Positives: URI football playing a complete game leading to their first win of the season against Delaware. The win was an overall team win. The Rams held Delaware to just 3-of-14 on third down conversions and did not allow a fourth down conversion on the Blue Hens’ two attempts. Great rebound for the defense off…
Many professors at the University of Rhode Island participate in interesting fieldwork outside of their academic life, and one has gone deep into Africa to find fossils. Dr. Holly Dunsworth, an associate professor of anthropology at URI, combines her hands-on experience in excavations around the world with her students’ learning in the classroom. Dunsworth…
A new organization of student advisors is starting to make its mark on the University of Rhode Island campus through their help with eating disorders. The group is called UReca, URI’s eating concern advisors, and was started last semester to help spread awareness and provide help for those struggling with eating disorders. Inspired by…
Nicolette Mingles, a senior music education major at the University of Rhode Island, plans to share her music abilities by teaching and conducting. Mingles, originally from East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, considered her future in music when she had the chance to go to the Massachusetts All-State Choir Festival. She said that when she saw the conductor…
John Yacano has transformed himself from an amateur videographer to a professional filmmaker. Yacano, a junior film major at the University of Rhode Island from Quincy, Massachusetts, found his love for film while making YouTube videos as a youngster. This love carried with him through high school where he decided he wanted to pursue…
International: Two bombings killed 97 people on Friday in Ankara, the capital of Turkey, during a peace rally. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that ISIS is the chief suspect in the investigation into the bombings. ISIS has not claimed responsibility for the bombings, other suspected groups include the Kurdish PKK and the DHKP-C. Jiang Jiemin, the former…
On Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 4:49 p.m., a drug offense was reported on the path between the basketball court and Keaney, however, the suspects were gone by the time the University Police arrived. On Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 6:28 p.m., at the Butterfield Dining Hall, a report was filed for a drug offense. On Tuesday,…
The University of Rhode Island’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) offers an opportunity for students to volunteer in the program, giving them hands-on experience as EMTs. “We are not the police,†Jon Marton-Rollins, a junior URI student and EMS volunteer, said. “If you’re drunk, we’re very likely not calling your parents or the police. We’re…
The University of Rhode Island women’s rugby team proved they are interested in more than just on-field performance when they reached out to the community this past week. The team of 38 girls and and head coach Karie Orendorff were asked to participate in a mini-clinic for the lab of some students in the…
Two student-athletes on the University of Rhode Island football team were arrested on Sunday about 2:50 a.m. at the Chi Phi fraternity house following an alleged fight between the fraternity and members of the football team. Freshmen Michael Lablanc, 20, from Charlestown, Massachusetts and Barret Lyons, 19, from Belmont, Massachusetts were both charged with disorderly…