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The Admission Office is located at the corner of Prospect and Angell streets.
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The John Hay Library, named for a Brown alumnus who was Abraham Lincoln's personal secretary and later went on to become Secretary of State. The Hay Library houses most of the University's rare books, manuscripts, special collections and archives, some dating back to the 15th century.
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The John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, nicknamed"the Rock", serves as the primary research and teaching library for the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts at Brown. The Rock has the largest collection of the seven campus libraries, housing more than half of the 5.2 million items in the Brown Library system, including reserves, serials, government documents, microfilm, and circulating publications.
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The Van Wickle Gates, which face down College Hill toward Providence, are one of the most recognizable campus landmarks. Dedicated in 1901 after a bequest from Augustus Stout Van Wickle, class of 1876, the gates serve as the ceremonial entrance to the College. Thus, the middle gates are opened only twice a year: swinging inward at Convocation to admit first year students, and outward at Commencement to send off graduating seniors. The gates are inscribed with a quotation from Cicero, which reads:"These studies fortify one's youth, delight one's old age: amid success they are an ornament, in failure they are a refuge and a comfort."
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Manning Hall, built in 1835, is a memorial to the University's first president, James Manning. The lower floor of Manning, which now houses a classroom, was originally the University's library. Upstairs is the chapel, which, in addition to being the site of more than a few alumni weddings, serves as a non-sectarian place of worship for several different religious communities.
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University Hall, built in 1770, served as barracks for American troops and a hospital for French soldiers in 1776. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1963. It houses a number of administrative offices, including those of the President, Provost, and Dean of the College.
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The College Green is at the center of undergraduate activity and the campus itself. Here students gather, socialize, and study against the backdrop of centuries-old buildings and trees.
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The Brown Bear stands on the Main Green between Salomon and the post office steps. The bronze mascot, which had guarded Marvel Gym since the 1920's, was moved to the Green only a few years ago. The statue's base is a piece of the slate rock on which Roger Williams, Rhode Island's founder, first landed in 1636.
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Lyman Hall is the home of Brown's Theatre, Speech and Dance Department. There is ample opportunity for students from all academic concentrations to become involved in the performing arts at Brown, with productions taking place throughout the school year and summer at Dill, the Rites and Reason theater, and the entirely student-run Production Workshop.
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The John Carter Brown Library is a center for advanced research in history and the humanities. Independently administered and funded, the Library houses an internationally renowned collection of Americana: 45,000 rare books and 20,000 reference works which pertain to the Americas before 1830.
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A statue of Marcus Aurelius on horseback watchfully stands over Lincoln Field, a quiet, spacious green which extends from the rear of Sayles all the way to Thayer Street. The statue, a replica of a Roman work, has guarded since 1908 what was once a swamp, and then a playing field.
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The Sharpe Refectory, affectionately dubbed the"Ratty," is the larger of the two campus dining halls. An all-you-can-eat facility, the Ratty serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Nationally recognized for the quality and diversity of its cuisine, the Ratty offers a vegetarian entree at all meals, salad bars, a vegan bar, and bread and desserts baked fresh on the premises.
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The fourteen story Sciences Library, or SciLi, as students call it, is the primary repository of biological, physical, and medical science literature, documents and periodicals on campus. In 2000, a group of Brown University undergraduates created a 10-story-tall version of the famously addictive video game Tetris to be played on the side of this building.
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The Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Center for Information Technology is one of the premier university computing facilities in the world. Completed in 1988, the CIT was named in honor of the founder of the IBM corporation by his son Thomas Watson, Jr. '37. The building is the home of Brown's Computer Science department and maintains a variety of clusters for student use.
