Maha Atal '08: Eternal beginners
In his review of a new translation of Vergil's "Aeneid," David Barber suggests that the "Aeneid" is a particularly relevant book for American audiences because it's about a superpower experiencing the ...
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In his review of a new translation of Vergil's "Aeneid," David Barber suggests that the "Aeneid" is a particularly relevant book for American audiences because it's about a superpower experiencing the ...
In a recent column, Kevin Roose '09 complained of feeling peer pressure to pretend he likes National Public Radio when he'd rather listen to Shakira ("The sound of snobbery," Oct. 13). Roose correctly ...
The first thing you'll notice about England is that things are small. This is a nation of country cottages, city houses packed tightly on each block, windy spiral staircases that lead to closet-size attic ...
Last spring, the New York Times Magazine assessed the impact of the digitization of books in a universal library like those launched by Google, the New York Public Library and several universities this ...
This past summer at the publishing house in New York where I worked, my fellow interns and I compared our experiences in finding summer positions. My peers were lucky - their schools connected them to ...
On July 9, my family and I gathered to watch the final match of the World Cup. When France's outgoing veteran Zinédine Zidane - renowned for penalty kicks, clutch headers and his composure on the field ...
At 9 a.m. on a Thursday morning, I sat in a stuffy lecture hall and stared bleary-eyed at the first question on my American history midterm: "'The Federalists have been given a bum rap by historians; ...
In his March 6 lecture on class in America, New York Times columnist David Brooks emphasized the importance of cultural factors in structuring social mobility. He described a new economic elite of bourgeois-bohemians ...
One Saturday night, I saw "Capote" at the Cable Car Cinema. Though the film's subject is dark, I was optimistic as I left. On the walk back and in the hours since, I pondered the power of the non-fiction ...
One Sunday over break, my father was planning our dinners for the week.
Last week, a friend and I were discussing "Family Guy." Though I enjoy the show thoroughly and am familiar with enough episodes to understand offhand references to episodes and characters in casual campus ...
Brown is frequently mocked as a haven for overgrown babies. Our mascot is a teddy bear. We have ice cream socials, spaghetti food fight parties and as few academic rules as we can justify. Is Brown a ...
Chief Justice William Rehnquist's death last Saturday ushered in a political transformation that is likely to be more significant and far-reaching than any of the elections, celebrity court cases or government ...
Wednesday morning at Brown, sleep-deprived students grappled with the shock of Tuesday's Republican victory. But in talking to my fellow students, I was struck by the failure of that shock to prompt any ...
Coming to college is something of a milestone. It marks the beginning of adulthood. A student's first year at college is stuffed with significance - a culturally iconic moment.