Difference between revisions of "Brown University"
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No one learns anything at Brown because it doesn't have a [[Core Curriculum]] and every single course can be taken on a pass/fail basis. | No one learns anything at Brown because it doesn't have a [[Core Curriculum]] and every single course can be taken on a pass/fail basis. | ||
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| + | This fact led ''GQ'' to name it the douchiest university in the US, listing among its "affectations": "A belief that grades, majors, and course requirements are just another form of cultural hegemony; using the word hegemony." Notably, though, Brown only edged out [[Duke]] because ''GQ'' was reluctant to make Duke #1 at anything. | ||
It is unclear whether Columbia or Brown is the most "liberal" Ivy League university. Columbia appeared to hold the title following the [[Minuteman stage-rush]], but Brown struck back by [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/23/thomas-friedman-gets-a-pi_n_98209.html pieing pro-globalization columnist Tom Friedman]. | It is unclear whether Columbia or Brown is the most "liberal" Ivy League university. Columbia appeared to hold the title following the [[Minuteman stage-rush]], but Brown struck back by [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/23/thomas-friedman-gets-a-pi_n_98209.html pieing pro-globalization columnist Tom Friedman]. | ||
| − | Their mascot is also a Bear and therefore, they are known as the Brown Bears. How | + | Their mascot is also a Bear and therefore, they are known as the Brown Bears. How original. |
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Revision as of 04:30, 30 August 2009
Brown University is a nominal Ivy League "university" in the nominal "city" of Providence, Rhode Island.
No one learns anything at Brown because it doesn't have a Core Curriculum and every single course can be taken on a pass/fail basis.
This fact led GQ to name it the douchiest university in the US, listing among its "affectations": "A belief that grades, majors, and course requirements are just another form of cultural hegemony; using the word hegemony." Notably, though, Brown only edged out Duke because GQ was reluctant to make Duke #1 at anything.
It is unclear whether Columbia or Brown is the most "liberal" Ivy League university. Columbia appeared to hold the title following the Minuteman stage-rush, but Brown struck back by pieing pro-globalization columnist Tom Friedman.
Their mascot is also a Bear and therefore, they are known as the Brown Bears. How original.
