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Marissa Tansino and the Cigar news team bring you this week’s headlines.
October 2016
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University works to address Nursing Education Center concerns, move to Providence
Starting in fall of 2017, students in the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing will be required to travel to Providence at least once a week for classes at the brand new Rhode Island Nursing Education Center. The $25 million, 133,000 square foot building occupies a renovated power station downtown through a partnership with…
Football falters late, falls to Stony Brook 14-3
The University of Rhode Island football team was unable to preserve a lead that held for a majority of the game, as they fell at Stony Brook University in a defensive battle that ended with the Rams on the wrong side of a 14-3 final. URI (1-6) was intent on putting a blowout loss at…
Police Beat: 10/13 to 10/18
On Thursday, Oct. 13 at 2:18 p.m., a report was filed for suspicious activity on the Quad. On Friday, Oct. 14 at 8:20 p.m., university police were notified of suspicious activity in Eddy Residence Hall, on Complex Road; a report was filed. On Friday, Oct. 14 at 10:33 p.m., a report was filed for suspicious…
Student marijuana use: URI post-decriminalization
The names of students and staff interviewed have been changed to protect their anonymity.* The decriminalization of marijuana went into effect on April 1, 2013, in Rhode Island, but there is still a stigma surrounding the use of marijuana for both medical and recreational purposes. Although marijuana has been decriminalized in Rhode Island, that does…
Ghost hunting at URI: Week Three
A lot of times when we go out on investigations, we think we don’t capture any evidence, because not every night can be filled with ghostly adventures. However, there are some nights where we think we don’t get anything, and when we go back through our evidence, we find something that doesn’t belong. One of…
Senior year: aka the clock is ticking
Do you ever have that feeling of pure disappointment when a teacher hands back a test and you get a considerably low grade? We’ve all been there. Grades have always been important to me, not only because my mom is a teacher and she’d rip up any grade I went home with below a B-,…
A Foodie’s first taste: I-Slice
Everyone knows it, and at this point, it goes without saying: college students love pizza. So, I wanted to finally find out just how good the pizza is right at the top of campus at International Pizza and Wings, affectionately referred to as I-Slice. I-Slice is definitely a no-frills kind of place. There’s a front…
‘Birth of a Nation’ film references past, takes new direction
To preface this review, let me say that I am putting aside any and all sexual assault allegations against the people responsible for making the film. You can read about that if you’re interested by googling Nate Parker, but I am not here to weigh in on that. Whatever he has done has little to…
‘Hookup culture’: dating as a 21st-century student
Google defines hookup culture as “one that accepts and encourages casual sexual encounters, including one-night stands and other related activity, which focus on physical pleasure without necessarily including emotional bonding or long-term commitment.” In recent years, the media has portrayed this “hookup culture” as an emerging sexual revelation that is sweeping college campuses across the…