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What We Eat

Anna Lappé is changing the world, one forkful at a time. [Arts]

Jew-venilia

Sean Altman and Rob Tannenbaum take Jewish comedy way beyond Mel Brooks. [Arts]

The Mother of All Proms

It’s in Racine, Wisconsin, and here’s why. [Arts]

Comeback Kids

Mary Seid '06 ends a career marked by early injuries and late triumphs. [Sports]

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.