Chloe Lutts '08: The overachiever's dilemma
By Chloe Lutts | February 25"We find time and we find money for the things we value," Michael Pollan told a packed Salomon 101 last week.
"We find time and we find money for the things we value," Michael Pollan told a packed Salomon 101 last week.
Providence has become one of the few cities in the country with a municipal ethics code, after the City Council and Mayor David Cicilline '83 passed legislation in August creating the code and a complementary ethics commission.
Members of the Brown Democrats and the College Republicans gathered at opposite ends of campus last night to watch election results roll in, and the moods in Morriss and Barbour lounges were as different as the two locations are distant.
Students who are at least 18 years of age and registered to vote in Rhode Island are eligible to vote in today's general election. Voters must have registered at least 30 days prior to Election Day to cast ballots for local races. If registered less than 30 days before Election Day, they are eligible ...
This year, Mayor David Cicilline '83 is making his first bid for re-election since he became mayor in 2002 in the wake of former Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci Jr.'s conviction for racketeering conspiracy.
Democrat Elizabeth Roberts '78 and her Republican opponent, Reginald Centracchio, have very different, but equally ambitious, plans for the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, which is up for grabs in next week's election.
Though Seth Yurdin, Democratic candidate for the Ward 1 City Council seat, won every precinct in the September primary, the race is not over yet. Yurdin faces challenges from Republican Mark Teoli and Independent Pasquale Petrunt in the November general election.
As of Friday, 677 Brown students were registered to vote in Rhode Island using their 75 Waterman St. campus box addresses, according to the Office of the Secretary of State.
A tax credit passed in June 2005 has brought an almost constant stream of movie and TV productions to the Ocean State, and, with them, some Hollywood-sized budgets.
The introduction of flexible meal plans has led to an increase in the number of students on meal plan and higher traffic at the Blue Room, according to Ann Hoffman, associate director of Brown Dining Services.