"Just ten minutes left!" I shouted excitedly. After two long weeks going from classroom to classroom publicizing that evening's activity, we were finally ready to put "Break the Silence, Stop the Violence" in action. There were 11 x 17 inches blue posters with big yellow letters pasted all around the school, which read "Dating violence discussion", Thursday, August 24, 14:30, A-10 classroom. We posted it on Facebook, and I had talked about the event live on RadioUNAM the week before. Everything was meticulously arranged:...

Looking at Brown's philosophy of service and commitment to the world, I can't help falling in love with such a vivid, inclusive, open-minded, and academically rigorous institution. Since I strongly believe school should be about creativity and curiosity and serve the individual for achieving her or his goals, I find Brown's Open Curriculum and research opportunities like UTRA especially appealing. Moreover, Brown is a university deeply engaged with the global community, rooted to its past, strongly bound to the present,...