Baby shoes from 1958 are one of over 20,000 items that can be viewed at the Textile and Costume Collection. Photo by Grace DeSanti. The University of Rhode Island Textile and Costume Collection in Quinn Hall, which is home to over 20,000 objects from around the world, will be opening with a new exhibit on…
Student employees work hard during the lunch rush in Ram’s Den. Photo by Anna Meassick Last semester, student employees at the University of Rhode Island voiced concerns about the lack of wage disparity between different levels of student employment. The University of Rhode Island has eight different pay levels for student employees, based on…
(Left to Right) Kristin Lafferty, Elise Felker, Morgan Bott, Isobel McCullough, and Julia Curran practice during their class period. Photo courtesy of Elise Felker. The University of Rhode Island’s music department offers many chamber music ensembles, but one sticks out in particular, since it was created by a student. URI junior Elise Felker got involved…
Becci Davis shared her art installation on the voices lost due to Confederate monuments. Photo by Joseph Lachance. Alumna Multi-Media Artist Presents her Confederate Monument Art Installation Multimedia Artist Becci Davis, presented her multi-media site specific art installation on Confederate monuments in Georgia on Feb. 19 in the Fine Arts Center. This art installation features…
For 50 minutes, three days a week, students in Philosophy 110G discuss ethical questions about the nature of love and sex. The class, called Love and Sex, seems to pop out to students as they look for courses to take. “Students are pleased with how true to the title the class is, that we’re really…
Senior pitcher Julia Waraksy gave up six runs in seven innings pitched this past weekend in softballs first road-trip of the season. Photo courtsey of GoRhody. The University of Rhode Island women’s softball team kicked off the 2019 season playing five games in the Fairfield Inn and Suites Seahawk Softball Bash hosted by the University of North Carolina-Wilmington this…
Redshirt junior Elemy Colome evades blocker as she goes up for the layup in Sunday’s game against Duquesne. Photo by Greg Clark. The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team suffered defeat vs Duquesne University on Sunday afternoon, dropping the Rams to 2-10 in Atlantic-10 Conference play. Rhody came into the game ranked No. 13…
When I walked by a tour group the other day on my way to class and a prospective student joked about the University, it made me start to think. Complaining about the University of Rhode Island is something that every student, myself included, has done at least once during their years in Kingston. Concerns about…
Review of Their Song ‘Dumb Blonde’ Avril Lavigne released her newest album, “Head Above Water,” on Feb. 15, which includes one the song “Dumb Blonde” that her fans are up in arms over. “Dumb Blonde” features Nicki Minaj and is not living up to fans’ expectations. The song begins with the lines, “I ain’t no…
The map above displays where all of the research beacons will be placed in the Gulf in order to study the loop current. Photo courtesy of Kathleen Donahue. The Oceanography Department at the University of Rhode Island has received a $2 million grant to further study the patterns of the loop current in the Gulf…