We know it feels good, but is sexual activity beneficial to our overall health? In today’s day and age, everyone has their own opinions on sex. Everyone from the preachers at the library, to your resident advisors who leave condoms outside their door for anyone to snatch up. There are even people who believe that…
Not everyone is lucky enough to get a second chance to prove themselves. Or a third, fourth or fifth chances for that matter. Yet the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team, after suffering one of the worst losses in their program’s history last Wednesday night will once again have an opportunity to seize the…
The exhibition “Invisible Bodies, Disposable Cloth: Slavery in Rhode Island, 1783-1850s” ran in the University of Rhode Island Main Gallery from Jan. 23 to Feb. 17, as part of University of Rhode Island’s commemoration of Black History Month. Two of the URI staffers that put together the gallery were Professor Bob Dilworth and Deborah Baronas….
The University of Rhode Island baseball team opened their 2017 season this past weekend in the Lake Area Classic at McNeese State in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Rhode Island came back home sporting a 1-2 record to start the season. The Rams lost the first two games, falling to Missouri State on Friday, and dropping…
Local Monday, Feb. 20 marked the 14th anniversary of the Station nightclub fire in West Warwick. The Station Fire Memorial Foundation observed the anniversary with a private prayer service and meeting. A permanent memorial for the disaster which killed 100 people during a concert in 2003 will open later this year. Last week, Democratic lawmakers…
Every Wednesday evening students gather in room A102 of the Fine Arts Center for the University of Rhode Island’s Art Club meeting and studio time. Nick Costa, a sophomore bachelor of fine arts major and art club president, describes the Art Club as “a social club” where students can work on their own art and…
The University of Rhode Island’s senior food service administrator discussed plans to move The Daily Grind coffee shop in the 24-hour room of the Carothers Library into the mother’s room, which is located behind the shop, during last night’s senate meeting. Senior Food Service Administrator Dominic Ferraro discussed the relocation of the Daily Grind,…
The University of Rhode Island held the second annual Sugar Science Day for high school girls Wednesday, Feb. 22. Mindy Levine, program coordinator and Associate Professor of Chemistry, says how excited she is to bring the program back for another year, especially for girls in high school. “For high school girls in particular, they’re already…
The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team earned their Atlantic 10 Conference victory of the season, edging Duquesne University, 71-69, Saturday afternoon to bring their 19-game losing streak to a close. The Rams (5-22, 1-14) took on the Dukes of Duquesne (14-14, 7-8) at the Ryan Center in a game they desperately wanted to…
Stage plays adapted into film always raises a red flag immediately. There’s a danger of just “shooting the play,” which means the film is just two hours of actors trading long monologues while the camera remains generally inert. Unfortunately, “Fences” really hammers home the fundamental difference between theater and cinema, showing that the difficulty in…