Professor researches the health benefits of maple Research labs at URI are discovering the potential health benefits of maple. Graphic by Elizabeth Wong. The maple syrup you love to put on breakfast foods is more than just tasty; it can also help treat chronic human diseases. Dr. Navindra Seeram’s bioactive botanical research laboratory in the…
Alumnus Joe Rotondo is the proud owner of Rocky Clark Clothing based in New York. Photo Courtesy of Joe Rotondo. University of Rhode Island alumnus Joe Rotondo has dedicated his fashion company to producing American-made clothing and spreading awareness about sustainability in the fashion industry. Rotondo started Rocky Clark Clothing, his sustainable denim company, in…
Amazon Prime released the new series “The Boys.” Photo from Forbes.com. As a self-proclaimed superhero fanatic, “The Boys” is everything. I have thoroughly enjoyed watching the facade of the perfect superhero be stripped away right in front of me through this show. With an all-American fascist, a Nazi, a religious cult and others, the Supes…
A-10 schools working their best to fill out non-conference schedules. Graphic from Wingspansports.com With the start of the college basketball season near, pre-season tournaments have been finalized and the Rhode Island Men’s Basketball team, along with several other Atlantic 10 teams, will be competing against some of the top competition in the country. Rhody will…
Imani Fleming during a Black Lives Matter protest. Photo courtesy of Imani Fleming. All anyone, including myself, can talk about these days is how bad things are. How “everything going on” (a phrase I have come to absolutely hate) is terrible and getting worse everyday. And it makes sense. Things are really, really bad. We…
Key center fielder Austin White is ready to step back up to the plate. Photo courtesy of URI Athletics. Despite a global pandemic sweeping the nation, Austin White was still determined to put in work on the diamond this summer to make every pitch in the batting box count this spring. White is a key…
In this week’s COVID-19 update, The Good Five-Cent Cigar will discuss the update on Greek life’s shelter-in-place order and the University of Rhode Island’s testing plan as Thanksgiving approaches. Greek Life shelter-in-place lifted for cooperative chapters On Oct. 26, the University of Rhode Island’s Division of Student Affairs and Department of Public Safety lifted shelter-in-place…
Elections are approaching and Headcount is helping students register to vote. Graphic from Headcount.org. The University of Rhode Island has yet to decide how they will preserve two murals in the Memorial Union’s basement during future renovations, but these portrayals of 1950s URI have garnered the attention of national media in recent months. Breitbart News…
The fifth speaker at this year’s Honors Colloquium at the University of Rhode Island discussed health care disparities and how they affect people with disabilities. Dr. Lisa Iezzoni spoke at the virtual event held on Tuesday evening, which was part of this year’s focus on “Challenging Expectations: Disability in the 21st Century.” Iezzoni is a…
Major social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are attempting to dilute the spread of fake news by implementing independent fact checkers on posts that promote false information about the coronavirus, vaccines, mail-in ballots, QAnon conspiracies or the Holocaust. According to Niko Poulakos, a communications professor at the University of Rhode Island, in a…