The Wheeler School and the University of Rhode Island will be hosting the “URI Guitar Festival” consisting of discussions, classes and performances from international artists. The festival will be held at the Wheeler school in Providence on Saturday, April 1, and the events on Sunday, April 2 will be held in the Fine Arts Center…
If you had told me, prior to seeing this film, that a 2017 reboot of “King Kong” would be great, I would’ve doubted it. If you told me it was made to be a part of a series of Kaiju movies, including Godzilla and Mothra, I would’ve been more understanding. If you had told me…
Political drama between FBI and Trump Administration continues A few weeks ago, in the first week of March 2017, President Donald Trump seemed to claim on Twitter that former President Obama was wiretapping his residence at Trump Tower before his victory in the Presidential Election. In a hearing on Monday, FBI Director James Comey said…
Not every team gets a storybook ending. For those who do, there may not even be a logical explanation as to why the basketball gods have chosen them to be the emblem of hope everywhere. They receive their grim prognosis, are encouraged to make plans for the NIT Tournament, which essentially is like coffin shopping…
Don’t double your trouble Arguably one of the hardest decisions one has to make at college is what you want to major in. Some people come in knowing what they want, others take a few years and some change constantly because there are too many options. College offers so many different majors and minors that…
Assistant director for Audiovisual Production, Timothy Tierney, is set to retire on April 7 after 41 years of working for the University of Rhode Island. Tierney began his long career at URI when he was a student here in the early 70s. He was a student worker in the then Audio Visual center where he…
“Lamar Odom wins it for Rhode Island! Rhody’s going to the NCAA Tournament!” Those are the words uttered by broadcaster Dave Sims in the 1999 Atlantic 10 Championship game, as he fervidly conveyed a scene of pandemonium and raw emotion following a buzzer beater by future NBA champion Lamar Odom that clichéd URI’s first conference…
The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team won the Atlantic 10 Championship topping Virginia Commonwealth University 70-63 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This was Rhode Island’s second A-10 title in program history and first since 1999. The championship victory gave URI an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Junior Jared Terrell…
PITTSBURGH – The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team is moving onto the 2017 Atlantic 10 Championship game tomorrow at noon after their 84-60 win over Davidson College on Saturday at PPG Paints Arena. The Rams won 74-63 on Friday afternoon versus St. Bonaventure in the quarterfinal to give them a spot in the…
In anticipation of President Donald Trump’s revisions to the travel ban, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse met with professors at the University of Rhode Island on Monday to discuss immigration policies and their potential effects on higher education. Organized by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), the event provided a platform for nearly 100 professors…