On Wednesday October 28, University of Rhode Island Part-Time Faculty Union President Ed Inman was joined by URI part-time faculty members, labor leaders, community activists, and students to present a petition to President Dooley. The petition calls for President Dooley to take action and remedy the employment status of the University’s part-time faculty members who…
Last night’s Student Senate meeting began with the finance committee’s discussion of a grant for the Musician’s Guild. Currently, the Musician’s Guild holds free concerts on campus with local bands. However, the organization wishes to grow and acquire bands outside the local spectrum for future concerts and this is where funding comes into play….
While many police officers begin their careers with criminal justice degrees or experience, one officer at the University of Rhode Island has based his career in philosophy. Officer Austin Webb graduated from the University of Hawaii – Manoa in Honolulu with a degree in philosophy. He was hired by the university in January of 2014…
“Scialla, Scialla, Scialla†is the Italian slang for “just chill and relaxâ€, and also one of the songs Italian rapper Amir Issaa performed at the University of Rhode Island Monday night. Issaa, a 36-year-old rapper from Italy, and winner of many Italian music awards, played a free concert for students and the general public to…
Steep Canyon Rangers, an American bluegrass band from North Carolina, will play at the University of Rhode Island’s Family Weekend this Saturday night in support of their new album, “Radio.†Members of the band include Woody Platt on acoustic and lead vocals, Graham Sharp on banjo and lead/harmony vocals, Mike Guggino on mandolin and…
The URI men’s ice hockey team was defeated in both contests against the University of Delaware this weekend. The Rams now sit in the bottom half of their division, with a 5-6 record. Game 1 was a heartbreaker for the Rams as they lost in a three-round shootout, 5-4. The biggest story was not the…
In between her secondary education and history double major, University of Rhode Island junior, Claudia Sousa, is a singer-songwriter and self-taught guitarist in her spare time. Originally, Sousa grew up playing the piano and learned to accompany herself with the piano while she sang. In high school, she said she picked up the guitar…
Positives: The Rhode Island football team’s first half at the University of New Hampshire was exactly what we have all been waiting for. Coach Jim Fleming has done a masterful job developing players, eliminating the penalties and turnovers, and building a foundation. Not the same UNH team, but URI did not turn the ball over,…
A professor of political science at the University of Rhode Island has been given the chance to meet with different representatives from all around the world, not once, but four times. Two weeks ago, Nicolai Petro attended the most recent of these meetings in Russia.  The meetings serve as an international “think tank†with a…
Tuesday’s Honors Colloquium examined the relationship between law and humor and presented real court case examples, continuing the semester’s series “The Power of Humor”. Laura E. Little, a professor of law and government in the Charles Klein School at Temple University, has been working for years to bring together her knowledge of law and her…