Programs, committees in turmoil after external review, lack of communication creates further issues Campus diversity was recently questioned after an external review was completed and presidential committees were disbanded. | Photo by Anna Meassick. By Laura Weick and Kate LeBlanc Last January, the University of Rhode Island released a report by an external review team…
by Theresa Brown and Andy Main Several resource centers at the University of Rhode Island are continuing to make improvements to the mental health services offered on campus in order to provide students with the highest quality of treatment possible. With a staff that is certified to handle a wide array of topics, the…
New improvements have been scheduled for dining services for the fall semester. | Photo by Grace DeSanti. Pierre St-Germain, director of dining services, looks to welcome a food truck, a sushi bar, a new chef and other additions to the University of Rhode Island next semester. URI has purchased the food truck and is working…
Lauren James on set directing her final film at URI. |Photo by Kayla Michaud. There’s perhaps no better way to express cultural issues facing the United States and the world than art. It allows us to visualize and understand concepts that we may otherwise not be able to see. The University of Rhode Island has…
Shane Donaldson is currently URI’s sports information director and continues to fulfill his passion for Rhode Island. | Photo by Grace DeSanti. “There is not a place I would want to work more because no teams will ever mean more to me than Rhode Island teams.” Shane Donaldson embodies what it means to be Rhode…
Senior Dawson Jones follows through after driving the ball off the tee. |Photo courtesy of Julie Fletcher. In the Rhode Island Invitational early last week, Rhode Island Golf senior Dawson Jones won his first ever college golf tournament. “Honestly, it was awesome,” said Jones. “It was a long time coming. I played a lot of…
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and the Sigma Delta Tau sorority took first place in Greek Week’s Lip Sync competition. | Photo by James McIntosh.S The University completed its annual spring Greek Week this month that began April 6, where fraternities and sororities raised just under $250,000. Greek Week included a series of athletic and…
Junior Sprinter Anthony Delasanta competes at the A-10 championships. |Photo courtesy of Michaela Benford. The University of Rhode Island’s men’s and women’s track and field teams were in action this past weekend competing in the 2019 Holy Cross invitational and the 2019 Princeton Larry Ellis Invitational. Both teams competed in Worcester, Massachusetts as part of…
Sophomore pitcher Riley Kernan gets ready to deliver the pitch. | Photo by James McIntosh. The magic provided by the Easter Bunny did not find its way to St. Louis, Missouri this past weekend for the University of Rhode Island softball team. The Rams got swept by the Billikens in one of their final series…
Annabel Cimbal uses the water bottle filling station in the library, one of the few buildings which has the stations available. | Photo by Anna Meassick. Some students have recently expressed concern that the only residence hall with a water bottle filling station is Hillside Hall, and are pushing to get more stations installed in…