Ian Cropp

Dear Ian, this is you speaking

Dear new Brown student Ian,

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Testing the sports job market

The prospect of graduating without a job is daunting. The thought of returning back to live with my parents is demoralizing. The slightest notion of having to live in Buffalo, where the winters are cold and professional sports championships are rarer than them Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat, forced me ...

M. icers begin playoff push, move into sixth place

After a pair of road victories last weekend, the men's hockey team is right in the middle of the ECACHL race as they head down the home stretch of the season. On Friday Mike Meech '05 recorded his first career hat trick in a 5-3 victory over Yale, and on Saturday the Bears overcame an early deficit ...

Goalie Gomez '05 selected 28th in MLS Superdraft

While many Brown seniors spent winter break seeking future employment, Chris Gomez '05 sat at home watching TV and listening to the radio. At least that was how he spent a few hours on Jan. 14, the day of the Major League Soccer SuperDraft.

Strong play from underclassmen brings m. ice hockey back to .500

Unlike the previous road trip to upstate New York that handed the men's hockey team two losses, this past weekend's trek to the Empire State saw the Bears pick up two much-needed league wins. After starting the season 1-3-1 and taking up residence in the ECACHL's basement, three straight wins have the ...

Sailing earns number-one ranking

Not many teams at Brown can claim they are the best in the nation. After the club co-ed sailing team finished in first place at the Atlantic Coast Dinghy Championship last weekend at MIT, it can lay stake to this claim as the team garnered the number-one ranking in Sailing World's College Sailing Rankings. ...

Seniors lead six from m.soccer picked for All-Ivy teams

After another stellar Ivy League finish, the men's soccer team placed six players on All-Ivy teams, which were announced Tuesday. Jeff Larentowicz '05 and Marcos Romaniero '05 both earned First Team All-Ivy honors, while goalkeeper Chris Gomez '05 was named to the second team. Rounding out the selections ...

Long-awaited first victory for m. ice hockey in weekend split

One tie, an overtime loss and two blowouts into its season, the men's hockey team (1-3-1) earned its first league win Saturday night. After a forgettable 5-1 loss against Princeton on Friday, the Bears regrouped the following night and grabbed an early lead against Yale that it did not relinquish, winning ...

Sports and business are a match made in heaven, purgatory or college

Despite what the NCAA told Jeremy Bloom or what NHL fans want to believe, sports and business are inextricably linked. I will include poker as a sport and a business. I promise that this will be my only mention of a game - I mean, sport - where sweaty, balding men exhibit dominant control of their facial ...