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Brunonians have highest debt in Ivy League

Students who graduated from Brown in 2012 left with an average debt of $23,521 per borrower — the highest in the Ivy League — according to the latest numbers from the Project on Student Debt, an annual report published by the nonprofit Institute for College Access and Success. Brown students’ ...


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Feminist activist discusses rape culture

The voices of around 60 teal-clad students  during Saturday’s March Against Sexual Assault welcomed Jaclyn Friedman, feminist activist and writer, to College Hill. Chanting lines such as “No slut shaming, no victim blaming” and “Yes means yes, no means no. Whatever we wear, wherever we go,” ...


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TEDxBrownU showcases passions, individuality

Students filled Salomon 001 to hear seven undergraduates give their “ideas worth spreading” at the TEDxBrownU conference Saturday. Gaining the Student Activities Office’s approval as an official student group this year has allowed TEDxBrownU to “solidify our own identity,” said Emma Milward ...


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At debate, candidates tout different priorities

Candidates for leadership positions on the Undergraduate Council of Students and the Undergraduate Finance Board used Thursday night’s debate to push their platforms and address a host of issues, such as the role of student government, mental health resources and adding a student representative to ...


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Med students discover residency placements

Ninety Alpert Medical School fourth-year students opened letters containing “the culmination of years of hard work” the day before spring break, in a shower of giant red and white balloons, said Katrina Chu MD’14. On Match Day, held this year on March 21, medical students nationwide discover ...


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Former drug kingpin reflects on motivations

For a man who once commanded the second-most profitable drug empire in American history, “Freeway” Rick Ross is disarmingly humble in appearance and manner. His blue sweatshirt, loose black jeans, genuine smile and 5’6” stature belie his past as the self-described “dictator” of a trafficking ...


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UCS declares support for Brown Divest Coal

The Undergraduate Council of Students passed a resolution in support of Brown Divest Coal, urging the University to divest its endowment from major coal and fossil fuel investments, at its general body meeting Wednesday. Divest Coal members originally presented the resolution to the Council before spring ...


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Controversial Hillel lecture sparks protest

As Sgt. Benjamin Anthony of the Israel Defense Forces prepared to speak to an audience of around 40 invited students at Brown/RISD Hillel Wednesday night, about 70 students outside protested both his presence on campus and the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.  The protesters organized ...


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Job prospect concerns differ by discipline

Though the economy’s slow recovery is making it harder for students to land jobs, many sophomores rushing to declare their concentrations before Tuesday’s deadline were pursuing their passions without worrying about getting hired, according to the results of a Herald poll conducted March 3-4. Approximately ...


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Mama Kim’s sold to business employee

Students can look forward to late-night hours and a “secret menu” under Mama Kim’s Korean BBQ’s new leadership. Originally run and owned by Sook Kim P’01 and Hyun Kim ’01, the popular Thayer Street food truck was recently sold to the business’ sous chef, Don Fecher. The eatery caters ...


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U. to change dept. names, expand professional programs

Faculty members unanimously passed a motion to rename the Department of Geological Sciences the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at a faculty meeting Tuesday. Faculty members and administrators also voted to rename the Department of Slavic Languages, adopt the new title “professor ...


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UCS and UFB hopefuls announce candidacies

The race for president of the Undergraduate Council of Students will be a three-way contest between Asia Nelson ’15, Maahika Srinivasan ’15 and Jonathan Vu ’15, while the race for UCS vice president will feature Alex Drechsler ’15 and Sazzy Gourley ’16. After gathering signatures this week, ...


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This Week in Higher Ed: April 2, 2014

Wisconsin university bans student classroom videos The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater is expected to issue a policy this week banning students from recording and distributing footage of university classrooms, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported Friday. First-year student Kyle Brooks posted ...


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Meiklejohn program amps up recruiting

Around 54 percent of students applying to be first-time Meiklejohn peer advisors were accepted into the program for the 2014-15 academic year, said Kayla Rosen ’14, a Meiklejohn Leadership Committee member, adding that this marks the lowest acceptance rate in years for which data is available. Approximately ...


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Prof. declares emergence of second Cold War

The United States and Russia have “entered a new Cold War,” announced Robert Legvold, professor emeritus in the department of political science at Columbia, in a lecture Monday to an audience of approximately 50 students, faculty members and community members in the Watson Institute’s Joukowsky ...


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Students stand up against sexual assault

About 30 students from a variety of campus groups gathered in the back of Flatbread Company Monday evening in the name of a cause they plan to support with great energy this month — prevention and awareness of sexual assault. The event was organized to kick off Sexual Assault Awareness Month with ...


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Brown admits record-low 8.6 percent

Updated at 1:34 a.m. on March 31, 2014.   The University extended offers of admission to 8.6 percent of applicants to the class of 2018, marking the lowest percentage of admitted students in University history, said Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73. From a pool of 30,432 applicants, the second-largest ...




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