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Waitlist fluctuations make admittance unpredictable
By David Chung | October 19How tough is it to get into Brown off the waitlist? It depends.
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NSF launches virtual institute
By Katherine Long | October 19The National Science Foundation, in part looking to moderate the effect of reduced federal funding, is investing in a pilot program to encourage international support of American research. Brown's Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics will play a key role in the project, ...
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Corporation to review athletics, ROTC
By Tony Bakshi | October 18The Corporation will review President Ruth Simmons' recently released recommendations on the Reserve Officers' Training Corps and Department of Athletics at its meeting this weekend.
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UCS proposes raising student activities fee by $10
By Katrina Phillips | October 18The Undergraduate Council of Students introduced a resolution to increase next year's student activities fee by $10 last night. The council also spoke with Provost Mark Schlissel P'15 and Lauren Kolodny '08, former UCS vice president and current member of the Corporation.
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Med faculty to teach first-year seminars
By Gadi Cohen | October 18Until recently, first-years interested in face time with the University's top doctors would have to resort to hour-long keg stands or December dips in the Narragansett River. But thanks to a new University initiative, freshmen will soon be able to take first-year seminars with Alpert Medical School ...
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Adviser changes confuse English concentrators
By Greg Jordan-Detamore | October 18When the Department of English began allotting concentration advisers alphabetically this summer, it left many students surprised to find they had been reassigned to new advisers.
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Masturbator sighted Tuesday
By Lucy Feldman | October 18College Hill's public masturbation spree continued with yet another incident Tuesday night.
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Program may lower faculty, staff travel costs
By Nora McDonnell | October 18A new Commuter Choice Assistance Program will allow employees to create pre-tax debit accounts to lower the costs of public transportation and off-site parking starting Jan. 1.
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Granoff Center, Med Ed expand outreach
By Sona Mkrttchian | October 17The University is looking to integrate community programs with the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts and the Medical Education Building, according to the most recent update to the Plan for Academic Enrichment, President Ruth Simmons' blueprint for academic improvement.
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Initiative connects classrooms to the community
By Nic Cavell | October 17Every three weeks at the Swearer Center for Public Service, 22 professors across 17 disciplines collide behind closed doors to discuss exciting new directions in education at Brown. Food justice is discussed with sandwiches in hand, education finds common ground with engineering and the medieval studies ...
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Simmons: No change to campus ROTC ban
By Mark Raymond | October 17President Ruth Simmons recommended the University not change its academic policies toward the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, according to a letter released to the community yesterday. Current policies do not permit ROTC's presence on campus.
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Students debate need-aware admission
By Eli Okun | October 17Nick Petersdorf '12.5 is happy to be in a long-term relationship with Brown, but he wants to spread the love.
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Human bio program may lose degree option
By Meia Geddes | October 17Proposed revisions to the human biology concentration program will eliminate the bachelor of science degree and alter the bachelor of arts degree, if approved. Though the changes were posted on the Division of Biology and Medicine website as early as this summer, the College Curriculum Council has not ...
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Bears Lair replenishes machines
By Erin Kilduff | October 17Following the installation of 10 new exercise machines over the past week, the Bears Lair is once again filled to capacity with students working off magic bars and spicies with.
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Program to build career networks
By Aparna Bansal | October 17CareerLAB launched a new intensive program to facilitate interaction between Brown students and alums Monday. The three-day pilot January Career Laboratory will begin Jan. 19 and will feature panels on different career fields, networking sessions and skill workshops.
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Frank urges support for Israel in quest for peace
By Shefali Luthra | October 17The United States must support Israel's right to exist in order to establish peace in the Middle East, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. told a crowded Salomon 101 last night.
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Rosters for presidential committees revealed
By Tony Bakshi | October 17Chancellor Thomas Tisch '76 announced the 29 members of the two committees responsible for overseeing the search for a new president yesterday in an email to the Brown community.
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Cones make way for pita pockets
By Inni Youh | October 16Like a star shooting across the night sky of low-priced dining options, pizza cone purveyor Toledo had a brilliant but short-lived run. Thayer Pita Pockets, the eatery that has quietly replaced Toledo, offers a combination of gyros, falafel, deli wraps, New York style pizza and pizza cones. Thayer Pita ...
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Simmons recommends against cutting teams
By Dan Alexander | October 16After nearly six months of contentious debate over the prospect of cutting the ski, fencing and wrestling programs, President Ruth Simmons recommended yesterday that the Corporation, the University's highest governing body, keep all three programs this year. In a report sent to the Brown community ...
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Teams rejoice, prepare to fundraise after announcement
By Ashley McDonnell and Jake Comer | October 16Moments after President Ruth Simmons released her response to the Athletics Review Committee Report yesterday, men's fencing captain Andrew Pintea's '12 phone started buzzing. Though he was in a meeting, he left to see what the texting frenzy was about. "I had to check immediately," he said.
