Spin Doctor Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the College Application Process
the schrecking ball
Spin Doctor Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the College Application Process Brown’s early admission deadline is November 1st. Let’s take a look at how the class of 2014 is coping. —– A nondescript suburban bedroom. Late night. A young man stares at a Word document. A flash and a bang….
In Deo What?
post- talks postchristianity
At some point during four years on College Hill, nearly every Brown student briefly wonders about the origins of the university’s unquestionably theistic motto, In Deo Speramus. For a notoriously liberal school where religion hardly plays a visible part in campus life, it is a bit jarring to see the Big Man get a front-row…
Sweet and Low
Alums take it to the Avon for a folk show tonight
It’s always great to have a home team worth cheering for, and seeing them ascend quickly through the ranks only serves to further galvanize support. Only a few years after being teammates in a summer baseball league, Ben Knox Miller and Jeff Prystowsky formed the Low Anthem, a musical act worthy of Providence’s loyalty. Both…
The Metaphysics of John Emigh
Sometimes History is Deeply Personal
Last Saturday, an intimate group of artists, scholars and friends gathered in Leeds Theatre to honor John Emigh’s retirement, after 42 years of teaching and directing at Brown. Many of the participants, mostly former colleagues and students, shared stories regarding the tremendous impact John has had on their life journeys. While each tale was unique, the…
Stomachs United
how food became something to watch and read
It’s summer 2009, and you’re looking for a movie. Not just any movie, but a high-grossing, low-brow movie rife with at least one of the following: grandiose special effects, scantily clad chicks, drunken buffoonery, Sacha Baron Cohen. Perusing the spread, you nod in approval: Terminator 4. Transformers 2. The Hangover. And, wait, there’s that new one, Julie…