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« Looking for something to do on St. Pat's Day? | Today | State to file response to lead paint companies' appeal » March 17, 2008Brown president says school, police working togetherBrown University’s president said in a letter that even though a weekend act of violence against a graduate student took place off-campus, the University is looking at the situation to determine if there is more the school can do to prevent “this kind of activity” from happening. Brown President Ruth Simmons sent the letter a day after a Molotov cocktail was thrown into the apartment of Josef Knafo, 25, an Israeli graduate student who works at the Brown/Rhode Island School of Design Hillel House. One of the cocktails exploded outside of the house Knafo lives in, the other crashed through a window into the apartment, but did not explode. No one was injured. In a statement published on the Hillel House Web site, Simmons said interim vice president of campus life and student services Russell Carey is working with staff to address any safety concerns and find new housing for Knafo. “There is nothing more unsettling on a campus than to have acts that might seek to spread fear, intimidate, or harm individuals,” the statement reads. “Swift action to condemn such behavior and strongly restate our values of openness and mutual respect is an essential step at such moments.” Knafo, 25, has been in the United States as an emissary for the Jewish Agency for Israel, an agency that sends young people around the world to conduct cultural programs. Deputy Police Chief Paul J. Kennedy said he does not know whether the attack, which happened at about 1:15 a.m. Saturday, was the result of a personal grudge or for a “global reason,” but that the department is taking the incident very seriously. Posted by Brandie Jefferson CommentsCamp Street 101: Here Be Dragons | March 17, 2008 2:20 PM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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As long as anybody can remember, Camp Street has been bad news. When I was young and didn't know any better, I rode through there with some friends, and somebody threw a rock at our car. No grudge, no "global reason" (unless maybe you could call being black in a country that no longer wants you since slavery was outlawed, a "global reason".) People I knew who live nearby avoid the place during the daytime, never mind at night, but every now and then you meet some guy who decides to rent there as a "badge of courage."
Maybe Brown could redline a map of Providence for its students that wish to live off campus. Or they could save themselves the time and ask a real estate agent or a bank for their maps. Actually, the city of Providence has done a pretty good job itself with its new street signs that also indicate the "neighborhood". "Hope" is code for "Hopeless".