The University of Rhode Island welcomed rapper Common to Edwards Auditorium on Saturday night when he gave the keynote speech that concluded this past weekend’s DIVE RI 2016 Conference. Common, whose real name is Lonnie Lynn Jr., is one of the most respected rappers in the industry today. In addition, he is also a poet,…
In its latest exhibition, the University of Rhode Island’s Main Art Gallery is proud to present “Bound to Sea,†a gallery created in a unique art space through multiple different mediums. The gallery is presented by professor Ben Anderson, who has worked at URI since 1995, teaching courses in three-dimensional art and sculpture. Last year,…
The Student Senate’s Student Organization Advisory Review Committee, or SOARC, decided in the fall 2015 semester to do a review on positions from all student organizations that receive a stipend on campus. These meetings involved one to two students representing each stipended position, and explained their role and outlined their need for a stipend…
This is the fourth installment of a semester-long series that documents my exploration of faith on the University of Rhode Island campus. The goal is to sit down with every religious community on campus and learn about their religion and community. Last week I had the opportunity to learn about the Catholic community on…
Progressive rock band, The Dear Hunter, played a free show alongside fellow Providence-based bands last Thursday night at The Met in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Progressive pop band, Bored with Four, opened the show. Bored with Four is compiled of two members of The Dear Hunter, Andrew Brown (keyboardist) and Nick Sollecito (bassist), along with…
Extraterrestrial life is not the first option to come to mind for most students attempting to fulfill their natural science general education requirement, but one professor has made it possible to do so. Dr. Arthur Spivack named the course “Life in the Universeâ€, and teaches it as an honors course this year. The course,…
This past weekend saw the University of Rhode Island’s men’s and women’s track teams compete in the IC4A’s and the ECAC’s respectively, and was their last meet in the indoor season. These events gave the select athletes that competed a chance to focus on individual goals, rather than focusing on a team track meet….
Award winning poet, Talvikki Ansel, held a poetry reading at the University of Rhode Island on Tuesday night, where she discussed her poems and answered questions.  URI’s English Department hosted the hearing, which consisted of a reading of her most recent collection of poems, “Somewhere in Space.†It is the winner of the Ohio…
The University of Rhode Island (17-14, 9-9) was in high spirits on senior night after trouncing the University of Massachusetts, 68-50, but failed to ride their recent momentum when they visited Fordham, losing 64-61 on Saturday in the regular season finale. The Rams returned to the Ryan Center confident after upending the Atlantic 10’s…
The University of Rhode Island’s softball team (5-7) split a four-game series at Norfolk State University this past weekend losing the opening two games 4-3 and 8-4, before winning the final two 3-2 and 9-6. Rhode Island began their weekend series on a sour note. They started the opener well, after a Kylie Shivery…