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              <text>Petitions for Dr. Brown's Contract Renewal </text>
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Lorin Thompson&#13;
Edgar F. Shannon Jr. </text>
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              <text>This is an article featured in the Broadside newspaper. A petition with 740 signatures in support of the contract renewal for Dr. Brown was presented to Chancellor Lorin Thompson and Deputy Provost Paige. Mr. Paige had assured that the matter would be given attention by President Shannon and Provost Hereford, as well as an answer would be ready within a week. </text>
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