What looked like the makings of the biggest upset in college football soon turned into the game that everyone thought it would be. The game didn’t start off on the greatest note for the University of Rhode Island. The Rams’s starting quarterback JaJuan Lawson was sacked three times in the first quarter for a total…
The diverse culture within the University of Rhode Island has always been proud part of the community’s history and it can now be explored in a unique fashion exhibit in Quinn Hall. The graduate students in Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design have put together an exhibit celebrating 125 years at the University of Rhode Island….
From freshman to redshirts to transfers, the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team has a total of 10 new faces looking to make their mark in a Rams jersey. Head coach Daynia La-Force, in her fourth season after coming to Rhode Island from Northeastern University, said that the quantity of new players assists the…
Dion Cocoros, a University of Rhode Island alumnus and senior vice president of production for the National Basketball Association, was welcomed back to Kingston on Monday night to speak to students from the Harrington School of Communication and Media Studies. Cocoros has served as a producer for five sports documentaries including, “The Dream Team,” “the…
Senior guard Charise Wilson is looking forward to her fourth and final year on the Rhody women’s basketball team. With 1,420 career points scored she is only 523 points away from Michele Washington’s school record of 1,943. Always being the leader on offense during games, it is expected that freshman point guard Marta Vargas will…
The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball guard Stanford Robinson, 22, was arrested on Friday, Nov. 3, by the South Kingstown Police Department. Robinson was charged with three misdemeanor charges including disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and simple assault. The arrest comes nearly two months after an incident at the Ryan Center on Sept. 14 when…
Due to efforts of members of the Greek Life Community, thousands of dollars will be going back into rehabilitating local communities. This year’s Philanthropy Week has already far surpassed their original fundraising goal of $40,000 with more charitable events to come. All of the proceeds gathered will be donated South County Habitat for Humanity Rhode…
Blending sounds of soul, funk and psychedelia, the Brooklyn based jam-band Turkuaz had Fête Music Hall dancing and grooving in Providence this past Saturday night. The band is comprised of nine members: Dave Brandwein on guitar and vocals, Taylor Shell on bass, Craig Brodhead on guitar and synths, Michelangelo Carubba on drums, Greg Sanderson on…
With Veterans day coming up this weekend, students from the URI Harrington School of Communications hosted the event Bringing History to Life: Millennials to Meet World War II Veterans on Wednesday. Brandon Lovejoy, a junior public relations major, was the student who assembled the press releases and was in charge of making sure the event…
Thursday, Nov. 2: At 12:45 a.m. the assistance of the URI Police was needed at CVS. The alarm went off, however there was no break in and the building was secure. At 3:44 p.m. there was a stolen item at Hope Dining Hall. A girl left her wallet on a chair and it was gone…