Local The Providence Police Department received a federal grant of $375,000 to purchase body cameras to equip their officers. The grant comes from the Department of Justice’s Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program. As a result of the grant, the department will be able to purchase 250 new body cameras. According to the Rhode Island…
Currently on display in the University of Rhode Island’s Fine Arts Gallery is an installation called “Alignments” designed by URI’s own Barbara Pagh, a professor of printmaking and two-dimensional studio at the university since 1983. “Alignments” is the last in a trilogy of installations interpreting European megalithic sites and the others are titled “Stone Paper…
Crowded into a dark lecture hall on Monday night, nearly 300 political science students watched as presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump debated some of America’s most pressing issues. The required meeting for PSC 113 students was used to gather their opinions and voting preferences both before and after the debate. During the debate,…
The influence for freshman sociology major Kaylee Taylor’s tattoo comes from the band Twenty One Pilots, specifically their song “Migraine.” A verse in the song makes a reference to a lion attacking, and that overthinking the situation could lead to your demise. The following line of the song reads “Sometimes to stay alive, you’ve got…
A day on the job is a lot closer to home for officers John Bush and Cameron Schneck of the URI Police Department. Both graduated from the university before they suited up as patrolmen for the campus police department. Bush, who graduated in 2002, came to URI on a football scholarship from 1995-1999. Schneck, a…
The first show I ever attended was the Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert back in 2007 after winning the ticket in a raffle. I have gone through quite a few music phases to get to where I am with my music taste today, but every one has got to start…
“URI: POVERTY LEVEL WAGES PAID ADJUNCT FACULTY ” Authors: Edward S. Inman III, Michael Araujo and Dorothy F. Donnelly A recent news article entitled “”5 chiefs paid more than $1M, study finds,” (Providence Journal, 7/18/2016) questions the validity of the huge salaries being paid to presidents of public institutions of higher education in New England…
Women’s volleyball The University of Rhode Island Volleyball team climbed their way back to .500 after back-to-back sweeps over Atlantic 10 foes Duquesne and La Salle on their home court over the weekend. The Rams (7-7, 2-0) tallied a whopping 46 kills in their straight-set victory over Duquesne, with seniors Layne Self and Audrey Castro…
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While he has only been a part of the police force since May, Officer John Bush has been a part of the University of Rhode Island community since he was a student here in the late ‘90s. Bush graduated from URI in 2002, where he played on the football team from ’95 to ‘99. According…