The Brown Spectator: “Loquere quod non dicitur” (“Speaking what goes unsaid”)

Editorial Board:

Universities nationwide are portrayed as a haven for free expression, a marketplace of ideas where debate sharpens minds and strengthens convictions. But look around — how many of your peers hesitate before voicing an unpopular opinion? How many professors bite their tongues rather than risk the wrath of those who refuse to think critically? How many student publications claim to serve the truth but conveniently omit the perspectives that challenge the dominant narrative?

This is why The Brown Spectator exists. Unlike the other campus papers that give into the weight of ideological conformity, we publish what they won’t. While other outlets selectively report, choosing to amplify the voices that align with their worldview, we recognize that intellectual freedom is not just a principle — it is a necessity in the pursuit of constructive discourse.

Questioning the norm should be met with debate, not outrage. Recently, several student organizations — such as The Stephen Hopkins Society and the Brown Political Union — have begun to fill the gaps left by inadequate campus discourse. Debates once considered taboo are now being revived in dorm rooms, group chats, and auditoriums. The hunger for genuine discourse is real.

The Spectator is not here to tell you what to think or to endorse anything that we publish. Rather, we are here to ensure that you have the freedom to think at all. In an environment where speech is politicized, where inquiry is restricted, and where disagreement is met with social exile, we stand for the “radical” notion that all ideas are worth hearing.

Let the other publications continue their selective storytelling. We will be here, reporting the facts that they refuse to touch.

Welcome to The Brown Spectator. Welcome to free speech.