Tonight, The Brown Daily Herald — an independent daily newspaper serving the community since 1891 — will be manning a table at the activities fair, which begins at 7 p.m. at the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center. Stop by to learn about all the different ways to join The Herald’s staff of 200+ reporters, editors, photographers, columnists, designers, cartoonists and a bunch of people who manage the monies.

The Herald is Brown’s oldest and largest student group, and no experience is required to join. If you like what you read — or want to help improve it — stop by our table and say hello (or, if you can’t make it, drop us a line at herald@browndailyherald.com). Map to the OMAC after the jump. [Read more →]

Even President Ruth Simmons is doing her part to soften the economy’s impact on the University’s coffers — and shellfish worldwide are breathing sighs of relief.

Before introducing today’s convocation speaker, Professor of Biology Johanna Schmitt, Simmons outlined her plan to make up the $800 million in losses reported earlier this year:

“We really don’t need to have shrimp at the faculty reception,” she said. “What’s a shrimp or two?”

It’s not yet clear what impact Simmons’ remarks will have on the popularity of Dining Services’ exclusive new Club Plan.

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Brown’s class of 2013 and transfers to other classes — a total of 1,485 news students — moved on to campus this weekend and broke the ice in all sorts of completely non-awkward ways.
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Saturday was the official move-in day for all the first-year students who did not attend the Third World Transition Program. Sunny skies made for a smooth transition to life on College Hill. (Photos by Kim Perley / Herald)

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Before you embark on that maiden voyage to Fish Co and get EMS’d from Jo’s (and referred to OSL by DPS for that spicy-with-related assault right before you passed out), do yourself a favor and brush up on Brown’s peculiar vernacular.

Post- gives the unabridged rundown of all the lingo you need to navigate the mean streets of Providence’s East Side, from a capella to ZipCar. Click here for the full post.