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Demystifying UFB: Funding process draws mixed reviews
By Aparna Bansal | April 26Corrections appended.
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Emails underline rape procedures' flaws
By Nicole Boucher | April 26Clarification appended.
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Protestors rally against proposed cuts to teams
By Sarah Forman | April 25About 75 students gathered on the Main Green Monday afternoon to protest the Athletics Review Committee's recommendations to cut four varsity teams, and some protestors continued to express dismay over the proposal to President Ruth Simmons during her open hours later in the day.
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Amid upheaval, Watson examines mission
By Shefali Luthra | April 25The Watson Institute for International Studies is reevaluating its mission as it seeks to hire a new director, narrow its focus areas for research and clarify its role in undergraduate teaching.
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RISD abandons restructuring
By Rebecca Ballhaus | April 25Rhode Island School of Design Provost Jessie Shefrin has decided not to implement a divisional restructuring plan that triggered the faculty's "no confidence" vote in President John Maeda and the provost last month, Shefrin wrote in an email to RISD faculty Friday.
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School closure vote pushed to Thursday
By Kyle McNamara | April 25The Providence School Board held a meeting last night to discuss Mayor Angel Taveras' recommendation to close four of the city's public schools and convert a middle school to an elementary school. The board, which was originally scheduled to vote on the decision yesterday, decided to postpone the vote ...
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Vohra to step down as dean of faculty
By Shefali Luthra | April 25Dean of the Faculty Rajiv Vohra P'07 will step down from his position at the end of June, President Ruth Simmons and Provost David Kertzer '69 P'95 P'98 wrote in an email to the faculty yesterday.
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Ivy film fest brings out Sorkin, Franco
By Aparna Bansal | April 24Correction appended.
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A step up - bird bones give hints of dino strides
By Emily Rosen | April 24Clarification appended.
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In 'Monologues,' vaginas take center stage
By Phoebe Nir | April 24Correction appended.
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Athletes challenge administrators on team cuts
By Nicole Boucher and Claire Peracchio | April 24Seventy students whose teams are in danger of being cut, and the dozens more who showed up to support them, met with administrators in an emotionally charged Solomon 001 Friday at 8 a.m. to discuss controversial recommendations that would eliminate four varsity athletic teams.
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Spring farmer's market comes to Wriston
By Leigh Carroll | April 21Students craving fresh local produce in the spring are now in luck. Though the farmer's market on Wriston Quadrangle has been a fall event since 2005, the University decided to establish a spring farmer's market for the first time this semester. The spring market began April 7 and will run through May ...
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Klingon is out of this world, linguistically
By Lindor Qunaj | April 21According to Marc Okrand, there are two reasons to make up a fake language. The first is a belief that natural, existing languages are "inefficient, clumsy and full of exceptions that lead to miscommunication" and that an artificial, planned one could allow for linguistic perfection. The second is the ...
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Hay Reading Room to get facelift
By Claire Schlessinger | April 21In an effort to make library space more amenable to student needs, the John Hay Library Reading Room and University Archives will undergo a renovation, slated to begin in summer 2012, according to University Librarian Harriette Hemmasi. The planned changes, which are expected to take about a year, ...
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UCS supports 'brain drain' bill
By David Chung | April 20The Undergraduate Council of Students passed a resolution at its general body meeting last night urging the Rhode Island General Assembly to approve the "Opportunity RI" legislation.
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Professional degrees to debut in fall 2012
By Lindor Qunaj | April 20The University plans to offer professionally oriented master's programs, two to four of which are projected to begin enrolling students as early as fall 2012, according to a report published by the Office of the Provost March 14.
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Support for Hispanics scrutinized
By Joseph Rosales | April 20Though the University has made efforts to increase support for the growing Hispanic undergraduate population, students, faculty and administrators still feel that issues remain.
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Athletics committee recommends axing four varsity teams
By Tony Bakshi | April 20The men's and women's fencing teams, men's wrestling team and women's ski team will be cut if President Ruth Simmons and the Corporation accept the plan recommended yesterday by the Athletics Review Committee. If the Corporation approves the committee's proposals at its meeting next month, the cuts ...
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ResLife locks DTau out of frat lounge
By Alex Bell | April 20The Office of Residential Life changed the locks on the first floor lounge and basement common spaces belonging to Delta Tau fraternity at approximately 4 p.m. Saturday during Spring Weekend "to prevent a recurrence of unauthorized folks attempting to host parties that were not registered events," wrote ...
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15 use SSDP kits to test Ecstasy purity
By Jake Comer | April 19About 15 students used a test kit provided by Students for Sensible Drug Policy to assess the purity of Ecstasy pills in the days leading up to Spring Weekend, according to Jared Moffat '13, the group's president. Of those, it is possible a few were supplying those drugs to multiple users and were testing ...
