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Unlocking the Oars
When Lydia Boddie-Rice '76 took up rowing, she noticed that most of the crews were white. She set out to change that.
Our Man in Beijing
Meet the secret service agent who went with Nixon to China. PAUL KELLY '66
He’s Got Style
Donald E. Creamer '47 believes that today’s ads are garbage and that, thanks to the TV-series Mad Men, yesterday's ad men and women are misunderstood.
Progress
In 1908 the John Hay Library was still an architect's English Renaissance dream and a curiosity for streetcar riders.
Made to Order
In time for the holidays, the Brown Alumni Magazine’s second annual gift guide—a sampling of products designed and made by alumni. They’re a heartening reminder that work can be a passionate endeavor, and that labor really can be love.
O Pioneers!
Four alumnae—each more than 100 years old—reflect on life for women at Brown during the Roaring Twenties and describe full journey they’ve been on ever since.
Obituaries
Obituaries from the November/December 2008 issue.
Farewell
A farewell to Rhett Jones ’72 AM, ’76 PhD.
What Kind of Season Will It Be?
Last year men’s basketball finished second in the Ivy League. Can a new coach take them to first?
Replay
The Bears celebrated defeating Harvard, 24–22, by stopping a Crimson two-point conversion with 1:03 remaining.
Up to the Test
After a year out with a leg injury, women’s soccer goalie Brenna Hogue ’10 is back. So is the team.
New Deal
A pair of legal scholars spar about the constitutional ramifications of the New Deal.
Phantom Art
The bronze statue of Caesar Augustus lost his right arm to the hurricane of 1938. This fall, an unidentified orthopedically minded visitor gave him a new limb.
Torture Watch
New Yorker staff writer Philip Gourevitch visited the Watson Institute to promote his new book, Standard Operating Procedure.
Post-Partisan Depression
Barney Frank on deregulation and trickle-down economics.
Free at Last
The first democratically elected female president on the African continent visits Brown.
Presidents
Liberia's Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was not the only national president to visit Brown this fall. Leonel Fernandez,president of the Dominican Republic, sat down with associate professor of history James Green, and former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos Escobar.
Best Behavior
New buildings and infrastructure improvements bring lots of construction workers to campus, so officials have seen fit to remind them of how to behave.
Beyond Identity Politics
The advice at this year’s Opening Convocation? Enjoy the intellectual ride.
Music
The Ginger Ninjas pedalled into Providence with their instruments loaded onto their bikes. Then they invited the audience to help power the show.
Feeling the Pinch
In the recession ahead, Brown's priorities will be financial aid, academics, research--and yes, growth.