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Two female students struck in hit-and-run

Obama curtails civil liberties, says rights lawyer

Civil liberties are "nothing more than the list of things the government is not allowed to do," said Glenn Greenwald, a former constitutional law and civil rights lawyer, in his lecture before a full Salomon 001 last night. The best-selling author discussed the characteristics of civil liberties and ...

Candidates tout outreach at UCS, UFB debate

Candidates for Undergraduate Council of Students and Undergraduate Finance Board leadership positions echoed one another as they called for increased communication, pointed to their experience and accomplishments and answered questions from the crowd at a debate in a largely empty MacMillan 117 last ...

Student found dead in Alabama apartment

Matthew Strickland, who was enrolled as an undergraduate from 2005 to 2009, was found dead in his Alabama apartment Tuesday. Strickland was on leave from Brown and was studying full-time at the University of Montevallo during the 2010-11 academic year.

Researchers seek to untangle decision-making processes

Housing lottery sees tears, jeers

The first 460 housing groups arrived yesterday in Sayles Hall to select their rooms for next year during the first night of this year's housing lottery. The lottery began a few minutes after 6 p.m., kicking off a two-night event that promised to deliver tension, panic and elation.

R.I. workers may face immigration checks

The Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee heard a bill March 22 that would require all non-governmental employers with more than three employees to check the immigration status of job applicants in E-Verify, a federal employment verification database.

Simmons' approval rating down 12 percent

Mayor and city labor union strike pay deal

Providence Mayor Angel Taveras signed an agreement Wednesday morning with the city's largest labor union that will affect nearly 900 workers and save more than $26 million over the next four years. The city faces a $180 million two-year budget deficit.

Simmons to UCS: no more budget cuts

The University does not intend to make any further budget cuts in response to the economic decline of 2008 and is moving forward with a number of initiatives including expansion of the School of Engineering and improvement of student residences, President Ruth Simmons told the Undergraduate Council ...

ProJo sees print circulation drop, considers online pay wall

Facing declining advertising revenue and circulation, national newspapers like the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are erecting pay walls to stay afloat. The Providence Journal could be next.

Med School jumps in rankings

After an aberration last year, the Alpert Medical School jumped 21 spots to 28th in the U.S. News and World Report primary care rankings. Except for last year, when it ranked 49th, the Med School's primary care ranking has hovered in the 20s for the past several years.

U. child care service gains popularity

Now in its second year, the University's subsidized care program for family of faculty and staff members has received overwhelmingly positive feedback, according to Drew Murphy, director of benefits for human resources. About 340 — or 7.5 percent — of employees are registered for the program. ...

BCA ticket process hits snags again

Malicious outside software may have interfered with the Brown Concert Agency's ticketing website Wednesday morning. BCA made Spring Weekend concert tickets available for sale at 8 a.m., but students were unable to access the website until 8:30 a.m.

Structure complete, fitness center to open next March

"Let's lift the beam!" President Ruth Simmons urged a crowd of about 150 yesterday at a "topping off" ceremony for the new fitness and aquatics center currently under construction. Moments later, the last piece of steel for the building's structure fell into place. "No longer will our cardio equipment ...

Farber '12, Nelson '12 vie for UCS president

Ben Farber '12 and Ralanda Nelson '12 will face off next week in an election for president of the Undergraduate Council of Students. Farber is currently UCS vice president and Nelson is the UCS Student Activities Committee chair.

Faculty endorses public health depts.

The faculty voted unanimously in favor of creating four new public health departments at its monthly meeting last night. The departments will be devoted to the study of health services, policy and practice; behavioral and social sciences; epidemiology and biostatistics.

Colombian president to students: 'Go South'

"This is the decade of Latin America," President Juan Manuel Santos P'12 of Colombia told a packed Salomon 101 last night. In his talk, part of the Stephen A. Ogden '60  Memorial Lecture series, Santos urged the United States to look to Latin America as a strategic partner in the coming years. Santos, ...

To get an edge, students turn to illicit study drug use

Prescription drug use is the fastest-growing category of drug abuse on college campuses today. Just over 5 percent of Brown students take prescription stimulants once or twice a semester as academic aids, according to last month's Herald poll. More non-first-years, 6.4 percent, reported use than first-years, ...

Q&A with President Santos P'12

President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos P'12 gave the 84th Stephen A. Ogden '60 Memorial Lecture on International Affairs yesterday. Before the lecture, he sat down with The Herald.