Reader Responses to Gems and Joy

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• Student Life

  Talking to the Animals

  “Ms. Selemon states that “if she sees something suffering, I can’t just walk by” and then admits to consuming an ungodly amount of meat at a Korean barbecue place. I guess when...”

  —Anthony Paolantonio ’88 North Providence, R.I.

• Medicine & Health

  The Primary Care Crisis

  “As a family physician who retired over 10 years ago, I read with interest “The Primary Care Crisis.” While I agree with much of what was discussed, I think an important contributor...”

  —Melissa Greenspan ’72 Northampton, Mass.

• The Arts

  CEO Turned Music Man

  “Well done George, and greetings from Brussels, Belgium, where I relocated in 1991 for a year and stayed, & stayed, & stayed. Good music scene here, many jazz clubs, although I was...”

  —Peter Campbell ’77 Brussels, Belgium

• Politics & Law

  The View from College Hill

  “I had to laugh when I read BAM’s report on the state of viewpoint diversity at Brown, which concluded that all is good! Oddly lacking from the investigation were:  The November 2025...”

  —Steve Schwartz ’79 Los Angeles