Faculty for Student Voting Rights pledges to help college voters


Two URI faculty members joined the national organization Faculty for Student Voting Rights this year. Graphic by Ethan Pellegrino.  At the beginning of this semester, two professors took the initiative to join the national organization Faculty for Student Voting Rights (FSVR) on behalf of the University of Rhode Island. The FSVR is a non-partisan organization…

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Narragansett ordinance already impacts search for off-campus housing

Students Andy Main, Tyler Pelletier and Kayla Michaud currently live in a five-person house which will only be available to three students next year. Photo by James McIntosh. A Narragansett Town Council ordinance preventing over three students from renting together has already begun to affect both off-campus students and realtors for next year. The ordinance…

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‘How Black women broke barriers, won the vote and insisted on equality for all’

Award-winning historian Martha Jones speaks in second Long Rhode to Vote lecture Martha S. Jones discusses the historical barriers against Black female voters. Photo contributed by Kayla Laguerre-Lewis.  “This is indeed a time when we must understand the historical perspectives related to women’s suffrage and civil rights, that form frankly, the underpinnings of democracy,” Provost…

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Community gathers to mourn Black lives lost, fight for change

Memorial for Black police brutality victims outside of the Multicultural Student Services Center. Photos by James Singer and James McIntosh. Ahamaud Arbery. Anthony McClain. Breonna Taylor. Calvin Horton Jr. Cornelius Fredericks. Damian Daniels. Daniel Prude. Darius Tarver. David McAtee. Dion Johnson. Dominique Clayton. Elijah McClain. George Floyd. Jamel Floyd. James Scurlock. Jaquyn O’Neill Light. Jonathan…

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