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Our Brower: A Dining Hall Autopsy

A Film by Mason Springer-Lipton

 

Director’s Statement: “Brower Commons was a fixture of my freshman year, and then it was gone–but students kept talking about it, complaining about its absence just as they had previously complained about its food. This toxic, confusing relationship fascinated me, and I had to learn more, dig deeper, and uncover the truth. What resulted was a journey that took me through countless student interviews, frustrating university bureaucracy, and hidden Rutgers history.”

Mason Springer-Lipton is a history major with a creative writing minor, and he plans on graduating in 2026. He is from Highland Park, NJ (yes, the one right across the bridge), and you can find him there perusing the streets on his bike or camping out on a park bench with a book.