Syria Airstrike: Tensions High amid Tillerson Visit to Russia, G7 Meeting The deadly chemical weapons attack in Khan Sheikhoun, Syria last week prompted a decisive response from the United States, with 59 cruise missiles fired at a Syrian military airfield, after the US government blamed the Syrian leader, President Bashar Al-Assad. The gas attack, which…
The University of Rhode Island held its sixth annual Center for the Humanities Festival to discuss “Public Treads in the Humanities,” as well as future options for the fields of study. The festival included a panel discussion between four diverse presenters in the public humanities. Moderating the event was Trinity Repertory’s Conversationalist-In-Residence Christina Bevilacqua….
The University of Rhode Island baseball Rams were in action this week, splitting their two-game homestand with a 5-2 walkoff win over Brown University on Tuesday before dropping their Wednesday matchup against the College of the Holy Cross, 7-4 at Bill Beck Field. The story of both games for Rhode Island was poor offensive production….
The University of Rhode Island golf team struggled to find their form, as they finished in a tie for sixth place (+35 par) at the Finnegan Invitational in LaFayette Hill, Pennsylvania Monday afternoon. The Rams came into the Whitemarsh Valley Country Club on the heels of a thrilling comeback victory at the Manor Intercollegiate last…
There are certain Holy Grails in sports that offer an athlete the closest thing to sports immortality. They are the feats that are supposed to be unattainable, as goes the party line, “it’s a different era now, that won’t ever happen again.” But somehow a player wills himself to the unimaginable, sustained excellence and dominance…
Professor breaks ground with journal on sexual violence and exploitation In December 2016, Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies Donna M. Hughes published the inaugural issue of the journal Dignity: A Journal on Sexual Exploitation and Violence as editor-in-chief. Just a few months ago, in January, Dignity released its second issue. Professor Hughes has been…
Some students, during their walk to class, have noticed that the American flag has been missing from the quadrangle since spring break and the bad weather is to blame. Director of Public Safety, Stephen Baker, said that after the weather that hit the campus during spring break, one of the cables that connects the flag…
The Students for a Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) will be holding this year’s annual Hempfest celebration April 30 on the quadrangle despite the group losing its funding this year. Patrick Shea, president of the SSDP and undergraduate student majoring music education, said that the organization has typically been given about $8,000 a year for the…
The $7,000 budget cut for Greek Life at the University of Rhode Island for next year is going to be a challenge for the student organization, according to the leaders of the Interfraternity Council. Student Senate cut the budgets for the Greek Week event of both the Interfraternity Council (IFC) and the Panhellenic Association (Panhel)…
In 1975, in-state tuition at the University of Rhode Island was less than $1,000. The drinking age was 18, and the University boasted three on-campus bars, one dining hall, only a few residence halls and Chafee was the newest building on campus. It was the year that Warwick native Kathleen Briggs moved into a suite…