Hazel Brown spikes the ball. Photo by Grace DeSanti. This past weekend the University of Rhode women’s volleyball team took two steps forward and one step backward, beating Davidson College and then losing to VCU. After a long five-week stretch, URI collected their first win since early October, beating the Davidson Wildcats. On Friday night,…
Photo from Entertainment Tonight. “Last Christmas” is the latest holiday-themed romantic comedy directed by Paul Feig that stars Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding. The movie centers around an aspiring singer Kate, played by Clarke, who has a bad relationship with her immigrant family and works in a year-round Christmas shop run by a Chinese woman…
The University has been experiencing complications with the WiFi. Graphic by Elizabeth Wong. Following the WiFi outage on Sept. 26, some faculty members and students have noticed difficulty with connectivity and speed when using the University of Rhode Island secure network. Senior psychology and communication studies major Catherine Nolty said that the issues she has…
The last time the Rams traveled to the state of Virginia they lost 31-17 to Virginia Tech. This time around they were looking to win back to back games for the first time this season when they took on William and Mary in Williamsburg, but had no such luck. The Rams started freshman Quarterback Darius…
Professor at Yale, Evren Savci, outlined her book about Sexual politics under neoliberal Islam. Photo by Grace DeSanti. Dr. Evren Savci, an accredited scholar of transnational sexualities, visited the University of Rhode Island on Nov. 7 to speak to students about feminism and sexual politics in neoliberal Islam. Savci, an assistant professor for women’s, gender,…
Professor Emmett Goods spoke about and sampled music from the unique jazz genre known as hard bop as part of his thesis research presentation on Thursday, Nov. 7 in the Fine Arts Center. Hard bop is a style of music that became prominent in the 50s and takes heavy influence from jazz. Goods explained through…
Being a theater major takes many hours of hard work. Photo by Greg Clark. Junior Emma Becker is taking 19 credits this semester and earning an additional five, adding up to a total of 24 credits earned in just one semester. But according to her, this is typical for herself and all of her peers…
The subtexts of the film “Zootopia” from 2016 still hold true in today’s society. Photo from CCdiscovery. At Disney’s D23 Expo in August of 2013, it was announced that a new animated feature would be coming out in 2016 called “Zootopia,” initially described as a buddy-cop film in a world of anthropomorphic animals. In some…
Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” is already back in the top 50 on the music charts, as of Nov. 4 Starbucks holiday cups can be seen in students’ hands across campus and Christmas decorations are already in stores. With this being said, one of the biggest debates at the moment is…
Thursday, Nov. 7 At 6:09 a.m. a medical emergency occurred at the Kingston Fire Department. The patient was transported to the hospital. At 10:23 p.m. drug offenses occurred in Bressler Hall. A police report was filed. Friday. Nov. 8 At 11:02 p.m. alcohol violations occurred in Heathman Hall. Police assistance was rendered. At 11:57 p.m….