least one measure) the 4th best college daily in the country. Sometimes, however, students just don’t know where to find copies of the paper.

Fortunately, the Herald has taken away yet another excuse not to check it out on the daily. They have created “Find a Paper,” a map of exactly where copies of the Herald can be picked up every day. As you can see below, it’s pretty hard to avoid a place where you can find the Herald. Red flags are what the Herald web site calls “hot spots” – such as Alumnae Hall and J. Walter Wilson – where over 100 papers are available daily.

You can zoom in to see exactly where all these locations are through this link. Pick a copy up soon; we’ve taken away your best excuse.

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The Herald's fall 2011 undergraduate survey

Every semester, The Herald conducts a survey of the undergraduate student body on a number of issues. Some questions, such as approval of Ruth Simmons and UCS, frequently appear on the poll, while many of the others change each semester. This semester’s poll asked:

• Whether or not students would consider joining an ROTC program, at Brown or another school
• How many sexual partners students have had so far this semester
• What students think of their class sizes
• What students think of the number of admissions spots that are reserved for athletic recruits
• How well students think Ruth Simmons and UCS are doing their jobs
• How satisfied or dissatisfied students are with academic advising
• How students see their families’ wealth compared to that of the “average Brown student”
• How confident students are in getting a desirable job after graduation
• What electronic devices students own

Check out the article with the full results here! (Disclaimer: I wrote the article.)

Over the next couple weeks, we’ll be publishing a series of articles, each of which goes into depth about one specific poll question. More reasons to read The Herald every day!

Med School drama, R.I.P. FishCo, 31,000 apps, ROTC, that shiny new building, and much more! Be sure to snag a copy or view the full issue online here.