THE BROWN A-Z GUIDE
Paxson, Christina – Queer Alliance
Paxson, Christina Brown’s 19th President, Christina Paxson hails from Princeton, where she was dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. She’s starting at Brown the same year you guys are, but somehow she got the sweetest first-year housing option ever: a giant brick home with room enough for her and her husband, Ari. God, ResLife is so corrupt.
Pacifica House
Parking space
Brown’s one and only secret society. So secret, in fact, that you can visit its website.
Something you’ll never find in Providence, anywhere. And certainly not overnight or for more than two hours.
Pawtucket
Patriot’s Court
A city bordering Providence — pronounced puhTUCKet, not PAWtucket. The locals tend to get rabid if you say it wrong. The movie “Outside Providence” takes place here.
An extension of Wriston Quad. A bit quieter, in theory. Otherwise unremarkable.
(See Wriston Quadrangle)
Perkins 1. A beloved pancake restaurant that has not yet made it east of New York. 2. A first-year dorm that is nearly as far away as the nearest Perkins Restaurant. We hope you brought mopeds.
PostA weekly magazine and The Herald’s rebellious kid sister. It comes out every Thursday and covers music, film, theater, food, politics and campus culture.
(See Brown Daily Herald)
PLME
Pembroke The northern part of Brown’s campus used to be Pembroke College, an all-female coordinate to Brown. The official merge occurred in 1971, though underthe-table sexiling had been going on for years. Legend has it that if you walk over the seal on the steps leading up to the college, your next sexual encounter will result in impregnation. Or you’ll meet the person you’re supposed to marry here at Brown. Or both. We can’t remember. (See Sexile)
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Power Street Formerly, one of the few lots where students could park. Now, thanks to development, a place to gaze wistfully as a shuttle whisks you to your car in a new lot far, far away. (See Parking space)
Brown’s Program in Liberal Medical Education lets you go straight into the Medical School without ever taking the MCATs or second-semester organic chemistry. Pronounced phonetically, like “plee-me.”
Queer Alliance The LGBTQ umbrella organization. One of the most visible student groups on campus, it focuses on making Brown a more positive space for queer students by providing a variety of educational and social programming. Along with one or two huge, risque, highly publicized parties that are sometimes attended by Fox News producers. (See Sex Power God)