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Behind the scenes, putting the 'plan' in meal plan
By Miriam Furst | November 12Most students know the Sharpe Refectory like the backs of their hands.
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Seeding, not reading, at 'Rock' garden
By Emily Kirkland | November 10Editor's note: A number of passages in the original version of this article presented as direct quotations language that differed from the wording used by the individuals quoted.
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Taking empathy for a spin, students find new outlook
By Emma Berry | November 9Allyson Schumacher '12 hadn't anticipated how important a little crack in the sidewalk could be until she tried to roll over it in a wheelchair. Luckily, Schumacher's roommate was there to help her out with a push. Otherwise, Schumacher said, it would have been "impossible."
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Profs, grad students kick around too
By Brian Mastroianni | November 7The intramural soccer team Applied Math warms up on the field behind the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center. The team members pass a ball back and forth, each wearing a simple white T-shirt as his uniform. But one player in particular stands out: With his thinning white hair, Professor of Applied Mathematics ...
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Remembering when GISPs were groovy
By Alicia Chen | November 5As students scrambled to pre-register for courses this week, certain people were looking outside Brown's course catalog to pick their classes for next semester. By 3 p.m. Thursday, those students had to submit their proposals for group independent study projects and independent study projects — ...
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Loui's hits the small screen on the Food Network
By Jenna Stark | November 2Loui's Diner has long been famous among Brown students as a good place to end the night, start the morning or a combination of the two — but now the diner's pumpkin chocolate chip pancakes, muffins and barbecued chicken-and-cheese ravioli may be recognized across the nation.
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Edible car competition heats up with Food Network star
By Jenna Steckel | November 1Gravity and inertia don't figure into most toddlers' calculations as they meddle with their mashed potatoes. But for participants in this year's Edible Car Competition, playing with food means fun with physics.In Barus and Holley last week, Brown's Society of Women Engineers and the Division of Engineering ...
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A spirited tour of the East Side's major haunts
By Talia Kagan | October 29During the Revolutionary War, University Hall was temporarily converted to an army hospital.
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Volunteers teach local students to be active citizens
By Brian Mastroianni | October 27A student sits lethargically at a table in the back of Tim Ahern's history classroom at Dr. Jorge Alvarez High School in Providence. His iPod is turned on, and his head is in his hands. His pen rests idly beside a worksheet that he has not touched since it was distributed to him a few minutes ago.
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'Toastmasters' brave the little 'ums' and 'ahs'
By Matt Klebanoff | October 25Every week, Barus and Holley 190 bears witness to a series of unusual lectures — on topics that have included toys, childhood crushes and a search for racial identity.
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Students see eye to eye in arts mentoring program
By Luisa Robledo | October 25Elizabeth Ryan '12 smiled, remembering the day she helped a student from Vartan Gregorian Elementary School dress up as a superhero. Arianna didn't want to settle for a mask and a cape, Ryan recalled — she wanted to play with plaster. "We made a plaster wristband that went up to her elbow — ...
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50 years old, and fresh as can be
By Leslie Primack | October 22Looking forward to a comforting Thanksgiving meal — that's not at the Sharpe Refectory? Last week, patrons of Providence restaurant Local 121 were treated to a unique version of a typical Thanksgiving dish: a pumpkin pie that — from seed to restaurant table — had covered fewer miles ...
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The man behind the 'voice of WBRU'
By Joe Milner | October 19When Jude Corbett gets ready to read, his voice changes. Like a defensive lineman, it crouches and sneers at his opponent, daring him to make the first move.
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No need for binders as library digitizes documents
By Samer Muallem | October 19The Center for Digital Initiatives is preparing to launch the Brown Digital Repository, an online database to allow faculty members to easily and safely store thousands of documents — and share them with their students and colleagues.
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At 40th birthday bash, GCB raises a glass to itself
By Emma Berry | October 18On their 21st birthdays, Brown undergrads often flock to the Graduate Center Bar for a night of celebration. This Saturday night, the GCB threw a party for its own birthday — and at 40, the GCB is still looking pretty good.Susan Yund, who has been the manager of the GCB for 15 years, said business ...
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No more wheels, but wontons galore
By Jenna Steckel | October 15Tom Liang, owner of Thayer Street's landmark Chinese food truck, is covered in plaster.
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A lens into Olneyville's community
By Hannah Moser | October 14Two large display windows look out onto Olneyville Square from a red brick building. It used to be a public library, but the building has since been transformed into Dirt Palace, a self-described "feminist art collective."
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Art group explodes traditional art forms with week of events
By Talia Kagan | October 12A solitary, sneakered flautist plays slow and mournful tones on the side of an informal stage. Nearby, nine barefoot students contort their bodies and weave through each other.Though their movements are improvised, at times the students are eerily in-sync. Two floodlights provide a warm glow in the ...
