This column is part of a weekly installment about sex, dating and relationships. Veronica Smart is a pen name for a sex-positive feminist at the University of Rhode Island, who asked to keep her identity private. Veronica answers questions, too. Forward yours to [email protected]. Let’s do some math. Take your age and halve it,…
Doctor Marguerite Capone is introducing a new idea to her PSY 235 course on Theories of Personalities, incorporating a special project to go along with her typical psychology exams. This project is for her students to apply the personality perspectives they learn in class to that of Alexander Hamilton – the historical figure portrayed in…
The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, celebrated record breaking and diverse range of shows from the past year with record breaking and heartfelt moments. The awards opened with a video of Kimmel trying to get to the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. In it, he caught a ride with some characters from…
The University of Rhode Island men’s soccer team began a three-game home stand against Albany on Saturday, but lost a heartbreaker 1-0 for their second-straight loss. It was a picture-perfect night for soccer when the Rams (3-3-1) took on the Great Danes (3-3-1) for an evening contest. URI was hoping to break their streak of…
During the 2016 spring semester, University of Rhode Island President David M. Dooley visited Ghana for six days to observe the progress and oversee production of two large ventures that the university has become involved in. The two projects include collaborations with the Coastal Resources Center (CRC) and the United States Agency for International Development…
Students concerned about parking around campus: the University of Rhode Island has heard your woes. Starting this semester, URI will work with a firm to compose a 10-year plan to evaluate parking and transportation services around the Kingston campus. “This is something that’s definitely needed,” Director of Public Safety Stephen Baker said. He estimates the…
What if I said that you could travel the world in four weeks? How about travel the world in four weeks without ever having to leave Rhode Island? Over the summer, I did that
The University of Rhode Island football team dropped to 0-3 on the season when they fell to the Harvard Crimson 51-21 at Harvard Stadium in Cambridge, MA on Friday night. Rhode Island’s quarterback struggles continued as sophomore starter, Wes McKoy, was pulled with just under four minutes left to go in the second quarter. Senior…
Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, Ph.D. began this year’s Honors Colloquium, “Inequality and the American Dream,” with a myth-debunking and objective look at immigration, amid questions of deportation and immigrant rights. University of Rhode Island President David M. Dooley offered the opening remarks before the start of the 2016 Honors Colloquium, themed “Inequality and the American…
Local A new settlement has been reached between Rhode Island state officials and 38 Studios totaling $2.5 million. The state has been working since 2012 to recoup its losses from its loans to the now-defunct 38 Studios, founded by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, after the video game company went bankrupt and defaulted on…