Katherine Sola

Sola '14: Rebuttal

Sola '14: America should stop supporting Israel

Pakistani artist rocks Faunce

"That whisper in your heart has strength," Salman Ahmad told the audience in the Underground Friday evening. The Pakistani star of Sufi rock combined songs in Urdu and Punjabi with conversation about his experiences growing up in America and Pakistan in a presentation entitled "Rock and Roll Jihad." ...

Palestinian film festival opens with dance, violence

In one continuous shot, the camera follows a car painted with the Palestinian flag blaring Arabic songs down the main thoroughfare. As the camera passes through the local cafe, the cafe's owner pulls a child inside. She slams the door shut as military trucks and armed soldiers arrive, shots ringing ...

15-minute musicals lampoon politics, bears

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Shawki MA'77: Egypt's future 'a whole new world'

When Ahmed Shawki MA '77 took his 37-year-old nephew to a protest in Cairo at the onset of the Egyptian revolution, his sister chastised him for endangering her son. But following a battle between protestors and government forces for control of Tahrir Square, she began exhorting her son to put himself ...

Panelists debate gay marriage

"Separate is not equal." At the end of the Janus Forum's panel on gay marriage last night, Jesse McGleughlin '14 — the daughter of two lesbian mothers — stood up to argue for the right of gay couples to marry, brandishing the familiar phrase to the applause of the audience in MacMillan 117. ...

Greek houses recruit with sushi, fondue, steak

The month-long rush process began Jan. 31, and campus Greek organizations have a wide range of events planned for new recruits — including Sushi and Haiku with Alpha Delta Phi, Under the Sea with Alpha Chi Omega and Hookah and Mediterranean Night with Delta Tau.

Some students study 'away,' not abroad

While many students choose to spend a semester eating baguettes in Paris or churros in Barcelona, others explore cities closer to home through Brown's Study Away in the USA option. In recent years, Philadelphia, New York and Boulder, Colo., have all played host to students looking for a different experience ...

Thanksgiving abroad: Guacamole for gravy

Most Brown students spent their Thanksgivings eating traditional American food with family. But for students studying abroad, this was not necessarily a possibility.