In this opinion piece, Lincoln Chafee, visiting fellow at the Watson Institute for International Relations, writes that Republican and Democratic presidential candidates who were in the Senate in September 2002 “should be called to account for their vote on the Levin amendment,” which was presented to the Senate as an option to the Multilateral Use of Force Authorization Act of 2002. This op-ed was republished in other newspapers around the world, and scores of blogs commented on or linked to the op-ed.
www.nytimes.com/2007/03/01/opinion/01chafee.html

A look at a movement to revive Students for a Democratic Society mentions the work of Paul Buhle, senior lecturer in American civilization, considered one of three “principal elders” involved in the effort.
chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i26/26b01001.htm

Separation of church and state are debated at the Janus Forum Lecture, a project that aims to engage students in “heated yet respectful debate.”
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Brown University will conduct a yearlong examination of a curriculum that administrators described as probably the school's "single most distinguishing feature." The review will focus on how well the Ivy League university's so-called open course of study prepares students for life after graduation, Provost David Kertzer and Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron said.
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=adp5xdxUBo78

Brown University’s undergraduate international relations program ranks 17.
www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3718&page=1

Members of the Brown Community for Learning in Retirement voted to have the program remain on campus. The organization had been considering a move elsewhere.
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