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President Ruth Simmons informed the Brown community of the death of Tam Tran GS in an e-mail this morning.

“Tam and her friend Cinthya Felix, a graduate student at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health, lost their lives as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident early yesterday morning in Trenton, Maine,” Simmons wrote. ”Another Brown graduate student traveling with them survived the accident and has been released from the hospital.”

Tran was a second-year doctoral student in American Civilization and a resident of Garden Grove, Calif.

Shortly after coming to Brown, Tran helped found the Brown Immigrants’ Rights Coalition to speak out about immigrants’ rights issues and the challenges faced by undocumented students like herself.

Read the full text of Simmons’ e-mail below.

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Nick Sinnott-Armstrong / Herald

A campus landmark was the site of a motorcycle accident on the evening of May 7, when a driver apparently crashed into the posts of the Van Wickle Gates. Brown police were on the scene Friday night at the top of College Street.

Retro-style “Diamonds and Coal” from The Herald’s issue on February 9, 2007:

A coal to the Transcript Office. During “peak” time, students must wait up to ten days after filing a request to receive transcripts, which cost $4 per copy. It is not the money so much as the principle of charging for something as crucial to future success as a transcript. Brown students pay nearly $29,000 to attend this institution. A set number of free transcripts — deliverable within a tighter time frame — during a student’s stay here would be nice.

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Retro-style “Diamonds and Coal” from The Herald’s issue on February 9, 2007:

A diamond to those enrolled in Rhode Island’s Medical Marijuana Program who get their medical marijuana from a friend, who gets it from an unknown source. Yeah, that’s how we get ours too.

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Retro-style “Diamonds and Coal” from The Herald’s issue on April 11, 1997:

A Diamond to Ben & Jerry’s for their free cone day yesterday, and especially to their new flavor phish food.

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Sarah Forman writes in today’s Brown Daily Herald about the University’s spike in applicants in the last few years. But the article notes that most other highly selective schools are getting similar attention, leading to a decrease in matriculation rates. A prominent college consultant told The Herald that about 95 percent of her students would choose Yale over Brown if they got into both schools. There’s no way to know for sure, but this 2005 study details preferences more specifically. Faced between Princeton and Brown, 73 percent of admitted students would choose Princeton; between Brown and Columbia, 56 percent would matriculate to Brown, according to the mathematical estimate. Read more in the next few weeks about how Brown is branding itself.

Retro-style “Diamonds and Coal” from The Herald’s issue on Feb. 26, 1999:

Coal to Mike Tyson. We’re sick of his antics. Just because you’re a rich boxer doesn’t mean you can throw TVs at people. Solitary confinement serves him right.

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WTF is happening on the Main Pembroke Green?

No, not crop circles.

According to the sign nearby, the labyrinth had something to do with the American Society of Dowsers and their benefit for Haiti and Water for Humanity happening tonight at the Faculty Club. Yes, dowsers, the dudes who find water and other stuff underground with the help of sticks.

Saturday, Water for Humanity holds a workshop on water filtration methods for developing nations.

Retro-style “Diamonds and Coal” from The Herald’s issue on April 18, 2003:

A diamond to bean tacos from Gordito Burrito. Hurray for a full meal for just $1.75. But coal to the Ratty’s “French taco sandwich,” which just sounds dirty.

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Retro-style “Diamonds and Coal” from The Herald’s issue on February 27, 1998:

A diamond to El Nino. Sure, it’s nice to have some warm weather. But killing those helpless Floridians. That’s just wrong!