The blue lights are often seen as ever present sentinels providing students with a sense of security, but how often are these lights repaired? During campus walkthroughs, which are coordinated by Student Senate Campus Affairs Chair Morgan Boutmy, participants look at both the blue emergency lights and regular lighting to ensure students can cross campus…
We’ve all heard about the “g-spot” — the female erogenous zone that some claim can induce intense pleasure. But what even is it? Ancient texts from thousands of years ago describe a mysterious area that when stimulated would produce euphoric pleasure and trigger female ejaculation. That area was first described in Indian texts dating back…
The University of Rhode Island women’s rowing team competed in Boston, Massachusetts this past Saturday earning a first place finish by sweeping the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Coast Guard for their first meet of the spring season. In the first race of the day the varsity 8+ team, seniors Dana Holland, Kiana…
It has been noted at the University of Rhode Island that physical health is more of a priority than mental health. Professors allow excused absences from class due to physical injury, such as a broken limb or concussion, with a doctor’s note. But as the number of physical injuries is decreasing, mental health related issues…
After 12 seasons as an assistant coach, University of Rhode Island Athletic Director Thorr Bjorn has announced that Steve Santonastaso has been made head coach of the women’s volleyball program. “It’s exciting because you go through life wondering what are the things that are going to fulfill you and the context of volleyball allows me…
Reboot culture is something that has completely permeated the film scene. Once you hear the average person complaining that there’s no originality in Hollywood, you know that it has become completely obvious. However, that doesn’t mean that all remakes (or reboots, or sideways sequels, or whatever term applies best) are bad films. “Mad Max: Fury…
For many students classes are hard enough to handle on their own. Taylor Allen, a senior orchestral saxophone performance major, masterfully handles the requirements of school while maintaining work with a landscaping business and, of course, performing. Allen’s degree is in classical music, but he specializes in alto saxophone and plays soprano, baritone and tenor…
The gender and women’s studies program at the University of Rhode Island is developing a new interdisciplinary minor to be offered in the Fall of 2018 in the field of queer studies. Rosaria Pisa, director of the gender and women’s studies department and a leading force in the creating this minor, explained that she became…
With the internet cluttered with more information than ever before, it can sometimes be difficult to differentiate between what information is real and what is not. Professors from the University of Rhode Island formed a panel to discuss “Finding Reliable Information in a ‘Post-Fact’ World” in Chaffee Hall last Thursday. “Facts are important but…
After healthcare loss, Trump moves forward on Obama-era environmental rules Last week, the Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, the previous president’s signature policy achievement, failed to receive a vote in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan said that Obamacare is the “law of the land.” President Donald…