“I simply recognized a grave injustice was occurring and I felt so deeply compelled to respond to it that I was willing to be arrested over it,” Bree Newsome said. On Tuesday, the Multicultural Student Services Center hosted its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. commemoration featuring Newsome as a guest speaker. The event was sponsored…
According to the Pew Research Center, nearly a quarter of people now get their news from social media, but is it really reliable? Photo by James McIntosh Social media is one the largest and fastest-growing platforms for communication, in the last five years transforming rapidly into a major source for politically-related news. Social media sites…
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…