Commissar Markov has long been a loyal party member, but I fear his growing influence in state policy. Perhaps it is time to cash in a favor from my friends at the Kremlin.

LOLcats for the Russian Lit student. In fact, probably a Russian Lit final project.

Lunch: V-Dub. The Ratty has much of the same today, so stop by the V-Dub for an enchilada bar and grilled Montreal chicken.

Dinner: V-Dub. The V-Dub is hosting the Cape Verdean Dinner Special, and that means a tasty BBQ chicken dinner with Pudim de Leite to top it all off. (That means flan for all of you non-Cape Verdeans.)

Central Falls has gone through with its promise to fire its 93 high school teachers, specialists and staff members. Many students and union members are outraged, while Secretary of Education Arne Duncan gave his support to the education officials.

According to a poll conducted by Brown, General Treasurer Frank Caprio is currently beating Attorney General Patrick Lynch in the governor primary on the Democrats’ side, but independent candidate Lincoln Chafee is possibly proving that voters are fed up with the two major political parties: he fared the best when the poll asked about the general election.

Hey, weather? Think you could cut it out with all the advisories and weather watches and stuff? We know you didn’t really deliver on the whole “blizzard of the century” thing, but now that we’re under a flood watch until Friday and our socks are soaked through, we really don’t think you need to feel obligated to make it up to us.

But hey, since you’re not likely to be all that interested in the weather — and if you are, it’s probably because it’s driving you nuts — note instead that the State Health Department is moving forward with the medical marijuana compassion centers, even if that just means they’re looking at all their submissions on the issue and will decide what to do next week. Ah, compassion and cannabis—you can’t stay mad for long with that in mind.

For those of us who won’t want to leave our rooms today to puddle-jump all the way to Worker’s Appreciation Day dinner, why not get some Ratty take out, stay in and watch our very own President Ruth Simmons address the Rhode Island General Assembly?

President Simmons will be the keynote speaker for the Joint Legislative Black History Month Celebration today at 5 p.m. Fans of the president can tune in to Capitol TV.

Read the full press release after the jump.
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Lunch: V-Dub. For serving Saturday Night Jambalaya in the honor of BSR’s “Saturday Night Jambalaya” show. We can only hope that the meal has “a little bit of everything, a whole lot of flavor” in it as well.

Dinner: Ratty. Because couscous croquettes with cider pepper sauce, while having the possibility of being one of those times that the Ratty becomes overly ambitious with its meal names, still hold much more potential than turkey pot pie.

UPDATE: Erinn Phelan ’09 and Alma Guerrero ’09 MD’13 were struck by a car and seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident in Brooklyn at 4:30 Sunday morning. Phelan pushed Guerrero out of the way of the car, Alma’s father Fidel Guerrero P’09 told the New York Daily News, and is currently in critical condition. Guerrero is stable, with non-life-threatening injuries, said Lt. John Grimpel of the New York Police Department. For more information, see the full story on browndailyherald.com. The original post is below. [Read more →]

Dow Travers ’12 placed 69th out of the 81 skiers in men’s giant slalom, among that were able to complete the course. His finish placed him ahead of American super-skier Bode Miller, who was disqualified when he did not finish the first run. Travers’ total time was 3:02:89, finishing 25:06 after gold medal winner Carlo Janka of Switzerland. The silver medal went to Kjetil Jansrud of Norway and the bronze went to Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway. In his first run, Travers, with a time of 1:29:39, placed 75th out of the 89 skiiers that completed the course.

Travers is competing as the lone member of the Cayman Islands team, whose flag he is pictured carrying here.

Want to waste time but hate feeling like you could be doing something more fulfilling? The perfect outlet for the conscientious time waster.