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title: "Universities Should Care"
date: 2026-04-28 # required; used for ordering, feed, and display
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As Students should be more than a mere statistic to the Universities at which they study. I critique Brown University, my undergraduate institution, in this regard. The degradation of students to treatment as if they are a mere statistic is potentially a major reason for the decline in postsecondary education in the modern United States.
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Planning: List of grievances
COMPUTER SCIENCE
- TA System section.
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RES LIFE
- Obviously: repeated requests for discussion and process for moving out in Fall '23.
- Unable to control heat
- Lack of bathrooms.
- Lack of kitchens
DINING
- Let's run through some calculations to see the actual cost of every meal averaged across a semester.
- No real late night options.
- Poor optimization of queues / high demand items like grilled cheese.
- Inconsistent pricing for the same items across locations.
SECURITY
EFFECTS ON THE CULTURE