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July 11, 2025 | Latest Issue
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The New Hampshire Senate Judiciary Committee held a public hearing on Wednesday for a bill that seeks to allow gay marriage, the Associated Press reported. Both supporters and critics of the bill testified at the hearing, and activists from both sides participated in a demonstration, according to the AP. If the Senate passes the bill and Gov. John Lynch, D-N.H., approves it, New Hampshire will join four other states that have already legalized same-sex marriage. The state House narrowly approved the bill on March 26, but the Senate will not vote on the measure until after April 21, when a special election will be held to fill a vacant Senate seat, the AP reported. Lynch has not definitively indicated whether he plans to veto the bill, although he said he believes "marriage is a word reserved for marriage between a man and a woman," according to the AP.

The Carnegie Corporation of New York has recognized Dale Eickelman, the Ralph and Richard Lazarus Professor of Anthropology and Human Relations at Dartmouth, as a 2009 Carnegie Scholar in recognition of his studies of Islamic society, according to a College press release. The Carnegie Scholars program began in 2000 and has focused on researchers studying the Islamic world since 2005. Using a two-year grant of up to $100,000, Eickelman plans to investigate the role of Muslim intellectuals in reshaping Islamic thought and practice, and will then compile his research into a book, according to the press release. Eickelman has conducted fieldwork in Indonesia, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

Brown University administrators told faculty and staff in a Tuesday e-mail that all 31 employees to be laid off by June 30 have been officially informed that their employment will be terminated, The Brown Daily Herald reported on Wednesday. The layoffs, which are part of the university's efforts to cut $35 million from the 2009 fiscal year budget, include a relatively high number of positions in Brown's Facilities Management office because the university is planning fewer construction projects in the near future, The Herald reported. Those who were laid off will receive increased severance packages, a university administrator told The Herald. The university also announced that it plans to eliminate 36 currently vacant positions and freeze most salary increases.