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27-Year-Old Left-Wing Brown Graduate Running for Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island

Matthew McDonald

J. Aaron Regunberg, class of 2012, originally from Chicago, is in his second term as a state representative from the East Side of Providence, which includes Brown University. He's running to the left of a more conventional Democrat, the current lieutenant governor, Daniel McKee, a former mayor of Cumberland.

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Matchmaking Survey at Harvard To Add ‘Non-Binary’ Option To ‘Man,’ ‘Woman’

Matthew McDonald

The survey, by the Harvard Computer Society, is called Datamatch, and aims to help Harvard undergraduates find that special someone around Valentine's Day. Last year's survey drew criticism "about its lack of a non-binary gender option," according to a story in The Harvard Crimson, the student daily newspaper.

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