The University may recycle, but do students recycle properly? Photo by Anna Meassick. On average, the University of Rhode Island recycles almost 35 percent of the total waste produced at the University. While the students primarily recycle cans, bottles, aluminum holders and plastics, the University as a whole recycles far more materials than that. “It’s…
Baseball was able to steal a game down in Florida as they took on Mizzou last week. Photo by Autumn Walter. The University of Rhode Island baseball team traveled to Houston to play Rice and last weekend they competed in Florida, where they battled Mizzou. After enjoying a classic New England winter, being able to…
Just a few weeks ago, if you ran the tap in Aldrich Hall, brown water would continuously flow. Photo by James McIntosh. Several residential halls at the University of Rhode Island recently had water with a brown tint coming out of faucets, which caused concerns amongst students regarding whether or not to drink the water….
Once completed in January of 2020, sophomores will be able to live in the new Brookside apartments for the spring semester. Photo by James McIntosh. The University of Rhode Island’s Office of Housing and Residential Life (HRL) is finalizing their plans regarding how they plan to move students into the Brookside Apartment Complex in January…
Dear Erin, My boyfriend has been having a problem lately with getting and keeping his erection? Is it something I am doing and how can I help him? Well my dear reader, let me assure you that your boyfriend is not alone. Sexual performance anxiety and erectile dysfunction in young males is a more common…
Students in the College of Business, which has been awarded $1 million, gather in the lobby of Ballentine Hall. Photo by Joseph Lachance. Donation from Cynthia Deysher,’78, and her husband to go towards scholarships Cynthia Deysher, an alumna of the University of Rhode Island, and her husband, Byron Deysher, recently donated $1 million to the…
Director Annie Russell trains students and faculty on what it means to be an ally and create a “safe zone” for those in the LGBTQ+ community. Photo by Anna Meassick. The University of Rhode Island’s Gender and Sexuality Center has organized its sixteenth annual Safe Zone Blitz Week, which will be held from Feb. 25…
(Left to right) Justine Gomes, Shannon Racz, Thomas Mowry, and Carolyn Conti visit Ocean Tides School as part of the J-term Criminal Justice Program. Photo courtesy of Judy Van Wyk. This past winter break, nine University of Rhode Island students accompanied a professor in visiting Ocean Tides Inc. and Tides Family Services to learn more…
This is my first year living off-campus. I spent my first three years at the University of Rhode Island hearing how parking at URI is terrible. The lots are too small, Plains is too far away, parking services is full of angry, mean employees and more. Sound familiar? However, in my time living off campus,…
Alessandra Antonelli works on one of her art pieces for the senior seminar show. Photo by James McIntosh. Alessandra Antonelli, a senior student at the University of Rhode Island, is working on a series of large lithographs and monoprints for URI’s senior seminar show which will take place at the beginning of May. Lithography…