SYDNEY – When God, Mother Earth, Jake from State Farm, Tom Brady or whoever you choose to, or not, believe in made the Earth, I think they saved New Zealand till the end. They just looked at the islands and said “well, we have some leftover rainforest, mountains, glaciers, rivers, cliffs, fjords and a lot…
Students flocked to the Memorial Union this Wednesday, Sept. 28, to protest the Cross County Evangelism group who came to the University of Rhode Island to preach their message to the campus community. Starting at around noon time, the Cross Country Evangelism group stayed until 2:30 p.m. amidst angry remarks, screamed questions and gawking students…
The University of Rhode Island released their annual Clery Report this week, disclosing all of the crimes committed on campus in within the last year. This Clery Report lays out the statistics of campus crime during the 2016 school year. For URI, the statistics are divided into four charts, one to represent each of the…
The University of Rhode Island held its 11th annual Christiane Amanpour lecture series this past Wednesday. Stephen Adler, president and editor-in-chief of Reuters News, was this year’s guest speaker. Reuters is an international news agency that provides news to over 3500 news organizations worldwide. Those news organizations have subscriptions to Reuters and buy news from…
Orlando. Paris. Manchester. And now, Las Vegas. In all of these cities people went out to enjoy a night of music, singing and laughter with friends, but instead were caught in the middle of shootings and bombings instead. Many of these people who went out in search of a good time would never return home…
Students and faculty came together last Thursday to voice their concerns about sexual violence and rape culture at the University of Rhode Island. The event, “Speak Up, Speak Out: A General Assembly on Sexual Violence,” was organized by Graduate Assistants United in response to a column published two weeks ago by The Good 5 Cent…
Alejandro Rose-Garcia, better known by his stage name “Shakey Graves,” came to Boston on Wednesday, Sept. 20, as part of a new and free “Beyond the Band” event series, in collaboration with Do617 and the Berklee School of Music. “Beyond the Band” seeks to bridge the gap between the fan base and the musician via…
On a chilled 55 degree night in Providence, the Brown Bears were able to reclaim the Governor’s Cup in the 102nd meeting against the University of Rhode Island Rams. Brown now progresses to 73-27-2 against the Rams, winning six out of the last seven games. The Rams were looking for back to back Governor’s Cup…
Thursday, Sept. 28 At 10:54 a.m. an alarm went off on Lippitt road notifying the police of a burglary. There was no action required by the police. At 3:40 p.m. police were called for assistance at the scene of a motor vehicle accident on Upper College Road and Fortin Road. A report was filed. At…
This year marked the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Confucius Institute (CI) on the University of Rhode Island campus. Last Friday, students and faculty involved with the CI, in partnership with the Chinese Language Flagship Program, hosted the annual Chinese Moon Festival celebration in the Edwards Hall auditorium. Zhenjiang University’s artistic prowess was…