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vol. cxxii, no. 54
Thursday, April 19, 2012
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Paul advocates small government to raucous URI crowd Lottery By Adam toobin Senior Staff Writer
“The revolution is alive and well,” declared Texas Rep. Ron Paul, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, upon seeing the more than 2,000 supporters who attended his rally at the University of Rhode Island Wednesday night.
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Ron Paul vowed to continue his campaign Wednesday, despite trailing in polls.
Paul is in Rhode Island campaigning in anticipation of Tuesday’s Republican primary. Though most political analysts have dismissed Paul as a viable contender for the Republican Party’s nomination, Paul said he plans to keep fighting in every state until he has enough delegates to be his party’s nominee. Paul voiced his opposition to the United States’ prohibition of drugs and said he is encouraged by efforts by states to confront federal law
on the subject. “This is where I am cautiously optimistic that one day, we’re going to wake up, and it might be that the states will grab hold of nullification,” Paul said. Businessman Barry Hinckley began the event with an effort to drum up support for his candidacy against Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., a pitch that was met with heckles from members of the crowd. He won back the crowd when he lauded Paul’s consistent support of conservative economic policy and called him “the founder of political honesty.” Paul primarily discussed topics that have helped him sustain his famously loyal following through his three presidential campaigns — the dissolution of the Federal Reserve System, opposition to the country’s military-industrial complex and legalization of currently prohibited
$45 million will go to the State Police. The East Providence and North Providence police departments will split $120 million, and another $60 million will go to the state attorney general’s office. The funds are being distributed across the state based on law enforcement officials’ time commitments, said Joseph Tavares, chief of police at the East Providence continued on page 4
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Brunonians are not known for being passionate sports fans — but do not tell that to Chris “Boomer” Berman ’77 P’08 P’09. The former history concentrator, a long-standing anchor for ESPN and one of the most well-known personalities in contemporary sports media, returned to College Hill Wednesday night to share stories of his Brown experience in front of an intimate crowd in MacMillan 117. “I travel the United States all the time, so it’s nice to have a home game,” Berman said. “Tuition’s gone up since I was here in 1977, but the food is the same in the Ratty.” After cracking a few opening jokes, Berman chronicled his start in sports media as an announcer for WBRU. Of the many games he covered, Berman recalls Bruno’s run to its first-ever Ivy League football championship in 1976 as some of the most exciting. “I remember the plays like they were last week,” Berman said. “These are some of the best memories I have.” Berman also described his early days out of college, including his less
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city & state Of the $230 million the state will receive, $5 million will go to the Rhode Island National Guard, and
As Simmons departs, S&J plans remain stagnant By Joseph Rosales Senior Staff Writer
The University has offered an internal candidate the position of inaugural director for the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice after its second final candidate in five years declined to take the offer last semester. The candidate’s name will not be released until the decision is finalized. The creation of the center — which will be devoted to researching the history of slavery and modern injustice — was one of many recommendations put forward in a report by the University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice in 2006. The committee also recommended creating a fund dedicated to improving educational outcomes for children in Providence and creating a memorial to commemorate the University’s connection to the slave trade. While a sculptor was
Train change The MBTA will increase subway, bus and rail fares
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selected in February to design the memorial, donations to the Fund for the Education of the Children of Providence have stalled. As President Ruth Simmons — who was instrumental in initiating the slavery and justice discussion on campus — prepares to depart this summer, many of the recommendations in the report have yet to be fully realized. History of the report
Simmons’ interest in discussing the University’s historic ties to the slave trade was evident early in her presidency, said Jim Campbell, former associate professor of American studies and chair of the steering committee. During her first Convocation speech, Simmons “discussed at length” the issue of reparations for slavery, a hotbutton topic at the time, Camp-
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Six years later, many of the recommendations from the Slavery and Justice report have not yet come to fruition.
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By sam wickham Sports Staff Writer
Rhode Island will soon receive $230 million due to local police efforts in a $500 million federal investigation involving Google. The Rhode Island task force for the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Criminal Investigations played a leading role in the investigation, which involved illegal advertisements for Canadian prescriptions run on Google’s search
engine. The investigation into the ads — which pointed online visitors to websites where they could buy illegal Canadian prescriptions — resulted in Google forfeiting the revenue they received from the ads.
By Elizabeth koh Senior Staff Writer
This year’s summer assignment process will find housing for 324 students following the housing lottery’s second and final session Tuesday, said Richard Hilton, assistant director of the Office of Residential Life. That number — which includes both those students who chose not to select housing and those who did not attend the lottery — is about 30 to 40 students higher than it was last year, he said. Of those students, 260 are rising sophomores, he said. “There could be a bunch of different variables” to account for the increase, Hilton said, citing possibilities like more rising seniors selecting on-campus housing or a higher number of rising juniors not going abroad. Hilton noted the changes in housing assignments, such as the decision to make Hope College and Littlefield Hall sophomoreonly, but he said the changes did not make “a large difference.” Student reactions to the housing lottery were largely disappointed. Yongha Kim ’15 and five other
Berman ’77 Google probe yields $230 million reminisces about path to ESPN By Mark Raymond Senior Staff Writer
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