Cover Story

Going Up Against Goliath

He took on Providence mayor Buddy Cianci and R.I. political corruption. Now he’s coming for Zuckerberg. The unlikely moral crusade of David Cicilline ’83.

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On Campus

The Arts
Oscar Rousseau ’21 (left) and Ben Doyle ’21

Comedy of the Century

The Brown Jug is back
The Arts
Handling Ice by Riel Sturchio

Borderlands

A living archive of Southwestern art
The Arts
Orange Guava Passion band

Gigs Are Out the Window

But a student band plays on
Science & Tech
Natasha Vargo

No Lunch Breaks

A chemist’s COVID schedule
Science & Tech

The Ethics Team

At Microsoft, Sharon Lo ’16 ponders how products can harm society
Portrait of Sharon Lo ’16
Student Life

Say It Ain’t So, Blueno!

Five minutes with Emilia Ruzicka ’21
Emilia Ruzicka with Blueno

The Classes

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November 2nd, 2020

Sarah Brown was awarded a nine-month Fulbright Scholarship to Romania, where she will teach solo performance and mask performance at the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania. She will also direct acting...
November 2nd, 2020

Frederick Thurber and his wife Amy (RISD ’88) have teamed up with Madeleine Barker ’21 MFA, an actress in the Brown/Trinity program, to work on an audio version of his book, In...
November 2nd, 2020

Lisa Levenstein published They Didn’t See Us Coming: The Hidden History of Feminism in the Nineties in July with Basic Books. 
November 2nd, 2020

Jennifer Fries is a candidate for state representative, 24th Middlesex district in Massachusetts. She writes: “Running during a pandemic is difficult, yet good governance is more important than ever.” Fellow alums Reed...

Sports

Sports & Recreation
Jackie Court image by Stew Milne

Joy and Determination

Women’s gymnastics coach Jackie Court led the team through many victories.
Sports & Recreation
varsity rowing team 1960

Stroke of Luck

How a ragtag team of club rowers from Brown almost took the national varsity championship in 1960.
Sports & Recreation
Heather Marini playing tackle football in Australia

Mind Game

Brown hires Division 1 football’s first female position coach
In Memoriam
Photo of Arlene Gorton ’52

Fighting the Good Fight

Arlene Gorton ’52: a warrior for female athletes through turbulent times, including the Brown-Pembroke merger and the passage of Title IX.
Sports & Recreation

State of Play

This spring, Brown overhauled its athletics program. Varsity teams went club and vice versa, protests and lawsuits ensued, and some teams were reinstated—all in the shadow of the pandemic’s halt to competition. A look at the scoreboard.
portrait of Brynn Smith ’11
Sports & Recreation

Flying High

Record-breaking long jumps
Ijeoma Uche Brown Track

What Do
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“I am a Wampanoag Elder and I have a special place in my mind and heart for our language, and although I’m up in years I try to learn as much as...”
—Francie Dottin
Mashpee, Mass.
In response to A Language, Liberated (S–O’20):
“In 1948, “Ronnie” Gorton (as she was known to her friends), and I entered Pembroke College as “city girls” (“Women’s Warrior,” April/May ’20). As commuters, we had much in common, including spending...”
—Beverly Calderwood Hart ’52
Seekonk, Mass.
russellhart@comcast.net
 
In response to Fighting the Good Fight (A-M’20):
“Missing from the anti-police invective is any insight on hiring “better” officers. Andre McGregor ’04 said “police should maintain hiring practices similar to that of the FBI, where they are selecting top...”
—Jonathan Bastian ’89
Lexington, Ky.
jfbastian67@gmail.com
In response to Rotten Culture (S–O’20):
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