Steve Cowell writes: “To my friends at Brown: As a ’72 graduate, I have two stories—one sad and one very positive. First is the sad one: I attended a goodbye gathering a year ago of some of us who created the Brown student cooperative housing, or BACH, in 1970. It lasted more than 50 years and unfortunately went under for financial issues. As the founder of BACH (which changed its name to PEACH 5-7 years ago), I was sad to see it end. On the positive side, I attended a presentation by the Brown urban studies program with the medical team about urban impacts on resident health. We then had a gathering of the urban studies members after the event and it was a great feeling to see it continue after we helped it get started in 1971. My great appreciation stands with the leaders in the beginning such as professors Chinitz, Chudacoff, and Vanecko, who helped me get it started with about 15 fellow students using the New Curriculum as a foundation to create a collaborative new curriculum. We move on. Thanks to all, and particularly the new director, Samuel Zipp.”
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