by Meredith Bilski
Put on your groutfit and upgrade that drink of yours from a grande to a venti—we’re kicking into high gear. Despite the fact that we feel we’ve been writing and studying for centuries, reading period is winding to a close and we’re moving into finals territory. As deadlines and due dates approach, and, more importantly, as you anticipate donuts and visits from your naked peers, you retreat to your sanctuary where you work diligently and encounter no distractions (ha!)…at all. Tell us where you get on your study grind below.
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by Greg Jordan-Detamore
It’s that time of year again. The impending doom of finals also means that Pizza Nite is upon us once more. In this semesterly tradition, the library staff brings out boxes and boxes and boxes of pizza… and did I mention more boxes? (And cookies and brownies — and some apples to be healthy.)
Let them eat pizza. Rock tonight (Tuesday), SciLi tomorrow (Wednesday), both at 9 p.m.
by Greg Jordan-Detamore
This is no ordinary water fountain.
If you like carrying around a water bottle, then you probably like hydration stations, or other similar devices that allow you to fill up your bottle without getting your hand wet.
Maybe you thought they were restricted to new and renovated buildings on campus, but some oldies — like the Rock — have them too. See that little button in the upper-right corner of the water fountain? Indeed, that’s an old-school hydration station. There’s no motion sensor or anything fancy like that, but it does the job well.
Needed: a water bottle to fill.
As of my last observation, the ones on the third and fourth floors work. Sadly, the basement one does not. File a Facilities service request?
by Jason Hu
Brown students aren’t known for being particularly religious (although students definitely adhere to the Church of Whisko or the Gospel of CFF). But as finals come upon us, and we rummage up those crumpled notes beneath the Natty cans, Brunonians become downright spiritual.
How does reading period bring out the convert in all of us? Let me count the ways:
1. Everyone says that they “observe reading period.”
There are many things we can observe in life. Stars. A drunken brawl. That cute boy in class through binoculars from behind the bushes at midnight. But there are only two ways to observe an extended period of time: Do it religiously, or transcend time and space (in which case, you might stand a chance in PHYS0160. Maybe).
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by Max Rosero
Ever notice that everything at this school seems to be a question of either/or? That’s right, the dreaded B-word. No, not that one, I’m talking about binaries, every non-conformist’s nightmare and the fodder of many a gender studies lecture (that is still a concentration, right?).
For all who have never seen the look of judgment in a friend’s eye when you tell him you’re going to the Sci-Li to work (“just to meet my study group, I swear! I’ll be like…ten minutes at most”) or don’t know what it’s like to blasphemously admit that you prefer Baja over Chipotle, we’ve put together a handy guide to Brown binaries that we’ll be rolling out over the next couple weeks. A guiding hand to help you through the arduous decision-making process, this companion will illuminate what your choices really say about you.
Up first on the chopping block: Libraries
An obvious choice, we know, but perhaps the most telling characteristic of any Brown student. Unless we’re talking about those kids who study in their rooms because they “just don’t do the whole library thing,” the library choice is a prime expression of campus identity. Read more after the jump.
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by Emmy Liss
Anyone who walked into the Sciences Library at about midnight last night might have been confused. An inordinate number of people crowded the space, blocking the stairwell entirely.
What is the madness, you ask?
Nearly 45 minutes later, all questions were answered as at least 20 students — entirely in the nude — came marauding down the stairs, handing out donuts to the cheering hoards.
Careful where you get that powdered sugar kids. And watch out for paper cuts.
More pics and commentary here.
