Camille Spencer-Salmon
Spencer-Salmon '14: Before fixing the world, let's fix the world's housing
By Camille Spencer-Salmon | February 2We college students, occupying a subsidized ground between someday-working adults and dependents, tend to engage in community service work. For my part, I spent some time exploring Providence this break before going back to classes as a part of Winter Break Projects, a program run by the Swearer Center ...
Spencer-Salmon '14: Greater expectations
By Camille Spencer-Salmon | November 7A recent Herald article ("First-years ‘somewhat prepared' for Brown," Nov. 11) reported that nearly half of Brown faculty members find first-years to be "somewhat prepared" for Brown, and 11.4 percent considered them to be "somewhat unprepared." This may not sound dire or even particularly surprising ...
Spencer-Salmon '14: Swimming in the flood
By Camille Spencer-Salmon | October 31Brown's celebrated open curriculum affords us great power in directing our own education, but as we have all been told in some way or another many times, with great power comes great responsibility. Luckily, the University recognizes that higher education is serious business and therefore assigns each ...
Spencer-Salmon '14: In defense of the SciLi
By Camille Spencer-Salmon | October 10In his most recent column ("Rock beats SciLi," Oct. 7), Chip Lebovitz '14 asserted that the long communal tables, bustling lobby and group study rooms at the Sciences Library create an atmosphere more conducive to social activities akin to "hanging out" as opposed to true, laser-pointed, marathon-session-style ...
Spencer-Salmon '14: A false choice
By Camille Spencer-Salmon | October 5I go to Brown's Focal Point page a lot. It's handy because, despite frequent navel-gazing, my thoughts — and those of fellow students — about life goals usually don't go further than "I am he as you are he as you are me ... what?" The page description suggests that I should use ...
Spencer-Salmon '14: The problem with Thayer on a Friday night
By Camille Spencer-Salmon | September 21Thayer on a Friday night. You're on your way to an adventure — you hope — or maybe just burrito-bound. You're out with your friends and maybe a bit more dolled up than usual. There's an odd mix of leering bikers, the occasional homeless person and your fellow students out searching for a ...