Brown University Organizations - The Brown Daily Herald, Wbru, Critical Review, Brownian Motion Ultimate, Brown Badmaash Dance Company (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: The Brown Daily Herald, WBRU, Critical Review, Brownian Motion Ultimate, Brown Badmaash Dance Company, Brown University Band, The Brown Derbies, Brown Opera Productions, The College Hill Independent, Brown Journal of World Affairs, Zeta Delta Xi, Chattertocks, Franklin Society, WELH, Production Workshop, Brown University Orchestra, The Brown Jug, Brown University Mock Trial, The Brown Spectator, Sock and Buskin, Brown Debating Union. Excerpt: The Brown Daily Herald is the student newspaper of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. It is financially and editorially independent of the University, and publishes Monday through Friday during the academic year with additional issues during commencement, summer and orientation. Established in 1866 and published daily since 1891, The Herald is the second-oldest student newspaper among America's college dailies. The Herald is managed by a board of trustees of which two editorial staffers, two business staffers and five Herald alumni are members. The Herald first appeared on Wednesday, December 2, 1891. The first issue was printed during the night and copies were distributed to each door in the dormitories with no preliminary announcement. The secret planning for the paper was actually begun about a month earlier by Ted Baylies 1895 and George Hunter 1893, who, as readers of The Harvard Crimson and The Yale Daily News, were convinced that they could put out a daily newspaper at Brown. They enlisted the help of John 1893 and Edward Casey 1893, who were putting themselves through college in their printing shop at the foot of College Hill. Baylies and Steve Hopkins 1893 rounded up advertising for the whole year to insure the financial soundness of their proposed venture. Ben Johnson 1893, H. Anthony Dyer 1894, and Guy A. Andrews 1895 were also named to the board of editor...