Our Brower – A Dining Hall Autopsy (2024)

Overview

Brower Commons, a dining hall at Rutgers University, 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.