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Simmons: Dorms, grad school, internationalization on agenda
By Ben Noble | March 18Large tuition increases "absolutely will not be an option" to balance the budget in the future, President Ruth Simmons told a less than half full Salomon 101 in her State of Brown address Thursday afternoon.
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UTRA awards constant from last year
By Thomas Jarus | March 18Applicants for summer Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards were informed of decisions March 12, and the number of awards remained the same as last year, said Besenia Rodriguez, associate dean of the College for undergraduate research.
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Simmons warns HEI over rights
By Alex Bell | March 18President Ruth Simmons wrote a letter to HEI Hotels and Resorts' CEO last month to publicly express concern over reports of workers' rights violations, becoming the first university leader to do so, according to a March 15 press release from the Brown Student Labor Alliance.
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Financial Times in dining halls for limited time
By Sofia Castello | March 18Pink newspapers have made their way to dining halls — for a limited time only.
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Med students get Match Day residency decisions
By Sarah Mancone | March 18Fourth-year Alpert Medical School students gathered with faculty, administration, families and friends in Andrews Dining Hall Thursday at noon to participate in the annual medical event Match Day, when students find out where they will be working for the next few years.
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Student and father write guide to World Cup
By Ashley Aydin | March 18This year rings in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, a competition that never fails to bring out the passion that both Harry Stark '11 and Steven Stark P'11 share for soccer. The two have collaborated on a guidebook about the World Cup that will be published at the beginning of April. The guidebook, "World Cup ...
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City Plan Commission chairs reelected
By Caitlin Trujillo | March 17The Providence City Plan Commission voted Tuesday to reelect Stephen Durkee and Harrison Bilodeau to the Commission's chair and vice-chair positions, respectively, according to Robert Azar, director of current planning for the Department of Planning and Development.
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Senate confirms Thompson '73
By Caitlin Trujillo | March 17The United States Senate confirmed O. Rogeriee Thompson '73 to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Wednesday afternoon.
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Corporation adopts new policy for minutes
By Ana Alvarez | March 17The minutes from Corporation meetings held after July 1, 2009, will be made public after 25 years, a change from the previous policy of holding the minutes for 50 years, according to Russell Carey '91 MA'06, senior vice president for Corporation affairs and governance. The Corporation approved the change ...
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Mall operator considers buyout
By Suzannah Weiss | March 17General Growth Properties, Inc., owner of over 220 U.S. shopping centers including Providence Place Mall, received an unsolicited $10 billion bid last month from rival company Simon Property Group, Inc., according to David Keating, senior director of corporate communications at General Growth.
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Med School to host HIV conference
By Nicole Boucher | March 17The Alpert Medical School will co-host a conference designed to address HIV prevention and treatment at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador in Quito, Ecuador, on Thursday and Friday. Jointly sponsored with Rhode Island College, the conference will bring together Ecuadorian medical students, ...
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Hip hop politico opens week on Puerto Rico
By Casey Bleho | March 17For Rosa Clemente, 2008 vice-presidential nominee for the Green Party and an active community organizer and hip-hop activist running for a seat in the New York State Senate, radicalism is the means through which to obtain change. Clemente stressed a radical approach during her emotional opening convocation ...
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David Shields '78 challenges nonfiction
By CC Chiang | March 17"So many contemporary novels are fundamentally un-serious. They start off with truly interesting narratives, but end up with all their attention on cranking out pre-formatted narratives," said David Shields '78, who spoke on Wednesday night as the third writer in the Great Brown Nonfiction Writers Lecture ...
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Financial aid director updates UCS
By Nicole Boucher | March 17Director of Financial Aid Jim Tilton spoke at Wednesday's general body meeting of the Undergraduate Council of Students about the positive impact of financial aid initiatives introduced by the Corporation in the 2008–09 academic year.
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Races underway for both R.I. House seats
By Claire Peracchio | March 17While Patrick Kennedy has shaken up the race for Rhode Island's First District by announcing his retirement, U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin faces a contentious race to defend his seat in the state's Second District. His opponents include Democrat Betsy Dennigan and Republicans Michael Gardiner and Mark Zaccaria. ...
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Middle East experts advocate nuance on Islam
By Jessica Liss | March 16"We would be hard-pressed to come up with a distinctly Muslim value," said Nancy Khalek, assistant professor of religious studies, at "Islam and Governance: The Political Future of the Middle East," a Janus Forum-sponsored panel held Tuesday in Barus and Holley 166.
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UFB will end funding for tableslips after break
By Alex Bell | March 16Correction appended.
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Crime Log: Screws, signs missing from SciLi
By Brown Daily Herald | March 16The following summary includes all major incidents reported to the Department of Public Safety between Feb. 4 and March 4. It does not include general service and alarm calls. The Providence Police Department also responds to incidents occurring off campus. DPS does not divulge information on cases ...
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U. begins last phase of capital campaign
By Clare De Boer | March 16The University is making a final push for its Campaign for Academic Enrichment after achieving its goal of raising $1.4 billion in May 2009, 19 months before the campaign's end in December 2010, according to Ronald Vanden Dorpel MA'71, senior vice president for University advancement.With "luck," the ...
