A new meal plan has left students confused on how to take advantage of their Ram account and Dining Dollars. PHOTO CREDIT: Hannah Charron | Staff Photographer Dining Services at the University of Rhode Island implemented new meal-plan arrangements entering the fall 2022 semester, and reviews across campus have been mixed. Students are still offered…
Illustration by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor This week from the Senate floor: discussions about accessibility, new student organizations and a push for vending machines in Brookside Hall. To begin, Director of Disability, Access, and Inclusion (DAI) Paige Ramsdell took the floor. Ramsdell has worked in the DAI office for 11 years, and has been…
Contributed by: Jeremy Bergantini Jeremy Bergantini, a second-year University of Rhode Island student, said that he seeks to improve his skills in the arts while also pursuing his own ventures to help those in the military service. Bergantini is a full time student here at URI, taking 18 credits this semester. He is also triple…
Gender and sexuality center to hold events, workshops Pride is a sense of self, liberation is freedom for a group. PHOTO CREDIT: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor October is recognized as LGBTQ+ liberation month for the first time by the University of Rhode Island’s Gender and Sexuality Center. Previously known as “coming-out month,” the name…
Political Science professor Cheryl Foster shares how she got into her career. Photo Contributed by: Cheryl Foster Cheryl Foster, professor of philosophy and political science at the University of Rhode Island, is someone who thinks deeply about the meaning of life. Foster teaches a humanities course on the experience of war and homecoming for local…
Allison Magnus: tuned into Rhody Tune into the scoop on who’s behind the mic, Allison Magnus. PHOTO CREDIT: Hannah Charron | Staff Photographer Room 328 in the Memorial Union is not only the center of the University of Rhode Island’s student-run radio station, WRIU, but also the office of fourth-year student Allison Magnus. Magnus currently…
Pictured: Washburn hall, home to Department of History and Political Science. PHOTO CREDIT: Hannah Charron | Staff Photographer Like most buildings at the University of Rhode Island, Washburn Hall had a different name and purpose before becoming the current home for the history and political science departments. “They started the planning for Washburn Hall before…
Supreme court decision opens up conversation about state healthcare RI state employees do not have abortions covered under the University’s healthcare plan. Illustration by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor Faculty and staff at the University of Rhode Island and their dependents do not have abortion coverage as part of their University healthcare plan. This is…
URI observes International day of peace, a day dedicated to world peace, on September 22. Illustration by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor On September 22, the University of Rhode Island Multicultural Student Services Center held several events and workshops to commemorate the International Day of Peace. Beginning in 1981, the International Day of Peace, also…