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ROTC committee issues final report
By Mark Raymond | September 7Correction appended.
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CLPS to unite in renovated Metcalf
By Caitlin Trujillo | September 7The Metcalf Chemistry and Research Laboratory is on track to reopen the first week of October after more than a year of renovation, bringing the Cognitive, Linguistics and Psychological Sciences department under one roof for the first time since the July 2010 department merger.
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A first time for everything
By Brown Daily Herald | September 7This article was written by Elizabeth Carr, Katherine Long, Sahil Luthra, Joe Rosales, Kat Thornton, Natalie Villacorta and Emma Wohl.
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McLaughlin takes reins as dean of the faculty
By Shefali Luthra | September 7Kevin McLaughlin P'12, the new dean of the faculty, gave his walls a fresh coat of white paint. He's getting new furniture, including a desk designed by the architects of colonial Williamsburg.
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At Convocation, a call to 'search deeply'
By Jordan Hendricks | September 7As the sound of bagpipes pierced the air and a mild drizzle set in, the class of 2015 and other incoming students were called together to begin the 248th school year. After entering campus through the Van Wickle Gates, the first-year class filed onto the Main Green, awaiting welcoming remarks from President ...
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Simmons wary of fiscal woes to come
By Shefali Luthra | September 6The University will have to seek new sources of revenue this year after the summer's economic downturn, President Ruth Simmons said at Tuesday's faculty meeting. Simmons said the summer's events — which included stock market plunges and the debt ceiling debate — increased the likelihood ...
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U. Library launches more user-friendly website
By Caroline Flanagan | September 6The University Library unveiled a redesigned website last Thursday, introducing a cleaner and more accessible home page. The search bar is now larger and centered at the top of the page, and there are fewer links clustered in the middle of the site.
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After strain, on-campus housing meets demand
By Abby Kerson | September 6After three consecutive years of overcrowding, administrators expect no significant need for temporary housing this semester, said Richard Bova, senior associate dean of residential and dining services.
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Fencing raises $750,000 in bid to save squad
By Nikhil Parasher | September 6The fencing team has secured over $750,000 to save its varsity program from elimination and is eyeing another $200,000 in promised pledges, according to Arnold-Peter Weiss P'15, a professor of orthopedic surgery and associate dean of admissions of the Alpert Medical School. Of the nearly 100 donors, ...
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Campus spellbound by Mocha mix-up
By Katherine Long | September 6Students, be confunded no more. The reading list for many classes does not, in fact, include "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows".
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UCS opts out of Obama letter
By Joseph Rosales | September 6Student leaders at Georgetown University drafted a letter to President Obama and leaders of the U.S. Congress in mid-July urging them to quickly reach a deal on raising the debt ceiling. More than 130 current and former student body presidents signed the letter, but Undergraduate Council of Students ...
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With little fanfare, on-campus Inn checks out
By Sahil Luthra | September 6She had known for months the inn would be closing, but Jeanne Medeiros was still surprised by the error message when she tried to visit its website — especially since, at that point, the Saunders Inn at Brown was still in business. So she made a quick phone call. It turned out web developers had ...
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Interim diversity officer named
By Elizabeth Carr | September 6Professor of Anthropology Lina Fruzzetti will assume the role of interim institutional diversity officer, according to an email sent to the community yesterday by Provost Mark Schlissel P'15.
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In Irene's wake, College Hill largely unscathed
By Michael Danielewicz | September 4Tropical Storm Irene hit College Hill more with a whimper than a bang Aug. 28, with the limited damage cleaned up by the time first-years arrived for Orientation Saturday.
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Promising hugs, Simmons welcomes the class of 2015
By Natalie Villacorta | September 4President Ruth Simmons will keep her promise to give every member of the class of 2015 a hug, she said at her welcome speech on the Main Green Sunday. As she has done in the past, Simmons addressed her oration to the "most beautiful class to ever enter Brown."
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Irene leaves College Hill wet, in the dark
By Michael Danielewicz | August 28Hurricane Irene brought heavy winds and rain to Providence early Sunday morning, knocking out power, suspending public transportation and felling trees across the city and on campus. After sweeping up from North Carolina, the hurricane — downgraded to a tropical storm before it hit the Ocean State ...
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Med School sets up shop in Jewelry District
By Alexandra Macfarlane | August 17Deep in the heart of the former Jewelry District and burgeoning knowledge district, the new home of Warren Alpert Medical School is making Providence stronger, said Ed Wing, professor of medicine and dean of medicine and biological sciences, at the building's opening ceremony last month.
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Villarreal '01 MD'05 charged with drug fraud
By Sahil Luthra | August 12A recent graduate of Alpert Medical School was charged with forging and illegally distributing prescriptions for drugs, including Vicodin, Adderall and Percocet, at Rhode Island Hospital.
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TWC appoints new director
By Ben Kutner | August 4The Third World Center appointed Mary Grace Almandrez as its new director this summer after a yearlong search process. Almandrez, who took office July 1, was joined by Oscar Perez, the TWC's new assistant director for diversity initiatives.
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Ivy League limits full-contact football practices
By Ashley McDonnell | July 30Football fans love a big hit. But when that hit is a helmet-to-helmet collision, it can have major consequences: a concussion or even the possibility of long-term brain damage.
