Contents for Feb. 20-26, 1998

• Total undergraduate fees will rise 3.9 percent next fall

• The annual Providence Journal/Brown University Public Affairs Conference will paint a complex portrait of art in the United States

• Two Brown-affiliated researchers make presentations to the American Association for the Advancement of Science

• As the University's senior administration continues its reorganization, Mark Schupack is named to the new position of vice provost for affiliated programs

• Two ACUP members submit a minority report about budget recommendations

• The NCAA certifies Brown's athletics programs

• Founded two years ago, the University's varsity equestrian team now has 25 members and ranks third among 13 schools. Some members had never ridden a horse before joining the team

• OFF HOURS: Mark Oribello, a media coordinator for computer science graphics group, also is a volunteer firefighter/EMT in Warren

• LAST WORD: Jim Morone offers a primer on presidential trystory