The annual Be 5K was held Sunday with over 135 people participating Students and faculty participated in the Be5k walk early Sunday morning to raise money for mental health. Photo by Greg Clark. Despite poor weather conditions, the University of Rhode Island hosted the annual Be 5k walk/run in support of mental health awareness and…
Kanye West recently dropped a new album called Jesus is King. Photo from Complex. I can’t believe we were ever at a point in time whe we thought Kanye West wouldn’t make a gospel record. The ninth studio album from the legendary rapper and producer, “Jesus Is King” places a laser focus on West’s Christian…
Yesterday’s University of Rhode Island Student Senate meeting was marked mostly by elections, as six new members of Student Senate were sworn in. Breanni Torres was elected as an at-large representative and Bella Cadavid was elected as a representative for the College of Business. Michael Rios, Tim Berard, Lance Mitchell and Kevin Bugbee were elected…
Academic credits earned will be averaged to establish priority The Brookside Apartments are still under construction, however, Housing and Residential Life recently began accepting applications for potential residents for the spring semester. Photo by Greg Clark. The University of Rhode Island’s Department of Housing and Residential Life (HRL) recently opened the application period for students…
Butterfield residence hall was one of the locations on campus where voyeurism was reported in the showers. Photo from URI. On Tuesday the University of Rhode Island warned students on-campus of instances of video voyeurism in showers in Butterfield and Weldin Hall which took place late Sunday and Monday evening. On-campus residents were sent an…
C.O.A.A.S.T. brings the conversation about addiction to campus through performance Production group called Creating Outreach About Addiction Support Together, put on a show last week addressing the opioid crisis in America. Photo by Grace DeSanti. Act II of “Four Legs to Stand On,” described as therapeutic theater aiming to eradicate the opioid epidemic through the…
For 30 years, Quainoo has impacted the world with her work It’s rare for an academic to write poetry. Communications studies and Africana studies Associate Professor Vanessa Wynder Quainoo, however, is the exception. Quainoo has written several poetry books, despite receiving pushback in her career because of it. “I’ve not always felt an open door…
Campus Recreation is promoting the environment-friendly practice during October Several students recently participated in plogging as a fun way to clean up campus. Photo contributed by Denise Robbin. For the entire month of October the Campus Recreation Center staff has been promoting an activity for casual runners: jogging and picking up trash, known as plogging….
Students from K-pop club set up a booth on the quad to get more students to participate. Photo contributed by K-pop club. The University of Rhode Island has over 180 organizations students can join to have fun and express their interests. The amount of clubs is ever-expanding, and in the 2019-20 academic year there’s one…
Jermaine Harris elevates through contact. Photo by Kayla Michaud. Where there is talent, there are expectations, and for Rhode Island Men’s Basketball, there is both. Following a 2018-2019 campaign that saw both valleys and peaks, all contributors from last year’s team return, with a new influx of both freshman and transfer player talent as well….