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A student sent DOGE-style emails to Brown administrators. Congress gave him a spotlight.
Alex Shieh, a rising junior at Brown University, sent DOGE-style emails to college administrators, prompting disciplinary ...
A Student at Brown Channeled Elon Musk. Then He Got in Trouble.
A conservative student newspaper had DOGE-style questions about the work of Brown University staff. Its writers were summoned ...
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Brown student journalist blames ‘elitism’ for backlash to staff ‘bloat’ report
Alex Shieh says he’s fighting for universities to be ‘filled with the best and the brightest, not the richest and most well ...
Alex Shieh takes his bloat@Brown effort to Congress. Patinkin thinks he might be right
The testimony before the Judiciary Committee comes after university disciplinary charges were deemed unfounded.
Brown University clears student of wrongdoing after DOGE-like email asking what staffers ‘do all day’
Brown University has cleared student Alex Shieh as well as the board of The Brown Spectator of allegations that they violated ...
Brown student accuses school of waste at Congressional hearing
Speaking before a U.S. House Judiciary subcommittee, Brown University student Alex Shieh testified about his experience ...
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Alex Shieh ’27 invited to testify at Congressional hearing on Ivy League financial aid, tuition
On Wednesday, Bloat@Brown creator Alex Shieh ’27 will testify at a congressional hearing about alleged antitrust violations ...
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Brown University student disciplined for channeling Elon Musk
Shieh's case drew the attention of Rep. Jim Jordan and other GOP lawmakers, who allowed him to testify on Capitol Hill.