March / April 2008
Under the Elms
Stepping Up
01.financial.aid_thm.jpgAttention parents: a Brown education just got more affordable.
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Today's Racists
03.angela_thm.jpgAngela Davis, as angry as ever.

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Art
05.hall_thm.jpgArtist Pam Hall was reminded to begin each day mindfully and with full attention.
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Nature
02.tree_thm.jpgPatrick Dougherty's sculpture was destroyed in March when a gale sent a nearby elm tree crashing down on it.
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Astronomy
08.mercury_thm.jpgProfessor of Geological Sciences James Head '69 PhD says, "We'll be seeing terrain no human has ever seen before."
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Eating Disorder
07.pollan_thm.jpgA healthy diet is simple, says Michael Pollan: if it won’t rot, don’t eat it.

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Helping Africa
09.scholarships_thm.jpgA new program provides help for students from sub-Saharan Africa.
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Pay As You Go
10.bolton_thm.jpgJohn Bolton and Richard Holbrooke debate reforming the U.N.
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Women and Breast Cancer
06.mammogram_thm.jpgCharging women anything for a mammogram makes bad business sense and even worse medical sense.
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Demolition
11.swim_thm.jpg With a few swings of a wrecking ball, the Smith Swim Center became no more in February.
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Foreign Affairs
04.allawi_thm.jpgAli Allawi, a former senior minister in the post-Saddam Iraq government, urged his countrymen to seize the moment and take control of their own destiny.
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