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OMAC alarm, sprinklers functioned in fire incident

During Thursday’s electrical fire in the men’s track and field locker room in the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center, all fire prevention measures functioned properly, said Stephen Maiorisi, vice president of facilities management. Though several of the athletes present at the time of the fire observed ...


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Forum sparks tense sexual assault debate

“How many of you came tonight knowing exactly who I am and thinking you know exactly what I’m going to say?” asked Wendy McElroy, research fellow at the Independent Institute, kicking off her 20-minute talk and setting a tense tone for a highly anticipated Janus Forum debate on sexual assault ...


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At forum, participants favor marijuana legalization

The “huge explosion” of the American prison population is connected with the fact that 56 percent of federal offenders are in prison for nonviolent drug offenses, said Diego Arene-Morley ’16, president of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, during the community forum “Regulating Marijuana in ...


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Taking a closer look at concentration advising

Updated Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 5:41 p.m. Ira Magaziner ’69 and Elliot Maxwell ’68, architects of the open curriculum, recommended in 1967 that the University place “increased importance” on academic counseling to support “the student’s freedom to determine the course of his education,” ...


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Number of off-season, out-of-state tourists doubles in R.I.

The number of out-of-state visitors to Rhode Island will double this year during what is typically the off-season period from Nov. 8 to Dec. 7, largely due to a mix of large conferences and leisure travel, Providence Business News reported last week. This month, off-peak conventions and large events ...


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Commission approves first I-195 land proposal

At an I-195 Redevelopment District meeting Monday night, the commission voted to approve a purchase sales agreement for a proposal to build a six-story suite-style apartment complex on parcel 28 of the LINK — land in the Jewelry District previously occupied by I-195. The apartment complex, proposed ...


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Herald announces 125th Editorial Board

The Herald announced its leadership for next year at its annual banquet at CAV Restaurant Friday night. The 125th Editorial Board will be led by editors-in-chief Michael Dubin ’16 and Maxine Joselow ’16. Dubin, an English concentrator from New York City, will also serve as president. Joselow, an ...


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Paxson’s spring seminar draws 176 applications

More than 170 students entered a lottery — which closed at 5 p.m. Friday — to gain a spot in President Christina Paxson’s sophomore seminar, ECON 0300: “Health Disparities,” said Kathleen McSharry, associate dean of the College for writing and curriculum. The seminar, which will be offered ...


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Rally aims to fuel library workers’ negotiations

While University officials and administrators, including President Christina Paxson, attended a private dedication  of  a new reading room at the Rockefeller Library Friday evening, about 100 students, staff members and community members rallied on the library’s steps to support unionized library ...


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Snow removal budget set at $350,000

After last year’s polar vortex left Providence and much of the country feeling the effects of extreme winter weather, the Department of Facilities Management is hoping for milder weather this year. And it seems, at least in terms of temperature, the department may be in luck. Unlike last year, when ...


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Local students share views on education

In an effort to shift the discussion on education away from the “ivory tower of academics and policymakers,” Brown student organizations — Brown Refugee Youth Tutoring and Enrichment, Generation Citizen, Rhode Island Urban Debate League and the Providence Student Union — handed the discussion ...


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Faculty members discuss Ebola’s effects

Ebola and its epidemiological, political and cultural consequences took the stage during a multi-disciplinary panel of four Brown faculty members in Salomon 101 Thursday evening. The discussion took place a day after the World Health Organization announced that the death toll in the current Ebola epidemic ...


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OMAC fire causes damage, injury

An electrical fire broke out in the men’s track and field locker room at the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center Thursday morning, destroying runners’ personal belongings and injuring one student. Just after 7 a.m., several runners were preparing for a morning run when they noticed a “weird smell” ...


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U. launches initiative to assist internship hunt

BrownConnect, the University’s new initiative for students to find summer internships and research opportunities through Brown alums and parents, launched Thursday morning, President Christina Paxson announced in a community-wide email. The initiative is part of a goal in Paxson’s strategic plan ...


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This week in higher ed: Nov. 13, 2014

Princeton violated Title IX, federal government finds The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights found Princeton violated the Title IX federal statute in its handling of sexual misconduct cases, the New York Times reported Nov. 5. OCR’s decision, which concludes its investigation ...


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Scholars debate incarceration

“What do we owe the offending class?” asked Glenn Loury, professor of economics, in a discussion-based talk on mass incarceration at the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions Wednesday afternoon.  Steven Teles, associate professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University, ...





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