January–March 2021

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Black Girl Magic

In the wake of the 1968 Black Student Walkout, a chapter of the politically engaged, storied Black sorority Delta Sigma Theta was born at Brown.

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“ My principal objections to the varsity demotion decision are not Brown’s foolish “go-it-alone” approach to restoring competitive imbalances in the Ivy League nor the meager funds to be saved. Rather, my objections,...”
—Roger Sherman ’69
Tamarac, Fla.
In response to State of Play (N–D’20):
“Eldridge Gilbert’s words in “Now!” (September-October) carried a note of desperation: “The work that needs to be done amongst white people in white communities across the United States can’t be done fast...”
—Andrew Speno ’88
Cincinnati
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In response to NOW! (S–O’20):
“Mr. Cicilline, by all means, deal with Zuckerberg. Just don’t mess with my YouTube (“Going Up Against Goliath,” November/December). ”
—Bill Tukey Jr. ’72
Wakefield, R.I.
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Politics & Law

Capitalism on the Couch

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Beyond the Gates

Service & Advocacy
Illustration of Roger Bearden by Eric Hanson

Doing Justice

A lawyer pivots to providing direct services for people with developmental disabilities.
The Arts
Jibade-Khalil Huffman's Now That I Can Dance

Not Just “Another Mural”

The fearless work of Jibade-Khalil Huffman ’05 MFA
History
Brian C. Muraresku with priest at Chiesa e Convento di San Francesco

The Quest

A bestselling new book searches for evidence that early Christianity may have been powered by psychedelics.
Politics & Law
photo of Deborah Witzburg in Chicago

Use of Force

A conversation about police reform with Chicago’s new deputy inspector general for public safety
The Arts

Finding Home

A debut novel brings to life Thailand’s student protest movement of the 1970s.
Sunisa Manning

The Classes

January 14th, 2021

Terence A. Harkin announces that his debut novel, The Big Buddha Bicycle Race, was named a finalist for the Military Writers Society of America’s 2020 prize in Literary Fiction. His second novel,...
January 14th, 2021

David Shields’s documentary film Lynch: A History streamed in the fall on the Sundance Channel/AMC; the film was also available on a variety of other platforms, such as Amazon Prime, iTunes/AppleTV, GooglePlay,...
January 14th, 2021

Barbara Heller, a set decorator for film and television and the writer and director of award-winning short films, designed the new deluxe edition of Pride and Prejudice. The edition contains replicas of...
January 14th, 2021

Ayanna MacCalla Howard explores how the tech world’s racial and sexual biases are infecting the next generation of artificial intelligence in her audiobook Sex, Race, and Robots. Narrated by Hollywood actress Amandla...

Obituaries

January 15th, 2021

Shirley Walling Mayhew ’48, of West Tisbury, Mass.; Aug. 21. She served on the West Tisbury School Board, was the children’s librarian in the Music Street Library for a year, volunteered at...
January 15th, 2021

Roy Fidler ’50 of San Rafael, Calif.; July 9. He worked for the New York Times in various capacities before starting his own advertising agency. During the Korean War, he served in...
January 15th, 2021

Kurt M. Luedtke ’61, of Birmingham, Mich.; Aug. 9. After Brown, he entered the University of Michigan Law School, but the burgeoning civil rights movement drew him to the South to witness...
January 15th, 2021

Sergei Khruschev, of Cranston, R.I.; June 18. He was a retired senior fellow at the Watson Institute, the son of former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, and a rocket engineer and computer scientist...

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Student Life

Filming Food

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