Last Wednesday night the Narragansett Town Hall was packed to capacity with students, local residents and landlords as the town council continued the consideration of a housing ordinance, which would restrict homes to no more than four unrelated tenants. No final decision was made. After hearing from a number of different perspectives, they decided…
Two University of Rhode Island graduates gave presentations about their experiences in international and conflict reporting last night in the Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences. Mark Scialla, ‘13, and Reshad Kulenovic, ‘04, spoke at URI as part of the Christiane Amanpour lecture in international journalism. Both Scialla and Kulenovic both rely heavily on…
At this point, many people within the University of Rhode Island community who are members of a Student Senate-stipended organization know how egregious and ridiculous the Student Organization Advisory and Review Committee (SOARC) stipend reviews are. The Cigar featured an article and an opinion editorial last week on how Student Senate investigates its own…
The 2015-16 season for the University of Rhode Island women’s ice hockey season concluded in the ACHA National Championships, with losses to eventual winner Miami University and Adrian College by final scores of 5-2 and 7-3, respectively, as well as a 5-2 win against their conference foes, the University of Massachusetts – Amherst. “I…
Post-rock band Foxing made a stop in Connecticut on March 15, playing a show at The Space along with openers O’Brother, Tancred and Adjy. Adjy, a North Carolina band with an indie rock sound, opened the show, immediately grabbing the attention of the audience. Throughout their set, they discussed how they released a new EP…
Thursday night saw the emotional rollercoaster for the Rhode Island men’s basketball team come to a crashing halt as the reality of a short bench, banged-up team and inconsistent play finally caught up with them for good, dropping their opening-round game against UMass 67-62. The game started off about as poorly as one could have…
The University of Rhode Island softball team (7-10) visited Lynchburg, Virginia, this past weekend to compete in the Liberty Softball Classic and went 2-3 in a slate of games against Sacred Heart University, Norfolk State University and Liberty University. Rhode Island won its first game 3-0 against Sacred Heart on the strength of its…
University of Rhode Island basketball fans can breathe a sigh of relief, as head coach Dan Hurley has taken his name out of consideration for the head coaching job at Rutgers University, according to multiple reports. Hurley, who has been the coach at URI since 2012, has revived the once-floundering Rams. Since he took over,…
This is the fifth installment of a semester-long series that documents my exploration of faith on the University of Rhode Island campus. The goal is to sit down with every religious community on campus and learn about their religion and community. Judaism is more than just a religion. The executive director of URI Hillel,…
Unlike many art students at the University of Rhode Island, Lila Barber did not begin to explore her artistic side until coming to the university. Because so many art majors have been interested in the subject since they were children, or at least for many years, Barber’s perspective as an artist is quite unique among…