More than two months after Computing and Information Services made Microsoft Office packages available for free to the student body, 480 packages have been downloaded, and administrators said few glitches have occurred. Ravi Pendse, vice president for computing and information services, said he is ...
Zipcar is negotiating the terms of a new agreement with Providence to extend the company’s contract for an additional three years. While the original contract expired in January, current negotiations would extend the city’s agreement with Zipcar into 2017. Under Zipcar’s proposal, the city would ...
The Brown University Community Council passed a resolution at its meeting Wednesday about an ongoing labor dispute between the owners of the Renaissance Providence Downtown Hotel — the Procaccianti Group — and workers at the hotel. The resolution recommends that Brown community members refrain ...
The General Assembly this week considered a bill to alter gun-buyer screening procedures and legislation that would review racial disparities in out-of-school suspensions in the state’s public schools. Rhode Island legislators also conducted their annual St. Patrick’s Day and St. Joseph’s Day ...
Two more state officials took steps toward forming campaigns in anticipation of the 2014 election season. Rep. Ray Hull, D-Providence, announced Tuesday he is exploring a run for Providence mayor, potentially joining a crowded race for the Sept. 9 Democratic mayoral primary. Raymond McKay, network and ...
NCAA faces second lawsuit this year A lawsuit was filed Monday in a New Jersey federal court against the National Collegiate Athletic Association on behalf of college football and men’s basketball players, ESPN reported Monday. The lawsuit alleges that the NCAA has violated antitrust laws for capping ...
A group of students has formed a Sexual Assault Policy Task Force to gather information in preparation for the University’s Code of Student Conduct policy review next semester. The task force aims to provide support to survivors and promote awareness about sexual assault on campus, said Kevin Carty ...
Professor Emeritus of History Gordon Wood P’86 found it strange one day after he had retired that his mailbox was empty when all the other boxes on the wall in his department’s building held a copy of the Brown Alumni Magazine. When he started teaching at Brown in 1969, the provost of Wood’s ...
Exploring the traditional association of anger with revenge, Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago Law School professor and former Brown professor, cited the “Transition” anger utilized by political reformers such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi as its more productive counterpart during ...
This spring’s housing lottery — the first to take place on an online platform rather than in person in Sayles Hall — is currently progressing through the second of three phases. The new online structure has been split into three phases: After indicating interest in participating in the housing ...
The Resilient Rhode Island Act of 2014 — developed by Brown students working with a faculty member and outside consultants — was introduced to the Rhode Island General Assembly by Rep. Arthur Handy, D-Cranston, last week. The University provided funding to support the legislation, which outlines ...
The Rhode Island Senate approved two bills March 12 proposing to call the first constitutional convention the state has seen in 30 years and to create a bipartisan preparatory commission. The convention would consider a number of changes to the state’s constitution, including term limits for elected ...
Rhode Island voters have low confidence in the effectiveness of their elected state leaders, according to the results of a poll conducted Feb. 9-12. Only 2 percent of voters rated state leaders’ effectiveness as “excellent,” while the majority — 82 percent — rated it “fair” or “poor.” The ...
International students’ financial aid packages will be reevaluated annually beginning with the class of 2018 as part of President Christina Paxson’s strategic plan. This policy will apply to international students who received University aid upon their admission, but transfer, Resumed Undergraduate ...
Since Andrews Commons opened at the beginning of this semester, the space in the basement of Alumnae Hall — previously home to the Gate — has stood vacant, with no immediate plans for renovation. “We’re not at the point where we’re determining what’s next,” said Stephen Maiorisi, vice ...
With thousands to choose from, selecting courses can be a daunting task, especially in a student’s first year at Brown. As part of the University’s efforts to address this challenge, all incoming recruited athletes now receive a letter from a peer adviser on their team as part of the One for Me ...
Brown Student Agencies is working with Greek Council to encourage fraternity brothers to take bartending certification courses, in the hope of reducing EMS incidents at frat parties. The Student Activities Office and the Rhode Island Bartending School have also helped plan the courses, which have been ...
“People don’t go to movies to see you, they go to movies to see themselves,” said “Orange is the New Black” star Laverne Cox. This truism suggests the need for more relatable TV characters, representing a wide range of human experiences, she said. Cox, along with television stars Aasif Mandvi ...
Instead of lining up to watch the 250th anniversary fireworks and eat cake last Friday, Student Labor Alliance members passed out flyers urging the Brown community to support the Renaissance Hotel boycott. Sophia Gluskin-Braun ’17 and other SLA members distributed approximately 200 flyers to students ...
“Resolved: The United States government should seek to try Edward Snowden for treason,” read the chalkboard at last week’s inaugural meeting of the Brown Policy Union. Modeled after the Oxford Union, the student-run BPU gives “just a little bit more formality” to a standard political conversation, ...
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