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Distracted driving has become even more of a cause for concern at URI after two accidents occurred within an hour of each other on Upper College Road, in early November. Although victims in both accidents were not seriously injured, Maj. Michael Jagoda says distracted driving is something the university takes very seriously. “We try to…
Good Charlotte played their 15th show at Lupo’s Heart Break Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island last Friday. Providence was just one of the stops for the band who are playing their first national tour in six years. The tour, “Youth Authority,” is promoting their sixth studio record by the same name. The band is well…
The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team started their season on a low note Friday night, being decimated by the national champion runner-up Syracuse University, 95-49, on the road in the famous Carrier Dome. The Rams, like last year, began their 2016-17 campaign against the Orange, but saw far different results on the road…
In a room filled with love, grief and unity, students and faculty gathered in the memorial union ballroom to rally after the election. “People who were scared, who were nervous, who hadn’t shared their views with their family, they could have that here,” said Desiree Nash, a senior at the university. The URI Solidarity Collective…
The University of Rhode Island basketball team begins their quest for an Atlantic 10 title and an NCAA Tournament bid when they host the University of Dartmouth this Friday night at 7 p.m. The sense of hope that permeated throughout the Ryan Center the past couple seasons, will now be displaced by the expectation that…
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The Boss Ice Arena welcomed voters from all of South Kingstown to take part in one of the most historic presidential elections this nation has ever seen. Many of the voters who came out on election night said they felt they had no choice this year but to go out and vote. “Part of me…
The URI Police Department is welcoming an explosives detection dog to the university. Figaro is a19 month old Labrador retriever and recently completed 6 weeks of training to become certified. He was initially with a program to be a guiding eye dog. However, the state police saw he fit best working as a detector dog….
“Conversations can be a revolutionary act when done correctly,” Dayo Akinjisola said at the final Real Conversations at Home discussion, entitled “Community Conversations,” with URI Police on Oct. 26 at the University of Rhode Island. Akinjisola, treasurer of Brothers On a New Direction (BOND), along with Naomi Thompson, the vice president of Community, Equity and…
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