Brown University student angers non-faculty employees by asking ‘what do you do all day,’ faces punishment

AlexShiehisastudentatBrownUniversity.Heismakingwavesandfacingchargesforaskingtheschool’snon-facultyemployeeswhattheydoallday. AsophomoreatBrownUniversityisfacingtheschool’swrathafterhesentaDOGE-likeemailto non-facultyemployeesaskingthemwhattheydoalldaytotrytofigureoutwhytheeliteschool’stuitionhasgottensoexpensive. “Theinspirationforthisistherisingcostoftuition,” AlexShiehtoldFoxNewsDigitalinaninterview. “Nextyear,it’ssettobe$93,064togotoBrown,” ShiehsaidoftheIvyLeagueuniversity.Brown’swebsiteestimatesthetotalchargestoattendtheschoolforthe2025-2026schoolyearisevenhigherat$95,984. “‘AndIthinkthat’scrazy,”headded.“Idon’tunderstandwhyitcoststhatmuch.AndIneverunderstoodwhyitcostthatmuch,butthenIdidsomediggingandIdiscoveredthatthereasonwhythepriceofcollegeingeneralacrossthenation,butalsoparticula