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This Ivy League student sent a DOGE-style email to 3,805 employees as school costs top $90,000 per year

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Alex Shieh sent a DOGE -style email to Brown University's non-faculty employees asking: "What do you do all day?” He compiled a database of 3,805 non-Faculty employees to show what they do each day .

The university moved to discipline him after he published the names and titles of employees.

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