Brown Daily Herald
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The Brown Daily Herald, the student newspaper of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, is the fifth-oldest college daily newspaper in the United States. It publishes Monday through Friday during the academic year, with one issue during the summer and four magazines each year. It also publishes post-, a weekly arts and culture magazine.
The Herald began publication in 1866 and has been daily since 1891. Since then, it has only stopped publication once, during World War II. It is entirely student-run and maintains full editorial and financial independence.
In 2001, the Herald published an advertisement by right-wing activist David Horowitz titled "Ten Reasons Why Reparations For Slavery Is A Bad Idea – And Racist Too." A coalition of students – mostly from minority activist groups – formed to protest the publication of the ad. They requested the Herald issue an apology, give them a free page of advertising, and donate the money from the ad to a campus minority fund. Unlike some other campus papers that caught heat for publishing the ad, the Herald refused to issue an apology. The next day, the coalition stole the entire run of the paper, sparking controversy and debates about free speech on campus.
References
- Horowitz, David. "My Visit to Brown (http://www.frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=10857)." November 18, 2003. Retrieved March 31, 2005.
- Associated Press. "Brown University Newspaper Reprinted Over Student Protest (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A20683-2001Mar17¬Found=true)." The Washington Post. March 18, 2001. Retrieved March 31, 2005.
External links
- Official website (http://www.browndailyherald.com/)