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Reviving a Dinosaur

Richard Wiese '81: Exploring today is about looking deep, not far. [Brief Profile]

Old Before Their Time

Leslie Gordon 91 ScM, '98 MD urgently researches a rare and fatal genetic condition that afflicts children - including her own son. [Brief Profile]

Critic or Thief?

Eric Doeringer '96: Can a copy of a contemporary painting itself be art? [Brief Profile]

The Dough in Dumplings

Making food that’s both fast and delicious, Kenny Lao has found a tasty way to success.

Future Shock

If you want to know what the next big thing will be, ask Marian Salzman.

Balancing Security and Convenience

Ever have a carry-on item confiscated at the airport gate? Blame Kip Hawley.

Getting Her Fur Up

Imagine a world where pets would never be banned. Maider Genser calls it heaven.

Obituaries

A listing of the obituaries for March / April 2007.

I am writing as a staunch conservative Republican. Lincoln Chafee was a Republican in Name Only (RINO), and I actually welcomed his defeat as a way of “cleaning house” of abortion-loving liberals. . . .

A Piece of History

The piece of wooden goalpost depicted in your November/December issue is not the only one that’s been preserved from Brown’s 38–14 victory over the Harvard Crimson at Cambridge in 1949. . . .

Theology of Sex

I believe it was around ten or eleven years ago that Beth Simchat Torah made news by hosting the first same-sex marriage ceremony of two Jewish men. . . .

Military Irony

Need further evidence of Brown’s non-interest in the military? Look at the photo in the January/February issue depicting last fall’s Veteran’s Day ceremony. . . .

Math Test

I enjoyed your short article on the Thoreau papers in the January/February issue (“Thoreau’s Math,” Finally). . .

History Lesson

In “Choose your Words Carefully” (Elms, January/February), Lawrence Goodman could have used the correct words to describe the “early twentieth-century mass murder of Armenians” by the Ottoman Empire. . . .

Good Reading

I get a copy of your magazine because my daughter is a second-year student at the Brown medical school. I read it from cover to cover, except, obviously, the class notes. I have been enlightened, entertained, and educated. . .

Meal Plans

For my first meal at Brown, during the fall of 1964, I asked at the Ratfactory for a corned beef sandwich, and the meat came on buttered white bread. What a long, handsome way the dining rooms have come. . . .

Squash and Skiing

The ski team entered this season with high hopes after a very strong 2006 campaign.

Men & Women’s Track

The men’s and women’s track teams have used this indoor winter season as preparation for the competitive outdoor meets coming in the spring.

Men & Women’s Swimming

This year the men’s swimming team looked to improve on last year’s seventh-place finish at the EISL championships.

Women’s Fencing

The winter season’s only league championship came from the women’s fencing team.

Wrestling

The wrestling team had what was probably the most exciting win of the winter season.

Basketball

After finishing its nonconference season 5–10, the Bears, as of late February, had gone 5–7 in the Ivy League, including a 4–3 record at the Pizzitola Center.