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The Quarterback

A former Bears standout tries to make it in the Arena Football League, one bench at a time. [Brief Profile]

Wash and Wear

After a murder, even a threadbare T-shirt has meaning. [Alumni POV]

Squash

Both the men’s and women’s teams were off to disappointing starts. At their first home squash weekend in early December, both teams lost decisively to both Princeton and Penn. . . .

Women’s Hockey

Speaking of winning streaks, on December 5 women’s ice hockey Head Coach Digit Murphy became the winningest coach in Division I women’s ice hockey history. . . .

Men’s Hockey

Just two months into their season, the Bears had compiled six victories, more than they managed all of last year. . . .

Women’s Basketball

Last year the women took the Ivy title, putting up a stunning 12–2 record in league play. . .

Men’s Basketball

Despite the upset over Providence College, the team’s record stood at 4–7 two months into the season and before the start of interleague play. . .

Awards Watch

Read about all the awards that were recently won by Brown alumni. . . .

Lincoln Chafee ’75 was the only Republican senator to vote against going to war in Iraq. His approval rating among Rhode Island voters last fall was 63 percent. But none of that protected him in his bid for re-election. Not only does he understand why voters kicked him out of office, he thinks November’s Republican defeat is good for America.

No Degrees of Separation

As documentary filmmakers, Rory Kennedy ’91 and Liz Garbus ’92 tell stories of ordinary people facing extraordinary political and social controversies. Their empathy provides an emotional depth you won’t find in news stories or the arguments of talking heads.

Tree Huggers

As poets and lumberjacks, Stephen Philbrick ’71 and his son Frank ’01 have crafted a life that combines nature, poetry, and manual labor. Out of that mix has come an unusual book and a deeper love for each other.

Thoreau’s Math

A glimpse of the writer through algebra.

The Path He Took

W. Duncan Macmillan ’53

The Surgeon of Last Resort

Hermes Conrad Grillo ’44

Obituaries

A listing of the obituaries for January/Feburary 2007.

Does Art Imitate Nature?

Or does nature imitate art? A sculpture begs the question.

Choose Your Words Carefully

Writing would be much easier, says Salman Rushdie, if its purpose were merely to entertain.

All Is Flux

It’s not every day you’ll see artists throw a masterpiece in a river.

Since Last Time

The admission office received 2,317 early decision applications—61 fewer than last year’s bumper crop; the 2.5 percent drop followed Harvard and Princeton announcements that they were eliminating early decision altogether….

A Vision That’s Bearing Fruit

After a marathon of gala kickoff events that began in Providence in October 2005, crisscrossed the United States, and hit London this fall, Brown’s five-year, $1.4 billion Campaign for Academic Enrichment ended its first year solidly ahead of schedule.

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