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…
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…
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…
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…
They say wine tastes better as it ages, and that’s the case for the “Twilight” saga. PHOTO CREDIT: radiox.co.uk When I was in middle school in the early 2010s, the peak of the “Twilight” craze, I thought it was stupid as hell. As a die-hard “Potterhead,” I promised myself I would never watch or read…
The University of Rhode Island music department opened the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall’s doors to welcome in audiences and allow the Concert Choir to showcase the talented voices of URI in two languages and many harmonies. Mark Conley, director of the Concert Choir, said that being online and having to socially distance when in…
Take a look through the magnifying glass at URI’s production of “Clue: On Stage.” PHOTO CREDIT: carrolltonga.com I remember the first time that I watched “Clue” (1985) as a child and instantly fell in love with the movie. On Thursday Dec. 2, the University of Rhode Island theatre department opened its newest production, “CLUE: On…
Spotify Wrapped came out at the beginning of the month to ring in the start of the year’s end. PHOTO CREDIT: creativebloq.com Spotify Wrapped was released on Dec. 1 to the excitement of many devoted Spotify users like myself who wait all year to find out just how they listened. Launched in 2016, Spotify Wrapped…
In the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall on Tuesday night, the four-person African Drum Ensemble performed powerful, very quick and energetic African tribal music that kept the audience in tune with their powerful sound. Aboubacar Camara, who teaches African drumming at the University of Rhode Island, was the leader in this performance. There were two…
2021 offered some great movies to get movie-lovers through this long year. PHOTO CREDIT: imbd.com 2021 has been a huge year in regards to the return of the movie-going experience and films released to both streaming and theaters, sometimes in concurrent fashion. With the year nearly wrapping up and a new slate of Christmas releases…