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''The Brown Noser'' (also known as ''The Noser'') is an
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History

Founded in 2006, ''The Brown Noser'' is the university's second oldest humor publication (behind ''
The Brown Jug ''The Brown Jug'' (also known as ''The Jug'') is a college humor magazine founded in 1920 at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Founding Following the death of the ''Brunonian'' in February 1919, ''The Brown Jug'' was founded in ...
'', founded in 1920). When the ''Brown Noser''s founders first applied to the Board of the Undergraduate Council of Students to request a financial endowment for publishing, they were denied funding. The founders then stormed the Undergraduate Council of Students meetings covered in body paint until they received funding sufficient to print the ''Noser'' five times a semester. The first article was "''Brown Noser'' to Replace ''Daily Herald'' as Campus's Premier Comedy Newspaper", a joke on the
Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...
's oldest publication, ''
The Brown Daily Herald ''The Brown Daily Herald'' is the student newspaper of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Established in 1866 and published daily since 1891, The ''Herald'' is the second-oldest student newspaper among America's college dailies. I ...
''. In Fall 2009, the ''Noser'' adopted and revived ''
The Brown Jug ''The Brown Jug'' (also known as ''The Jug'') is a college humor magazine founded in 1920 at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Founding Following the death of the ''Brunonian'' in February 1919, ''The Brown Jug'' was founded in ...
'', the student satirical magazine founded in 1920. ''The Jug'' features humorous content which mocks popular culture, fashion trends, politics, humorous illustrations, and events around the
Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...
's campus. ''The Noser'' is part of a collective of Brown comedy groups, along with Improvidence,
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, and ''
The Brown Jug ''The Brown Jug'' (also known as ''The Jug'') is a college humor magazine founded in 1920 at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Founding Following the death of the ''Brunonian'' in February 1919, ''The Brown Jug'' was founded in ...
'', known as the "Brown Barrel."


Issues

''The Brown Noser'' publishes five times per year and unloads hundreds of copies within hours of its release by stationing members at frequented campus intersections.


Notable alumni

* Ian Spector, humorist known for creating internet phenomenon "
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" *Hugh Hewitt, contributor Washington Post


See also

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The Brown Jug ''The Brown Jug'' (also known as ''The Jug'') is a college humor magazine founded in 1920 at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Founding Following the death of the ''Brunonian'' in February 1919, ''The Brown Jug'' was founded in ...
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The Brown Daily Herald ''The Brown Daily Herald'' is the student newspaper of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Established in 1866 and published daily since 1891, The ''Herald'' is the second-oldest student newspaper among America's college dailies. I ...
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References

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