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U. awards 2,419 degrees in Paxson’s first commencement

Speakers called on graduates to pursue their passions and to ‘engage with the future.’
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Rhode Island legalizes same-sex marriage

Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 signed the historic legislation at a State House ceremony yesterday.
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Family, friends remember Tripathi

Those who knew the former undergraduate paid tribute in a memorial service Saturday.
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Todd Harris ’14.5 to lead Undergraduate Council of Students

Harris beat Afia Kwakwa ’14 in a run-off, receiving 54 percent of the vote.
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Body found Tuesday confirmed to be Tripathi’s

The cause of death is still unknown and is pending further study.
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New details on student assault emerge

The student who was assaulted in May is now medically stable but faces lingering problems.

Coal divestment, strategic planning dominate Corporation meeting

The Corporation heard arguments on divesting and looked at a draft of the University’s strategic plan.

U. yield rate hits 15-year high

The 60 percent rate will likely mean few waitlist acceptances.

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Commencement Magazine 2013

The crowd danced the night away as DJ A-Trak skillfully manipulated mixes ranging from Missy Elliott to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, all while taking shots of the crowd with his iPhone.

Spring Weekend delivers engaging lineup

This graphic visualizes inter- and intra- genre preferences among respondents to the fall 2012 poll conducted by UCS and the BCA surveying interest in acts for Spring Weekend. The size of each genre's exterior band represents the total number of votes received by that genre in the poll. The connecting segments represent shared tastes between genres. The width of each of the segments is proportional to the total number of votes the corresponding genre received among voters of the source genre. (Interactive graphic by Data Science Contributor Madeline Kau and Data Science Editor Andersen Chen.)

BCA poll results reveal pop, hip hop as most popular genres

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Admitted students descend on College Hill

Taking Sides: Is the name "Brown" racist?

Husted ’13 and Tennis ’14 square off on whether the University’s name is socially or ethically problematic.

Fuerbacher '14: Knowing my friend’s net worth doesn’t increase mine

Ironically, heavy attention paid to another party’s finances is often cultivated by the outside observers rather than the personal possessors of wealth.

Moraff '14: The bogus strategic planning process

There is virtually no value in a process that treats entire groups as nonpersons.