The University of Rhode Island golf team battled harsh weather conditions at the East Carolina Intercollegiate in a tournament where high rounds and sloppy play was the norm, as the Rams grabbed sixth place on the strength of junior Billy Walthouse. Fourteen teams and nearly 80 golfers completed two rounds on Monday, and then…
Positives: The Rhode Island women’s track team had a really great meet at Bryant University this weekend and look like they have a team that could be just as strong as, if not stronger than, the one that came in second place in the Atlantic 10 Championships during the indoor season. One event where the…
The Wonder Years came out swinging during their performance to a packed house this past Saturday at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel in Providence. Playing at Lupo’s on April 2, this stop was one of the last three shows of the tour, making this performance a sentimental one for all the bands. The tour, which was…
A former University of Rhode Island men’s basketball player recently created a non-profit organization that aims to empower and provide educational opportunities for young African men and women through basketball. Ifeanyi Onyekaba, a senior finance major, left the basketball team prior to the 2015-16 season to focus on his academics. He created Unsung Talent Basketball…
There are many professors and faculty at the University of Rhode Island who work with underrepresented minorities. Among this list is Bryan Dewsbury, Ph.D., a biology professor who studies underrepresented minorities in higher education. “I study the social constructs of learning,†Dewsbury said. “And by that I mean things that happen in everyday society that…
On Saturday, 21 students in the College of Pharmacy were initiated as the first pledge class of the Rho Iota chapter of Alpha Zeta Omega, receiving their formal charter and marking the official colonization of the professional pharmaceutical fraternity at the University of Rhode Island. Sophomore and Doctor of Pharmacy major Robert Rocchio is…
University of Rhode Island police officer Mark Chearino has a partner while on the job, but this companion is a 10-year-old yellow lab named Astro. The pair often makes its appearance at community policing events across campus, and students always seem to know the two by name. “I don’t know what he does, but…
Dr. Kim Paffenroth, fiction author and professor of religious studies at Iona College, recently presented his findings on the interconnectedness between zombies and love at the University of Rhode Island. Paffenroth’s findings come from his analyses of zombies in pop culture of the last 50 years and the classic Dante Alighieri work, “Inferno.†As…
The University of Rhode Island’s football team recently scored a new linebacker coach in Mark Criner, hoping that he can revive a defense that has been too susceptible to getting carved up. Criner, before he made the move up to URI, coached at Lamar University in Texas. He also played college football at Boise…
On April 28, URI’s PLEASE (Peers Learning, Educating, and Supporting Everyone) will be hosting Take Back the Night, an event that raises awareness for and supports victims of sexual assault. The event will meet on URI’s quad at 6 p.m. and is expected to be over by 9. Take Back the Night is separated…