The Cigar’s playlist of January 2021 must-listen music. Photo by Kayla Laguerre-Lewis. The new year opened with some super impressive music releases, so here are some of my favorites from the past month. The newly-acclaimed teenage artist Olivia Rodrigo stunned the globe with her single “drivers license,” reaching No.1 on Billboard’s Hot 100. Rodrigo originally…
The entertainment industry undoubtedly plays a huge role in the lives of college students today. Because of this, everyone has formed their own opinions, making it bound for there to be unpopular ones within the University of Rhode Island student population. Personally, I have some unpopular opinions of my own. I believe that Apple Music…
How did Jane Austen’s iconic novel “Pride and Prejudice” fair in its transition to the big screen? Photo from imbd.com. What if I told you that some of Jane Austen’s most famous quotes are ones she never even wrote? Well, that’s what I’m telling you now. It seems that a lot of the time, the…
Pop? Rock? Country? Opera? What kind of music do you like to listen to when you study? Photo by James McIntosh. With a new semester upon us, I thought it may be appropriate to share one of the best things that helps me focus through studying and homework: music. Music has the power to transform…
A doctoral student and assistant professor at the University of Rhode Island are working to uncover the mysteries of one of New England’s most reclusive and misunderstood woodland mammals: the fisher. This three-year research effort, in collaboration with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), is hoping to shed more light on the behavior…
“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…
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. …
“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…
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…
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…