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This fact led ''GQ'' to [http://men.style.com/gq/features/slideshow/v/0909COLLEGE?loop=0&slideshowId=slideshow60220&iphoto=24&nphoto=25&play=false&cnt=1 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 failed even at this distinction, only edging out [[Duke]] because ''GQ'' was reluctant to make Duke #1 at anything.
 
This fact led ''GQ'' to [http://men.style.com/gq/features/slideshow/v/0909COLLEGE?loop=0&slideshowId=slideshow60220&iphoto=24&nphoto=25&play=false&cnt=1 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 failed even at this distinction, only edging 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].
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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]. In any case, the fact that Columbia and Brown have a large overlap in applicants is probably a reflection both of a) this strange rivalry and b) applicants' total ignorance of / apathy about the schools' curricular differences.
  
Their mascot is also a Bear and therefore, they are known as the Brown Bears.  How original.
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Still, attempts to inculcate an official rivalry (championed by [[Kwame Spearman]]) have failed.
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Brown's mascot is also a Bear and therefore, they are known as the Brown Bears.  How original.
  
 
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Revision as of 17:07, 28 November 2009

The official seal of Brown University
See also Wikipedia's article about "Brown University".

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 failed even at this distinction, only edging 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. In any case, the fact that Columbia and Brown have a large overlap in applicants is probably a reflection both of a) this strange rivalry and b) applicants' total ignorance of / apathy about the schools' curricular differences.

Still, attempts to inculcate an official rivalry (championed by Kwame Spearman) have failed.

Brown's mascot is also a Bear and therefore, they are known as the Brown Bears. How original.