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Alum speaks on Obama, health care
By Casey Bleho | April 8To commemorate Casey Shearer '00 on the 10-year anniversary of his death, Salomon 101 was filled Thursday evening for a keynote speech by political commentator Mara Liasson '77 and the announcement of the winners of the 10th annual Casey Shearer Memorial Award for Excellence in Creative Nonfiction.
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Debate league looks for financial independence
By Thomas Jarus | April 8After more than a decade of funding from the Swearer Center for Public Service, the Rhode Island Urban Debate League — an educational program designed for local high school students — is seeking financial independence, said Matt Grimes '10, one of the league's student coordinators. The program ...
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Relay for Life breaks participation records
By Sydney Ember | April 8Friday's Relay for Life is slated to become the most successful student charity event at the University in the six years since it first hosted the 12-hour volunteer activity in 2004, according to its co-chairs.
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Walking barefoot to support a global cause
By Luisa Robledo | April 8Before walking into a restaurant Thursday night, Sarah Grimm '12 put her shoes back on after spending 12 hours barefoot. Like thousands of people across the country, Grimm joined Toms Shoes' invitation to walk barefoot in an effort to show the world the inescapable reality that more than 300 million ...
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Most students are confident in financing school
By Nicole Boucher | April 8The number of students confident in their or their family's ability to finance their Brown education increased significantly since last semester, according to a recent Herald poll.
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Project spreads disease awareness
By Julia Longoria | April 8Project START — an HIV, sexually transmitted infection and hepatitis risk-prevention program for people returning to the community from incarceration — has become a national model for community-based providers. The principal investigators for the project's Rhode Island branch were two faculty ...
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Med Ed building forces office relocations
By Warren Jin | April 8In order to make room for the new Medical Education Building in the Jewelry District, offices at 222 Richmond St. have been relocating for the past year — most recently, the Education Alliance, a department that works for education equity, on March 22.
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Watson kicks off international forum
By Brielle Friedman | April 8More than 35 professors, writers and researchers gathered Wednesday in the Watson Institute for International Studies' Joukowsky Forum for the first session of the Fifth International Conference on Transatlantic Studies. Despite several technical difficulties and an unbearably warm temperature, ...
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Forum discusses and explores interfaith relationships
By Sofia Castello | April 7The Interfaith Dating Forum, which featured a diverse panel of speakers, drew over 20 students into a conversation about pivotal points in interfaith relationships. The event, which was held in Arnold Lounge in Keeney Quadrangle Wednesday night, tackled topics that included religious ceremonies, negotiations ...
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Facilities to subcontract, libraries to lay off staff
By Alex Bell | April 7Clarification appended.
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Gala will be hard to move
By Alex Bell | April 7Though Tuesday night's negotiations between the Student Labor Alliance and the organizers of next week's Gala concluded on a promising note, the chances of moving the event — to honor a worker-led boycott at the event's location — looked slim late Wednesday night.
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Shedding light on the surge in apps
By Sarah Forman | April 6This year, 30,136 students — 20.6 percent more than last year — filled out applications for undergraduate admission, painstakingly responding to the required short answer, "Why does Brown appeal to you?"
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Non-residential Greek houses offer different experience
By Clare De Boer | April 6Non-residential fraternities and sororities provide a select group of undergraduates with a tight community and the opportunity to get to know peers beyond College Hill, according to Antar Tichavakunda '11, president of Alpha Phi Alpha's regional chapter and the sole member at Brown. The three active ...
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New venue sought for Gala event
By Alex Bell | April 6Amid concerns over labor disputes at the currently scheduled Gala location, and after a prolonged series of meetings Tuesday, the event's organizers and the Student Labor Alliance agreed to search for a new venue, while educating students about the controversy surrounding the currently scheduled location. ...
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Over 40 percent of students have not used CDC
By Sarah Julian | April 6More than 40 percent of students have not used resources or services provided by the Career Development Center this semester, according to a Herald poll conducted last month. These numbers come despite recent changes to strengthen its advising process.
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Faculty endorse engineering school
By Claire Peracchio | April 6The faculty approved a resolution endorsing the creation of a School of Engineering from the existing Division of Engineering at its meeting Tuesday.
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Excitement grows among water teams for new pool
By Ben Noble | April 6Though not scheduled to be completed until January 2012, the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center is already receiving high praise from the Brown community.
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R.I. foundation gives $1 million for new Med School library
By Rebecca Ballhaus | April 6A Rhode Island foundation will give Brown $1 million to fund a new library for the Alpert Medical School, the foundation announced March 25.
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Office helps sell Brown research
By Shara Azad | April 5Students walk past the Technology Ventures Office on George Street every day without knowing about the work going on inside. The office expanded this fall with hopes of further aiding the process of managing and commercializing the products of Brown research.
