Photo by Anna Meassick | (Left to Right) Event Coordinator Kelly Harris, CES specialists Lisa Kuosmanen, Caitlin Broccoli and Douglas Ouimette welcome students to the Fall Networking and Career Fair. Professional Development Week (PDW) is in full swing at the University of Rhode Island, with students and employers descending upon the Memorial Union all week…
The popular food delivery company Hungry Button was forced to change one of their promotional programs after numerous students at the University of Rhode Island violated the company’s terms of use. Hungry Button has both a website and a smartphone application where customers can order delivery from various restaurants. Hungry Button recently instituted a feature…
Photo by Anna Meassick | SVO President Brian Coleman. The University of Rhode Island Student Veterans Organization is a small but established club on campus, consisting primarily of students who have previously served in the military and are now pursuing their undergraduate degrees. The SVO meets every Wednesday at 10 a.m. in room 318 of…
At the University of Rhode Island, the Peace Corps Prep Program works to prepare students to apply to the international Peace Corps. According to the Peace Corps website, URI ranked No. 21 nationwide for medium colleges producing Peace Corps volunteers in 2017. URI’s chapter was established when an invite from the Peace Corps in Washington…
My two majors, political science and journalism, compliment each other pretty well. It is far from an unheard combination, especially for someone who was always passionate about writing and current events. So, when I mention that I am also pursuing a minor, people assume that it is something that seems easily applicable to a career:…
Photo by Anna Meassick | Men’s soccer beat Fordham in the quarterfinals of the A10 Championships with a score of 2-0. When the calendar hits November, many people tend to think it’s the time of year for leaves falling, colder weather and the start of the holiday season. For the University of Rhode Island’s men’s…
Photo by Joseph Lachance | Chris Alves gives a stand-up performance at the Comedy Show Tuesday night. On Nov. 6, the Comedy Club hosted a Stand-Up Open Mic Night at Hillel where students were able to perform their own stand-up comedy acts. The show was hosted by Ron Melamed, a freshman at the University of…
University of Rhode Island student filmmakers now have a place to pool their resources together and network once again due to the revival of Film Collab. Film Collab was revived by Sunny Davis, senior film media and writing and rhetoric double major. The club has existed on campus for many years but dissipated in spring…
The Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies will host a lecture by a prominent Buddhist Geshe titled “Unlock Your Happiness Potential” on Nov. 8. The lecture will be held in Room 105 of the Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences at 7 p.m. The speaker, Geshe Dadul Namgyal, is a senior resident teacher at…
The Rams ended their last home series of the semester on a high note, getting two much needed wins this weekend en route to a weekend sweep of the William Paterson University Pioneers. On the scoresheet, the Rams dominated the Pioneers. The Rams fired 13 pucks past the Pioneers goaltenders while surrendering just one goal…