March / April 2002

Volunteers

President Bush has called for 200,000 men and women to donate time to national service. As executive director of AmeriCorps*VISTA, Matt Dunne '92 is one of the people figuring out what all those folks are going to do.

War & Peace: Time Interrupted

The relationship between grief and photography.

Setting Free the Mind

Hundreds of thousands of Americans suffer from an untreatable form of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now a team of Brown doctors is pioneering high-tech surgeries that are giving the sickest of those patients their first hope.

Music Man

Twenty-five years ago, when most people avoided downtown Providence after dark, Rich Lupo '70 began luring rock 'n' roll fans to his Heartbreak Hotel. Now the neighborhood's going upscale, and Lupo's is getting squeezed out.

The Face of Diversity

How accurate are student perceptions of Brown's racial mix?

Love and War

The retreat from Moscow in miniature.

A Prayer for Owen

A grandmother welcomes her grandson into a faithless world.

Smart Music That's Fun

An indie band is set to deliver its first major-label release.

Utopia through Software

Bringing order to the chaos of infinite choice.

Q&A

David Levithan '94

Music to Spend By

Billy Straus '82 and Jeff Daniel '91 create Muzak for a hipper world.

In Plain View

The woman who gave Lee Oswald shelter.

Mail Room

Crime Fight

Amid a spike in robberies and assaults, pressure grows to arm Brown police

Captain Outrageous

Ted Turner '60 stirs up the media with a foreign-policy lecture

Suite Talk

New options for coed housing

Aftershock

Unraveling post-traumatic stress and depression

The Pick

Announcing a new provost

Dangerous Liaisons

The scariest part of a job interview? Lunch.

60 Seconds With...

Michael Goldberger, Dean of Admission

Vision Quest

Discovering a new type of sight

Doors of Perception

Untangling the issues around legal and illegal drugs.

Breaking Out

Men's tennis plays its way into the national indoor championships.

A Cardinal Chance

Trying to make it in pro baseball.

Super Bear

With the Patriots in the Big Easy.

The Mediator

Eric Green '68: Helping the government and Microsoft find common ground.

Stirring the Pot

Jody Adams '79: A celebrated chef becomes an activist mom.

Carolina on His Mind

Thad Williamson '92: The healing power of being a sports fan.

Agent of Trust

Farewell: Richman Bry '55

Fresh Ink

New titles from Brown authors.

Data Points

Animal Rights

From the March 1972 BAM

Critic's Corner

Pamela Paul '93

Game Day

Since Last Time

In The News

Alumni in the Headlines

Obituaries