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In 'Monologues,' vaginas take center stage
By Phoebe Nir | April 24Correction appended.
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Athletes challenge administrators on team cuts
By Nicole Boucher and Claire Peracchio | April 24Seventy students whose teams are in danger of being cut, and the dozens more who showed up to support them, met with administrators in an emotionally charged Solomon 001 Friday at 8 a.m. to discuss controversial recommendations that would eliminate four varsity athletic teams.
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Spring farmer's market comes to Wriston
By Leigh Carroll | April 21Students craving fresh local produce in the spring are now in luck. Though the farmer's market on Wriston Quadrangle has been a fall event since 2005, the University decided to establish a spring farmer's market for the first time this semester. The spring market began April 7 and will run through May ...
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Klingon is out of this world, linguistically
By Lindor Qunaj | April 21According to Marc Okrand, there are two reasons to make up a fake language. The first is a belief that natural, existing languages are "inefficient, clumsy and full of exceptions that lead to miscommunication" and that an artificial, planned one could allow for linguistic perfection. The second is the ...
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Hay Reading Room to get facelift
By Claire Schlessinger | April 21In an effort to make library space more amenable to student needs, the John Hay Library Reading Room and University Archives will undergo a renovation, slated to begin in summer 2012, according to University Librarian Harriette Hemmasi. The planned changes, which are expected to take about a year, ...
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UCS supports 'brain drain' bill
By David Chung | April 20The Undergraduate Council of Students passed a resolution at its general body meeting last night urging the Rhode Island General Assembly to approve the "Opportunity RI" legislation.
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Three marijuana compassion centers to open in R.I.
By Amy Rasmussen | April 20In less than three months, Rhode Island's first compassion centers will open their doors to the thousands of patients seeking a state-regulated source of medical marijuana.
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Professional degrees to debut in fall 2012
By Lindor Qunaj | April 20The University plans to offer professionally oriented master's programs, two to four of which are projected to begin enrolling students as early as fall 2012, according to a report published by the Office of the Provost March 14.
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State sued over school funding formula
By Rebecca Ballhaus | April 20The school committees of Pawtucket and Woonsocket filed an amended petition to a lawsuit April 7 against the state for allegedly failing to provide the districts with adequate funds for education under its new funding formula.
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Taveras to retain Esserman as police chief
By Sarah Mancone | April 20Despite mixed reviews of Col. Dean Esserman's tenure in office, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras announced April 12 that he will be keeping him as the city's chief of police. Esserman's contract expired Jan. 1 this year.
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Support for Hispanics scrutinized
By Joseph Rosales | April 20Though the University has made efforts to increase support for the growing Hispanic undergraduate population, students, faculty and administrators still feel that issues remain.
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Athletics committee recommends axing four varsity teams
By Tony Bakshi | April 20The men's and women's fencing teams, men's wrestling team and women's ski team will be cut if President Ruth Simmons and the Corporation accept the plan recommended yesterday by the Athletics Review Committee. If the Corporation approves the committee's proposals at its meeting next month, the cuts ...
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ResLife locks DTau out of frat lounge
By Alex Bell | April 20The Office of Residential Life changed the locks on the first floor lounge and basement common spaces belonging to Delta Tau fraternity at approximately 4 p.m. Saturday during Spring Weekend "to prevent a recurrence of unauthorized folks attempting to host parties that were not registered events," wrote ...
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15 use SSDP kits to test Ecstasy purity
By Jake Comer | April 19About 15 students used a test kit provided by Students for Sensible Drug Policy to assess the purity of Ecstasy pills in the days leading up to Spring Weekend, according to Jared Moffat '13, the group's president. Of those, it is possible a few were supplying those drugs to multiple users and were testing ...
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Prof's massless theory in need of proof
By Emily Rosen | April 19The fact that particles have mass is something most people take for granted. But what actually gives particles mass? Professor of Physics Gerry Guralnik thinks he knows the answer, but researchers are still working to find the proof.
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Sixth-year PhD funding announced today
By Lindor Qunaj | April 19Correction appended.
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New provost Schlissel P'15 to focus on undergrads
By Ashley Aydin | April 19Mark Schlissel P'15 will begin his five-year term as the University's highest academic officer July 1 when he replaces current Provost David Kertzer '69 P'95 P'98. Schlissel, dean of biological sciences and professor of immunology and pathogenesis at the University of California at Berkeley, will arrive ...
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After hit-and-run, campus questions pedestrian safety
By Kyle McNamara | April 19Despite the University's effort to increase pedestrian safety on campus over the past year, the April 9 hit-and-run accident that injured Amanda Chew '14 and Juliana Unanue Banuchi '14 has renewed concern across campus. A vehicle, allegedly driven by 30-year-old Jessica Paden of Providence, struck ...
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Case raises questions of research ownership
By Sahil Luthra | April 18Correction appended.
