Contributed by URI Improv Club Rhody Ridiculousness, the student improv troupe of the University of Rhode Island, performed a “Spooktacular” Halloween-themed show on Oct. 19 in the Memorial Union. Around 30 people gathered in Atrium one at 7 p.m. last Friday night for a night full of random quick thinking. The members of the troupe…
This upcoming Friday at 7 p.m. in Edwards Auditorium, the sisters of the University of Rhode Island’s Delta Phi Epsilon chapter will be hosting the second annual Deepher Dude, a beauty pageant featuring fraternity men. The aim of this event is to raise money and awareness for cystic fibrosis. As one of Delta Phi Epsilon’s…
Photo by Greg Clark | Hyperglow is one of the largest glow parties in the Nation. A University of Rhode Island student performed at America’s fifth largest glow party this past Saturday night at the Strand theater in Providence. This was senior Alden Jenkins’ third-year DJing at Hyperglow. Including last night, Jenkins has gone to…
October is my favorite month of the year. At night I find myself submerged in mounds of blankets on the couch, sipping hot cider out of ceramic mugs and staring up at the Walmart spiderwebs I draped on my bureau in awe at my decorating skills. While all of these things place a warm hum…
It was a rollercoaster of a fall season for men’s golf. Most recently, the Rams finished their fall slate in the Georgetown Intercollegiate, playing last Monday and Tuesday at The Member Club Four Streams in Maryland. There, the Rams finished 11th out of 12 teams, which included Princeton, and Atlantic 10 rivals St. Joseph’s and…
On Friday, Oct. 20, the University of Rhode Island’s Gender and Sexuality Center held their fourth annual Drag Ball in honor of Coming Out month. Director of the Gender and Sexuality Center, Annie Russell, hosted the drag show with her guest host, drag queen, The Lady Autumn. “This show was the best one by far,”…
Photo by Anna Meassick | Nancy Folbre opens the night saying she knows she is in the right place due to our “think big” attitude. On Oct. 23, Nancy Folbre spoke at the annual Honors Colloquium in Edwards Hall with a presentation entitled, “The Rise and Decline of Patriarchal Systems.” Folbre is a retired professor…
To put it briefly: no one particularly stood out to me as a debater. I felt that none of the candidates presented the charisma or political chops to really impress voters. But if I had to choose who “won” the debate, I would probably say that by a slim margin, Governor Gina Raimondo won. I…
Photo by Autumn Walter | URI’s Liam Daley goes in to steal the ball from Boston’s Lasse Lehmann. Two games for the Rhode Island men’s soccer team resulted in two different outcomes that had contrasting circumstances. The Rams traveled to Duquesne University to take on the Dukes in a showdown of Atlantic 10 squads. While…
Welcome back for the fourth installment of my weekly Colonial Athletic Association football pick-em. Last week I went 3-2 on my predictions in the five games played, which brought my yearly win-loss total to .500, at 9-9. Let’s take a look at this week’s matchups. In the first matchup of the week, the Tribe of…