Well, maybe he didn’t. Yet. Carcieri cut state funding for a program that brings education to kids with cancer. KIDS WITH CANCER. How do you get behind that? Even the most whiny fiscally conservative Rhode Islander would find a way to save a program for KIDS WITH CANCER: Since 1977, the school at Hasbro Children’s […]
Which one is Ben Stein? Here he is in the Projo, going off on Darwinism. And here he is on O’Reilly: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWMGD1Dg6L8] Stein gets this right (while taking on the tone of the godless evolutionist Christopher Hitchens): Maybe we would have a new theory: We are just pitiful humans. Life is unimaginably complex. We are
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Partly to remind you about our Parade for Accessible Education tomorrow at Brown (right) and partly because my friend Mike Da Cruz is really articulate, here are six reasons why Brown Students for a Democratic Society is calling on the Brown Corporation to freeze tuition: 1) High tuition sticker prices, even when they are defrayed
As members of the Brown corporation descend on Bruronia’s fair campus for their semesterly meeting this Saturday, join Brown students and our allies in a parade calling for a “More Open and Public Brown.” Festivities start at 10AM: Education is a Right! Join a Parade, Marching Band, students, and community members to call for: Grants
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This is pretty cool news, off of the East Side Public Education Coalition’s website: Arts supporters and dedicated ESPEC readers will remember that the theater progam at Hope High was almost killed in the summer of 2006, but was saved at the last minute through the efforts of many supporters. This week, Ari showed us
Also looking pretty weak…. an MBA from Harvard The New York Times reports that the dollar is so weak abroad that “the Taj Mahal has stopped accepting dollars for the entrance fee”. Meanwhile, back in New York City “East Village Wines, a liquor store at 138 First Avenue, accepts payment in euros as well as
Win, place and show all take something home! Starts at 8:00PM — the Wild Colonial on South Water Street. Copious parking, wheelchair accessible, marine biologists welcome. Bring friends and form your own team (1 – 4 people per) or just show up and see what you can scare up at the bar. Prizes, honor, nachos.
The City Council is prepping a potential law suit against the state, to try to secure equitable education funding. It’s hired East Side lawyer, and former Prov School Board member, Sam Zurier to research a case: “The issue is whether the current funding to Providence is appropriate given the constitutional requirements,” Zurier said. “The Constitution
And its cognitive dissonance — voting for Republicans on the one hand, while trying to block needed economic development on the other. Universities help drive the growth of our state — and they’re great, so long as they’re stuffed into the urban core, depleting their property tax bases. But don’t build ’em near us. The