By Bryan Smith on January 28, 2009
For whatever reason there was a tremendous amount of anticipation surrounding the most recent meeting of the Corporation. Prior to this year I barely knew what the Corporation was, never knew when it met, and, to be honest, thought that this is the way it should be. I cannot overemphasize that the Corporation is doing [...]
Posted in Culture | Tagged January 2009, Volume VII Number III
By Bryan Smith on October 24, 2008
Over the course of the last month, Brown has witnessed some of the stupidest, most offensive, ignorant, and downright disrespectful protests in its storied history. The Students for a Democratic Society, or SDS, put on two demonstrations that still have me scratching my head.
On September 12th, SDS pranced around campus, banging pots and pans, [...]
Posted in Culture | Tagged October 2008, Parents’ Weekend, Volume VII Number II
By Bryan Smith on September 15, 2008
I used to joke that the number of students in the Young Communist League at Brown outnumbered the students in the Brown College Republicans group. Yet after coming to campus and seeing life first hand, I have learned a sobering fact: this is not far from the truth. Hopefully the fact that Brown is a [...]
Posted in Brown University | Tagged September 2008, Volume VII Number I
By Bryan Smith on May 8, 2008
As some of you may know, April 15th-16th brought A Day on College Hill (ADOCH) to Brown, when about 700 accepted students descended on our campus to see all that Brown has to offer. Now, to most Brown students, all ADOCH meant was that some classes were more crowded than usual, or that hoards [...]
Posted in Brown University | Tagged May 2008, Volume VI Number VII
By Bryan Smith on April 17, 2008
At Brown University, many different religions are represented through the University’s Office of the Chaplain and Religious Life. Several different Christian denominations are present, from Protestants and Catholics, to Mormons and Imani Jubilee (a contemporary worship group). In addition to these, also represented are Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Baha’i, Unitarianism, and Paganism (yes, [...]
Posted in Brown University | Tagged April 2008, Volume VI Number VI
By Bryan Smith on March 21, 2008
On December 13th, 2007, Senator George Mitchell (D-ME) published the much anticipated Mitchell Report. This report was the conclusion of a twenty-month investigation regarding the use of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball (MLB). For approximately the last fifteen years, there have been rumors and whispers around baseball about the use [...]
Posted in National | Tagged March 2008, Volume VI Number V
