The University of Rhode Island’s Debate Union attended the Lafayette Debates U.S. National Championship in Washington D.C., for the first time on April 7 and April 8. The Lafayette Debates were founded by the Embassy of France to the United States. The debates are a series of five competitions around the country that conclude with…
By Theresa Brown and Andrew Main Swastikas and phallic images were carved in various lots around the Kingston campus The vandalism has taken place in multiple areas such as the Flag Road, Keaney, Dairy Barn and Plains Road parking lots, as well as around Fraternity Circle. Seven cases of vandalism occurred over one weekend and…
Students at the University of Rhode Island are now able to complete course evaluations online, a change from previous years when all course evaluations were done on paper. Chris Barrett, a senior information technologist and professor at the University, said there is a total of 72,000 evaluations posted online for the semester. Every student…
Students are surrounded by multiple dating apps like Tinder, Grindr, Match.com and Zoosk just to name a few. However, none of them are quite like Bumble. Bumble is an app used for forming connections across various different platforms. It’s not just a simple dating app anymore. Bumble has three main sections, Bumble Date, Bumble BFF…
Emma Gauthier – Senior Farewell I’ve spent the past week wondering how I’m going to say goodbye to the organization that shaped the course of my college career. I could fill 16 pages with the stories I’ve accrued over my four years as a member of the Good Five Cent Cigar, and that’s not including…
Photo courtesy of Caitlyn Picard |CIGAR| Caitlyn Picard – Senior Farewell I never thought that I would be a journalist. It was never even an idea on my radar when I was younger. It wasn’t until I came to the University of Rhode Island and was exposed to journalism classes when I joined the major…
The pressure of trying to get a summer internship can be incredibly intimidating for some students and many don’t even know where to start. Some students don’t even care enough to have an unpaid internship and want to make money over the summer instead. I’m here to tell you why you should care and how…
The University of Rhode Island was my absolute last choice school. Unfortunately, it was the cheapest choice too, so from the moment I arrived on campus, I hated it. I would complain that it was too close to home while ironically going home every weekend. And I would complain that it was “too small” despite…
Sam Murray – Senior Farewell Being asked to decide what you want to do for the rest of your life at the age of 18 is bizarre. Essentially, we have four years to decide how we will spend the next 50. We seldom choose to chase our dreams or do what we feel born to…
Photo by Kelsey Santmyer |CIGAR| Kelsey Santmyer – Senior farewell Just like any cliché of a senior, as we enter the last few days of classes I cannot believe that my time at the University of Rhode Island is almost over. So much has happened to me in these last four years that caused me…