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• Chance Emerson and the series of improbable events

  By Abigail Cain| News From Brown@ By Abigail Cain for Brown Alumni Magazine A band cobbled together before classes started freshman year has performed onstage in front of 3,000 people, opening for Blues Traveler. What’s next for the Brown senior and his bandmates? First, homework. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Brown University senior Chance Emerson first arrived on campus in August 2019 with a couple of suitcases and a to-do list.

  By Abigail Cain · News From Brown

  Jul. 21, 2023

• Deter Prying Eyes by Locking Your Own Letters

  By Abigail Cain| Atlas Obscura Verified It was spring in England, and Sir Robert Cecil—Secretary of State for King James VI and I—was not happy. “I have also sent you a piece of paper folded as gentlemen use to write their letters,” he wrote to his teenage son, William, “whereas yours are like those that come out of a grammar school.” The scolding tone is timeless; William’s offense, however, is a bit dated. In the early 17th century, mass-produced envelopes had yet to be invented.

  By Abigail Cain · Atlas Obscura

  May. 27, 2021

• Chance Emerson and the series of improbable events

  By Abigail Cain| News From Brown@ By Abigail Cain for Brown Alumni Magazine A band cobbled together before classes started freshman year has performed onstage in front of 3,000 people, opening for Blues Traveler. What’s next for the Brown senior and his bandmates? First, homework. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Brown University senior Chance Emerson first arrived on campus in August 2019 with a couple of suitcases and a to-do list.

  By Abigail Cain · News From Brown

  Jul. 21, 2023

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