<p>modest, i would be curious to hear the stuff that you think would be ridiculed on this board. The one problem I have with Brown atm is the school's reaction to the sexpowergod scandal last year. If Brown/the QA wanted to at least pretend sexpowergod still had some meaning, they wouldnt have cancelled it. O'Reilly accosted Brown for allowing it to occur on campus; however, if it weren't on campus it would be even more dangerous. Yes, 05s SPG had a record number of EMSings, but did anyone die? No, and that's because it was on campus where EMTs were readily available. Move it off campus, and I feel that you are increasing the risk of someone not getting the help they need. (also, don't make it a dry party, although I think that's because the QA doesnt want to deal with alcohol liability) I also feel that some of the actions taking to cut down on binge drinking are actually steps backward. The fact that class Fs are no longer $5 with unlimited drinks and must be $3 with $1 drinks only further promotes pre-gaming, the main aspect of drinking the university is trying to curtail. I also still dont see the logic behind the no kegs rule. With 30 racks of Genny Light being slightly less than $10 it's not hard to buy just as much beer as a keg party would have. Kegs would actually slow the distribution of beer at parties because right now, all you have to do is pop the tab and hand the can to someone, whereas a keg requires pumps and waiting for the cup to fill. Being an enviornmentally concerned school, why don't we allow kegs, which would cut down on the amount of cans that litter our campus and don't get recycled but should be. Cups would still litter the greens, but at least we would be removing the cans, which are obvious signs of drinking.</p>
<p>Those are things I agree with I<em>wanna</em>be, but the things I am referring to aren't even realistic policy changes, and are things that MAY have a more fundamental effect at Brown.</p>
<p>Basically, I do find it amazing however, that Brown can have such a sensible "drug" policy in some senses and totally screwup in others. I also think QA was very weak abou this, and it would be nice to see SPG limited to Brown Students (and RISD) with card readers much like The Underground, and if anything, close the party more to the public and continue to have it as is where it can be more affectively maintained. Ive heard from several sources that the increased EMSing is a direct result to increased EMT presense so that people were more effectively identified.</p>
<p>Another complaint that I hvae is the deal with the online registration. Despite the fact that the previous programmer of most of the databases was Polish, commented in Polish, and had *<strong><em>ty code, there is no excuse for spending this uch and being this delayed. I know far too much about computers and database management toknow that htis could have been done from scratch for less than they're gonna pay at this point and it would be faster. It's a symptom left over from poor decisions that plagued Brown from past presidents-- other examples include the Grad Center, which is a poorly planned dormitory moving away from apartment style which was becoming more popular even then, and was setup for anti-riot even though it was meant to house students in a private manner and wasn't designed as a social location-- this could have been done with better designs that i am srue were around at the time and could be afforded. I hate the *</em></strong>*ing about money at Brown-- though our endowment is small for the Ivy League there are certain small thigns that money can and should be spent on rather than sitting hte bank.</p>
<p>Another example is technology at Brown. There is no excuse for not having the entire campus wireless years ago, and I am sick of the talk of logistics and money-- this is an EASY task that's NOT expensive compared to many other endeavors on campus and while it's not a big deal or a priority issue, it's sad, pathetic, looks bad for the school, and puts us way behind even the largest schools with the least money. The decision to go with a cheaper smaller cable company results in the campus being wired with equiptment that can't handle the information currently being carried through coax across the country. This poor inital choice will now costs a whole lot of money if we're to ever get more than 25 channels, and it's not that I watch TV-- coax and fiber optics are the backbones of information sharing and there is no reason that ANY campus, particularlyone that charges as much as Brown shouldnt have the most up to date technology of anywhere in the world.</p>
<p>It drives me nuts that there is talk of food reforms being made as being incredibly expensive-- I understand it's mostly good enough, and not that big a deal, but truthfully, if they defer 250-500 dollars to student costs and take on 250-500 themselves the food would be SIGNIFICANTLY better, this isn't much if you ask me for something that affects the lives of students every day.</p>
<p>There are many very small (though I make them sound big here) complaints that really aren't a big deal when it comes down to it that just ticks me off. These are the types of complaints though I feel you'd have at any school, every campus always has some spending controversy over something.</p>
<p>Btw, none of those are the one's I referred to would get my head bitten off on CC, and they are all minor and I don't want to alarm anyone.</p>
<p>It stems from discomfort due to the tremendous ineffective bureaucracy that exists on many campuses. Student government is a joke, filled with self-congratualatory people who don't have any significant influence getting the administration moving on big issues and can only win smaller even less important battles, if that. People don't work with those that are directly making the decisions.</p>
<p>I agree with almost everything you've said -- it's shameful that we're not wireless yet, Grad Center and New Pembroke are silly, and SPG would probably be a lot safer if it were Brown/RISD only. I'm not sure exactly what you meant about food reforms... but yeah, these things are fairly minor but definitely annoying.</p>
<p>Anyone know if theyve allowed SPG this semester?</p>
<p>I think those are some good and legitimate points, melody! They're the sort of things that I could see myself ranting and crusading about. At my current school, to solve small-scale policy problems of that sort, I've had to create a shadow student government to get the message across. We'll see how that goes by the end of this year, but hopefully we'll see some change. Fun stuff.</p>
<p>The tech note is very : ( ... when I was at the comp sci center I got a little bit suspicious as I did ask myself "why isn't technology a little bit more visible / mentioned?" and I guess that's the sordid truth. Livable.</p>
<p>ILoveBrown--thanks for mentioning the crepes. I went on my first visit to Providence a few weeks ago and fell in love with the Rita crepe. If you're looking for crepes AudiB4 it's kind of hard--a tiny little place off of Thayer</p>
<p>watercannon, i do not know for sure, but i would be VERY surprised to see SPG making an appearence in the near future.</p>
<p>Are there any freshman dorm housing with wireless internet access?</p>
<p>How many people typically share a bathroom/shower in freshman dorm?</p>
<p>I think many, if not all, dorms are wireless. Not sure though. </p>
<p>Bathroom wise, I shared with 3 people in a semi private bathroom in Emery. Communal bathrooms with tons of people like in Keeney are also common--it varies.</p>
<p>Actually as of last year, almost none of the dorms were wireless (Keeney and Grad Center certainly are not, and I don't think any of Pembroke is either).</p>
<p>all the libraries have wireless, and a bunch of buildings, but yeah, I think wireless dorms are rare</p>
<p>my bad....Emery did.</p>
<p>Surprisingly, a large part of new pembroke was wireless.. Atleast we had something :)</p>
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<p>Thats so gay.. No pun intended of course..</p>
<p>In parts of Littlefield, we could get wireless from Lincoln Field and from the John Brown Library.</p>
<p>I actually was able to grab the Health Center's signal every once in a while in my room, but honestly, wireless in the dorms is not that big a deal-- you're at most 10 feet from any of hte four ethernet jacks, plug in and get more speed.</p>
<p>Oh my god the crepes! I had the crepes when I visited. Very nice. Also a nice smoothie there, too. I was very pleased by the place. Thayer was cool.</p>
<p>thayers the shiznit man</p>
<p>Can you give any insights on vegan dining options at Brown? Thanks</p>