In a victory for supporters of ballot question two, last Tuesday, 59 percent of Rhode Island voters supported a $70 million state bond for public higher education. The approved bond will provide $25 million to Rhode Island College’s School of Education and Human Development to renovate Horace Mann Hall, and $45 million to the University…
The University of Rhode Island’s College of Business will feature Rusty Rueff, businessman and entrepreneur during their annual Vangermeersch endowed lecture series. Rueff will attempt to inspire the Rhode Island community to become successful in entrepreneurship. “It started many years before I arrived with the endowment of one of our alumni Ms. Deborah Ciolfi, which…
Photo by Jesse Yelin | The Indian Student Association, pictured above, organized the Diwali event. On Saturday, Nov. 10, the Indian Student Association (ISA) held their annual Diwali celebration in the Memorial Union Ballroom. The ISA is a group on campus that serves to promote awareness of the cultural diversity on campus. They hold many…
The Office of International Education at the University of Rhode Island recently announced its list of summer 2019 faculty-led study abroad opportunities for students. The programs allow students to earn credits towards their URI or university degree while studying abroad. The programs are open to almost anyone; you don’t have to be a student at…
On Nov. 14 in the library, the New MakerSpace hosted a workshop focusing on the necessary skills required to make a podcast. Lena Bohman, a Makerspace Facilitator who graduated from Brown last May, hosted the workshop. Bohman decided not to focus on the skill of interviewing. “URI students don’t need to learn how to interview,”…
On Friday, Nov. 9, the Rhode Island men’s hockey team traveled down south to the Fred Rust Arena to take on the University of Delaware men’s hockey team for a two-game series. It took almost half of the first period, just over the eleven-minute mark, for URI to get on the board. Forward Danny Ryan…
In this week’s meeting of the University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate, the Finance Committee Chair Zachary Taylor had much to say during public forum regarding the resignation of Senate members and the atmosphere in the Senate chambers. During this term, there have been 13 general Senate member resignations and five executive member resignations. This…
Welcome back for the final installment of the weekly Colonial Athletic Association Football Pick-Em. Last week I hit on four of my six picks, which brought my win/loss total on the year to .500, at 17-17. Let’s take a look at this week’s matchups. In the first matchup of the week the Rhode Island Rams…
Photo by Anna Meassick Thursday, Nov. 8 At 8:23 a.m., a parked motor vehicle was struck by the mirror of a University of Rhode Island shuttle on Flagg Road near the Center for Biological and Life Sciences. Campus police filed a report. At 11:58 p.m., someone reported smelling marijuana in Barlow Hall. Campus police filed…
Twelve people including at least one police officer were killed in a mass shooting at Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California last Wednesday night. The New York Times reports the suspect, 28-year-old Ian Long, was found dead at the scene. Investigators believed he committed suicide. Long was reportedly a combat veteran who served…