Thursday, Nov. 14, 1996 Headline: Student Senate votes to censure, not impeach Twenty-two years ago this week, the URI Student Senate took action against Senator Scott Sanborn for leaking confidential information from a closed session. In censuring Sanborn, the Senate publicly disapproved of his actions and unethical behavior but did not issue a formal monetary…
Welcome to the first ever installment of a weekly Atlantic 10 basketball Power Rankings. With college basketball season just starting up now is as good a time as ever to look back at the first week of action in the Atlantic 10, and rank all 14 basketball programs accordingly. Let’s get started. Davidson Davidson had…
Photo by Joseph Lachance | Ram Escape fell victim to a fruit fly infestation, causing employees to kill off the flies during their shifts. Article by Andrew Main and Kayla Michaud Flies in Ram Escape have caused the University of Rhode Island’s Dining Services to take action to improve sanitary measures. Ram Escape is one…
The 2018 midterm election resulted in Democrats winning the House, Republicans maintaining their majority in the Senate and the highest voter turnout in decades. The Democratic Party took the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time in eight years, flipping over 28 seats from 2016, according to Politico. Republicans kept their majority in the…
Photo courtesy of Dakota Grenier On Saturday, Nov. 3, the University of Rhode Island’s Rotaract organization raised 800 pounds of food for the Jonnycake Center, a charity in Peace Dale, Rhode Island. From 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., members of URI Rotaract stood outside Belmont Market in Wakefield, Rhode Island with a list of food…
Photo by Greg Clark | Valerie Ferris and Matthew Oxley portrayed Sarah and James in the emotional play. Audiences enjoyed free admission to the student-run production of “Time Stands Still” from Nov. 2 to Nov. 4 in the J Studio of the Fine Arts Center. The play tells the story of couple, Sarah and James,…
Photo by Autumn Walter | Fatts Russell attempts to score a two-pointer for the Rams. It was a picture-perfect night. In David Cox’s head coaching debut at the University of Rhode Island, the Rams raised their banners and then their arms in victory, storming past the Bryant Bulldogs 97-63. Even James Vanner, the Ryan Center’s…
I had never heard of exit polls until my senior year of high school when I took Advanced Placement Government. Back then, I had a loose understanding of them and their importance. Now, I see the necessity. Exit polls are a way for journalists and political scientists to see how citizens not only cast their…
The honors program at the University of Rhode Island is offering a three-credit upper-level course called Philosophy of Sport this semester. This course involves “thinking about sports and athletic activity through the prism of philosophy, starting with the idea of human beings as homo ludens, or ‘playing animals,’” as suggested by the URI course catalog….
Photo take from IMDb Of all the rock bands of the 1970s and 80s, “Queen” has to be the most iconic and timeless. “Bohemian Rhapsody,” released in theaters on Nov. 2 and directed by Bryan Singer, is the perfect celebration of “Queen”- and lead singer Freddie Mercury’s career, spirit and legacy. As the movie starts…