As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the University of Rhode Island has also continued to enforce pandemic protocols. The University is still offering both polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and rapid tests for students in the Memorial Union and in the parking lot across the street from the Potter Building. Health Services is continuing to work…
Isolation throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an epidemic concerning mental health. PHOTO CREDIT: CONTRIB: medvisit.io While the COVID-19 pandemic has left a mark on the world, it has also led to a new epidemic of mental health issues from quarantine and isolation. A virtual forum held by the University of Rhode Island Academic…
The fourth music convocation was held last Friday, consisting of three student performances. PHOTO CREDIT: Daniel Edwards On Friday, Oct. 8, around 80 music majors and minors gathered in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall to attend the fourth music convocation of the semester, consisting of three student performances followed by an insightful Q&A session…
While tattoos don’t need a deeper meaning, all are significant. Photo credit: Amy Pate Sometimes, when you decide you want a tattoo, there are months and months of planning, brainstorming and designing. They have some sort of significant meaning behind them. Other times, it’s a split-second decision. If you are lucky, that decision is one…
Connecticut-based opera company brings new life to classic “Carmen.” PHOTO CREDIT: United Theatre Over the past two weeks, local opera company, Salt Marsh Opera, presented four stagings of French composer Georges Bizet’s final work, “Carmen,” at both the United Theatre in Westerly and the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Based in…
If you have Netflix, then this show might become your new favorite bingeable series. PHOTO CREDIT: marca.com What would you do for enough money? How far would you go to financially support yourself and your family? Netflix’s newest original hit show, “Squid Game” tackles this very question. Born from the mind of South Korean director…
Sarah J. Maass is this reporter’s pick-me-up, it could be yours as well. PHOTO CREDIT: sarahjmaas.com As an English major, I like to imagine myself as having amazing taste in books, but I realize that, deep down, I love a trashy read as much as the next person. A few years ago, I was looking…
The final installment of Daniel Craig’s Bond-era comes to a satisfying close with “No Time to Die.” PHOTO CREDIT: metacritic.com “No Time To Die” is the 25th James Bond film and the final incarnation with actor Daniel Craig, which follows a retired James Bond going back into active MI6 service to prevent the villainous Safin…
“Diana” the musical has shocked audiences, and not in a good way Through every move, note and lyric in the nearly 2-hour musical “Diana,” I was left wondering why someone, anyone, in the creative process, from conception to a premiere in California to Broadway previews and finally a Netflix pro-shot release, didn’t simply ask, “why?”Why…
URI Theatre will raise curtains for the first time since 2019 on Oct. 14th. GRAPHIC CREDIT: Elizabeth Wong On Thursday, Oct. 14, for the first time since 2019, the University of Rhode Island theatre department will open an in-person production to a live audience. According to Director Tracy Miller, “Silent Sky” is a contemporary play…