Being a multi-media journalist in a time of change Photo courtesy of Jessica Pace| CIGAR | Jessica Pace interned with Channel 12 News over the summer of 2017 Life as a student multimedia journalist; where do I begin? As a kid, I always looked forward to watching my local news station every sunday with my dad….
Photos by Kayla Michaud | CIGAR | The Sheppard’s Campus B&B is located on Campus Ave. Below: The inn contains accommodations such as quaint bedrooms and comfortable reading rooms. The University of Rhode Island’s campus includes a wide variety of places, even a family-owned bed and breakfast. Sheppard’s Campus Ave B&B, owned by The Sheppard Family, has…
Photo courtesy of Mike Scott | Brandon Amo in action at the Sorlien Memorial Meet Imagine only competing in a sport for one year in high school and then deciding to try out for a team at the University of Rhode Island. It sounds like something out of a movie, but that’s exactly what senior…
Photo courtesy of Slaven Vlasic of FilmMagic | Bruno Mars poses in the press room during 60th annual Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden on January 28th in New York City. The Grammy Awards are regarded as the highest musical achievement, and for recording artists, it is as an acknowledgment from the music industry and…
Photo by Kayla Michaud | CIGAR | Student makes New Year’s resolutions to wake up earlier. You could say I didn’t go into 2018 with the intent to have a resolution, it just happened. This year I decided to do something I never thought I would. I became a morning person to improve my mental…
Photo courtesy of Rhode Island Athletics | URI’s Karlee Fowler competes in pole vault On Friday, Feb. 2, the URI track and field programs traveled to Boston for the New England Championship. The women’s team finished in fourth and the men’s placed third. URI and Northeastern were the only schools to have both teams place…
Photos by Autumn Walter | CIGAR | Women’s ice hockey wins ECWHL Championship against Penn State last Saturday. The University of Rhode Island’s Women’s ice hockey team won the 2018 ECWHL Championship this weekend after back-to-back shutouts against Penn State University. It is the Rams first conference championship since 2014. The nationally ranked No. 12 Rams defeated…
Photo by Margeaux Gagnon| CIGAR |“Our students are better than ever. More young people want to come here, more adults want to return to college. That is encouraging.” President David Dooley is a well-known name at the University of Rhode Island, tasked with the responsibility of all things URI. Needless to say, Dooley is a…
Aquarius Jan 20th – Feb 19th Listen, kid. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that test you were studying for? You are going to bomb it. Like 50 percent or below. But, suck it up buttercup your parents are going to deposit $20 into your bank account. Pisces Feb 19th – March 21st…
Photo by Autumn Walter | CIGAR | All of URI is excited to be cheering on the Rams basketball team in their upcoming game against the Davidson Wildcats this Friday. On Monday afternoon the URI men’s basketball team checked in at No. 18 in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 Poll, the highest the program…