- Title Information
- Title
- Class of 1990
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Bruce, Ashley
- Role
- Role Term:
Text
- interviewee
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- DeGear, Lizzie Berne
- Role
- Role Term:
Text
- interviewee
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Hyung-Lee, Julie
- Role
- Role Term:
Text
- interviewee
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Levin, Amy
- Role
- Role Term:
Text
- interviewee
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- McBurney, Emily Widmann
- Role
- Role Term:
Text
- interviewee
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Korwin, Wendy
- Role
- Role Term:
Text
- interviewer
- Type of Resource
- mixed material
- Origin Information
- Date Created
(keyDate="yes", encoding="w3cdtf")
- 2015-05-23
- Language
- Language Term:
Code (ISO639-2B)
- eng
- Abstract
- This interview with members of the Brown University class of 1990 summarizes the undergraduate experiences of Ashley Bruce, Lizzie Berne DeGear, Julia Hyung-Lee, Amy Levin, and Emily Widmann McBurney, at their 25th reunion. The interviewees begin by introducing themselves, stating their major, and sharing personal and professional background information about their lives after graduating from Brown. They go on to describe what drew them to Brown, what their expectations were, and whether they felt academically and socially prepared. Throughout the interview, the alumnae praise the open curriculum, which does not include course requirements, and explain the various ways it impacted their experiences at Brown and their adult lives. A significant portion of the interview contains conversations about social life on campus. The interviewees recall having roommates for the first time, attending parties, and conducting thoughtful dialogs with friends. They mention the most prevalent issues on campus being Brown's divestment from South Africa because of Apartheid, sexual assault on campus, AIDS awareness, and the call for need-blind admissions--the practice of accepting students based on their academic ability and not their ability to pay tuition.
- Note:
biographical/historical
(displayLabel="Class year")
- 1990
- Note:
biographical/historical
(displayLabel="Biographical note")
- The Brown University class of 1990 graduated under President Vartan Gregorian. During their senior year, students created the Coalition for Need-Blind Admissions, encouraging the university to accept students based on their academic ability and not their ability to pay tuition. They also raised awareness of eating disorders during Body Image Awareness Week, and the group Men Can Stop Rape Now organized workshops on rape prevention. Speakers included film director Spike Lee, President of Mexico Carlos Salinas de Gortori, and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel. The students graduated on May 28th .
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- 1990s
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Academics
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Social life
- Genre (aat)
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- oral histories (literary works)