November / December 2003

Bobby Goes Home

Before running for governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal ’92 had been a candidate in exactly one election: for alumni trustee. Still, if his career so far is any indication, he’s a novice with a bright political future.

Take Me Hostage. Please.

Muslim comic Tissa Hami ’95 talks back.

Going Native

An antimilitary reporter is sent to West Point and changes his mind.

Critic’s Corner

The O.C., Buddy Cianci

Q&A: Reaching Past the Art-House Crowd

Liz Garbus ’92 talks about filming teenage girls in trouble with the law.

The Forgotten Voyage

Nathaniel Philbrick ’78 brings to life yet another neglected sea saga.

Top Doc

Terry Horton ’83 has been a physician to drug addicts for more than a decade. Now, as the medical director of the country’s largest drug-treatment program, he’s trying to find hopeful solutions to one of society’s most hopeless problems.

From the Stones Beneath the Sea

Visiting Senior Fellow Xu Wenli arrived at Brown last December after spending sixteen years in Chinese prisons for advocating democracy. Now he must adjust to living in one

In the News

Alumni in the Headlines

Looking Back: The Human Touch

What makes an organ great is the musicians who play it.

Beyond Heartbreak: Amy Sohn ’95

A well-known sex columnist gets married and keeps writing.

Marathon Man: Jon Arnow ’78

Nearly paralyzed by an accident, he found new ways to compete.

This Is My Country, This Is My Fight, Too: Justine Tyrrell Priestley ’43

One woman’s battle against prejudice of all kinds.

Dreaming of Athens

Coaches have always seen the athletic ability in swimmer Liz Daniels. Now they see the mental toughness to win big.

Get Ready

Women’s basketball is facing an Ivy dogfight.

How’s My Driving?

Brown and RISD join forces to shuttle students around

Moving in, Folks

Why do more blacks than whites live with extended family?

Business As Usual?

No, agreed panelists at a conference on global corporate governance

Behave Yourselves

Brown revises its nonacademic disciplinary code

Stumping

Carol Moseley Braun

Biowarfare Hits the Dorms

Thousands of infected computers wreak havoc on campus

60 Seconds With...

Political Science professor Jennifer Lawless

A Real Independent Man

The problem, says Gorbachev, “is not too much democracy, but too little”

In Search of the Smoking Gun

The president gets a front-row seat to a Rhode Island political drama

Eating Out

Farmer’s Market

All That They Can Be

The war on terror draws more students to ROTC

Since Last Time

On Their Merits Alone

Brown’s first need-blind class enters a university with fresh ambition and a lot of money to raise

The Wave Maker

Before PowerPoint there was brass and wood

In Okinawa Last Summer

Are contradictions something to be overcome—or celebrated?

How to Grow Up

Balancing social conformity with radical independence.

Rapture on the Water

Fishing was a way for one Korean family to ease into American life. 

Game Day

Data Points

Cutting-edge campus research

Fresh Ink

Obituaries

Mail Room