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Letter: Responding to ‘Fmr. US Rep. David Cicilline and six others join Brown Corporation’
By Peter Mackie | November 17To the Editor:
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Letter: Athletics are another important legacy of Pembroke
By Peter Mackie | April 12The April 9 article, “‘End of an era’: Exploring the legacy of Pembroke College” omitted one important Pembroke cohort — student-athletes. As a result of the merger of Pembroke College and Brown University, intercollegiate athletics moved from oversight of the Pembroke physical education ...
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Letter: Now is the time pedestrianize the streets of Brown
By Peter Mackie | March 2To the Editor: The Feb. 14 column by Gabriel Sender ’25 calling for the pedestrianization of Brown and Thayer streets is an ambitious and important proposal from a number of perspectives. The elimination of personal vehicles in and around campus is an idea that has been bandied about for ...
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Mackie '59: Cliff Stevenson and the coaching road less chosen
By Peter Mackie | March 5It was 1960, and Brown was trying to gain a foothold in the newly-minted athletic Ivy League. Overmatched in facilities, financial resources and athletic pedigree, one question dogged the program: Do we really belong in the Ivy League? Historically, Bruno had been an outlier, faring poorly when taking ...
Sports
Mackie '59 — An Open Letter to the Brown Community: The Price of Winning
By Peter Mackie | June 7The May 28 announcement arrived without warning — a thunderbolt from above, striking the hearts of legions within the University athletic community. The hand-picked Committee on Excellence in Athletics, composed of seven alumni and trustees chosen in part because of their “capacity to make very ...
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Mackie '59: Honoring the Legacy of Arlene Gorton ’52 — Brown’s Opportunity
By Peter Mackie | February 6Today, few people on campus know of Arlene Gorton ’52, a Brown athletic administrator who recently passed away. Anyone who participates in athletics at any level, however, is a beneficiary of Arlene’s inclusive philosophy that athletics are for everyone. Arlene Gorton graduated from Pembroke College ...
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Letter: Landscape the hardscape
By Peter Mackie | February 21To the Editor: Now that the University has wisely changed course about the site of the future performing arts center, it should also turn its attention to the area around the five historic structures which were spared from the wrecking ball or relocation. The ugly, barren hardscape behind the Waterman ...
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Mackie '59: Performing arts and Brown’s obligations to historic preservation
By Peter Mackie | May 24Several years ago, Brown engaged famous author-illustrator David Macaulay to chronicle Brown’s historic campus. Macaulay’s tour resulted in a brilliant film entitled “Brown: A Sense of Place.” Among his reflections was the importance of Brown’s smaller buildings. Macaulay states, “They are, ...
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Letter: You get what you pay for
By Peter Mackie | March 7To the Editor: Monday’s editorial on Brown sports underscores Bruno’s plight since beginning intercollegiate athletic competition in 1859 with a crew race against Harvard and Yale. In case you hadn’t guessed, we were dead last in the race. Historically, Brown has been cast as the underdog, especially ...
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Letter: All historic buildings, spaces should be considered in Performing Arts process
By Peter Mackie | February 27To the Editor: Yesterday’s article on the potential demolition of the Urban Environmental Lab raises the larger question of the potential tradeoffs inherent in the placement of the performing arts building on the site of the UEL. I am totally in favor of a performing arts venue, which is long overdue. ...
