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Another masturbator arrested as spree continues
By Lucy Feldman | November 13Clarification appended.
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U. safety training to undergo upgrade
By Jordan Hendricks | November 13The Office of Environmental Health and Safety is planning to transition from its online safety training interface to a new system with expanded features, said Stephen Morin, director of the Office of Environmental Health and Safety. Morin said he hopes the switch will allow his office to maintain the ...
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Human rights lawyer traces chronology of Islamophobia
By Sona Mkrttchian | November 13Correction appended.
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U. takes on search to fill ombudsperson vacancy
By Wendy Suh | November 13A search is underway for a new faculty ombudsperson, a position that has been vacant for the past two years. The original search failed to yield a replacement for Flora Keshgegian before the 2009 hiring freeze.
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RISD stabilizes under new leadership
By Kate Nussenbaum | November 13A new spirit of peace and collaboration at the Rhode Island School of Design has replaced last year's turbulence, according to students, faculty and administrators at the school.
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Visas vex internationals in job search
By David Chung | November 12Securing a job out of college is no easy feat in this economic climate, but holding a foreign passport can make it even harder. While the federal government allows foreign students to work in the country for up to a year after graduation, they must find an employer willing to sponsor a work visa if ...
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More space needed for long-term growth in sciences
By Mark Raymond | November 12Administrators across the sciences are eyeing expansion of facilities and faculty following the recent establishment of the School of Engineering and growth at the Institute for Brain Science. While no concrete plans are in place, discussions have emphasized a greater support of collaboration across ...
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Simmons, Tisch reflect on enduring economic storm
By Tony Bakshi | November 12Three years ago, President Ruth Simmons found herself at the helm of a University navigating a stormy financial climate unlike any since the Great Depression. As Simmons prepares to step down at the end of the academic year, she said she is proud of the University's handling of the $740 million hit ...
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Support added for ailing undergrads
By Mark Valdez | November 12An academic warning once meant near-certain suspension, but a new academic standing level added two years ago now means struggling students are less likely to get the boot.
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ROTC office will open this spring
By Max Ernst | November 12The University will establish an office to coordinate support on campus for veterans and students pursuing military studies this spring, according to Margaret Klawunn, vice president for campus life and student services.
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Lit arts gives voice to oppressed poet
By Brielle Friedman | November 12Iranian poet Pegah Ahmadi spent six years under censorship in her native Iran before fleeing that country's post-election turmoil in 2009. Now, she is the latest fellow of the International Writers Project, a program run by the Department of Literary Arts and the Watson Institute for International Studies ...
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On Veterans Day, a call for conversation
By Phoebe Draper | November 12"Honor is understanding," said Chaney Harrison '11.5 at the University's Veterans Day ceremony Friday, when about 150 community members gathered by the flagpole and marched from the Main Green to Lincoln Field. Though the majority of campus bustled through its everyday routine, those that gathered for ...
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Contemplating to climax: Meditation relieves sex woes
By Natalie Villacorta | November 9A naked man passionately embraces a naked woman in a photograph. How does that make viewers feel? And how long does it take them to register their reactions? Females will take longer, according to a new study, because women are less in touch with their bodies.
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Pro-legalization speaker dominates debate
By Aparaajit Sriram | November 9At times lawyer-like, at others sharp-tongued and defensive, Glenn Greenwald, a politics and law columnist for Salon.com, and John Walters, former director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy during the Bush administration, debated national drug policy before a crowd unafraid to ...
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ResCouncil forums seek suggestions on housing
By Caitlin Trujillo | November 9Students discussed alternatives to the housing lottery — including how to revamp the system or provide other choices for on-campus residence — during a series of forums conducted by the Residential Council this week.
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Calcium build-up leads to speedy tan
By Adam Toobin | November 9Humans can tan easier and faster than previously thought, according to a recent paper from the Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology. Using the same mechanisms the eye uses to sense light, human skin can "see" ultraviolet light, almost immediately inducing tanning.
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Robust forum addresses tuition, budget concerns
By Mark Raymond | November 9The University's budgeting process is about making choices, said Provost Mark Schlissel P'15 at yesterday's University Resources Committee forum.
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As construction goes on, Metcalf praised
By Gadi Cohen | November 9For students returning from the stark Sciences Library or a food frolic at one of Thayer Street's generic restaurants, the newly renovated Metcalf Chemistry and Research Laboratory, with its red bricks and rows of white windows, is architectural eye candy. But to the graduate students of the Department ...
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DPS detains masturbator suspect in car
By Lucy Feldman | November 9Department of Public Safety officers detained a man last night after he was seen masturbating in a parked vehicle on Hope Street. Witnesses do not believe the suspect to be the same man who has masturbated outside a John Street house on multiple occasions this semester.
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At Hillel, Cicilline '83 reflects on term
By Elizabeth Carr | November 9"The Congress of the United States is a pretty broken place right now," said Rep. David Cicilline '83, D-R.I., to a group of students at a Jewish Leadership Seminar at Brown/RISD Hillel yesterday. "And if you weren't aware of that, I'm here to tell you that it is."
