The bulk of this week’s Student Senate meeting focused on the acquisition of electric scooters for URI’s Kingston Campus and filling open Senate positions. Campus Affairs Chair Michael Bentley began the meeting this week by introducing SPIN, a motorized scooter company. “Last week, university leadership was contacted by a company called SPIN and they wanted…
The last time the University of Rhode Island Men’s Basketball team traveled to the University of Dayton Arena to take on the Dayton Flyers, a 17-0 run to start the game for the home team was too big of a deficit to climb out of. It was a similar story this afternoon, where a 16-0…
The University of Rhode Island’s Academic Health Collaborative held a multidisciplinary panel discussion regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and the importance of widespread compliance to help the state recover from the pandemic. Dr. Andrea Rusnock, a professor in the history department, spoke about how knowledge from the past can assist in creating a reliable vaccination process…
The University of Rhode Island Men’s Basketball team took down Atlantic 10 foe George Mason at the Ryan Center, winning by a score of 80-60 thanks to a balanced effort on the offensive end from the Rams and a 46-26 explosion in the second half. The Rams struggled to find an offensive rhythm early as…
Turnovers are a big reason why the University of Rhode Island Men’s Basketball team entered Wednesday night with a .500 record. The issue persisted in Amherst, with their 80-78 overtime loss against longtime rival the University of Massachusetts. Rhody coughed up the ball 20 times, making it 98 turnovers in the last five games for…
Fatts Russell has been asked to be a leader since day one of the David Cox-era in Kingston, and Sunday was just the latest example of the point guard fulfilling his responsibilities. Russell led the Rams in points, assists, steals, free throws and tied for the team-lead in rebounds with 8, but it was his…