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By Jason Carr on October 20, 2006
Question 2 on Rhode Island’s ballot this November is a measure backed by the Right to Vote campaign that would allow for the enfranchisement of all felons once they have completed their prison term, eliminating the previous requirement that a person serve out his or her parole or probation before being allowed to vote. Opponents [...]
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By Mark Fuller on October 20, 2006
I discovered recently in my email a message forwarded many times over containing an article meant to provoke thoughtful discussion. The article was entitled “What is it We Should Celebrate?” by Charley Trujillo and appeared on the editorial page of the San Jose Mercury News on September 29, 1992. The editorial, being written for the [...]
Posted in Brown University | Tagged October 2006, Parents’ Weekend, Volume V Number III
By Andrew E. Kurtzman on October 20, 2006
On October 5th, the Watson Institute for International Studies broadcast a day-long series of discussion panels entitled “Guantanamo: How Should We Respond?” The various speakers at the event provided a fairly direct, if perhaps rather shortsighted, answer to this question: we should either shut the place down immediately, or else bring it entirely within the [...]
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By Lindsey Meyers on October 20, 2006
According to the New Yorker magazine, two Princeton economists have found that taller people are smarter and wealthier than shorter people. Not surprisingly, these economists have been accused of a new form of prejudice against shorter people, one that I have decided to term “shortism.”
The curious thing is that even tall people feel that they [...]
Posted in Culture | Tagged October 2006, Parents’ Weekend, Volume V Number III
By Boris Ryvkin on October 20, 2006
Providence, with its massive downtown redevelopment, has been a centerpiece of the Rhode Island renaissance. During one of the city’s first Waterfire events, a group of Brown student activists and allies from HOPE (Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere) dropped a massive sign over the river, lambasting the city’s performance on homeless and affordable housing policy. [...]
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By The Brown Spectator on October 20, 2006
For holding free, open, and contested presidential elections monitored by international observers. If the move toward democracy continues, Yemen will provide the Islamic world with a model of freedom and human rights.
Posted in Winner | Tagged October 2006, Parents’ Weekend, Volume V Number III
By Jason Carr on October 20, 2006
Every Tuesday and Thursday, after getting out of my Investments class, I dash to the Ratty in an effort to beat the lunch rush. This has more times than not proven to be an unsuccessful strategy, as many who have tried can testify. On one particular Tuesday two weeks ago, I rounded the corner near [...]
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By Travis Rowley on October 20, 2006
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free…it expects what never was and never will be.”
—Thomas Jefferson
On September 26th, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) released the findings of an unprecedented review of higher education’s efficiency in increasing student knowledge of America’s history and crucial institutions. The study, conducted by the University of Connecticut’s Department [...]
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By Marc Frank on October 20, 2006
With the 2006 Congressional elections just four weeks away, the battle for control of Congress is heating up. With the Foley scandal adding to the unpopularity of the Republican Congress, the prospect of holding Republican losses to a minimum is looking bleaker each day. Most political pundits contend that Democrats have a good chance of [...]
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By Sean Quigley on October 20, 2006
With his most recent book, The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts, and the Disregard for Human Life, Ramesh Ponnuru has documented the truth that we knew all to well. The Democratic Party, with help from the biased media and activist courts, has been hijacked by social liberals bent on thrusting their [...]
Posted in Culture | Tagged October 2006, Parents’ Weekend, Volume V Number III
