During the month of February, the Inner Space Center, located at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, is offering two additional public tours of its facilities to fuel interest in deep-sea exploration and discovery. Normally, only one public tour is offered per month. However, in an effort to promote interest in…
The University of Rhode Island Rams suffered a heartbreaking loss to the University of Massachusetts Minutemen, 61-56 in overtime, at the Mullins Center in Amherst last night. “We’ve had a lot of losses like this, particularly on the road, and in both of our huddles, there was a little bit of here we go…
Tenured professors at the University of Rhode Island and other universities have the opportunity to enjoy job security, but some students are uncertain of how tenure influences teaching styles. In an online survey conducted at the university that asked whether or not students felt that tenure, the protective status awarded to certain university professors, affected…
A perfect honor student with a 4.0 GPA, an SAT score over 2000 and a diploma can only get you so far. When asked to solve an equation for “x†or mix some chemicals together, you may be the person to turn to. But in the long run, what did high school actually teach you?…
The University of Rhode Island’s Art History Department held a reception on Tuesday to usher in the final week of their exhibit, Gino Conti: RI Artist Revealed¸ featuring works of the latest artist. The exhibit was created by six senior Art History majors as part of a capstone seminar course in their final project…
Financial credit is something almost everyone will need at some point in their life and it is fairly easy for college students to build if it is done right. “There’s a little bit of a reward if you do the right thing, but you have to be responsible and you can’t run away from…
The University of Rhode Island’s Slow Food group reintroduced their local foods market this past Monday, following its absence from campus for the past several semesters. This return of the market offers new experiences and tastes to freshmen and upperclassmen alike, since the group has recruited three new vendors. President of URI Slow Food Kayleigh…
Almost 50 years after the Communist Party of China became the ruling party in 1949 and stripped the population of personal and political freedoms, Falun Gong was introduced to the public. Falun Gong is a spiritual practice that combines meditation of the mind and body and moral principles. The practice is nonviolent and nonpolitical….
Once upon a time, defense won basketball games. It was that simple of a concept. The amount of games a team won matched the strength of their defense. That is no longer the case. The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team is eighth in the Atlantic 10 with a 4-4 conference record. However,…
Just as the Republican and Democratic parties are determining who their respective candidates will be, so are the eligible-to-vote students of the University of Rhode Island. After Monday night’s Iowa caucuses, this year’s election season is officially underway, with both parties one step closer to choosing their final candidate. And from chatting with a…