Seven stories above his small storefront on Union Street, Rick Roden makes soap. Roden is the owner of Zop, a handmade soap store just off Westminster Street – a 10-minute walk from campus – that also sells shampoos, lotions and fragrances.

Jeffrey Eugenides ’83 did not intend to set his latest bestseller “The Marriage Plot” at Brown.

“Your tent’s weird,” Chris Tibedo told us.

Seven Bank of America customers closed accounts at the Kennedy Plaza branch yesterday as part of an action organized by Occupy Providence, according to Trish Phelan, an Occupy Providence protester who has been living in Burnside Park since Saturday.

About half a decade ago, the Office of Admission realized that while Brown was well-respected in some areas, prospective applicants remained unaware of its other academic strengths.

The University Library will continue to provide students with full same-day online access to New York Times articles after the paper erects its pay wall March 28, though the format for reading articles will be different from the Times’ website.

Unlimited, free online access to New York Times articles — a resource as vital for students as food, coffee and spicies with — came under threat yesterday morning. But it appears the University Library will come to distressed students’ rescue.

For the 24 Brown students studying in France, experiencing the current wave of unrest is, at times, fascinating, irritating and confusing.

Brown was once home to a Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps, but 40 years ago the faculty voted to expel the program from College Hill. Now, some students want to bring it back, though they’re facing opposition.

Looks like Spring Weekend artist Snoop Dogg isn’t the only one with his mind on his money and his money on his mind. Over half of Brown students — 56 percent — pulled in their own cash-money by working for pay this semester, according to last month’s Herald poll. Freshmen were less likely to work than members of the older classes — 37 percent of freshmen reported working as opposed to 63 percent of non-freshmen.