Brown University has cleared student Alex Shieh as well as the board of The Brown Spectator of allegations that they violated Brown University’s name, licensing, and trademark policies.

Alex Shieh says he’s fighting for universities to be ‘filled with the best and the brightest, not the richest and most well ...

All members of the legal board of the Brown Spectator — Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Marcus ’26, Managing Editor Gray Bittker ’27 ...

Brown University student Alex Shieh will face no discipline after sending a DOGE-like email to thousands of administrators.

A student sent an admittedly crass message to 3,805 staff members asking them to justify their jobs at the $90,000-a-year ...

So, he sent them a DOGE-style email asking that exact question. Now, he’s facing disciplinary action. “The inspiration for ...

A Student Takes a Stand Against University Waste** In a remarkable turn of events at Brown University, student journalist Alex Shieh has bravely challenged the inflated bureaucracy of elite academia, ...

A Brown University student journalist who sought to investigate administrative bloat was cleared of alleged student conduct ...

Alex Shieh, a student journalist at Brown University, asked questions about administrators' spending. Then the university ...

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