The University of Rhode Island theater helped bring the Roaring ‘20s back to life through their latest production of “The Great Gatsby.” Adapted for the stage by Simon Levy, URI hosted musical numbers from the Jazz age and dances such as the Charleston, Foxtrot, and Tango. While the play and the novel have some differences,…
I remember walking into the office of The Good 5 Cent Cigar for the very first time my sophomore year, waiting to be assigned my very first story. I was scared. I wasn’t sure if I could do it. I wasn’t even sure if I wanted to do it. I didn’t want to be a…
I remember being asked: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” For years, I thought I knew. I would blurt out: “A mommy, a doctor, a teacher and an artist!” Little did I know at the young, ripe age of 5 that I was not even proficient at any of those things….
I did not go to the University of Rhode Island for the sports. Sure, it’s my passion, and where I hope to make my livelihood, but I had no delusions that the Rams would be competing for national championships or winning bowl games. URI was small-time, and that’s what I liked about it. I was…
Ben Wheatley, the prolific, primary crime, young film director from the UK, has a new movie out this week. “Free Fire,” Wheatley’s sixth film in eight years, is wonderful and fun in its simplicity. In what can be described as an hour and a half long shootout, Brie Larson and Armie Hammer star as players…
Students looking for enlightenment or just new ways to relieve the stress of upcoming finals were able to learn ways of reducing personal suffering last week from Buddhist monk Venerable Geshe Ngawang Phende. Phende was invited to Kingston by the University of Rhode Island’s Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies as a guest lecturer for…
Vinyl lovers from all over the world celebrated Record Store Day this Saturday by turning out to support their local record stores. Record Store Day is a semi-corporate holiday in April that originated back in 2008. The day falls on a random Saturday during the month of April, which for this year was held…
On Thursday, April 20 At 2:48 a.m., a report was filed for a domestic disturbance in Weldin Residence Hall, on Campus Avenue. At 7:37 p.m., a report was filed for a drug offense in Browning Residence Hall, on Butterfield Road. On Saturday, April 22 At 12:18 a.m., a report was filed for a drug offense…
The men’s track and field team competed at the Larry Ellis Invitational last Saturday in Princeton, NJ, and the Holy Cross Quad Meet on Monday, while the women’s team took second place at the Holy Cross Invitational. On Saturday, the men’s track and field team started their busy weekend at Princeton University. Junior John Stallworth…
According to a study by Laura Koutsky, PhD published in the American Journal of Medicine, more than half of all people will have an STI at some point in their life. However, despite the alarming number of STIs in the population, there are still many myths. The first, and one of the most common, is…