A job interview that began smoothly for Jonathan Van Rye '11 went awry earlier this week once the interviewer moved into a discussion of Mr. Van Rye's transcript. "Everything was perfect," Van Rye recalled. "I was acing every question; I wasn't sweating; I remembered to say how much I loved working for low pay; and I only briefly had an erection, but I deftly covered it up with my hand.
The Brown Department of Public Safety likes to think of itself as made up of cool, attractive men and women - the kind with whom anyone would want to socialize (and more). However, this positive self-image has been shaken recently as officers have had virtually no success getting laid at various parties both on and off campus.
Wings and Things has eliminated chicken wings from its menu after owners said a decreased demand for wings, coupled with a rising interest in everything else, necessitated the shift to a more thing-centric business model. The Brook Street eatery decided last month to expand its previous selection, which featured things as popular as cole slaw and chocolate chip cookies, to include all other entities that have existed, exist, will exist or could exist anywhere ever.
Last weekend, the band TV on the Radio played on the stage on the green of Brown University in front of students - collectively an audience - watching the performers. The band's new album, "Nine Types of Light," dropped only a few days, hours, minutes and seconds before last weekend's concert started and, incidentally, a few extra minutes and seconds before it ended.
Hey! Where are you coming from? The Rock? Me too! Don't you just love sitting in the library stacks, poring over every ancient volume, savoring the musty smell of the pages? Oh, you were studying for a killer history test? Well, the library's good for that too, I suppose.
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