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“a student, a congressman, a professor and a dean speak to health care reform”

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“a student, a congressman, a professor and a dean speak to health care reform” On Monday November 30 The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University will host a roundtable discussion “Health Care Reform: What are the Politics?” from 3-4:30 at Andrews Hall. Part of the 2009-2010 Paul Levinger Health Care Reform Roundtable Series, this […]

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My Aching Bach

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Somebody get this guy a more ergonomic bench. Brown University organist, Mark Steinbach, will perform works by Bach, Gounod, Schumann, and others on the school’s face-melting 1903 Hutchings-Votey organ in Sayles Hall. Come in costume and bring pillows or blankets in lieu of traditional seating. (This image may or may not be Mr. Steinbach.) 11:55pm,

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Brown U. Men’s Ski Team Hosts Teton Gravity Research’s Re:Session Ski Movie

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The Brown University Men’s Ski Team will be hosting the Rhode Island premiere of Teton Gravity Research’s new ski and snowboard movie Re:Session on Friday, October 23rd presented by The North Face, Rossignol, Dynastar/Lange, Oakley, Powder Magazine, Outside Magazine, and Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.  TGR is a world renowned ski and snowboard video production company and

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Starchitect Descends on Providence

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We can only hope that renowned architect Daniel Liebeskind will be able to offer some insight for the vacant lot at 110 Westminster. In any case, he will be at Brown tomorrow night to discuss his “architectural philosophy,” and other topics. Prof. Dietrich Neumann, an esteemed Providencephile, will lead the discussion. Wednesday, 4pm, Salomon Center

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Sign the petition! End teacher “bumping” in Providence schools

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Visit www.brownser.org Join Brown University’s Students for Education Reform and SIGN OUR PETITION to END TEACHER “BUMPING” in Providence public schools. The Rhode Island Department of Education has ordered the Providence school district to fill teacher vacancies based on TEACHER QUALITY and STUDENT NEED, not just seniority. Teacher “bumping” forces QUALITY teachers out of the

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NEW Brown Contemporary PODCASTS now online!

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Join the debate over elitism at Brown, Obama’s earmark-laden spending bill, and John Edwards’ snoozefest of a speech… Visit www.browncontemporary.org to stream and download the latest Brown Contemporary PODCASTS! Our Political Roundtable podcasts feature the Contemporary staff and guests commenting on the latest campus, local, and national news. The Brown Contemporary, Brown University’s only progressive

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Movie Screening with Director, Thursday Jan 29th

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Join us as we view this 55-minute documentary portrait of the Hmong community from 1982 followed by a talk and discussion with co-director Peter O’Neil as he explains his recent work documenting his subjects over 20 years later. The film explores the challenges of several Hmong individuals and shows some of their involvement with the

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‘Jews and American Comics’ tonight

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To open the student-curated exhibition Jews and American Comics: The New Generations, noted comic artist and director of the Center for Cartoon Studies, James Sturm, will give a keynote address and participate in a panel discussion that will explore Jewish themes in comics strips and comic books, and the ways that Jews have shaped this

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Whattup on Arlington Avenue?

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Are we cool with this?  I am always suspicious when Brown University starts making alterations to the landscape.  Why are they cutting down perfectly healthy trees on Arlington Avenue?  Is this to give residents a better view of the eye-poaching Kleig lights that go nova for sporting events? Do they have evil designs on this

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Potent mini-series from high Apartheid to screen with conversation to follow

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Brown’s Focus On Africa series is packing it in this week with a lunchtime screening at The Watson Institute for International Relations. South African documentarist and filmmaker Khalo Matabane, who’s mini series When We Were Black, screens at 12pm (pt.1) and 6pm (pt.2), will conduct a discussion of his work at 7pm following the second

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Documentary on Shirley Chisholm, first African-American woman in Congress, to screen tonight

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This evening Brown’s Department of Africana Studies continues its post-election week run of free public events with contemporary Black intellectuals and artists. Shola Lynch, a young filmmaker who in 2004 completed a documentary on the legendary Shirley Chisholm, will be joined by Ray Watson of the Mt. Hope Neighborhood Association and renowned professor of Africana

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Southeast Asian Heritage Week

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The complete schedule is here. Monday, November 10th Convocation: “We Have Every Right to Be Against this War” Salomon 001, 7-9 pm Pre-convocation Dinner Faculty Advising Fellow Home 22 Benevolent Street, 5-6:30 (RSVP to miles_hovis@brown.edu) Chhaya Choum of CAAAV (Organizing Asian Communities in New York City) speaks about her experience as a war refugee in

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Fresh Food from Small Spaces

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Thursday, October 23rd, 7:00pm Join urban grower RJ Ruppenthal for an evening workshop and talk. Author of Fresh Food From Small Places: The Square Inch Gardeners Guide to Year-Round Growing, Fermenting, and Sprouting, Mr. Ruppenthal will talk from over 30 years of experience growing fresh food on rooftops, window sills, garages, and everywhere in between.

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