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Lamar announcement sparks Spring Weekend buzz

Students seeking refuge from the wrath of Winter Storm Nemo in the Sharpe Refectory this weekend were still buzzing about Brown Concert Agency’s surprise announcement of this year’s Spring Weekend lineup last Wednesday at midnight. Many voiced positive reactions to the act choices, though some expressed ...


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Weekend crime update: Feb. 8-10, 2013

The following is an account of crime events that took place this weekend, reported to The Herald by Deputy Chief of Police for the Department of Public Safety Paul Shanley: Between Saturday night and Sunday morning DPS officers responded to a call about exit sign destruction in Olney House around ...


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Winter Storm Nemo whips across campus

Winter Storm Nemo dwindled to a close Saturday afternoon after covering Providence in about a foot and a half of snow. The University weathered the storm, with staff members initating campus-wide recovery efforts. The snow began around 9 a.m. Friday morning, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...


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Divest Coal targets Corp., rallies on Main Green

Members of Brown Divest Coal and the campus community took to the Main Green Friday morning to rally against the University’s alleged fossil fuel investments. The rally was planned to coincide with the Corporation meeting originally scheduled to take place that day, said Emily Kirkland ’13, one ...


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Archeology prof. recounts Egypt findings

Employing archeological pneumonics from “A is for Abydos” down to “Z is for zee end,” Laurel Bestock, assistant professor of archaeology, began her talk on the recent discoveries of the Brown University Abydos Project last night. In her discussion of the trip for the first time, Bestock said ...


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UPDATED: Most Thayer businesses closed today

Au Bon Pain and Antonios are the only Thayer Street establishments open, and the latter is only accepting cash. The Sharpe Refectory will be open until 7:30 p.m. to all students, including those not on meal plan, wrote Russell Carey, vice president for planning and policy, in an email to the Brown ...


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Blizzard interrupts Corporation meeting

In anticipation of Winter Storm Nemo, the Corporation canceled its Saturday meeting and made plans to end its Friday meeting early at 10:30 a.m., delaying a vote on a school of public health and decisions about potential tuition or financial aid changes for at least a week, wrote Vice President for ...


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Campus prepares for Winter Storm Nemo

Due to warnings about Winter Storm Nemo, which hit New England this morning, the University canceled today’s classes — the third time this academic year administrators have shut down the University due to inclement weather. The University has not yet made plans to compensate for the lost day of ...


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Dorm options changed for new lottery

Several residence halls will no longer be available to the class years for which they had originally been designated, according to an updated housing lottery plan the Residential Council posted on its webpage Wednesday. With the number of doubles in Perkins, the building will be able to house enough ...


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Brazilian senator probes moral cost of progress

Progress as society perceives it may not always be positive, said Cristovam Buarque, a member of the Brazilian Senate, in a lecture Tuesday to a full room at the Joukowsky Forum in the Watson Institute. “Scientific and technical knowledge is accelerating with a stagnation of ethical development,” ...


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ResCouncil seeks to limit dorm damage

Residential Council is creating plans for next semester aimed to reduce dorm damage across campus, members of ResCouncil said. Following the recent renovations of residence halls including the Keeney Quadrangle and Andrews Hall, dorm vandalism has remained prevalent on campus. Members of ResCouncil ...


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Today in University history: Feb. 7

Feb. 7, 2003 The University’s Office of Environmental Health and Safety removed asbestos insulation during winter break from nearly 60 rooms in Wriston Quadrangle, The Herald reported. Though EHS Director Stephen Morin said asbestos is only dangerous when it is damaged, the University moved quickly ...


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Econ dept. looks to curb grade inflation

In an effort to control grade inflation, many professors in the Department of Economics will follow an official departmental recommendation to award 30 percent of students As, 40 percent Bs and 30 percent Cs in ECON 0110: "Principles of Economics," said Roberto Serrano, professor of economics. Serrano ...


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UCS may stand against federal sequester

The Undergraduate Council of Students will vote next week on a proposal to formally oppose the federal sequester, said UCS Treasurer Sam Gilman ’15. The sequester — which was announced by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan — would cut six percent of federal student aid for millions of students, ...


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‘Gang of Eight’ proposes new immigration policy

The University’s graduate students could stand to benefit from a proposed immigration reform that would grant more cards for international graduate students studying science, technology, engineering and math. The legislation was announced Jan. 28 by a bipartisan group of four Democrats and four Republicans ...


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A-Trak, Kendrick Lamar to headline Spring Weekend

DJ A-Trak and rapper Kendrick Lamar will headline Friday and Saturday night, respectively, for this year’s Spring Weekend. The concert, scheduled for the weekend of April 19 to 21, will also feature Providence’s What Cheer? Brigade, New Orleans bounce artist Big Freedia, experimental rock band ...


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Demonstrators give voice to victims of sexual assault

Clad in purple and wearing strips of gray duct tape across their mouths, several dozen students streamed into the Sharpe Refectory at lunchtime Tuesday to stage a demonstration against sexual assault at Brown. The event, organized and led by a group of Minority Peer Counselors, was intended to raise ...




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