"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. ...
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 ...
Denis Chartier, an assistant coach of the women's soccer team, has been missing since Feb. 6, according to Marisa Quinn, vice president for public affairs and University relations.
Your room is in complete disarray — clothes everywhere, books and notebooks scattered across your bed, old take-out containers littering the floor. You absolutely hate cleaning, but it has to be done — can magic help?
Distinguished diplomat Richard Holbrooke '62 was honored in a memorial ceremony at the United Nations on Thursday afternoon.
Assembling "Barbecuban" pork sandwiches at Josiah's, introducing a Belgian waffle station at the Blue Room and instructing workers in cooking techniques — Aaron Fitzsenry is making his mark as the university's first-ever culinary manager for retail operations. And now students can follow his Google ...
President Ruth Simmons will travel to Houston early next week on a fact-finding trip with Gov. Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14 and other Rhode Island leaders. This is the first of several trips to innovative U.S. cities that the Chafee administration says will inform the governor's plans to enhance Rhode Island's ...
Three Brown alums — Lee Golini '03, Matthew Madison '05 and Jose Florentino-Reyes '08 — have applied to open a medical marijuana compassion center in North Kingston. Submitting one of 18 applications for at most three compassion center licenses, the alums proposed to create the Chronic Pain ...
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Gospel music, a speech by Professor of Economics Glenn Loury and a surprise appearance by Gov. Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14 marked the second annual Black History Month celebration at the State House last night. The celebration, which also featured a performance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Drum Major Instinct" ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students elected a representative to the Campus Access Advisory Committee, reviewed potential changes to the UCS Code of Operations regarding student activities and discussed projects currently in progress at its meeting last night.
The International Writers Project can continue funding its fellowship after securing two substantial gifts this month.
The international relations concentration requirements have been adjusted for sophomores, program directors announced at an open meeting yesterday. Many sophomores will now have more flexibility fulfilling core class requirements, and they will not have to align their regional courses with their chosen ...
The month-long rush process began Jan. 31, and campus Greek organizations have a wide range of events planned for new recruits — including Sushi and Haiku with Alpha Delta Phi, Under the Sea with Alpha Chi Omega and Hookah and Mediterranean Night with Delta Tau.
Last night the Westin Providence hotel and union workers of Unite Here Local 217, came to an agreement on a contract ending a labor dispute that started in March. At a press conference — which organizers held in both English and Spanish — workers rejoiced with cries of, "I have my job back!" ...
Fiona Condon '12 was reading over a project handout for her computer science class. The prompt presented a hypothetical scenario, and while some students might have been amused, Condon found it "a little off-putting."
The Curricular Resource Center approved 22 Group Independent Study Projects this semester, more than twice the number offered in the fall. The rise is a result of the center's push to renew student interest in GISPs — which provide the opportunity for students to collaboratively design and lead ...
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Romeo Ramirez of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and Meghan Cohorst of the Student/Farmworker Alliance shared the coalition's next steps in the Campaign for Fair Food with a large audience in MacMillan 117 Saturday.
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