Like any normal human being, you have an innate desire to hole yourself up in a funky lab with dangerous chemicals, work long hours, and generally kiss your social life goodbye.

All kidding aside, research can be cool. I have done it and had some good and not so good experiences, but it is definitely something to consider. But I should stress that you should not feel compelled to do research just because you are a pre-med. Ripley himself will tell you pre-meds overemphasize its importance. So do it if you want to do research.
But how? Let me count the ways...

1. Bio Office - the building on the corner of Thayer and
   Waterman with the curved hedge out in front. There's a
   folder in there listing people who are looking for
   volunteers.
   The beauty of the 'net. This information (and some more) is online at:
   http://bms.brown.edu/bug/pages/research.html
   
2. Talk to Dean Thompson (head of undergrad bio dept.)
   about some ways to get involved (be warned, she's super busy)
   
3. Email prof's based on their research websites
   
4. UTRA - Undergraduate Teaching Research Assistanship.
   http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Dean_of_the_College/utra/
   
5. Talk to one your professors of one of your classes
   
6. AMSA (duh!) We'll be throwing out all kinds of research/internship/assistanship/be my slave opportunities for you all.
   
7. Sign up for jobmail - jobmail is something most frosh don't know about. Heck, most students don't know about it period. It's a website that sends out emails to you when a student job opens up in an area that you indicated an interest in. There's plenty of bio opportunities there
   http://financialaid.brown.edu/JobXHome.aspx
   

- Rusha