“...turning his life around, heading to [an unnamed] college...”
Princeton,I assume :-)
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Apparently he changed his mind on attending college.
Could be, whatshisname, African-American studies prof Cornel West ended up there when Larry Summers, of all people, told West to give up the rap career and start teaching again, like Harvard was paying him to do.
OTOH, Mr. Brown acted like he could fit quite easily into the New Haven urban life scene.