I remember watching The Social Network when Justin Timberlake, in the character of eccentric entrepreneur cum venture capitalist cum bon vivant Sean Parker, said to Mark Zuckerberg, played by Jesse Eisenberg, “A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? [...]
With the recent debate over coal divestment on Brown’s campus, there has been a renewed interest in looking at where our energy comes from. More specifically, how do coal, sunlight, and wind turn into the electricity used to turn on [...]
Ever feel like you just don’t have enough time to memorize everything for that exam? What would you do if there were a way to memorize names, faces, dates, numbers, and formulae that was foolproof and time-efficient? Joshua Foer has [...]
Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) championed the cause of liberty in front of a packed...
I remember watching The Social Network when Justin Timberlake, in the character of...
With the recent debate over coal divestment on Brown’s campus, there has been a...
Ever feel like you just don’t have enough time to memorize everything for that...
One day in the not so far-off future, you’re going to have your own salary. You’re...
The movie Zero Dark Thirty’s portrayal of the manhunt for Osama bin Laden took...
In late April, passersby on the Main Green were robbed of a view of a pleasant New England spring afternoon. Obstructing the sight was an enormous...
With the recent debate over coal divestment on Brown’s campus, there has been a renewed interest in looking at where our energy comes from....
This February, social network giant Facebook filed for what is expected to be the largest IPO in Silicon Valley’s history. With this...
Ever feel like you just don’t have enough time to memorize everything for that exam? What would you do if there were a way to memorize names,...
Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) championed the cause of liberty in front of a packed and enthusiastic crowd in Salomon 101 at Brown April 16. Hosted by the Brown Lecture Board, Paul touched upon foreign policy, the drug war, the [...]
I remember watching The Social Network when Justin Timberlake, in the character of eccentric entrepreneur cum venture capitalist cum bon vivant Sean Parker, said to Mark Zuckerberg, played by Jesse Eisenberg, “A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? [...]
Brown students pay lip service to the idea of “intellectual diversity,” but no group on campus better fosters intellectual diversity than the Brown Lecture Board. In the past seven years, the group has featured speakers as wide-ranging as former Sen. [...]
In late April, passersby on the Main Green were robbed of a view of a pleasant New England spring afternoon. Obstructing the sight was an enormous black blob, allegedly containing one ton of carbon dioxide. The unavoidable black sphere was [...]
Thanks for reading this copy of The Spectator, our last issue of the year. Next year, we’ll print two issues in the fall semester and two in the spring semester. If this is your first contact with The Spectator, welcome! [...]
With the recent debate over coal divestment on Brown’s campus, there has been a renewed interest in looking at where our energy comes from. More specifically, how do coal, sunlight, and wind turn into the electricity used to turn on [...]
Ever feel like you just don’t have enough time to memorize everything for that exam? What would you do if there were a way to memorize names, faces, dates, numbers, and formulae that was foolproof and time-efficient? Joshua Foer has [...]
One day in the not so far-off future, you’re going to have your own salary. You’re going to live on your own and perhaps buy your own house someday. You’ll have to keep a budget, invest for the future, and [...]
The movie Zero Dark Thirty’s portrayal of the manhunt for Osama bin Laden took Pakistani compounds, theaters, and award ceremonies by storm. Bin Laden was the bad guy. The 9/11 attacks bin Laden directed killed almost 3,000 Americans. This movie [...]
Brown has a history as an innovative university. In 1970, Brown established the New Curriculum, known today as the Open Curriculum. A radical idea then that remains controversial today, the Open Curriculum gave students almost complete freedom to choose what [...]
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