Student Senate votes to table resolution calling for student employee premium pay on holidays, sundays

Student Senate voted Wednesday night to table a resolution calling for all student employees at the University of Rhode Island to be paid time-and-a-half on holidays and Sundays. The resolution was introduced by Student Senator Ryan Menard, who is a member of the Student Affairs Committee. Rhode Island state statute, law 25-3-3, generally requires employees…

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Culture change brings potential for women’s basketball

Be B.R.A.V.E.- that’s the concept put in place by Head Coach Daynia La-Force to rebuild the lost continuity and culture of the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team. For Coach La-Force and the Rams, B.R.A.V.E. stands for behavior, relationships, attitude, value and environment. “It sets the framework for a positive team culture,” said La-Force….

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News You Should Know

A deadly shooting occurred in a Pittsburgh Jewish Synagogue Saturday. Eleven people have been confirmed killed and multiple officers were wounded at the Tree of Life Synagogue. The New York Times has reported that 46-year-old Robert Bowers, the shooting suspect, has no criminal record, but had previously been posting anti-semitic messages on a social networking…

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Cigar history of the week: 11/1/18

This week 30 years ago in the Cigar: Thursday, Nov. 3, 1988 Headline: Dukakis, DiPrete win in a mock election; 600 students participate The External Affairs Committee of URI’s Student Senate conducted an on-campus poll to preview the 1988 presidential election, as well as the gubernatorial race. Six-hundred students and faculty members participated in the…

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