Brown University Class of 2022: It All Came Down to Frozen Lemonade

For weeks, I ran through the various scenarios by which move-in day could have played out; the “Tension-Filled-Fighting-Family” scenario, the “Pinterest-For-Life-Its-All-Teamwork-and-Laughs” scenario, and even the least likely “Everything-That-Could-Go-Wrong-Does-But-I-Remain-a-Paragon-of-Grace” scenario. I did not imagine a scenario in which an older Frozen Lemonade Stand vendor would fix everything.

We arrived in Providence a day early. The idea was to check out the campus, the town, and b...