Flat Waves, having only been open for just a few days, seems like something of an anomaly, slightly out of place in the Emporium at the top of campus. The green and blue striped walls, shining chrome countertops and spot-on branding are at first jarring compared to the modest appearances of Flat Waves’ new neighbors….
The University of Rhode Island’s music department will be hosting the “Piano Extravaganza! 2017” On April 1 and April 4. The event will feature piano performances by student and faculty pianists at URI and young honors students. “The idea of a festival was formed when our second Steinway concert grand piano arrived on campus,” said…
The University of Rhode Island baseball team (10-10) traveled to Davidson, North Carolina where they faced the Davidson College Wildcats in their opening Atlantic 10 conference series, sweeping them 5-2, 7-6 and 9-1 to extend their four-game winning streak. In the first game, the Rams opened up an early 1-0 lead in the top of…
After concerns over Trump’s travel ban, students bring Persian New Year Festivities to URI On Thursday, March 23 at 7 p.m. the University of Rhode Island’s Persian Cultural Society hosted Nowruz, a celebration of the Persian New Year, as a response to the devastation many Iranian students were faced with after receiving news that they…
At the intersection of film, music, technology and mass media, there is South by Southwest (SXSW)–a week-long festival of arts and culture in Austin, Texas. Austin is a great hub for it, being a city known for its cultural aspects. As someone who dedicates his life to ingesting every piece of media imaginable, there was…
The number of students seeking counseling services at the University of Rhode Island has been on the rise in recent years. Counseling rates have increased from around 800 students per academic year in 2013 to over 1000 students in 2016 according to the URI Counseling Center. Eighty percent of those students report that their goal…
Hope will be closed for brunch this Saturday in order for prospective students and their families to get a taste of what the food is like at the University of Rhode Island. This will be the case for all three welcome days this semester. Students who live on campus and who rely on their meal…
Fans are a big reason why we love the game. They provide the source of emotion for sports. The crowd creates palpable tension and drama through their rabid, unflappable and sometimes irrational support of their team. They are the reason we have debates over legacies and dwell on mistakes or questionable coaching decisions. Consequences can…
You may have heard the phrase “a golden age of television” used when talking about the abundance of programs on air, but I prefer to use the term “silver age.” In the past decade we’ve seen a vast number of superheroes leap from their pulp-fiction pages to the big and small screens. Most of these…
A University of Rhode Island senior, professor and unaffiliated researcher are conducting a sexuality research project focusing on students at the university. Elizabeth Miceli, a senior human development and family studies major with a psychology minor, is conducting the research along with the principle investigator Gretchen Blycker, a professor and clinician in the community….