Students of all ages, majors and buoyancy met in the Tootell Aquatic Center to participate in the annual battleship tournament hosted by campus recreation last Wednesday, Sept. 20. The air was filled with excitement and the scent of chlorine between the 11 separate teams which came out to participate. Some of this year’s participants, including…
Dining services offers first locally sourced meal as part of green initiative On Wednesday, Sept. 20, Dining Services at the University of Rhode Island hosted their first locally sourced fish dinner as a part of their sustainability initiative. The bluefish was caught, filleted and transported by the Narragansett Bay Lobster Company in Galilee. URI has…
Online dating has become more prevalent in America’s society now than any other time in history. With 40 percent of Americans using online dating, people are using dating apps like Tinder to intermingle with others. While others use websites like eHarmony to hopefully find their soulmate. Dating outlets like christianmingle.com or blackpeoplemeet.com have paved a…
The University of Rhode Island Department of Music held its third convocation of the year this past Thursday, Sept. 21, as part of their weekly concert convocation series. The luxury of attending the convocation proved to be an enjoyable experience of watching all the talented young performers that URI has to offer. The convocation performers…
The University of Rhode Island’s mail lines are back and longer than ever. After closing the individual self-service mailboxes, the line leading to the mail center in the basement of the Memorial Union has nearly doubled in size due to a significant increase in the volume of packages. It’s not just URI either. The volume…
Coach Joe Augustine has helped the University of Rhode Island club hockey program acquire 574 wins since he spearheaded the program 29 years ago, which more than doubles the 268 recorded losses. Under his leadership, our club hockey team has also obtained an American Collegiate Hockey Association National Championship. Augustine has an extensive background…
The Trump administration’s decision to rescind the Obama administration era policy known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has pushed immigration back into the forefront of political discourse. In result, The University of Rhode Island College Democrats hope to help shape this national debate. DREAMer advocates, including URI College Democrats’ President Andy Boardman,…
The University of Rhode Island Student Senate Finance Committee has made changes to its Finance Handbook. The Finance Handbook contains all of the financial policies and procedures as well as containing instructionals and budgeting advice. Finance Chairwoman Sam King has enacted four main changes to the book. The first being that Student Senate will only…
The University of Rhode Island’s Campus Planning and Design Department is moving forward with their plans of building a new dorm, engineering quad and visitor’s center. Construction for a new dorm, Brookside, will be starting next semester. Brookside will be an apartment style residence hall for upperclassmen only. Its name originates from the White Horn…
After three years of hard work on the defensive front, senior captain Jose Duncan, has accepted and embraced his newfound role as a leader on the University of Rhode Island football team. Duncan, standing at 6’3 and 260 pounds, was recently named the College Sports Madness CAA Defensive Player of the week. His performance against…