September / October 2007

Fresh Ink

Fall Sports — Field Hockey

Rookie coach Tara Harrington ’94 hopes field hockey is a winner.

Anatomy Lesson

Poet Christine Montross ’06 MD, ’07 MMS entered medical school as one of the oldest students in her class. She didn’t know what to expect. And she certainly didn’t think her first and best teacher would be a cadaver.   On September 1, 2001, Christine Montross held a human heart in her hands for the first time.

Lady of the River

As cofounder and president of Mad River Canoe, Kay Wilson Henry ’67 manufactured some of the most innovative canoes of the past generation. Now retired, she’s dedicated herself to saving the rivers that inspired them.

Confessions of a Starbucks Barista

When Alex Frankel got a job at Starbucks, he thought it might be fun serving coffee to friendly customers all day. Then he put on the green apron and got a lesson in corporate control and uniformity.

Checkers with Eamon

A grandmother finds a metaphor for the life unraveling around her. [Alum P.O.V]

Lessons from the Bird

What the ivory-billed woodpecker can teach us about science and faith. [Faculty P.O.V.]

Winston's Wisdom

Diagnosed with Parkinson’s, he turned to Churchill for guidance. [Profile]

Disease Tracker

Fighting diabetes among the Cherokees, she foresees its explosion among the larger U.S. population. [Profile]

L.A. Nightmare

A cautionary tale about crystal meth. [Profile]

Crisis Counselor

How do you tailor a camp to help Katrina’s youngest victims? [Profile]

Animated Stories

The first motion pictures are older than you think. [Finally]

Obituaries - Sept/Oct 2007

Obituaries from the September / October 2007 issue.

Undaunted

A farewell to Margaret Gray '59

For the Kids

A farewell to Judith D. Wilkenfeld '64

Fall Sports — Men's Soccer

Under veteran coach Mike Noonan, men’s soccer is hot.

Dee-fense

With an inexperienced offense, the football team is looking to a veteran defense to hold its ground.

Class Equity

More incoming students are the first in their families to attend college.

Smart Feet

Walking gets easier for amputees —just in time for returning Iraq War veterans.

History On the Move

An 1868 building, home to half the history department, relocates to make way for a new walkway connecting the Brown and Pembroke campuses.

Medical Merger

Rhode Island’s two biggest health care companies propose a marriage that could bolster the medical school’s planned expansion.

Strangers on a Train

In his latest film, Nat Moss ’87 tells three stories of lonely New Yorkers whose lives collide.

Living the Good Life

A.J. Jacobs ’90 spent twelve months trying to follow the Bible’s every edict.

Into Ye Deep

Eric Jay Dolin ’83 offers a whale’s-eye view of American history.

House Crazy

Paige Rien ’97 is turning her obsession with home renovations into HGTV’s most popular show.

Collateral Damage

The award-winning documentary Lumo traces a hospital’s efforts to save rape victims in the Congo.

The Accidental Star

The Office heartthrob John Krasinski ’02 hits the big screen and edits his first film. 

Lot's Lot

Bible passages question in Mail Room in the May/June issue (“The Haggadah and Gays,” Mailroom),.

What’s Typical?

Facts on suicide bombing.

Fence Facts

Van Wickle curiosity.

Two Losses; One Error

Sports Error - Brown briefly in lead.

Puzzling Phenomena

I guess the acrostic is a thing of the past, and I can’t say that its demise was a surprise to me. Not many readers would have been doing the puzzle, I always thought, so it probably wasn’t worth the space and cost for you to print it.

Long-Distance Cure?

Questioning the article on Mona Lisa Schulz’s work as a “medical intuitive” (“Brain Power,” The Classes, May/June).

Worth the Wait

In horse racing lingo, I finally broke my maiden with my first reunion—my sixty-fifth.

King Philip's Chair

The powerful past of the Haffenreffer Museum in Bristol, R.I.; a seat of government for a group of Native Americans in seventeenth-century New England that gave European colonists a run for their money in a literal sense.

Question More, Not Less

A reporter should consider a source’s motivations in addition to confirming whether the information is reliable.

Report Card

Not enough can be written about public education.