As the national debate over same-sex marriage continues to unfold, for the first time in Rhode Island’s history, the governor, the House of Representatives and a majority of state residents all support legalization. The fate of same-sex marriage legalization now lies in the hands of the Senate. Gov. ...
Student groups remain dedicated to promoting legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage in Rhode Island — legislation which passed the House of Representatives 51 to 19 in January and is currently awaiting a vote on the Senate floor. The continued efforts follow a Valentine’s Day same-sex ...
Students from North Carolina could face difficulty voting in their home state if legislation passes removing a tax credit for familities whose children vote from outside of the state. The bill, introduced by state legislators, has prompted outcry from opponents who allege the measures are designed ...
Rhode Island’s history with same-sex marriage legalization has come in fits and starts. It began nearly 20 years ago with a bill introduced in 1997 by openly gay former Rep. Mike Pisaturo, D-Cranston. The bill contained two lines and stated that “persons of the same gender shall be eligible to ...
Five Brown students were selected to join the fellowship class of 2013 of Venture for America, a non-profit organization that connects new college graduates with two-year positions helping entrepreneurial startups in economically disadvantaged cities. The students — Moss Amer ’13, Zoe Chaves ...
A student group affiliated with the Dean of the College, 6,000 Voices, is working with the Undergraduate Council of Students to extend the First Readings program — in which incoming first years are assigned a summer reading assignment — to include all four years of college. The program, which would ...
Though Brown is often abuzz with students advocating for same-sex marriage, the campus often hears little from those who oppose it. “You could go around campus and pretty much assume most people support it,” said Dakotah Rice ’16, a member of the Queer Alliance. According to The Herald’s recent ...
Brown Concert Agency’s decision to hold a re-vote for the Spring Weekend student DJ sparked an outcry from some students who alleged the decision was unwarranted and not communicated in a clear and timely manner. BCA held an initial poll from March 22 to April 5 for students to choose a DJ, who will ...
Ron Paul skirted around potentially controversial issues and was met with respectful enthusiasm at a lecture Tuesday night in Salomon 101. Sharing his views on a plethora of political issues, Paul punctuated his lecture by voicing his distrust of politicians and government, at one point saying he wanted ...
A Day on College Hill had record-high attendance among students admitted through the regular decision process, with 823 of 2,649 students accepted to the class of 2017 flocking to campus from Sunday to Tuesday. This year also marked the first time the Third World Welcome was incorporated into the ADOCH ...
College social life is often perceived to be characterized by rampant drug and alcohol use, a stereotype reinforced by movies, television, books and popular culture. It may come as little surprise, then, that just shy of 85 percent of Brown students reported they have consumed alcohol and 49 percent ...
Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, Rhode Island will no longer use the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) as a measure of high school students’ academic skills. “Rhode Island is one of 46 states transitioning to the Common Core State Standards,” said Elliot Krieger, executive assistant ...
After controversy flared online Sunday over a proposed budget cut to the literary arts publication Visions, a meeting Monday afternoon between Undergraduate Finance Board representatives and Visions leaders appeared to partially resolve what UFB members described as a misunderstanding. But Visions ...
The fate of Rhode Island’s tallest building remains uncertain after its only tenant, Bank of America, moved out last Friday. The tower, nicknamed the “Superman” building due to its resemblance to the Planet News building in the Superman comic books, was the tallest structure in New England when ...
The Rhode Island General Assembly is considering a nine-bill package of gun control legislation — including a statewide assault weapons ban — that Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 announced with other legislative and community leaders at a press conference last Tuesday afternoon. “This is a ...
Seniors will present on topics ranging from Algebra in Motion to the use of classical music in television advertisements during the fourth annual Theories in Action conference April 26-28. Ninety-six seniors will participate, up from 21 participants last year and nearly twice as many as in 2010, when ...
No Brown students were reported injured after two bombs exploded by the Boston Marathon’s finish line around 2:50 p.m. yesterday, though at least 20 students and alums attended the event. Three people were killed, and almost 150 people were injured in the incident, multiple news outlets reported ...
As the University undertakes major changes to its housing system with a multimillion-dollar investment on the line, students expressed mixed views on how well residential life builds community. First-year units and mutual friends are the most common ways students form connections that lead to housing ...
After thousands of students were unable to purchase Spring Weekend tickets Monday morning due to technical issues with TouchNet, a third-party service that handles credit card payments, Brown Student Agencies and Brown Concert Agency successfully resumed sales Monday evening. Out of 6,400 tickets intended ...
More than 91 percent of the undergraduate student population supports legalizing same-sex marriage in Rhode Island, according to a Herald poll conducted last month. Nearly 86 percent of female students responded that they strongly agree that Rhode Island should legalize same-sex marriage, while only ...
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