Frances Brown
FRANCES BROWN
A modest proposal: Campus-wide Open Bars

I will be honest: mob scenes are no fun. I avoid football games, fraternities and mosh pits for that very reason. That, and because I […]

October 31, 2001

FRANCES BROWN
The Yale Ballgame: Four years, you’re out

Like many seniors, these past few weeks have comprised the summer of my life-plan discontent. Luckily for me, Major League Baseball was there to save […]

September 11, 2001

FRANCES BROWN
Branford

Entering Branfordians in the Class of 2005: to echo my sixth-grade math teacher, you all don’t know just how good you’ve got it. The gloomy […]

June 10, 2001

FRANCES BROWN
It takes a spy plane: academic secrets safe

It has recently come to our attention that the Yale University history department, previously an exemplary withholder of academic information, has allowed a substantial leak. […]

April 10, 2001

FRANCES BROWN
Transplanting Tulane, studying abroad American style

We just got back from spring break, which means many different things to different people. But let’s talk about me. I went to Spain. I […]

March 26, 2001

FRANCES BROWN
The monkey approach to senior essays: Just write it

To state the painfully obvious, many senior essay drafts are due this week. Hundreds of important papers are due in the coming days. All this […]

February 26, 2001

FRANCES BROWN
Hard times make bright college years dim

Remember Yale’s Alma Mater, “Bright College Years?” (Hint: You have mumbled the lyrics at least once, during freshman assembly your first week at Yale). It […]

October 9, 2000