October 2017
South Kingstown adopts ACLU backed immigration ordinance
On Monday, Oct. 23, the South Kingstown Town Council passed the Municipal Immigrant Protection Ordinance 3-2. The ordinance, backed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), is designed to help to protect immigrants from wrongful targeting. It is stated within the ordinance that the Town will comply with state and federal constitutions and nondiscrimination laws…
Football falls to No. 14 Elon, 35-34
The University of Rhode Island football team fell to the No. 14 Elon Phoenix, 35-34, on Saturday. With just 28 seconds left in regulation, the Rams were on the Elon 17 yard line and trailing by one. Coming out of an Elon timeout, Rams quarterback JaJuan Lawson dropped back to pass and his ball was…
The man inside the suit: A day in the life of Rhody the Ram
Rhody the Ram is undoubtedly the most iconic figure at the University of Rhode Island. Every student learns his name when they first start school, and they remember him for the rest of their lives. But only some students get the right to experience being Rhody. This year, only one student is returning as the…
Dooley praises URI’s progress at address
The University of Rhode Island concluded its first ever Family and Alumni weekend with a State of the University Address by President David Dooley on Sunday morning at Paramaz Avedisian ’54 Hall. With the University’s accreditation being under reevaluation this year, Dooley reflected on what URI has accomplished since the school’s last accreditation in 2007….
Sully Abroad: A new kind of community
The roar of The Ruckus, the pep band playing and singing the fight song, Rhody the Ram running around, watching our basketball team beat the living [expletive] out of Providence College (knock on wood); these are all things that makeup the University of Rhode Island’s identity. Like other schools in America, athletics and school-wide organizations…
NEASC accreditation assessment underway
Students of all academic years and majors at the University of Rhode Island attended the student session of the 2017 New England Association of Schools and Colleges Accreditation Review Monday night. Dr. Karen L. Pennington, vice president of Student Development at Montclair State University and Dr. Barbara Prudhomme White, a faculty member at the University…
Letter to the Editor: Cutting the Costs of College Textbooks
This past summer, I met a mom in southern Rhode Island. She was dressed for work, and her kids were about the same age as my son, Tommy. We started talking. She told me about how she dropped out of high school when she got pregnant, then later earned her GED. She worked a few…
Murray’s weekly roundup
Need a place to find out what happened for each team on the campus of the Univer- sity of Rhode Island? Murray’s Weekly Roundup is a new feature to the Good 5 Cent Cigar’s sports section, where each week contributing sports reporter Sam Murray updates and recaps what each team accomplished over the past week. Need…
Family, Alumni Weekend showcases two star entertainers
By Nicholas Bush and Allie Lewis On Friday night, scientist and TV personality Bill Nye kicked off the weekend with a discussion moderated by Judith Swift, director of the Coastal Institute, with topics ranging from climate change to the ethics of genetically modifying human traits. The discussion centered around the future of the world in…