The new Oscar’s Fan Favorite award is creating conflict between some fans. PHOTO CREDIT: The Hornet For years, Twitter users have complained about the Academy as a voting body. The nominations and awards given at each ceremony are bound to cause some sort of outrage, whether fans are complaining about snubs, a lack of diversity…
The URI Symphony Orchestra performed their spring concert this past week. PHOTO CREDIT: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor This Saturday, the University of Rhode Island Music Department held it’s Spring Symphony Orchestra concert. The concert featured four pieces that had been selected and performed by the ensemble since the beginning of the Spring 2022 semester. …
Tennis kept their winning way going Saturday, putting on another strong performance against Holy Cross. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com In yet another strong performance, the University of Rhode Island tennis team picked up their third consecutive win last Saturday against Holy Cross at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The team, now 6-2, competed and won…
Open your eyes for Love is Blind. PHOTO CREDIT: IMDB “Love is Blind” is more of an experiment than a reality show as it begs to answer the question, can people fall in love solely on their emotional connection? The show, created by Chris Coelen, takes the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover”…
The Screen Actors Guild Awards kicked off the award season. PHOTO CREDIT: Cheatsheet.com The 28th Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, held on Sunday, Feb. 27, kicked off the start of the 2022 major televised awards season with the theme “Together Again.”While the Golden Globes was held on Jan. 9, there was no broadcast due to…
URI alum Ben Shaw is coming out with his new EP and is planning to play a concert at the Parlor in Providence. PHOTO CREDIT: independentri.com University of Rhode Island Alumnus, Ben Shaw, graduated in 2011 with a degree in music composition and continues his passion by releasing music today. Shaw said that there are…
Graduate runner Bethany DeLoof added a New England title and a third-place finish at A-10s to her already impressive resume last month. PHOTO CREDIT: Melissa Marchese | Staff Photographer University of Rhode Island Women’s middle distance runner Bethany DeLoof has had a successful five-year career as a student-athlete at the school. This season, she has…
URI professor Rabia Hos was recruited by the U.S. Department of Education to empower women in Lebanon through educating women in rural areas. PHOTO CREDIT: uri.edu After a journey to America that began with a ticket and a lottery, University of Rhode Island professor Rabia Hos is now heading up a program led by the…
Kees de Groot, a professor of secondary education, shares his mindset to keep passions for learning inside and out of the classroom. PHOTO CREDIT: Kees De Groot Cornelius “Kees” de Groot has been an educator for 32 years, working as a professor of secondary mathematics in the School of Education at the University of Rhode…
Doctoral candidate Daphne Chemutai Kiplagat draws her inspiration for and love of storytelling from her family. PHOTO CREDIT: Daphne Chemutai Kiplagat Traveling and writing are constant occurrences in University of Rhode Island teaching assistant Daphne Chemutai Kiplagat’s life as she dives into different perspectives of African culture through storytelling. “The obvious stories that you deliver…