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 ...
The Rhode Island Student Political Empowerment Conference returned to Brown this year, bringing speakers to inspire students from around the state to enter the political process. The event, which opened with a keynote address from Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 Friday night, featured training sessions ...
Brown Lecture Board is introducing a “complete overhaul” of its ticketing system, starting with the ticketing process for former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul’s lecture on campus Tuesday, said Rahim Makani ’14, Lecture Board president. Under the new system, Brown IDs now act as tickets. Half the tickets ...
Candidates for the position of Undergraduate Council of Students president debated a variety of questions at last Thursday’s debate. The Herald sat down with all three candidates — Afia Kwakwa ’14, Todd Harris ’14.5 and Daniel Pipkin ’14 — and asked them questions submitted by readers that ...
Forty-two percent of students did not practice a religion before coming to the University and still do not practice a religion, according to a Herald poll conducted in March. Twenty-nine percent of students said they practice the same religion with the same commitment level as they did before coming ...
Online food-ordering service Crunchbutton, which delivered Josiah’s spicy chicken sandwiches with cheese for a short period at the end of last semester, is embroiled in a legal dispute with the University that may result in a lawsuit, Xconomy reported earlier this month. Crunchbutton, which is based ...
In this week’s Undergraduate Council of Students and Undergraduate Finance Board elections, Brown may battle historically low voter turnout compared to peer institutions. The University had the lowest voter turnout for student government elections in the Ivy League last year, the Daily Pennsylvanian ...
Applicant interest in the Resumed Undergraduate Education program has declined over the past few years, which University administrators and RUE students attributed to limited financial aid, a lack of name recognition for the program and changes in the expected course load. Approximately four RUE students ...
Undocumented students have been able to receive financial aid from the University for at least seven years. But this fact was not readily available online until March 21, when the Office of Financial Aid updated the frequently asked questions section of its website to include information for undocumented ...
A proposal to change the name of and requirements for the community health concentration is pending approval from the College Curriculum Council, a body that reviews undergraduate curricula, said Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences William Rakowski. This is an appropriate time to “align (the ...
Candidates for Undergraduate Council of Students and Undergraduate Finance Board leadership positions confronted questions of need-blind admission, student government transparency, community engagement and student activities funding at the candidate debate Thursday night. The UCS presidential candidates ...
Signaling the start of a $160 million campaign to develop the School of Engineering, the University announced Wednesday morning the school’s receipt of two gifts totaling $44 million. New engineering facilities will be built adjacent to Barus and Holley, where the School of Engineering is currently ...
Domestic violence Under legislation introduced in the House by Rep. Michael Marcello, D-Cranston, state courts would be permitted to order certain convicted domestic violence perpetrators “to wear an electronic monitoring device,” according to a General Assembly press release. Marcello’s legislation ...
Legislation decriminalizing marijuana in Rhode Island went into effect last week. First introduced in 2010 by Rep. John Edwards, D-Tiverton and Portsmouth, the bill passed in the General Assembly last year. Individuals possessing less than one ounce of marijuana will be fined $150 instead of facing ...
Providence has set a 2014 start date for Providence Talks, the program for which it won a $5 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies in March. The city will work with a Brown research team to collect data, monitor the program’s progress and assess its effectiveness in improving the vocabulary ...
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