Rebellion, growth, teamwork: how we made it here (from left to right) John Levesque, Carol Cioe Klyman, Ann Doyle, Catherine Winters, and Anne Foster, some of the first editors of the Good Five Cent Cigar, on a field trip to Atlanta. Photo courtesy of Susan Roy. Time to Celebrate! In 1971, a team of passionate,…
With electric scooters possibly coming to campus, transportation to and from classes could look very different soon. Photo by Greg Clark. The University of Rhode Island may be adding a new form of transportation on campus for students soon that could make moving from class to class more efficient and more fun. According to Student…
Kelly Lockwood, CEO of Leading NOW!, speaks to University students over zoom as part of the University’s “Women in Leadership” series. Photo by Ethan Pellegrino. “If you want to jump that great divide and get into senior leadership, [if] you wanna be a vice president, you wanna be an executive vice president, you wanna be…
The Fine Arts Center could potentially have a $57 million renovation in the near future. Photo by Greg Clark. The University of Rhode Island is launching a campaign to push Rhode Island voters to approve Question 1 on the special election ballot on March 2, which would make way for the continued renovations of the…
The 13th annual faculty Academic Summit, hosted by the Office of the Provost, was centered around anti-racism this year in an effort to address concerns raised on campus over the past year. Each year, the University of Rhode Island offers an academic summit allowing for faculty to focus on a critical issue affecting academia. In…
Good day to all of you glistening snowflakes who are gazing upon these words at this specific moment in time. I use the term snowflake in the most endearing way, not as whatever that insult is supposed to mean. I never understood how or why it was used in a degrading manner because who wouldn’t…
Given the many changes to sports in the last half century, what will games like baseball and football look like 50 years from now? Graphic by Alison Carpino. College sports, like everything in our world, is something that is constantly changing and evolving. In the 1950s, sports were generally not very popular. There was no…
“When you work hard every day of your life and you do it the right way, you are going to be successful,” Head Coach Tammi Reiss said about University of Rhode Island Women’s Basketball forward Emmanuelle “Manue” Tahane. Tahane has a long history of success in basketball. She was born in Paris, France and started…
Go Rams! The URI Women’s Basketball team beats both La Salle and Saint Josephs! Photos by Greg Clark. The University of Rhode Island Women’s Basketball team continues to prove that they can compete with the best of the Atlantic 10, coming away with crucial victories against both La Salle and Saint Joseph’s this past weekend. …
“Don’t rush to the exits … there’s confetti.” That’s what I texted my Dad around 9 p.m. on February 23, 2018. The 2017-18 University of Rhode Island Men’s Basketball season was the crown jewel of my four years as an undergraduate student at the University of Rhode Island. It was my junior year and I…