The University of Rhode Island men’s soccer team were held scoreless this week, losing both games and dropping them to 4-4 on the season They lost 1-0 on Saturday at the University of Connecticut and on Wednesday, they fell 2-0 when St. Francis Brooklyn came to Kingston. Â Â On Saturday, Rhode Island was unable to…
The Puppy Raisers Club, a student organization at the University of Rhode Island, have recently been bringing puppies they trained to campus and into classrooms to expose and socialize puppies to everything and anything. Since its conception about a year ago, the Puppy Raisers Club has grown tremendously. Finally recognized by Student Senate, the group…
Last year, I finally gave in to something I’d been putting off for years: watching the beloved BBC Sci-Fi series Doctor Who. When I eventually finished that November, the show’s eighth season, which was the first starring Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi, was wrapping up. This meant that, apart from the Christmas Special in December,…
Student Senate President Amanda Rode talked about the importance of the upcoming elections on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. With just one more day left before the declaration period ends, Senate has just barely enough people running to fill the open positions making it a completely uncompetitive election. With 23 senators leaving senate by…
Local News Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo stepped forward and stated that she is willing to assist the federal government in hosting Syrian refugees in Rhode Island. In the coming year, the United States intends to accept 10,000 refugees. Raimondo recently told WPRO-AM that the civil war taking place in Syria is a humanitarian crisis…
The University of Rhode Island women’s soccer team lost their third straight match on Sunday, falling 3-2 at home to Vermont. The Rams came out of the gate aggressive. In the seventh minute, senior Ari Stanton took a pass from redshirt sophomore Megan Tracewell on the right side of the field and netted her fourth…
Despite losing the opening three games of the year, the University of Rhode Island football team’s sophomore running back Harold Cooper has been a spark for the Rams. This season he has totaled 160 rushing yards on 46 carries in the Rams’ first three games. On Saturday, the offense recorded 327 yards, the most of the…
The University of Rhode Island football team lost their home opener on Saturday, 41-10, against No. 25 Harvard University to give them their third consecutive loss to start the season. Harvard set the pace early, going end-to-end in less than four minutes. The drive culminated in a 45-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Scott Hosch…
For the last two seasons University of Rhode Island senior Franki Darnold has been at the top of her game as an outside-hitter for the women’s volleyball team and this season has set up to be no different. Earlier this month, she reached her 1000th career kill. “She is a go-to-player for us,†Rhode Island…
I have been to countless sporting events in my four years at the University of Rhode Island, and each season the teams have (mostly) gotten better and more competitive. The results have shown, too. Both basketball teams went from single-digit wins in my freshman year to making splashes in their conference tournaments with the…