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A controversy concerning a recent action by Brown University members of Students for a Democratic Society has continued to swirl on College Hill -- and it can be expected to heat up anew tomorrow. From the BDH : A University Disciplinary Council hearing...
Local peace activist Mark Stahl is apparently experiencing a little pushback for some critical remarks he made about the Brown pie-tossers. He relayed these comments to me via e-mail this past week, and I thought it was important to include his gist in...
In a story about how one person can make a big difference, the Phoenix reported last year on how Caitie Whelan , a senior at Brown, has been aiding the Merasi, a community of lower-caste musicians in India. Under the Hindu caste system, the 15,000 Merasi...
Perhaps she should be sentenced to a solitary section of a vegan collaborative household. BeloBlog reports: PROVIDENCE -- New York Times columnist and author Thomas L. Friedman says he'll leave it for Brown to decide what to do with a student who threw...
This about nails it. From the BDH : To the Editor: I was disappointed, but not surprised, when a law school classmate forwarded me the Providence Journal blurb about the silly pie-throwing stunt at the Thomas Friedman lecture the other night. People should...
The quote of the day comes from New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman , who was targeted with two mostly errant green-colored pies during his address yesterday at Brown University (h/t RI's Future ): Mr. Friedman quipped, "Ten years in Beruit and Jerusalem...
Those who've followed the controversies involving the Providence Public Library in recent years may be interested in this event tonight, sponsored by the Library Reform Group , at Knight Memorial Library, 275 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, from 6-7:30 PM...
David Segal and Matt Jerzyk yesterday used a ProJo op-ed to outline a progressive vision for Rhode Island . They focused on three important needs: efficiency through regionalization, and creating a predictable funding formula; building the Green economy;...
Battles involving janitors are nothing new at Providence College, and supportive members of the PC community plan to march in support of the workers today at 3. According to PC's Student Labor Alliance: Providence College students will hold a rally to...
NOTE: Gio did not, as Tom suggests below, suggest that teachers be prosecuted. I should have gone further yesterday than calling Gio Cicione's call for a RICO probe of the NEA RI "a non-starter." Dan Yorke took the opportunity to do so, correctly, IMHO...
As Matt Jerzyk notes on his site , the law student-led push to remove Ralph Papitto's name from the law school at Roger Williams University gets some attention today from the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ also sheds some light on the activist credentials...
