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Students were, and I think still are, required to live on campus until
senior year. The dorms range from bearable to quite nice, and different
ones have different amenities. Some are carpeted, some have semi-
private bathrooms, all (I think) have communal kitchens. None are air-
conditioned, which usually isn't an issue, but parts of September and
May can get a little toasty. The biggest across-the-board complaint I
remember is lighting; they're all pretty poorly-lit. But I think that's
pretty typical for dorm life, not a problem endemic to Brown, so you
bring lamps and you deal.
There were two kinds of food service establishments: dining halls and
snack bars. Your main meals are mostly eaten in the dining halls; the
food ranged from bland-but-bearable to pretty good. As institutional
food goes, it's not bad; I've been on campuses where it's much worse.
The snack bar food was usually quite yummy--The Gate has, in my view,
the best pizza in town--but not as healthy and sometimes kind of
overpriced.
The neighborhood around campus is generally pretty safe, though they
were having some trouble with muggings a few years back. I haven't
heard so much about that recently, though, so the beefed-up police
presence may have improved that. I always felt safe on campus, but I
didn't tend to take many risks--walking around alone at 3 in the morning
wasn't something I went in for. The campus police did not have guns
when I was there, and they do have them now (or will soon; the vote to
arm them was quite recent, and I'm not sure where they are in the
process now); whether that makes you feel more safe or less will depend,
I suppose.
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