October 5, 2008
The College Issue
(Photograph by Tanit Sakakini)
21-year-old Andrew Berry has brains, brawn, and much more.
Five to Watch
An actress, an inventor, a star on and off the football field, an international do-gooder, and a musical entrepreneur.
The Right Way to Pick a College
Live like a student, look past the obvious, take a gap year, look in the mirror and forget about cost (for a minute, anyway.)
The Wrong Way to Pick a College
Letting adults boss you, forgetting that colleges are businesses and expecting the film version are a few of the wrong ways to pick a college.
Hovering Closer
In the ever-competitive college application world, parents are researching schools, helping write essays, and asking the tough questions. Exactly when is it time to let go?
Doesn't Anybody Get a C Anymore?
When did professors lose control of their grades? And when will their schools help them take it back?
Up, Up, and Away!
Colleges and universities feel your pain when they send out their bills. Honest. They want to help any way they can. Except, of course, if it means lowering their tuition. Why should they?
MISS CONDUCT
The Broadcasting Parents
Can speakerphones be banned? Plus not-so-great great danes and not-so-kind charities.
COUPLING
Only Friends
Over summer break, I met Dan - and learned just how charged a platonic relationship can be.
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CRAVINGS The $5 Dinner KITCHEN AIDE Care With Caramel |
DESIGNING
Intelligent Design
Inspired by the Fibonacci numbers, this MIT porfessor's office really is the sum of its parts.
ON THE BLOCK
Contemporary Thought
A modern home isn’t just about architecture, it’s also about lifestyle.
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Photo gallery The Find |
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Photo page Fashion Plates |
SHOP AROUND
The Bear Necessities
What Brown students want, from textbooks to sweat shirts, and the benefits of being independent.
TALES FROM THE CITY
Good Show
Unleashing discipline on a playful pup and a tale of offshore fishing.
PERSPECTIVE
Intro to Empowerment
By attending a wonen's college, I've gotten something more valuable than an education: a reeducation.
FIRST PERSON
Special Interests
Marty Meehan, 51, who left congress last year to become Chancellor or UMass-Lowell, compares jobs.
LETTERS
The Spam Victim Strikes Back!
THE REWARDS OF SPAM After reading Mark Pothier's article on "spam revenge" (Perspective, September 14), I think my wife and I each added about 10 years to our lives. We were laughing so hard ...