Michael Jagoda receives promotion after six years in Kingston URI Police reveal their new director of public safety and chief police executive, Maj. Michael Jagoda. PHOTO CREDIT: Nick Pierson The new director of public safety and chief police executive looks to further engage with students through a more community-oriented approach with the University of Rhode…
Reporter, creative writer, ‘repository of knowledge’ Betty Cotter, an adjunct professor of journalism and writing and rhetoric at the University of Rhode Island, was inducted into the Rhode Island Press Association Hall of Fame this year. She began her career at URI in 2011 after working at a variety of newspapers in Rhode Island and…
Local bakery finds new space in Wakefield Jeff Collins, the bread man and owner of South County Bread Company, finds new life passion in breadmaking. PHOTO CREDIT: Melissa Marchese Starting in the ovens of Kingston Pizza, Jeff Collins’ sourdough recipes gave rise to his ambition and ultimately led him to open South County Bread Company…
An informal caffeinated conversation with the Cigar Professor Nikolaos Poulakos, who’s actually not a coffee drinker (from first impressions) shares how he made it from hitchhiking around Europe as a college kid to teaching philosophy at the University of Rhode Island. PHOTO CREDIT: James Singer Professor Nikolaos Poulakos, or simply Niko, works hard to create…
Hey readers! Welcome back to Dasha’s Weekly Psych Fact. Hope everyone is doing well and that the semester is going well so far. Exams are coming up soon, so wishing everyone luck on those if yours haven’t started already. This week, I want to talk about the importance of taking breaks and relaxing. FACT: taking…
Generation Z once idolized Disney stars, but where can today’s kids look for role models? PHOTO CREDIT: imbd.com Generation Z grew up in a time where technology and social media was on the rise and evolving. We were young when YouTube was created in 2005, when Apple came out with the first iPod and when…
Current Photo Editor James Singer finally gets to meet his predecessor Alan Green, as the two ate lunch at International Pockets Cafe. PHOTO CREDIT: Alan Green When I met The Good Five Cent Cigar’s first ever photo editor, it was over a Zoom call to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of the paper’s creation. I don’t…
As intersectionality becomes a larger focus for many movements, the University of Rhode Island’s Disability, Access and Inclusion department has created a lecture series about the intersection between LGBTQIA+ people and people who are disabled. Student Disability Services and Outreach and Intervention Coordinator Lukas Chaves started to develop the lecture series in July 2021. He…
The leaves are changing, the temperatures are dropping and the nights are coming quicker. You know what that means? Fall is here! The season changing from summer to fall always makes for a bittersweet goodbye, with no more warm beach days or lounging by the pool everyday. Even though that summer fun is a year…