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Alum group aims to aid sexual assault activism

Brown Alumni to Stop Assault, an emerging alumni group, aims to keep alums engaged in sexual assault policy reform and to harness the power of the alumni community to hold the University accountable to lasting change, group leaders said. The group’s founding members have been following sexual assault ...


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UCS reviews history of alcohol policy change

Senior Director for Planning and Student Engagement MaryLou McMillan presented data from the 2011-2012 campus-wide survey on alcohol habits to the Undergraduate Council of Students at its general body meeting Wednesday. At the council’s Feb. 4 general body meeting focused on the interim alcohol policy ...


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Laptop theft on campus decreased over past seven years

The number of laptop thefts decreased from 54 to 12 from 2013 to 2014, said Paul Shanley, deputy chief of police for the Department of Public Safety. Laptop thefts hit a seven-year high of 92 in 2008 but have since seen a gradual decline, he said. The downward trend may be related to the growing number ...


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Vigil honors UNC shooting victims

About 75 undergraduates and community members gathered on the Main Green Friday to mourn three Muslim students at the University of North Carolina who were murdered Feb. 11. Deah Barakat, Yusor Mohammad and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha were fatally shot in their apartment by a neighbor. Vigil attendees ...


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This week in higher ed: Feb. 18, 2015

Iranians barred from some UMass Amherst programs The University of Massachusetts at Amherst will cease admitting Iranians to certain programs in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, Inside Higher Ed reported Monday. The university based its decision on U.S. sanctions imposed ...


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Left to their own devices, students swipe right

For some students looking for love on Valentine’s Day, Tinder, the popular mobile dating app, seems an unlikely source. “Most people think Tinder is just for hooking up,” said Mary Martha Wiggers ’18. “I usually use it as a joke,” sometimes sending strange messages to see how people will ...


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Campus embraces Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day — the heart- and cherub-filled holiday that inspires love, dread and excuses for chocolate — is just around the corner. From planning romantic getaways to buying tickets to “Fifty Shades of Grey,” Brown students are prepared for Feb. 14. Though people have celebrated Valentine’s ...


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UCS talks campus climate in LGBT workshop

LGBTQ Center Program Director Kelly Garrett led an identity workshop for the Undergraduate Council of Students at its general body meeting Wednesday, highlighting campus resources and issues of gender expression and sexual orientation. Though the University is “ahead of the curb” regarding many ...


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Snow weighs down on U. structures

The roof of the Paul Bailey Pizzitola Memorial Sports Center collapsed under accumulated snow around 12 a.m. Wednesday, said Court Attendant Chelsie Churchill ’16, who witnessed the cave-in. The collapse occurred shortly after members of the men’s and women’s club tennis teams left the courts ...


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U. talk examines science-religion interplay

Believing in God makes practicing science more fulfilling, said Hans Halvorson, professor of philosophy at Princeton, at a debate Wednesday night on the fraught relationship between religion and science. The event, which drew a few hundred attendees to Salomon 101, pitted Halvorson against David Rand, ...


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Demand for off-campus housing increases

The Office of Residential Life granted off-campus permission to 324 rising juniors and 1,163 rising seniors for the next academic year, said Richard Bova, senior associate dean for Residential Life and Dining Services. Of the 537 rising juniors who applied, 168 were placed on a waitlist and 45 have ...


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Researchers critique sexual assault survey

Administrators plan on conducting a survey from the Association of American Universities to measure campus attitudes toward sexual assault this April, despite criticism from researchers studying sexual assault over the survey’s perceived ethical violations. The University paid $87,500 to the AAU, ...


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Three sororities see record rush, bid numbers

A record 207 female undergrads participated in the sorority recruitment process this year, marking an approximately 48 percent increase from the 140 students who sought bids last year, said Maggie Johnson ’16, vice president of the Panhellenic Council, public relations chair for Greek Council and ...


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Huidekoper nominated to serve on state commission

Beppie Huidekoper, executive vice president for finance and administration, is one of six nominees for the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission, Gov. Gina Raimondo announced last week. The commission recommends and implements new strategies for developing 19 acres of vacant land in Providence previously ...


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MPC event examines ‘Black Lives Matter’

This post was updated February 11, 2015 at 3:42 p.m. Anti-black racism is “harder to see, harder for people to understand, because it’s not written in law,” said Jacinta Lomba ’17, Minority Peer Counselor, at an MPC worshop Tuesday, entitled “Why #BlackLivesMatter: an MPC Workshop Exploring ...


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Ceremony recognizes staffers’ achievements

More than 500 University employees, students and community members gathered in Salomon 101 Tuesday to celebrate the achievements of staff members at the annual Brown Employee Appreciation and Recognition Day. President Christina Paxson P’19 rewarded 38 staff members with Excellence Awards of $2,500 ...


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