May/June 2008

Balancing Act

The May Day celebration was an annual Women’s College event until the 1950s.

The Fearless One

The Fearless One

It Takes Two

Michelle Marsidi ’99. For her, tango is a conversation without words.

A Life on the Court

Charles A. Robinson III ’51. Officiating in basketball is risky business, says this longtime ref.

One of Our Oldest Living Alums Tells All

Sarah Mazick Saklad ’28. Stubbornness, she says, is key to success and long life.

Murder in Ghana

A farewell to Roko (Richard) Kwasi Frimpong '77.

A Classically Trained Sitcom Star

A farewell to David Groh '61.

Obituaries

Obituaries from the May/June 2008 issue.

On The Wall

"Night Bodies" by photographer Willa Mamet '05.

I Want Dignity, Man

After nearly fifty years, character actor Raymond J. Barry ’61 might just become a household name.

Long Ride on a Short Bus

Jonathan Mooney ’00 drives a bus cross-country to observe the difference between “freaks” and “normal” people.

Fresh Ink

The Gleeful Alarmist

Playwright Peter Sinn Nachtrieb ’97 explores the thin line between humans and their basest instincts.

Critic's Corner

Women Who Had It All and Chucked It

Meg Wolitzer ’81 pulls back the curtain on Upper West Side mothers.

A Whole New Fan Base

Deb Talan ’90 and her husband, Steve Tannen, break out of the coffeehouse circuit and go primetime.

The Planet Will Be Fine

Ask Brown researchers what they’re doing about global warming, and you get a surprising variety of answers. From designing a better car to studying the spread of malaria in a warmer world...

Automation

For a "Fast Food" competion, Brown engineering students designed and raced edible cars.

Defining a Continent

A group of writers asks: what does African literature mean?

Appearances

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese headlined the student-run Ivy Film Festival and kept the capacity crowd rapt.

Beadwork

Elizabeth Hoover, of Mohawk/Mi'kmaq descent, teaches a workshop on how to sew pow-wow dance outfits.

Power To The People

Bolivia’s president describes his brand of socialism: equality among human beings.

Since Last Time

Disturbing the Peace

Police investigate an off-campus firebombing of a Hillel graduate fellow.

Bringing Up Baby

Are you doing everything you can to help your toddler thrive? According to Pamela Paul ’93, savvy marketers may be exploiting your anxiety—and it could be dangerous.

Robinson Heads West

After two quick, record-setting years, head basketball coach Craig Robinson leaves Brown for Oregon State.

Replay

Thanks to players like Blaine Martin '11 and Whitney Brown '09 the women's rugby team, which won the Ivy Championships.

Game Day

Number One

Lars Tiffany ’90 became head coach determined to revive the team. Two years later the Bears are Ivy League champions.

Correction

Conundrum

Remembering

Taller Than Jesus

That Liberal BAM

Davis Redux

Science and You

Memory Lane

Scanning History

Getting Along

Brown and Jews

Skin Color

Tolerance Zone

Taxation-Or Theft?

Nation of Jailers

Biding His Time

A mother wants her teenage son back. Will he ever return?

The Loss of a Heart and a Mind

The Loss of a Heart and a Mind