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…
When we were kids, we were all most likely told to look both ways before crossing the street. Evidently, people have forgotten this simple fact upon arriving to the University of Rhode Island. While riding my bike around campus, I have seen many people step onto busy roads without checking both ways first. We’ll start…
Students at URI are used to seeing Starbucks coffee around campus but all of that changed this year. The universities dining services made the decision to start using Peet’s coffee this school year. Ram Escape, Hope Dining Hall, The Daily Grind, Rhody Market, and Butterfield Dining Hall will all serve the coffee, both cold and…
It’s a strange thing when people in a group don’t think the same way. We all may strive towards the same thing, but we tend to say things differently. It’s a lot like a group project team. Everyone has the same goal: to do well on this project. However, everyone involved has a different picture…
“Kingsman: The Golden Circle” proves to be a fun ride as it brings back the hyper-stylized action and beloved characters of its predecessor, but it ultimately suffers from its poorly fleshed out villain. The movies are loosely based on the comic book series, “Kingsman: The Secret Service” from creators Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons. The…
The University of Rhode Island women’s soccer team hosted Richmond on Thursday, Sept. 28 in a conference match-up under the lights. It was a defensive battle until Richmond’s Brooke Beam scored in the 62nd minute of the game. Less than three minutes later, Olivia Aha scored off an assist from Emily Drummond to put the…
Greek life, founded upon the values of Fellowship, Leadership, Scholarship, and Community Service is the largest values based community on campus. Sexual assault has no place in the Greek life experience and is counter to the community values. Greek life is committed to ending sexual assault on campus and is partnered with the Division of…
Thanks to the largest gift in the University of Rhode Island’s history, courtesy of Tom and Cathy Ryan, the George and Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience has the ability to pioneer in the research on neurodegenerative diseases. In fact, they are truly making a name for themselves in the neuroscience world. A wide misconception about…
To Alec Font, Timothy Slack and Nicholas Celico, work ethic is one of the keys to good leadership. The phrase, “Actions speak louder than words,” may be cliché, but it’s the simplest way to describe the mindset of this year’s cross country captains. Font, a senior in his second year as a captain, reiterated this…
The month of October is filled with the return of many of our favorite shows, including “The Blacklist,” starring James Spader on NBC. “The Blacklist,” produced by Anthony Sparks, tells the story of the FBI’s most wanted fugitive, Raymond “Red” Reddington, also known as the Concierge of Crime, who turns himself into the FBI on…