March 1, 2018
Senate appeals presidential candidates disqualification
Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| Wednesday night Student Senate spent over an hour discussing the presidential disqualification ticket. Student Senate voted on Wednesday, Feb. 28 not to disqualify the presidential ticket of Adriana Wilding and Abdulwhab Alquirtas. The vote was 11 in the affirmative, 14 in the negative and six abstaining. Wilding stated that she was…
University of Rhode Island students taking control of their safety, giving parents peace of mind
Photo by Kayla Michaud |CIGAR| Umergency is a free, easy-to-use application with features to help you in an emergency, tailored to your specific college. It includes emergency contact numbers, a medical consent form, your uploaded medical cad and a GPS service that releases your location to trusted contacts in a dire situation. One in four…
Three years mishandled
Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| Student Senate mishandles club organization external bank accounts For at least the past three years, miscommunication between members of Student Senate and various student organizations has led to a failure of regulating external bank accounts. An external bank account is any account used for finances in which the flow of…
Rhode Island triple jumper accomplishes rare feat
Photo courtesy of Mike Scott | URI Track & Field, Sorlien Invitational, Casey Burley won in the triple jump with a 50-foot jump. University of Rhode Island men’s track and field senior triple jumper Casey Burley jumped 50 feet at the New England and Atlantic 10 Championships this past season. Burley is a four-year senior who…
Rams fall to NYU, season comes to an end
Photo by Margo Gagnon |CIGAR| The Rhode Island men’s hockey team finished their season last Friday with a 2-1 loss to New York University in game one of the ESCHL playoffs. Rhode Island was outshot for most of the game and after being down 2-0 early in the third period, freshman Patrick Creamer scored Rhode…
From fan to hype-man
Autumn Walter |CIGAR| John “JV” Vanner Jr. calls it a career after 10-seasons as URI basketball hype-man. URI hype-man calls it a career Somethings have changed over the past ten years surrounding the University of the Rhode Island men’s basketball team. The team has seen a head coaching change, another Atlantic 10 Championship and another trip…
Rams basketball has roller coaster week
Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| Senior players Jared Terrell, EC Matthews, and Senior Manager Owen Sammarone sit on the side line frustrated with the loss of their final game at the Ryan Center. By: Stone Freedman & Nick Cardi A regular season championship and senior night celebration, along with the second worst loss in the history…
Fowler sets A-10 school record
Photo courtesy of Mike Scott | Atlantic 10 Indoor T&F Championships | Senior Karlee Fowler set record for pole vault cleaning 3.96 meters. Senior Karlee Fowler had a career meet last weekend at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field championship. Kowler, a pole vaulter, put her name in the history books as she set not only…
Threatre review: Measure for Measure
Photo by Kayla Michaud |CIGAR| Actors pose after a great performance The University of Rhode Island Theatre Department has done it once again with their Spring production of William Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure.” As I walked into J Studio I immediately had a feel for the play, just based on the set. It had a…