Watch the last newscast before spring break! – – – Water Quality: Written, shot, and edited by Leah Crowley Musician’s Guild: Written by Katie Siegle Shot by James McIntosh Edited by Leah Crowley Coronavirus Affects Study Abroad: Written, shot, and edited by Leah Crowley Campus Chatter: Written and edited by Liv Ouellette Shot by Sophia…
The University of Rhode Island’s Graduate Student Association (GSA) has recently been questioned for issues regarding unregulated stipend increases and a lack of overall transparency. According to GSA’s mission statement on their website, the organization serves as a “government body maintained by and for the graduate students of the University with the purpose of enhancing…
Tour guides for prospective students are having to learn new routes. Photo by Siobhan Richards. As a new generation of students apply to college, the University of Rhode Island is focusing tours for prospective students on tour guide’s personal experiences. The new tour is tailored to the needs and interests of Generation Z, or “iGen,”…
URI’s Women’s Center to close in fall 2020 due to a combination of funding issues and a lack of residents.Photo by Autumn Walter. Due to decline in residents and funding, The University of Rhode Island’s residential Women’s Center will close next semester, although its services will be moved elsewhere. On Wednesday, Feb. 26, representatives from…
The first of South County Sunrise’s three-part speaker series, Loren Spears lectured about indigenous rights in the climate movement. Photo by James McIntosh. Starting in March, South County Sunrise, an environmental activist group, will be hosting a three-part speaker series focusing on anti-oppression in the environmental movement at the University of Rhode Island. The speakers…
No. 3 for good reason A capacity on hand in Kingston. A primetime game. A charged senior night for two pillars of the University of Rhode Island basketball, Jeff Dowtin and Cyril Langevine. Yet the Flyers remained unfazed in what was a business-like dismantling of the Rams, with a final score of 84-57. “Obviously a…
The name’s Virus, Coronavirus. Photo from imbd.com New James Bond movie gets pushed back 8 months due to coronavirus outbreak Due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the latest James Bond film, “No Time To Die,” will be released in November instead of April. MGM, Universal and producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli announced yesterday…
The band “Cavalier” (above) was one of three that performed during the Music Guild concert. Photo by James McIntosh. After the unexpected cancellation from the band The Obsessives just a few hours before their concert last Friday night, Musician’s Guild pulled a few strings and still hosted three bands for a crowd of over 60…
Grimes (above) released her most recent album, “Miss Anthropocene,” on Feb. 21. Photo from The Cornell Daily Sun. The 2010s were a decade in music defined by massive cultural shifts, the rise of online streaming and an influx of new and exciting artists willing to push genre boundaries in a never-before-seen way. While the 2020s…
“The Call of the Wild,” the latest adaptation of the classic Jack London novel, is inconsistent with its tone and only truly works at the very end. The film follows Buck the dog, who goes on an adventure after he is dognapped by two settlers from his family home in California and is shipped to…