The Field of Artisans is a pop-up market for all types of creativity to provide artists with the opportunity to sell their work, gain exposure and network on a consistent basis. Katrina Meehan, the founder of the market, returned to Rhode Island after living in New York City for five years. Meehan, a native of…
The small class sizes available to English majors at the University of Rhode Island have shaped my experience because of the content of my courses and the interactions with my peers. English courses, and those of the other humanities, have given myself and other students the freedom to openly discuss both the assigned texts and…
Amelia Clermont, a junior art and communications major at the University of Rhode Island, has a long road of success ahead of her. Clermont, who has made art her whole life, hopes to take her artistic abilities to one-day work with a snowboard company and design the graphics on snowboards and skateboards. She has worked…
The Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences building has been in the works for several years now, but students will be able to see the completed building this March. The project began in November of 2010, when Rhode Island voters approved a $61 million bond issue to the University of Rhode Island to construct a…
Last Wednesday, the University of Rhode Island’s Department of Public Safety and the FBI issued a warning concerning a phone scam that attempts to collect money from students. The scams were said to include a phone call claiming that the student owed “unpaid taxes for school loans.” The phishing seems to have been aimed directly…
Global: GABCIKOVO, SLOVAKIA- Hundreds of Syrian war refugees are migrating to a village that recently voted against their stay by a shocking 97 percent, according to the Washington Post. Gabcikovo is a town with a population of 5,000. As a tightly-knit community, most of the townspeople speak Hungarian and are Catholic. The people of…
The newsroom variety show, “20 Somethings,†filmed in Chafee Hall, completed its first season last year.  Matt Sirois, a senior film major who was a producer as well as one of the hosts of the show, described it as, “A spinoff of SNL but more college related with skits as well as a newsroom…
Just two months before the beginning of the 2015 season, the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team looks ready to build off their 17-win season last year. The Rams are focused on making improvements, competing at a high level and changing the reputation of URI women’s basketball. “We are very excited about this upcoming…
With the start of the new school year, the repercussions of the Green Lane incident that occurred in May of 2014 continue to be felt by Narragansett students and residents. The large block party in Eastwood Look sparked a lot of tension between student renters and permanent residents in Narragansett. Â Since then, the area…
I have lived in Rhode Island all my life, and one incorrect belief about my home state especially irks me: “There’s nothing to do here.†Sure, this isn’t California or New York. However, there is something to love about the Ocean State everywhere you look. Across all 39 towns and cities in Rhode Island, you…