On Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 5:48 p.m., a report was filed for a suspicious person in Hillside Residence Hall, on Campus Avenue. On Friday, Nov. 11 at 2:21 a.m., a 21 year old was arrested for trespassing on Butterfield Road. On Saturday, Nov. 12 at 12:02 a.m., a report was filed for suspicious activity on…
The University of Rhode Island men’s soccer team (8-11-1) started Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament play with a 3-1 upset against No. 3 seed La Salle College before losing 4-0 to eventual champion No. 2 seed Fordham University. Last Thursday night URI men’s soccer began tournament play at Davidson College’s Alumni Field when they faced No….
“Bleed for This” tells the story of real life boxer and Cranston, Rhode Island native, Vinny “The Pazmanian Devil” Pazienza. “Bleed for This” stars Miles Teller as Pazienza and Aaron Eckhart as his coach Kevin Rooney in the leading roles. Pazienza’s parents, Angelo and Louise are portrayed in supporting roles by Game of Thrones’ actor…
Sailing club and Student Action for Accessibility were both approved as funded organizations during Wednesday night’s Student Senate meeting. The Rhody Christian Fellowship was approved unanimously as an unfunded student organization, while Students for Sensible Drug Policy was denied as being a funded organization. These changes were part of Student Senate’s Student Organization Advisory Review…
The No. 21/22 University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team continued to roll in the early goings, beating Marist College 107-65 Monday night at the Ryan Center. The Rams won their opener on Friday night over Dartmouth College, while the Red Foxes dropped their first game of the season on Friday night versus the Duke…
Students at the University of Rhode Island can anticipate a new way to buy and sell textbooks at fair trade, thanks to a student startup rolling out in early December. Senior accounting major Anthony Markey, 21, will be launching his website Libby in order to create an online textbook marketplace for students. It is a…
The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team continued to grind through the early goings of a fresh season, earning their first win against Marist College in their Sunday home opener, 82-61, before falling on the road to the University of Toledo, 65-50, Tuesday night. Rhode Island (1-2) put the blowout loss versus Syracuse on…
Three University of Rhode Island seniors spent their summer creating and launching Rhodimojis, a sticker and emoji app featuring designs of all different URI landmarks, organizations and memorabilia. Computer engineering seniors Ken Auguste, Omose Ogala and Faith Akinbo noticed an appeal towards emoji and sticker packs, but realized there were no apps designed specifically for…
As the years pass, more and more people have begun to understand the negative health effects of smoking tobacco cigarettes. Tobacco use is known to cause many different forms of cancer, along with cardiac respiratory issues. Tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable death in the United States. Smoking tobacco causes more than…
The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team (3-0) began their season last Friday night against Dartmouth, finishing with a comfortable 84-61 victory, as star guard E.C. Matthews returned from injury to lead the way with 21 points. Matthews eclipsed his 1,000 career points on the Ryan Center court on a 3-pointer with 17 minutes…