Once upon a time, defense won basketball games. It was that simple of a concept. The amount of games a team won matched the strength of their defense. That is no longer the case. The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team is eighth in the Atlantic 10 with a 4-4 conference record. However,…
Just as the Republican and Democratic parties are determining who their respective candidates will be, so are the eligible-to-vote students of the University of Rhode Island. After Monday night’s Iowa caucuses, this year’s election season is officially underway, with both parties one step closer to choosing their final candidate. And from chatting with a…
As students progress throughout their college career at the University of Rhode Island, they often find themselves questioning why they chose to attend this school. They have also probably found themselves facing other questions like why this campus was built on a hill or why 8 a.m. classes are still a thing. Now, while…
Feb. 1 brought the Iowa caucuses, which for those who do not know, is a meeting of a legislative body to select their party’s candidates for presidency. It begins the run of presidential primaries, the final narrowing down of candidates before the nation chooses its forty-fifth president on Nov. 8. A lot of a…
The University of Rhode Island football team grabbed 30 new recruits and appeared to be excited for the direction they are headed, as they unveiled the list on Wednesday, as part of National Signing Day, with an aura of optimism filling the room. The group consisted of several all-state players, conference MVPs, and impressive…
On Monday, Jan. 25, at 9:16 p.m., a report was filed for a drug offense in Fayerweather Residence Hall on Complex Road. On Thursday, Jan. 28, at 1:54 a.m., a motor vehicle stop on Old North Road led to the arrest of a 19-year-old on the charges of a first-offense DUI for drugs and…
Bridges is a student organization at the University of Rhode Island seeking to make “bridges†between all the clubs and organizations on campus. The organization is a non-hierarchal group, seeking to help unite the university together. Bridges originally started in the 1990’s at URI as a way to create a more cohesive campus and…
The general consensus is that people go to college in order to get a job. But for many students, finding and achieving their perfect career is harder than their first chemistry quiz. Jennifer Visinho, graduate of Bridgewater State University, along with her colleagues make up the Center for Career Experiential Education whose aim is…
The University of Rhode Island’s women’s track and field program has enjoyed success in recent history and a main contributor to the prosperity is senior sprinter and native of Brooklyn, New York, Mariah Claudio, who broke her fourth school record this past weekend. Claudio received Atlantic 10 Women’s Co-Performer of the week honors on…
The University of Rhode Island men’s ice hockey team (6-10) was handed back-to-back blowout losses over the weekend to the third best team in the country, the Stony Brook Seawolves (15-1). The Rams lacked key defensive support over the weekend, surrendering a whopping 16 goals in just two games. Game one was all but…