The world of entertainment has been at a standstill since the coronavirus pandemic made its way across the world. While music has been largely affected by this, with concerts and tours shut down for the foreseeable future, the ease at which music can be created and shared in the internet era has led to some…
On-campus gyms are still open for students as long as they follow the COVID-19 guidelines. Photo by James McIntosh. Any other year, students would walk into Anna Fascitelli Fitness and Wellness Center or Mackal Field House and experience a gym flooded with people crowding all aspects of the facility. That took a dramatic change this…
This week I’m reviewing “Ventura” by Anderson .Paak, which I listened to for the first time last week. Released in 2019, this album perfectly blends R&B, hip hop and funk to produce an insanely groovy sound. I’m familiar with some of Anderson .Paak’s work; he released a single this spring called “Lockdown” that I really…
Author Bina Venkataraman explained why it’s important to plan for future personal and societal success during a Zoom seminar on Sept. 30. The event was held to promote Venkataraman’s book, “The Optimist’s Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age.” Through her research and writing of her book, Venkataraman found that planning for the long-term future…
Fresh Check Day encourages students to assess their mental health. Graphic by Elizabeth Wong. The University of Rhode Island’s fifth-annual Fresh Check Day in honor of mental health awareness will be held this year, but students can expect a virtual, and just as interactive experience. The event, scheduled for Oct. 14, has previously taken place…
Getting through college is tough enough, and online classes just add to the pressure; with these five tips, you can thrive during online learning. Online classes are just as they sound, and they can be either synchronous or asynchronous. When a class is synchronous, they have a designated time that your class meets during the…
Specialist Kelli Kidd offers nutrition counseling for athletes at URI. Photos contributed by Kelli Kid. For Kelli Kidd, all components of living a healthy life come down to nutrition; especially her career. Kidd, a nutrition specialist in sports nutrition in her third year at the University of Rhode Island, holds nutrition counseling sessions for athletes…
URI hires new full-time faculty member for design Theatre Professor James Horban teaches students about lighting on stage productions. Photo by James Singer. As a teenage boy, he would sit in front of his computer, making his own light shows with the pre-visualization software and lighting consoles he had downloaded onto his computer; his own…
The COVID positivity rate is staying stable. Photo by Siobhan Richards. For this week’s update, we talked with administrators about what happens when the positivity rate rises, the importance of daily health assessments and more. Here’s what they had to say. Test-positive rate remains fairly stable The test-positive rate at the University has lingered between…
Chances are you’ve heard, or at least heard of, “WAP,” the collaboration between Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B that broke first-week streaming records following its release this summer. Whether you like the song or not, its charting position showed that there’s a new class of female rappers ready to take over the game and…