On Monday, the University of Rhode Island announced that it will require all students, faculty and staff to receive a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for next semester. All URI community members will have to show proof of their vaccination status by Jan. 24, the same day that classes begin for the spring 2022…
Mack III’s bond with his father, William Ronald Mack Jr. (right), played a big role in the football player and person he would become. PHOTO CREDIT: L.B. Mack III After a neck injury that almost ended his football career, things started to clear up in L.B. Mack’s life. The linebacker from Spring Valley, N.Y. was…
The last three semesters as The Good Five Cent Cigar’s entertainment editor––and the two years before this time as a reporter––have provided me with some tremendous opportunities to meet some pretty great people, cover some pretty great events and, in my opinion, write some pretty great stories. So perhaps it’s only fitting that on Thursday,…
Returning to the comfort of the Ryan Center, the women’s basketball team found the win column again on Tuesday against Hartford. PHOTO CREDIT: Matt Goralnick The University of Rhode Island Women’s Basketball team suffered a three game losing streak on the road against Holy Cross and Buffalo before getting back on track with a blowout…
On Nov. 12, the Ryan Center hosted a doubleheader of basketball games that saw the men’s team take on Bryant University and the women’s team face Merrimack College immediately after. It was a packed house for the men’s game, with home court advantage being one of the deciding factors in helping the men’s team pull…
PHOTO CREDIT: @uriwomensclubvb After its formation in 2018, the University of Rhode Island Women’s Club Volleyball team now can officially call themselves a club sports team. Before being recognized as an official club volleyball team at URI, the team was recognized by Student Senate. In order to become a recognized club sport, they had to…
Xiana Twombly nearly leapt into the URI history books with a 5.82 mark in the long jump this past weekend. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com The University of Rhode Island Women’s Track and Field team competed at both the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener and the Brown Alden Invitational this past weekend to kick off their 2021-22 indoor…
Senior Garrett Robinson achieved a personal best 14.65 meters in the triple jump to open the season this past weekend. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com The University of Rhode Island Men’s Track and Field team kicked off the indoor season last Saturday at the Boston University’s Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener against over 50 teams from across the…
Carissa Rego handles the puck in their weekend series against UMass. PHOTO CREDIT: Greg Clark The University of Rhode Island Women’s Ice Hockey team was swept by UMass Amherst this past weekend at Boss Ice Arena. The first game was a tough night for Rhode Island, as they lost 8-1 to the Minutewomen. UMass started…