Ballou received her master's degree from the University of Texas, and appreciated the efforts made there to integrate graduate students. She met many of her friends through school-sponsored outdoor activities for both undergraduate and graduate students. When she first came to Brown, she knew nothing about student groups and activities, even though she might have been interested in joining. Now, however, after she has learned about groups such as the Outing Club, she is no longer interested. Every Friday afternoon, GSC sponsors social hours, at which free drinks and sandwiches are provided.
People come to socialize and talk.
About 200 people attend each week, he said. One of these people is Amanda Burdan, who takes advantage of them to meet people outside her department, history of art and architecture. She attended the University of Delaware as an undergraduate, and heard of its reputation of being a party school. It was not a pleasant change. Part of the change is the amount of work that is required.