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Spring 2015 Poll 1 Results and Methodology

See accompanying article. Please click the image to access the poll chord diagram. 1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Christina Paxson is handling her job as president of the University? 6.4% Strongly approve 35.0% Somewhat approve 33.6% No opinion 21.7% Somewhat disapprove 3.4% Strongly disapprove 2. ...


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Spring 2015 Poll 2 Results and Methodology

See accompanying article. Please click the image to access the poll chord diagram. 1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Christina Paxson is handling her job as president of the University? 3.3% Strongly approve 30.2% Somewhat approve 30.2% No opinion 28.7% Somewhat disapprove 7.6% Strongly disapprove 2. ...


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Engaged Scholars program concentrations to expand

The Engaged Scholars program will expand to five more concentrations next year, adding to the five concentrations piloting the program this year, said Kathleen McSharry, associate dean of the College for writing and curriculum. Business, entrepreneurship and organizations and contemplative studies, ...


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Alums fly from University nest, only to return

Ask a group of undergraduates why they applied to Brown and most will give similar answers: the open curriculum, high-quality faculty or an affinity for Providence, among others. Though many students enjoy their time on College Hill, most use their undergraduate experience as a gateway to future careers. ...


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Paxson endorses Act4RJ policy demands

President Christina Paxson P’19 sent a letter Wednesday to the Task Force on Sexual Assault endorsing the student movement Act4RJ’s demands for sexual assault policy change, said UCS President Maahika Srinivasan ’15 at the UCS general body meeting Wednesday. Srinivasan said she and Sazzy Gourley ...


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This Week in Higher Ed: March 18, 2015

College presidents: Sexual assault happens, but not on my campus An Inside Higher Ed survey of U.S. college presidents found that 32 percent of them agreed or strongly agreed that sexual assault is “prevalent” on college campuses, according to an online report released by the organization. Forty-two ...


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Today in University History: St. Patrick's Day

1964 In anticipation of St. Patrick’s Day, 700 college students, including several from Brown, gathered at the Commodore Hotel in New York City for a “sex orgy,” The Herald reported at the time. Students engaged in “drinking and brawling” and threw Bibles, lamps, ashtrays and other furnishings ...


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Health Services elevator traps staff member

A custodial staff member was stuck in a malfunctioning elevator in Health Services in Andrews House Tuesday around 2:30 p.m., said Paul Shanley, deputy chief of police for the Department of Public Safety. At 2:26 p.m., DPS received a call that a fire alarm had sounded in Health Services and “there ...


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Panelists unpack public perception of military

Why do the best soldiers in the world keep losing? Four speakers grappled with this question, posed by James Fallows in his recent Atlantic article “The Tragedy of the American Military,” at a panel Tuesday at the Watson Institute for International Studies. A crowd of  about 50 community members ...


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SciLi stacks to become resource centers

An $8.9 million project to renovate the Sciences Library will begin this summer, said Associate Provost David Paine. Floors five through nine of the library will become a new home for the Instructional Technology Group, the Language Resource Center, the Social Sciences Research Lab, the Laboratory for ...


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Meiklejohn Program accepts more applicants

Approximately 78 percent of students who applied to be Meiklejohn Peer Advisors, or 353 out of 453 applicants, will soon be notified of their acceptances, said Kira Bromwich ’15, a Meiklejohn Leadership Committee member. Those selected include 187 first-time applicants — known as rookies — in ...


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Investment office offers $70k grant to SRIF

While many students must monitor only their personal savings accounts, members of the Brown Socially Responsible Investment Fund are now responsible for managing $100,000. The Investment Office granted SRIF an additional $70,000 last week, Jane Dietze, managing director of the office, wrote in an email ...


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UCS responds to recent protests by Act4RJ

Responding to the list of demands recently released by the campus movement Act4RJ, the Undergraduate Council of Students adopted a statement at its general body meeting Wednesday. The Council chose seven items from Act4RJ’s list to restate as recommendations, rather than demands, for feasible policy ...


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Panelists condemn racial profiling

“Our criminal justice system is a bias and a broken system,” said Chris Burbank, chief of police at the Salt Lake City Police Department, during a panel entitled “Police Profiling: Causes and Consequences” Tuesday evening. About 40 community members gathered to hear three panelists speak about ...


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