Rebecca Mears ’15, president of the College Democrats of Rhode Island and Justin Braga ’16, chairman of the College Republican Federation of Rhode Island, engaged in a public debate Tuesday to discuss topics ranging from the recent U.S. government shutdown to national poverty. The event marked ...
SAC Capital Advisors L.P., the once-powerful hedge fund created and owned by Corporation Trustee Steven A. Cohen P’08 P’16, has reached a nearly $1.2 billion settlement with federal prosecutors, pleading guilty on five charges of insider trading, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New ...
The following is an account of crime events that took place last week and this weekend, reported to The Herald by Deputy Chief of Police for the Department of Public Safety Paul Shanley: Thursday morning Two students reported an incident in which an unknown individual opened their Emery-Woolley ...
Though President Christina Paxson’s strategic plan “Building on Distinction: A New Plan for Brown” has identified general objectives for University growth, formal plans for the allocation of University resources to accomplish these goals have yet to be formulated. The Corporation approved the ...
The University launched the Environmental Change Task Force — a committee composed of faculty members, administrators, undergraduates and graduate students — Monday, Provost Mark Schlissel P’15 wrote in a community-wide email. The group is charged with identifying issues pertinent to climate ...
Ken Block announced last week that he will run in Rhode Island’s 2014 gubernatorial election, competing against Cranston Mayor Allan Fung — who announced his candidacy Monday — for the Republican nomination. Block announced his candidacy last May, when he was a member of the Moderate Party. Block ...
Five students participated in a large-scale rally protesting the National Security Agency’s use of mass surveillance in Washington Oct. 26. The trip was organized by the Brown American Civil Liberties Union and funded by the Undergraduate Finance Board. The students joined StopWatching.us, a coalition ...
In the weeks after Christina Paxson was named the University’s 19th president, the transformative tenure of her predecessor, Ruth Simmons, set the backdrop against which Paxson’s presidency would be viewed. That lens can set expectations for and illuminate Paxson’s strategic plan “Building ...
Administrators officially welcomed Indomitable, a new life-size kodiak bear sculpture, to campus Saturday in a ceremony at the sculpture’s new home on Ittleson Quadrangle. The sculpture was installed Oct. 28 in front of the Nelson Fitness Center. Nick Bibby, the artist who created the sculpture, ...
Racial impacts on policing practices was the focus of a teach-in held in a packed Salomon 101 Thursday in the wake of the cancellation of New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly’s lecture Tuesday. The teach-in featured a panel of five faculty members who addressed the history and social context ...
A lead food service worker for Brown Dining Services, Manuel Gomes, has died at the age of 39, the University learned yesterday. Gomes’ death was unexpected, wrote Vice President for Public Affairs and University Relations Marisa Quinn in an email to The Herald. She did not confirm further details ...
Leaders of the Undergraduate Council of Students canceled the group’s weekly general body meeting Wednesday due to its overlap with President Christina Paxson’s open forum to discuss campus norms and dialogue. The Council would have spent the meeting approving categorizations of student groups ...
For the past 20 years, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., has carried a blank book with him, jotting down inspiring quotations as he hears and reads them, from the tenets of Boy Scout Law to a Ralph Waldo Emerson poem on the Providence War Memorial. When a friend advised him to publish his personal adversaria ...
Gender-neutral housing may receive vote from Harvard undergrads Activists garnered the number of signatures required for their petition to put up universal gender-neutral housing for undergraduate vote, the Harvard Crimson reported Tuesday. Harvard, like Brown, does not allow gender-neutral housing ...
Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., joined with the Rhode Island Foundation last week for a three-city tour in an effort to raise Rhode Island’s self-esteem as a part of the “It’s All in Our Backyard” campaign. The campaign stems from a partnership between the Foundation and media consulting firms Basics ...
More than 600 students and multiple professors and administrators gathered Wednesday night in Alumnae Hall for an open forum addressing issues surrounding free speech and race on campus and the cancellation of New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly’s lecture Tuesday. At the Tuesday event, ...
The Office of the Chaplains and Religious Life has replaced its former nondenominational Protestant services with two new ones this year. Sunday Worship and Wednesday Inspiration: 30 Minutes for Your Soul both begin at 5:30 p.m. in Manning Chapel and last for approximately 30 minutes each. Kirstin ...
Portsmouth High School revamped its drug policy last month to strengthen consequences for drug use and authorize random breathalyzer tests at extracurricular events. These changes stem from the release of an April report documenting high rates of student substance abuse from the Portsmouth Prevention ...
Newport, R.I., may soon add another city to its list of “sister cities” — a relationship that encourages an economic, cultural and social exchange between similar municipalities — after being approached by a representative for Tamsui, Taiwan. Newport already has six established relationships ...
A lecture by New York City Police Department Commissioner Raymond Kelly scheduled for Tuesday afternoon was canceled after protesters halted Kelly’s speech and would not yield the floor. Controversy preceded the talk — titled, “Proactive Policing in America’s Biggest City” — due to its ...
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