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TWC to hire new diversity director

The Third World Center will increase its core staff positions to five by hiring an assistant director for diversity initiatives in an effort to foster cultural awareness. The new staff member will work most directly with ethnic student groups on campus and will also serve as an adviser for international ...


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Hiroshima survivor calls for peace

"As long as we live on this Earth, we have a responsibility to keep it a happy Earth," said Shigeko Sasamori, a survivor of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, last night during her talk in Salomon 101 about her life and anti-war philosophy. Sasamori was one of 25 Japanese women, known as the Hiroshima Maidens, ...


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UCS considers permanent e-mail addresses for alums

The Undergraduate Council of Students reviewed a proposed project to allow alums to maintain their Brown e-mail addresses, approved changes to its Student Activities Code of Operations and discussed the agendas of its constituent committees at its general body meeting Wednesday night.


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Humanities departments tout practicality

Though faculty members said they are not concerned about the level of student interest in the humanities, University data show Brown is not immune to the decades-long nationwide decline in the proportion of bachelor's degrees granted in the humanities.


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Student robbed at Brown and Barnes

 The Department of Public Safety e-mailed a crime alert to the campus community at 7:59 p.m. last night regarding the robbery of a male student. According to the alert, the robbery took place near the intersection of Barnes and Brown streets around 1 p.m. yesterday.


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Writing Center to hire ESL specialist

The Writing Center hopes to hire a specialist in English as a Second Language by July 2011 to meet an increasing demand for writing support, especially among international students. This year, the center has already held 2,300 appointments, 34 percent of them requested by students who do not speak ...


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BCA to end Spring Weekend lines

The Brown Concert Agency is test-driving a new ticket distribution system for Spring Weekend today in hopes of avoiding the long lines and lost tickets of years past. With the new system, students will purchase all Spring Weekend tickets online, including the extra tickets released if the concerts are ...


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150 on off-campus waitlist await word

This year, the Office of Residential Life approved nearly twice as many rising juniors to live off-campus as it did last year, though about 150 students remain on the waitlist, according to Richard Bova, senior associate dean of residential and dining services.


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Panelists debate gay marriage

"Separate is not equal." At the end of the Janus Forum's panel on gay marriage last night, Jesse McGleughlin '14 — the daughter of two lesbian mothers — stood up to argue for the right of gay couples to marry, brandishing the familiar phrase to the applause of the audience in MacMillan 117. ...


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Weinstein reflects on growth and discovery

Professor of Comparative Literature Arnold Weinstein read an excerpt from his new book "Morning, Noon, and Night" and discussed its creation in front of a small crowd of community members and students in the Brown Bookstore Thursday afternoon. The book of literary analysis touches on the same subjects ...



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