Guermazi ’24: Exploration at Brown and looking ahead

By Dorra Guermazi | May 24

I want to address the elephant in the room: Yes, my name is Dorra. I used to hate how my name sounded like that of a certain cartoon character with a watermelon-shaped head and a talking monkey. I realized, though, that I can relate to Dora the Explorer in more ways than I thought, and I’m sure you ...

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Fiorentino ’24: A guide to keeping Brown’s spirit with you

May 24

The local legend says that if you drink from the fountain outside the Athanæum, you will never leave College Hill. Brown poet and Professor Keith Waldrop once told Robert Arellano ’91 MA’94 that this legend was originally pronounced by Edgar Allan Poe after he was dumped by lifelong Providence ...

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Zucker ’24: We Are All Born Lacking

By Ethan Zucker | May 24

We are all born lacking. It might sound like an insult. But to me, that phrase not only provides me perspective, it’s a beacon of optimism. “We Are All Born Lacking” is the name of a poem written by author Elizabeth Shapiro for my mother on the day of her birth in the middle of a blizzard in rural ...

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Matos ’24: Brunocollections

By Sofia Matos | May 24

At the beginning of this semester, I decided to hang a string of rainbow lights around the perimeter of my room. Later that same evening, when the sun had finally set, I plugged the lights into the extension cord near my bed and marveled as the tiny red, green, yellow and blue bulbs illuminated my tiny ...

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Kiu ’24: Creation, Not Discovery

By Selena Kiu | May 24

“Who are you?”“No, really, who are you?”