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, ...

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 ...

Why a Brown student's DOGE-inspired act made him a conservative hero; and which RI pols logged the most travel miles in 2024.

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 ...

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

Ivy League administration variously accused Alex Shieh of causing emotional distress to employees, improperly accessing a university database, "misrepresentation" for calling himself a reporter and, ...

The Brown University student who sent a DOGE-like e-mail to school staffers has won his disciplinary hearing, according to himself.

When I first heard about Alex Shieh, a sophomore at Brown University, I thought he was just having fun copying an Elon Musk ploy – he sent out emails to the school’s 3,805 non-faculty employees asking ...