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Elections fill vacant UCS spots
By Suzannah Weiss | September 23The Undergraduate Council of Students voted to fill open positions Wednesday night in the Crystal Room in Alumnae Hall.
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Hope High, with difficult past, has yet another new face
By Emma Berry | September 23In 2005, the Rhode Island Department of Education took control of an underperforming high school and divided it into three separate "learning communities." Now Hope High's three communities have become two, leaving students to adapt to a school that feels "different."
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Rhody residents may receive extended unemployment benefits
By George Miller | September 23Rhode Island is among 27 states that may receive extended unemployment benefits, thanks to a bill passed by U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday.
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Governor and state workers' unions spar over layoffs
By George Miller | September 23The stalemate between Gov. Donald Carcieri '65 and state workers' unions continued yesterday, as union leaders rejected the state's most recent plan to ease its budget woes. The proposed solution combines unpaid days off and delayed raises.
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Endowment losses weigh on budget
By Brigitta Greene | September 23The University plans to reduce its annual draw on the endowment by 20 percent next year, Beppie Huidekoper, executive vice president for finance and administration, said at the first Brown University Community Council meeting of the semester yesterday.
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Flu cases spreading quickly, BUCC hears
By Brigitta Greene | September 23Correction appended.
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Prof to advise State Dept. on cybersecurity
By Shara Azad | September 23Professor of Computer Science John Savage used to spend his days teaching classes and doing research. But for the next year, he'll turn his attention from advising Brown students to advising federal officials on cyber security.
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With research dollars up for grabs, U. keys in
By Sydney Ember | September 23Universities nationwide are in fierce competition this year to procure a share of scarce federal research funds, and Brown is taking aggressive steps to get its own piece of the pie and enhance its national profile as a top-tier institution.
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U. will offer new Ph.D in biology
By Alicia Dang | September 22Beginning next year, graduate students studying computational molecular biology will be able to officially work toward a Ph.D. in the field. The new program, created by the Center for Computational Molecular Biology, draws from four disciplines: ecology and evolutionary biology, applied mathematics, ...
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Musharraf reflects on Pakistan's past
By Alexandra Ulmer and Hannah Weiss | September 22Former president of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf said India poses an "existential threat" to Pakistan to a packed Salomon 101 Tuesday night. His wide-ranging speech touched on nuclear proliferation, the Talibanization of Afghanistan and the challenges of leadership.The crowd of students and faculty who ...
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Alum's green site wins grant
By Amy Chen | September 22Chip Giller '93, founder and president of the online magazine Grist.org, was honored with a $100,000 grant this month by the non-profit Heinz Family Foundation for his work promoting awareness of environmental issues.Giller, who founded Grist in 1999 to cover environmental topics in a positive, sometimes ...
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Larceny, break-ins among crimes reported
By Brown Daily Herald | September 21The following summary includes all major incidents reported to the Department of Public Safety between Sept. 2 and Sept. 8. It does not include general service and alarm calls.
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Local stores to consumers: remember us!
By Lauren Fedor | September 21More than 20 East Side businesses have signed up to promote the 3/50 Project, a national grassroots organization that encourages consumers to spend $50 a month at three of their favorite independent retailers, restaurants or other local businesses.
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Campus prepares for visit from controversial strongman Musharraf
By Mitra Anoushiravani | September 21Pervez Musharraf, the former president of Pakistan who resigned last year as opposition parties threatened to impeach him, is set to deliver a lecture tonight to what may be a skeptical American audience.
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Larceny, break-ins hit campus over weekend
By Brown Daily Herald | September 21The following summary includes all major incidents reported to the Department of Public Safety between Sept. 2 and Sept. 8. It does not include general service and alarm calls.
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R.I. unemployment third in country
By George Miller | September 21Rhode Island's unemployment rate dropped from second highest to third highest in the nation — a hollow victory for the country's smallest state, which still had the highest number of jobless workers in its history, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report.
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Alum to lead newest R.I. political party
By George Miller | September 21The newly minted Moderate Party of Rhode Island has hired Christine Hunsinger MPA'08 as its new executive director, the party announced in a Sept. 18 press release.
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Genre-bending artists kick off international reading series
By Anne Speyer | September 21Artists Sandy Baldwin and Caroline Bergvall performed excerpts from their most famous literary works to a group of undergraduates, graduate students and professors who crowded into the intimate McCormack Family Theater Monday evening.
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Capitalism and sexual oppression linked, says activist
By Sydney Ember | September 21President Obama may not like being called a "socialist," but Sherry Wolf certainly does.
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Whitehouse makes visit to U. labs, meets with admins
By Michael Skocpol | September 20Rhode Island's junior senator took a break from the health care debate on Capitol Hill Friday to learn a little more about where future medical breakthroughs may come from.
