Contents for Feb. 5-11, 1999

• Beginning this semester, a new initiative led by Professor Kenneth Sacks and President Gee is intended to become the center of a campuswide conversation that explores the intersection of liberal education and civil society, focusing primarily on the question of personal and institutional responsibility to Brown and the larger community

• Two recent Brown graduates are Jack Kerouac-ing their way across the country by foot. Ryan Firestone '97 and Gidon Felsen '98 set out from Florida in September. They average 20 miles a day, a pace they hope will land them in California by August. Along the way, they are filing newsletters by e-mail. Here's an excerpt from the latest, which describes their adventures in eastern Texas.

• After running their own business for a few years, student entrepreneurs Evan Geller and David Cohen identified a need and filled it. They've created the Entrepreneurship Program, a partnership with faculty and alumni to support and mentor students who want to create their own companies. Over the course of the semester, students with business plans will develop marketing strategies, form a team to run the business, and raise capital.

• Nobel Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu will give the keynote speech at the Providence Journal/Brown University Public Affairs Conference at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 21, at the First Baptist Church in America. The week-long conference will focus on "One Nation Under God? Spiritual Life in America."

• A Brown survey of 313 Rhode Island voters finds a strong preference for censure of President Clinton rather than removal. The survey also finds Sen. John Chafee ahead of Secretary of State James Langevin in the U.S. Senate race.

• Danah Beard '00 spearheads an effort to produce the acclaimed play "The Vagina Monologues" at Brown on Valentine's Day as part of a nationwide "V-Day Campus Initiative that aims to stop violence against women.

• Joan M. Teno, M.D., is about to find out how people die in Rhode Island. She leads a new statewide coalition that received a six-month planning grant of $70,000 to improve end-of-life care .

• Brown women's basketball player Vita Redding '99 became the all-time career scoring leader in Brown basketball history on Jan. 30 when she scored 16 points against Dartmouth at Pizzitola Center.

• FACES OF BROWN: Paul Ruscito, security officer

• NEWSBYTES: The newsletter from CIS